WATCH β @jamestalarico.bsky.social : βEvery dollar we spend bombing people in the Middle East is one weβre not spending here at home. Weβre always told we donβt have enough money for schools or healthcare or for veterans, but thereβs always enough to bomb people on the other side of the world.β
WHO warns escalating Middle East conflict is worsening:
> 1,300 deaths and 9,000 injuries in Iran, 570 deaths and 1,400 injuries in Lebanon, 15 deaths and > 2,100 injuries in Israel.
+ attacks on health facilities, displacement, shortages of med supplies, disrupted aid deliveries.
An album that helps support aid for children in conflict zones? Sounds like a win.
The Republicans look the same, talk the same, act the same and think the same but weβre all supposed believe they believe in liberty.
BREAKING: Sheldon Whitehouse Details Report On Alleged Ties Between Epstein, Trump, And Russia youtu.be/InWPxsba878
Democrats want to get TSA agents paid, but we won't help Republicans cut a blank check to help Stephen Miller terrorize Americans.Β
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And I wonβt let Trump blackmail Democrats into funding rogue ICE agents just because he started a war with Iran.
The rank-and-file career federal prosecutors at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division who specialize in excessive force cases are not playing any role in the investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by two federal agents
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NEW: Bipartisan group of current & former Members of Congress ask appeals court to UPHOLD the dismissal of criminal case against James Comey
They argue Trump Admin is unlawfully appointing US Attorneys .. and seizing Congress's power
Last year: e-cigarette makers donate to Trump's bangin' ballroom.
This year: Trump admin says it'll allow e-cigarette makers to offer more, delicious flavors.
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FT: βVladimir Putinβs administration has endorsed a plan to bolster prime minister Orbanβs party by flooding social media with messages designed in Russia and posted by influential Hungarians. β
Here are some tips for members of Congress when AG Pam Bondi appears for her deposition to discuss her botched release of the Epstein files. Survivors deserve the facts. substack.com/@barbmcquade...
π΅ Democrats flip another seat in the New Hampshire State House.
Democrat Bobbi Boudman wins a special election in a Trump+9 district, after losing the same seat by 14 points in 2024. A 13-point Democratic overperformance.
β¦the government decided to drop $15.1 million for ribeye steak (again, just in September)β¦β
Letters from an American πΊπΈ by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Iβm so excited that Democrat Shawn Harris is going to a runoff against Republican Clay Fuller in MTGβs district in Georgia!
Time to flip the seat blue!
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You can judge a family by the company it keeps.
Result:
37 in favor
1 against β United States
6 abstentions
The conclusions focus largely on womenβs access to justice, including:
β’ eliminating discriminatory laws
β’ strengthening legal protections
β’ improving justice systems for women and girls.
MS NOW confirms: Far-right activist Ed Martin is facing an ethics investigation from the D.C. Bar.
The Office of Disciplinary Counsel β the enforcement arm for the local DC Bar β alleges that Martin violated ethics rules in early 2025 by making threats against Georgetown University Law Center.
1. GOP Senator John Kennedy on why he felt it was important to apologize and acknowledge the truth about the bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, which multiple reports indicate was caused by a U.S. military targeting error.
π¨BREAKING: Senate GOP leaders are looking to put the SAVE America Act debate behind them next week by scheduling it for a doomed vote β and MAGA is steaming mad. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
NEW: When the FBI subpoenaed documents from a legislative audit of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, Arizona, it opened another front in President Donald Trumpβs attack on free and fair elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics. Itβs the root of all evil in Washington.
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
UPDATE: The Rep. Jody Barrett & Sen. Mark Pody abortion death penalty bill FAILED in the house
This amazing scientific advance may one day lead to either more effective treatments or dare I say perhaps a cure.
This is why it is vitally important to fund basic scientific research.
Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Chemical Process Linked With Alzheimerβs Disease share.google/Vm0hfSMfkGIc...
We donβt need more criminals, uneducated, incompetent fools running our most important government institutions. Do not confirm Mullin.
BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiarβfar higher than the Pentagonβs publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)
Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"