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Today in Politics, Bulletin 113. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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A top adviser of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday as part of an investigation into an unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, a U.S. defense official said.

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AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.

submitted 52 days ago • 1132 comments

A New Hampshire real estate attorney and American citizen returning home from Canada says he was detained at the border without an explanation and "treated like a criminal."

submitted 52 days ago • 1428 comments

Making my way through the judgment now. It's 88 pages and I will have a lot to say.

submitted 52 days ago • 48 comments

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

submitted 52 days ago • 810 comments

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled in a massive fundraising haul amid progressive calls for her to launch a 2028 primary challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer

submitted 52 days ago • 690 comments

@booker.senate.gov: "For a guy who spends the weekend on his golf course and brags to the media about him winning a tournament while the struggling-- this is the kind of gross arrogance of a Marie Antoinette saying, "let them eat cake" ... Screw him for telling people to accept pain."

submitted 56 days ago • 392 comments

Heisman winner Travis Hunter threw out the first pitch for the Savannah Bananas 🍌

submitted 56 days ago • 53 comments

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

submitted 56 days ago • 1640 comments

Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.

submitted 56 days ago • 854 comments

Dr Peter Marks, "Vaccines have been studied very extensively for being potentially associated with autism" "That theory has been debunked" "One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"

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So many evocative photos from last night. Look at Myles Lewis-Skelly’s face here - priceless.

submitted 59 days ago • 27 comments

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ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

submitted 59 days ago • 1099 comments

Today I introduced my first bill as a Senator. A commonsense, bipartisan piece of legislation designed to protect people and their homes from natural disasters. Let's get it passed.

submitted 59 days ago • 145 comments

The More You Know…💫

submitted 59 days ago • 91 comments

Oh hellooo

submitted 59 days ago • 216 comments

!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky please join me in the fight to save our libraries. EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.

submitted 59 days ago • 199 comments

The Senate process that has legs is canceling the national emergency, because that's a privileged resolution that has to get a vote in 18 days. Democrats should be introducing a resolution canceling the emergencies every day, setting up daily votes in 2-3 weeks.

submitted 60 days ago • 21 comments

BREAKING NEWS: Senator Brian Schatz is BLOCKING over 300 Trump admin nominations by refusing to let them pass with unanimous consent. "I don't think we should make anything easy going forward,” he said. BLOCK THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! MORE OF THIS!

submitted 60 days ago • 252 comments

We fight to give hope — a reminder that there are still those within the government standing up for what’s right. Since Saturday, we’ve faced relentless attacks. We know there will be consequences for our actions, but we will not back down.

submitted 60 days ago • 395 comments

Senator Padilla (D-CA) was one of the nicest and caring Senators I ever spoke with. He’s also tough about standing up to Donald Trump on issues like immigration. His voice is crucial. He just joined Bluesky today. Please consider giving him a follow!

submitted 60 days ago • 38 comments

I’m so sick and tired of hearing about book bans! Can we seriously just ban stupid people instead? If something offends you don’t engage with it! #booktok #bookish #booksagram #bookaddict #readmorebooks #bookcollector #read #books #reader #darkromance #romantasy #booksky #bookban

submitted 60 days ago • 158 comments

Watching the aurora in Denali National Park, Alaska

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We wouldn’t be here if SCOTUS had allowed the January 6th trial to go forward as scheduled.

submitted 60 days ago • 1192 comments

youtu.be/vyI8OZVmgbc?...

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Hard not to be a "PANICAN" when led by someone suffering from severe mental illness

submitted 60 days ago • 2029 comments

NEW: The Supreme Court took 6 months to decide immunity, but just 6 days to effectively strip the rest of us of due process. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-corrup...