“The Justice Department will not stand idly by in the face of unlawful attempts to restrict access to the ballot,” Clarke said. Clarke noted that SB202 had been enacted through a “rushed process” that included the law ballooning from just three pages as passed by the state Senate to over 90 pages several days later…
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Republicans love the military! Except for the troops, the leadership, veterans, and their families
When they claim to be pro-military, Trump, Carlson, Fox News, and the rest don’t mean the actual military. They certainly don’t mean the thousands of officers and enlisted who have served with Milley around the world. Or the thousands of sailors who served under Navy Captain Brett Crozier before he was removed for actually trying to…
This is why Republican leaders sold out their country and doubled down on Trumpism
Asked whether they identified as pro-Trump, anti-Trump, or otherwise, right-leaning respondents who were pro-Trump still far outpaced the other wings of the party. Here’s the breakdown of the general population when asked, “Do you consider yourself…”: A pro-Trump Republican: 31% An anti-Trump Republican: 5% A Republican who does not have strong feelings one way or…
Report: Charges against Gaetz may come as soon as July
ABC News: Since federal prosecutors obtained the cooperation of GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz’s once close-ally in May, sources tell ABC News the ongoing investigation, which includes sex trafficking allegations involving Gaetz, has engulfed the tight-knit Central Florida political scene as prosecutors continue their investigation of the Florida congressman. Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg,…
New book catalogs how Trump worked to weaken American democracy, and to deliberately spread COVID-19
When Vankin uses the term “biological warfare,” it’s easy to think of the claims circulating on the right about how the coronavirus was supposedly engineered in a Chinese lab. But while that theory is strongly disputed by scientists who have examined the evidence, there are definitely other forms of warfare—like that of someone deliberately failing…
Senate Democrats add to voices calling on ICE to not re-detain people freed due pandemic
House members noted in their letter that while some ICE offices have claimed they won’t again detain someone they released due to the virus, other ICE offices are ready to go full steam ahead. In their letter, Sen. Warren, Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, California Sen. Alex Padilla, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, California Sen. Dianne…
‘You and your family will be killed very slowly’: Death threats continue to haunt election workers
On April 5, an anonymous texter said a family member was “going to have a very unfortunate incident.” The following week, a texter wrote, “We plan for the death of you and your family every day.” And on April 24, another text warned, “You and your family will be killed very slowly.” In the early…
Republicans are trying to break Dr. Anthony Fauci, because they can’t get him to join them in lies
In 1954, attorney Joseph Welch famously boiled down his disgust over the character assassination of Joe McCarthy when he asked the senator, “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” That same question could be aimed toward any of the Republican senators now engaged in daily attacks on…
Texas hospital suspends more than 170 health care workers for refusing to be vaccinated
According to USA Today, the workers represent less than 1% of the hospital’s total number of employees. Of the 178 suspended, 27 have already received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Houston Methodist CEO Marc Boom said in an email to staff Tuesday. “We are nearly 100% compliant with our COVID-19 vaccine mandate,” Boom said…
Facebook will keep Trump’s suspension in place until 2023 and tighten the leash on all politicians
January 2023 is an interesting time to consider Trump’s future on social media, because … well, this: x Facebook: We’re suspending the racist nutjob who let half a million Americans die and sent terrorists to attack the Capitol but only until he’s ready to run for president again. — Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) June 4, 2021 Nonetheless it’s…