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In 2020, Jared Kushner was senior advisor to the president of the United States, a full-time employee of the United States government, and was subject to numerous disclosure requirements and ethical restrictions under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

📩 New data show that 3.2% of all mail ballots received so far in North Carolina have been rejected. If that rejection rate holds statewide, a total of around 4K ballots, almost all likely from eligible voters, would be projected to be discarded in the state’s election: https://demdock.com/3UCnYGW

And oil the highest in 4 years !!

Capitol agenda: AI experts to school Congress wanted politi.co/4itLlLT

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration is threatening legal action against California if it doesn’t immediately purge voters alleged by the administration to be noncitizens. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨 CORRUPTION UPDATE: Elon Musk has poured nearly $400M into the 2026 midterm election cycle to help save Republican control of Congress — including $10M backing Ken Paxton against James Talarico alone. Musk ALSO has enormous business before the federal government.

(3/3) given longstanding Justice Department protocol to avoid overt investigative steps involving political candidates in the direct run-up to an election. Omar, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, said separately that she was being targeted as one of the Republican’s “political enemies.”

(2/3) The search of the Minnesota congresswoman’s home so close to next month’s midterm contests that will determine control of the House and the Senate was swiftly condemned by top Democrats in Congress, who raised questions about the timing...

(1/3) Per AP: Federal agents on Monday searched the home of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a startling escalation in a criminal investigation that brings renewed focus to the frequent target of Trump administration derision in the final weeks of her reelection bid.

As early voting in the midterm elections gets underway, voting and immigrant rights organizers across the country are bracing for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deployments at polling places.

The Supreme Court's "shadow docket" allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions. Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court? https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone

“My badge didn’t work, the officer asked me to hand it over.” MS NOW White House reporter Akayla Gardner says she has indeed been banned by authoritarian fascist Trump, as he throws a tantrum over the coverage of his countless failures.

The president of the White House Correspondents’ Association is Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich. She’s married to a Republican congressman, Brian Fitzpatrick. Expecting the WHCA to forcefully fight Trump’s ban on CNN, MSNOW and Politico is like expecting your goldfish to cook your dinner.

This “government” is lightyears beyond ridiculous.

🛻 TRUCK DRIVERS: “I’ve never seen diesel prices this high.” #TrumpTax #Trumpflation ⛽️

🚨 A massive intelligence apparatus backing up domestic law-enforcement agencies can be used for more than one thing. Their target set will continue to expand, until it encompasses everyone ⚠️⚠️⚠️

My God.

The only thing that saved Hegseth from being impeached was Mike Johnson sending everyone home for another 6 weeks. They refuse to work to cover up high crimes and misdemeanors.

alert the press: it is not normal for the president to be unable to stay conscious during televised events in the Oval Office

MAYBE THIS IS A DUMB NORWEGIAN QUESTION BUT WHY IS THE US PRESIDENT ALLOWED TO BREAK INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LAW ON A DAILY BASIS AND STILL GETS TO BE PRESIDENT 🤔

We have a weak President who is dragging us all to hell with him. He never should have been elected. It’s time to have other branches do their jobs to quarantine him until he expires or his term does

Trade INCREASES GDP, jobs, hhd incomes Cutting it off DECREASES GDP, jobs, hhd incomes It’s hard to get math and logic this wrong He does it bc he wants to, bc it suits him to sound mighty when he’s actually weak af.

Republicans' commitment to protecting and covering up for pedophiles remains absolute.

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9/13 ICE is allegedly building-out a new processing facility in Newport, Maine #maine #MEpolitics

W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

We need more media outlets taking this kind of action. Enough with the spread of fascist propaganda

IRGC: “Hours ago, in blind attacks out of desperation, the invading American army bombed multiple points on Iran’s southern coasts, including several civilian locations. “Attacks that made the lock on the Strait of Hormuz tighter…”

Iran says it is now retaliating and missiles launches have begun.

A second wave of US strikes has hit Iran, including Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Jiroft Airport, Asaluyeh and Chabahar. Trump working really hard to get rid of the entirety of US missile stocks.

Wait, I thought the Strait was open?!!!! LMFAO!!! Lie, after lie, AFTER LIE!!!

“We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy. "I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards to the American political system that I've ever seen in my life.” ~ Jimmy Carter www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

SADLY, THIS IS ACCURATE.

Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK

These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.

It's that time of year again when you need to be checking, checking & rechecking your voter registration. Once yours is shown to be good, share the link on your other socials. It doesn't take long to get the word out to your friends. We have to go into November locked all the way in.

My opinion: data centers are massively hated because they represent the tech overlords that are getting richer and richer off our back, and are more and more out of touch. H/t to Tim Miller for bringing this up on today’s pod. What do you think?

12/ His primary opponent, Hong, ran on a full data center moratorium & came within about 4,000 votes of beating him. The smartest move Crowley can make right now is simple: say Hong was right, adopt moratorium, and take Tiffany's attack off the table for good. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/08/18/d...

1/ 🧵 71% of Americans oppose a data center in their own backyard, more than oppose a nuclear plant. Republicans privately admit that could cost them the Senate. Democrats who lean into it are winning big, and one Wisconsin candidate is about to blow it. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

Sarah Matthews on why Republicans can’t gaslight voters anymore over the prices they’re seeing at the pump: “I don’t think Republicans have a messaging problem, they have a reality problem.”

Full video from Scott MacFarlane here: youtu.be/LbvjTNrsVWk