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Vote Blue 💙 to save Democracy! #HarrisWalz2024

[EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel]

After cutting screwworm monitoriing last year, causing this year's outbreak, Trump is planning on cutting forest research as we expect the worst El Nino ever.

And Republicans won't stop him for the good of the country.

https://t.co/MC6PUNhBoS

[Roger Parloff @rparloff]

The judicial version of the Streisand effect:
Embarrassed by Judge Boasberg's order quashing the Jerome Powell GJ subpoenas, @USAttyPirro asks him to vacate his opinion as moot. Boasberg says no & embarrasses her further. She "harass[ed]" Powell for nothing more than "displeasing" POTUS.
https://t.co/BjbFePT2hM

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

The Epstein Files: Kathy Ruemmler's Rewrite of History falls flat with Epstein's survivors
https://t.co/F0yyWeMdrb

[Will Saletan @saletan]

Why did Hegseth, on D-Day, ignore the invasion of Ukraine while decrying an "invasion" of immigrants across the Mediterranean?

Because Trump's focus isn't on Russian aggression. It's on "keeping Muslims and Africans out of Europe and the United States." https://t.co/FC5dvMphNP

[Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc]

On the first day of the war, U.S. precision strikes killed 120 children at a school and 21 civilians at/near a sports hall. Just last night, precision strikes destroyed a drinking water facility serving 20,000 people in 100°F heat. “Very precise, very controlled.”

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Rep. Carlos Gimenez: "All of the southeastern United States is actually now threatened by Cuba. Cuba has always been a national security threat to the United States ... once we finish with Iran, then President Trump is going to turn his attention to Cuba"

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Under ethics rules, federal employees can't accept gifts from people whose finances could be affected by their decisions.

That didn't stop Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy from attending the Knicks game in Jim Dolan's box on Monday. The Transportation IG should investigate.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room in D.C. features more than 3 million pages of files related to Epstein, a convicted sex offender, that the Justice Department released to the public in January. https://t.co/uOWMi0hutP

[Sandi Bachom 📹 @sandibachom]

@jkbjournalist https://t.co/1zXd1aHCwn

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

Nipple-Gate: How it was more important to protect Trump at all costs than it was for the DOJ and FBI to investigate Epstein's crimes against women and children.

https://t.co/HuBH7n0Wyq

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Morning Joe interviewed 3-time Trump voters who have become disillusioned: "It's been two years now. You said you'd bring down the grocery prices. I must be the most angry person when I grocery shop."

"He's backtracked on every single pitch point he had during his election ... I'm not a big supporter of him at this point"

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:

Active Voting Rights Cases: 157
Active Redistricting Cases: 41
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 79
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 74
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32

Help support its work. https://t.co/QQoJcTWCyH

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

🚨 BOMBSHELL! Fmr. DOJ Prosecutor Brendan Ballou exposes Trump's massive UFC scam. He confirms the administration is selling $1.5M VIP packages for White House cage fights.

Washington is openly using public monuments to generate private profits. Pure corruption!

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

BREAKING: just filed our opposition to the admin's desperate last minute stay bid to stave off the removal of Trump's name from the Kennedy Center

They rehash the same losing arguments

We @DDAction_ & at WLG will keep on fighting Trump's corruption. The stay should be denied

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

No se habla lo suficiente de que "Israel" está borrando la ciudad de Tiro, uno de los asentamientos humanos más antiguos del mundo, con orígenes que datan de 2750 AC, literalmente están destruyendo patrimonio de toda la humanidad.

En 3 meses "Israel" ha asesinado a más de 3.700 libaneses pero al mundo no parece importarle.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING MS NOW:

FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative — a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters in that state, according to three people briefed on the search.
https://t.co/PpSe4tNPzo

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Let's walk through what actually happened here, in order.

DOGE cut the USAID program specifically designed to prevent screwworm from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. DOGE cut USDA's animal disease control and prevention funding. That funding had supported more than 180 outbreak investigations in 22 countries and capacity-building in more than 160 laboratories. The screwworm monitoring and response program that watched the border for exactly this parasite - cut.

Then screwworm showed up in Texas cattle. Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a disaster for Zavala and Uvalde counties this week.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins went on CNBC this morning and blamed the Biden administration, 17 months out of office.

Her specific words: "obviously not much had been done to push back."

The program that was supposed to push back existed. DOGE eliminated it in March 2025. Rollins has been Agriculture Secretary since February 13, 2025. The cuts happened on her watch.

Beef prices are already high. Ranchers in south Texas are now dealing with a flesh-eating parasite that was eradicated in this country in the 1960s - eradicated, specifically, using the sterile fly program her department defunded.

The flies existed. The program existed. The budget existed.

Until it didn't.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

It's hard to fathom how deeply evil this is, and that we have people running our country who get sick pleasure from sending women fleeing violence in Iran to an African country in the middle of a brutal civil war.
https://t.co/JaN8z2LFI2

[Congressman Robert Garcia @RepRobertGarcia]

BOMBSHELL: For the first time, we now know that Vice President Vance has been deeply involved in Epstein strategy and this White House cover-up.

He and top Admin officials have been using the situation room to meet. It’s time to talk to the VP.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Sixteen of the 27 corporate donors to Trump's ballroom are facing federal enforcement actions or have had such actions suspended by the Trump admin, including major antitrust reviews, labor actions and securities matters. https://t.co/zaF7Ky0aaI