Pretty sure Speaker Johnson is protecting multiple sexual predators, some of whom have not yet been convicted (or charged).

Asked by Senator Hassan, former CDC Director Susan Monarez testified that RFK Jr. told her to ignore her oath of office, abandon public health best practices, and promise to rubber-stamp his immunization policies—regardless of the evidence. When she refused, he fired her.

The memo said MSNBC fired a commentator for making an "unacceptable" comment about Kirk, and did so to foster “civil dialogue and being willing to listen to the points of view of those who have differing opinions.”
The person fired was Matthew Dowd, who, accurately, described Kirk as divisive.

Trump Drug Boat Bombing Takes Darker Turn as Damning New Info Emerges As Trump’s decision to kill 11 drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea suddenly starts looking even worse, a legal expert explains how brazenly Trump is stretching the law—and why it’s so unnerving.

Awful: Sen Tim Kaine reached out to numerous GOP Senators to ask them to join his letter laying out basic questions for Trump about drug boat bombing, Senate staffer tells me. Zero Rs agreed.

On the pod we discuss this & deeper legal issues w/ @sranderson.bsky.social
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We’re about to find out whether the corporate media knows that groypers are right-wing.

So after days of Republicans blaming and vilifying Democrats and trans people for Kirk’s murder despite having no clue who the person was, we find out it’s a white guy from a Republican family in Utah who loved guns.

Amen!

Trump and the GOP are redrawing maps for one reason: because losing the next election will mean answering for their crimes.

The Russians put our flag on their tanks. This is absolutely VILE.

Russian disinformation sites linked to former Florida deputy sheriff, research finds A new report from a media watchdog connects John Mark Dougan, who now lives in Russia, to scores of fake news sites.

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Ditto

it seems that back in March, FIFA President Infantino brought the championship trophy to the Oval Office for a photo op. that was the FIFA president’s first mistake, for when the photo op was over, and Infantino scooped up the trophy and prepared to leave, President Mob Boss was all 'yeah, no, this is mine now' — and Infantino was all 'yeah, this is yours now,' because what else are you going to say to a colicky infant in command of a nuclear arsenal? 'no, you can’t have the candy'? I don’t think so. but what about the athletes who actually won that trophy, worth a quarter of a million dollars? well, the Chelsea club is cordially invited to go fuck themselves, and be happy with their fake piece of tin — because, on top of everything else, Donny is apparently a Very Special Boy Who Gets to Steal Whatever Shit He Wants. and now, the Oval Office — increasingly looking more and more like a Las Vegas bordello than a president’s inner chamber — has one more piece of golden tat crammed into it.

more from today’s post, on Donny stealing the real Club World Cup Trophy and forcing the winning team to accept a fake —
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4kIHOHw
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)

'We're not recording, right?' Ken Paxton aide unwittingly spills on secret plan A top deputy for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton unknowingly spilled the Republican administration's plan to undermine clean energy efforts in favor of the oil and gas Texas is known for, according ...

www.rawstory.com/ken-paxton-2... 'We're not recording, right?' Ken Paxton aide unwittingly spills on secret plan - Raw Story

US drops charges against doctor accused of destroying Covid vaccines US Attorney General Pam Bondi said the doctor 'gave patients a choice when the federal government refused to do so'.

Send innocent immigrants to concentration camps. Let mass murderers off the hook. Par for the course. 🧪⚕️⚖️

Padilla: "What if I was outside a Home Depot, because I like to do some work around the house, not dressed in a suit. Would I be a target of ICE enforcement under Tom Homan? Probably. And it is just wrong."

And they had big Department of Justice seals on them for extra points.

Yeah, we’re going to need to see the receipts on that claim.

Trump once called for Russia to illegally release Hillary’s emails. I call for America to legally release the full Epstein files.

Do the majority of the 70,000,000+ MAGA cult in our country go about doing their jobs without knowing what they are supposed to be doing .... or is that just a dynamic in the rarefied MAGA Washington GOP "leadership" offices?
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Kerr County officials waited 90 minutes to send emergency alert after requested, dispatch audio shows Kerr County officials waited 90 minutes to send emergency alert after requested, dispatch audio shows.

"At 4:22am on Friday, as Texas' Hill Country began to flood, a firefighter in Ingram – just upstream from Kerrville – asked the Kerr County Sheriff's Office to alert nearby residents. But Kerr County officials took nearly six hours to heed this call."

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You can’t shrink government to the size where you can drown it in a bathtub and then be surprised when it can’t rescue people from a flood.

Trump’s “One Ugly Bill” is exactly that.

It slashes Medicaid, guts SNAP, and puts hospitals at risk. All of this while handing the richest Americans another tax cut.

Millions could lose care, food, and support just so billionaires get richer.

Call Congress and tell them to VOTE NO:
(202) 224 3121

Donald Trump shelling out big taxpayer bucks on porta potties and golf carts at his course The Secret Service has reportedly inked a pair of contracts to bring them in.

He's spent $53M and over 25% of his time in office playing golf. Not a peep from those who condemned Biden for a once a month trip home ($11M cost his entire term). Spending tens of thousands of dollars for porta potties is a perfect symbol of this grifter.

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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...

"That's just how it is."

BREAKING: Senate Republican Budget Bill Passes After Murkowski Caves It’s official: after a night of frantic negotiations and closed-door dealing, the Senate has passed a sweeping, controversial budget bill that slashes $930 billion from Medicaid and billions more from...

BREAKING: Senate Republican Budget Bill Passes After Murkowski Caves
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