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NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

The GOP messaging at this point is 80% histrionic scaremongering about an increasing flood of sexual degenerates overtaking our society, and 20% defending pedophilia

I kinda suspect American voters are likely dumber than average in democracies because our system is so complicated and nonsensical

Lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4yGkBNh 📷 Evan Vucci

maybe ranked choice voting isn't a perfect system, I don't know. but denying a republican a 4th or 5th choice vote does actually feel better than simply not voting for republicans. I don't know why

it's funny to me to imagine an entertainment landscape where 1/2 of it is like boutique versions of God's Not Dead and Daily Wire movies and the other 1/2 is Castration Movie Pt. 2 but it feels like we're heading in that direction lol

no amnesty

First their policies were so unpopular they had to help their candidates by running ads on any topic but the one they exist to lobby for, and now AIPAC themselves is so unpopular they've made it their official MO to hide their support for candidates through proxies.

Republicans are giving up on two districts that Trump won by 9%, and that they themselves drew

We’re back with our second story about how Trump’s purge of the FBI killed a sweeping bribery probe in D.C. This time, we take you to South Carolina, where two powerful politicians escaped scrutiny: Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. James Clyburn. THREAD 👇

Yes. The conservative scheme for education is a three-way split: high-priced academies for the children of the wealthy, religious instruction to brainwash the middle class, and a rump of prison-like public schools to discipline the lower class into obedience.

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Was able to use the absentee files in NC to compare same day 18-29 turnout by party reg % of 2022 / % of 2024 by party D: 197.3% / 55.3% R: 83.9% / 12.6% Oth: 205.8% / 43.8%

I guess it was inevitable when you're the only party that reads anything

Harp is...one of the most powerful people in the country/on earth?

went looking for what ppl were referencing re 30k and uh. how to say this. i think you guys need to read more books, ideally in disciplines you don't work in.

Filing this under "Liberal Americans do not understand that the world will not simply forget what happened under Trump"

Brandon incoming

You Can See Everything is amazing, and you need to see it as soon as physically possible, before you learn anything more about it, which can only weaken the experience.

all of us just watched these university admins wield enormous power against palestinian student orgs, including unaffiliated ones, so these excuses land flatter than ever

That Hillary was the last genuine pro immigrant candidate should make the whole left of center ashamed for nominating Joe fucking Biden in 2020

Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.

Now that is quite a photo. (Credit: Doug Mills / New York Times)

many centrists are as disdainful of science as MAGA these days. virtually every study on the topic, and there have been many, show that youth programs reduce crime. it's a settled question. this is no different from claiming vaccines are a hoax.

Funny story: After Maryland Rep. Andy Harris blocked marijuana legalization in DC, residents would call up his office to complain about potholes and stuff. When the staffer would explain that they weren't constituents, they'd yell something to the effect of, "Then stop fucking with our weed!"

When Woke 2 arrives we are reorganizing the DFW exurbs as workers’ communes

I can't tell if the funnier explanation is that Logan Paul was the nth speaker so the Trump team gave him the nth speech for the night, or if Jake Paul said this because he actually believes this

I'm sorry, InsiderAdvantage has Marshall down? What?

The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.

Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

“Although [Mr. Belgal] was initially hospitalized, it appears that ICE moved quickly to transfer him out of the hospital to an unknown location—raising grave concerns for his health and well-being.” from @maketheroadny.bsky.social’s habeas petition filed today

‘Median wealth for a family in the top 10% of earners increased 31%, while wealth decreased for the bottom 40% of earners.’ www.wsj.com/economy/affl...

Every time I read this "make every mission about my hopes and dreams" just gets sadder. Not even in a funny way, I just get sad reading it

You want gas to be $8/gallon to win the midterms, I want gas to be $8/gallon to punish the American driver. We are NOT the same.