Anyone who paid attention knows exactly who provoked the January 6 riot, and how. But in case you were wondering, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has counted 174 January 6 defendants who said they were responding to calls by Donald Trump.
08:12 PM - Jul 07, 2023
A self-described white nationalist who wrote that Hispanics were “invading” America before fatally shooting 23 people at a Walmart store in El Paso was sentenced on Friday to 90 consecutive life terms for his conviction on federal hate crimes charges. https://www.axios.com/2023...
04:00 PM - Jul 07, 2023
Aaron Black: Job creation under President Joe Biden is literally 50 times the rate per month than the last 3 Republican Presidents.
#DemsCreateJobs https://twitter.com/ABlack...
#DemsCreateJobs https://twitter.com/ABlack...
01:10 PM - Jul 07, 2023
"On Monday, July 3, a federal judge temporarily blocked provisions of Florida voter suppression law, Senate Bill 7050, which was signed into law by DeSantis in late May."🥳
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12:07 PM - Jul 05, 2023
In response to Trish.
After what Facebook did in 2016, Facebook couldn't get me to join their Twitter knock off...
12:41 AM - Jul 04, 2023
CALIFORNIA: Excellent! Budget deal could eliminate deductibles for nearly 1.5 million #Aca enrollees earning
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California: Excellent! Budget deal could eliminate deductibles for ACA enrollees earning
Last month I posted an explainer about a situation in California which boiled down to a huge pot of extra revenue (~$330 million per year, give or take) being fought over between Governor Gavin Newsom and the Democratically-controlled State Legislature. The bottom line is that this funding was inten..
01:16 PM - Jul 03, 2023
So Meta/Facebook is creating a new SM site to compete with Twitter? Wouldn’t it also compete with Facebook? And doesn’t everyone dislike and distrust Zuckerberg as much as Musk?
#SocialMediaWars
#SocialMediaWars
12:33 AM - Jul 04, 2023
The day before we celebrate our nation's independence, here is further proof that in courtrooms around the country, democracy is on the docket and democracy is winning. https://www.democracydocke...
10:01 PM - Jul 03, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant, staff writer for The New Republic, talks about her interview with the person supposedly at the heart of the 303 Creative case and her reporting that suggests there is no basis in reality for the case that has become the vehicle for SCOTUS to allow anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
05:05 PM - Jul 03, 2023
Ayman Mohyeldin reports on another ill-conceived border stunt by a Republican governor that not only failed but left taxpayers with a huge bill.
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https://youtu.be/EyxJ6lckJ...
05:07 PM - Jul 03, 2023
Melissa Murray, law professor at New York University, and Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer for Slate, talk about the cumulative effect of the rulings released by the Supreme Court this term as the conservative project to roll back the civil rights advancements of the 20th century continues apace.
05:10 PM - Jul 03, 2023
Admitting he doesn't know the numbers is admitting he doesn't know what tf he is talking about. Not news really.
Maddow Blog @MaddowBlogPence expressed his opinion, at which point Karl pointed to actual real-world evidence. Asked for reaction, the candidate conceded he doesn’t “know the numbers.”
But why doesn’t he know the numbers?04:49 PM - Jul 03, 2023
05:33 PM - Jul 03, 2023
Building Back Together: Bidenomics is fueling America’s comeback!
Thanks to POTUS's economic plan, the U.S. has the strongest post-pandemic growth among leading economies, with over 13M jobs created & record-breaking 10.5M small businesses applications.
Thanks to POTUS's economic plan, the U.S. has the strongest post-pandemic growth among leading economies, with over 13M jobs created & record-breaking 10.5M small businesses applications.
02:07 PM - Jul 03, 2023
I'm not sure conservatives, who constantly bemoan cancel culture, are going to like the after effects of the Supreme Court's Colorado website case. Most broadly celebrated creative expression in this country comes from liberals not conservatives.
12:20 PM - Jul 03, 2023
Oooh. I missed the news that Jack Smith had also subpoenaed Bedminster security footage. 👀
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12:00 PM - Jul 03, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
No one can see this on Twitter anymore, but a reminder that you can help flip Virginia blue this November by donating to these candidates today:
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10:16 AM - Jul 02, 2023
Moms for Liberty isn’t new.. and it’s not “grassroots” #StopMomsforLiberty #StopMomsforLib
06:13 PM - May 31, 2023
The rightwing seems to be arguing that its ok for SCOTUS to decide contrived, made-up, cases they like because the SCOTUS improperly did this in the past when they didn't like it...
02:47 PM - Jul 02, 2023
POTUS: My predecessor talked a lot about increasing manufacturing.
But in reality, construction of manufacturing facilities on U.S. soil only grew by 2% on his watch in 4 years.
On my watch, it’s grown by nearly 100% in 2 years, and we’ll continue this progress. https://twitter.com/POTUS/...
But in reality, construction of manufacturing facilities on U.S. soil only grew by 2% on his watch in 4 years.
On my watch, it’s grown by nearly 100% in 2 years, and we’ll continue this progress. https://twitter.com/POTUS/...
11:50 AM - Jul 02, 2023
I'm so excited to announce this to you all!!! 🖤 #StandingMyGround #GoodTrouble
My memoir STANDING MY GROUND is on shelves 10/24/23 and available to preorder now: https://www.hachettebookgr...
My memoir STANDING MY GROUND is on shelves 10/24/23 and available to preorder now: https://www.hachettebookgr...
02:21 PM - Jul 02, 2023
Black Kos, Week In Review: What must a white person do to be charged with murder? #JusticeForAkije
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05:55 PM - Jun 09, 2023
10:00 PM - Jun 09, 2023
Black Music Sunday: Kicking off Black Music Month with Oliver Nelson https://www.dailykos.com/s...
09:28 AM - Jun 04, 2023
If you have time, try my podcast. This week we discuss Ohio Republicans' war on democracy.
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Defending Democracy: Ohio Republicans’ War on Democracy on Apple Podcasts
Ohio Republicans are taking a sledgehammer to democracy. In their latest act, the Ohio GOP has passed a proposal to make it more difficult for voters to amend their own state constitution by increasing the threshold for state constitutional amendments to pass, despite overwhelming public opposition...
10:00 AM - Jun 04, 2023
Harry Litman and Barb McQuade, former U.S. attorneys, talk with Alex Wagner about how prosecutors construct a RICO case and why the reporting on the investigation of Donald Trump from Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis suggests that a RICO case is what she is assembling.
11:32 AM - Jun 04, 2023