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Trump caught exploiting murder victim for political gain by grieving family
The grieving family of Michigan murder victim Ruby Garcia said they were shocked Tuesday while watching Donald Trump tell a crowd of MAGA minions that he had spoken with them because, well, it never happened. While fearmongering and screaming about migrants at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, the disgraced ex-president brought up Garcia’s death, misidentified her as a teenager, then falsely claimed that he met with her family, where they supposedly told him about their late loved one's contagious laughter and ability to light up a room. There truly is no bottom with this sorry excuse for a man.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Surprise update shakes up entire 2024 election
Abortion rights activists in the swing state of Arizona have collected the hundreds of thousands of required signatures months ahead of schedule to put a constitutional amendment on abortion on the ballot in November, joining Florida, New York, and Maryland who've already done the same. Allies fighting to restore or protect reproductive rights in several other states, including Nevada, Montana, Colorado, and Missouri are seeking to join them. It's not hard to see how this will play out at the ballot box; a solid majority of Americans have made clear time and time again that ensuring access to legal abortion care is non-negotiable, and voters aren't likely to reward radical, right-wing Republicans who've spent years crusading against bodily autonomy and are on record supporting forced births and total abortion bans with no exceptions for rape and incest, which could have major ramifications for both the presidential election and down-ballot races.

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Trump moves to strip ALL our reproductive rights
Jacky Rosen for Senate: The end of Roe v. Wade has created a nightmare and now Republicans’ presumptive presidential nominee is endorsing a national abortion ban. Sen. Jacky Rosen has been a key leader in the fight to protect our reproductive rights, which is why Mitch McConnell and his cronies are trying to replace her with an anti-abortion MAGA extremist eager to help Trump take away abortion access. Will you do your part to defend our Senate majority and protect our reproductive rights?

US aid experts warn Gaza likely already experiencing famine: "Unprecedented in modern history"
A group of US government humanitarian experts on Tuesday privately warned fellow officials that the spread of hunger and malnutrition in Gaza amid the US-backed Israeli offensive is "unprecedented in modern history," famine is likely already occurring in parts of the Gaza Strip, and the pace of hunger-related deaths will "accelerate in the weeks ahead." The striking assessment was shared in a cable drafted by officials at the US Agency for International Development and sent to the White House’s National Security Council, State Department offices, and diplomatic posts abroad and comes amid global uproar over Israel’s deadly attack on World Central Kitchen aid workers on Monday. The strike prompted several aid groups to end or wind down their operations in the beleaguered Palestinian region. The Tuesday cable noted that "ongoing hostilities... resulted in the deaths of 196 humanitarian workers between October 7, 2023, and March 25, 2024," without attributing responsibility for the killings. This is total madness.

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House Republicans propose renaming DC area's Dulles International Airport after Trump as "symbol of freedom"
We are truly living in the upside down.

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José Andrés condemns Israel for killing aid workers: "Stop using food as a weapon"
José Andrés, the renowned chef who founded World Central Kitchen, condemned Israeli officials after troops killed seven of his charity’s workers who were delivering food and supplies to starving Palestinians in Gaza ― leading the aid group to pause its desperately needed work in the region. On Monday evening, Andrés confirmed that WCK lost "several of our sisters and brothers" in the Israeli attack hours earlier. The workers were traveling in a convoy of three cars ― two of which were armored vehicles branded with the charity’s logo on their roofs so Israeli forces would know not to attack them. WCK also said the convoy was driving in a so-called deconflicted zone, and that it had been coordinating movements with the Israeli military. Despite those safety measures, Israeli troops bombed the convoy as it was leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, where WCK workers had just delivered more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid that arrived in Gaza via a sea route. According to some reports and geolocation of the area, Israel launched three strikes on the cars in succession.

Trump Big Lie lawyer John Eastman officially disbarred
Play stupid, seditious games, win stupid, career-ending prizes.

Biden finally gets the good news he's been waiting for
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: About time.

Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation
The disgraced ex-president's fledgling social media grift Trump Media managed to go public last week only after it had been kept afloat in 2022 by emergency loans provided in part by a Russian-American businessman under scrutiny in a federal insider-trading and money-laundering investigation. While the MAGA cult leader could yet see a multi-billion-dollar windfall from the IPO, Trump Media almost did not make it to the merger after regulators opened a securities investigation in 2021 and caused the company to burn through cash at an extraordinary rate as it waited to get the green light for its stock market debut. The situation led Trump Media to take shady emergency loans, including one from a Russian-American businessman named Anton Postolnikov, who has been the subject of a years-long joint federal criminal investigation by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. Fraudsters gonna fraud.

Pastor who sexually abused child for nearly 7 years receives PROBATION
William C. Robinson, a pastor working for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries in Corpus Christi, Texas, received 10 years probation after sexually abusing an underage family member — for seven years, beginning when the child was just nine years old. The judge also ordered Robinson to serve 120 hours of community service, stay away from the victim, and take parenting classes. Oh, and his internet access will be monitored. Make it make sense.

US warned Moscow that Crocus City concert hall was terrorist target weeks before attack, say officials
More than two weeks before the deadly attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow killed nearly 150 people, the US warned Russia that the popular concert venue was a likely target, officials have revealed. The claims are the latest in a string of revelations that cast fresh doubt on President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that US warnings were too vague to help pre-empt the assault, as well as his refusal to blame ISIS — who immediately claimed responsibility — for the killings. Putin, without evidence, has refused to acknowledge that Ukraine had nothing to do with the attack.

GOP governor threatens scholarships after LSU women miss anthem at NCAA tournament
Louisiana Republican Governor and MAGA dope Jeff Landry has called for the scholarships of college athletes who are not present for the national anthem before games to be revoked. His disingenuous announcement came after the LSU women’s basketball team were in the locker room going over regular pre-game preparations during the pre-game ceremonies on Monday night ahead of their eagerly anticipated Final Four contest with Iowa, which they eventually lost. Of the four teams playing in Monday’s NCAA Tournament games, the Tigers were one of three who were not on the floor for the anthem, but that didn't stop Landry from seizing the opportunity to play pretend patriot, drum up pointless controversy, and throw the defending national champs under the proverbial bus.