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For God’s Sake, Democrats: Don’t Cave They’re widely, and rightly, perceived as weak. The shutdown fight is their chance to shock us for a change.

They're widely, and rightly, perceived as weak. The shutdown fight is Democrats' chance to shock us for a change. trib.al/Q2qOAIZ

Trump isn’t popular; the Republican Party isn’t popular; doubling the healthcare premiums for millions of people isn’t very popular, either.

Donald Trump's war on public health enters a new phase Another bad day at the CDC

Trump’s presidency has been defined by the decay of public information sources and dismantling of public health institutions.

So firing the people who produce the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Report certainly tracks.

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns Read more here.

🚨SOUTHERN VOTERS🚨

Your state could be impacted by a Supreme Court ruling that could lock in GOP control for over a generation, and in some states, eliminate majority-Black districts entirely.

Learn about what's out stake if the court guts Section 2👇
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Schiff Lists Every Question Pam Bondi Ignored as She Melts Down Senator Adam Schiff went toe to toe with Trump’s attorney general in a Senate hearing.

Schiff implored members of the committee to “demand answers to those questions” and to refuse “personal slander as an answer to those questions.” Bondi in turn said Schiff should apologize for “slandering” Trump.
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YouTube video by Democracy Docket Supreme Court's SHOCKING New Agenda Revealed!

📽️VIDEO: SCOTUS’ new term will decide critical voting rights cases that could reshape American democracy, the Voting Rights Act and election law nationwide. Watch our latest episode of Defending Democracy to know which cases to watch this term👇
https://youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA

Mike Johnson Struggles to Explain Delay in Swearing In Democratic Rep The House speaker claims the delay in swearing in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. He can easily prove it.

The House speaker claims this has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Then why delay the swearing in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who handily won a special election in Arizona *two weeks* ago?

He can easily prove it. trib.al/yUJZ0OT

Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene Tirade Wrecks Trump Shutdown Stance As Greene admits the GOP is screwing the country on health care, a leading congressional scholar explains how Greene accidentally revealed the surprising weakness of Trump’s position in the shutdown standoff.

"When subsidies disappear, and a lot of these people find that their health insurance is suddenly unaffordable, you’re not going to have very many of them saying, 'It’s OK, because at least we’ve kept those illegal aliens from going to the emergency room.' They’re going to scream bloody murder."

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’ The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

“ICE kidnapped a community member here,” reads one. “Never forget/no nos olvidamos,” says another.

The signs have appeared across some of D.C.’s heavily immigrant neighborhoods where federal immigration arrests have escalated.

Epstein Files Fight: Rep.-Elect Grijalva Still Waiting to Be Sworn In Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election for a House seat in Arizona two weeks ago, has still not been sworn in to Congress. Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is bl...

Are Republicans refusing to swear in Democratic representative-elect Adelita Grijalva to prevent a vote on the Epstein files?

Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale After a year of reporting on the tax machinations of the ultrawealthy, ProPublica spotlights the top tax-avoidance techniques that provide massive benefits to billionaires.

The top tax-avoidance techniques used by billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, and more 👇

(Published 2022)

Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge. Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem t...

Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversaw a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, TN, with a staggering history of throwing children in jail.

In one case, 11 Black children, as young as 8, were arrested for a crime that doesn't exist.

Revisit our 2021 story w/ @wpln.bsky.social:

🚨 United States v. Weber Learn more here.

NEW: After a filing in California today, voters and pro-voting groups have now moved to intervene in all DOJ lawsuits seeking full, unredacted voter lists — in CA, MI, MN, NH, NY, PA, ME and OR.

Follow Democracy Docket for the latest updates on these cases.

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

To interrupt someone who won't stop talking, do 3 simple things: 'Others will appreciate you' If you feel someone's "making it difficult for anyone else to get a word in, chances are other people feel the same," says communication expert Jessica Chen.

Global communication expert Jessica Chen writes that it's important to speak up, even if you feel rude doing so.

Screen Icon Richard Gere Tears Into 'Crazy' Trump: 'He's A Dark, Dark Presence' "Six months, he’s almost destroyed our country..."

"Six months, he’s almost destroyed our country..."

"Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin."

@natashadevon.bsky.social thinks anyone ‘with a functioning heart’ should feel compassion towards each life lost in the Israel Gaza war.

The end of the FBI—in one act What the Comey indictment portends for an agency already in turmoil.

In Trump’s second term, it’s now justice is blind to the crimes of Trump and his gang—and if you dare take a glance in their direction, they'll rip your eyes out.

Trump Orders Troops to Portland, Authorizes ‘Full Force if Necessary' Read more here.

ICYMI: Trump announced the deployment of at least 200 military troops to Portland, Oregon, claiming he is defending the country against “domestic terrorists.”
The president said he is “authorizing Full Force” in the “War ravaged” blue city.

Quote card from FPF Advocacy Director Seth Stern

Journalist Mario Guevara is being deported because the American government punishes reporters to protect its own power.

We should all be outraged.

freedom.press/issues/mario...

A pie chart entitled "ICE, ICE, Maybe?" with a dek that says "a fraction of deportation personnel are employed by ICE's primary deportation unit." 13% percent of the graph is shaded in orange, with ICE ERO written in white, while the remaining 87% of the graph is shaded in gray and labelled Other

Fact-check: Most of the goons in Trump's deportation army aren't even ICE agents.

Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs.

Check out the full report: tinyurl.com/yvavwh4f

Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions The main comparisons in the unpublished report are skewed, and it is being presented as stronger evidence than its design really allows.

Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions

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Get Ready for Another Rightward Lurch in the New Supreme Court Term If things stay true to form, President Trump will benefit from the Roberts court’s generous takes on executive power. The rest of us may not be so lucky.

The justices will begin their next term in October and continue through the end of June 2026. If things stay true to form, President Trump will benefit from the Roberts court’s generous takes on executive power.

The rest of us may not be so lucky. trib.al/drgi7AK

We sued the government over excessive secrecy three times this week Plus: New report shows classification mistakes are rampant

The public can't engage in secretive government. That's why we filed 3 new FOIA lawsuits this week.

We'll keep challenging capricious threats to press freedom — and show up in court to prove it.

Read more in our weekly newsletter, The Classifieds.

Illiterate Republicans Have Reignited a January 6 Conspiracy Theory It is spreading because of a widespread lack of reading comprehension skills, apparently.

After failing to read and understand a batch of documents correctly, Republicans have revived a conspiracy theory that the so-called "Deep State" staged the Jan. 6 insurrection...all because of a lack of reading comprehension skills, apparently. trib.al/UzQnnie

Trump’s Learning That Partisan Witch Hunts Are Harder Than They Look The president’s attempt to bind his political opponents legally is hitting roadblocks galore—and the social media meltdowns have begun.

Trump’s problem is that he can’t simply turn the tables on his foes. He was credibly accused of criminal offenses, while his political opponents were not.

Though he managed to escape a prison sentence, he is the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a felony. trib.al/MnWxAMo

Social Security Workers Are in Shambles Due to Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts DOGE’s effects are even worse than we initially realized.

DOGE’s effects are even worse than we initially realized. Months after Elon Musk departed, Social Security is suffering extensive damage, with the cuts hitting local field offices the hardest.
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Billionaire investor George Soros, whose left-leaning donations have triggered criticism from right-wingers for years, has long been painted as “the puppet master and the extreme left-wing manipulator,” as he once sarcastically described himself. https://cnn.it/42j9EE2

Aghast? Really? Still expecting different from pope DJT? No wonder…

Is Portland ‘War-ravaged’ as Trump claims? Here’s what residents say. President Donald Trump had said living here, in the nation’s 26th most populous city, was like “living in Hell.” Portlanders mostly met the news with confusion.

President Donald Trump said living in Portland, Oregon, was like “living in Hell.”

For many Portlanders, the city is something closer to heaven. The trees stay green all year long. The coffee is good at every shop.

Trump is not deporting only “criminals” “More immigration enforcement always means, as a rule, more people without criminal convictions getting arrested and detained.”

“More immigration enforcement always means, as a rule, more people without criminal convictions getting arrested and detained.”

Reminder: Trump is not deporting only “criminals.”