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Verite News
10 days ago
A shrinking strip of New Orleans marsh helps protect 1.5 million people. Louisiana wants to save it The New Orleans Land Bridge could disappear in 50 years, making the metro area more vulnerable to storm surge
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A shrinking strip of New Orleans marsh helps protect 1.5 million people. Louisiana wants to save it
The New Orleans Land Bridge could disappear in 50 years, making the metro area more vulnerable to storm surge
https://veritenews.org/2026/06/16/marsh-land-bridge-new-orleans/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Texas Tribune
10 days ago
A Muslim Texan hoping to participate in the state Republican convention left in tears after after being told explicitly that he should leave the country.
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Muslims at Texas GOP Convention told to leave party, country
Muslim delegates and attendees hoping to participate in the state Republican convention were shunned and rejected by members as they espoused themes of party unity ahead of the November election.
https://bit.ly/4eo3nfd
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Christiaan Triebert
15 days ago
NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the U.S. hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/
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Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/world/middleeast/precision-strike-iran-water.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pVA.mE07.ig3kEYwQk57v&smid=url-share
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Mark
17 days ago
New: Political groups are still forfeiting money donated by Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX executives years after the crypto exchange’s collapse. Democrats’ Senate Majority PAC alone is expected to return another $1 million in tainted funds.
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Political Committees Are Still Forfeiting Crypto Kingpins’ Tainted Contributions
Democratic and Republican committees continue reeling from FTX’s legal meltdown — and it’s affecting their bottom lines in 2026.
https://www.notus.org/money/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-political-contributions-democrats-republicans
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NOTUS Perspectives
18 days ago
I Tried to Document How Every Member of Congress Feels About AI. The Results Were Strikingly Partisan. via
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I Tried to Document How Every Member of Congress Feels About AI. The Results Were Strikingly Partisan.
Around the time Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-Rhode Island) arrived in Congress several years ago, he asked outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi what she hoped to accomplish after she left leadership. “She said tha...
https://www.notus.org/perspectives/i-tried-to-document-how-every-member-of-congress-feels-about-ai-the-results-were-strikingly-partisan
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Allbritton Journalism Institute
18 days ago
Today we proudly announce an expanded class of 2026-28 Reporting Fellows, who will be learning from world-class faculty & reporting for
@notus.com
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Allbritton Journalism Institute Announces Expanded Class of Fellows - Allbritton Journalism Institute
The fellows will learn alongside the best journalists in Washington and report for NOTUS, soon to be The Star. June 8, 2026 — The Allbritton Journalism Institute announced today 12 new fellows who wil...
https://aji.org/news/allbritton-journalism-institute-announces-expanded-class-of-fellows/
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404 Media
22 days ago
"We’re also seeing this alongside incredibly risky sourcing, teens posting about wanting to grow an extra few inches. And then we’re seeing AI manipulation from vendors trying to promote these peptides," the biohacking subreddit mod told
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Martin Austermuhle
about 1 month ago
It's my first day over at
@notus.com
, officially relaunching as The Star in early June! I'll still be on the D.C. beat, so send over tips, questions, gripes, and curiosities. Signal is best, at maustermuhle.09, or email: martinaustermuhle (at) notus (dot) com.
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Timothy McBride
about 2 months ago
US House votes to launch process to provide billions for Trump mass deportations
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US House votes to launch process to provide billions for Trump mass deportations • Missouri Independent
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans adopted their budget resolution Wednesday night, clearing the way for the party to pass a bill in the coming weeks that will provide tens of billions in additional ...
https://missouriindependent.com/2026/04/30/repub/us-house-votes-to-launch-process-to-provide-billions-for-trump-mass-deportations/
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Marc Elias
about 2 months ago
How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel n ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.
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Ashton Pittman
about 2 months ago
BREAKING: Israel and Max Makoka, the brothers ICE arrested on April 21 while they were getting on their school bus, are free after their community rallied to their defense. Mississippi's Republican U.S. senators, Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker, helped secure their release. Nick Judin reports:
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Israel and Max Makoka Are Coming Home After ICE Arrests Galvanized Their Mississippi Community
Israel and Max Makoka, the Hancock High School students whom ICE arrested, are free after Mississippi's U.S. senators intervened.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/israel-and-max-makoka-are-coming-home-after-ice-arrests-galvanized-their-mississippi-community/
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Adam Serwer
about 2 months ago
Unfortunately, this piece on The Great Resegregation has aged well.
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Mark
about 2 months ago
Every election cycle, dozens of rich Americans spend millions trying to get themselves elected. They have an abysmal track record — but the candidates I spoke to insist it’s worth it to try. “This is God testing me, saying, ‘Put your money where your mouth is.’”
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They Can Buy a Superyacht. Can They Afford a Seat in Congress?
Some rich Americans spend millions trying to get themselves elected. Most of them fail.
https://www.notus.org/2026-election/self-funding-candidates-campaign-spending
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Tim Onion
2 months ago
Alex Jones yesterday, April 22nd of 2026, is once again saying the Sandy Hook massacre was a false flag done by "professional shooters." It is imperative we take over that studio as soon as possible.
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Amanda Katz
2 months ago
NEW on
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: What do you think of Trump's war on Iran when you're an Iranian expat, now in the DC area, who was held in the regime's Evin Prison for months but who also has family at the mercy of US bombs? Amazing interview with Yegi Rezaian
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How Iranian expat Yegi Rezaian sees the Iran war
Rezaian and her husband spent months in an Islamic Republic prison before being freed to leave for the US. This year, she watched her adopted country bomb her native one.
https://www.porchpartynews.com/p/how-iranian-expat-yegi-rezaian-sees-the-iran-war
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Derek Willis
2 months ago
Dan Eggen was one of the best journalists around, always thinking, questioning and making everyone's work better. His death is a tragedy.
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Dan Eggen, who shaped politics coverage at The Post, dies at 60
He helped guide Pulitzer Prize-winning projects, including coverage of Russian election interference in 2016 and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
https://wapo.st/4mJnPv3
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May Not Swenson
2 months ago
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
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Minnesota Star Tribune
2 months ago
Newly released records on the police response to the assassination of Melissa Hortman show officers knew a woman was lying motionless on the top of the stairs inside the Hortman home but waited 30 minutes to physically check on her.
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Newly released records detail police response to lawmaker attacks
Authorities first identified Vance Boelter as a suspect within three hours of the start of the politically motivated rampage.
https://bit.ly/4tZHKZ5
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Tim Onion
2 months ago
Some timeline stuff: — We expect to get
InfoWars.com
after the judge clears it in a couple of weeks. — We'll build a world of characters on the site and across social media. Tim Heidecker is in charge, and we have grand designs. — Visit
theonion.info
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InfoWars
Let me tell you a story. When I was a child, I suffered from night terrors. It was always the same dream: I could hear my family and neighbors wailing…
https://theonion.info
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Mark MacKinnon
2 months ago
Great journalism here: "The BBC... found a consistent pattern of spikes just hours, or sometimes minutes, before a social media post or media interview was made public. Some analysts say it bears the hallmarks of illegal insider trading..."
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The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency
The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cge0grppe3po?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb
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Nicholas Slayton
2 months ago
The USS Spruance fired on an Iranian-flagged cargo ship today, hitting its engine room according to Trump, and then Marines seized it. First direct action against a ship in or near the Strait of Hormuz as part of the US blockade.
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Marines take custody of Iranian cargo ship, Trump says
The USS Spruance fired on the ship and Marines boarded it as it tried to get past the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-seize-cargo-ship-iran/
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The Verge
2 months ago
NPR journalist David Folkenflik writes that this donation, and another $33 million from an anonymous donor, “were intended for specific purposes, not to build the endowment or to expand news coverage.”
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Ballmer gives $80 million to NPR, with strings attached
$113 million in total new donations won’t save existing jobs, apparently.
https://www.theverge.com/news/913518/ballmer-gives-80-million-to-npr-with-strings-attached
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dell cameron
2 months ago
NEW: A post-midnight revolt in the House sank the White House's efforts to extend Section 702—a warrantless spy program the FBI has used to look into members of Congress, protesters, and political donors.
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Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump's Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance
A post-midnight revolt in the House sank the White House's efforts to extend Section 702—a spy program the FBI has used to look into members of Congress, protesters, and political donors.
https://www.wired.com/story/republican-mutiny-sinks-trumps-push-to-extend-warrantless-surveillance/
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David Gilbert
2 months ago
NEW: Much of MAGA is now convinced that the Trump assassination attempt in Butler, PA was staged
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MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged
Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supporters turn on the president.
https://www.wired.com/story/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged/
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NOTUS
2 months ago
The news is out. In June, NOTUS becomes The Star.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/business/media/notus-news-to-become-the-star.html
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Politics News Site NOTUS to Become ‘The Star’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/business/media/notus-news-to-become-the-star.html?smid=url-share
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Sam Bagenstos
2 months ago
Seems fine. “NOTUS found that at least twice in 2025, the agency redirected money to ICE that was originally intended for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office: one lump of money for training and another for a national biosurveillance center.”
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How the Trump Administration Diverted Resources to Support Mass Deportations
From prison guard training to FEMA staff, internal memos and budget footnotes reveal the extent to which the Trump administration shifted programs and personnel toward immigration enforcement.
https://www.notus.org/immigration/trump-administration-diverted-resources-mass-deportations-prison
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Sahil Kapur
2 months ago
Last month, GOP Rep. Warren Davidson voted YES on ending the Iran war without congressional approval. Today, he flipped to PRESENT when the vote was closer and the measure was in danger of passing.
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House effort to end Trump's war with Iran fails by one vote
The nearly party-line vote of 213-214 shows that Republicans are sticking with the president's military campaign in Iran. Every Democrat except one voted to order an end to the war.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-resolution-end-trumps-war-iran-fails-one-vote-rcna332178
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Sahil Kapur
2 months ago
NEWS: House effort to end Trump's war with Iran fails by one vote 213-214. Republicans are sticking by Trump in favor of the war. Among Rs: —The only NO was Massie —1 (Davidson) voted "present," 3 didn't vote All but one Democrat (Golden) voted YES.
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House effort to end Trump's war with Iran fails by one vote
The nearly party-line vote of 213-214 shows that Republicans are sticking with the president's military campaign in Iran. Every Democrat except one voted to order an end to the war.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-resolution-end-trumps-war-iran-fails-one-vote-rcna332178
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Bobby Kogan
2 months ago
Russ Vought, the architect of the illegal budgetary actions of the Trump admin, responsible for illegally gutting many agencies, is testifying before the Senate on the president's budget request. This will be a rare opportunity for Dems to question him. I'll be live posting in this thread.
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed
2 months ago
🚨 Mark Kelly - a 2028 hopeful - says he will support the efforts to block weapons for Israel.
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Jillian C. York
2 months ago
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EFF Calls on Kuwait to Release Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
EFF calls on the Kuwaiti government to immediately release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. An award-winning journalist and television host who worked for Al Jazeera for many years, Shihab-Eldin—a dual ...
https://eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-calls-kuwait-release-journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin
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NPR
2 months ago
The Trump administration is moving to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of extremists involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack, who earlier received commutations instead of full pardons.
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Trump administration moves to erase Jan. 6 riot convictions for seditious conspiracy
The Trump administration is moving to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of extremists involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack, who earlier received commutations instead of full pardons.
https://n.pr/3OEEHGE
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Eric Michael Garcia
2 months ago
Knowing he could not win if he stuck to cities, Magyar has been traveling the country since 2024, visiting small towns and villages, many more than once. He avoided global politics and Ukraine, focused his campaign on the economy, health care, and schools.
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Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable
If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/illiberalism-not-inevitable/686778/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK31DwvPd5EwRYiRU0pBwupGg
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Eric Columbus
2 months ago
“It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better. And I do make people better. I make people a lot better.”
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Marisa Kabas
3 months ago
i feel like a lot of people are dissociating and not reacting to the threat of nuclear war with an appropriate level of alarm?
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Tim Murphy
3 months ago
Congress still in recess, btw
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Katie Drummond
3 months ago
WIRED is doing more hiring! Come be a staff editor and work across our newsroom and with our international editions. Great, dynamic gig, moving quickly so don’t hold off on applying:
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Staff Editor
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
https://condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeCareers/details/Staff-Editor_R-23422-2?locationCountry=bc33aa3152ec42d4995f4791a106ed09
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Andy Craig
3 months ago
Any member of the House can force a vote on impeachment, but Jeffries as minority leader has the extra perk that he can force it immediately rather than within two days.
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Matt Novak
3 months ago
"An Indianapolis city councilor said his home was fired at on Monday, with a note left behind suggesting he had been targeted over his support of datacenters."
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Home of Indianapolis city councilor shot at over his support of datacenters
Ron Gibson had recently expressed support for a 14-acre, $500m datacenter project in Martindale-Brightwood
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/06/indianapolis-city-council-home-shot-at-data-centers
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Adam Serwer
3 months ago
Trump advisers think the age of imperialism ended because of wokeness, not because 1) colonized peoples made colonialism untenable 2) technology made territorial empire unnecessary. They thought mere brutality and perceived genetic superiority would make wars against countries like Iran easy.
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Mike Murphy
3 months ago
The
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Margaret Manto
3 months ago
Shocking news: This year's World Vaccine Congress had a Weird Vibe
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The Vaccine Industry Is Troubleshooting Its Future Existence
Pharmaceutical executives are asking each other: How do they survive MAHA?
https://www.notus.org/health-science/vaccine-industry-troubleshooting-future-existence
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Jamie Gangel
3 months ago
New - Gift Article
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized (Gift Article)
A stairway to nowhere: Three months that could change the White House for generations.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/29/upshot/white-house-ballroom.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XFA.id_s.GpyZqUQsIMzK&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Project Salt Box
3 months ago
Maryland sued to stop an ICE detention warehouse. Then New Jersey. Then Michigan. Each case cites the same fifty-year-old environmental law — and a federal judge has already frozen construction in Maryland using it. Arizona's warehouse went through the same process. Arizona hasn't filed anything.
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Op-Ed: Maryland Sued to Stop an ICE Warehouse. New Jersey and Michigan Followed. Why Hasn't Arizona?
Every week of construction that proceeds without a legal challenge makes the case harder to win. Arizona's window is open. It may not stay that way.
https://www.projectsaltbox.com/p/op-ed-maryland-sued-to-stop-an-ice
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Jen Bendery
3 months ago
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, top Dem on the House appropriations panel, says DHS is *choosing* not to pay TSA workers while paying its other employees. She says: 85% of ICE + CBP are being paid 75% of Secret Service 0% of TSA workers "The Department made that decision," DeLauro says on the House floor.
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Eric Michael Garcia
3 months ago
Say it with me: ¡Dios Mio!
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Jose Pagliery
3 months ago
Disconcerting news from Miami federal court: No reporters — zero — have been allowed into the courtroom to see Marco Rubio testify this morning. I & others were first in line & forced to wait outside the building since dawn. When we walked in, court staff & security already filled every seat.
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Eric Michael Garcia
3 months ago
A few years back, a friend of mine and I discussed how Robert Mueller’s report essentially said he couldn’t indict a sitting president so it asked Congress to act, which it didn’t do, while the January 6 committee asked the DOJ to take action on a former president, which it didn’t.
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Adam Serwer
3 months ago
I'm not a political consultant but i feel like dems could probably get a lot of leverage out of pushing for green technologies that would wean the us off being dependent on oil in this particular moment
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