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“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel

Ex Obama staffer Ben Rhodes calls out AIPAC’s disingenuous effort to make it seem like Obama has endorsed Haley Stevens in Michigan (and Neera Tanden for defending it)

Yikes — Haley Stevens staffer was doubling as a Palantir consultant Don’t you just hate when that happens? Who among us hasn’t accidentally hired a Palantir consultant! 🤷🏼‍♀️

Haley Stevens is telling on herself - pass it on

Get in, there’s a new secret political influence campaign paying people to post. This time, a network targeting people in Michigan. First paid to post about how hard it is to afford groceries and gas, the accounts have gone hard in recent days, supporting Haley Stevens. www.ms.now/news/haley-s...

Haley Stevens’ campaign sends out a press release using Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign logo and graphics to tout the “endorsement” of Mike Rogers after CNN reporting on Rogers’ private assessment of the field. Rogers says it “doesn’t matter which socialist survives the Democrats’ brutal primary.”

A dark money campaign is offering influencers $1,500 per post to attack Abdul El-Sayed and support Haley Stevens. Same exact dollar figure that was paid to attack @katmabu.bsky.social (Nobody ever found out who was paying for that campaign.) Gross, lazy and above all cynical shit.

Hey Michiganders, Hailey Stevens takes corporate pack money, including from DTE. You know she’s not working for you.

An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I'm sorry...wasn't Rick Wilson the one telling us a few weeks ago that we should get over it and vote for the guy with the Nazi tattoo and DV allegations? I'm one of your biggest fans but I have to say, that was a real turn off for me. Do better.

Democrats - knock off the stupid ideological food fight. Find someone who can speak articulately about housing and gas costs, corruption, doesn't have a Nazi tattoo, and isn't over 80. It's not that hard.

I have no love for Thomas Massie, but supposedly he is entering the Kentucky Senate race, which is enraging the GOP establishment. Turning that Senate seat blue in the next few years would be a stretch, but Senator Massie could continue the Epstein investigation. chrismaley.com/2021/09/22/s...

“This inaction was predictable. The day after Good’s death, Vice President Vance insisted at a press conference that the agent who shot her would face no criminal charges. “That guy is protected by absolute immunity,” Vance told reporters. “He was doing his job.” Soon, Stephen Miller doubled down….”

6 Million visitors are in NYC to celebrate July 4th. Trump and his MAGA Chodes couldn’t get 6,000 to watch 2 B-listers in DC for Trump’s 250 Fash-fest. We outnumber them, folks. Act like it!

This is EXACTLY how we should treat hate www.tiktok.com/t/ZTSBpdmPc/

Well this really sucks. Popehat has been the place I consistently get updated about important events.

If Popehat is permanently banned because of this post, I’m genuinely concerned about the viability of this platform. Hopefully, someone like @masnick.com knows more about what’s happening and whether this is just a temporary suspension

The Republican position is to refuse to accept or acknowledge any result of voting that they don’t like, and use obstruction and violence to enforce their position.

“This person is controversial for acknowledging the humanity of Palestinian children” doesn’t strike me as a good look but that’s just me.

Honestly one of the best downstream effects of El Sayed winning would be to get centrist senators to knock this shit off. Stop giving Trump legitimacy in areas no one pays any attention to.

Wizened racist gnome aspires to chaos www.rawstory.com/bovino-presi...

Bari Weiss didn’t murder 60 Minutes for financial or performance reasons. It’s all corrupt and ideological. Pelley provides a good summary of how 60 Minutes was thriving - growing its audience both online and on TV. Stunning growth - until Weiss murdered it.

Hunter Biden is enjoying himself, and I am enjoying that, and the thought about how his angriest detractors are likely unhinged by his responses to them because of their personalities.

Coming to an American neighborhood near you.

He’s not concerned about the infant in Ukraine who died in heart surgery when the hospital was bombed, or the 35K children kidnapped. Recently teens in occupied Ukraine are being captured and sent to training camps in Russia. That’s ethnic cleansing.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted the court’s conservative majority for a ruling that “debases the democratic process” by allowing Alabama to use a congressional map that the justices had previously found intentionally discriminated against Black voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I deeply regret reading this piece--but also feel compelled to point out that it contains this absolutely spectacular example of Both Sides-ing it. An NYT all-timer "influencers who are accused of human trafficking and rape" are "functionally equivalent" to feminists

Note to media: police arresting peaceful protesters singing “give peace a chance” is not protesters “clashing” with police. It’s the state violating the First Amendment rights of people upset that human beings who did nothing illegal are being held without due process and being fed maggots.

Ossoff: The America first president who said he would end foreign wars to put America first and focus on America's working class. Instead, now he says, it's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid or Medicare. Now he says all we can afford is war.

🦠 Analysis of Texas measles outbreak shows just how dangerous virus is – “About 1 in 5 cases were hospitalized and most of those developed complications.” – Looking at a study just out by Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report From Beth Mole at ArsTechnica

NEW: Trump's gross Aliens.gov site claims to map where immigrants have been taken into custody, but it includes more 83 spots where Americans alone were arrested. Over 700 locations include citizen arrests. The counter is fake. The music was ripped. And Puerto Rico is listed as a foreign country.

"MeToo was a movement against all men" is such a telling-on-yourself idea to espouse

First Trump raped E. Jean Carroll. Now he is raping America.

NESTERAK: President Trump has granted clemency to numerous individuals who have stolen hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds. Can we expect any of these folks to be shown the same mercy? McDONALD: I'll take a different question

I saw this report last night and was fucking horrified. The justice system in this country has never dispensed justice, it’s dispensed punishment to the marginalized and protection to the wealthy. If the justice system actually worked, we wouldn’t have a pedophile rapist in the White House.

You wanted Trump to run the government like a business? You got it. Trump is running it like it's his business, and he's taking as much profit out of it as he can.

It’s so easy to put parental controls on CBS. I will see zero of their programming, note to the advertisers. I won’t see your ads either. For what it’s worth I did send an email to my local CBS affiliate.

🚨Senate Democrats forced Republicans to strip the $1 BILLION for Trump’s ballroom from their ICE/Border Patrol funding bill. While we expect Republicans to appease Trump and redraft, Democrats will fight any new provision. Taxpayers shouldn’t fund Trump’s gold-plated ballroom.

It’s really hard to describe how insane this story is. Of course Patel went snorkeling over the USS Arizona - that’s what happens when you put an irreverent internet troll in charge of a government agency. Disrespectful assclown.

"As they rushed into his apartment...he felt the jaws of a large dog biting into his ankle, knocking him to the floor. He screamed as the dog tore the flesh from his thighs, hip and wrist. Down the hall, agents took a mother and her 16-yr-old son at gunpoint..." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Patel’s disrespect of the Arizona site has a definite “Selfies at Auschwitz” vibe.

"The idea of a … recreational swim near the tomb is 'horrifying,' said William M. McBride, a Navy veteran and professor emeritus of history at the U.S. Naval Academy .… 'Snorkeling around Arizona is as disrespectful as playing kickball on top of the graves at Arlington.'"

Coon: is anyone else willing to apply to plain language of the 22nd Amendment to say that Trump can’t run for a third term?? Pregnant pause Anyone???

Host: When people hear "cap on Social Security benefits," people panic. Is this something the administration is actually considering? Trump's Social Security Commissioner: The president has committed to protect and preserve... Host: I'm going to take that as a yes.

Statement from Louise Lucas, who had the FBI at her house yesterday for owning Trump’s dumb ass by passing 10-1 maps after they gerrymandered Texas.

Kash Patel brought at least one case of his personalized bourbon to the FBI's training facility for a seminar with UFC athletes. At least 1 bottle went missing, which caused the FBI Director to "lose his mind." Patel began threatening to polygraph and prosecute his staff over the missing bottle.