It sure looks like Donald Trump was disguised as 'Doe 174' in the newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents (www.businessinsider.com)
Trump Loses Federal Appeal on Immunity in E. Jean Carroll Case (themessenger.com)
Trump just promised an authoritarian ‘task force’ to impose Christian ideology (www.msnbc.com)
The former president is still feeding the Christian right’s persecution complex...
Joe Biden campaign volunteers are quitting in "droves" (www.newsweek.com)
In a letter published Wednesday on Medium, an anonymous group of Biden's campaign staffers demanded the president call for a ceasefire in Gaza, citing concerns that not shifting his policy on the issue could hurt his 2024 chances....
Bill Maher Goes on Anti-Vax Tirade During Heated Covid-19 Debate With 'Family Guy' Creator Seth MacFarlane (okmagazine.com)
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Bernie Sanders Calls for ‘NO MORE’ U.S. Funding For Netanyahu’s ‘Illegal, Immoral, Brutal, and Grossly Disproportionate War’ in Gaza (www.mediaite.com)
It Will Be an Election Unlike Any We’ve Lived Through. Are the Democrats Prepared? (newrepublic.com)
The animating concept behind the Trump campaign will be chaos. This is what history shows us fascists do when given the chance to participate in democratic political campaigns: They create chaos. They do it because chaos works to their advantage. They revel in it, because they can see how profoundly chaos unnerves...
Trump hits Ohio governor over veto on proposed gender-affirming health care ban (thehill.com)
Former President Trump went after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ® for vetoing a proposed ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender minors on Saturday....
Foul ad escalates claims that Donald Trump ‘smells’ (www.independent.co.uk)
The ad is called ‘Limburger,’ a cheese known for its pungent odour...
Kinzinger says Christians who back Trump ‘don’t understand’ their religion (thehill.com)
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) bashed former President Trump online and said Christians who support him “don’t understand” their religion....
Iowa governor says it's 'not sustainable' to give $40 per month to kids from low-income families for food (fortune.com)
Iowa will not participate this summer in a federal program that gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family to help with food costs while school is out, state officials have announced....
'I did it for my country': Giuliani justifies defaming Georgia election workers (www.rawstory.com)
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Sunday offered a justification after he was found liable for defaming two former Georgia election workers, Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman....
Conservatives Have Lost the Culture War (washingtonmonthly.com)
Republican politicians like Ron DeSantis may rail against “woke” corporations. The reality is that when companies like Nike and Disney—no progressive angels themselves—seem to align with the left by promoting anti-racism and LGBTQ causes, they are catering to the tolerant demographic that matters most to the bottom line....
Joe Biden whisked to safety by Secret Service as car slams into motorcade (www.independent.co.uk)
Biden was emerging from his Delaware campaign headquarters when the car ploughed into an SUV guarding his motorcade...
A Black woman was criminally charged after a miscarriage. It shows the perils of pregnancy post-Roe (apnews.com)
'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side (www.nbcnews.com)
Donald Trump sells cut-up pieces of suit he wore in mugshot - for $5,000 (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Rudy Giuliani: Electing Obama has 'taken us back 40 or 50 years on race relations' (www.rawstory.com)
‘Greedflation’ study finds many companies were lying to you about inflation (fortune.com)
In April, Société Générale economist Albert Edwards released a scathing note saying he hadn’t seen anything like the current levels of corporate greed in his four decades working in finance. He said companies were using the war in Ukraine as an excuse to hike prices in search of profits....
Muslim leaders in swing states pledge to ‘abandon’ Biden over his refusal to call for ceasefire [Dec 03 2023 | Edward Helmore | The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
“We are not powerless as American Muslims. We are powerful. We don’t only have the money, but we have the actual votes. And we will use that vote to save this nation from itself,” Hussein said. “Families and children are being wiped out with our tax dollars,” he added. “What we are witnessing today is the tragedy...
Senate confirms 425 military nominees after Sen. Tommy Tuberville drops his hold (www.nbcnews.com)
Tuberville “has nothing to show for his 10 months of delay,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a scathing speech after the nominees were confirmed. Tuberville has retained his holds on roughly 11 other promotions....
Biden says that 'if Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running' (www.nbcnews.com)
The Hill: Powerful Members of Congress are dead set on killing UFO Transparency (thehill.com)
Bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) aimed to establish a process with the ostensible goal of revealing the existence of “non-human intelligence” to the public. But the legislation, which is co-sponsored by three Republican and two Democratic senators, is now in jeopardy....
Muslim Americans in swing states launch anti-Biden campaign (www.axios.com)
“We recognize that, in the next four years, our decision may cause us to have an even more difficult time. But we believe that this will give us a chance to recalibrate, and the Democrats will have to consider whether they want our votes or not.”...