Strikes aren’t bad for the US economy. They’re the best thing that could happen (www.theguardian.com)
America is in the midst of the biggest surge in labor activity in a quarter-century....
How states humiliate single parents who need government assistance (www.vox.com)
To receive government assistance in the US is to submit yourself to a whole host of requirements, some reasonable, some harsh. Each state, and each program within it, has their own requirements, which might be a test of income, of assets, or even of behavior. Some are reasonable — a millionaire probably doesn’t need food...
The Supreme Court’s new term will be dominated by dangerous and incoherent lawsuits (www.vox.com)
No matter how bad the Supreme Court gets, it can always get worse....
Trump says it was 'my decision' to try to overturn 2020 election results | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
There it is, plain as day. He literally just admitted to his crimes.
US economy going strong under Biden – Americans don’t believe it (www.theguardian.com)
Footage shows Boebert and her date fiddling with each other's privates at "Beetlejuice" musical (www.salon.com)
As more and more details are being revealed about Rep. Lauren Boebert’s wild night out in Denver last weekend — having been kicked out of “Beetlejuice” the musical for vaping and just generally being a public nuisance with her male companion — a full picture is coming together of what the other theater patrons around...
John Fetterman says he'll 'never understand' progressives who refuse to support Joe Biden (www.businessinsider.com)
The Pennsylvania Democrat recalled his time serving as a Hillary Clinton surrogate in 2016, even after he supported Bernie Sanders in the primary.
George W. Bush says real “pro-life” Republicans wouldn’t defund his HIV program (www.lgbtqnation.com)
George W. Bush, the infamously anti-gay and neoconservative former U.S. president who invaded Iraq on a lie, has criticized congressional Republicans for threatening to defund the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a largely successful African HIV-prevention program that he launched back in 2003....
Gun rights group sues New Mexico over order banning guns in public in Albuquerque (thehill.com)
A gun rights group sued New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) and other state officials on Saturday over an emergency order banning firearms from being carried in public in Albuquerque....
‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’ (www.theguardian.com)
Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen
Elon Musk ‘Secretly’ Used Starlink To Foil A Ukrainian Attack On Russian Naval Fleet Over Fear Of Nuclear War: Report (www.mediaite.com)
What an utter piece of shit.
Gay doctor flees Louisiana due to anti-LGBTQ+ laws: ‘I don’t have a choice’ (www.thepinknews.com)
A gay doctor who is one of Louisiana’s only specialist paediatric cardiologists has left the state after the introduction of a Don’t Say Gay copycat bill and a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth....
DeSantis voted against Sandy aid a decade ago. Now his state needs the help. (www.politico.com)
Florida’s Republicans have a complicated relationship with disaster aid.
Liberal groups seek to use the Constitution's insurrection clause to block Trump from 2024 ballots (apnews.com)
As former President Donald Trump dominates the Republican presidential primary, some liberal groups and legal experts contend that a rarely used clause of the Constitution prevents him from being president after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol....
Laura Ingraham Busted Deceptively Editing Biden Comments — With Blaring ‘Dems Back to Lying’ Chyron On Screen (www.mediaite.com)
Georgia GOP Gears Up to Remove Atlanta Prosecutor Who Indicted Donald Trump (theintercept.com)
A little over a week after a prosecutor in Georgia indicted former President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election, Republicans said they will use a new law to remove her from office....
Silicon Valley "Pronatalists" Are Against Remote Work Despite Boosting Fertility Rates (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Donald Trump using bail bondsman rings alarm bells about his finances (www.newsweek.com)
Donald Trump reportedly used a bail bondsman after being arrested at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, paying $20,000 of his bond set at $200,000 and taking out a loan for the rest of it. The fact that the former president resorted to such a measure has sparked questions on social media about the state of his...
19 States Cut Income Taxes to Benefit Wealthy — With Help of Dark Money Groups (truthout.org)
According to the states’ own estimates, the revenue hit could be more than $10 billion in fiscal years 2023 and 2024....
New Trump poll proves Obama and Clinton were right: The GOP base are deplorable, bitter clingers (www.salon.com)
Court Finds that Texas Law Requiring the Rejection of Mail Ballots and Applications Violates the Civil Rights Act (www.justice.gov)
'It's a cult': Former GOP lawmaker blames Republicans for contributing to the cult of Trump (www.rawstory.com)
Trump’s bond set at $200,000 in Georgia election-related case (www.politico.com)
The order also explicitly limits Trump’s ability to attack witnesses or his co-defendants, including on social media.
Trump made a mockery of American democracy. Why are Americans shrugging this off? | BY THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD (www.miamiherald.com)
Donald Trump faces four indictments, 91 criminal charges and hundreds of years of maximum prison time combined....