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Saturday Dose of Democracy:

Witness reveals she was paid to attend parties where she had sex with Matt Gaetz
An unidentified victim and potential witness in the House Ethics Committee's explosive investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz claims that she had sex with the Florida Republican at a drug-fueled party in 2021 that she was paid to attend — and she has the texts to prove it. Something tells us Matt's weekend plans just changed.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Fed-up witness wrecks Marjorie Taylor Greene
Dr. Peter Marks, MD, Ph.D, the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the Food and Drug Administration, appeared before Congress to discuss COVID vaccination policies and was having none of Marjorie Taylor Greene or her band of idiots cosplaying as doctors. And neither should the rest of us.

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Trump declares support for national abortion ban
Tammy Baldwin for Senate: The stakes of the 2024 election somehow JUST GOT HIGHER. Trump has privately been expressing support for a national abortion ban, leaving no safe haven for Americans in need of abortion care. Countless women will die from pregnancy complications and children will be forced to have their rapists' babies — it's a nightmare we cannot allow to come to pass. Senator Tammy Baldwin has fought for abortion rights every day she's been in Washington, and re-electing her is key to protecting the Senate and making sure that Trump's heinous plans can't come to pass. Will you chip in to help re-elect Tammy Baldwin?

Joe Manchin rules out third-party run for president
The retiring West Virginia Democrat, who flirted with an independent run and was courted by so-called "moderates" for months as a potential No Labels third-party candidate, thankfully saw the very big, very bright writing on the wall and wisely came to the conclusion that helping usher in a second Trump presidency by syphoning off a few precious Biden votes in battleground states was, in fact, a no good, very terrible, world-upending idea.

Trump reportedly favors 16-week abortion ban because...uh..."it’s even"
In news that should send shockwaves through the Republican Party, had it not devolved into an anti-hero-worshipping cult years ago, Donald Trump, a serial philanderer and world-famous sex pest, apparently prefers a national 16-week abortion ban — with exceptions for rape, incest, and in life-threatening cases for the mother — two people involved in private conversations with the disgraced ex-president told The New York Times. Trump allegedly told his inner circle that his reasoning is partially motivated by the appealing roundness of the number 16. "It’s even. It’s exactly four months," he said. Okay, first off — 16 weeks is not four months. But expecting a man this profoundly inept to grasp simple arithmetic is foolish and beside the point. More importantly, we're betting a not-inconsequential number of rabid, single-issue, anti-choice voters in Trump's MAGA base will be none too pleased to learn how he really feels about reproductive rights in America.

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The top doctor for Customs and Border Protection pressured staff to procur fentanyl lollipops, whistleblowers say
The chief medical officer for Customs and Border Protection pressured his staff to order fentanyl lollipops for him to take to the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York in September, according to a whistleblower report sent to Congress on Friday. The whistleblowers said Dr. Alexander Eastman’s staff raised questions about why he would need fentanyl lollipops, and he answered — apparently with a straight face — that it was part of his duties to make sure that any injured CBP operators were cared for, making the argument that the lollipops would be necessary for pain management should an emergency occur. Okaaaaay. "Eastman spent copious hours of his and Office of the Chief Medical Officer staff time directing the OCMO staff to urgently help him procure fentanyl lollipops, a Schedule II narcotic, so that he could bring them on the CBP Air and Marine Operations helicopter on which he would be a passenger in New York City," the whistleblowers said in the report.

Ron DeSantis finally admits war on books has been a total disaster
Failed presidential candidate and presumably now full-time Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waved the white flag of defeat and came out in support of a proposal to limit book bans in schools — the direct result of his own crusading, moralistic, and downright stupid policies. In a press conference, DeSantis laughably tried to claim that accusations that he enabled book bans across the state were “a fraud” and “a big hoax.” He blamed “activists” on both the left and right for “hijacking” the process of banning books, accusing them of submitting book challenges solely to create a media narrative. In reality, DeSantis intentionally and methodically led the crusade against education, signing mutiple bills designed to send the Sunshine State back into the Dark Ages, including the Parental Rights in Education Bill and the Stop WOKE Act. He may want to forget, but we sure as hell will not.

Trump make FATAL miscalculation, screws his OWN campaign
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Major misstep.