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Wasting my potential since 1969

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But SCOTUS said presidents have total immunity

President Biden has tested positive for COVID

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JD Vance said he wanted abortion banned nationwide in a 2022 interview: www.cnn.com/2024/07/17/p...

JD Vance said in 2022 he ‘would like abortion to be illegal nationally’ | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, said two-and-a-half years ago he was open to a national abortion ban, a stark contrast to comments he made this week where the Ohio senator said he adhered to Tr...

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Bernie's case for Biden in the Chotiner piece is simple, and I suspect honest. "He's good on policy, we'll figure out a way to drag him to re-election, and if he has to quit in 2026 or 2027, so be it." It's not an argument I find compelling, but it's straightforward. No 3-D chess here.

Isaac Chotiner interviews Bernie Sanders about Joe Biden

Bernie Sanders Wants Joe Biden to Stay in the Racewww.newyorker.com But he still won’t say that the President is capable of serving a second term.

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teamsters twitter account briefly spoke the truth then deleted it

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NEW: Jack Smith formally notifies Judge Cannon that DOJ will appeal her dismissal of the classified-docs case (via Kyle Cheney) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This exactly. If your article about whether or not Biden should step down is not centered around the base of the Democratic Party—black voters—then it’s meaningless

Yeah this is why I don't give af about what Schiff or Pelosi say. Does Pelosi understand how to wrangle votes in the House? Yup. Does she speak for the black community; the base of the Democratic Party? No. When the CBC tells Joe to quit, I'll listen.

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This popular gun YouTuber posted a very convincing and sympathetic video explaining why he's so upset that Trump's would-be assassin was wearing one of his t-shirts. But it seems he also quietly just removed this hat from his online merch store. (h/t Reddit)

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the GOP to prison to RNC pipeline

Peter Navarro, the former Trump administration official, was released from prison on Wednesday after a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress — in time to fly to Milwaukee to speak at the Republican National Convention.

Peter Navarro, Trump Trade Adviser, Released From Prison and Headed to the R.N.C.www.nytimes.com The former Trump administration official completed a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress and will speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday.

My Emmys take: not enough noms for Fallout

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"We want to be the first law enforcement agency to have a Cybertruck" is one of the easiest ways to tell your community that they exist to subsidize your lifestyle and that you will do nothing for them in return.

Cops want Cybertrucks. They serve no practical purpose and are an irresponsibly expensive misuse of taxpayer funds that have sacrificed much more beneficial public services…but cops don’t care about the communities they serve. www.404media.co/email/746a69...

Vance to women: You don’t matter

"The question really, to me, is about the baby," said Vance.

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Biden, citing attack on Trump, renews call for assault weapons ban www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Biden, citing attack on Trump, renews call for assault weapons banwww.washingtonpost.com The Trump rally shooting was carried out with an AR-style rifle, similar to how assault weapons have “killed so many others, including children,” Biden said.

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"host bodies" jesus www.cltampa.com/news/florida...

Florida Republican called pregnant women 'host bodies' fives times while discussing anti-abortion bill | Creative Loafing Tampa Baywww.cltampa.com It wasn't a simple slip of the tongue, either.

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under trump’s project 2025, a middle-class family with two children would pay $2,600 in additional federal income tax by comparison, a married couple with two children and earnings of $5 million a year would enjoy a $325,000 tax cut

Project 2025 would overhaul the U.S. tax system. Here's how it could impact you.www.cbsnews.com Project 2025, a blueprint for the next Republican president, proposes major economic changes that could impact millions of Americans.

The fact that cruise ships have morgues is all you need to know

My parents’ friends are on a world cruise with Princess (read: $$, old people) and in 77 days, 10 people have died

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders told the convention God intervened to save Trump from an assassin. I guess God just didn't care for that guy who was killed.

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I live in Atlanta. Spend a weekend in my neighborhood, Virginia-Highland. Grab coffee at Ash and a breakfast sandwich at Kinship. Hit all the shops, sit on the patio at George’s, have prime rib and an ice-cold martini (with a sidecar) at Highland Tap.

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"He is also weighing whether to call for a constitutional amendment to eliminate broad immunity for presidents and other constitutional officeholders"

Breaking news: President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.

Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.

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Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.

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Psst: Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders. Pass it on.

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Just a reminder: Trump inherited the lowest homicide rate of any president in 50 years. He was the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher homicide rate than when he entered. And the rate has dropped every year since he left. www.foxnews.com/video/635815...

RNC day 2 to focus on crime and safety as victims' families speak out | Fox News Videowww.foxnews.com Erin Rachwal, who lost her son to fentanyl poisoning and Sheri and Aaron Sparks, who lost their son in the Waukesha parade attack, on the need to hold criminals accountable and stop the influx of illi...

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It’s really wild trying to see the media be like TRUMP HAS THE MOMENTUM OF A RUNAWAY TRAIN before seeing if anything has actually altered the momentum, just trying to force this shit into existence the hardest way they can

"In the national Morning Consult poll of 2,045 registered voters, taken Monday, Trump leads President Joe Biden 46 percent to 45 percent. The poll has a margin of error of two percentage points." www.rawstory.com/trump-pollin...

Surprise: Trump did not get polling boost after shootingwww.rawstory.com Following the failed assassination attempt on Saturday, former President Donald Trump did not see a polling boost, in the first presidential survey taken since the event.In the national Morning Consul...

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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...

Friends, we have an opportunity here to defeat Trump *and* make Elon go broke. We can do this

"Elon Musk has said he plans to commit around $45 million a month to a new super political-action committee backing former President Donald Trump’s presidential run, according to people familiar with the matter." www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

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Our new theme is unity

The “Some folks need killing” guy just gave a primetime speech at the RNC.

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Consider reporting the users for targeted harassment

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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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… “I don’t know that I can disrespect someone more than J. D. Vance” —Romney

FWIW I just read McKay Coppins’ Romney book, and Romney is BRUTAL on JD Vance.

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JD Vance is particularly odious to me because we’re roughly the same age and from the same part of Ohio and I grew up with a hundred pasty, squishy faced white dudes like him & they’re all convinced they’re marginalized because you can’t smoke at Waffle House or say the n-word anymore