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[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed James Talarico:

“I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases. But in my view, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas. 

And unlike Ken, I believe that you, James, believe in unity over division and that you know how to assemble not only Democrats but Independents and Republicans and we need that right now. 

We need unity, we don't need any more division and that's why I'm supporting you.”

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

FBI records obtained through a Judicial Watch lawsuit reveal that a Butler County Sheriff’s deputy exchanged two emails with Trump shooter Thomas Crooks before the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt. The records remain heavily redacted, concealing the nature of the communications. The documents also reveal a SWAT officer recovered a cell phone and a remote device with an antenna from Crooks after he was killed.

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 ICE announces it will no longer report deaths of recently released detainees.

This comes after the deaths of recently released detainees surge to a two-decade high.

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

86% of Americans want this. But Republicans block it every single time.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Unearthed footage shows Elias Irizarry, who was recently appointed to a top counterterrorism job, climbing through a Capitol window on January 6th

[FactPost @factpostnews]

At least 97 January 6th insurrectionists have been charged with or convicted of crimes after being pardoned by Trump.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted the court’s conservative majority for a ruling that “debases the democratic process” by allowing Alabama to use a congressional map that the justices had previously found intentionally discriminated against Black voters. https://t.co/ahoPNpCSNd

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Yes - this is our constitutional crisis in a nutshell. Mullin says he will pick and choose which court orders to follow based on whether he likes them or not.

That's a reciple for the total destruction of our democracy. That's totalitarianism.

[Mark Warner @MarkWarner]

It seems there is an entirely different set of rules for Republicans and Democrats.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Pulte's only qualification is that he is willing to abuse his authority to destroy Trump's political enemies.

He has zero national security experience. He's going to DNI to spy on Trump's opponents ahead of the election.

Period. Stop.

And Trump doesn't care if you know it.

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Scott Pelley issues new statement after being fired by CBS for opposing their pro-MAGA bias:

“New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them.

Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done.

Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

“If we stop measuring climate change, there is no climate crisis”

“If we erase January 6th, it didn’t happen”

“If we don’t release certain inflation data, there’s no inflation”

“If we don’t measure food insecurity, no one’s hungry”

“If we delete research on right-wing violence, there’s no right-wing violence”

“If we stop Covid testing, we’ll have fewer cases”

The Trump administration is hiding data so you can’t truly see how corrupt and incompetent they are.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

DEAN: You're under oath. When will you comply with the law and release all the Epstein files?

BLANCHE: We have complied with the law

DEAN: There are 3 million more documents. And you know what you said to me? 'They include another guy named Epstein.' Nobody is buying it

*the time of the gentlelady has expired*

DEAN: I beg your pardon? How do I get cut off 2 minutes into this? What is true is that the president has lied about being on Epstein's plane, and the unredacted files prove that. There's a lot in here. It's all covered up.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

BLANCHE: Who the president chooses to pardon is not a problem, period

IVEY: What's the legal basis for that statement?

BLANCHE: The Constitution

IVEY: The Constitution does not give him the authority to pardon in exchange for payments. It does not permit bribery

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

WAKE UP, AMERICA.

The Supreme Court majority just admitted it’s a PARTISAN operator willing to TORCH the rule of law to advance its ideological agenda.

In an unprecedented move with a brief UNSIGNED order, it: 1) IGNORED the central basis of the lower court’s decision, 2) DISREGARDED its own precedent (that it had assured just weeks ago remained good law), and 3) REWARDED Alabama's defiance of a federal court order.

All to help Republicans squeeze out one more seat in the midterms. And on Election Day for millions of Americans no less!

This is sick.

“Power, not reason, is the new currency of this Court's decisionmaking.” — Thurgood Marshall

[FactPost @factpostnews]

New reporting reveals Pete Hegseth has blocked promotions for several female and Black Navy officers.

Nearly 60% of the senior officers he has fired are female or Black.

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

The man who reportedly dug through mortgage data to get revenge against Trump’s enemies…

…will now be in charge of all of America’s spy powers.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

That’s odd because Trump and the White House said that tariffs don’t increase costs

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

Protect children. Vote Talarico.

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

Why is the mainstream media always talking about California's problems, and never about the insane conditions in red states?