⚡️ UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Rep. Justin J. Pearson & Rep. Gabby Salinas send letter putting Gov. Bill Lee on notice that his deployment of the National Guard to Memphis violates the TN Constitution. Lawmakers ask Governor for community investments to eradicate poverty instead of military occupation.

Breaking: Trump has officially lost the Nobel Peace Prize. Instead, the Nobel committee is awarding the leader of the opposition in Venezuela for supporting “democracy over dictatorship.”

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Vance is back in Indiana today, personally pressuring GOP lawmakers to ignore their conscience and enact an extreme gerrymandering plan. The fact that they have to send in the VP tells us something important and encouraging: political pressure against this plan is working, even in deep red places.

All to cover up the Epstein files.

Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?

Dean: The president is unhinged Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals. Johnson: I didn’t see it. Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.

Smh

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals? J: I didn't see it D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

NEW: A Nevada voter is suing to block a ballot initiative that would undermine the state's current redistricting process, arguing it’s an unconstitutional unfunded mandate and nearly identical to a measure struck down by the courts last year.

This is your daily reminder that the President of the United States is a convicted FELON ‼️

Im a proud progressive leaning independent. fix your own house before you criticize others. Hakeem Jeffries should have been gone yesterday.

The administration is not living in the real world.

Over and over, the Trump-Vance administration is tearing down rules that protect ordinary people from mistreatment by corporations. Now it's happening in the airline sector.

Tylenol maker Kenvue denies the connection allegedly made in the report, which is expected to be published by the Department of Health and Human Services this month.

Florida’s move on vaccine mandates will lead to avoidable illnesses and deaths.

This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law. May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.

You go first, RFK Jr.

LA City Attorney: Businesses are empty and shuttered. The city’s law enforcement personnel have received countless 911 calls about what, for all intents and purposes, looks like a kidnapping. That’s what it looks like — individuals who will not identify themselves.

We can't share a country with these people.

Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.

NEW: In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases. “It is inexcusable,” a judge said of the Supreme Court justices. “They don’t have our backs.”

Psaki: "What Secretary Kennedy means when he says that nobody knows how many Americans died of Covid is not actually that nobody knows. People know. What he means is that he does not like the data."

RFK JR: It's going to have a it's going to it's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history. SANDERS: You know why? Because you're cutting $150 billion for rural hospitals. You're putting $50 billion back. That's not an infusion.

First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.

BREAKING: Senator Raphael Warnock just called for RFK Jr. to resign to his face.

Senator Maggie Hassan makes the point that it's one thing to question science, but quite another to do as RFK Jr. does and reject data outright.

Do you eat at restaurants? Immigrants likely prepared your food and washed your dishes. Do you live in a house or an apartment? Immigrants likely built your home. Do you buy groceries? Immigrants picked your fruits and vegetables. Now you want to deport immigrants? Enjoy the pain that follows.

Warnock to RFK jr: "For the first time, we are seeing deaths of children from measles. We haven't seen that in two decades. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people."

The fight over vaccines has galvanized the political arena in ways we have not seen before. Republicans, Democrats, and Independents are becoming united against RFK Jr. Learn more: www.youtube.com/@RagingModer...

"We're going to need to work together as states to basically backfill the federal government and the Trump administration's total abdication of responsibility when it comes to public health." Gov. Healey explains that state initiatives will have to go beyond vaccine policy, absent federal guidance.

In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions. In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.

RFK JR: We're not going to recommend a product for which there's no clinical data for that indication—is that what I should be doing? Warren: What you should be doing is honoring your promise that you made when you were looking to get confirmed in this job.

Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.

Oh, we're just getting started.

They are privatizing Medicare, which means they will profit off denial of coverage. Say no to the GOP or face loss of insurance.

RFK JR: You’re just making stuff up Hassan: Sometimes when you make an accusation, it’s kind of a confession

I’ve seen enough. Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Here's what RFK Jr. got wrong about vaccines during his Senate hearing:

Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.

Warnock: Clearly you have an agenda. It is a threat to the public health of the American people. It's clear that you are carrying out your extremist beliefs. RFK JR: We’re the sickest people on earth. How am I a threat? Warnock: I think that you ought to resign.

Convicted Felon Donald Trump orders federal funds for disaster relief blocked for undocumented immigrants. My latest video on this disgusting lack of humanity & why we can’t let this be our legacy. youtu.be/KV6K42Ldy-I?...

Let’s just be honest that the world is going to pause at 2 PM Eastern today. Just cancel your meetings, go to lunch early. Everybody is going to be watching this damn presidential address

Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.

[RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT] 📘 Title: Much a Duterte about nothing: Continuity, complacency, and crisis in the Philippine economy (2016–23) 👨🏼‍🏫 Author: JC Punongbayan (UP School of Economics)

Graham Greene has sadly passed away at the age of 73. He played Skully in ‘Echo’