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YouTube video by MSNBC Maddow reacts to GOP Rep. Mike Flood being grilled by constituents at town hall

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I’ve been traveling.

The rest of the normal world thinks America has lost their minds. They don’t recognize our country. They don’t trust the US.

“Why did people vote for their own destruction and demise?”

My response: Do not come here. Spend your tourist dollars elsewhere. Stay away.

The EPA has postponed enforcing limits on methane emissions linked to oil and gas operations while it weighs the possibility of scrapping the rules altogether.

Breaking911 @Breaking911 : REP. MIKE FLOOD, (R-NEB.): "Do you think that people who are 28-years-old, that can work, & refuse to work, should get free healthcare?" TOWN HALL CROWD: "YESSSSSSSSSS!"

lmaooooo this dumb shit just doesn’t fly anymore

Swedbank's Composite Purchasing Managers' Index Dropped To 50.3 From 51.5, Indicating Slightly Slower Economic Growth 📉🇸🇪

I’m Not Panicking. I’m Outraged. Read more here.

Taken literally, the nation’s top intelligence official announced — on a right-wing podcast — that my decision to stop posting on Twitter is evidence that I am not “innocent” and am therefore being reviewed by the DOJ, with the aim of holding me “accountable.” www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...

“Governor Gavin Newsom is planning a special election this November. California voters will have the crucial task of approving a new congressional map to combat Texas GOP's gerrymandering tactics.”

Dems don’t approve of gerrymandering but we now have to fight fire with fire.

Stop having children.

I’m sick of listening to governors of blue states talk about how it may be necessary to re-district in order to respond to Texas’s gerrymandering.

Quit talking about it and do it already. I get that it’s a process, but show us you’ve begun.

@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "We're here in IL, the land of Lincoln... When he was a state senator in 1840, broke quorum by jumping out of a window in the statehouse. I believe my colleagues and I are participating in a long tradition of standing up to bullies, civil disobedience, of good trouble."

Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?

He was handed the absolute strongest post-Covid economy in the industrialized world. And he’s singlehandedly fucked it up. And eventually even many of his most diehard voters will realize it. And it’ll be a painful realization for them.

people might say if you jail one president for crimes youll end up jailing all presidents for crimes to which i would say rad

We are already an authoritarian country. We’re not working to prevent it; we’re now working…to get out of it.

Dear Dems:

Are you paying attention? Are you seeing the uptick in activity & energy because someone is FINALLY fighting back??

TAKE NOTES! We want to fight with you not in lieu of you.

You want campaign donations? FIGHT!

You want volunteers? FIGHT!

You want young people to show enthusiasm?

Tiktok has taught me that the cast members who work in the Disney salon know how to work on all hair textures and that sometimes the hair stylists fight behind the scenes to work on little Black girls because the texture makes the best princess buns and that healed something in me

This about covers it.

A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.

Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.

“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

Sudanese journalist Yousra El Bagir has managed to get some footage out of Al Fashir in Darfur, Sudan. The RSF siege of the city has cut it off from food supply and medical assistance for months. One reason you hear very little about Sudan is that the RSF kills anyone who tries to document the war.

The CBO’s final dynamic score:

“.. Because the bill’s red ink is not offset by more spending cuts or new revenue, CBO found, the legislation will drive up interest rates.”

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The governing party of the United States shut down Congress to avoid having to disclose evidence the President sexually abused children, and now they’re trying to rig the midterm election and arrest opposition elected officials who try to stop them.

They’re currently polling around 40%.

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CDCR to shutter Riverside County prison next year to cut corrections expenses Nearly 1,200 employees work at the California Rehabilitation Center, which CDCR said Monday would be closed in 2026.

Nearly 1,200 employees work at the California Rehabilitation Center, which CDCR said Monday would be closed in 2026.

I don't usually dive into the weeds but I ended up discussing this regarding imported art supplies, so...

Previously you only had to pay tariffs on goods you purchased as a consumer if the value exceeded $800. Then the hammer fell on Hong Kong and China. Now, ALL goods you buy will be tariffed.

Sounds about right.

Never.

Such a shame the NRA hasn't noticed the descent into fascism. They were gonna be our saviors in times of government overreach. What happened? Where are all the good guys?

👇🏽 — ask them.

There are only 2 people whom I care about that have to endure this Nazi regime along with myself. I hope all 3 of us live to see the evil destroyed in its entirety by 2026. Maybe an asteroid or an epidemic will wipe out humans.