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SOTU taking on some ominous lynch mob vibes as the almost entirely white and overwhelmingly male Republicans in the chamber stand and jeer at their Democratic colleagues while their angry, screaming leader eggs them on.

We've reached the full white nationalist part of the evening.

DeLauro introduced a bill today to fully fund every agency under the DHS except for ICE and CBP.

“If Republican leadership blocks this legislation from moving forward, they are responsible for any shuttered agencies, furloughed workers, missed paychecks, or reduced services," she said.

Hello from DC district court where Mark Kelly is fighting Pete Hegseth’s attempt to go after his rank/retirement benefits. Hegseth targeted Kelly after he participated in a video advising members of the military that they can’t follow illegal orders. Kelly himself just arrived for the hearing

Tina Smith endorses Peggy Flanagan over Angie Craig in Minnesota Senate race The retiring senator is choosing a fellow progressive and lieutenant governor as her successor over moderate Rep. Angie Craig.

Tina Smith endorses Peggy Flanagan over Angie Craig in Minnesota Senate race

• Rocky Mount, N.C. Telegram Tues., Jan. 23, 1979-6 Alan Alda Talks On The N Necessity Of The ERA BY BARBARA FUSSELL Telegram Family Editor "I have come here to North Carolina to plead with North Carolinians to extend to all of the people of this country the same rights that now only a minority of the people in the country have," Alan Alda said in a speech in Elizabeth City Saturday. Alda, star of television's M-AS-H on which he plays the 1 role of Hawkeye, has been traveling throughout the United States to encourage support of the Equal Rights Amendment. "I have not come to North Carolina to tell the people of this state what to think, but I want to tell them about the necessity of the ERA," Alda said. The amendment will come up again for consideration at this year's session of the N.C. General Assembly. Thirty-five states have ratified the amendment. Thirty -eight must ratify it before June : 30, 1982 for it to become part of the U.S. Constitution. In some states, Alda said, laws exist which give women few rights if they should suddenly find themselves without their husbands. "I have h heard it said many times over that we want to protect the women in our lives, and yet by not putting the ERA into our Constitution, we are doing just the opposite." Alda said. "We are not now éven recognizing that women are people, according the Constitution, and salary scales show. how much, we really care about them. say that we want to put women ‹ on pedestals and keep them there. Well, I think it is time to bring them up from their pedestals and treat them as equals." Today 12 percent of the women in this country are heads of households and have the responsibility to support and maintain a home for themselves and their families, but they experience many roadblocks, Alda said. Alda is the father of three daughters, but said that is only part of the reason he supports passage of the amendment. "I don't want my daughters to have to shop around for a state to live in where they will have the same rights have," he said. "My daughters' are American citizens, and I want to know that they, as well as all the other women in this country, will have the same opportunities and rights to be treated as people just as men Dear Abby families under the ERA are unfounded. "We don't have to worry about * what would happen,' he said. "There are 14 states that now have ERAs in their state constitutions. Millions of people are now living under ERAs in those states, and no problems have developed which make those fears worth worrying about.' In Pennsylvania, Alda said, the passage of a state ERA has meant that women who have been homemakers while their hubands supported them now get credit for the value of their work when a divorce occurs. Before the state ERA was passed, Alda said, a woman involved in a divorce case was not entitled to any of the household goods unless she could prove she had paid for them with her own money. Now, he said, monetary and nor considered. contributions to a marriage are "This is an extraordinarily important principle," he said. "The work that homemakers do is now being valued. A bunch of flowers every once in a while is not the same as saying it is worth money, and it's worth money now in those 14 states." There has been no breakup of families, no striking down of protective labor laws, he said. "And," he added, "toilets have not been integrated. I'm sure you were waiting breathlessly for that news." . "A great injustice is being done to the women in this country as well as the men,' Alda says. "Most women have what they have as a privilege, but what happens should they find themselves without a man, then t they will find out that what they have is a privilege and not their right. "Men like to feel that they are protecting the women in their lives, and this is fine. We should protect them, but by protecting them we are also cutting them off and making things harder for them," Alda says. "If you really love the women in your lives, you will. protect them by giving them their rights and by letting them be recognized as persons in the U.S. Constitution and the only way this can be done is by the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. "The laws which now exist are valuable to women as well as to men, but they are not enforced and I do not say that with the passage of ERA that there will be any immediate overwhelming changing of things. It will still be a battle, but at the time of the passage of the amendment the struggle will begin and the Equal Rights Amendment will be a tool with which to work to fight the battle of equality in this country. "We love the women in our lives and we want to protect and love them, and I say, let's care enough about them to let them have the right to make their own decisions just as we as men have this right. The passage of ERA will not change the feelings or the love that we have for women, but will give them the equality that they should have," Alda says. "ERA is not dead in North Carolina and I implore the people of this state to say yes and to do it right now," Alda said. "We have an obligation and a responsibility to pass this amendment and to give women the rights with which they as people are entitled to have," Alda concluded. "The only thing wrong with the ERA is that we don't have it yet." Miss Blevins Is Wed Sheila Renee Blevins and James Elmer Savage, Jr., both of Rocky Mount, were united in marriage on Saturday, January 20, at 2. p. m. at Falls Road Baptist Church in Rocky Mount. The Reverend W. D. Hamrick officiated at the double-ring ceremony. The wedding was directed by Mrs. W. D. Hamrick of Rocky Mount. Wedding music was presented by organist Grady Howell and soloist Joe Peters, both of Rocky Mount. Given in marriage by her parents, the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blevins of Rocky Mount. The groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. James Elmer Savage, Sr., a…

And, as a final testament to Alan Alda on his 90th birthday, let us never forget that he was not just a strong advocate for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, he was literally chairman of Men For The ERA & traveled the country for it for YEARS while starring in one of the top-rated TV shows

Stella Carlson said that before the shooting, the man was helping vehicle traffic get around the area where ICE agents and observers had started to gather. "The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. The ICE agents approached us, told us to back up, back up. I'm not even sure why we were helping them, if anything. And I got on the snow bank, and next thing I knew, they shot him," Carlson said.

"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ...

"Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I have no words. Only tears. My heart is breaking.

Note that the big "deciding to win" report published in fall 2024 (by a pro-centrism Dem Super PAC) was conducted almost entirely with data collected in Q4 2024 - Q1 2025, now rendered basically irrelevant by the inevitability of the passage of time.

We have rights too. The Secretary of Defense cannot arbitrarily punish a member of the military, current or retired, because his feelings got hurt. If what he did is provably wrong that it can be punished then follow the UCMJ and administrative regulations. He didn't because he can't. Good on Kelly

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARK KELLY, United States Senator representing the State of Arizona, 120 Constitution Ave NE, Suite 516 Washington, D.C. 20002 Plaintiff, V. PETE HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of Defense, 1600 Defense Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20301 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, 1600 Defense Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20301 JOHN PHELAN, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Navy, 1000 Navy Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20350 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, 1000 Navy Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20350 Defendants. Case No._ COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

9. If permitted to stand, the Secretary's censure and the grade-determination proceedings that he has directed will inflict immediate and irreparable harm. The censure, the grade-reduction process, and its inevitable outcome impose official punishment for protected speech, chill legislative oversight, and threaten reductions in rank and pay. Each of these actions also signals to retired service members and Members of Congress that criticism of the Executive's use of the armed forces may be met with retaliation through military channels. The Constitution does not leave such injuries to be remedied after the fact. Speech or Debate, First Amendment, separation-of-powers, and due-process protections must be vindicated at the outset, before the Senator is forced to submit to an unconstitutional and legally baseless proceeding. Senator Kelly therefore brings this complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. Defendants' actions violate the First Amendment, the Speech or Debate Clause, the separation of powers, due process, 10 U.S.C. § 1370, and the Administrative Procedure Act. 11. In particular, Senator Kelly respectfully asks this Court to declare the censure letter, reopening determination, retirement grade determination proceedings, and related actions unlawful and unconstitutional; to vacate those actions; to enjoin their enforcement; and to preserve the status of a coequal Congress and an apolitical military.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF For these reasons, Plaintiff respectfully requests an order: a) declaring Defendants' actions unlawful; b) enjoining the enforcement of Defendants' actions; c) vacating and setting aside Defendants' actions under 5 U.S.C. § 706; d) staying the effective date of Defendants' actions under 5 U.S.C. § 705; e) preliminarily and permanently enjoining Defendants, their agents, employees, appointees, successors, and anyone acting in concert or participation with Defendants from 45 Case 1:26-cv-00081 Document 1 Filed 01/12/26 Page 46 of 46 implementing, maintaining, or giving effect to Defendants' actions, including the Secretary of Defense's determinations and threats of further criminal or administrative action; f) awarding Plaintiff reasonable costs and attorney's fees in accordance with law, including but not limited to 28 U.S.C. § 2412; and g) issuing any and all other such relief as the Court deems just and proper.

BREAKING: Senator Mark Kelly sues Pete Hegseth, DOD, and others over Hegseth's censure of Kelly and effort to reduce his retirement grade, alleging violations of the First Amendment, due process, Speech & Debate Clause, and federal laws.

Kelly is represented by Arnold & Porter.

I’m running for Congress in NY-12, my home.

We have a demented, criminal president running the country like a mob operation—government by the boss, for the boss.

We need Democratic fighters who will defend the rule of law and deliver government by the people. Join us.

the vice president is a klansman

Latino voter shifts in Tuesday's elections alarm some Republicans While the economy was a top concern for Latino voters, there is also evidence they are pushing back on the Trump administration’s deportation policies.

Democratic pollster Anna Greenberg, who conducted polling for the pro-Sherrill super PAC, noted that deportations and masked ICE agents came up in focus groups with Latino voters.

“This is the beginning of the reckoning around mass deportation,” Greenberg said. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Women had something to say about this misogynistic bullshit on Tuesday night.

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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Anna_Greenberg on X: "In our simulated vote, when we allocated third party and undecided by party registration, we had the race at 55-42. We figured this out by making sure we included the hundreds of thousands of new primary voters who came out in June. The huge Dem energy then reflected last night." / X In our simulated vote, when we allocated third party and undecided by party registration, we had the race at 55-42. We figured this out by making sure we included the hundreds of thousands of new primary voters who came out in June. The huge Dem energy then reflected last night.

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True. Some public pollsters did too (Emerson).

Not all the pollsters were wrong. x.com/gqrresearch/...

I find most interesting in the CNN poll is that Democrats are more enthusiastic to vote in the 2026 midterms than Republicans, 67% to 46%. That big enthusiasm gap is reflected in the early voting numbers for tomorrow's election www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...

This entire "the Dems need to abandon identity and focus on economics!" discourse is being driven by rich assholes who would melt down at the slightest hint of higher taxes on the wealthy or more welfare for the poor. Look how they're treating Mamdani! It's cynical bullshit all the way down.

The Capitol bit is particularly good.

Aside, of course, from the Palestinian state, is there any player in this whole Middle East arrangement who hasn't bribed Trump, his family, or his aides and their family, or done psy-ops for Trump's campaigns?

This is the art of the deal in the 21st century, post-democracy

On behalf of the United States of America, I would like to apologize to the world for the moron we’ve sent to address the United Nations!

“Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t doing politics right.”

—Ezra Klein

Good lord.

bone chilling

DC didn't vote for Trump.

Not in 2016. Not in 2020. Not in 2024.

You can disagree with how DC is run. But there is no emergency that requires the deployment of red state troops to police this very blue city.

Trump has no right to overrun Bowser and take it over.

And, also, this hat is ridiculous

The media demands that elected Democrats answer for random comments made online, while elected Republicans are allowed to say they hadn't personally seen that particular tweet from the Republican president so they couldn't possibly comment.

LOUDER SO THE PUNDITS CAN HEAR...