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House GOP's aid bills for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan advance — with Democrats' help

Saturday Dose of Democracy:

Third Republican signs on to MTG’s motion to vacate House speaker
Arizona Rep. and blathering white nationalist Paul Gosar signed on to Marjorie Taylor Greene's crusade against Speaker Mike Johnson, citing very racist concerns over the border and his steadfast commitment to denying Ukraine the funding support it badly needs to continue fighting against Russia's brutal invasion. “We need a Speaker who puts America first,” the notorious racist said in a written statement. Johnson is unlikely to meet the same doom as Kevin McCarthy, at least for now, as Democrats have signaled they’d rescue the current speaker should Greene and her goons force a floor vote to oust him.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Bombshell Supreme Court case with huge implications under way
The conservative-stacked Supreme Court is currently hearing a case of enormous consequence that could have far-reaching implications on prosecuting MAGA insurrectionists and preventing another January 6-style attack. At issue is the obstruction of an official proceeding statute, and whether or not it can be applied to the events of Trump's failed insurrection in early 2021. More than 50 criminal defendants have been indicted or convicted under this statute, including Donald Trump himself. Were the high court to rule the statute does not apply in the case of the MAGA cult leader's violent riot at the US Capitol, it could throw both his case and those of dozens of other criminals into question and raise the specter of further violence and unrest when elections don't go certain candidates' way. Brian Tyler Cohen and Marc Elias break down what it all means in the latest episode of Democracy Watch.

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Major ecological crisis hits coral reefs
Greenpeace: Rising ocean temperatures are pushing the world's coral reefs to the breaking point and we are on the cusp of a major mass bleaching event that will be beyond devastating for the environment and the millions of people who rely on reefs for food and income. We need major climate action and we need it NOW! Will you chip in to help Greenpeace fight to save our coral reefs and protect the environment from the ravages of climate change?

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom
Welcome to America's dystopian healthcare hellscape, brought to you by the Republican Party. Complaints that pregnant women have been turned away from US emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the conservative-packed Supreme Court's disastrous decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldn't offer an ultrasound. The baby later died. These cases — and others like them — raise obvious alarms about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the US, especially in Republican-controlled states that enacted heinous abortion laws and sparked confusion around the treatment doctors can legally provide. ALL of this was avoidable. Please remember in November.

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Tesla recalls the Cybertruck for faulty accelerator pedals that can get stuck
The accelerator pedal gets stuck, you say? And the truck weights just under 7,000 lbs, eh? Seems like kind of a big deal. Maybe a little less neo-Nazi'ing over at nüTwitter and lot more quality control elsewhere, hmmm, Elon?

Bill Barr says he'll back 2024 GOP ticket after months of shit-talking Trump
A friendly reminder not to take any critiques Trump's former (and probably future) enablers and apologists share regarding the serially indicted con man. It may at one time have behooved Barr, Trump's former attorney general, to distance himself from the disgraced ex-president when the latter appeared genuinely vulnerable and on the outs with the GOP, but now that Donald has firmly cemented his control over the morally bankrupt Republican Party, Barr and his ilk are predictably falling back in line. Once a MAGA lackey, always a MAGA lackey.

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Trump finally meets his match as his campaign craters
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: There it is.