Just wanted to add that it feels like the French change their party names too often. I forgot that the FN changed names, just like Macron’s Renaissance.
Christopher Blair, a renowned “liberal troll” who posts falsehoods to Facebook, is having a banner year despite crackdowns by Facebook and growing competition from A.I.
Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks of Jan. 6 with a fondness at Turning Point Action's Michigan event (www.salon.com)
Georgia's ruling party proposes LGBTQ+ "propaganda" law that compares homosexuality to incest (www.lgbtqnation.com)
How Trump gets away with being so old (www.vox.com)
People can still be kicked off juries for being LGBTQ+. This out congresswoman's bill would end that (www.lgbtqnation.com)
A second Trump term would double down on erasing trans rights. Here’s how advocates are preparing. (19thnews.org)
A veteran came out as gay in his obituary. Now, his family is praising his final 'salute' (www.advocate.com)
A Hungarian Rapper’s Bandwagon Gets an Unlikely New Rider [Orban] (www.nytimes.com)
G.O.P.-Led States, Claiming ‘Invasion,’ Push to Expand Power to Curb Immigration (www.nytimes.com)
Pharma Exec Will Testify About Ozempic's Absurd Price Tag After Pressure From Bernie Sanders (gizmodo.com)
As War Drags On, Gazans More Willing to Speak Out Against Hamas (www.nytimes.com)
Americans used to unite over tragic events − and now are divided by them (theconversation.com)
Confederate names make comeback, triggering lawsuits (thehill.com)
Democratic lawmaker slams Project 2025 as ‘un-American’ (thehill.com)
White gold, Black bodies: how a tiny African nation shaped the world (www.theguardian.com)
The Medicare Advantage Paradox: How private insurers cost taxpayers billions (www.nationofchange.org)
Donald Trump gets to sidestep the consequences of his conviction. Most people with criminal records don’t (www.independent.co.uk)
US unveils $1.5B in new energy, humanitarian aid for Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
"No lawful ability": Experts pour cold water on Trump and Johnson's scheme to "subvert" conviction (www.salon.com)
Dutch tourist found dead, two Americans and two French tourists missing in Greece (www.independent.co.uk)
Campaign to ax nursing home staffing rule accelerates in Congress (www.modernhealthcare.com)
In Snap Election, French Left Forms Alliance To Counter Far Right and Neoliberals (www.commondreams.org)
‘Fauci Kills Puppies’: Inside the Forgotten Fake ‘Beaglegate’ Scandal (www.thedailybeast.com)
Bloat and 'Bigotry': Six Democrats Join With House GOP to Pass $833 Billion Pentagon Budget (www.commondreams.org)
'Our Leaders Are Not Leading': Groups Decry Yet Another G7 Climate Failure (www.commondreams.org)
Schools Are Divesting From Arts Education as COVID-Era Federal Funds Evaporate (truthout.org)
Trump Mocks Biden for Gaffes While Making a Big One of His Own (www.thedailybeast.com)
MAGA youth activist Charlie Kirk's big conservative shindig is full of old folks (www.motherjones.com)
Sotomayor rips Thomas’s bump stocks ruling in scathing dissent read from bench (thehill.com)
House GOP approves mammoth annual defense bill with culture war amendments (thehill.com)
Donald Trump said Joan Rivers voted for him in 2016. She died in 2014 (www.independent.co.uk)
Alito pens divisive opinion limiting immigrant rights over strongly-worded Jackson dissent (lawandcrime.com)
Republicans' Capitol Hill pep rally for Trump's return was a flop (www.salon.com)
Hunter Biden drops lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani for releasing his laptop's information (www.usatoday.com)
Fani Willis appears to fire back at Rudy Giuliani's "ho" attack (www.motherjones.com)
Biden is on track to beat inflation and lose the presidency (www.vox.com)
No, Yevgeny Prigozhin Didn’t Suddenly Come Back From the Dead: Why Russian Twitter Thinks Prigozhin Just Came Back From the Dead (www.thedailybeast.com)
‘Vote for Abortion’ Bus Tour and Rally Show the Power of Grassroots Organizing (msmagazine.com)
G7 agrees to loan Ukraine $50 billion from the interest on frozen Russian assets (www.npr.org)
Fake News Still Has a Home on Facebook (www.nytimes.com)
Christopher Blair, a renowned “liberal troll” who posts falsehoods to Facebook, is having a banner year despite crackdowns by Facebook and growing competition from A.I.
Gay congressman blasts Marjorie Taylor Greene & GOP for trying to ban drag on military bases (www.lgbtqnation.com)