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Republicans are actually lowering the age limit to buy guns to 18, even though 18 to 20-year-olds are FOUR TIMES more likely to commit gun homicides. This is craven.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs law lowering Iowa age to own a handgun to 18
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law, which goes into effect July 1, to allow 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds to own and carry handguns.
www.desmoinesregister.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Republicans are actually lowering the age limit to buy guns to 18, even though 18 to 20-year-olds are FOUR TIMES more likely to commit gun homicides. This is craven.
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Who could’ve foreseen that it would be a disaster to put an unqualified Fox weekend host with a drinking problem and sordid personal history in charge of the military
Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hegseth aide leaves post
“There is a complete meltdown in the building,” one official said.
www.politico.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Who could’ve foreseen that it would be a disaster to put an unqualified Fox weekend host with a drinking problem and sordid personal history in charge of the military
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The court system is a coequal branch of government. If the administration isn’t going to follow their orders it’s time to hold some senior officials in contempt.
April 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The court system is a coequal branch of government. If the administration isn’t going to follow their orders it’s time to hold some senior officials in contempt.
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This. Write your name in the history books on the right side of the ledger.
Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
April 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This. Write your name in the history books on the right side of the ledger.
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Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
April 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
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This once again confirms the prisoners are in El Salvador prisons at our behest and under our control.
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This once again confirms the prisoners are in El Salvador prisons at our behest and under our control.
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So this is just some nice curious timing.
On the same day that a judge ruled that Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems, setting them up for a massive loss in jury trial (or huge settlement), Trump targeted the law firm that is representing Dominion.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
On the same day that a judge ruled that Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems, setting them up for a massive loss in jury trial (or huge settlement), Trump targeted the law firm that is representing Dominion.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump targets Dominion lawyers on same day judge finds Newsmax defamed voting company
Susman Godfrey, which is representing Dominion in its election defamation case against Newsmax, helped the voting software firm obtain a record-setting $787.5 million settlement from Fox News in a sim...
www.independent.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
So this is just some nice curious timing.
On the same day that a judge ruled that Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems, setting them up for a massive loss in jury trial (or huge settlement), Trump targeted the law firm that is representing Dominion.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
On the same day that a judge ruled that Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems, setting them up for a massive loss in jury trial (or huge settlement), Trump targeted the law firm that is representing Dominion.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Sure was a lucky break for those billionaires to be at the White House today when the tariffs were reversed. Good day in the market for them.
April 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Sure was a lucky break for those billionaires to be at the White House today when the tariffs were reversed. Good day in the market for them.
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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
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This is exactly right. Watch @raskin.house.gov explain how we can stop Trump’s coup:
April 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is exactly right. Watch @raskin.house.gov explain how we can stop Trump’s coup:
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April 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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This administration is rushing to create an actual, technical dark age for future historians and scholars. I can't think of a punishment serious enough to fit the magnitude of the crime
Petabytes of critical government research that is marked for possible deletion cannot be archived because of technical and legal restrictions, meaning it is very likely to be lost forever:
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
www.404media.co
April 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This administration is rushing to create an actual, technical dark age for future historians and scholars. I can't think of a punishment serious enough to fit the magnitude of the crime
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This is not legal. The IRS is not allowed to share taxpayer information (without the taxpayers permission) w/other parties except in a set of limited instances. They'd need a court order to do this.
April 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is not legal. The IRS is not allowed to share taxpayer information (without the taxpayers permission) w/other parties except in a set of limited instances. They'd need a court order to do this.
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🚨🚨🚨IMPORTANT🚨🚨🚨
YOU are needed. THIS IS IMPORTANT. We have just 15 days to cure some 65k ballots.
PLEASE join. This is very easy. Everyone you reach will be happy you reached them. Curing is super easy calling.
YOU are needed. THIS IS IMPORTANT. We have just 15 days to cure some 65k ballots.
PLEASE join. This is very easy. Everyone you reach will be happy you reached them. Curing is super easy calling.
#ActionList
#DemVoice1
North Carolina appeals court sided w/Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin, ruling thousands of votes were miscounted & 60k voters must prove eligibility
Most will be busy 4/5, but NC needs our help
Sign up to here🙏
www.mobilize.us/ncdems/event...
#DemVoice1
North Carolina appeals court sided w/Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin, ruling thousands of votes were miscounted & 60k voters must prove eligibility
Most will be busy 4/5, but NC needs our help
Sign up to here🙏
www.mobilize.us/ncdems/event...
Phone Bank to Jefferson Griffin's Challenged Voters · North Carolina Democrats
Calling all warriors for justice! Jefferson Griffin is trying to throw out over 60,000 votes in a pitiful attempt to overturn Justice Allison Riggs' electoral victory. Join us as we call voters on his...
www.mobilize.us
April 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🚨🚨🚨IMPORTANT🚨🚨🚨
YOU are needed. THIS IS IMPORTANT. We have just 15 days to cure some 65k ballots.
PLEASE join. This is very easy. Everyone you reach will be happy you reached them. Curing is super easy calling.
YOU are needed. THIS IS IMPORTANT. We have just 15 days to cure some 65k ballots.
PLEASE join. This is very easy. Everyone you reach will be happy you reached them. Curing is super easy calling.
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I tried typing “imagine if President Biden publicly promoted the idea that he was deliberately crashing the stock market as a “chess move” for the good of the nation” without imploding under the weight of the pointlessness of it
April 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I tried typing “imagine if President Biden publicly promoted the idea that he was deliberately crashing the stock market as a “chess move” for the good of the nation” without imploding under the weight of the pointlessness of it
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Murphy: "The vast majority of Republicans, their number one priority is Trump seizing power, and the Trump family and the MAGA universe holding power forever ... with the exception of maybe 20 Republicans in the Senate, the GOP inside Congress is done with democracy."
April 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Murphy: "The vast majority of Republicans, their number one priority is Trump seizing power, and the Trump family and the MAGA universe holding power forever ... with the exception of maybe 20 Republicans in the Senate, the GOP inside Congress is done with democracy."
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Trump's new tariffs are 'larger than expected' and the economic fallout including higher inflation and slower growth likely will be as well, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in remarks that pointed to the potentially difficult set of decisions ahead for the central bank reut.rs/3R44SnN
Fed's Powell says larger-than-expected tariffs mean higher inflation, slower growth
President Donald Trump's new tariffs are "larger than expected" and the economic fallout including higher inflation and slower growth likely will be as well, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday in remarks that pointed to the potentially difficult set of decisions ahead for the central bank.
reut.rs
April 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Trump's new tariffs are 'larger than expected' and the economic fallout including higher inflation and slower growth likely will be as well, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in remarks that pointed to the potentially difficult set of decisions ahead for the central bank reut.rs/3R44SnN
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Breaking Politico:
Mike Waltz's team regularly set up chats on Signal — potentially as many 20 chats — to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, Gaza, and Mid East policy.
Four people said they saw instances of sensitive information being discussed.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Mike Waltz's team regularly set up chats on Signal — potentially as many 20 chats — to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, Gaza, and Mid East policy.
Four people said they saw instances of sensitive information being discussed.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world
It’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal.
www.politico.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Breaking Politico:
Mike Waltz's team regularly set up chats on Signal — potentially as many 20 chats — to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, Gaza, and Mid East policy.
Four people said they saw instances of sensitive information being discussed.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Mike Waltz's team regularly set up chats on Signal — potentially as many 20 chats — to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, Gaza, and Mid East policy.
Four people said they saw instances of sensitive information being discussed.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Yesterday, TX Rep. Keith Self (R) quoted Nazi Joseph Goebbels on controlling public opinion🤬
Using Nazi propaganda is more than vile; it’s a flashing red siren. This is how democracy dies: not with a bang, but with silence in the face of fascist rot.
America, do not be silent.
Call out evil.
Using Nazi propaganda is more than vile; it’s a flashing red siren. This is how democracy dies: not with a bang, but with silence in the face of fascist rot.
America, do not be silent.
Call out evil.
April 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Yesterday, TX Rep. Keith Self (R) quoted Nazi Joseph Goebbels on controlling public opinion🤬
Using Nazi propaganda is more than vile; it’s a flashing red siren. This is how democracy dies: not with a bang, but with silence in the face of fascist rot.
America, do not be silent.
Call out evil.
Using Nazi propaganda is more than vile; it’s a flashing red siren. This is how democracy dies: not with a bang, but with silence in the face of fascist rot.
America, do not be silent.
Call out evil.
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11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
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10/ And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
10/ And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
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I am gift-linking the NYT live-blog of reactions to the tariffs, from business writers and their sources, but also foreign correspondents and theirs, ditto politics, because it is quite the document on how fucked up this all is: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Trump Announces Sweeping Tariffs on All Imports: Live Updates (Gift Article)
A 10 percent tariff will apply to all countries, but trading partners like China, Japan and Europe will face rates two and three times as high.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I am gift-linking the NYT live-blog of reactions to the tariffs, from business writers and their sources, but also foreign correspondents and theirs, ditto politics, because it is quite the document on how fucked up this all is: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
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A prominent Indiana University cybersecurity professor who was abruptly fired and disappeared from public view has not been detained and there are no pending criminal charges against him or his wife, a lawyer representing him told Reuters reut.rs/4le25pL
Cybersecurity professor targeted by FBI has not been detained, lawyer says
A prominent Indiana University cybersecurity professor who was abruptly fired and disappeared from public view has not been detained and there are no pending criminal charges against him or his wife, a lawyer representing him told Reuters.
reut.rs
April 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A prominent Indiana University cybersecurity professor who was abruptly fired and disappeared from public view has not been detained and there are no pending criminal charges against him or his wife, a lawyer representing him told Reuters reut.rs/4le25pL