New research report: As Driving Declines, So Does Democracy 29 states require a drivers license to complete an online voter registration form, but >7.5 million teens age 16-18 don't have one. 3 million of them are old enough to vote in 2026. www.thecivicscenter.org/research/tkp...

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2/ "If we had a world where everyone has this education," said Ridley, who also hosts a podcast about understanding current events, "everyone would be able to understand the world they live in much more." #NewsLiteracy

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And since not nearly enough of you read this piece last time, I'm sharing it again today. There are hundreds of thousands of people holding their breath. Waiting to see if their entire lives are about to be destroyed by SCOTUS. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

“Bee” like France🐝

bari weiss was too chickenshit to fire scott pelley herself so her newly knighted goon did it for her. i wish them both a very merry ratings crash.

Breaking news: SCOTUS intervenes in Alabama redistricting case & says GOP *is* allowed to change Alabama map. Despite a lower-court finding evidence of intentional discrimination. Yet another SCOTUS gift to the GOP; eliminates seat of a Black member of Congress www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Dems are in a perfect position to say that Trump can either have FISA 702 or he can have Pulte at DNI. DNI writes certifications that authorize the program, and he has proven to be a liar and a rabid partisan. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

F^*king Kavanaugh😡 #KavanaughStop

That’s on point..

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california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box. www.kqed.org/news/1208537...

The regime quietly ripped $3B in food stamps and Medicaid away from families. So Hawaii's governor just fought back with a genius move: a new 13% tax bracket on millionaires to fully fund the stolen aid. Read how a blue state just outsmarted Trump: 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/judge-orde...

We live in a country where some of the best journalists are late night comedians & editorial cartoonists. THANK YOU Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, Tom Tomorrow, Mike Luckovich & Michael de Adder ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! #LAUGH_DO_NOT_DESPAIR ✊

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This is a really interesting idea. And we should 100% think big going forward.

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Re-upping my story here about 400k people who need your attention. And the nearly million more behind them. Please read, share and if moved, per the request of these people I interviewed: call your elected and raise hell. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

As you read about how DOD is cooking the books so poor Donny doesn't have to hear about what a loser he is, remember that almost all media outlets repeat Trump's claims about the Iran War as if he knows fuckall about it and has agency to affect it.

We must not forget. The killing of up to 14 million humans by illegally erasing USAID is happening now. Congress could stop it. The courts could stop it. We must stop it.

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I've switched from Google search, trying Brave and DuckDuckGo. It's mind-numbing to use Google already, let alone with this change. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

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A President ordering the Justice Department to criminally investigate a woman who won a sexual assault lawsuit against him makes Watergate look like an unpaid parking ticket.

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1. Lead Left, a super PAC created on 4/24, purports to stand "against MAGA extremists." It has spent $3M+ in Democratic primaries. But it's funders and motivations have been secret. Until now. It's a GOP dirty tricks operation. 🧵

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American politics is bananas. I can’t believe there is a whole generation growing up to think that it’s normal for known criminals to win party nominations and public office.

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This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds.

In case you have forgotten who Andy Kim is, he’s the rep who came into the Capitol building after Trump’s J6 goons had trashed it, got down in his hands and knees, and cleaned it up. And ICE have gassed him. They have peppersprayed the true patriot who thinks American ideals are worth defending.

GOP has "abandoned the idea of crafting policy. They are a full-time media operation, trolling and creating content. The president is checked out. There is no turnaround coming as long as Trump/GOP are in power." On the pod, @dceiver.bsky.social nails the moment: newrepublic.com/article/2108...

wake up babe the white house is a six flags

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Article with no paywall in replies..

How could we possibly expect him to attend his oldest son’s second wedding to his third fiancée when he had an assassination attempt to attend.

For the second time we know of, Kash Patel's FBI got a warning about a dangerous Nazi sympathizer (the other is the Evergreen shooter) but did not prevent an attack. This time 3 people were murdered. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...

It was always going to be this way..nothing could stop him once he was elected again.

Food purchases are next..

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Hosea Williams, the man marching with John Lewis at the head of the protesters beaten on Pettus Bridge seeking voting rights, was a chemist from Georgia with an MA. Now an African-American microbiologist from Georgia with a PhD is going to Congress.

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New Republican gerrymanders have shifted Trump’s margin in the median House seat from 3.1 points to 5.2. By 2028, the GOP could make it 8.5 and the House unwinnable for Dems except in huge wave elections. But if Dems respond in all these states, they could undo practically the entire GOP advantage