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Big Lie Trump loyalist indicted in vote machine tampering probe
Detroit-based attorney Stefanie Lambert, a key suspect in a sprawling plot to illegally access Michigan voting machines following the 2020 presidential election, says she has been indicted in the long-running probe and expects to be arraigned next week. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump waylaid by surprise new federal charges
The hits keep coming for the disgraced ex-president, who was just charged with three more counts in a superseding indictment related to his illegal theft and hoarding of classified documents, bringing the serial con man's grand total of charges to... a whole frickin' lot. We're gonna need a spreadsheet to keep track of Donnie's many, many indictments, folks.

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Ron DeSantis sinks his campaign with FATAL mistake
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Unbelievable.

Bud Light owner laid off hundreds of US workers, following months of backlash
Anheuser-Busch, the owner of Bud Light, laid off hundreds of US employees from their corporate and marketing divisions on Wednesday. The beer company has faced lagging sales and backlash after Bud Light's promotion with Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer, triggered a wave of homophobic backlash from once-avid Bud Light can-crushers who are super upset their beloved diet hop water is also apparently enjoyed by queer people.

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Security barriers appear at Fulton courthouse as DA nears "historical" decision
District Attorney Fani Willis has said any indictments regarding Donald Trump's illegal meddling in Georgia's 2020 general election will come before the end of August. The erection of security barriers all around the Fulton County courthouse suggests the time is finally near. May justice be served.

Tim Scott rebukes Ron DeSantis over Florida Black history standards about slavery
The Florida governor and real-life Disney villain has been bombarded with incoming fire for his state's astonishingly racist new history curriculum, which instructs teachers to tell kids some Black Americans benefited from slavery. Future presidential also-ran Tim Scott, the country's lone Black Republican senator, took time out of his schedule not gaining ground against Donald Trump to tell DeSantis that "there is no silver lining in slavery." Very little surprises at this point, but even we did not have "Slavery was good for Black folks" on our 2023 GOP Bullshit Bingo card, folks.

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US Justice Department opens civil rights probe into Memphis policing
The DOJ has opened a civil rights investigation into the city of Memphis and its police department, months after the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols by a now-defunct, militarized police gang called the "Scorpion Unit" (yes, seriously), which was supposedly designed to combat the very behavior it stands accused of engaging in — violent crime.

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As Hollywood strikes, Sen. John Fetterman introduces food stamps bill for workers on picket line
With more than 150,000 actors and writers on the picket line in Hollywood and other labor actions heating up across the country, Fetterman is introducing timely legislation to ease the financial toll of their strikes. The Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023 would repeal a restriction on striking workers receiving SNAP benefits, protect food stamp eligibility for public-sector workers fired for striking, and clarify that any income-eligible household can receive SNAP benefits even if a member of that household is on strike.

Georgia Republican tells voters "they lied to you" after Giuliani bombshell
Georgia GOP election official Gabriel Sterling shared the cold, hard truth with his fellow Republicans, bluntly stating, "For those that still believe there was widespread voter fraud, these people are admitting they lied to you." Will it make an iota of difference? Doubtful.

Houston ousting librarians, converting libraries to discipline centers in dozens of high schools
Houston Independent School District is set to eliminate librarian positions at 28 schools this upcoming year and turn some of the libraries into "Team Centers" where kids with behavioral issues will be sent, in accordance with Superintendent Mike Miles' new ~~juvenile detention~~ reform plan. Ditching books and turning libraries into in-school-suspension chambers. What could possibly go horribly wrong?

Supreme Court greenlights construction of Sen. Manchin's favorite pipeline
The conservative-stacked high court lifted a pair of lower court orders that temporarily halted construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 300-mile fracked gas project running through Jefferson National Forest that has long been a top priority of fossil fuel fanboy Joe Manchin. Environmental groups have estimated that, if completed, the Mountain Valley Pipeline could have an annual emissions impact equivalent to 26 US coal plants or 19 million passenger cars.