Kate

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Environmental scientist. Aspiring worthwhile human being. South Jersey. Yes…it’s the best state.

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If you live in New Jersey and care about these things, I highly recommend telling Governor Murphy you expect him to appoint Andy Kim, the elected D nominee, to replace Menendez in the Senate. www.nj.gov/governor/con...

NEW: Sen Bob MENENDEZ is calling allies and telling them he intends to RESIGN, per NBC News

Office of the Governor | Contact Uswww.nj.gov Contact Us Form

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Texas has been under GOP control for 25 years. Every single statewide office held by Republicans. Texas ranks last in quality of life, worst in health insurance. Power goes out often; people die of heat or cold. The infant death rate is rising; women die giving birth. These are features, not bugs.

Anger grows as some senior facilities left without power for days: ‘It’s horrible what the state of Texas is doing’ | CNNwww.cnn.com As Tina Kitzmiller sat inside her sweltering apartment, windows and doors open in the hope of catching even the slightest breeze, she was frustrated and worried for her dog and her neighbors.

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contracts don’t mean very much if the National Labor Relations Board can’t or won’t enforce existing labor law, and Trump appointees to the NLRB and the courts simply will not allow labor law to be enforced. That’s all O’Brien should need to know: he’s puffing up a threat to his members’ contracts.

Dumbass. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-patsy

You Patsywww.hamiltonnolan.com We don't have time for this bullshit.

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Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers' tuition that it's now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.

School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.www.propublica.org Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...

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That Vance is a direct line to Thiel and Andreessen is truly important. Trump wants their money. Thiel wants to sell billions in Palantir contracts to power Trump’s mass surveillance/ethnic cleansing infrastructure. Pence was the Christian Nationalists’ guy. Vance is reactionary capital’s.

Are you a fan of all of those guys who are directly responsible for making the internet an unusable dogshit hellhole? Well boy do I have a VP for you.

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Trump-Vance isn't designed to win over more voters, but ensure the next coup attempt proceeds more smoothly

The Republican Party has nominated a man for Vice President who says he would have ended American democracy if he’d had that role in 2021. abcnews.go.com/Politics/jd-...

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Are you a fan of all of those guys who are directly responsible for making the internet an unusable dogshit hellhole? Well boy do I have a VP for you.

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This is exactly right. Vance is on the record advocating a breach from constitutional democracy. They plan to end the republic as we know it—and Vance is on board.

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Here’s the letter to which Radley alludes demanding investigation of a journalist for an op-ed. Trump never had much of a mask, if any, but a Vance pick is a mask-off moment, in the sense that it’s saying “you’re goddamned right we want fascism.” www.vance.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

Trump’s VP pick … — demanded the DOJ open a criminal investigation of a journalist for “insurrection” over an op-ed critical of Trump — spouted replacement theory garbage — called for criminal prosecutions of other Trump critics — blamed Biden for Trump shooting — called for Biden’s prosecution

www.vance.senate.gov

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Senate Dems should take one of their assorted gun control bills off the shelf, rename it something like "Trump Assassination Prevention Act," and force Rs to do a talking filibuster to block it

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the "violence shook this previously peaceful white christian nationalist rally railing against the vermin tainting the blood of the country" stories are going to destroy me

We love amongst some of the most hateful, joyless people

BREAKING: Far-right extremist group Moms for Liberty seeks order blocking federal LGBTQ school protections nationwide. New, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/moms-for-l...

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"“The tax bill wasn’t even in dispute — the taxes were clearly owed by these people,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said in a call with reporters. “But we didn’t have the people or the resources. … It takes time and staffing to work through these cases.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

IRS reports collecting $1 billion from rich households’ back taxeswww.washingtonpost.com For years, the tax agency simply didn’t try collecting sizable debts owed by 1,600 filers with annual incomes of at least $1 million.

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Stripped back to its core function as a big machine the electricity grid is supposed to equalize access to one of the most essential things we need to survive in a modern, digital society— electricity. Defending it and making service a universal guarantee is paramount for the climate transition.

I have been thinking about this all week. My elderly parents, who live in Houston, lost power early Monday morning. But, they are privileged enough to have a generator. Millions are not so lucky. This is yet another way we are privatizing public problems. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/u...

A Hurricane Divide in Houston: Who Has a Generator?www.nytimes.com In the prolonged power outage after Hurricane Beryl, many well-to-do neighborhoods are humming with generators. Other residents are struggling to afford — or even find — one.

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It’s the fascist international 2.0 and it’s public and coming to try to end American democracy. Trump is signaling the axis of transnational fascism is awaiting him and the republicans with open arms. This is such a massive threat it’s really hard to describe.

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Trying to imagine how the last four years would have gone if Democrats ever did anything with any urgency

September!

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"lets just move on as a country from the bush era torture" predictably did not heal the nation, it just empowered the torturers to grow bolder and entrench their power.

John Yoo, the author of the Bush administration's "Torture Memos," has some new ideas. www.semafor.com/article/07/0...

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Gonna repost the White House analysis from 3 years ago, which looks exactly right

Snapshot of headlines for the choice of futures in front of us. This is pretty much the choice.

Republicans want you to think this is bad

The IRS reported Wednesday that it has collected $1 billion in taxes and penalties owed by hundreds of wealthy households who accumulated past-due tax debts for years while IRS enforcement dwindled.

IRS reports collecting $1 billion from rich households’ back taxeswapo.st For years, the tax agency simply didn’t try collecting sizable debts owed by 1,600 filers with annual incomes of at least $1 million.

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Seems worth noting that the Republican platform makes a big deal out of fighting crime and inflation, both of which have been plummeting

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In the many years of teaching kids a unit on either slavery or the Civil Rights, I never had a white kid feel bad because they identified with the racists. They all thought they'd be part of the Underground Railroad, they all thought they'd be best friends with Ruby Bridges.

Without even clicking the link, I’ll guess the reason — all the talk of racism makes white kids feel guilty. Again, if your kids are reading histories of slavery or segregation and identifying with the racists in the story, that suggests you’ve got your own problems to work through. Leave us out.

Good times….good times

The leader of a NYC suburb is recruiting 75 armed citizens for a force of “special deputies” to be activated when he chooses. A county legislator said she had heard from Jewish residents who likened Blakeman’s initiative to the rise of Nazi forces under Hitler. One person referenced the Brownshirts.

A Trump Ally Is Training 75 Armed Citizens. Is That a Militia?www.nytimes.com Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, is recruiting “special deputies” to deploy during disaster or unrest. Opponents say the move is dangerous.

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NEW: AOC introduces articles of impeachment against Justices Thomas and Alito for failure to disclose gifts and failure to recuse. Cosponsors: Lee, Tlaib, Watson Coleman, Ramirez, Frost, Omar, Bowman Thomas: ocasio-cortez.house.gov/sites/evo-su... Alito: ocasio-cortez.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Sociopathic capitalism: Private Equity firms are buying up asbestos liability claims and gambling that poisoning victims will die, or go broke trying to get compensated for the damages they’re owed. Wall St calls this an “investment.”

Wall Street Is Investing In Your Asbestos Poisoningwww.levernews.com Private equity firms are buying up asbestos liability claims — and asbestos victims will pay the price.

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The Supreme Court's conservative majority rejects science, history and reality itself. Editorial from Scientific American: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... 🧪

The Supreme Court’s Contempt for Facts Is a Betrayal of Justicewww.scientificamerican.com The Supreme Court majority’s recent decisions about homelessness, public health and regulatory power, among others, undermine the role of evidence, expertise and honesty in American democracy

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Full quote from ex-ICE director Tom Homan: "Trump comes back in January... I will run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen. They ain’t seen shit yet. Wait until 2025.” Tonight in Florida Trump pledged to bring Homan back. Homan, BTW, is a listed Project 2025 contributor.

"Wait until 2025. They ain't seen shit yet." www.semafor.com/article/07/0...

Trump’s ‘national conservative’ allies plot a revenge administrationwww.semafor.com As President Biden’s position weakens, Trump world is enthusiastically planning a MAGA White House.

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Remember the outcry from our entire political class back in October when it was reported that Israel had hit 1 hospital? They immediately screamed fake news. Now it’s 8 hospitals, and they’ve all gone silent.

“In the past nine months, Israeli troops have occupied at least eight hospitals, causing the deaths of patients and medical workers along with massive destruction to facilities and equipment.” “Only 13 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are functioning, and those only partially…”

Heavy Israeli bombardment in Gaza City forces medical facilities to close as thousands fleeabcnews.go.com Heavy Israeli bombardment is shaking Gaza City

An evil, dangerous person who would have no problem pulling your fingernails out to get you to snitch on a divorced woman having sex.

Sen. Josh @HawleyMO: "Some will say now that I am calling America a Christian Nation. So I am. And some will say that I am advocating Christian Nationalism. And so I do." Christian nationalism is fascism and Nazism as politics-and hawley is a proud fascist.