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Headlines around the world, basically unreported in US corporate media. What is this all about?

House Dems Report: “A growing body of evidence demonstrates Trump was an active participant in Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the 1990s. The DOJ & FBI are doing everything they can to keep the 🇺🇸 people in the dark about it.” The report: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

FLASHBACK — Republican Paul Weyrich (co-founder of the Heritage Foundation & ALEC): “I don’t want everybody to vote… our leverage in elections goes up as the voting populace goes down.” They’ve been saying it out loud for years. Please vote. 🗳️ 🇺🇸

The Trump admin got the Cassidy Hutchinson indictment attempt shoved down their throat today. Rejoice. 🔥

Surprising exactly zero people, "forgive my youthful indescretions committed at age 53" guy recently sponsored a law to get 15-year-olds tried as adults. nashvillebanner.com/2024/07/15/n...

The allegations against Donald Trump for sexual assault seem to have a common denominator: He is physically violent and intentionally inflicts pain on his victims. He likes to slam women and girls up against doors and walls as he roughly manhandles them. Donald Trump is a sick and twisted person.

The SC ruling that corporate spending is a protected form of free speech is what led us to this point. It allows wealthy donors like Musk to interfere. For more information on the Citizens United ruling, go to the Brennan Center link below. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

The report reproduces interview transcripts showing Blanche repeatedly redirecting Maxwell when she began discussing a survivor known as Jane. Judiciary Democrats argue this may constitute witness interference 🔗 democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

A win! A federal judge in Washington issued a longer-term injunction, blocking the Trump administration from removing or damaging any more trees on the grounds of East Potomac Golf Links.

Talarico: "If you've seen an attack ad on your TV, that was Elon. If you've gotten lies in your mailbox, that was Elon. If you've received a text message saying scary things about me with scary black and white photos. That was Elon too."

ICYMI — CBS News(Max) deleted a tweet after @angieforfl.bsky.social called them out for mischaracterizing what she said about Cuba 🤔

One of the most important financial stories out there if you want to know how and why the same five evil guys wind up owning everything.

Clown show.

Your daily reminder that progressive Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny is an American citizen and MAGA lunatic Nicki Minaj is not.

In newspapers around the world, the report that Donald Trump raped Béatrice Keul in an Atlantic City hotel room commands huge headlines. In US corporate media, it isn't reported. Ask yourself why that might be. Here's the front page of today's Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich.

when they show you who they are, believe them it was never just about illegal immigration

"The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." --The Treaty of Tripoli, unanimously ratified by Congress on June 7, 1797

Justin J Pearson’s republican opponent sent unsolicited dick pics to multiple recipients when he was as old as 53. He admits to it, but calls his behavior “youthful indiscretion” and a “distraction.” www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

NEW: Mail ballot rejection rates in North Carolina now sit at nearly 6% following Republicans' decision to implement a new envelope sealing rule before the midterms. One advocate noted that the steadily-growing rate "could make the difference in many key races.” https://demdock.com/4srJjPG

He was only a small 53 year old boy, y’all. How could State Senator Brent Taylor have known any better? dailymemphian.com/section/metr...

Trump wasn't upset at being compared to Saddam Hussein.

NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried

Oh, this needs to happen. No hiding or excuses. Just Darlene Graham and Annie Andrews on that debate stage. 🔥 “The television stations are ready. I’m ready. The only person we haven’t heard from is the woman who believes she deserves to be handed a six-year Senate term.” - Annie Andrews

Many tech billionaires who grew up on science fiction are intent on building dystopian technology, @galbeckerman.bsky.social argues. He writes about a new book by Jill Lepore that explores how they took the wrong lessons from their favorite novels:

Miami’s ultra‑rich are adding rooftop helipads to skip traffic while nearly 40% of Florida families rely on Buy Now, Pay Later apps just to afford groceries. This is Donald Trump’s America: a playground for the mega-rich, funded by the debt of families struggling to put dinner on the table.

You could write a whole thesis on the rhetorical brilliance of the wording "I think California transplants like Ken Paxton can become Texans"

Haberman: "Last year the administration signed a critical minerals mining deal with Kazakhstan for a U.S. company...Six days before the deal was signed...the president's older sons with other partners took a 20% investment in a company related. What did the president know?" Leavitt: "Nothing."

Sen. Alsobrooks tells Vought "I have been waiting for the opportunity to come face to face with you" and repeatedly calls his actions "depraved" and "evil"

President Obama chose 300 of his favorite books for the Chicago Public Library branch inside his presidential center. I look forward to his reading list every year. They are reliable choices for refilling anyone's TBR list. theliterarylifestyle.com/obamas-readi...

What two scenes have the same vibe. I'll go first:

I’m surprised and disappointed that various parts of America (elites, the military, corporates, both political parties, media, etc etc ) tolerates this.

Iran got the United States to sign a document that even Americans described as degrading, mortifying, a total capitulation, Graeme Wood argues: “Watching Trump and his aides sell the deal is in some ways as humiliating as the deal itself.”

Michelle and I had fun surprising the first group of visitors to the Obama Presidential Center on Juneteenth. Come check it out!

The grifting is so good, it's worth the humiliation.

A Better CaturDogDay….

Dog with a Pearl Earring ~ Johannes Vermeer

Remembering Brian Wilson on his birthday 💙🏄‍♂️🎹 In 2006, Carole King was invited by legendary songwriter / producer Brian Wilson to his recording studio. One of the songs they recorded that day is “I’m Into Something Good,” the Goffin/King song originally made famous in 1965 by Herman’s Hermits.

Obama/JCPOA vs. Trump's Iran 'deal'

A common disinformation tactic is ad hominem fallacy. “…an attempt to discredit someone’s argument by personally attacking them. Instead of discussing the argument itself, criticism is directed toward the opponent’s character, which is irrelevant.” —Scribbr www.scribbr.co.uk/fallacy/ad-h...

Future generations won’t ask what happened. They’ll ask who allowed this.

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

A love story built on respect, partnership & purpose Michelle honoring Barack reminds us that true leadership starts with character,compassion&service Some leaders leave office. Others leave a legacy The Obama Presidential Center will inspire future generations! #SheShed #ObamaPresidentialCenter

Iran once again closed the Straits today. Shortly thereafter, the most stable intelligent President ever posted this.