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Trump, done with democracy, calls on Kari Lake to be “installed” as Arizona’s governor
The disgraced ex-president is calling for the illegal installation of Lake as Arizona’s governor, despite the clear will of the voters and… you know… the law.

Take Action: Compel Marjorie Taylor Greene to testify before the January 6th committee!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump’s attack on special counsel’s wife backfires
The serial grifter, under fire from seemingly all angles, launched a pathetic smear against special counsel Jack Smith’s wife but only succeeded in making himself look even more foolish and incoherent.

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Elon Musk’s far-right Twitter gamble backfires
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.

Kellyanne Conway meets with House 1/6 committee for nearly 5 hours
Donald Trump’s right-hand woman finally sat down to share what she knows about the deadly insurrection (or — more likely — plead the fifth). Notably, she has not been publicly subpoenaed.

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Elon Musk threatens war with Apple in embarrassing meltdown
The reign of Twitter King Elon has gone full Joffery in less than a month. Without any evidence, Musk preemptively accused Twitter’s biggest source of advertising revenue, Apple, of cutting back on its advertising because it “hates free speech.” He went on to accuse the company of extorting its customers with a 30% App Store tax after rumors circulated that Apple might remove Twitter from its app store, which would be a death blow to the social media platform. Musk’s childish and cringeworthy attempts to ape Trump’s public bullying tactics fall flat and reek of insecurity and desperation, and it’s hard to see how this can go on much longer unless Musk comes to terms with the fact that his repulsive attempts to earn respect from online neo-Nazis, groypers, and white supremacists is killing his $44 billion “investment.”

Take Action: Tell Elon Musk to keep Trump off of Twitter for good!

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he is running to chair RNC
The delusional conspiracy theorist and uncomfortably avid Trumper announced his laughable desire to unseat Ronna McDaniel — an irredeemably awful individual in her own right — as chair of the Republican National Committee. Good luck, Mike!

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GOP lawmakers predictably decline to condemn Trump over white supremacist meeting
A flurry of top Republicans — with a few exceptions — took a familiar approach to Donald Trump’s disastrous dinner with white nationalist and fervent antisemite Nick Fuentes — gently condemning the disgraced ex-president’s actions, but not the man himself. Mustn’t anger dear leader!

We must protect President Biden
OD Action Partner: The radicals in the Republican House have made it painfully clear they’re going to use their nonsense grievances to impeach President Biden out of sheer spite. Sending Rev. Warnock back to the Senate is critical to protecting our majority and making sure they don’t succeed in their ideological witch-hunt against a stunningly successful president. Can you chip in to help United Rural Democrats mobilize the grassroots and keep the President in office?

Lobbyist for Saudi company buying all the groundwater in drought-stricken Arizona is elected to Maricopa County board of supervisors
A new report revealed just the latest way that cynical capitalists are stripping this country of its most crucial resources for profit. An official recently elected to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, where he holds sway over an ongoing water dispute, was also a lobbyist for a Saudi company looking to protect its extraction of precious groundwater. Thomas Galvin, elected in the midterms to the post he was first appointed to in 2021, lobbied on behalf of the Saudi-owned farming company, which is using Arizona’s most depleted natural resource for foreign exports.

5 Connecticut police officers only charged with misdemeanors after Black man left paralyzed following ride in police van
Five cops were charged with misdemeanors for paralyzing a detained Black man from the chest down in the back of a police van — demonstrating that even when police are held “accountable” they’re not really held accountable. Randy Cox, 36, was being driven to a New Haven police station when the driver braked hard causing Cox to fly headfirst into the wall of the van. As Cox pleaded for help, saying he couldn’t move, some of the officers mocked him and accused him of being drunk and faking his injuries. Then, the officers dragged him by his feet from the van and placed him in a holding cell prior to his eventual transfer to a hospital.

More than 2.3 million people in Houston told to boil water due to power grid failure
Millions of residents in the Houston area are expected to remain under a boil water notice until at least today after two transformers at a water treatment plant in the nation’s fourth-most-populous city went offline, thanks to the state’s infamously terrible privatized electric grid. At least four area school districts also closed on Monday in response. Once again we see Texans suffering costly and dangerous disruptions to their daily lives because of embarrassing failures of the “free market.” If it wasn’t clear before, vital utilities and services should be publicly owned and closely regulated.

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Supreme Court allows release of Trump’s tax returns to House Democrats
After years of stalling, suing, and lying to conceal the crimes in his taxes, Trump finally hit a wall — six weeks before his GOP goons take over the House. Double time, people!

Take Action: Impeach Clarence Thomas for hiding corrupt payments to his wife!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Biden humiliates Republicans with a single pithy sentence
Republicans failed on a historic scale during the recent midterm elections and the Democratic president couldn’t resist the urge to take a well-earned victory lap. GOT’EM!

Take Action: Don’t let Republicans starve critical investments in children and healthcare!

Top prosecutor issues BRUTAL news for Trump over special counsel
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow.

Georgia deputies arrested in beating of Black inmate that “shocked the conscience” officials say
In a rare case of law enforcement being held accountable for brutality, three former Georgia sheriff’s deputies were arrested and charged for brutally beating a Black inmate in a videotaped September attack. Jarrett Hobbs was booked on traffic charges and asked deputies to place him in protective confinement due to a psychological episode, so of course the three sheriffs decided to slam him against the wall, rip the hair from his head, and beat the living hell out of him.

Take Action: Demand Congress put an end to private prisons!

Anthony Fauci’s last stand: At final briefing, top pandemic adviser defends science
Dr. Fauci made his final appearance in the White House briefing room before retiring and said that he has “given it everything” he had to save lives and “never left anything on the field” regardless of MAGA smears.

Take Action: Tell Congress to bring back the Expanded Child Tax Credit!

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls gay Democrat a “groomer” in wake of LGBTQ club shooting
Just days after the right-wing’s hysterical demonization of LGBTQ people inspired a horrifying massacre that left five people dead, the Christian white supremcist defiantly poured more fuel on the fire. She and her party know their words are getting people killed, and every single one of them is complicit in this senseless loss of life.

Take Action: Oppose Congressional GOP attacks on LGBTQ+ rights!

Shocking report from GLAAD reveals that drag events faced at least 124 protests and significant threats in 2022
Unfortunately, these hateful attacks are certain to increase as Tucker Carlson and his loathsome ilk continue to make smears of the LGBTQ community the centerpiece of their culture war grievances.

Choosing which voters to hear and choosing which voters to silence
OD Action Partner: MAGA-Republican’s only strategy consists of gerrymandering and enacting bogus voter suppression laws (thanks to gerrymandering).

Biden administration will extend student loan debt repayment holiday to June
Even as Republicans try to worsen a student debt crisis that has turned the American dream into a con game for a generation, President Biden is stepping in to provide some much needed relief for millions.

Lindsey Graham testifies before Georgia grand jury in Trump election probe
The sniveling MAGA senator finally ran out of ways to evade testifying and spoke to the grand jury for two hours but refused to divulge afterward what he revealed to the investigation.

California Republican who voted to impeach Trump wins reelection
Rep. David Valadao, one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 insurrection, on Monday became only the second one to be reelected. He is very happy to rejoin a party committed to consolidating power into the hands of the already wealthy while persecuting women, people of color, LGBTQ Americans, and the poor.

QAnon fan charged for threats to kill FBI Director, California Congressman
According to an unsealed federal complaint, Neil Matthew Walter, called California Democrat John Garamendi and left a voicemail saying, “Hey John. You’re gonna die John. You’re gonna die.” Investigators traced his phone number to a license photo that they matched to a Facebook profile where Walker ranted that the FBI, CIA, Tom Cruise, and Elon Musk were involved in a sex slave ring at the US Capitol.

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Donald Trump, who tried to overturn President Biden’s legitimate election, launches 2024 bid
Serial sexual predator and compulsive crime-doer Donald Trump has announced that once again he will be seeking the White House after being unceremoniously ousted by the will of the people just two years ago. You know what they say, “If at first you don’t succeed, lead a cult of denial, inspire widespread violence, then try try again.”

Take Action: Charge the Trump supporters who compromised ballot machines!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Ted Cruz snaps, has the ultimate meltdown over midterm losses
The reviled Texas senator responded to his party’s historic failure at the ballot box by falling to pieces — giving us all a good laugh in the process.

Take Action: Demand Congress kick Ted Cruz off his committees for pushing offensive conspiracies about the Paul Pelosi attack!

Lauren Boebert’s opponent issues major news on the race
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Big news.

Poland and NATO say deadly blast was likely accident caused by Ukrainian air defense
It appears that the tragic and senseless deaths of two Poles in a Tuesday explosion were caused by Ukraine’s anti-missile missiles and not a deliberate Russian attack, as was originally reported, meaning there need be no worry over the escalation of the Russian-Ukraine war into a larger global conflict. Still, it’s times like these that remind us how important it is to have a level-headed and responsible figure in the White House — from the outset, the Biden administration urged calm until the truth could be discovered and was even applauded by Russia for its “professionalism.”

Take Action: Tell Biden to commit to ending fossil fuels!

Judge overturns Georgia’s ban on abortion around 6 weeks
The judge correctly ruled that the Republican Party’s draconian six week abortion ban must be struck down because it violates the US Constitution and the Supreme Court precedent that was in place when it was enacted. Expect a GOP counterattack.

Take Action: Oppose Congressional GOP attacks on LGBTQ+ rights!

False claim about Iran protester executions goes viral with help from celebrities and politicians
It turns out that viral headline you may have seen about Iran “executing 15,000” protestors is not true, despite being sent viral by the right-wing propagandists who now run Newsweek. It’s a cautionary tale about how in the social media age, we need to bring a saltshaker when confronted with overtly hysterical and preposterous horror stories like this about Iran or America’s other “adversaries.” This one gained traction thanks to villains like Mike Pompeo and well-meaning politicians like Justin Trudeau, who as prime minister should definitely be doing some fact-checking. These lies are created and co-opted by the worst political elements in this country to villainize and bang the drums of war, and it’s a reminder you should always be wary about stories like this that so obviously serve the neoconservative imperial project.

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Kevin McCarthy beats challenger 188-31 to lead House GOP
It turns out that crime DOES pay and so does cowardice. At least in today’s Republican Party.

Republicans are all too happy to let their hypocrisy distract from climate crisis they are feeding and profiting from
EDF Action: The Environmental Defense Fund is working overtime to call out Republicans’ threat to the planet and force meaningful action before it’s too late. Chip in to help them get the job done!

Trump shares appalling demonic child sacrifice meme to rile up his deranged base
He may be running for the White House again but it turns out his time in the political wilderness has only made him even more insane, and now he’s dredging up some truly psychotic content from his MAGA acolytes.

Texas governor says bus carrying asylum seekers is heading to Philadelphia
Greg Abbott clearly doesn’t care about the widespread backlash against his cruel migrant trafficking stunts. It’s crucial to remember that for these Republicans cruelty IS the point. Nothing is accomplished by this move except the further victimization of vulnerable people.

Raphael Warnock sues Georgia over early voting restrictions for runoff
The Democratic senator’s campaign is suing to overturn the anti-democratic Republican rule that bans Saturday voting ahead of the runoff election —a blatant mechanism of voter suppression aimed at disenfranchising Democrats.

Facebook will stop fact-checking Trump after he announces 2024 presidential run
By now it should be clear that these massive companies don’t care about truth, they don’t care about responsible civics, they don’t even care about literal coup attempts. For them, money trumps everything in the end.

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Details of Trump’s campaign operation leak before his 2024 announcement
Off the heels of leading his fascist Republican Party to a third straight shellacking, Donald Trump plans to announce his third run at the presidency tonight — but the details of his campaign structure have already leaked. Spoiler: expect more of the virulent bigotry, ignorance, violence, and outrageous grifting the nation has proven it is beyond sick and tired of.

Take Action: Charge the Trump supporters who compromised ballot machines!

“We have the votes”: Senate tees up vote on marriage equality bill
Fresh off surprise midterm election results that ensured Democrats will retain control the Senate for the next two years, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the upper chamber will vote today on codifying same-sex and interracial marriage rights. Democrats believe they have the 60 votes needed to overcome filibuster attempts from Republicans stuck in the Stone Age.

Take Action: Reject and disqualify Trump from running for President!

Lauren Boebert’s opponent issues major news on the race
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Big news.

Supreme Court allows House 1/6 committee to subpoena Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward’s phone records
The decision comes as a major defeat for the MAGA movement since Ward was one of the fake electors who tried to help Trump steal the 2020 election. Her private communications could provide a treasure trove of insight into the disgraced ex-president’s attempted coup.

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Trump DC hotel receipts expose $10,500-a-night rooms for foreign officials seeking to influence US policy
A shocking (okay, not really all that shocking) new investigation revealed that Trump International Hotel raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, China, and Malaysia, whose governments were lobbying then-President Trump in a blatant bribery scheme to line Donald’s pockets in exchange for favorable US policy.

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Arizona Democrat Katie Hobbs elected governor over Trump-backed Republican Kari Lake
Kari Lake was one of the most dangerous — and polished — election-deniers running this cycle, and her defeat is a massive win for democracy. While Lake surely won’t stop the conspiracy-laden rabble-rousing, her defeat ensures she can’t throw the weight of Arizona’s executive branch behind any further attempts to overturn future elections.

Take Action: Demand Congress lower drug prices now!

Amazon reportedly plans to lay off about 10,000 employees starting this week
Coincidentally, Jeff Bezos also just announced that he intends to give away most of his money, a blatant attempt to whitewash the fact that he criminally underpays the workers whose labor his entire fortune is built upon. In a just world, he wouldn’t have billions to even consider giving away — he would be fairly taxed and would not have the power to suddenly make thousands of people unemployed.

Trump’s ‘Red Wave’ Failed… Why? Americans Hate Fascism
OD Action Partner: Despite humiliating losses; Donald Trump is still poised for a 2024 run. But we could deliver the knockout blow that ends MAGA forever…

Federal appeals court blocks Biden student debt relief program nationwide
The ludicrous decision underlines what a sinister stranglehold right-wing judges have over our government. The injunction will put Biden’s transformational program on hold pending an appeal of a lower court ruling that had allowed the debt relief program to go forward. The Biden administration will now likely ask the Supreme Court, where conservatives hold a 6-3 majority, to intervene.

Biden sees no need for a “new Cold War” with China after three-hour meeting with Xi Jinping
Compared to Donald Trump’s bellicose rhetoric the change of tone is welcome. The risk of a cold war evolving into a hot war is too great to ignore — a military conflict between China and the US could quite literally end the world.

Officer fatally shoots man who was stabbing himself in Arizona
Once again, poorly trained police responded to an individual suffering in the throes of a serious mental health episode not with help — but with extrajudicial execution.

Trump filing in suit against Twitter compares former president to Galileo
The serial grifter’s attorneys want us to believe that Trump’s claims of a “rigged election” were as prescient as Galileo arguing that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Delusions of grandeur much? Also, 96% chance that Donald Trump has no idea who Galileo was.

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Democrats overperform in midterm elections, dashing Republican dreams of a “Red Wave”
Republicans promised a night of resounding MAGA victories — instead it looks like Democrats will pull off the most successful midterm for a president’s party in decades with control of Congress still unknown.

Take Action: Demand the Justice Department prosecute DeSantis and Abbott for their Martha’s Vineyard migrant stunt!

Gloves off: Biden deals brutal blow to Marjorie Taylor Greene
The president publicly shredded the QAnon Congresswoman for hoovering up government aid while refusing to extend the same privilege to other Americans.

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Unexpected early vote news stuns the US
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow.

Michigan Democrats seize state trifecta for the first time since 1984
In a historic sweep, Democrats won the governorship and flipped the entire legislature and kept control of the state Supreme Court and passed state referendums protecting the right to an abortion and voting rights.

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

Abortion rights win in four states, including Kentucky
Voters sent a decisive message to anti-abortion extremists, approving state referendums protecting the right to an abortion (and rejecting one that would have denied it), proving once again what the polls show time and time again — Americans believe in the right to an abortion and will fight to protect it.

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

John Fetterman wins Pennsylvania Senate seat, defeating Dr. OZ in nailbiter
Democrats scored a massive victory by winning one of the cycle’s most crucial races as the staunchly progressive Fetterman sent the dog-murdering, pee-swilling snake-oil selling Dr. Oz packing back to New Jersey.

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PA AG Josh Shapiro handily defeats rabid election denier Doug Mastriano
We can all breathe a sigh of relief. The far-right extremist who vowed to abuse his power to ensure PA’s electoral votes would never go to Democrats and whose campaign was mostly spent doing damage control for his association with various white supremacists lost bigly to the well-respected Josh Shapiro, who is someone to keep an eye on as a rising star in the Democratic Party.

Don’t let them erase our history!
National Women’s History Museum: It’s no secret that some politicians are actively trying to erase women’s rights and the battles that won them. National Women’s History Museum is fighting back to ensure that the vital lessons of the past are preserved and our equal rights restored for future generations. Please chip in today to support their vital work!

Florida Democratic Party collapses as Republicans flip Miami-Dade en route to huge wins
Florida is the latest case-in-point that running to “the center” is a failed strategy when the alternative is running on actually progressive values that will improve lives.

Tim Ryan falls to unsettling Trump suckup JD Vance in Ohio Senate race
While he may not have ultimately won, Ryan’s surprisingly competitive campaign did help the Democrats pick up two key House races in Ohio. We thank you for your service, Mr. Ryan.

Greg Abbott defeats Beto O’Rourke in Texas governor’s race
It’s a marathon, not a sprint and eventually the Lone Star State will go blue — but for now Texans have somehow decided to reelect their astoundingly inept and corrupt MAGA governor to another disastrous term. As much as we love Beto, after three consecutive election losses, perhaps it’s time to go back to skateboarding.

The crucial race for Georgia’s Senate race somehow heads to runoff
Senator Warnock leads by the slightest of margins against the deeply embarassing Herschel Walker, but the race is likely to go to a runoff — leaving plenty of time for more of Walker’s dirty laundry to come spilling out into the open.

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Republicans are laying the groundwork (again) to reject elections they lose
Republican candidates who’ve incessantly pushed Donald Trump’s blatant lies about voter fraud and stolen elections are using the disgraced ex-president’s craven playbook themselves to preemptively claim that today’s elections may be fraudulent — but only if they lose, of course.

Take Action: Demand Republicans stop sabotaging President Biden’s work to combat inflation!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Ted Cruz humiliated at hometown parade
Cruz isn’t just getting booed because he’s a Republican, it’s because he’s trying to impose his own religious edicts onto the rest of the country, force women to carry unwanted and dangerous pregnancies to term, strip healthcare from millions of Americans, stand idly by while climate change-induced catastrophes wreak further havoc on the planet, shield the wealthy from paying anything close to their fair share in taxes, and so much more. So, yeah, keep booing, folks. Keep booing.

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Unexpected early vote news stuns the US
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow.

Elon Musk urges Twitter followers to vote Republican for “shared power”
The tech bozo billionaire and Twitter top ding dong endorsed the MAGA GOP as a whole under the flimsy guise of “balancing” power in DC. Makes perfect sense! The country clearly needs radical right-wing coup enthusiasts, election deniers, gun zealots, and QAnon sympathizers tearing democracy down to its studs to “balance” President Biden’s moderate, center-left policies.

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Nikki Haley ignites outrage for wanting to “deport” Black senator who was born in the United States
The MAGA lackey launched a casually disgusting racist attack on Sen. Raphael Warnock — making it clear that she has studied and internalized the worst habits of her cult leader Trump.

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

Qatar World Cup ambassador says homosexuality is “damage in the mind”
This is the stunning bigotry and shocking arrogance that FIFA is rewarding by hosting the world’s most popular sports tournament in the wealthy, terrorist-funding petroligarchy, where — and we cannot stress this enough — thousands of literal slaves died to build desert stadiums.

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Nancy Pelosi says retirement decision will be affected by attack on husband
Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House for the past two decades, said last month’s gruesome hammer attack on her husband Paul would affect her future plans to remain in party leadership beyond her current term in Congress, regardless of the outcome of today’s election.

The stakes have never been higher
Wisconsin Democrats: The GOP has made it clear they want to make Wisconsin a one-party state — and for the sake of our democracy, we can’t let that happen. Can you sign up for a phone banking shift today and do your part to flip a key battleground state blue?

Colorado police officers charged with leaving handcuffed woman in car struck by train
Two cops were finally charged with leaving a handcuffed woman in a patrol car parked on railroad tracks, where it was then struck by a freight train, causing the 20-year-old woman nine broken ribs, a broken arm and leg, broken teeth, and other serious injuries.

Russian oligarch admits to US election interference
Russian businessman and stalwart Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin poured cold water all over preposterous MAGA claims of a “Russia hoax,” admitting that he interfered in past American elections — and would continue doing so in the future. Prigozhin’s is the first such admission from a high-profile figure long implicated by US intelligence officials.

US officials urge Ukraine to signal it is still open to diplomatic discussions with Russia
Senior US officials have in recent weeks begun urging Ukraine to signal that it is still open to diplomatic discussions with Russia, amid concerns that American public support for the country’s war effort could wane with no end to the conflict in sight.

Musk floats putting all of Twitter behind a paywall
Musk’s increasingly erratic leadership and botched takeover of his shiny new toy is quickly turning Twitter into the “hellscape” he claims he’s trying to avoid. His latest masterstroke? Charging tens of millions of users for a service they’ve enjoyed for free for years. Good luck with that!

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Democratic candidate attacked outside his house less than a week after Paul Pelosi attack
On the heels of the disturbing attack on Paul Pelosi, Democratic Pennsylvania house candidate Richard Ringer says he was attacked outside his house and beat unconscious by an unknown perpetrator in yet another vile display of what is believed to be politically-motivated violence.

Take Action: Ban Don Jr. from social media for pushing conspiracies!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Tim Ryan wins over Fox crowd at town hall, gets huge ovation
The Democratic Congressman demonstrated exactly how popular liberal policies are, blasting a much needed wake up call to the right-wing viewers at home as he positions himself for an upset win on Election Day.

Take Action: Take a moment to confirm your voter registration details and polling location before Election Day — just seven days away!

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

Prominent Fortune 500 companies caught funding election-denying Republicans
A stunning new report reveals that Fortune 500 companies have donated over $13 million to election-denying Republican fascists since Jan. 6th — including Home Depot, Boeing, AT&T, UPS, and Lockheed Martin. But guess what’s not stunning. Corporations prioritizing their own swollen profits over the preservation of American democracy. Annoying though…

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Trump joins conspiracists stoking doubts about Pelosi attack
The despicable former president is never shy about scraping the bottom of the barrel, and now he’s boosting unfounded, disgusting conspiracies about the Paul Pelosi attack — because of course he is.

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

Pennsylvania by the sea: Dr. Oz idiotically implies state has Atlantic coastline
He must have been thinking of his home state of New Jersey. On the other hand, if Republican climate policies prevail, PA may be have an ocean view in his lifetime.

Take Action: Demand Congress lower drug prices now!

American woman who led an ISIS military battalion sentenced to 20 years in prison
An American woman who led an all-female Islamic State battalion was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday after she admitted to training dozens of women and girls in Syria for the militant group known as ISIS, federal authorities said.

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?

Twitter reportedly limits employee access to content-moderation tools as midterm election nears
Now, what possible reason could a right-wing billionaire have for emboldening hate speech and MAGA misinformation ahead of the midterms?

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Congress from getting Trump income tax returns
Conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked the House Ways and Means Committee from obtaining years of shady federal income tax returns from the crooked former president and his criminal empire — and still Trump has failed to produce a single good reason for why he’s shielding them.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules incorrectly dated or undated ballots must be set aside in major blow to democracy
Republicans are celebrating now that an untold number of ballots won’t be counted this election. If even one voter is disenfranchised, it’ll be worth it for the GOP.

So-called “MAGA Hot Babe” with 26K followers is revealed to be a China operative
It appears that a prominent right-wing social media account, “MAGA BELLA Hot Babe,” was nothing but a Chinese catfish operation that over 26,000 Trumpers fell for. Allow us a quick LOL and a LMAO.

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Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake mocks attack on Paul Pelosi at campaign event
Former newsreader and noted rabble-rouser Kari Lake made light of the brutal hammer attack that left Paul Pelosi in intensive care with skull fractures in remarks at a campaign event yesterday, drawing fits of laughter from her very patriotic, tough-on-crime, God-fearing followers.

Take Action: Demand Congress enshrine abortion protections into law!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Fed-up pastor buries Herschel Walker with must-see sermon
The bumbling GOP Senate candidate found himself in the rhetorical crosshairs of Atlanta-area pastor Jamal Bryant, and, well, you just need to roll the tape…

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

Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to shield his shady tax returns from Congress
The crooked ex-president’s years-long battle to hide his taxes taxes from congressional review is rapidly approaching end-game territory. Hopefully, the right-wing court displays some rare prudence and rejects his flimsy pleas.

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

Donald Trump Jr. deletes memes mocking Pelosi after blowback
The professional muckraker and self-proclaimed “Meme Wars General” deleted impressively offensive posts about Paul Pelosi following rare blowback from stalwart enablers in his own party.

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Supreme Court puts affirmative action on the chopping block
The high court’s radical, far-right justices are continuing their precedent-busting march to the federalist fringe and — if yesterday’s deeply skeptical line of questioning is any indication — appear ready to axe affirmative action in college admissions.

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

Law enforcement warns of conspiracy-driven violence ahead of midterms
The Republican Party — still taking its marching orders from Trump — is overtly embracing fascism, and there’s a disturbing chance that we could see a repeat of the deadly violence of Jan. 6th during the upcoming midterms.

It’s as simple as this
Wisconsin Democrats: If we can flip Wisconsin blue, we have enough seats to eliminate the filibuster and protect everything we hold dear — our abortion rights, LGBT+ children, our voting rights, our healthcare, you name it. Can you donate to Wisconsin Democrats and help them reach out to EVERY voter?

Ted Cruz promotes absurd GOP conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi attack
The Republican Party’s new strategy seems to be openly fomenting violence against Democrats and then gaslighting us about it.

Take Action: Demand Congress kick Ted Cruz off his committees for pushing offensive conspiracies about the Paul Pelosi attack!

Nothing will change on climate until death toll rises in West, says Gabonese minister
The grim assessment is depressingly spot on. The western nations that have played the biggest role in exacerbating the climate crisis have a miles-deep moral responsibility to take the lead and tackle the problem head on — and almost entirely lack the political will to do so.

Evangelical GOP House candidate in Texas wrote a novel about Anne Frank converting to Christianity
Johnny Teague, an evangelical pastor and business owner who won his district’s Republican primary in March, published “The Lost Diary of Anne Frank,” a stunningly offensive novel imagining the famous Jewish Holocaust victim’s final days in the Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps as she might have written them in her diary.

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Nancy Pelosi’s husband violently assaulted at San Francisco home, suspect in custody
Paul Pelosi has been hospitalized after an assailant broke into the Pelosi family home and violently attacked the 82-year-old husband of the Speaker of the House.

Take Action: Kick Fox News off the air for inciting violence against the government!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Pete Buttigieg gets huge ovation with perfect takedown of Republicans
President Biden’s transportation secretary demonstrated once again just how good he is at dismantling the GOP’s flagrant bad-faith behavior, and Stephen Colbert’s audience absolutely loved it.

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Snake-oil Oz wants POLITICIANS in your PRIVATE LIFE
OD Action Partner: While the media focuses on Fetterman’s recovery – don’t make the mistake of thinking Oz is anything but a conman. We’ve elected a reality-star before…and it didn’t go great the first round.

Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover, promptly fires top executives
Now, we wait to see if the tech bozo billionaire will let Donald Trump back on the platform as he’s vowed to do — and if he’s sincere about making sure Twitter doesn’t devolve into a “free-for-all hellscape” of propaganda and lies. Let’s not hold our breath.

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Oil companies enjoy record profits as Americans again battle gas price surges
Republicans have tried desperately to blame President Biden for high gas prices, but it turns out the real culprit is the capitalist greed they enable — Shell alone made earnings of $9.45 billion last quarter, all while draining the wallets of hardworking Americans.

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

Trump loses court bid to block Congress from getting his income tax returns
The disgraced ex-president failed in his efforts to shield his tax returns from congressional investigators, and now his sole recourse lies with the Supreme Court — which may decide to not hear his appeal at all.

Take Action: Demand billionaires pay their fair share. Tax the rich!

Philadelphia sheriff’s deputy sold guns illegally, including two used in high school killing
Just another bad apple from an otherwise completely healthy orchard in need of no intervention, introspection, or wholesale transformation whatsoever. Carry on! Literally!

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

New York Post employee posts fake headlines calling for the murder and rape of female politicians
After a string of disturbing headlines and tweets, which included one that called for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to be raped and AOC to be assassinated, the Post claimed they were hacked. Hours later, they said it was actually a rogue employee who was responsible for the violent, racist posts. In reality, the heinous fake articles track alongside the typical drivel published by the notorious right-wing rag.

Garbage RNC Chair mocks John Fetterman’s post-stroke speech & President Biden’s stutter
Ronna McDaniel, who is no paragon of elocution or articulation herself, showed just how cruel her party can be by attacking the two prominent Democrats for medical conditions.

Private contractors accused of abusive labor practices on US military bases
Thousands of people have allegedly been trafficked into labor by private contractors on US military bases, where workers have been paid less than promised, charged bogus recruiting fees that leave them deep in debt, and pressured to sign improper contracts and work long hours. In some cases, the trafficking victims have even faced physical abuse.

St. Louis shooting suspect blocked from buying gun by FBI background check purchased AR-15 rifle from private seller
What’s that? Pass common-sense gun safety laws to keep killing machines out of the hands of dangerous, unstable people? What are you, sensible?

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Herschel Walker hit with yet another scandal two weeks before midterms
The embattled MAGA candidate’s Senate campaign has been sacked by one scandal after another — and the hits just keep on coming.

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

Mark Meadows ordered to testify in Georgia election interference investigation
A judge in South Carolina rebuffed Meadows ongoing attempts to dodge accountability and ordered the ex-White House chief of staff to travel to Atlanta and testify in Georgia’s ongoing investigation into Trump’s rampant election meddling.

Take Action: Pass the Congressional stock trading ban!

This could be it
350.org: If Republicans take back Congress, our window to stop climate change before it’s too late could be shut forever. UNICEF is warning that EVERY child in the world will experience extreme heat waves in the next thirty years — and that’s just the beginning. Can you chip in to help elect climate champions who will make sure our children grow up to enjoy a liveable world?

St. Louis school shooter obtained a gun after his family worked with police to have one removed from their home
Months before a 19-year-old shooter opened fire inside a St. Louis high school killing two, his concerned family worked with police to have a gun removed from their home. The shooter, who also died in the attack, struggled with serious mental health issues that required hospitalization on more than one occasion. All the same — and thanks to our woefully inadequate gun safety laws — the young man was able to acquire an AR-15 style killing machine to carry out Monday’s horrific attack.

Take Action: Keep Trump off Facebook!

Arizona GOP chair begs Supreme Court to shield her shady Jan. 6 phone records
Top Republican Kelli Ward is desperate to shield her calls from the committee investigating Trump’s deadly insurrection — which is itself a powerful argument for granting the committee full and immediate access to them.

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

United Nations warns that “time is running out” as greenhouse gases surge
Every current political problem pales in comparison to the existential threat posed by unmitigated climate change — and the UN is sounding the alarm as 2021 saw the biggest year-on-year jump in methane concentrations since systematic measurements began nearly 40 years ago.

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

Democratic Arizona gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs’ campaign headquarters burglarized
Hobbs’ Republican opponent, the far-right, Trump-loving, local TV news talker Kari Lake, claimed without evidence that Hobbs’ campaign was lying about her campaign headquarters being broken into. Uh, okay.

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

Russia recruiting American-trained Afghan commandos to fight in Ukraine
The soldiers that the US abandoned to the Taliban when it left Afghanistan could soon be helping Russian fascists kill innocent Ukrainians — yet another sobering reminder of what happens when America foolishly embarks on neoconservative nation-building escapades.

Second rail union rejects deal, raising strike threat anew
The freight rail industry, which is responsible for moving some 40% of long-haul goods, is critical to the nation’s economy — including supplies needed for electricity and drinking water, not to mention commodities like food and gifts for the holiday shopping season. Seems like maybe we should treat our essential rail workers with the baseline dignity and respect they clearly deserve.

Tulsa police sergeant suspended after making disparaging comments about liberals in class
During a recent Citizen Police Academy class, a Tulsa Police Department supervisor and sergeant made the preposterous remark that “nothing is more dangerous to America” than a “liberal white person.”

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