I think the mistake was Biden’s in the first place. He should NEVER have tried to run for 2nd term. Primary should have been open.

Help Us Report on the Impact of Oil Field Waste in Oklahoma Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground in Oklahoma. For years, residents have filed complaints and struggled to find solutions. We need your help to understand the full scale...

Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground in Oklahoma. It has bubbled up near homes and a school — and it has killed farmers’ crops and ranchers’ calves.

Help ProPublica and @readfrontier.bsky.social understand the full scale of the problem 👇

My law firm is currently litigating 13 redistricting cases and an additional 50 voting and election cases. 63 lawsuits and those numbers are growing. While this is a lot for a firm with fewer than 60 lawyers, I am proud that we helping to defend free and fair elections and democracy in court.🗳️⚖️💪

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

Male veterans are encountering obstacles in getting treatment for breast cancer in the VA system because of Trump's executive order meant to oppress trans people. I say that again: non-trans men are struggling to get treatment for breast cancer due to transphobia.

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tired: great gatsby parties
wired: bastille day parties

It continues to be the height of embarrassment that our allies know that Trump is made happy if you treat him like a toddler playing dress-up and give him the crown that he covets or have a merch stand with his branding.

I was part of the internal Trump administration team trying to convince the president to end the shutdown in 2018 - 2019 — for 35 days — before people went hungry, workers lost pay, and government services collapsed.

Here’s what I learned: he doesn’t give a shit.

Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their…

From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson A Conversation with John Harwood

Good discussion.

I agree with @hcrichardson.bsky.social on targeted strikes vs. a general strike in the US. The political scientist in me urges many to go back and better understand the period from 1870 through Jim Crow.

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I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

“It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side"

-Donald Trump on Epstein, New York Magazine, 2002.

BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Epstein Survivors Send Letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson Demanding that Adelita Grijalva is Sworn In. I just received this letter from survivors of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein demanding that House Speaker Mike Johnson immediately swear in Arizona representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.

More than a dozen Epstein survivors, along with the family of Virginia Guiffre, send a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson demanding he call the House back into session and swear in Adelita Grijalva.
@jimacosta.bsky.social

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It was unfortunate that @jimacosta.bsky.social was a casualty in Trump's war on the truth, but perhaps reporters and journalist like him are better off not under the yoke of corporate media, but losing a steady paycheck does undoubtedly hurt. Keep up the good work! 🙏

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BONUS: Andrew McCabe and I take your questions on a very special episode of UnJustified: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Judge questions the Trump administration's plan to suspend SNAP benefits for millions During a hearing over a request by 25 Democratic-led states to keep the funding flowing, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani told lawyers that if the government can't afford to cover the cost, there's ...

A federal judge in Boston on Thursday seemed skeptical of the Trump’s administration’s argument that SNAP benefits could be suspended for the first time in the food aid program’s history because of the government shutdown. https://to.pbs.org/47wCHFF

Russia blasts Ukraine's power grid again, causing outages across the country and killing 6 Ukraine's prime minister described Moscow’s tactic as “systematic energy terror.”

The latest in a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure brought power outages and restrictions in all the country’s regions Thursday, officials said. https://to.pbs.org/47NWOAx

To this day I’m haunted by what could have been. This clip describes a missed opportunity, but I couldn’t do it alone. Be sure to get The Last Republican on demand now!

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How to Topple an Elected Authoritarian All eyes on the opposition's game plan against PM Viktor Orban

How to topple an elected autocrat. Hungary is working on the answer. fridainsight.substack.com/p/how-to-top...

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Do they typically award Nobel Peace prizes to someone who murders people every day by blowing up their boats while claiming they deserved it for transporting drugs, but doesn’t give them due process, a fair trial, or present any evidence or proof of guilt to anyone?

DOJ Scrubs Jan. 6 Attack From Court Record After Suspending Career Prosecutors Read more here.

This is next level authoritarianism.👇

"Following the suspension of two career prosecutors, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly revised a sentencing memo in a high-profile case — removing all references to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and President Donald Trump’s social media post."

What was Andrew Cuomo consulting about for $5 million?

*Wrong* answers only.

I'll start:

Human resources compliance guidelines.

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Trump is still AWOL, the Republican House is still on vacation, and more Rhode Islanders are seeing a spike in health insurance premiums – in this case by $1,641 a MONTH.

No one can afford Republicans’ cruelty. Time for them to come back to work.

Sorry... is this a thing? Having one party to a ceasefire turn it off and on like a f*cking light switch?

I just watched The Last Republican documentary about Adam Kinzinger, produced by MeidasTouch. It reinforced a continuing thought I keep having every time I listen to him being interviewed or hear his messaging. I would