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Trump’s Legal Team Just Blew a Big Hole in His Third Indictment Defense ( newrepublic.com )
Trump lawyer John Lauro responded to the indictment news by admitting the crimes that Trump is charged with....
Robert F Kennedy Jr’s campaign bankrolled by Republican mega-donor ( www.theguardian.com )
A few notable quotes from the article follow:...
Trump’s Plan to Save Himself: Scapegoat His Coup Lawyers - Analysis ( www.rollingstone.com )
“John [Eastman] and Rudy [Giuliani] gave a lot of counsel,” one Trump advisor says ominously. “Other people can decide how sound it was”
[Analysis] Vivek Ramaswamy Is On the Rise. So Are Christian Nationalist Attacks on His Religion ( www.rollingstone.com )
“You’re going to let him put all of his strange gods up in the White House?”
News: McConnell says he's 'fine' after freezing during news conference | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that he’s “fine,” after freezing during a news conference on Wednesday.
News: Rightwing propaganda outlet PragerU’s materials approved for schools in Ron DeSantis’ Florida ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
A right-wing nonprofit that “offers a free alternative to the dominant left-wing ideology” has announced that Florida has become the first state to approve the organization as an educational vendor....
News: Ron DeSantis slashes more than a third of staff as campaign flounders ( www.theguardian.com )
Florida governor and Republican presidential hopeful cuts 38 jobs, including two senior advisers
News; Ron DeSantis Obsesses Over Bud Light and Dylan Mulvaney; Threats Company With Lawsuit ( www.advocate.com )
Again the conservative small-government governor is penalizing a business for choosing inclusivity over bigotry.
Biden draws laughs after touting Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘endorsement’ ( www.independent.co.uk )
The president is leaning into the GOP congresswoman’s description of him as following in the footsteps of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson
Florida pensions took a bath on 'woke' beer ... and Ron DeSantis wants revenge ( floridapolitics.com )
Strange brew: Why did Florida's pension fund hold $50M of 'woke' Bud Light parent company stock?
Trump Threatens Would Be ‘Very Dangerous’ If Jack Smith Sends Him To Jail In New Interview ( www.mediaite.com )
Trump threatened it would be "very dangerous" if he were jailed over the new charges he's likely facing, citing the "passion" of his fan base.
DeSantis calls for state investment manager to consider action against Bud Light's parent company ( edition.cnn.com )
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging the state’s pension fund manager to consider legal action against Bud Light’s parent company amid conservative backlash to the beermaker’s recent marketing efforts, the latest attempt by the Republican presidential candidate to inject himself and the state he runs into the country’s...
Trump Promotes Threatening Video: 'We Are Going to Do Things to You That Have Never Been Done Before' ( www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com )
Overnight Donald Trump promoted a video featuring an extreme close-up photo of his face in black and white, and audio of him making an obvious threat: “If you f— around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.” Trump “retruthed” […]
Reddit’s only free iOS app icons are ugly now ( www.theverge.com )
The best icons are behind a Reddit Premium paywall....
Trump Says He’s a Target in Special Counsel’s Capitol Attack Investigation ( www.nytimes.com )
It would be the second time the special counsel has notified the former president that he is likely to face indictment, this time in connection with the criminal investigation into the events leading up to the storming of the Capitol....
Landlord Hires Three Men To Break Into Tenant's Apartment and Threaten Her to Settle Dispute. Isn't Arrested. ( www.wmtw.com )
I think the rich need a reminder... ( lemmy.world )
Sen. Ted Cruz's Jan. 6 Scheming Exposed In Newly Unveiled Recording ( news.yahoo.com )
The Texas Republican apparently planned to create a fake "commission" to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump's unprecedented campaign pitch: Elect me to be your revenge on the government ( abcnews.go.com )
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Jamie Dimon says employees can go work somewhere else if they don't like long commutes into the office, thinks remote work doesn't cut it ( www.businessinsider.com )
House Ethics Committee reaching out to witnesses in revived Matt Gaetz probe ( www.cnn.com )
Investigators from the House Ethics Committee have begun reaching out to witnesses as part of a recently revived investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, focused on allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct, illicit drug use or other misconduct.
Republicans try to stop military’s electrification with mind-bogglingly dumb proposals ( electrek.co )
Several Republican representatives have proposed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act to try to stop the Pentagon’s electrification. The proposals sound so mind-bogglingly dumb that they look like they were written by 19th-century Luddites or the fossil fuel industry itself....
Matt Gaetz would rather have Russia than Ukraine in NATO ( www.newsweek.com )
"Why would you pick Ukraine? Why not extend NATO to Russia and make it an anti-China alliance?" the GOP congressman said.
Ex-FBI official says GOP is telling agents: 'If you investigate our party, you are going to pay the price' ( www.rawstory.com )
Former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi wasn't happy after watching Republicans grill FBI director Christopher Wray in the House Wednesday. While Democrats questioned Wray for ignoring warnings about Jan. 6, Republicans sought answers to a slew of conspiracy theories and culture war grievances that go a...
Opinion | Unfortunately for Republicans, the economy is improving ( www.msnbc.com )
A year straight of falling inflation has made Republican arguments against 'Bidenomics' way less convincing.
Inflation is plummeting across America except in Ron DeSantis’ Florida ( www.alternet.org )
Americans learned Wednesday morning the rate of inflation nationally has dropped dramatically, to just 3% annually, down from over 9% one year ago.But not in Florida, which MarketWatch reports “has the highest inflation in the U.S.”For much of the year, even before his presidential campaign official...
Democratic jitters grow over Cornel West’s third-party bid ( thehill.com )
Cornel West’s third-party presidential campaign is stirring up unpleasant flashbacks to 2016 for members of the Democratic Party
[Texas Observer] Homegrown Neo-Fascist Movement Marches in Austin ( www.texasobserver.org )
Dozens of members of the neo-fascist, white nationalist group Patriot Front marched through the streets of Austin Saturday. The group did not announce the demonstration in advance, leaving no time for opposition groups to mount a counter-protest. It was the largest public gathering of the group’s members since they held a...
A collision course over government funding raises fears of a shutdown ( www.nbcnews.com )
Speaker McCarthy and the Republican-led House have moved to spend less than the new budget caps and impose conservative policies, conflicting with the Senate's bipartisan path.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the passing of a law that could render driver’s licenses and other forms of identification from several states invalid, including Vermont. ( www.mychamplainvalley.com )
As of July 1, in addition to Vermont, four other states’ IDs will face extra scrutiny from police, as they may provide forms of identification to applicants who do not give proof of citizenship or legal status:...
‘This is a death sentence for me’: Florida Republican women say they will switch parties after DeSantis approves alimony law ( www.orlandoweekly.com )
'My fears are that they can take you back to court, and I don’t have the money for an attorney.'
Florida suffers consequences of DeSantis political games with public health ( www.msnbc.com )
Alex Wagner shares exclusive NBC News reporting on the resignation of two key Florida state health officials who have yet to be replaced as the state is facing the first instances of native malaria transmission in decades and DeSantis has installed a scientifically dubious state surgeon general in a bid to curry favor with the...
Nearly a quarter of Republicans say classified docs charges make them more likely to support Trump: poll ( thehill.com )
More than 20 percent of Republicans surveyed said certain criminal charges against former President Trump have made them more likely to support him in the 2024 election, according to a new Ipsos poll released Thursday.
PANIC: Florida takes huge economic hit as conventions reject anti-woke agenda ( washingtonpress.com )
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has scared off millions of dollars worth of business from his state with his extremist, bigoted agenda.
Conservative women are embracing extremism under the guise of motherhood ( thehill.com )
The rise of this new, female group fits into a pattern of post-Jan. 6 domestic extremism.
The cringiest presidential campaign ad video you will ever see, courtesy of Ron DeSantis ( twitter.com )
Few days old so you may have already seen it but what the fuck is this lmfao