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"We didn't get all the way there on January 6th:" Trump booster pledges to end democracy at CPAC
“Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on Jan. 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it!" declared notorious white supremacist conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec during the opening day of the neo-Nazi idol worship convention known as "CPAC." While we all know that the MAGA mob wants to dismantle our democracy and install Trump as some sort of perverse god-king, it's shocking to hear them say it so brazenly. This should be a five-alarm fire throughout the entire country. It doesn't matter how old Biden is, or if you disagree on certain policy issues, or whatever — our choice is either vote for Joe Biden or we never get to vote again. We cannot let them win.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Jamie Raskin delivers knockout blow Republicans have dreaded
The Maryland Democrat excoriated his Republican House colleagues for wasting months and millions on a futile, sham impeachment of President Biden based almost entirely on false allegations made by a disgraced informant who's been indicted for lying to the DOJ. Even worse, that very informant, Republican "star witness™" Alexander Smirnov, was fed the bogus intel he passed along to breathless GOP goons by none other than Russian operatives. Enough already.

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Trump vows to push the world over the edge
Evergreen Collaborative: We’re running out of time to stop the climate crisis — but Donald Trump just vowed to “drill, baby, drill” and push the world into ecological catastrophe just so his Big Oil cronies can make a huge payday. Evergreen Collaborative is at the forefront of the fight to save the planet and put bold climate action at the top of America’s agenda. Can you chip in to make sure Trump’s dream never becomes our nightmare?

Black people will vote for Trump because "they love sneakers," says Fox News contributor
Fox News contributor and urban culture expert Raymond Arroyo leaned especially hard into well-worn racial stereotypes on Fox News' The Big Weekend Show, insisting that Black people will vote for Trump because, well, they just love them some new kicks. The disgraced ex-president rolled out a very limited run of ridiculous shoes last weekend, including $399 gold-colored "Never Surrender High Top Sneakers," which quickly sold out, prompting this jaw-droppingly stupid observation from Arroyo: "This is connecting with Black America because they love sneakers! They’re into sneakers… this is a big deal, certainly in the inner city. So when you have Trump roll out his sneaker line, they’re like, 'Wait a minute, this is cool!'" You can totally take Arroyo at his word, because he's clearly done his research. "I was on social media last night. Very interesting as you see Black support eroding from Joe Biden," he confidently said out loud on purpose to other people with cameras rolling to document for all eternity.

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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell ordered to pay $5 million to man who proved him wrong in a "Prove Mike Wrong Challenge" about the 2020 election
Pillow huckster and Big Lie fanatic Mike Lindell cooked up a ridiculous game called "Prove Mike Wrong Challenge" and promised $5 MILLION dollars to anyone who could, well, prove him wrong and debunk his absurd election conspiracy theories at a 2021 "cyber symposium." Robert Zeidman, a Republican Trump voter of all people, did just that, and a federal judge in Minnesota ordered Lindell to pay the full award — plus interest — within 30 days. Invent incredibly stupid games with legally binding awards, pay incredibly stupid expensive prizes.

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Texas high school allowed to punish Black student for his hairstyle, white judge rules
Seriously. We're still doing this. Darryl George, an 18-year-old junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, has been serving an in-school suspension SINCE AUGUST. 31 for the unforgivable, heinous crime of wearing his natural hair however the hell he wants. State District Judge Chap Cain III and his HUGE mustache (again, seriously) ruled George’s hair, which he wears in tied and twisted locs on top of his head, violates the school dress code because, if worn down, his hair would be below his shirt collar. What the f*ck are we even doing here?

Gun deaths surged among kids of color during the pandemic
Guns became the leading killer of children during the pandemic, with disproportionate impacts on communities of color — an appallingly grim statistic that still won't move the needle for 2A-obsessed Republicans more than happy to live with the status quo. The rate of firearm deaths among Black children doubled from 6 per 100,000 to 12.2 per 100,000 between 2018 and 2022, and is now six times the rate of that for white children, according to KFF's analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Firearm death rates grew 73% among Hispanic kids, from 1.5 deaths per 100,000 to 2.6 per 100,000. But let's be sure to continue doing nothing beyond revving up the GOP's Thoughts & Prayers™ machine to confront an entirely avoidable epidemic without rival in the developed world.

Bombshell court ruling signals disaster for Trump in November
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Speeding Seattle officer who struck and killed student will not face charges
Officer Kevin Dave was driving 74 mph in a 25 mph speed limit zone when he struck and killed 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula while she was in a crosswalk...and somehow won't face any consequences for his actions. To make matters worse, last September, body cam footage emerged of another officer laughing about Kandula's death, suggesting her life had "limited value" and the city should "just write a check." Cops behave with such impunity BECAUSE they know they can break the law, kill people, and get away with it, and it's up to our political leaders to start holding them accountable for their actions, because clearly their departments won't.

Trump’s lawyers call for dismissal of classified documents case, citing presidential immunity (again)
The serially indicted ex-president's lawyers urged US District Judge Aileen Cannon — a Trump appointee — to dismiss the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents, claiming that presidential immunity protects him from any and all prosecution even as that sweeping argument has resoundingly failed in federal appeals courts in a separate case. They are nothing if not consistent in their steadfast commitment to bullshit.

GOP rep says Republicans ignored warning about Biden impeachment witness
Retiring GOP Rep. Ken Buck said that the testimony of the FBI’s now-discredited star witness in Joe Biden’s sham impeachment came with a big disclaimer — one which many Republicans conveniently and willfully ignored. Points for standing up for literally any semblance of a principle, we guess, but why is it only retiring Republicans who seem to have the courage to boldly suggest facts matter when it comes to, ya know, governing and what not?