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Trump is heckled for a third time at his speech in Mississippi: "SHOVE THAT BALLROOM UP YOUR FAT ASS!!"

Emphasizing again that we cannot treat this as just business as usual. This is the President of the United States openly attacking an entire ethnic group.

Talarico: "We just found out that [Elon Musk] is almost single-handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate and defeat this movement...Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants his very own personal United States senator. He is trying to buy Texas."

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

i’m just so fucking sorry that my muslim friends have to be hit with this despicable racism every single day. it’s not ok and you should not have to tolerate it. this country belongs to all of us.

Oh my God I love this so much North Carolina A&T students marched an hour each way to vote on the first day of early voting after their campus polling site was removed by the Guilford County Elections Board.  Way to go kids 🗳️

I don’t think the president of the United States should lie on behalf of China and Russia, publicly defending their work helping Iran kill Americans. To me, siding with US enemies is bad, not good, and the US president should oppose that instead. Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel.

Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. People are concerned. He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

Meanwhile, over on X, the Secretary of Homeland Security is posting about "vandalizing the demographics of America," a phrase which is either a chilling suggestion of white nationalism from Mullin or just straight pablum which means nothing but sounds just fash enough to excite the faithful.

Holy shit.

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.

This is one of the most maddening thigns about this court: Not just the substantive rulings, but how they think about “irreperable harm.” If the Most Special Boy has to wait a month to do a thing he REALLY wants to, that’s irreperable harm. Actual large-scale human suffering? Meh.

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When historians look back on Trump's foreign policy in a century, I bet these are their verdict on his most famous policies: The support of Russia--the most evil. The pillaging of Venezuela--the most corrupt. The decision to go to war with Iran--the most incompetent.

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

#libraries

This was a gut-wrenching read. But so, so important.

Yeah, basically.

"The tax filing bolsters what reporting (and rows of empty seats at performances) over the past year and a half has shown. Program-service revenue, a category that includes ticket sales and other income generated by programming, fell from nearly $105 million the previous year to about $89 million."

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This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked.

A remarkable moment on Sunday’s broadcast.

Texas is on the frontlines of our democracy this year, so I went to Houston to meet with the young people and Asian American communities that can make the difference this November. (1/2)

Alito and Thomas want the vote suppressed in 2026 to better ensure a Republican Senate so they can retire in 2027 and 2028, respectively, confident that their Trump-chosen successors will be confirmed.

Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.

1. This is the platonic ideal of a Union goal. While the results have changed under Richter, the game model has not. 2. Just holy shit, Cavan Sullivan. Running out of superlatives.

"But Republicans have made it a big attack on you" gives away the whole game

Not only that, but if he were to actually skip it, that would immediately be used to attack him as well. This is bullshit all the way down and nobody should be giving it the time of day

One of the most ridiculous things about the hateful anti-Muslim backlash to the mayor showing up at the 9/11 memorial is these same people would be attacking Zohran if he *didn't* make plans to show up.

They're white supremacist racists and Confederate apologists.

Remember when Kristen Welker would always ask every Republican guest to repudiate the statements of Nick Fuentes, Jack Posobiec, Benny Johnson, or other MAGA racists? Neither do I.

There are about as many trees in Canada as stars in the milky way

As with so much else, standing has been a hurdle for attempts to stop the illegal Trump coins. But something state and local governments could do is say they won't accept them as legal tender, because they aren't legal. Let some jackass sue you over it.

I'm shaking with fury reading this piece. Pierre Damas Bel should be alive, with his family, playing soccer and going to school and living a good life here in America. The vicious persecution of Haitian families seeking safety is evil and cruelty incarnate. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Hegseth is a garbage person for many reasons but top of the list is he's a literal murderer who should spend the rest of his life in prison. That's not to minimize his many other offenses but I do think it's worth keeping in mind the obnoxious hateful buffoon is first and foremost a serial killer.

A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...