Arizona indicts 18 in election interference case, including Giuliani and Meadows
Well, well, well. What do we have here? An Arizona grand jury has indicted Donald Trump's ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows, disgraced lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and 16 other Republicans for their seditious roles in trying to overturn the disgraced con man's 2020 election loss and permanently upend American democracy. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020. They include the former state party chair, a 2022 US Senate candidate, and two sitting state lawmakers in — otherwise known in MAGA land as some of Trump's "best people" — who are charged with nine counts each of conspiracy, fraud, and forgery. Sadly, the serially indicted cult leader himself was not charged but was referred to as an unindicted co-conspirator.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump makes devastating mistake in New York criminal trial
Just before the disgraced ex-president appeared on a Pennsylvania TV news station and violated his gag order yet again, for at least the tenth time, his crackpot legal team earnestly argued in court with what we can only assume were straight faces that the MAGA cult leader was in fact doing his best to comply with the order and taking the matter very seriously. Judge Merchan was having none of it, telling Trump attorney Todd Blanche that he was losing "all credibility" in the courtroom. Is a muzzle out of the question here?

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Texas radicals seek to cut off escape for abortion seekers
Avow: Stripping away bodily autonomy, reproductive rights, and access to life-saving medical treatments for Texans wasn’t enough for anti-abortion extremists. Now they want to stop pregnant people from leaving the state entirely, forcing them to bear unwanted children and endure agonizing pain and trauma from unviable pregnancies. Avow is on the front lines organizing 24/7 to provide funds for abortion travel, educate the public, and come up with creative ways to get abortion seekers the care that they need. Will you chip in to support their mission?

Arizona House finally votes to repeal state's 1864 ban on abortion
Three state House Republicans wisely came to their senses (or, more likely, feared for their political futures) and joined all 29 Democrats on Wednesday to support a repeal of Arizona's 1864 abortion ban law, which predates statehood and provides zero exceptions for rape or incest. The move follows weeks of effort by Democrats in the state legislature to undo the horrific law — which was written by a child rapist when slavery was still a thing and women were not allowed to vote — while the issue increasingly put radical, right-wing and "establishment" Republicans alike on the defensive in a key battleground state. The measure will now head to the state Senate, where it is expected to pass, and then to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs' desk for her imminent signature. While we recognize and appreciate the progress on the matter, we will not forget. Remember in November. And every November thereafter.

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Senior Democrat calls for arrests of "leftwing fascists" urging Gaza ceasefire
Congressman Adam Smith claimed "totalitarian" protesters are "trying to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them," then promptly demanded that law enforcement take measures to silence those who dare to disagree with, well, him. Speaking on the One Decision podcast, Washington state's Adam Smith, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said, "Intimidation is the tactic. Intimidation and an effort to silence opposition … I don’t know if there’s such a thing as leftwing fascism. If you want to just call it leftwing totalitarianism, then that’s what it is. It is a direct challenge to representative democracy now." For the record, hundreds of thousands of Americans have taken part in demonstrations, marches, and protests in favor of and opposition to Israel's ongoing military campaign in Gaza over the past six months, some resulting in arrests, including on several college campuses in recent days. But flattening the issue and painting protestors as a fascist monolith is a dangerous, cynical, and reductive tactic lifted straight from the Republican playbook and Democrats like Smith should know better than to play along.

Texas cop orders police dog to attack an unarmed Black man in front of his 9-year-old son during traffic stop
In disturbing yet sadly unsurprising body camera footage recently obtained by HuffPost, a police dog viciously attacked an unarmed Black man in front of his 9-year-old son during a routine traffic stop in Denison, Texas, last year. Derrick Dunlap, 54, was pulled over by Denison police on May 25, 2023, while his son was with him. Dunlap’s attorneys say police reported that he was stopped because — wait for it — the light over his license plate was too dim. Footage shows Officer Tyler Buchanan get out of the police car and say, “Here, here, here” to his K9 dog as Dunlap’s child is heard screaming in the background. The dog is seen repeatedly biting Dunlap, who is in a grassy area with his hands up, trying to get clear of the dog. Buchanan approaches him and shouts, "Give me your hands" as he grabs Dunlap’s arm to pull him to the ground as the dog continues to attack. "Give me your f*cking hand, man," Buchanan yells as Dunlap continues to scream in pain. "Oh, my God, you are doing this in front of my son," Dunlap said. Dunlap’s shirt is ripped open by this point, and as Buchanan shines a flashlight over his back, several bite marks are visible. Dunlap’s son can be heard off-camera begging Buchanan to not kill his father. Peace officers, y'all.

Biden administration issues new rules for airlines to require automatic cash refunds, prohibit surprise fees
In yet another big win for tens of millions of ordinary Americans, President Biden's administration announced big changes to airline policy, requiring carriers to automatically offer cash refunds for canceled or significantly delayed flights. "Passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them — without headaches or haggling," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a press release on the new refund rule. Make no mistake, these types of transformative changes simply do not happen under Republican administrations. Elections matter! Please remember in November!

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

Tough new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down
Speaking of transformative change, Biden's Environmental Protection Agency issued a new rule that will require coal-fired power plants to capture smokestack emissions or eventually shut down altogether. New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration’s most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the nation’s second-largest contributor to climate change. Coal plants that plan to stay open beyond 2039 will have to cut or capture 90% of their carbon dioxide emissions by 2032, the EPA said. The rules are a key part of Biden’s pledge to eliminate carbon pollution from the electricity sector by 2035 and economy-wide by 2050. And if you want to know how impactful this reform truly is, just wait for the onslaught of histrionic, industry-fueled Republican opposition to prioritizing the public's health and our planet's future over short-term corporate profits.

MAGA blog The Gateway Pundit files bankruptcy amid election defamation lawsuits
Jim Hoft, the founder of MAGA conspiracy blog The Gateway Pundit, told his followers the site is filing for bankruptcy as it faces mounting lawsuits for peddling defamatory lies about the 2020 presidential election. Hoft's trash bin website is being sued by Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss, two Georgia election workers who already won a staggering $148 million defamation suit against Rudy Giuliani, forcing the Trump goon to file for bankruptcy protection in December. Play stupid, treasonous games, win incredibly expensive, stupid prizes.

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