Today in Politics, Bulletin 197. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 197. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Everything is perfectly normal and fine. Nothing to see here.
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Apparently, his hair dye saved him
The government has failed us. So we are stepping in. #media4good @msnbc.com
Unafraid to speak truth to power, President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Dr. Susan Kressly joins @vinguptamd.bsky.social on Meidas Health for a powerful discussion on truth, conviction, and her deep commitment to ensuring optimal childhood health for the nation amid chaos at the CDC.
Trump's dodging the cameras as much as he's been dodging the Epstein files
Join the American Army and bring that warrior ethos back to garden pest control
Pete Hegseth in December on military training: “We’re bringing a war-fighting ethos back to the Pentagon. Everything else that distracts from lethality shouldn’t be happening.”
Still no word from the Washington Post about Trump's latest attack on democracy. But, it is now offering advice to Trump about how to effectuate his tariff plan. Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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He won’t let the press anywhere near him. This is getting weirder and weirder.
A plan for Gaza circulating within the Trump administration calls to “voluntarily relocate” Palestinians, establish U.S. control, and turn the area into a “gleaming tourism resort and high-tech manufacturing and technology hub.” (Washington Post)
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I would have woken to a powerball win
Thousands of farm animals & livestock are going unattended. They aren’t being milked. They aren’t being fed. I feel a great deal more for those animals than for the farmers who voted for this shit. They KNEW who their workers were & where they came from. But they voted to hurt them anyway.
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Who voted for war with Venezuela?
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
A fun day was had by all, including the dogs, at the #UFOfestival in Exeter, NH
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The United States, just months before its 250th birthday as the world’s leading democracy, has tipped over the edge into authoritarianism and fascism.
Hopefully, he died
Squeaky wishes all a happy #Caturday
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I woke this morning and found my bordfeeder thief
Another long week in the fight for democracy. If you want to stay up to date on what is happening to democracy in court, subscribe now to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0 Goodnight.😴
🚨BREAKING: A Fulton County judge has temporarily paused his own contempt order that would have fined the county commission $10,000 per day for refusing to seat two election-denying Republican nominees to the county’s Board of Elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
🚨BREAKING: Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) reinforced GOP power grabs sweeping the country, calling a special legislative session Friday to redraw congressional districts and weaken the ability of voters to pass laws through ballot initiatives. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump and Dr. Oz want AI to decide which Medicare patients get care—and they're giving AI companies a profit-incentive to deny coverage. Everything about this is sick and wrong. Tell Congress to intervene NOW:
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
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Do you do anything other than photo ops?
A Texas Republican lawmaker who last week blocked Democrats’ effort to filibuster the state’s gerrymander made disturbing comments at a 2022 legislative hearing — suggesting a way to deal with immigrants might be: “shoot, shovel and shut up.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Cutting health services for pregnant veterans is cruel. A new Trump administration rule will cut access to abortions for veterans, even in cases of rape or incest. QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/vetsrj via @momsrising.org #ReproductiveJustice #MaternalJustice
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Thank you for keeping hope alive for democracy
No thank you. I'm sure he smells funny
Donald will lose his shit if you repost this.
Cankles shits on soldiers as equally as he shits on the rest of us
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I heard the Justice League was thinking about making him chairman
In another instalment of: “Didn’t Age Well” This video was deleted from Twitter. So you know what to do. 😏
Brett Meiselas: Israel’s assault on Gaza City has killed 61 in 24 hours, over 62K since it began, and injured 159K. Entire areas are leveled while propaganda claims “all is fine.” Propaganda tries to hide famine and devastation, but we must speak out against these genocidal actions.
Ashli Babbitt was a domestic terrorist who was shot while committing a violent crime that demonstrated a clear intention to do bodily harm to the people on the other side of those doors. The officer ended the threat she represented...as they were required to do by lethal force if necessary. It was
"Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who made a series of conscious, ill-advised decisions to engage in treasonous behavior, and she got exactly what she deserved. She was a traitor. She was a threat to national security. There is no nuance needed here."
Meiselas: It seems that the outcome that Republicans want is whatever the worst possible outcome could be. More disease, more deaths, more murders, a horrible economy. And let’s literally pick the worst people for each possible position at every level.
Will you introduce more legislation instead of fighting to save the Constitution?
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NEW: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is suing President Donald Trump to keep her job, after the president earlier this week tried to remove her. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Some friends stopped by for a visit
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I did promise that Republican states that capitulate to Trump's demands to illegally gerrymander their maps will be sued. And history shows I never bluff and usually win. I also said that there are only two types of GOP officials -- proud MAGA and scared MAGA. That is true.
VICTORY: In a major victory for voting rights, the Arizona Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit brought by right-wing groups and the Arizona Republican Party that sought to limit how election officials verify mail-in ballot signatures. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Disabled people already push themselves way harder than they should. They already go out of their comfort zones just to get through the day. They already try harder than you'll ever know
Republicans no longer believe in the constitution
🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals REJECTS right wing challenge to Arizona's signature matching process. Another VICTORY for my law firm's clients and the voters of Arizona. www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...
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Why was Cracker Barrel more concerned with their logo than with the shit they sell as food?
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
I didn't know shit could talk so much about bullshit
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🚨BREAKING: California Supreme Court DENIES Republicans’ petition asking the court to stop state officials from putting a redistricting measure on the ballot – the second GOP challenge to the state’s redistricting it’s thrown out in one week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Iowa Senate seat that Democratic candidate Catelin Drey flipped tonight has been in GOP hands for 13 years. Not anymore.
They have garbage picking up innocent people and they have soldiers picking up garbage
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Rep. Veronica Escobar: "We need more people marching in the streets."
When will you fight for democracy?
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I've never thought about burning a flag until yesterday afternoon
If flag burning really bothered Trump then he wouldn’t sign an order that simply encourages more flag burning.
He's waiting for instructions from daddy
What you missed overnight night.🥳 Utah's gerrymandered congressional map was struck down. The judge reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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MeidasTouch Network: Our Punches Are Landing open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Jesus only cares if there's $ involved
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
