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You know who else starved people for political advantage? Joseph Stalin.

So far, three GOP-controlled states have redrawn their maps at Trump’s request. Seven new red seats are likely to come out of those measures, with potentially more on the way. We outline where the redistricting battle stands now, and where it’s headed. https://bit.ly/4hFTgDT

I find it interesting the DoJ didn’t hand over a complete grand jury transcript given Comey is alleging Halligan misled the grand jury.

JUST IN: Judge Currie orders DOJ to submit a more compete transcript of the Comey grand jury proceedings, noting that the transcript she was provided — of the lone witness — does not include Lindsey Halligan's remarks or presentation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Pardon the mess…

Still milking this are we?

The sociopath-in-chief is defying court orders to feed starving kids.

Nancy Mace has now made 97 posts about the incident in the airport where she cursed out police officers.

On this beautiful morning in Astoria, I cast my ballot for our city and our future. I hope you will too.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Let's go. This is it. We need to wake up. We cannot survive if he rigs not just Texas, but he goes to Indiana, goes to Missouri, goes to Ohio, goes to Florida. We have to have other governors of like mind, and there are many, to now do something, not just say something."

What's in the Epstein files is apparently so bad for Trump that he's now going full "looking for the real killer" and about to pardon the only living person who actually helped run Jeff's teenage girl wurlitzer. Worth noting GM not only procured but also sexually abused the girls herself.

When you're losing control of the narrative

@betoorourke.bsky.social and @repjasmine.bsky.social are kicking ass in Texas…and urging the dialing up of the intensity….Jack Hopkins style. This…is the heat I’ve been calling for! #ScrappyAsHell

This is a mother and her daughters who are US citizens👇🏼🤨👉🏼 ICE violated their civil rights stole all their stuff took their phones their laptops their money they were left with nothing naked in the rain! This could happen to anyone no matter your race citizenship or legal status!👿

$4 trillion.

Oh for fuck’s sake.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This party needs to wake up. These guys aren't screwing around... They're assassins when it comes to the way they weaponize grievance and the way they play politics. Enough! What more goddamn evidence do we need? They have rolled back the last half century in real time!"

If you say “I’m fine with immigration as long as it’s legal” or “I came the right way” but you’re not sounding the alarm over this, you’re lying. A company says an employee was detained by federal agents during an immigration court hearing, despite being here legally with a valid work permit.

NEW: Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department. By @reneedudley.bsky.social

I'm sure Candace Owens' attorneys are thrilled that she's just tweeting through the defamation lawsuit.

All the great flash/fracture points of our age—Gaza, Epstein, ICE raids—have one thing in common: the role of social video in shaping the views of especially younger people.

Full disclosure I asked MSNBC if they wanted me to find a more professional backdrop and they said no!

People breaking the law for Trump and helping him commit atrocities should face both legal and societal consequences. We don't have to accept this and act like it's just politics. Same with people who vote for Trump and cheer him on. They don't deserve to be invited to dinner or treated w/ respect.

The people who lost children and other loved ones in the Texas floods are owed honest answers from officials. They should be told why flash flood warnings issued hours earlier were not conveyed to people in the path of the water. They don’t need more prayers from politicians. They need answers.

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.  Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Maybe the answers are in that binder he waved around.

I spent years reporting on the wave of criminality and corruption that ate the Border Patrol away from the inside after its last hiring surge. Now Congress just approved even doing worse to ICE. A look, specifically, at what will go wrong: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/four-fears...

So Ghislaine Maxwell is serving 20 years for trafficking girls to nobody?!?!

"LEAVE BOLSONARO ALONE!"

A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims [From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]

Pam Bondi in February: The Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now to review. Pam Bondi today: There is no Epstein client list and no "further disclosure" of Epstein-related material "would be appropriate or warranted."

OMG. These children killed at CAMP in the flooding in Texas is like the nightmare of every parent (like me) who is squeamish about sending their kids to sleep away camp. Dear God. What a tragedy.

Might be a good idea for Dem controlled state and local governments to hold hearings now about what the big, ugly bill and cuts to FEMA, NOAA, HHS/NIH, etc are going to do to their communities. Our electeds have a responsibility to inform the public about what is coming now. Particularly 👇

Trump being question about Texas & whether he still plans to tank FEMA, says FEMA is “something we can talk about later.”

Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽

2 deals. All they have managed are two deals. That's it. He's not quite as bombastic as he was three months ago is he?

Bondi: that thing I said existed, doesn’t.

It was a delight to talk to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social about The Onion thriving in the dumbest environment imaginable. (It's because actual human people subscribe to the good stuff, despite or maybe because of the countervailing Bezosbucks funding dogshit.) www.status.news/p/the-onion-...

When you take a vacation while your constituents are drowning that’s called a Ted Cruise.

As I was taking a shower I was listening to Ted Cruz speak about the tragic flood. In short, he focused on: 1. Now is not the time to talk about what went wrong. 2. Hand this over to God.

A national boycott isn't going to fix this. A national boycott won’t work for two reasons: 1) People can’t stay unified long enough to make it hurt. 2) The targets of the boycott are so diversified, they’ll just ride it out while most people cave for convenience. It will require winning elections.

Merrick Garland could have released the Epstein files & held people accountable. He chose not to. He was NEVER on our side, or on the side of the rule of law. He was as effective a GOP operative as there has EVER been, mostly because he looked so rational & mindful while doing the DUMBEST SHIT!

When big corporations rig the system so that they get tax breaks and buy up their competitors, they are cheating in our economy and keeping everyone else from thriving.

MAGA, you were duped again. They handed you binders full of old, redacted entries and labeled it ‘Phase One.’ There will never be a Phase Two — it’s over.

Search efforts continue for the dozens of people still missing after Friday's floods, as questions swirl over what went wrong. Here's what we know so far.