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Holy crap.
@RepSwalwell
just went on the House floor and listed numerous racist statements made by President Donald Trump. Republicans were NOT happy.
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A Texas sheriff threatened this woman for having a “F**K TRUMP” bumper sticker. Her new sticker says F**k the sheriff.
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Yazmin Juárez, whose 19-month-old daughter died weeks after being released from ICE detainment in 2018, testified before Congress today, describing the mistreatment she faced while seeking asylum.
Her testimony, at times, brought
@AOC
to tears.
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@AOC
's impromptu Twitch stream was probably this election cycle’s “single largest event to reach young voters”
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“The idea that a woman can be as powerful as a man is something that our society can’t deal with. But I am as powerful as a man and it drives them crazy.” —
@AOC
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Mother Jones has obtained NEW revelations about Steve Bannon:
Leaked audio shows the former White House strategist detailing Trump’s plan to declare election victory, even if he was losing. Listen:
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This might be the most satisfying take-down of Ted Cruz I've ever seen
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@AOC
just delivered powerful testimony about the mistreatment of migrants at the border: "When these women tell me that they were put into a cell and that their sink was not working...and they were told to drink out of a toilet bowl, I believe them. I believe these women."
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Mike Bloomberg is WAY richer than people realize.
Bloomberg's so rich that it’s nearly impossible to conceptualize just how much money he has. So we made an animation to help.
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@ewarren
is tired of hearing fossil fuel talking points: “This is exactly what the fossil fuel industry hopes we’re all talking about...They want to be able to stir up a lot of controversy around your lightbulbs, around your straws, and around your cheeseburgers.”
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A Florida massage parlor owner has been selling Chinese execs access to Trump at Mar-a-Lago
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"The first note that I want to tell children across this country is that no matter what the president says, this country belongs to you, and it belongs to everyone." —
@AOC
, in response to President Donald Trump's racist remarks
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Jim Jordan just tried to bait Dr. Fauci into his political games, hammering him about the government closing down church services and gyms, and not cracking down on protests.
Fauci wasn't having it.
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This race was a disgrace:
• 1.5 million voters purged by Brian Kemp
• 53k registrations on hold
• 4.5 hour lines to vote
• 214 polling places closed
• Dems falsely accused of cyber crimes
• AND Kemp oversaw his own election
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@StarTribune
identified these officers as state troopers and deputies from Anoka County Sheriff's office. They were following directions to puncture tires from the state-led command center.
Read more:
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Today I learned: The Former Presidents Act—which guarantees former presidents a pension, access to health insurance, office space and staff, and Secret Service protection—covers all former presidents, unless you're removed by impeachment.
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"No child should ever be separated from their parent. No child should ever be taken from their family. They should be given water, they should be given access to human rights." -
@AOC
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Kimberly Guilfoyle’s speech at the
#RepublicanConvention
seemed to make way more sense with North Korean propaganda music in the background.
So that's what we did.
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When violence expert Bandy Lee publicly warned that Donald Trump likely presented a danger to the nation’s health, she was ostracized by the psychiatric community.
It turns out she was right.
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NEW: Democrat
@JamaalBowmanNY
is drafting legislation to call for a commission to investigate Capitol Police and whether any of its members have ties, directly or indirectly, to white nationalists and white nationalist sympathizers.
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“We have been conditioned to think that basic rights are a luxury and a privilege when they are not." —
@AOC
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@PeteButtigieg
: "For a party that associates itself with Christianity? ...To suggest that God would smile on the division of families at the hands of federal agents, that God would condone putting children in cages, has lost all claim to ever use religious language again."
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Trump’s disrespect for women this evening was palpable and stunning. The audience’s approval was even scarier.
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Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) just hammered Postmaster Dejoy's handling of the USPS.
"Either through gross incompetence you have ended the 240-year history of delivering the mail reliably on time, or, the second conclusion we can gather is, you're doing this on purpose."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just gave a speech that was, simply put, historic.
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WOW.
@RepKatiePorter
, to CDC Director Robert Redfield: "Will you commit to invoking your existing authority under 42CFR71.30 to provide for coronavirus testing for every American regardless of insurance coverage?"
She got him to say yes.
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@AyannaPressley
: "These families need trauma support, case workers, clean water, adequate and nutritious food. Instead they have received a level of degradation we should be ashamed is occurring on American soil."
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Amy Coney Barrett is a member of People of Praise, a charismatic covenant community in South Bend, Indiana known for the submissive role played by women, some of whom were called “handmaids”—at least until the Handmaid’s Tale aired in 2017.
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In WI, MI, OH & NC lame duck GOP legislatures are brazenly stripping power from Dems, overturning the will of voters, and passing new laws making it harder to vote.
This is an outrageous abuse of power and should be a huge national scandal.
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ICE just quietly opened three new detention centers, after Congress told it not to
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The Trump campaign is accused of laundering $170 million
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Ivanka Trump tried to push back at the idea her dad had authorized lethal force on migrants. Her panicked back-peddaling when confronted with the clip of him doing exactly that is just stunning.
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Emma Gonzalez is responsible for the loudest silence in the history of US social protest
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar just released evidence that the Justice Department buried the whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president by failing to refer the complaint to the Federal Elections Commission.
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BREAKING NEWS: The massage parlor owner peddling access to Trump and his family is an officer of two groups with ties to China’s communist government
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Mitch McConnell just admitted that Republicans lose when more people vote 🤦♀️
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SCOOP: In a newly leaked video obtained by Mother Jones, the head of the conservative dark money group Heritage Action can be seen bragging to top donors about voter suppression legislation—including Georgia’s infamous law. Take a look:
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DAMN.
@AOC
just challenged Republican lawmakers to go on the record and "knowingly vote against impeachment" of Donald Trump: "They can have that stain on their careers for the rest of their lives."
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Child poverty in the United States just more than doubled. You can thank Joe Manchin.
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"And I will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man."
@AOC
casually dropping some 🔥🔥🔥 advice.
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Hillary Clinton eviscerated Trump on abortion during the debate
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Virginia’s Most Anti-LGBT Lawmaker Might Lose His Seat To State’s First Openly Trans Candidate
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Bernie Sanders Just Asked President Obama to Halt the Dakota Access Pipeline
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Update: The Trump administration just officially made good on its goal to privatize the inspection of the kill line in pork slaughterhouses. The pork industry is now responsible for inspecting itself.
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"Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report reached an indisputable conclusion that Trump, his aides, and his family lied often and profoundly about their interactions with Russia during the 2016 election. This dishonesty has been routinely overlooked."
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This race was tainted by voter suppression:
• 1.5 million voters purged by Brian Kemp
• 53k registrations on hold
• 4.5 hour lines to vote
• 214 polling places closed
• Dems falsely accused of cyber crimes
• AND Kemp oversaw his own election
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Donald Trump just said 1 percent of immigrants show up for court dates. It's actually 99 percent -->
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“It’s quite shameful that Duncan Hunter is still a member of Congress and Katie will not be. It is a shame that we have Donald Trump as still our president while Katie will not be serving us in Congress." —
@IlhanMN
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This exchange between
@SenWarren
and defense secretary nominee Mark Esper is stunning.
Warren: "If confirmed, will you commit not to work for, or get paid by any defense contractor for at least four years after your government service?"
Esper: "No, senator, I will not."
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"Here’s the bottom line: Trump was secretly interacting with Putin’s office in order to make money while he was campaigning for president." —
@DavidCornDC
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Black female Democrats responded to abortion legislation with a bill to require men 55 and older to report to local police whenever they “release sperm from their testicles."
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"No matter what Mueller report contains, a harsh verdict remains: Trump and his gang betrayed the United States in the greatest scandal in American history." From
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The most irresponsible president on the continent right now isn't Donald Trump
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A valedictorian at Brigham Young University, which is owned by the Mormon Church, just came out during his commencement address.
“I am not broken," he said. "I am loved and important to the plan of our great Creator. Each of us are.”
The audience let out whoops of support.
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"Of course, we've got to confront this president and this presidency... But that's not a message. A message is something that makes sense no matter who you're running against." —
@PeteButtigieg
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A young progressive named Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is 28 years old, just pulled off a stunning upset against one of the most powerful Establishment Democrats in Congress.
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Let's not forget the stunningly long list of women who’ve accused Trump of sexual assault
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Before Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, he had a lot of debt. But by the time Trump nominated him to the high court in July 2018, those debts had vanished.
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@PeteButtigieg
just spoke directly to Republican members of Congress:
"Consider the fact that when the sun sets on your career...the thing you will be remembered for is whether in this moment, with this president, you found the courage to stand up to him."
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Researchers assembled over 100 voting machines. Hackers broke into every single one.
"It is notable—and especially disappointing—that many of the specific vulnerabilities reported over a decade earlier…are still present in these systems today.”
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19 of 20 world leaders just pledged to fight climate change. Trump was the lone holdout.
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I almost forgot what it was like to listen to a president who can speak in complete sentences 🤔
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Today I learned: The Senate is split 50-50 but Democrats represent 41 million more people. 🤔
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NPR reported that Mike Johnson has ties to the New Apostolic Reformation, an extreme far-right Christian movement seeking to dissolve the US’s separation between church and state by “any means necessary.”
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President Joe Biden on Friday, the two-year anniversary of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, will award Presidential Citizens Medals to 12 individuals, including Georgia election workers, Shaye Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman
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On Wednesday,
@KamalaHarris
and
@AOC
introduced a bill that would help formerly incarcerated people secure government housing assistance.
“The denial of basic necessities to formerly incarcerated people does not make our communities safer.”
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Let's not forget: When we first reported that Stephen Miller's grandmother died of COVID, he denied it, despite her son's statements and her death certificate.
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"I'm not here to defend Obama's policy. Obama did not have good immigration policy, either. In many ways he set the groundwork. Trump didn't invent ICE. But Trump certainly weaponized it." —
@AOC
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When Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) asked DeJoy if he actually read the ordered changes that were to take effect, his answer was... less than convincing. So Porter pressed him. "Could you please tell me who did order these changes, if you as Postmaster General did not?"
Watch 👇
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A Texas sheriff threatened this woman for having a “F**K TRUMP” bumper sticker. Her new sticker says F**k the sheriff.
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@AOC
: “After much deliberation, I have decided that I will not use my presence at a state ceremony to normalize Trump’s lawless conduct & subversion of the Constitution. None of this is normal, and I will not legitimize it.”
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Back in 2019, we profiled Rep. Matt Gaetz. Here are some fun/terrible things we found out about him.
It’s a bit of a long thread.
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NPR reported that Mike Johnson has ties to the New Apostolic Reformation, an extreme far-right Christian movement seeking to dissolve the US’s separation between church and state by “any means necessary.”
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Wow.
@RepSwalwell
just went on the House floor and listed numerous racist statements made by President Donald Trump. Republicans were furious.
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Another monument to white supremacy that should come down? The Electoral College
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Ronna McDaniel did more than shill for the president. She played an important role in Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
That should be a clear red line for employers in the truth-telling business.
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Unnecessarily calling child protective services, in situations where the child is not in danger, can have long-lasting and traumatizing effects on both the child and family. (Our investigation here —>)
Tucker Carlson tells viewers to call Child Protective Services if they see a child wearing a mask outside
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There's an election tomorrow that could reverse Brian Kemp's voter suppression in Georgia
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Del. Stacey Plaskett may have just dropped the most damning evidence of the impeachment trial yet: "It was not till after President Trump and his team became involved in the planning that the march from the Ellipse to the Capitol came about."
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A Philando Castile charity just wiped out school lunch debt in St. Paul, Minnesota
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This was a stunning moment.
@AOC
blasted Trump officials today for their effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census: "I want to know why this question was magically added"
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar just released evidence that the Justice Department buried the whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president by failing to refer the complaint to the Federal Elections Commission.
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• The oceans are warming and rising faster than we thought
• More than a billion people live in affected areas
• We’re closer than we realized to irreversible melting of permafrost
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NEW: Marjorie Taylor Greene was the moderator of a Facebook group that featured death threats, racist memes, and shared a wide variety of conspiracy theories.
@DavidCornDC
reports:
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The New York state Senate just passed a bill that would allow state officials to provide Congress with the state tax returns of seven different types of state and federal elected officials—including the president.
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Trump was golfing when he lost the presidency
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“To all those scared for our future: we can get through this better than we started. We have the power to triumph over hatred, division, and bigotry.” —
@AOC
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@RepSeanMaloney
(D-NY) was a practicing attorney—and it showed today:
“Who would benefit from an investigation of the Bidens?” Maloney repeatedly asked Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the EU.
“I assume President Trump would benefit."
"There we have it! See?"
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@SpeakerPelosi
: Under Obama…
• Unemployment dropped from 10% to 5%
• Stock market went from 6,000 to 18,000
• Deficit was reduced by a trillion dollars
• The US gained more than 14 million private sector jobs
"[Trump] did not inherit 'a mess,' he inherited a momentum."
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1/ Newly uncovered photos show President Donald Trump with Cindy Yang, the founder of the spa chain where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was busted.
But Trump isn’t the only prominent Republican to be photographed with Yang…
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This document now compiles nearly 10 months of Trump's authoritarian behavior. Reading through it is chilling.
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Donald Trump refused to testify in his impeachment trial.
So
@RepRaskin
has five questions he wants Trump’s lawyers to answer.
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Alec Baldwin is seriously living rent-free in Trump's head
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Beyoncé is bringing "Blackbird" back to Paul McCartney's truth by honoring Black history. In a 2018 interview, the former Beatles member discussed the inspiration behind the song, The Little Rock Nine, and the brave Black women desegregating the South. From
@garrison_hayes
:
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