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I spoke to an expert in authoritarianism, who explained to me that things like this are extremely meaningful and they help protect democracy, even if there’s not a straight line between this and actual legislating

“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.

This will be an especially difficult year to tell the difference between fake bullshit and actual bullshit this April Fool's Day

Share share share share share! And VOTE Wisconsin and Florida!

WATCH: Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social warns that the bill Yager claims is about protecting kids from vaping is actually doing the bidding of Big Tobacco

“We must cut through the red tape bogging down what could be a far more efficient AA,” said Pete Hegseth theonion.com/pete-he...

Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

Siri, what is a “deadbeat dad?”

Good, not to let these sleezeballs working4 Captain Sleeziestball get away with this shit. Judges must be busier than ever. "Boston Municipal Court judge has held an ICE agent in contempt for allegedly obstructing justice when agents arrested a defendant in the middle of his jury trial last week."

You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

The worst people in the world are like "They must be getting paid to hate me" when in reality everyone is happy to hate them for free

remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...

This is what corruption looks like.

Everything Joe Rogan says is wrong. He’s a fount of misinformation and tomfoolery. Why do so many men listen to him? I’m at a loss.

Half of the United States has been slowly and carefully inculcated by Fox News to believe that the other half of the country is their enemy and out to ruin their lives. Once this was established, it didn't take long for those viewers to value hurting these other Americans over helping themselves.

www.972mag.com/starvation-g...

Who has seen one of these out in the wild?

Pete Hegseth brought his wife to his meetings with senators so it would be awk to ask him about his alleged sexual misconduct www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

wow

An excellent emendation to Paul, Weiss’s Wikipedia page. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul,_W...

Cherry Hill, NJ Tesla Takedown @crindivisible.bsky.social

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The White House Correspondents’ Association said it fired host Amber Ruffin so it can instead focus the dinner on celebrating the First Amendment. Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.

People were mean to him on Twitter, so he bought Twitter. People were still mean to him, so he bought the US government. And he is going to use it to hunt down those bad people!

Pale Teenage Psychic Collapses With Nosebleed After Trying To Jerk Self Off With Power Of Mind theonion.com/pale-te...

Wikler: Musk deleted that tweet because he knows that that tweet was a crime, and it's still a crime in Wisconsin law. It is plain as day. You cannot promise something of value in order to induce someone to vote or refrain from voting. This is Wisconsin statute, and it's a felony to cross that line.

Garcia: Fortunately there's a young talented group of people that are sprouting up across this country that are building these new YouTube sites. Some of you might know MeidasTouch.

"Let’s pretend that this abduction took place in a state with a broad stand-your-ground law. Would Ozturk have been justified to use deadly force to defend herself?" We're not the ones who made this a necessary question to ask.

Courts willing to follow the Constitution and the law are the only things standing between us and Stephen Miller’s dystopia right now. And he isn’t happy about it.

Respected physician leaders like Dr Peter Marks rightly want to maintain their integrity in defense of our profession. Thank you for your example and your years of service.

If you don’t think this administration is so incompetent or callous as not to do this, you haven’t been paying attention.

Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰 #VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍 This is super important.

There it is. How I feel about it put perfectly.

IT GETS WORSE Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions. New via @wsj.com:

Oligarchs buying elections with million dollar giveaways. Hopefully people in Wisconsin won’t allow the South African to purchase a seat on your Supreme Court just like he bought the US federal government.

A new executive order is trying to take away federal employees' collective bargaining rights. Can't say we didn't see this one coming. Labor isn't one of the agencies listed but VA, Treasury, State and many others are being told they can't unionize. See you in court 😘

Uh guys? NBC just found out a DHS staffer accidentally added a journalist to an email thread about an ICE raid in Denver. Yeah, a completely separate incident. THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???

Professor Snyder, our beloved

JUST IN: The FDA’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, has been pushed out. In his resignation letter, he slams RFK Jr. for rejecting “truth and transparency” and pushing “misinformation and lies.” Marks warns of an “unprecedented assault on scientific truth.”

He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.