Special master to Trump’s lawyers: "You can't have your cake and eat it"
Trump got his wish of a special master — but Judge Raymond Dearie is apparently in no mood to rubber stamp Trump's bullshit excuses. Dearie was positively condescending when Trump's lawyers were unwilling to produce any evidence saying that the stolen documents were declassified... because there isn't any.
Take Action: Investigate Trump for stealing nuclear secrets!
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Lindsey Graham sinks his entire party on national TV
The South Carolina Senator can expect some angry phone calls from his colleagues after this little stunt. Nice going, bozo!
Take Action: Endorse 37 progressive climate champions running this November!
Ron DeSantis' migrant stunt BACKFIRES spectacularly
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Not what he expected...
Tucker Carlson calls for violence against teachers and doctors for telling kids that gay people exist
The Fox News rabble-rouser unleashed a hateful tirade against LGBTQ people and their allies Monday and suggested that teaching children about queer identities is equivalent to a sex crime that parents have a "moral duty" to "fight back against," no matter what "the law says." This kind of rhetoric will absolutely get people hurt, and he know it. How Tucker is able to remain on the air is a question we all need to grapple with.
Take Action: Demand Congress pass the Respect for Marriage Act!
Manchin whines about "revenge politics" scuttling his permit plan
Manchin, who has spent his entire career suckling from the foetid teat of fossil fuel dark money, accused other Democrats of being mean to him over his plan to speed up permits for climate-killing natural gas projects. Cry me a coal slurry river.
Take Action: Call on the Democratic Party to stop working with corporate mercenary firms!
Feds accuse 47 people of stealing cash meant to help feed needy kids in "staggering" Covid scheme
Prosecutors say a web of charities, restaurants and individuals pulled off the $250 million fraud by claiming they were providing meals for tens of thousands of underserved children, when in fact the money was going to commercial real estate, luxury cars, fancy homes and even coastal property in Kenya.
Occupied Ukraine regions announce votes to join Russia
Ukrainian separatists in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia have announced plans to hold votes on formally joining Russia, paving the way for an annexation similar to the 2016 vote that lead to Crimea's annexation. The Ukrainian government and its western backers immediately denounced the move.
🎥: Walker is DANGEROUS for Georgia and America
OD Action Partner: The MAGA-GOP wants Walker as their latest hitman on democracy
Alabama sidesteps compensation for survivor of 1963 KKK blast
Sarah Collins Rudolph, the sole survivor of the horrifying terrorist attack that killed four Black girls at an Alabama church in 1963, still has medical issues to this day from the bombing. But the state of Alabama seems to be in no hurry to do anything about it beyond offering an "apology" for then-Governor George C. Wallace's white supremacist rhetoric that helped incite the attack. The families of the other victims have all been compensated already.
The ranks of the ultra-rich reach an all time high as a person dies from hunger every four seconds
50 million people are on the brink of starvation in 45 countries as the share of the world's wealth held by the 1% increased from 44% to 46% last year. Profits from soaring food prices have enriched billionaires around the world by a collective $382 billion. It is a moral abomination that we allow this to continue.
New York hospitals got COVID bailouts. Then executives got $73M in bonuses
Top New York hospital executives received an average bonus of about $273,000 in 2020 while leading health systems that secured billions of dollars in federal pandemic bailouts.
New footage confirms fake Trump elector spent hours inside Georgia elections office day it was breached
A former Republican Party official in Georgia who was a fake elector in 2020 misrepresented her role in an alleged breach of voting equipment at a rural elections office two months after the last presidential election, a court filing says.
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DEEP DIVE: Puerto Rico, America's neglected stepchild
Hope...
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