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Trump publicly threatens Special Counsel Jack Smith in menacing video as Jan. 6 indictment looms
The disgraced former president shared a video on his social media platform Thursday with a warning for his political opponents: “If you fuck around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before." This ominous message is eerily reminiscent of past warnings like, "Proud Boys – stand back and stand by," and "if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore," both of which preceded violence. While his enablers are almost certainly lining up to minimize this latest call to arms, his history of stoking violence is clear, and this is just the latest dangerous example.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Jesse Watters humiliated by his own co-host to his face on air over RFK Jr. defense
The heir to Tucker's white supremacist mantle made a show of outrage over RFK Jr. critiques only to have his so-called "logic" thrown back in his face, exposing him for the fool he is.

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If we lose Bob Casey, we lose the Senate
Bob Casey for Senate: There is simply no path to keeping our Senate majority without keeping Senator Casey's Pennsylvania seat. Re-electing him and retaining the Senate means we can protect everything that Trump and his cronies want to destroy — abortion rights, voting rights, LGBTQ+ protections, and even the climate. Can you chip in to make sure he wins re-election?

Gretchen Whitmer signs record-breaking education budget
Under the watch of Michigan's popular Democratic governor, children will not go hungry, their education will be the best funded in state history, and mental health will be addressed for the first time. This is what can happen when we elect competent leaders who care about the people they serve. Let's do that more.

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Matt Gaetz introduces bill to literally defund Jack Smith's investigation — yes, to defund law enforcement
Matt Gaetz – a poster boy of faux Democrats are soft on crime whining – is calling to defund law enforcement, only not to advance criminal justice reform or address the epidemic of Black men dying during routine encounters with police, but to spare the disgraced ex-president from accountability for some of his many many crimes. If this works (it won't), expect Gaetz to introduce bills to defund investigations into Members of Congress sex trafficking underage girls across state lines. It's personal.

Take Action: Fire all the cops, soldiers, and politicians named in the Oath Keepers member list!

GOP’s RFK Jr. stunt backfires after Democrats grill him on antisemitic remarks
The party that loves to brag about their unconditional support for Israel had no problem platforming the anti-vaxx conspiracy theorist who just this week pushed a new whopper that COVID-19 might have been designed spare Jewish and Chinese people. House Democrats wasted no time exposing both the GOP’s cheap dog and pony show around RFK Jr. dangerously deranged crusades. Obviously his initials stand for: Really? A Fucking Kennedy???

Lindsey Graham accidentally admits SCOTUS reform is necessary
Earlier this week, senate Democrats rolled out legislation to implement common sense ethics standards for Supreme Court justices – little things like banning them from accepting actual bribes. According to Lindsey Graham, this is all just a bid “to destroy a conservative court." Um... Lindsey... Uh, why would banning bribes destroy the conservative court unless it's intrinsic to how it does business?

Democrats score surprise wins ahead of 2024
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Didn’t expect this.

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Florida church grifter and his sons convicted in COVID bleach cure scam
A federal jury found Mark Grenon, 65, and his three sons guilty of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government for illegally distributing their bleached-based “Miracle Mineral Solution” through their Genesis II Church of Health and Healing that they claimed cured COVID-19 and other ailments from AIDS to cancer. Seems a relevant time to recall that this poisonous snake oil was legitimized by Donald Trump during a White House briefing in 2020. It's bad enough Republicans want to whitewash history. Don't let them white wash your veins.

George Floyd murderer Derek Chauvin to ask SCOTUS to overturn conviction
On the one hand Chauvin has probably seen cops murder Black men without accountability before and feels that it's unfair that he is being held to a different standard. On the other, he murdered George Floyd in cold blood on camera and should rot in jail as should all the other people who hid behind a shield as they terrorized Black and other marginalized communities. Who's to say.