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In New Letters, DOJ Escalates Hunt For State Voter Data, Threatens Legal Action Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is escalating its effort to pressure states to hand over sensitive voter data, including by threatening legal action, according to letters from a top department official obtained by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Robert Jenrick and the Conservative Party's Embrace of 'Blood and Soil' Nationalism The British right is adopting an increasingly extreme form of ethnic identity politics, while failing to explain what the rest of us are supposed to be so worried about, argues Jonathan Portes

🔴Robert Jenrick and the Conservative Party’s Embrace of ‘Blood and Soil’ Nationalism

The British right is adopting an increasingly extreme form of ethnic identity politics, while failing to explain what the rest of us should be so worried about, argues @jdportes.bsky.social

Can’t wait for @jaketapper.bsky.social’s book about this

Most of Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria, finds biggest survey of its kind Exclusive: Concentrations of faecal bacteria in the lake were found to peak in summer but there were high levels throughout year

Most of Lake Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria.

Only 14% of England’s rivers/lakes meet good ecological standards.

Water companies major culprits; over 1,135 criminal convictions, United Utilities have 205.

No exec prosecuted, no licence to operate cancelled.

As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.

Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.

Concerned locals.

Ordinary mums and dads.

Just members of.. checks notes... Combat 18.

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Crow: "Putin doesn't care about a B2 bomber flyover ... what he cares about is 3 things: economic pressure in form of sanctions, being a pariah state, and military defeat ... this admin continues to be unwilling to do anything to assert pressure in any of those 3 areas."

Opinion | Trump's efforts to secure a Nobel Peace Prize are Orwellian Trump is lobbying for a Nobel Peace Prize even while rolling out the red carpet for Putin and backing genocide in Gaza. It's surreal.

What an embarrassment. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee appointed by Norway’s parliament. Trump has reportedly tried to influence them through talks with the country’s government,including during a July call with their Finance Minister to discuss tariffs.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

America has fallen.

Chat GPT Says Trump's Assassination Attempt Was Bullshit You Have to Read This Deep-Dive Into the Alleged Shooting

Are you ready for this? It’s a bit long of a read, but worth taking time for it.

Many questions were asked and logically answered. He also asked how to combate MAGA and you all need to see the answers.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue

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Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

The incompetence of this president and his administration is absolutely stunning! Like shockingly so.

Papers found at public Alaskan hotel
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Trump’s threat to “federalize” D.C. is nonsensical—D.C. is a federal enclave under Congress’s control, not the president’s.

If Congress doesn't act, it's unclear whether Trump will seize control of the police in 30-day increments for the remainder of his presidency.
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Does the Stock Market Know Something We Don’t? The uncomfortable fact about its historic run is that no one is sure why it’s happening—or what could bring it to an end.

"The uncomfortable fact about the stock market's historic run is that no one really knows why it’s happening—or what could bring it to an end," Rogé Karma writes:

This is unconscionable. And illegal.

It’s mine-eugenics.

If you try to enter the States the same will happen at the border.

If you live there it’s already happened.

It’s what DOGE, Meta, Palantir, ClearViewAI (all made by Thiel’s greasy hands) are for.

And they’re headed this way.

Mark. My. Words.

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He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.

#ProudBlue

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for some special top notch trolling by a legend! GCN has turned up the 🔥🔥🔥🔥 & shade for this one.

I can’t quit laughing. 😂😂😂😂😂

It’s giving me life right now. @governor.ca.gov thank you!

Sadly this piece becomes more relevant every day

Costco Won’t Sell Abortion Pill as Religious Investors Declare Win A coalition of faith-based activists had pressured the retailer to not offer the abortion pill mifepristone in its pharmacy locations. The group now turns its focus to CVS and Walgreens.

Very bad news from Costco. One of the groups orchestrating this pressure campaign is Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian Nationalist law firm that is hellbent on reshaping US society.

The ADF coalition "now turns its focus to CVS and Walgreens."

Microplastics are everywhere — including in the air around plastic treaty negotiations Governments have a unique opportunity to do something about it now.

Microplastics are in the air, and there’s really only one way to stop it. www.theverge.com/report/75886...

"Russia and the United States have discussed Israel’s occupation of the West Bank as a model for ending the war in Ukraine"

“Ukraine will never give up its sovereignty. But the reality is it’ll be occupied territory and the model is Palestine.”

An abomination.

The Nazis looted art from occupied territories and Jewish collections, redistributing pieces to German museums or Nazi leaders’ private collections.

Museum directors and curators who opposed Nazi ideology were replaced with loyalists.

Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook| Moustafa Bayoumi About 800 national guard troops will be deployed in the nation’s capital because, according to the president: ‘our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs’

Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook| Moustafa Bayoumi

Psycho Pete's Living Guide to Boycotting the Big Orange Machine. Broadcasting from the future but updating in real time ...

🚨 Boycott Roll Call 🚨
Pinning this to track who's in. Full freeze or just cutting back. It all counts.

📝 Drop a comment:
• What you're avoiding
• Any workarounds or wins
• Tips for spreading the word

📖 Full guide:
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Loud is leverage. Let’s be seen.

People have been talking about this for months, and it’s unbelievable that they still haven’t come up with a proper plan. Imagine deciding to make 12,500 people redundant and not even creating a plan to make sure those people are properly supported?! 🚨
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DC: ‘Freedom Cities’ Test Kitchen

There’s a lot of talk about this so let’s dive in.

Not to excuse, but let’s be clear — Trump isn’t the mastermind in D.C. He’s the puppet. And even if he’s gone, the machine keeps running.
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The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism.

TIL, “Ten Commandments for Danes” www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Every news broadcast should run the facts split-screen in real time while Trump spews his lies.

Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.

Does America have another president in decline?

🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...