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GOP House candidate proposes new post-Dobbs rape panels
Ten years after the hysteria of “death panels” come terrifyingly real calls for rape panels, where anti-abortion zealots get to sit in judgement on a case-by-case basis to decide whether or not sexual assault victims will be granted access to abortion care. Proposed by Bo Hines, one of the next generation of slimy, dead-eyed and coal-hearted Republican radicals hoping to wield the levers of power in Congress, it’s clear that dystopia is right around the corner unless we turn out in record numbers on Election Day.

Take Action: Call on prosecutors to charge Fox News for recklessly endangering the life of an abortion doctor!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: BREAKING: Kellyanne Conway reveals major news on a Trump 2024 run
Strap in, folks. It’s gonna be a weird next two years.

Take Action: Pass the Congressional stock trading ban!

Michigan Democrats on verge of STUNNING development
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.

Judge approves independent monitor to oversee Trump Organization financial reporting in win for New York AG
In a huge loss for the disgraced ex-president and his family, their shady company was just assigned an official babysitter as it faces a serious investigation for decades of fraud. The Trump clan won’t be able to move assets out of the company or cook their books this time around!

Take Action: Call on President Biden to commit to phasing out fossil fuels!

Arson attack on Tulsa donut shop hosting a drag event follows right-wing media campaign of fear
It was inevitable. After weeks and weeks of hysterical right-wing demonization campaigns against drag shows by Tucker Carlson, Jesse Watters, and the entire right-wing social mediasphere, a donut shop that hosted such a show was attacked with a Molotov cocktail and set alight in Oklahoma.

Take Action: Protect renters from unfair evictions!

A GOP official is allegedly knocking on doors to tell people they can’t vote
Americans in Texas are facing an onslaught of voter intimidation tactics in the lead-up to the midterm elections next week — and in at least one instance the intimidation is allegedly being carried out by a prominent member of the local Republican Party.

Ex-housekeeper for Jeff Bezos files discrimination lawsuit
A former housekeeper for Amazon oligarch Jeff Bezos says she and other employees suffered unsafe working conditions that included being forced to climb out a laundry room window to get to a bathroom anytime the Bezos family was home. Exactly the kind of behavior you’d expect from a sociopathic billionaire who forces his drivers to piss in bottles and runs his warehouses like a knock-off Mussolini.

This could be our last election if we don’t win
Wisconsin Democrats: GOP governor candidate Tim Michels promised Republicans “will never lose another election” if he wins next week. They will stop at nothing to dismantle our democracy and install a one-party rule, forcibly imposing their extremist agenda on an unwilling public. To stop him, the Marvel cast is hosting an exclusive livestream event! Will you be a superhero and chip in ANY amount to get access to this must-not-miss event?

Realtor’s lobby plows political cash into efforts to keep rents higher
Sky-high rents are the biggest driver of inflation in America, and a leech lobby of real estate investors is spending millions to make sure that a struggling American public gets no relief from their onerous tithing.

The United Nations overwhelmingly votes to condemn the US embargo on Cuba for the 30th time
The inhumane, 62-year-old embargo of Cuba, which was installed deliberately to impose such severe hardship on Cubans to provoke revolt against the government, was once again condemned by nearly the entire world — except, of course, for the United States and Israel, which maintains its own brutal embargo of the Palestinian territories. Imagine seeing the whole world speak out against this and still think that Cubans are the “bad guys.”

Brooklyn Democratic Party failing to respond to Lee Zeldin threat
The local party apparatus of New York’s bluest bastions appears frighteningly unconcerned about the threat posed by Trumper radical Lee Zeldin in a surprisingly close race for New York governor. Activists were befuddled when it was revealed the money from a bigwig fundraiser attended by current Governor Kathy Hochul herself would be going not to organizing but to paying salaries and “operating costs.”

Milwaukee election worker under investigation for ballot fraud
Wow, would you look at that! Yet another Republican was busted committing voter fraud! This time, fake military ballots were created online and sent to the home of a Republican state rep. Whatever could they have been for?

Such a sad, sad, sad, sad state

It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world

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Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate says GOP “will never lose another election” if he wins
Hello? Is anyone listening? He’s saying it! Out loud! They’re going to dismantle democracy! Wisconsin is already one of the most outrageously gerrymandered states in the country — to the point where Democrats literally cannot win the state House even if they get more votes — and Republican Tim Michels is openly bragging about how he’s going to create a permanent one-party state. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

Take Action: Expel Ron Johnson for trying to overturn the election with fake Trump electors!

Beto flips Trump voters in stunning reversal
Our swaggin’, swearin’, skateboardin’ future Texas governor is making quite a case for himself!

Take Action: Tell Congress to add new tax brackets for the megawealthy!

Michigan Democrats on verge of STUNNING development
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.

President Biden delivers thundering speech ahead of midterms, calling the elections a “turning point” for democracy
“We must with an overwhelming voice stand against political violence and voter intimidation, period. Stand up and speak against it,” Biden said in a roughly 20-minute speech near the Capitol. “We don’t settle our differences in America with a riot, a mob, or a bullet, or a hammer. We settle them peacefully at the ballot box. We have to be honest with ourselves, though. We have to face this problem. We can’t turn away from it. We can’t pretend it’s just going to solve itself.”

Take Action: Call on President Biden to commit to phasing out fossil fuels!

CVS, Walgreens reach $5 billion deals to settle opioid lawsuits
Once again, the corporations responsible for pumping shocking amounts of deadly, hyperaddictive opioids into American communities are paying a pittance in blood money before returning to business as usual. No wrongdoing was admitted by either company.

Take Action: Demand Congress lower drug prices now!

Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as “only chance” to stop 2020 election certification, emails show
All these agonizing months of interminable legal battles were nothing but a delaying tactic. Trump’s cronies knew he didn’t have a case unless it was put in front of a loyal lapdog — and this alone should be the death knell for Thomas’ tenure on the Supreme Court, if the GOP writ large wasn’t also dedicated to overturning the 2020 election for Trump.

Exactly zero kids got “rainbow fentanyl” in their Halloween candy
There were 1,542 news stories about how rainbow fent was going to kill your kids on Halloween and precisely ZERO incidents of it actually happening. It’s obvious that this was a right-wing, police state-driven narrative to inspire terror in the hearts of American parents that was hysterically picked up and promoted without question by corporate news media right before an election.

The challenges we face are great and the need to solve them urgent — but together, we can build a better future for our environment and our children
Environmental Defense Fund: EDF is working nonstop to fight climate change, protect our vulnerable wildlife and keep our communities safe from toxic pollution. Can you chip in to support their efforts?

AIPAC spending big with the NRCC to defeat progressive Summer Lee
Once again, the Israeli lobby’s political arm is intervening in American politics to derail a young progressive who dared to criticize Israel’s atrocious human rights record after already having spent $3 million in a failed effort to defeat her during the Democratic primary earlier this year.

Judge dismisses Meadows lawsuit challenging Jan. 6 panel subpoenas
It turns out the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause does protect members of Congress conducting legislative work from frivilous civil lawsuits filed by seditious bozos looking to cover their ass.

No accountability: How a rare effort to compensate Iraqi airstrike victims failed
A grim report from The Intercept details how the US and its allies in the war against ISIS compensated just one of the families of the 8,000 to 13,000 innocent civilians killed by relentless bombing campaigns. The US-led coalition, more concerned with covering up their own responsibility than helping any of the people whose lives they ruined and whose family members they murdered, have only acknowledged 1,417 casualties to date.

Republican door knockers intimidate voters while hunting for phantom fraud
Right-wing extremists cosplaying as vote canvassers are now harrassing and interrogating people door to door, because winning elections on actual substance or policy platforms is clearly not an option for the morally and intellectually decrepit GOP.

I did Nazi that coming

Bad apples, everywhere

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Steve Bannon vows Dr Fauci and his family will “suffer” and be ‘hunted’ after midterms: “Paybacks across the board”
Bannon, who was recently sentenced to six months in prison, incited violence against Dr. Fauci and his family on the latest episode of his War Room podcast. We need to get him behind bars as soon as possible.

Take Action: Tell Apple and Google to remove Steve Bannon’s hateful, dangerously deceptive podcast!

Bombshell: Top Republican candidate exposed with midterms only days away
NC GOP candidate Ted Budd tries to play himself off as just a regular business owner — but he’s hiding some VERY dark secrets.

Take Action: Demand Justice Thomas recuse himself from democracy-destroying case!

Democrats now in striking distance of a surprise Senate flip
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.

Progressive Democrats retract letter to Biden urging diplomatic end to war in Ukraine
After sparking hysterical blowback from the pro-war national security blob, progressive leader Rep. Jayapal blamed a staffer for releasing the letter before the Democrats involved retracted it entirely. There should be nothing controversial about calling for negotiations with the nuclear power we are currently involved in a proxy war with, but this is a spectacularly embarrassing unforced error.

Take Action: Demand women get equal pay for equal work!

Mehmet Oz says abortion should be decided between “women, doctors, local political leaders” during debate with John Fetterman
We don’t know about you, but we definitely want a hot tub salesman who got himself elected to the statehouse on a platform of eliminating witchcraft in schools and reviving the local racism factory to be personally involved in OUR reproductive healthcare choices.

Take Action: Protect renters from unfair evictions!

Ex-Trump aide Hope Hicks interviews with Jan. 6 committee
Hicks’ testimony comes after the panel signaled in their Oct. 13 hearing that Trump’s efforts to overturn the election and his actions on Jan. 6 will be the central focus of the final stages of their probe.

St. Louis school gunman was armed with AR-15-style rifle and over 600 rounds of ammunition, officials say
Once again, an alienated and disturbed young man was able to get his hands on an arsenal worth of weaponry and commit horrifying acts with it. Probably not a coincidence that Missouri has some of the weakest gun laws in the country.

McConnell’s hand-picked Republican is still running elections in one of the largest BLUE cities in the South
Tina Ward-Pugh for County Clerk: Louisville, Kentucky, has just one citywide Republican elected official — a handpicked McConnell disciple who oversees — of all things — elections. This year she has a strong challenge from Democrat Tina Ward-Pugh in a race that could be a game changer for voting rights for years to come. Can you chip in to make sure Democrats in Kentucky can exercise their right to vote?

Virtually all children on Earth will face more frequent heatwaves by 2050
According to Unicef, 559 million children currently endure at least four to five dangerous heatwaves annually, but the number will quadruple to 2 billion by 2050 – even if global heating is curtailed to 1.7 degrees, currently the best-case scenario on the table.

California sheriff’s office stops Black drivers five times more often than white people, data shows
Institutionalized racism in a nutshell: instead of spending time, you know, helping people, California police were busy pulling over people of color for traffic stops, equipment issues, and other pedestrian nonsense at a ridiculously inflated rate. To make matters worse, LA sheriffs spent 89% of patrol hours on officer-initiated stops and just 11% on calls for service.

Alaska GOP votes to censure McConnell for supporting Lisa Murkowski
In yet another display of how extreme the rank-and-file GOP have become, the Alaska Republican Party has issued a symbolic rebuke of Minority Leader McConnell for his support of another Republican just because she doesn’t play nice with Trump.

Only 5% of plastic waste generated by US last year was recycled
So much for the feel-good of plastic recycling programs; it turns out not a single type of plastic packaging in the US meets the definition of recyclable. Americans discarded 51m tons of wrappers, bottles and bags in 2021 – about 309lb of plastic per person – of which almost 95% ended up in landfills, oceans or scattered in the atmosphere in tiny toxic particles.

Nice going bozo

For the union makes us strong!

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Trump is already preparing to challenge 2022 midterm election results
Welcome to the new normal — unless Trump is stopped for good. New reports indicate that the disgraced ex-president has convened a series of in-person meetings and conference calls with allies and officials in battleground states to prepare for legal challenges to upcoming elections that could determine the balance of power in Congress ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

Take Action: Tell Merrick Garland it’s time to indict Donald Trump!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Ted Cruz humiliated with boos at Yankee Stadium
The despised Texas senator got a classic New York welcome during his weekend trip to a MLB playoff game.

Take Action: Tell Congress to add new tax brackets for the megawealthy!

Democrats now in striking distance of a surprise Senate flip
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.

Clarence Thomas temporarily blocks Graham election case testimony
While many suspect partisan interference by the notorious right-wing radical justice, others argue that he is simply allowing both sides of the case to present their arguments. Sen. Graham is being called to testify to a grand jury in Georgia in a criminal investigation into whether Trump and his allies unlawfully tried to overturn 2020 election results in the state, arguing that his status as a senator gives him immunity.

Take Action: Demand Congress lower drug prices now!

Liberal Democrats urge President Biden to seek negotiated Ukraine settlement
“Given the destruction created by this war for Ukraine and the world, as well as the risk of catastrophic escalation, we also believe it is in the interests of Ukraine, the United States, and the world to avoid a prolonged conflict,” the 30 Democratic members of the House of Representatives said in a letter to Biden. The ominous threat of nuclear war, a looming food shortage crisis, and a stop to the senseless carnage all feel like very good reasons to sit down at the negotiating table.

Take Action: Protect renters from unfair evictions!

Tucker Carlson reportedly threatens NRCC chair Tom Emmer in flap over son Buckley Carlson
There’s beef brewing behind the scenes in the GOP as a member of NRCC chair Rep. Tom Emmer’s staff accused a rival, Rep. Jim Banks, of hiring Tucker’s 24-year-old son Buckley just to curry favor with the GOP elite. Tucker took umbrage at the idea that his son was a nepotism hire (shocking!) and immediately began bullying Emmer into giving up the staffer. Don Jr. and Marjorie Taylor Green immediately got in on the action themselves on social media, attacking Emmer. It’s very ironic that Tucker of all people is so angry about this considering that he himself got his career started as a nepotism hire.

Republicans caught darkening the skin color of Black candidates in their attack ads
In an unsurprising but appallingly racist bit of pre-election fearmongering, Republican candidates have been caught darkening the skin of Black Democrats like Mandela Barnes and Stacey Abrams in their attack ads in a transparent effort to play on racial prejudices among their base voters.

Watch Richard Ojeda Count Down the Top 5 “Pro-Life” Hypocrites and Liars of the MAGA-GOP
OD Action Partner: Funny how all the talking points coming from the so-called “pro life” party are all LIES.

Armed vigilantes are “monitoring” ballot drop boxes in Arizona
In an ominous sight we can expect to see more of in the next few weeks as threats of Trump-inspired violence and flagrant voter intimidation skyrocket, two armed and masked men wearing tactical gear surveilled a drop box outside the Maricopa County Juvenile Court building in Mesa. Police were called but were predictably useless, concluding that the men hadn’t “broken any laws.”

Rishi Sunak will become the next UK prime minister
The 42-year-old Hindu will become the United Kingdom’s first PM of color — and its first ex-Goldman Sachs PM as well. Surely great things are in store for Britain’s public health system with a hedge fund ghoul at the helm!

Trump raged against ’60 Minutes’ after it featured Dominion’s CEO calmly dismissing his bogus election-fraud theories
“’60 Minutes’ is not a News Show, it is a Democrat propaganda machine. Their story last night on Election Fraud was a JOKE!” wrote Trump, who went on to push a tired series of conspiracy theories, baseless claims about election fraud, and plots against him by the FBI.

Adidas dumps Kanye West over antisemitic remarks
Ye’s nearly decade-long partnership with the German sneaker giant helped make the rap superstar a billionaire and vaulted his Yeezy branded sneakers to a global audience. His ongoing antisemitic tirade this month brought that relationship to a screeching halt.

Bloody Monday

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FBI found documents containing classified intel on Iran and China at Mar-a-Lago
The hole Trump has dug for himself just got a hundred feet deeper with the discovery of classified intelligence on major American rivals in his personal possession, making the disgraced ex-president a serious threat to national security.

Take Action: Tell Merrick Garland it’s time to indict Donald Trump!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Oklahoma Democrat goes megaviral with winning debate moment
The Republican candidate saw her talking points about crime dissected before her eyes.

Take Action: Protect renters from unfair evictions!

Watch as Democrats dominate at the debates!
OD Action partner: We have the winning messages and the winning policies but MAGA-Republican lies and disinformation are running rampant. Help us get the word out for these great candidates who gave it their all and did America proud on the debate stage!

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former President Donald Trump, calling on him to testify Nov. 14
It’s haaaaaaaapening! The subpoena calls for Trump to testify either at the Capitol or by videoconference at 10 a.m. ET on Nov. 14 — after the midterm elections.

Take Action: Tell President Biden to take action to fix Puerto Rico’s power crisis!

Steve Bannon gets sentenced to 4 months in prison
In June, the white supremacist Trump advisor told Tucker Carlson, “I support Trump and the Constitution, and if they want to put me in jail for that, so be it.” To which the Justice Department responded, “ok, great!”

Take Action: Tell Congress to protect immigrant youths from deportation!

Graham asks Supreme Court to intervene after election ruling
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday asked Trump’s cronies on the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a lower court ordered him to testify in a special grand jury investigation into whether Trump and company illegally tried to influence Georgia’s 2020 election in a move that has “G-U-I-L-T-Y” written all over it.

Pentagon says terror attacks in Africa increased 300% over last decade
As the United States has quietly expanded its military footprint in Africa, the violence and deaths from jihadist insurgents have skyrocketed. The 46 US bases, 6,000 US soldiers and the operations they’ve conducted in 17 different countries have done little to stem the violence, calling into question whether the “War on Terror” in Africa is actually helping or is actively making things worse — which, of course, conveniently demands more men, more money, more bombs, and more violence is thrown at a problem that never gets solved.

Trump faces consequences amid January 6 Committee’s bombshell move
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Finally.

Voter fraud charge dismissed in Florida after arrest
Ron DeSantis’ appalling “voter fraud” stunt is going up in smoke after a judge ruled the charges against Robert Lee Wood had “no jurisdiction,” setting the stage for all 19 others to follow suit.

“Daylight robbery” — Pfizer condemned for hiking US COVID-19 vaccine price by 10,000% above cost
On the one hand, our communities will become hotbeds of disease where innocent poor people will die unnecessarily. On the other hand, Pfizer will get to have another year of record profits with massive payouts for wealthy executives and investors. Kind of a wash.

Despite record profits, rail companies reject workers’ demands for sick leave
A statement from the United States’ major freight rail companies left railroad workers feeling increasingly “disenfranchised and undervalued,” according to one labor organizer, as the National Carriers’ Conference Committee rejected a proposal from the third largest rail workers union which called for just seven days of paid sick leave per year.

Republicans in Idaho are trying to outlaw public drag shows
The GOP war on anything and everything even remotely related to public displays of LGBTQ identity are escalating at an alarming pace No word on whether other types of events, like intensely creepy child beauty pageants, will become outlawed as well in the Pleasantville-esque vision of society the GOP is trying to forcibly impose on a world that has long moved past their archaic and discriminatory ideals.

Midterm madness

DEEP DIVE: America’s secret African wars

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Trump attack leaves GOP wondering if he cares about Senate majority
Trump trashed the GOP’s Senate nominee in Colorado, Joe O’Dea, as a “RINO” and said that “MAGA doesn’t Vote for stupid people with big mouths,” presumably causing a spike in Google searches for “irony.” O’Dea is locked in an uphill fight against incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet, and Republicans are worried that Trump’s attacks could depress turnout for him — so…thanks, we…guess?

Take Action: Demand big corporations stop funneling money to anti-choice politicians!

JD Vance has the worst moment of his entire campaign live on stage
Don’t you hate it when the stupid things you said in the past come back to bite you on live TV?

Take Action: Tell Congress to protect immigrant youths from deportation!

Trump faces consequences amid January 6 Committee’s bombshell move
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Finally.

Missouri woman denied emergency abortion called a state senator for help. He sent her to an anti-abortion clinic
Mylissa Farmer had a fetus dying inside her, but couldn’t get an abortion thanks to the GOP’s near-total abortion ban. She reached out to her state senator, Bill White, for help — and he sent her to an anti-abortion pregnancy center, where there are no doctors, and then never contacted her again.

Take Action: Keep Trump off Facebook!

Jury acquits Russian analyst of lying to FBI in Trump dossier case
The GOP’s special counsel John Durham has struck out for the third time as the trial against Igor Danchenko, one of the men behind the infamously debunked “Steele Dossier,” ended in acquittal. The Trumposphere was certain that Durham would uncover a wide-ranging conspiracy within the FBI and the rest of the deep state to undermine Trump’s 2020 candidacy, but ended up humiliated as the judge threw out most of the charges against Danchenko.

“Believe him” — McCarthy signals GOP plan to attack Social Security, Medicare
In an interview, the GOP leader made it clear that he and his party intend to hold the government hostage during the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations in order to extract major cuts to Social Security and Medicare even as millions of Americans struggle to get by. Truly diabolical things are in store for America if the GOP wins in November.

Take Action: Demand Congress lower drug prices now!

Texas parents sent DNA kits by schools to identify kids’ bodies
Rather than take any action to stop school shootings, the Texas government has decided instead to send parents DNA kits so that law enforcement can identify their mangled corpses after they stand around and do nothing while a killer butchers kids by the dozen. Real death cult dystopia shit.

Everything we’ve worked so hard for is in reach!
OD Action partner: A national right to an abortion. Protections for same-sex marriages. The expanded child tax credits that helped lift so many kids out of poverty. Legal marijuana and criminal justice reform. Student debt relief. Green jobs and policies that confront climate change head-on. All of this could become reality if we can add just a few more seats to our Senate majority! Can you support United Rural Democrats’ efforts to win key Senate races in the Midwest and guide our nation to a brighter future?

Missouri elementary school where radioactive waste was found will switch to virtual instruction
In the latest episode of “Republicans don’t care about black children,” the 80% Black Jana Elementary School will finally switch to remote learning after it was discovered that radioactive lead from 1950s nuclear dumping was in the kindergarten playground. The US Army Corps of Engineers somehow never tested the school in nearly two decades of waste cleanup, because, you know, institutionalized white supremacy.

‘Bad situation’: Soaring US dollar spreads pain worldwide
If you think inflation in America is bad, spare a thought for the millions of people around the world grappling with skyrocketing prices for literally everything as the values of local currencies are crushed under the boot of America’s hegemonic financial imperialism.

Police cameras show confusion, anger over DeSantis’ voter fraud arrests
Shocking bodycam footage from one of DeSantis’ controversial “voter fraud” witch-hunts show police officers confused and apologetic, unsure of what they’re arresting these Black people for in the first place — but they did anyway, of course. “I’ve never seen these charges before in my entire life,” admitted a cop on the way to the station.

Georgia breaks first-day early voting record, nearly doubles figure from last midterms
More than 131,000 Georgia voters cast ballots since early voting began Monday, according to the office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. The figure represents an 85% boost over the 2018 midterms, when nearly 71,000 early votes were cast on Day One, the office said.

The greatest country?

…in the world

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Trump hotels charged his Secret Service protectors “exorbitant” rates
Contrary to the Trump clan’s claims, they did not give the Secret Service free rooms at the Trump Hotel. On the contrary, they charged them wildly inflated prices — five times the rate set by the government — and funneled $1.4 million in taxpayer money into their pockets.

Take Action: Stop Trump’s scheme to dodge punishment for his crimes through a sham company!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Marjorie Taylor Greene melts down on stage during debate
Can’t handle the heat? Get out of the kitchen!

Take Action: Tell “Dank Brandon” to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level!

Trump faces consequences amid January 6 Committee’s bombshell move
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Finally.

Prosecutors seek 6-month sentence for Steve Bannon
The Justice Department wants the white nationalist Trump whisperer imprisoned for six months and fined $200,000 for contempt of Congress, a charge resulting from Bannon’s refusal to cooperate with the House’s 1/6 committee. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy!

Take Action: Keep Trump off Facebook!

Two of America’s largest supermarkets are merging
Kroger announced Friday that it plans to buy Albertsons in a nearly $25 billion deal that represents the latest in corporate consolidation and monopolistic control over the market. With very little competition, companies are free to raise prices at their leisure and squeeze even more blood from the American middle class.

Take Action: Tell President Biden to take action to fix Puerto Rico’s power crisis!

Dr. Oz claims he drank his own pee, was forced to do so in medical school
After an old video with Jimmy Kimmel surfaced, it appears we can add “pee sommelier” to Oz’s resume of dog-killing, sister-stabbing, and snake oil-selling. For the record, you do not have to drink your own pee in medical school.

Kanye West announces purchase of right-wing, extremist social media platform
After spending the weekend with far-right commentator Candace Owens, Ye announced he would be buying “Parler,” a sanctuary for those kicked off of other social media sites for being too racist. Parler, which has been struggling to tread water with the rise of other sites like Gab and Truth Social, just happens to be owned by Candace Owens’ husband.

Watch Richard Ojeda roast Marjorie Trainwreck Greene
OD Action partner: The election denier, the insurrection instigator, the coup supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene now claims she’s a “victim” of the January 6th violence.

Misogynistic online smear campaign against Amber Heard targets other women
The hysterical harassment and social media abuse campaign directed at Amber Heard by clout-chasing influencers has turned its attention to Angelina Jolie, whose disturbing accusations of domestic abuse by her ex-husband Brad Pitt became public in recent legal filings. While it may not seem like a big story, the existence of an algorithmic online economy devoted to demonizing abuse survivors, mainstreaming misogynistic tropes, and profiting off the anguish of women is yet another deeply disturbing low for American society.

Herschel Walker tries to turn “prop” badge controversy into campaign gold
The bumbling GOP Senate candidate, moving seamlessly from an abortion scandal into a pretending-to-be-a-cop scandal, is attempting to do damage control by making a thousand fake badges so his supporters can also pretend they are cops. One might think drawing MORE attention to this embarrassment might not be the best strategy, but Walker’s campaign has been putting on a masterclass in running a bad campaign.

Landmark trial begins over Arkansas’ ban on transgender youth care
US District Judge Jay Moody will hear testimony and evidence starting this week over the law he temporarily blocked last year prohibiting doctors from providing gender-confirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers, or surgery to anyone under 18 years old. It also prevents doctors from referring patients elsewhere for such care.

US, Mexico call for Haiti security mission to confront gangs
For the fourth time in nearly a century, the United States is preparing to intervene in Haiti as a gang-fueled humanitarian crisis unfolds. The mission would be conducted under the auspices of the United Nations, whose previous “peacekeeping” mission in Haiti that ran from 2004-2017 was heavily criticized for, among other damning atrocities, triggering a deadly cholera epidemic and enabling and ignoring heinous, troop-run child sex rings. Feeling brave? Google “MINUSTAH babies” and hang on to your seat.

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DEEP DIVE: Gang crisis in Haiti

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