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Raw Story: Trump... new 'whopping' bad numbers reveal a ...

2026-04-30T13:37:05Z

Raw Story:
Trump... new 'whopping' bad numbers reveal a major weakness: MS NOW

Donald Trump received more bad news on Thursday morning with MS NOW’s Jonathan Lemire reporting that voters are fed up with inflation during his watch, with the president reaching record low approval numbers.

“Only 21 percent of people surveyed approve of Trump's job handling over inflation and rising prices, while 70% disapprove,”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-in-real-trouble-ms-now/

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Reuters: How Trump is moving to control U.S. elections, one state ...

2026-04-27T13:04:56Z

Reuters:
How Trump is moving to control U.S. elections, one state at a time

Reuters uncovered a broader‑than‑previously known Trump administration effort to gain federal control over elections, historically run locally, in at least eight states – using investigations, raids and demands for access to balloting systems and voter ID.
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/how-trump-is-moving-control-us-elections-one-state-time-2026-04-27/

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Salon: “Points to possible cover-up” NPR investigation Rep. ...

2026-02-25T03:01:43Z

Salon:
“Points to possible cover-up”
NPR investigation

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., of the House Oversight Committee shared a statement about the missing files.

“Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with...survivor who accused...Trump of heinous crimes,” Garcia stated.
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/24/points-to-possible-cover-up-doj-withheld-trump-related-documents-in-epstein-files/

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RS: 'All bets are off' if appeals court wades into Judge ...

2026-02-24T03:18:23Z

RS:
'All bets are off' if appeals court wades into Judge Cannon's Trump cover-up: MS NOW

An order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that a report from special counsel Jack Smith about his investigation of Donald Trump should be kept under wraps may not be as ironclad as she asserted on Monday....

“If the 11th Circuit...that oversees her, decides that they do have a stake in what's going on here, all bets are off..."
https://www.rawstory.com/aileen-cannon-2675293798/

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RS: Damning report... about Epstein ties Trump has often claimed ...

2026-02-15T22:02:56Z

RS:
Damning report... about Epstein ties

Trump has often claimed that he has never been credibly accused of wrongdoing over the course of his relationship with Epstein. He has also claimed that he never knew of Epstein's crimes...

But a new report undermines both of those claims. Investigative political reporter Roger Sollenberger reported on Sunday that Trump was credibly accused of abusing at least two young girls, citing court records...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2675271226/

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The Guardian: NSA detected phone call between foreign ...

2026-02-08T01:17:19Z

The Guardian:
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

Last spring...(NSA) detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to...Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower

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Daily Beast: Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against ...

2026-02-07T13:43:22Z

Daily Beast:
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will

A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.

Thousands of active-duty military personnel may have been “pressured” into seeing the Melania documentary at cinemas around the country, a watchdog has warned.

“Nobody that I know wanted to go..."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/military-pressured-to-see-melania-whistleblowers-warn/

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1/6 RS: Staggering evidence trove shows who put Trump in the ...

2026-02-04T01:32:25Z

1/6
RS:
Staggering evidence trove shows who put Trump in the White House - and controls him still

The British newspaper Daily Mail is out with a deeply researched investigative report...

It’s shocking in its detail and its implication that...Putin has basically owned...Trump for years, even before Trump ran for president in 2016.

They note...last week’s partial...Epstein document release:
“The files include 1,056 documents naming...Putin..."
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-russia-2675069424/?utm_source=front-sidebar-rsplus

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1/5 COUNTERPUNCH: Domestic Terrorism in Plain Sight: White ...

2026-02-01T03:55:27Z

1/5
COUNTERPUNCH:
Domestic Terrorism in Plain Sight: White Supremacy, State Violence, and the Assault on Democracy

The United States is under siege, not by a foreign enemy, but by the Trump administration, which has transformed governance itself into a form of domestic terrorism in the service of a white supremacist state.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/30/domestic-terrorism-in-plain-sight-white-supremacy-state-violence-and-the-assault-on-democracy/
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Raw Story: Ex-CNN host Don Lemon taken into custody after Trump ...

2026-01-30T13:43:56Z

Raw Story:
Ex-CNN host Don Lemon taken into custody after Trump demanded his arrest

Broadcaster Don Lemon was arrested in connection with a protest against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota...

Lemon has maintained that he was covering the protest as a journalist, and a magistrate judge rejected an attempt by the Department of Justice to charge him with a crime.
https://www.rawstory.com/don-lemon-taken-into-custody-after-trump-demanded-his-arrest/

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CNN: Watch the movements of two officers involved in Pretti ...

2026-01-30T01:05:22Z

CNN:
Watch the movements of two officers involved in Pretti killing

CNN analyzes the movements of the two officers involved in the killing of Alex Pretti to shed light on how their actions escalated the situation before it became deadly.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/29/politics/video/immigration-agents-shooting-alex-pretti-vid-invs

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northjersey.com NJ's Cardinal Tobin calls for defunding ...

2026-01-29T07:10:47Z

northjersey.com
NJ's Cardinal Tobin calls for defunding 'lawless' ICE after shootings

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, leader of New Jersey's largest Catholic diocese, condemned the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and urged Americans to protest against the current political climate during a video stream...

Tobin encouraged his fellow Catholics to urge their lawmakers to oppose funding for "such a lawless organization."
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2026/01/26/cardinal-tobin-nj-defund-ice-alex-pretti-shooting/88362539007/

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Raw Story: Major news outlets under fire for 'tiptoeing' ...

2026-01-27T01:29:49Z

Raw Story:
Major news outlets under fire for 'tiptoeing' around Trump admin lies after Pretti killing

Two prominent critics warned on Monday that the US corporate media is not being aggressive enough in calling out the Trump administration’s lies about Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident who was slain by federal immigration agents over the weekend.
https://www.rawstory.com/alex-pretti/

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Daily Beast: Billionaire CEOs Party With Trump and Melania After ...

2026-01-26T00:38:21Z

Daily Beast:
Billionaire CEOs Party With Trump and Melania After His Goons Kill Nurse

BOYCOTT CALLS

Apple’s Tim Cook is among a group of CEOs being eviscerated for traveling to the White House on the same day border patrol agents killed a Veterans Affairs nurse in Minneapolis.

Cook, who gifted... Trump a 24-karat gold desk ornament on his last White House visit, returned on Saturday...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-ceos-slammed-for-schmoozing-trump-at-monsters-ball-after-va-nurse-killing/

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HuffPost: 'This Is Not Working': Ex-ICE Chief Of Staff ...

2026-01-21T04:40:25Z

HuffPost:
'This Is Not Working': Ex-ICE Chief Of Staff Blasts Scope Of Trump's Immigration Crackdown

“This is not working for our communities, it’s not working for our economy and it’s not working for our national security and public safety,” Jason Houser, ICE chief of staff under... Biden, told MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace on Tuesday...

“So Americans are beginning to see, as the polling you showed [indicates], we’re less safe,”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jason-houser-trump-immigration-crackdown_n_69701278e4b0559a8591938f?origin=home-latest-news-unit

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1/2 Raw Story: This red state is sounding a warning we all need ...

2026-01-19T03:18:41Z

1/2
Raw Story:
This red state is sounding a warning we all need to heed

What this proves — undeniably and more evident every day — is that the environmentalists were right. The predictions of the consequences of overloading the atmosphere with human-caused pollutants are now coming home to roost.
https://www.rawstory.com/climate-change-2674906445/

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Trump #Environment #Montana

NBC News: Immigration officers around Minneapolis are approaching ...

2026-01-16T22:52:46Z

NBC News:
Immigration officers around Minneapolis are approaching people and demanding proof that they’re U.S. citizens

David Schultz, an attorney and legal studies professor at Hamline University in St. Paul, said U.S. citizens do not have to provide identification or prove their citizenship when out walking or standing in a street or in public.

“We have a First Amendment right of association..."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-approaching-people-minneapolis-demanding-proof-citizenship-rcna254247

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Trump #Minneapolis

1/2 Salon: Trump is something worse than a fascist We've been ...

2026-01-16T00:47:44Z

1/2
Salon:
Trump is something worse than a fascist

We've been using the wrong word to describe the president and his approach to ruling

The better definition for Trumpism is an ancient word that should nonetheless be familiar to anyone who recalls the founding ideals of this country: tyranny.
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/15/trump-is-something-much-worse-than-a-fascist/

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TNR: The Case for Impeaching Donald Trump No, Democrats don’t ...

2026-01-11T02:59:15Z

TNR:
The Case for Impeaching Donald Trump

No, Democrats don’t have the votes to convict. But they should brandish their convictions in the court of public opinion.

Here’s where we left off in 2025: Trumpism isn’t working, ordinary people are being crushed under the wheels of elite impunity, the cost of everything is going up, the administration either has no answers for it or doesn’t care, and the president is deteriorating before our eyes
https://newrepublic.com/post/205118/case-impeaching-trump-venezuela-ice

#News #Politics #Trump

Axios: Anger erupts in Congress over Minneapolis ICE shooting ...

2026-01-08T07:53:31Z

Axios:
Anger erupts in Congress over Minneapolis ICE shooting

Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) announced Wednesday that she plans to introduce articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in response to the incident.

"Secretary Kristi Noem is an incompetent leader, a disgrace to our democracy, and I am impeaching her for obstruction of justice, violation of public trust, and self-dealing," Kelly said in a statement.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/08/minneapolis-ice-shooting-congress-craig-emmer

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RS: The White House's attempt to mock the memory of the Jan. ...

2026-01-07T01:01:10Z

RS:
The White House's attempt to mock the memory of the Jan. 6... could land the administration in legal jeopardy...

"Today... the Trump administration launched a new January 6 website...

"It pushes false facts, partisan propaganda...

lawyer Mitch Jackson...
"If this site was paid for with taxpayer dollars, that matters. A lot," he added. "Because there are rules about how public money can be used, and propaganda is not one of them."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674854542/

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Raw Story: Jan.6... "closed-door deposition of Jack Smith... ...

2026-01-07T00:41:49Z

Raw Story:

Jan.6...

"closed-door deposition of Jack Smith... was absolutely devastating for Donald Trump and for those who still want to try to pretend as if he wasn't guilty of these things, he was clearly guilty of these things," said Raskin.

And what's gotten him off, of course, is not... any kind of innocence," Raskin continued. "What's allowed him to escape, you know, Houdini-like, is the Roberts court..."
https://www.rawstory.com/jim-jordan-jack-smith-2674854397/

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The New Republic: Trump’s Contempt for America Knows No Bounds: ...

2025-09-27T23:38:56Z

The New Republic:
Trump’s Contempt for America Knows No Bounds:

Yes—contempt for the United States of America. This may confuse some Americans, who see Trump constantly wrapping himself in the flag, , on some obscene occasions even hugging and kissing it...

But this is exactly what authoritarian thugs throughout history do. They bathe themselves in flag imagery as they torch the best values that flag represents.
https://newrepublic.com/article/200990/comey-trump-contempt-america-law

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Daily Beast: How Trump Just Proved He’s an Idiot: Wolff OUT OF ...

2025-09-25T00:57:50Z

Daily Beast:
How Trump Just Proved He’s an Idiot: Wolff
OUT OF HIS DEPTH

Trump’s biographer says the president’s wild autism claims prove something even one of his oldest political aides once admitted: the president is an “idiot.”

Trump boldly asserted a link between pregnant women’s Tylenol use and autism in newborn babies on Monday, an unproven theory swiftly dismissed by major health organizations and national governments.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-donald-trump-just-proved-hes-an-idiot-michael-wolff/

#News #Politics #Democracy #Trump

Daily Beast: Newsom Trolls Hannity’s Gushing About Trump’s UN ...

2025-09-25T00:53:44Z

Daily Beast:
Newsom Trolls Hannity’s Gushing About Trump’s UN Speech

On Wednesday, the 57-year-old California governor adopted his favored all-caps, Trump-parody style, tweeting, “SO DEEP. SO PROFOUND. WOW. JUST WATCH HERE.” Newsom included a clip of Trump telling world leaders that their countries are going to hell and boasting about the “Trump was right about everything” hat.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom-trolls-sean-hannitys-gushing-about-donald-trumps-un-speech/

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RS: 'Trump was fuming about it' "And then there’s ...

2025-09-25T00:42:42Z

RS:
'Trump was fuming about it'

"And then there’s the statue. A piece of protest art of him and Epstein was set up outside the Capitol as a reminder that the Epstein files aren’t going away," Parnas wrote..."My sources say Trump was fuming about it, demanding it be taken down before he got back to the White House."

"...He can try to bury the truth, but the truth keeps showing up — in stone, in headlines, and in the streets."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-statue-fit-parnas/

#News #Politics #Trump #EpsteinFiles

Axios: Jeffries rules out handshake deal with GOP to avert ...

2025-09-25T00:24:07Z

Axios:
Jeffries rules out handshake deal with GOP to avert shutdown

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries... will not accept any type of unwritten agreement...

"They consistently try to undermine bipartisan agreements that they themselves have reached," Jeffries continued.

As such, he said, "any agreement related to protecting the health care of the American has to be ironclad and in legislation."
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/24/hakeem-jeffries-donald-trump-government-shutdown

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Daily Beast: Trump Border Czar Was Caught on Camera Taking Cash ...

2025-09-21T01:17:03Z

Daily Beast:
Trump Border Czar Was Caught on Camera Taking Cash in FBI Sting

In 2024, Trump’s now-border czar Tom Homan was recorded by the FBI accepting $50,000 in cash while promising to secure government contracts for undercover agents.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-caught-on-camera-taking-cash-in-fbi-sting/

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3/4 SMH: It’s OK to speak ill of the dead. In fact, sometimes ...

2025-09-19T01:07:04Z

3/4
SMH:
It’s OK to speak ill of the dead. In fact, sometimes we must

I cannot speak kindly of a person who, when living, was filled to the brim with hate. Kirk was a white Christian nationalist, the worst of US exceptionalism. He hated Latinos, Jews and blacks, with a special level of hatred for black women...

He hated feminism... Of course, he was anti-trans...
https://www.smh.com.au/national/it-s-ok-to-speak-ill-of-the-dead-in-fact-sometimes-we-must-20250915-p5mv9d.html

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Raw Story: 'What an idiot': Trump's attack dog mocked ...

2025-09-13T01:13:02Z

Raw Story:
'What an idiot': Trump's attack dog mocked as 'mortgage fraud' allegation crumbles

"Wait, so the entire claim that Cook claimed two primary residences was…false?" wrote Maryville College history professor Aaron Astor.
https://www.rawstory.com/bill-pulte-2673990722/?utm_source=superhead

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Daily Beast: Gabbard Is Lying About Obama and Russian Intel: Top ...

2025-07-27T11:41:29Z

Daily Beast:
Gabbard Is Lying About Obama and Russian Intel: Top CIA Officer

“The director of national intelligence and the White House are lying again,” said CIA veteran Susan Miller. “We definitely had the intel to show with high probability that the specific goal of the Russians was to get Trump elected..."

After the assessment, “We could determine that, 100 percent, the Russians were trying to influence the election..."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-report-author-shreds-tulsis-obama-conspiracy-claims/

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1/2 Raw Story: 'Mark my words': Ex-GOP lawmaker makes ...

2025-06-11T11:19:32Z

1/2
Raw Story:
'Mark my words': Ex-GOP lawmaker makes huge prediction about Trump's 'game plan'

"Let’s get something straight from the top: there is no national emergency in Los Angeles. The crisis is invented, Manufactured. Just like the 'trade crisis.' And it’s being used—once again—by Donald Trump to divide, to incite, and to expand his power,"...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-walsh-mark-my-words/

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Trump #LosAngeles

Olderman: Jail Kristi Noem And Tom Homan For Contempt Of Court ...

2025-04-15T00:56:19Z

Olderman:
Jail Kristi Noem And Tom Homan For Contempt Of Court

"The director of ICE, Tom Hoeman and his boss, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem must be arrested for contempt of court. It should be Trump being arrested for contempt of court, potentially for ignoring the orders of the Supreme Court, but we already know how the laws of this land have already been corrupted to protect the greatest criminal in our history."
https://omny.fm/shows/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/jail-kristi-noem-and-tom-homan-for-contempt-of-court-4-14-25

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The future Forthcoming: 👉 Federal payroll system ▶️ Musk ...

2025-03-31T21:43:52Z

The future

Forthcoming:
👉 Federal payroll system ▶️ Musk go-between payment App$$$ ▶️ federal employees

The Guardian:
Musk’s Doge gains access to federal payroll system despite staff warnings

Members of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) reportedly gained access to a payroll system over the weekend that processes salaries for about 276,000 federal employees across various government agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/doge-musk-federal-payroll-system

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The New Republic: Of Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It’s ...

2025-03-31T12:33:13Z

The New Republic:
Of Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It’s What Republicans Do.

Here it comes: Wednesday is “Liberation Day,” when Donald Trump plans to announce the tariff structures that will save America. Politico reported over the weekend that no one in the White House has any idea what’s going on, because it’s all in Trump’s head. Gibberish, all the same, continues to spill out of that head...
https://newrepublic.com/article/193360/trump-tank-economy-liberation-tariffs

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Guardian: Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in ...

2025-03-30T00:45:31Z

Guardian:
Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk

From Australia to Europe and the US...

Thousands of people worldwide protested Elon Musk and his efforts with Donald Trump to dismantle the US federal government on Saturday, with rallies held in front of nearly every Tesla showroom in the US and many around the world – a concerted effort to go after the billionaire’s deep pockets...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/29/tesla-protests-elon-musk-doge

#News #WorldNews #US #EU #Democracy #Trump #ElonMusk

The Independent: AOC calls Elon Musk a ‘leech’ on the public ...

2025-03-02T13:01:11Z

The Independent:
AOC calls Elon Musk a ‘leech’ on the public

“This guy is a leech on the public. No matter how many billions he gets in tax cuts and government contracts, it will never be enough for him,” the representative wrote on X Saturday.

“Now he’s going after the elderly, the disabled, and orphaned children so he can pocket it in tax cuts for himself,” Ocasio-Cortez continued. “It’s disgusting.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-elon-musk-leech-doge-b2707377.html

#News #Politics #ElonMusk #Trump #Democracy #Democrats

Keith Olbermann: How Do We Get Elon And His Mutant Turtles ...

2025-02-06T05:53:46Z

Keith Olbermann:
How Do We Get Elon And His Mutant Turtles Arrested?

Musk is not immune. None of his little minions are immune. Any of the officials at USAid, or in the Treasury Department or anywhere else, who admitted these little clowns into secure areas... They are not immune, in fact they are subject to espionage charges, and they will still be subject to them four years from now. There are at least 28 lawsuits in progress...
https://omny.fm/shows/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/how-do-we-get-elon-and-his-mutant-turtles-arrested

#News #Politics #Trump #ElonMusk

Daily Beast: Bombshell Texts Reveal Full Scope of Matt Gaetz Sex ...

2024-12-23T22:01:27Z

Daily Beast:
Bombshell Texts Reveal Full Scope of Matt Gaetz Sex Scandal

The much-anticipated House Ethics probe is finally public—along with a slew of cringey texts involving the former lawmaker’s allegedly sordid sex life...

The report was released in full for the first time on Monday afternoon, despite fervent pushback from Gaetz and other Republicans to have it tabled since he was no longer in office.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/matt-gaetz-sex-scandal-bombshell-texts-from-house-ethics-committee-report/

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Trump

The New Republic: Losing GOP Senate Candidate Claims Election ...

2024-11-13T00:08:44Z

The New Republic:
Losing GOP Senate Candidate Claims Election Fraud—Because of Course

Republican candidate Eric Hovde is unwilling to accept his defeat in the Wisconsin Senate race.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Hovde had refused to concede...
https://newrepublic.com/post/188341/republican-wisconsin-senate-candidate-hovde-election-fraud

#News #Politics #Biden #Democrats #Wisconsin

SNL: Worst case scenario... if our planet falls apart, we can all ...

2024-11-11T01:33:48Z

SNL:
Worst case scenario... if our planet falls apart, we can all go to Mars, with the other man that we love and trust; Elon Musk!

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Climate #Climatechange #Environment #ElonMusk

The New Republic: Dump Twitter If you stick with Elon Musk, ...

2024-11-08T12:14:55Z

The New Republic:
Dump Twitter
If you stick with Elon Musk, you’re complicit.

Twitter—or X. Whatever you call it... was Musk’s primary tool to elect Trump...

Why is anybody who deplores Trump’s reelection and Musk’s own degradation of public discourse with racism, antisemitism, misogyny, union-busting, endorsements of violence, the spreading of hateful untruths, and all-around vulgarity still playing in Musk’s sandbox?
https://newrepublic.com/article/188156/liberals-dump-musk-leave-twitter

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Raw Story: Russian agent paid MAGA influencer $100 for posts — ...

2024-11-05T01:51:52Z

Raw Story:
Russian agent paid MAGA influencer $100 for posts — including bogus vote fraud: report

A registered foreign agent of Russia has repeatedly paid a right-wing influencer account to post memes and even promote a bogus voting fraud hoax, according to a report...

The posts include memes and recently a debunked video purporting to show voter fraud.
https://www.rawstory.com/russian-disinformation-2669587064/

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Harris #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Election #Russia

RS: Judge decides whether to block Elon Musk's super ...

2024-11-04T23:08:35Z

RS:
Judge decides whether to block Elon Musk's super PAC's final election 'lottery' giveaway

A Pennsylvania judge has declined to issue an emergency order that would block... Musk's super PAC from issuing its final daily $1 million prize ... a scheme that many of his critics have said is an illegal "lottery." ...

The ruling does not legally clear Musk's lottery scheme and litigation will continue...
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musks-super-pac/

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Harris #ElonMusk

The Atlantic: No One Has an Alibi Trump has told us his plans, so ...

2024-11-04T13:27:46Z

The Atlantic:
No One Has an Alibi
Trump has told us his plans, so vote as if the country depends on you. It does.

A second Trump presidency will have a much clearer agenda than the first. No more James Mattis to restrain him, no more John Kelly to chide him, no more Rex Tillerson to call him a “fucking moron.” He will have only sycophants.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/american-republic-trump-threat/680501/

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Harris #KamalaHarris #Election #Vote

CNN A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three ...

2024-11-04T05:34:30Z

CNN
A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas emergency rooms

Candace Fails holds a photograph of her daughter Nevaeh Crain, who died last year after seeking help from two hospitals for pregnancy complications.

Candace...screamed for someone in the Texas hospital to help her pregnant daughter. “Do something,”...

Crain’s third hospital visit, an obstetrician insisted on two ultrasounds...

Hours later, she was dead.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/03/health/texas-fetal-demise-propublica/index.html

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Raw Story: Ted Cruz’s campaign spent thousands at beauty ...

2024-11-02T01:16:31Z

Raw Story:
Ted Cruz’s campaign spent thousands at beauty salons: report

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is facing new scrutiny after a Friday report that his campaign spent more than $9,000 at salons, which exposes the Lone Star State's junior senator to possible campaign finance violations.
https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-2669565503/

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Reuters: Harris warns of dangers of another Trump presidency in ...

2024-10-30T02:09:39Z

Reuters:
Harris warns of dangers of another Trump presidency in speech at Jan. 6 site

"We know who Donald Trump is," Harris said...

"This is someone who is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance and out for unchecked power," Harris said..

Harris was flanked by American flags on stage and surrounded by blue and white banners that said "FREEDOM" ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-speak-tuesday-site-trumps-jan-6-rally-2024-10-29/

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RS: Swing state paper publishes blistering takedown of a key ...

2024-10-28T23:00:53Z

RS:
Swing state paper publishes blistering takedown of a key component of Trump's agenda

...would bring about economic ruin and hardship for millions of Americans...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, one of the largest papers for the battleground state of Georgia...

Trump’s planned 10%, 20% or 60% tariffs — he proposes...will raise food and drug costs. Indeed, economists have found that Trump’s tariff plans will cost families between $2,600 and $4,000 per year."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-2669496953/

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The Guardian: Second Washington Post writer quits over failure to ...

2024-10-28T14:50:32Z

The Guardian:
Second Washington Post writer quits over failure to back Kamala Harris

A second high-profile Washington Post columnist has stepped down after the newspaper’s decision not to support Kamala Harris for president, as more readers announced the cancellation of their subscriptions...

“As of yesterday, I have decided to resign from my role as a columnist for The Washington Post – a newspaper that I love,” wrote Norris
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/28/washington-post-columnist-michele-norris-quits-kamala-harris

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The guardian: Harris campaigns in Philadelphia with promise to ...

2024-10-28T04:51:52Z

The guardian:
Harris campaigns in Philadelphia with promise to win presidential election

Kamala Harris addressed a boisterous crowd in North Philadelphia on Sunday, promising supporters that she would win a seemingly deadlocked presidential race..

“There is too much on the line, and we must not wake up the day after the election and have any regrets about what we could have done in these next nine days,” Harris said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/27/kamala-harris-pennsylvania-philly-rally

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NBC News: Elon Musk’s X is boosting election conspiracy ...

2024-10-27T03:22:23Z

NBC News:
Elon Musk’s X is boosting election conspiracy theories with AI-powered trending topics

The misinformation boosted by X’s AI model Grok has included conspiracy theories about voter fraud and unsubstantiated smears about Vice President Kamala Harris...

The dubious content is spreading in the app’s “explore” section, which says it uses Musk’s AI software...
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/elon-musk-x-boosts-election-conspiracy-theories-ai-trends-twitter-rcna176941

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TNR: Elon Musk Sure Seems Scared After That DOJ Warning on His ...

2024-10-25T01:38:08Z

TNR:
Elon Musk Sure Seems Scared After That DOJ Warning on His Dumb Lottery

The Justice Department warned Elon Musk that his $1 million giveaway could come with a prison sentence—and it appears he’s actually paying attention.

After receiving a warning from the Justice Department, Elon Musk has stopped his $1 million giveaway to swing voters from his super PAC...

Musk has also been uncharacteristically quiet on the subject.
https://newrepublic.com/post/187519/elon-musk-doj-warning-1-million-lottery

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RS: 'This video is fake': Key battleground state county ...

2024-10-25T01:19:44Z

RS:
'This video is fake': Key battleground state county smacks down hoax of destroyed ballots

A large suburban Pennsylvania county smacked down what it called a "fake" video showing mail-in ballots being destroyed.

"This video is fake," the county said.
https://www.rawstory.com/bucks-county-election/

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RS: Arizona ballots damaged after USPS collection box set ablaze ...

2024-10-25T01:16:12Z

RS:
Arizona ballots damaged after USPS collection box set ablaze in Dem-leaning county: report

"We are waiting for details from law enforcement," Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer explained. "We encourage all voters who used that mail box in the last 36 hours to check the status of their ballots at https://BeBallotReady.Vote.";

"Successful delivery is usually reflected on that website within 72 hours,"...
https://www.rawstory.com/maricopa-ballot-fire/

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Chris Matthews: “I've never seen a more heroic figure than ...

2024-10-23T13:36:14Z

Chris Matthews:
“I've never seen a more heroic figure than Liz Cheney. She lost her state probably forever, she lost her party, she lost her leadership in the Republican House. She could have been on her way to Speaker, it was very probable. She gave it all away in the interest of truth; That's what she stood for.

...One person who has gotten behind her is Kamala Harris. Those two women sitting together on that stage is remarkable!”

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RS: Ex-White House chief of staff John Kelly...on Trump Former ...

2024-10-23T00:50:44Z

RS:
Ex-White House chief of staff John Kelly...on Trump

Former Marine General John Kelly... blasted his old boss in interviews...

Kelly said that Trump is the only president in his lifetime to not understand American values and reject the Constitution.

“He just doesn’t understand the values — he pretends, he talks, he knows more about America than anybody, but he doesn’t,”
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2669459049/

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ABC News: Harris to release medical report to give Trump's ...

2024-10-12T11:25:58Z

ABC News:
Harris to release medical report to give Trump's health and advanced age new scrutiny: Senior aide

Vice President Kamala Harris will release a report with details about her health and medical history on Saturday, which will conclude she has the mental sharpness to serve as president...

they see the release of the... medical report as an opening to highlight how little is known about the 78-year-old former president's health.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-release-medical-report-give-trumps-health-advanced/story?id=114739386

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Raw Story: Firefighters union has no idea who held 'Scranton ...

2024-10-11T00:53:39Z

Raw Story:
Firefighters union has no idea who held 'Scranton firefighters for Trump' signs at rally

The Times-Tribune snapped photos of Donald Trump's Scranton rally event Wednesday in which several people held up the signs, including two men who wore firefighter formal dress-blue uniforms.

But the men were not firefighters from Scranton, the Scranton Fire Department firefighters' union said in a Facebook post.
https://www.rawstory.com/firefighter-trump-rally/

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RS: The Atlantic's Sophie Gilbert has written a review of ...

2024-10-10T21:24:47Z

RS:
The Atlantic's Sophie Gilbert has written a review of Melania Trump's new memoir — and has come away with a decidedly negative impression.

The main impression... from the...book is that she simply does not care about anything, and works to block out potentially negative...information...

"Her time as a model, a fairly uneventful career..."

the book tries to show that nothing bothers her except for when she's on the receiving end of negative press.
https://www.rawstory.com/melania-trump-book-review/

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MSNBC: 'Trump is the most dangerous candidate for president ...

2024-10-04T11:34:12Z

MSNBC:
'Trump is the most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime': Springsteen endorses Harris

“...Friends, fans, and the press have asked me who I'm supporting in this most important of elections. With full knowledge of my opinion, no more or less important than those of my fellow citizens, here's my answer. I'm supporting Kamala Harris for president and Tim Walz for vice president, and opposing Donald Trump and JD Vance"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvVbXR6tsY4

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CNN: Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of ...

2024-10-02T23:43:40Z

CNN:
Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing

”At its core, the defendant’s scheme was a private one,” prosecutors wrote in the motion. “He extensively used private actors and his campaign infrastructure to attempt to overturn the election results and operated in a private capacity as a candidate for office.”

Campaign operative said ‘Make them riot’
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/politics/jack-smith-donald-trump-filing/index.html

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Raw Story: Activists protest at Rick Scott’s district office in ...

2024-10-01T12:48:17Z

Raw Story:
Activists protest at Rick Scott’s district office in Tampa

A dozen climate change activists held a protest in front of Florida U.S. Sen. Rick Scott’s district office in Tampa on Monday, highlighting his public stance on climate change as well as his ties to the fossil fuel industry.
https://www.rawstory.com/rick-scott-protest/

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Raw Story: Mike Johnson's funding bill flops as Trump demands ...

2024-09-19T01:04:38Z

Raw Story:
Mike Johnson's funding bill flops as Trump demands shutdown ultimatum

The House rejected the measure by a vote of 202-220...

The core sticking point was the inclusion of the SAVE Act, a GOP legislative priority that would effectively gut the National Voter Registration Act by adding cumbersome new requirements for people to prove citizenship to register to vote — something that is already required by law.
https://www.rawstory.com/save-act/

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Raw Story: Surprising Joe Rogan comment spurs uproar among ...

2024-09-18T00:36:47Z

Raw Story:
Surprising Joe Rogan comment spurs uproar among political observers

News that podcaster Joe Rogan recently heaped praise on Vice President Kamala Harris and publicly mocked former President Donald Trump shocked political pundits...
https://www.rawstory.com/joe-rogan-on-trump/

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Raw Story: 'Absolute lunatic': MSNBC panel slams ...

2024-09-09T02:04:09Z

Raw Story:
'Absolute lunatic': MSNBC panel slams media's 'sane-washing' of Trump's 'word salads'

Donald Trump is increasingly rambling and giving non-answers to policy questions, and the media isn't up to the task of covering him, according to a panel on MSNBC on Sunday.

On Ayman over the weekend, the host played several videos of Trump giving...answers to questions about specific legislation issues, calling them "word salads."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lunatic-msnbc-sane-washing-tara-setmayer/

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Axios: Brazilian Supreme Court panel upholds X ban Brazil's ...

2024-09-03T09:43:16Z

Axios:
Brazilian Supreme Court panel upholds X ban

Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a decision to ban Elon Musk's X nationwide...

The judge last week issued an order freezing Starlink's finances in Brazil and preventing Musk's internet satellite business from conducting financial transactions in Brazil.

Brazilian President...told reporters...the "world is not obliged to put up with Musk's far-right ideology just because he is rich,"...
https://www.axios.com/2024/09/03/brazil-x-ban-elon-musk-supreme-court

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Daily Beast: Elon Musk Voted by Mail Despite Calling It ...

2024-08-31T01:09:42Z

Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Voted by Mail Despite Calling It ‘Insane’

... Elon Musk has repeatedly voted by mail—when he voted at all.

The X owner has railed against mail-in ballots but twice used them himself—and never voted any other way over almost two decades in California, his voter file reveals.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-voted-by-mail-despite-calling-it-insane-california-voter-file-reveals?ref=home

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The Guardian: Elon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein ...

2024-08-30T14:36:45Z

The Guardian:
Elon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein him in
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/30/elon-musk-wealth-power

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Raw Story: 'Wow': Observers stunned by new polls showing ...

2024-08-29T13:50:20Z

Raw Story:
'Wow': Observers stunned by new polls showing Harris 'surging' over Trump in national vote

A pair of new polls released on Thursday morning indicate that Vice President Kamala Harris has surged ahead of former President Donald Trump in the national polls...
https://www.rawstory.com/poll-trump-vs-harris-2024-2669098025/

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CNN: How Trump has funneled millions in campaign donations to his ...

2024-08-23T11:57:30Z

CNN:
How Trump has funneled millions in campaign donations to his businesses

Trump’s businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns – including his own

Trump and associated political groups have funneled more than $28 million in campaign donations to his businesses – helping convert the enthusiasm of his political supporters into personal profit.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/23/politics/trump-businesses-campaign-spending-invs/index.html

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MSNBC: 'We will have a commander in chief that we can ...

2024-08-23T04:59:58Z

MSNBC:
'We will have a commander in chief that we can trust': Panetta backs Harris, blasts Trump at DNC

Donald Trump does not understand the world. And he does not understand the service and sacrifice of our military. Our fallen veterans are not suckers, they are not losers, they are our heroes!

Kamala Harris will honor our veterans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhggEE4EfEk

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RS: 'Trump's a scab' chants ring out as UAW chief ...

2024-08-20T13:51:54Z

RS:
'Trump's a scab' chants ring out as UAW chief Shawn Fain rips former president

"For the UAW and for working-class people everywhere, this election comes down to one question: Which side are you on?" said Fain. "On one side, we have Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, who have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the working class. On the other side, we have Trump and... JD Vance, two lap dogs for the billionaire class who only serve themselves."
https://www.rawstory.com/trumps-a-scab/

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CNN: Conservative Republican endorses Harris, calls Trump a ...

2024-08-20T00:09:55Z

CNN:
Conservative Republican endorses Harris, calls Trump a threat to democracy

Retired federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar put on the bench by President George H.W. Bush, is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump, whose candidacy he describes as an existential threat to American democracy.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/19/politics/conservative-republican-endorses-harris-calls-trump-a-threat-to-democracy/index.html

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NBC News: UAW hits Trump and Musk with federal labor charges over ...

2024-08-14T01:43:49Z

NBC News:
UAW hits Trump and Musk with federal labor charges over union-busting comments

The United Auto Workers on Tuesday filed federal labor charges with the National Labor Relations Board against former President Donald Trump and... Elon Musk for publicly applauding the practice of firing employees who threaten to strike.

It is illegal to fire workers who threaten to strike, because the right to strike is protected under federal labor law.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/uaw-hits-trump-musk-federal-labor-charges-union-busting-comments-rcna166403

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Raw Story: The MAGA plot to steal 2024 election is on a ...

2024-08-12T12:56:13Z

Raw Story:
The MAGA plot to steal 2024 election is on a 'different level than 2020': experts

Richard Pildes, an election law expert at New York University, told The Guardian he is "definitely concerned" that there will be "a lot of efforts to disturb" vote counting.
https://www.rawstory.com/the-maga-plot-to-steal-2024-election-is-on-a-different-level-than-2020-experts/

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MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell: ...

2024-08-09T04:25:43Z

MSNBC
The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell:
'Stupidest' candidate Trump did not answer reporters' questions

Lawrence:
“I have never seen an industry slower at learning from its own stupid mistakes than the American news business, and you cannot expect them, in the next 89 days to figure out what they have not been able to figure out in nine years.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD-oTJ49nls

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RS: 'Something seriously wrong': Pelosi's new book ...

2024-08-02T01:45:08Z

RS:
'Something seriously wrong': Pelosi's new book claims docs warned Trump 'was in decline'

“I knew Donald Trump’s mental imbalance. I had seen it up close, Pelosi also writes of Trump when talking about Jan. 6, 2021. "His denial and then delays when the Covid pandemic struck, his penchant for repeatedly stomping out of meetings...his pounding on tables, his temper tantrums...and his total separation from reality..."
https://www.rawstory.com/news/pelosi-book-on-trump/

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Reuters: Harris gets backing from more than 100 venture ...

2024-08-01T00:36:02Z

Reuters:
Harris gets backing from more than 100 venture capitalists

More than 100 venture capitalists including entrepreneur Mark Cuban threw their support behind U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Wednesday...

"We...believe in democracy as the backbone of our nation. We believe that strong, trustworthy institutions are a feature, not a bug, and that our industry - and every other industry - would collapse without them."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/more-than-100-venture-capitalists-throw-weight-behind-us-democrat-harris-2024-07-31/

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