wow! Rand Paul begins Markwayne Mullin's hearing by confronting him about comments he made describing Paul as a "freakin' snake" & "celebrating" Paul getting assaulted "I wonder if someone who applauds political violence is right to lead an agency that has struggled to accept proper use of force"

Sen. Mark Warner asked Tulsi Gabbard if Trump was warned that Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz. Gabbard did not answer the question about whether Trump was told about the dangers and ignored the warning.

Safeway put on "Cool It Now"... I stayed in the bread aisle for the ENTIRE song....

ICE should have been hunting down the Iranian sleeper cells instead of 5 year-olds in bunny hats and 6 year-olds with hearing aids.

They’ve found another immigrant tragically dead on the street after being released from ICE custody. My latest piece for Substack: substack.com/@katiephang/...

"In a move that could put controversial data center projects in Bristow on hold, the Prince William County Planning Commission slammed the brakes Wednesday on a large new electrical substation slated to fuel new and existing data centers near Devlin..."

"But then the data center turned on, along with the eight natural gas turbines powering it. Now her home is barraged by a high-pitch whine that she says has made her newly screened-in porch unusable."

The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box. The Senate must reject this bill.

Pretty much lol

Dear Virginians: ABSOLUTELY vote yes on the April 21 Constitutional Amendment. Donald Trump forced this with his actions in Texas. He wants to silence voters nationwide & it's imperative that he be stopped. After this, congress should vote on the bill to make gerrymandering illegal for good.

🙌🗳️ There’s also a very important Special Election in #Virginia: the vote to counteract Trump’s gerrymandering power grab. It’s already open for early voting. Vote yes!! 💪 bsky.app/profile/alia...

This is everything

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

Not electing Kamala Harris has got to be the most colossal fuck up America has ever made .

So, I won't even post this on that other toxic wasteland... ...but my daughter was just nominated for Phi Beta Kappa and my wife & I couldn't be more proud.

Let me be clear: I’m glad Kristi Noem was fired. But we still have to abolish ICE.

That's what I’m talking about!

If you’re equating Black voters telling you to do work with “withholding votes” you should also work on what’s causing you to do that. Especially if you’re always yapping how YOUR vote MUST be “earned”. Your inability to grasp these as different things is part of the racism you always downplay.

ZM couldn’t hit 60% w/ Black voters in the general, had the lowest vote share since Bloomberg’s 1st win, lost Jewish voters, & his lowest performing winning borough was the one he represented. And people are still pretending that win was more impressive than the Black women in Syracuse & Albany.

Black voters are voting for nominees in the general elections, but some of these primaries with extra attention on them are looking like Democrats are either taking Black voters for granted or not doing enough outreach…Even if some individual candidates are taking steps to address concerns later.

Good luck. You have *A LOT* of work to do.

Black voters in America are tired of being disrespected. When we finally collectively say,” Yall got it”, don’t be shocked or surprised.

BYD redraws global EV map, overtaking Tesla in 20 markets #Paywall

if I ever need a lawyer, somebody call this lady

Texas has now exhausted the early vote and is now releasing Election Day votes. The confusion in Dallas County was caused by Republican incompetence and mid-decade redistricting. #TXsen

I voted in Dallas County today. The texas.gov site wouldn't tell me where to go, so I went to where I voted in the '24 presidential election. They said I was at the wrong place, and gave me the address I needed to go to. That place then informed me I had to go somewhere else.

That's one long, true sentence Pierce.

BOTH Democratic U.S. Senate candidates should be furious about how this is being handled in Texas. It benefits one candidate today. But the same chaos that helped them in the primary can absolutely burn them the general.

The answer to problems in sociotechnical systems is not always "more software", "better software" or "open source software". A lot of the time the best solution is _less software_ and sometimes even _no software_.

Populists don't care about voter suppression or civil rights.

Us to Target:

To be a Black Woman in America is exhausting—-

Black people: you can go for any achievement, office or accolade you see fit. You ARE enough. I don't give a damn what this country tries to tell you. It's been telling it to you for 250 years. Why would now be any different? You're still resilient. You're still here. Thrive.

What just happened in Dallas County is one of the most blatant voter suppression operations I've ever seen—and it happened in a *primary*. In March. Imagine November. I broke it down here: open.substack.com/pub/objectio...

White progressives have been kind of gross toward Jasmine Crockett and her supporters. And yet, are going to expect Black voters to just fall in line in November. Which will be wild to watch from the "earn our votes" crowd. So, lots of luck with that.

If you're a Democrat and you don't care about voter suppression, you're LOUDLY telling on yourself.

There is a schism in the Democratic party that is deep, wide and based on race. This survival of this country likely depends on it being recognized & reconciled before it's too late. When Black voters no longer desire to save this country from itself, it's a wrap.

I never thought I would see the day that “democrats” were giddy over outright voter suppression. Are these folks insane? They hate BW in power so much that they don’t realize what just happened? They are literally telling you that 2 hours worth of votes will probably not be counted and y’all

Q: What is our exit strategy? HEGSETH: I would never hang a timeframe from our perspective. The commander in chief sets the op tempo and terms of this fight.

Now you know why we are where we are today. Last year, he said we destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities. That was another lie.

The right wing noise machine seems very upset that I wrote this. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

When you’re incapable of empathy.

Over on Twitter, the 60 Minutes account promoting this story just straight up lies and says Iran has nuclear weapons. Bari Weiss is such a propagandist.

The Trump-Vance Administration waged war on our families and raised taxes on us all, costing Marylanders billions. We’re demanding they pay Marylanders back.

I hate how accurate this tweet is.

Abbott posted then deleted a clip from a video game.

A good way to demonstrate your unserious nature is arguing that “Kamala would be doing this too.”

See a pattern here?

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) set off a war of words on X late Saturday when she attempted to troll two of her colleagues in the House, both of whom are Muslims.