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A Washington Post analysis found President Trump and his appointees allegedly defied court orders in a third of over 160 lawsuits with substantive rulings, which experts say pose an unprecedented threat to the U.S. legal system. wapo.st/4eVv8vy
pro tip: innocent people don't generally suppress the files that prove their innocence
Ummm so let me get this straight: Republicans have ground Congress to a halt and are considering adjourning the entire House for 6 weeks to avoid releasing the info they have on Epstein? What is going on here?
NEWS - House Rules Committee isn’t returning AT ALL tonight and likely not AT ALL THIS week amid Epstein + other issues, per sources Scalise confirms to me it’s “not likely” Rules return - meaning House would leave without advancing immigration and several other bills
Host: There are new signs that the backlash over the Jeffrey Epstein saga is not going away. A vote to force the White House to release all records related to Epstein now has enough Republican support in the House. Just as that news was breaking, Mike Johnson says he's not going…
They’re going home early because of Epstein!! Now there is no excuse to not have an in person town hall…. They have free days!! A TELEPHONE TOWN HALL DOES NOT COUNT
For those not on Capitol Hill, this is a House GOP debacle. They are so scared of votes re: Epstein that they will punt most of this week's legislative schedule and start their summer break early.
Lmao… The House is taking their ball and going home because they’re terrified to vote on Epstein. Sure, sure - go ahead and start vacation early. Not like we’re paying you to actually work, or anything.
Two GOP members of the House Rules Committee told us no rule will be produced for bills this week, all because the GOP can't figure out a path forward on Epstein
Honestly can you imagine a scandal so bad that they stop all house business to avoid just a vote on releasing the Epstein files? House business has never been stopped before for a scandal as long as I can remember.
Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out Biggest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, 4 times the size of the previous biggest; $894-$990 bn Kicks 10 million off health insurance Biggest SNAP cuts ever, $187 bn Still increases deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
The defunding of PBS. The cancellation of Colbert. It all puts in stark relief what has bothered me about the entire Trump Era: That the bullies keep winning. I keep waiting for justice to prevail. It has to be coming, right? Right?
The house isn’t gonna vote to request the Epstein files? Why?? They have been wanting them forever…. Hmmmm what changed?
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The entire State Dept office of multilateral nuclear affairs was dismissed last week, Alexandra Bell tells @CFR_org. “These were people responsible for efforts to ban explosive nuclear testing, the production of weapons grade material, people working on nuclear disarmament…
Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
Actor Jeff Daniels on Donald Trump’s 2nd term: “We’ve lost decency. We’ve lost civility. We’ve lost respect for the rule of law. We’ve normalized verbal abuse. We’ve normalized bullying. Out the window goes character, integrity. We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the…
BREAKING🚨: The sky is about to explode with meteors..... TWO meteor showers at the same time on the night of July 29 into the early hours of July 30. At its peak, expect up to 100 meteors per hour shooting across the night sky some even turning into fireballs!
I’ve consulted public radio stations for 20+ years. Currently, 10% of listeners are members. If that number rose to 20% they’d be financially independent It’s up to us to save and support local public radio stations -it’s not hard and it’s worth it @NPR @NPRinskeep @Deggans
Saturday morning and just a small note--we don't have to accept the end of public good, we can keep things like PBS and NPR alive, we can find new models for research funding and even health care to bridge, we can insist on and show up as better citizens for better government.
I tried explaining crypto to my nine year old and she said, “It sounds like someone is trying to sell you their imaginary friend.”
New study: Durability of protection with Novavax is similar or potentially better compared with Pfizer up to 180 days. Study from Korea with around two million doses of NVX-CoV2373 and BNT162b2
Reading @GregIles "Southern Man." This is the best, single paragraph I've read that succinctly breaks down the reasons for the rise of Donald Trump.