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Republican lawmakers in Texas are reluctant to impose a proof of citizenship requirement for voting in the state because it would make it more difficult for their own voters to cast a ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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We are actively reporting on multiple attacks against journalists covering protests in LA — including assaults, equipment damage, and other press freedom violations.

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If we want kids to get off screens, adults have to do the same

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… one flared temper, one foolish incident, away from a true national emergency. Or an agent provocateur planted to incite violence.

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Where agents provocateur inciting violence?

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If you don’t know what Palantir is, or the people behind it, investigate. Or listen to @hcrichardson.bsky.social Heather Cox Richardson’s interview with Gil Duran on her YT channel. He goes through everything and connects the dots really well.

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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

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Which was the old man that was running for president?

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There are paid MAGA agents inciting people to violence

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A DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts. For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

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Demonstrators or plants put their to incite violence and give the soldiers an excuse to open fire.

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And MAGA agents have infiltrated the protestors in order to incite violence and give the troops an excuse to open fire.

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Are the violent protesters plants and provocateurs to give the Trump forces the excuse they need?

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"When conservatives destroy these public goods, it doesn’t necessarily lead to a Democratic backlash at the ballot box, and they see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated."

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This is the war against the cities that Nixon (criminal comparison intended) started. Cities are, because of population density and social conditions largely democratic. GOP went after cities in 2020 with a vengeance. Notice they don’t go against rural communities with large immigrant laborers.

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Law Professor @rgoodlaw.bsky.social catches DOJ in a contradiction in the Abrego Garcia case. A major one.

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🤔

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Reminder that the Social Security Administration (per DOGE) instituted supposed anti-fraud checks for benefit claims made over the phone. Only two out of over 110,000 claims had a high probability of fraud — a rate of .0018%. But it slowed retirement claim processing by 25%.

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You know the air marshals that fly under cover on planes to keep us safe? Trump just killed that program.

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The majority of voters voted against him. Why doesn’t the press mention that when they write about the so called “mandate”

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In just 130 days, Elon... -Secured even more contracts -Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations -Gutted agencies that regulate his business -Installed loyalists throughout the government Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.

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Could this be the beginning of a counter coup as the Trump Musk conflict creates a power vacuum?

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Alex Jones says Bongino might be covering up some heavy shit for Trump.

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Unsure if Trump is a jock though

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This cartoon from last week takes on a little more significance this week 😂

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Somehow, and I don’t know how yet, we will be informed that the whole Trump-Musk feud is Joe Biden’s fault.

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Will Trump now deport South Africans, after claiming they eat cats and preform satanic rituals ?

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House Democrats are pressing the Justice Department and FBI to confirm whether Elon Musk's explosive claim that Donald Trump appears in the Jeffrey Epstein files is true, Axios reported Thursday.

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And I’m wondering why he hasn’t said anything about cigarettes and cancer?

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If you thought Federalist judges were bad wait till Trump pulls them from the Fox network

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The Department of Education was deep into an investigation of a school district where students allegedly played whipping sounds from their phones during a lesson about slavery. Then in March, Trump fired all of the employees working on the case.

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A sane approach

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The conservative Wall Street Journal urged Republican senators Monday to stand up to President Donald Trump and force through action against Russia — even if their leader opposes it.

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But if you count all who voted in the election, the majority of Americans VOTED AGAINST HIM! Why? Is. This. Important. Fact. NEVER. Mentioned! They are not reporting “All the news that fits” but just some of the news that suits them. Guilty by OMISSION.

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I hate it when I RSVP for an event and can’t make it. Anyway, here is the link to free tickets for Captain Bone Spur’s military parade… events.america250.org/events/250th...

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