Expel Rep. James Comer for using Russian lies to smear Biden!

BREAKING: Mike Pence refuses to endorse Trump

Saturday Dose of Democracy:

MAGA world in meltdown mode over Fani Willis ruling
The serially indicted cult leader's most rabid supporters lost their minds on Friday following a judge’s decision to allow Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on her sweeping election interference case against the disgraced ex-president. Georgia Judge Scott McAfee ruled that Willis had to either remove herself from the case or cut ties with her special prosecutor, with whom she was accused of having an improper relationship. McAfee refused to disqualify Willis, as Trump’s lawyers had demanded. The serially indicted con man's allegations against Willis were part of his overarching strategy to delay every single one of his many legal battles as long as possible, in the hopes that he is reelected in November and can use his newfound presidential powers to declare himself some above the law and shield himself from further prosecution. In Georgia, at least, it doesn't appear his scheme will play out as he had hoped.

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Biden backs Schumer after senator calls for new elections in Israel
President Joe Biden expressed support Friday for Sen. Chuck Schumer after the Senate majority leader called for new elections in Israel, the latest sign that the US relationship with its closest Middle East ally is careening toward fracture over the war in Gaza. Schumer, a Jewish Democrat from New York, sent tremors through both countries this week when he said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way” and warned that “Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah” as Palestinian casualties continue to grow. More than 31,000 Palestinians — including nearly 13,000 children — have died in the brutal, five-month long war that began when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1200 and taking several hundred hostages.

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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?

Indiana Republicans pass new law weakening child labor protections
Ah, yes. The party of FaMiLy VaLuEs™ putting their ironclad support for that most sacred of American institutions on display for all to see...by weakening child labor protections and making it totally okay for employers to make kids as young as 14-years-old work past 7pm on weeknights. Supporters claim the bill simply brings Indiana’s child labor laws in line with the rules at the federal level in the name of consistency. Opponents say that it’s irresponsible and dystopian for Indiana politicians to respond to the state’s workforce shortage by making kids pick up the slack. To be fair, 14 years is a long time to be outside the womb, and besides, these aren't blastocysts or embryos we're talking about, they're kids! Big tough kids. And those burgers aren't gonna flip themselves, right?

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New docs show Chinese fugitive mogul Guo Wengui funneled millions into MAGA world
The disgraced criminal, who fled from China in 2014 after learning he was to be arrested for rape, fraud, bribery, kidnapping, and money laundering, was arrested in March 2023 in the United States for — you guessed it — a massive $1 billion fraud. You will also not be surprised to learn this man is buddies with fellow fraudsters and criminals Steve Bannon and Jason Miller, who received millions of dollars in stolen money from Guo to fund their post White-House escapades. Miller personally received $353,269.23 from Guo, Bannon's "consulting" firm got $850,000, and Fox News got another $264,113.25. The right wing and its various propaganda outfits could not exist without the backing of deranged billionaires like Guo, and it's all the more reason we need to start taxing these bozos ASAP!

Justice Ginsburg’s family decries bestowing RBG award on Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch
Straight from the files of What the Actual F*ck? comes news that the 2024 recipients of the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award include none other than...Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch. Seriously. Attaching Ginsburg’s name to Musk, who has amplified racist and antisemitic posts and ideas on X, and Murdoch, whose Fox News purposefully spread Trump’s disinformation about the 2020 election and has repeatedly deployed falsehoods to challenge and undermine the values that Ginsburg fought for her entire life, seemed an odd and inappropriate choice, to put it lightly. The late justice's family released a statement denouncing the awards, calling the charade "an affront to the memory of our mother and grandmother, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg" and noting that the award, "as it was originally conceived and named," was meant to recognize "an extraordinary woman who has exercised a positive and notable influence on society and served as an exemplary role model in both principles and practice." Uh, yeah. What the actual f*ck.