Please read this. The government is arresting government scientists for being foreign and for studying infectious disease outbreaks when their own evidence shows they've committed no crime.
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BREAKINGNEWS: Donald Trump says he doesn't think Iran has mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Just yesterday Secretary Marco Rubio said there are mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump is either a fucking liar or stupid. šØ
The House just made two HUGE votes today against Trump and for Americaās national interest:
- a War Powers resolution to end Trumpās war in Iran
- funding to Ukraine to end Putinās war
š„³ @DrBiden just shared some wonderful photos and videos of @JoeBiden and the Biden family celebrating her birthday.
I really miss having this family in the White House. There was a decency, warmth, and grace about them that we could sure use right now.
The New World Screwworm has been confirmed in South Texas.
We've beaten this pest before, and we'll beat it again. But let's be honest: we should have been preparing for this long before it reached our border.
Now is the time for rapid detection, sensible containment, and using every proven tool available to stop it from spreading further.
Read my full statement >>
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#Texas #Agriculture #Screwworm #Livestock
There is no world in which this is okay. Ā
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from cases involving Trumpās Treasury Department while his own son was secretly working there as a political appointee and attorney.Ā
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His son's employment was hidden so thoroughly that his name appears nowhere on the Treasury Department website, he has no public resume, and his bar listings are outdated.Ā
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If Alito had recused himself, the secret would have come out. HeĀ didnātĀ recuse himself.Ā
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This is a clear conflict of interest, and the American people deserved to know about it.Ā
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The federal recusal standard isĀ clear: a justice must step asideĀ in any case where there is a reasonable basis to question whether heĀ or sheĀ can be impartial. A justice ruling on cases involving theĀ departmentĀ where his son works fails that test.Ā The Treasury Department sits at the center of some of the biggest legal fights of this administration, and challenges to Trumpās $1.776 billion January 6Ā slush fund could be headed to the Court next.Ā
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The Supreme Court is the only court in America with no binding code of conduct. That is completely unacceptable, and itĀ has toĀ change NOW.Ā
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Congress controls the Power of the Purse, and thereforeĀ theĀ Courtās funding.Ā If the Court will not adopt a binding code of conduct with real recusal review on their own, I support withholding their funding until they do.Ā
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For every single person who reads this: we need to do whatever it takes to get James Talarico elected. Every lie, every propaganda post, every conspiracy theory pushed across this platform must be met with blunt force facts and relentless truth.
Do not let misinformation breathe unchecked. Smother it with evidence. Challenge it publicly. Push back hard against the noise, the fear, and the manipulation. Stay focused. Stay loud. Stay relentless.
Democracy does not defend itself. People do.
#JamesTalarico #TalaricoForSenate #TexasDemocrats
#TXSenate
#PeopleOverPolitics
This is Nate Paul.
He was under FBI investigation for fraud. His real estate empire was collapsing after 18 properties filed for bankruptcy in a single year.
He wrote Ken Paxton a $25,000 check.
Then Paxton directed his AGās office to hand Paul confidential investigative files.
They blocked foreclosure sales on his properties.
And they sided with Paul against the charity he was accused of defrauding.
Nate Paul even employed Paxton's mistress at Paxtonās recommendation.
Paxton's own senior staff reported his corruption to the FBI. They were fired.
This is what Ken Paxton does when heās in a position of power ā and itās why he should be nowhere near the U.S. Senate.
Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas
This is how political coalitions collapse.
A lifelong Texas conservative just looked straight into the camera and basically said:
āIād rather hand Democrats the Senate than let these corporations turn my community into a giant AI server farm.ā
That is a MASSIVE warning sign for Republicans.
This is the Republican base revolting against Trump-backed Ken Paxton over data centers swallowing land, water, power grids, and entire towns.
And once rural conservatives start breaking rank over corporate overreach, property destruction, and quality-of-life issuesā¦
the map changes FAST.
Republicans have held that Senate seat since 1993.
Now you have conservatives openly saying:
āRed or blue, if you stop the data centers, you get our vote.ā
That is how realignment starts.
The Pope in Vatican Gardens for Rosary: āPeace is not a theory to be tested in a laboratory, nor a naĆÆve illusion, nor a matter to be pursued out of self-interest. Rather, it must be looked for with a sincere heart. It is a daily commitment. Peace comes from justice and loveā¦The cry of innocent people must no longer be heard in cities. No one should be forced to leave their homes due to the threat of bombs. The thirst for power and the āviolence of wordsā must stop and make room for justice and truth. Everyone can and must do their part to achieve peace, the Pope urged. It must start with small but important things, abstaining from every form of verbal or physical violence in daily life and also on social media.ā
Fun Fact:
The word God never appears in founding documents. Christianity is also never mentioned.
In 1797, John Adams wrote, āthe government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religionā
Taxes should never fund any religious schools.
I have been in rooms in Congress where the vote was already decided before anyone spoke.
Not because of the evidence. Not because of the constituent calls. Because of the money.
Insurance company money killed the public option. Pharmaceutical company money blocked drug price negotiations for years. Corporate landlord money has stalled every serious rent stabilization effort.
This is how the system works. And it is exactly why we have to change it. Dark money is corruption, and it has no place in our democracy.
Getting really tired of some āDemocratsā acting like @DrBiden has no right to tell her side of the story or promote her own memoir.
She stood by her husband and family, did the work of First Lady, kept teaching, showed up every day, and carried herself with humility and grace through more than most people could handle.
She has more than earned the right to tell her story in her own words.
I donāt know about you, but Iām looking forward to her book.
Iāve got Dr. Bās back. Do you?
šØ Impeachment articles have officially been filed against Chief Justice John Roberts. Now itās our turn to force Congress to act. Click below to demand they support his impeachment right now:
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If the provision in the NDAA to integrate/synchronize the U.S. and Israeli militaries (section 224) makes it out of committee, Iāll offer an amendment to strip it from the bill on the floor.
We are a sovereign country.
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