Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of picking up five U.S. House seats.

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Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor President Donald Trump says he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor.

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Punk ass....

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This Is Fascism

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

Chicago PD: arrest these motherfuckers threatening civilians. Put them in jail. Let the courts sort it out

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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A lot is being written about Charlie Kirk's racism, but one thing to remember. He wasn't a garden variety "I hate Black people" racist. He was explicitly a "white people are superior and I hate Black people for disagreeing" racist.

He was an avowed white supremacist and he didn't even pretend.

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He still has a job. No apology. No retraction.

Just let us know, Fox.

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Spencer Cox: "Our nation is broken. We had political assassinations recently in Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the gov of Pennsylvania. And we had an attempted assassination on a president. Nothing I say can unite us as a country. Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken"

The Trump administration just halted a nearly completed offshore wind project set to power three hundred fifty thousand homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut, abruptly ending over twelve hundred union jobs. Forty five turbines are already standing, billions invested, but clean local energy has been

YouTube video by Democracy Docket BREAKING: Louisiana Is DESTROYING Black Districts

I was on with Nicolle Wallace and got to break news! We discussed the ongoing redistricting wars and a lot more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h68Y...

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/...

SCOTUS Could Be Set to End Key Protection for Minority Voters Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court escalated the high-stakes redistricting battle in Louisiana by ordering new legal briefings on whether intentionally creating a second majority-Black congressional district — to comply with the Voting Rights Act — might violate the U.S. Constitution.

Its all hustle

Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani Andrew Cuomo’s concession came as the race’s outcome will be decided by a ranked choice count after neither Democrat got a clear majority in the vote.

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INVESTIGATION: Cuomo Gave Immunity to Nursing Home Execs After Big Donations — Now People Are Dying Critics say data proves New York’s liability shield is linked to higher nursing-home death rates during the pandemic

My one request to New Yorkers if Cuomo wins the election — don’t come crying to everyone in a few months when some horrific shit happens to the entire city as he enriches his donors.

You know exactly what you are voting for here. Don’t later pretend you didn’t know.

He nailed it!

Ronald Reagan is dead. It’s time to bury his neoliberal ideology with him.

Make Donald Trump its last gasp. Offer a real alternative: Big government programs. Responsive government. Government that isn’t beholden to predatory business interests.

Universal programs and public goods. /7

It seems to me that this administration will keep firing intelligence analysts until they can find one who will lie to justify the regime disappearing perceived enemies to foreign torture dungeons.

I knew it! The White House is considering SUSPENDING HABEAS CORPUS. And here I thought I was being paranoid.

This story makes it pretty easy to imagine the end of capitalism, actually

i will note that, as many in the replies are noting, the pictured CEO is apparently among the people whose deaths are merely the acceptable cost of business - a fact which might both complicate and clarify how all of this works (maybe more of one than the other depending on your starting point!)