While toasting indictments at your, Trump is Indicted Again Party, raise a glass to President Biden. A judge dismissed a lawsuit from conservative groups trying to block student loan forgiveness for 800k+ borrowers. President Biden is quietly fighting for the poor, the middle class and our country.
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Judge dismisses suit to halt Biden’s student debt relief for longtime borrowers - The Washington Post
A judge denied the Cato Institute and Mackinac Center for Public Policy's attempt to block a Biden administration plan to cancel $39 billion in federal student loans from borrowers who have been in repayment for more than 20 years.
10:55 PM - Aug 14, 2023
No elected official has ever been accused of anything remotely on the scale of what Donald Trump has been charged with.
His prosecution isn’t a “witch hunt.” It’s a defense of our democracy.
Don’t believe his lies.
His prosecution isn’t a “witch hunt.” It’s a defense of our democracy.
Don’t believe his lies.
5 Facts About Trump’s Indictments - YouTube
No elected official has ever been accused of anything remotely on the scale of what Donald Trump has been charged with. His prosecution isn’t a “witch hunt.”...
11:08 PM - Aug 14, 2023
The fact that there are 19 people included in the indictment is important.
This isn’t just a Trump problem.
It’s a Republican problem.
We need to get past the idea that Trump’s departure from the political stage would end our current political crisis.
This isn’t just a Trump problem.
It’s a Republican problem.
We need to get past the idea that Trump’s departure from the political stage would end our current political crisis.
11:28 PM - Aug 14, 2023
It doesn’t state that.
And this is an important point.
For those outraged that the indictment’s individual acts aren’t criminal (tweeting; making phone calls), Fani Willis explained this clearly
Individual acts aren’t necessarily criminal. But when they add up to a conspiracy, they create a crime.
And this is an important point.
For those outraged that the indictment’s individual acts aren’t criminal (tweeting; making phone calls), Fani Willis explained this clearly
Individual acts aren’t necessarily criminal. But when they add up to a conspiracy, they create a crime.
10:21 AM - Aug 15, 2023
Trump motion for delay is based on politics, not law. It is totally wrong in saying such a trial cannot start in 6 months frim indictment. My team's #Watergate trial started 6 months after indictment, and that included our going to SCOTUS during that time and Nixon resigning.
10:32 PM - Jul 11, 2023
Donald Trump keeps building on the long list of slaughtered legal careers left in his wake...
https://www.msnbc.com/rach...
https://www.msnbc.com/rach...
05:25 PM - Jul 05, 2023
Shoutout to the people who really love their country and at the same time acknowledge its so much more work left to be done so we all are equal. 🇺🇸
#RealPatriots
#RealPatriots
10:28 PM - Jul 03, 2023
"I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
-- James Baldwin, "Notes of a Native Son" (1955)
-- James Baldwin, "Notes of a Native Son" (1955)
08:42 AM - Jul 04, 2023
A conviction on felony charges won't stop Trump from the presidency; but being an insurrectionist will. https://thegrio.com/2023/0...
12:56 PM - Jun 24, 2023
a bridge collapsed in Pennsylvania. the Democratic governor rebuilt it in two weeks. the power grid failed in Texas. the Republican senator fled to Cancun. any questions
05:10 PM - Jun 23, 2023
This week on my live webcast, “History Matters:”
Censures, Expunging, and Insults: Oh My!
Congress had a long history of performative slaps at opponents.
Often they backfire.
Join us for more!
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
Censures, Expunging, and Insults: Oh My!
Congress had a long history of performative slaps at opponents.
Often they backfire.
Join us for more!
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
07:43 PM - Jun 21, 2023
Nothing says the Supreme Court needs a code of ethics like a justice accepting free luxury travel from a GOP billionaire megadonor, and then failing to recuse himself when that donor had business before the Court.
12:50 PM - Jun 21, 2023
Trump’s star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. 🤣 🤣 🤣
05:50 PM - Jun 21, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
If you have a heart, this will make you sick. Also you should know these things about your country…
https://www.propublica.org...
https://www.propublica.org...
01:21 PM - Jun 16, 2023
Yes!
And for this very reason, attacks on education are attacks against democracy.
And for this very reason, attacks on education are attacks against democracy.
09:27 AM - Jun 18, 2023
holy fu cking shit, Donald Trump's behavior in that Miami restaurant was a metaphor for his shoddy presidency and his entire larcenous life: promise everything, deliver nothing, skip out when the bill comes due
03:24 PM - Jun 17, 2023
For the folks who keep insisting that DJT could decide for himself what’s a personal document (vs a presidential document), here’s what the National Archives offers on that front (essentially saying—NO). And here’s the link:
https://www.archives.gov/p...
https://www.archives.gov/p...
12:27 PM - Jun 13, 2023
Every single House Republican voted to protect George Santos from expulsion.
06:43 PM - May 17, 2023
The right-wing, racist, horrible humans, like MT🤢, who seemed disgustingly excited yesterday that the mass murderer in TX was Hispanic; illegal & used stolen guns, they claimed; Are melting down today after finding out he was a right-wing Neo-Nazi citizen with likely “legal” guns.
#RWDSareCOWARDS
#RWDSareCOWARDS
08:32 PM - May 08, 2023
The American labor market is proving to be unexpectedly resilient. Data released today showed that employers added 253,000 jobs last month, far more than expected. Wages rose and the unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent, matching January’s level, which was the lowest since 1969.
#BidenDelivers
#BidenDelivers
08:16 PM - May 05, 2023
The GOP's goal for 2024 is to suppress young voters in general and college voters in particular.
05:31 PM - May 06, 2023
Folks, in state legislatures, the GOP is SILENCING their opponents.
Expulsion--Tennessee
Banning from the floor--Montana
Fake "conflicts of interest"--Nebraska
Debate & compromise is the essence of democracy.
This is beyond anti-democratic.
It’s openly, blatantly, grabbing at one-party rule.
Expulsion--Tennessee
Banning from the floor--Montana
Fake "conflicts of interest"--Nebraska
Debate & compromise is the essence of democracy.
This is beyond anti-democratic.
It’s openly, blatantly, grabbing at one-party rule.
01:30 PM - Apr 28, 2023
Ok folks.
Once again I feel compelled to change the topic for tomorrow’s episode of “History Matters.”
The topic?
“The Costs of Gagging Legislators”
I’ll discuss what the antebellum gag rule controversy says about current events (a lot).
Friday 10AM ET
http://NCHEteach.org/conve...
Once again I feel compelled to change the topic for tomorrow’s episode of “History Matters.”
The topic?
“The Costs of Gagging Legislators”
I’ll discuss what the antebellum gag rule controversy says about current events (a lot).
Friday 10AM ET
http://NCHEteach.org/conve...
05:49 PM - Apr 27, 2023
Harry Belafonte, a giant, a leader, a singular talent, an extraordinary man. May he rest well.
10:21 AM - Apr 25, 2023
Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman did a great deep dive this week on the historical antecedents to the expulsions of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson. #GoodPodcasts #Tennessee
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Now & Then: Expulsions and Ousters: The Threat in Tennessee on Apple Podcasts
Heather and Joanne discuss the political climate surrounding the dramatic expulsion and reinstatement of Tennessee legislators Justin Jones and Justin Pearson. They also place the controversy within the history of state legislative expulsions, from the White Supremacist 1875 Mississippi Plan, to the..
09:01 AM - Apr 20, 2023
Places Ron DeSantis has visited since the historic flooding in Fort Lauderdale:
— Ohio
— South Carolina
— Utah
— Japan
Places Ron DeSantis has not visited since the historic flooding in Fort Lauderdale:
— Fort Lauderdale
— Ohio
— South Carolina
— Utah
— Japan
Places Ron DeSantis has not visited since the historic flooding in Fort Lauderdale:
— Fort Lauderdale
10:37 AM - Apr 24, 2023
BREAKING NEWS: Fox "News" has apologized to Dominion and for all the damage they have done to our country. Not.
"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
- Charlie Chaplin
"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
- Charlie Chaplin
12:20 PM - Apr 22, 2023
In which Michael Harriot explains the Don Lemon v Ramaswamy moment in critical race theory. https://thegrio.com/2023/0...
12:00 AM - Apr 22, 2023
