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“my voters are too stupid to vote correctly without rigging things”

2/ This outbreak has been raging uncontrolled for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But the federal government has brushed off the issue, and Utah has prioritized the fur industry’s interests.

Really important reporting here imo www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

"What stands out is the license design, which does far more for Moscow than for the Americans it was meant to help," writes Ieva Miyares, an independent consultant on illicit finance, anti-corruption, and governance, in this op-ed.

Officials in Kent County, Mich., promised they'd stop handing over immigrants in jail to ICE w/o judicial warrant. That didn't happen. Many of those arrested weren't charged w/ a crime - including women who say they're the victims of domestic violence. Our story: www.propublica.org/article/dome...

Let's add this to the list of reasons why Ken Paxton made it on our #MostCorrupt2026 list: As Attorney General, he took tens of thousands of dollars from donors with cases he was involved in. He's corrupt and can't be trusted. #TXSEN www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Is an inconsistent style a bad thing? Two things are true at the same time: Your style doesn't *have* to be consistent. But being able to create a consistent style is a super important skill, especially for projects! I made a video about it! It's on my Patreon ~ www.patreon.com/posts/171604...

Hello #PortfolioDay ! I'm Lane, and I'm a queer cartoonist that works in comics! Currently, I've got $10 to my name, so if you need covers, pages, anything, I'm very available! Have worked with IDW AHOY ONI LEGENDARY, and more! Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com Email: lane.lloyd8@gmail.com

We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.

Ken Paxton on the Uvalde shooting: “Life is short no matter what it is.” 21 elementary school children and teachers were killed in the shooting.

@abdulelsayed.bsky.social is an #UnrigWashington candidate who knows that corruption leads to higher costs. When he's in the Senate, he'll fight to fix our broken political system and make life more affordable for Michiganders. #MISEN

NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org

George Kollitides, the behind-the scenes Pentagon powerbroker close to deputy defense secretary Steve Feinberg left Alvarez & Marsal Capital last week after ProPublica started looking into the deals. Read my first story for ProPublica! www.propublica.org/article/geor...

🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Restaurants are warning that the tariffs Ken Paxton supports could end free chips and salsa.

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#inktober #1: Apple

BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!

BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned

For once, Ken Paxton is being honest: if it weren't for our broken campaign finance system, he'd have no shot. #UnrigWashington candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social is running to reform our system and fight for Texans. Ken Paxton can't say the same. #TXSEN

I saw several headlines explicitly stating this was a bomb plot. Wonder that is?

Don’t believe your lying eyes! My word is the truth! 🫠😑

Trump government ads were funded by Homeland Security, WSJ reports

Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night.

Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.

ICE shot Wilber Perez in the back. Now, Wilber can’t move the left side of his body. How does paralyzing a DoorDash driver make anyone more safe?

I just spoke with a retired NBA player who told me that when he got drafted, he went out for ice cream to celebrate and was denied service. All these stories are still within living memory and they're still being contested at the highest levels of our government.

“To leave no loopholes Hitler exacted from all officers and men of the armed forces an oath of allegiance—not to Germany, not to the constitution, which he had violated by not calling for the election of Hindenburg’s successor, but to himself.” -Shirer, Rise & Fall of the Thrid Reich, p. 375

Beware of VoteSafe! It shares user's personal information. Snopes has checked it out. Details ⬇️ www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...

Sinclair Broadcasting is pushing the idea that China and the No Kings protesters are the reason people don't like Flock.

Fuck Ted Cruz Fuck Ken Paxton

Can’t think of a better example of late stage capitalism than turning the incredibly popular “Here Is Why Rich People Are Miserly Bastards Whose Only Road To Redemption Is Giving Away Their Wealth” story into “But What If The Rich People Are Just Misunderstood?” story

A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration “misappropriated” $10 million meant to provide health insurance for poor children. Part of a “sophisticated scheme to fund political activities,” the money was funneled through multiple organizations before reaching two PACs and the Florida GOP.

There it is. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) says Republicans’ next goal is to kick seniors off Social Security: “Get off of Social Security. Get back into the workforce.”

So we’re just supposed to forget this asshole’s incompetence ? www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...

Stephen Miller said a Chicago apartment building raided by immigration agents was “filled with terrorists.” So why is it that not a single person arrested that night was charged with a crime? 🎧 This is the real story behind the midnight raid. Listen on “Paper Trail”:

While Target has stayed silent on ICE’s ongoing operations in MN, its own hometown.,communities across the country are fighting back, shopping local not Target for back to school This is our ad in the NYT today.

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Abolish ICE and salt the earth where it was allowed to grow

Gov. Jared Polis passed over other deserving inmates to give clemency to Tina Peters, according to two members of his clemency board who revealed Polis overruled the unanimous recommendation of his experts. Polis has now fired both of them.

Texas counties sue feds for trying to tie election security policies to anti-terrorism funding.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Ahhh, Oregon

So much winning 🙄