Katy Hart

[Gary Peters @GaryPeters]

Like Abdul, I have two daughters. I can only imagine the fears he and Sarah have about this vile political rhetoric targeting him and other Democrats yesterday.

This must stop, and all leaders need to stand up and condemn it.

[Jocelyn Benson @JocelynBenson]

How dare you, Congressman. My husband enlisted in the Army and put his life on the line for our country after losing his friend, Todd Ouida, in the towers on 9/11. This is a despicable lie to the people of Michigan about what that day means to me and my family, the sacrifices made, and the devastating impact of that attack on our country.

I have never, and would never, campaign with anyone who says something so reprehensible.

If you have any decency, you will immediately take down this false ad. The veterans and families who lost loved ones on 9/11 deserve better than your lies and self-serving political opportunism.

Shame on you.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

The following Republicans voted to block the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which gave 9/11 first responders access to critical care:

— Sen. Susan Collins
— Rep. Jim Jordan
— Rep. John Boozman
— Rep. Vern Buchanan
— Rep. Ken Calvert
— Sen. John Thune
— Rep. Shelley Moore Capito
— Rep. Cynthia Lummis
— Rep. John Carter
— Rep. Bill Cassidy
— Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
— Rep. Virginia Foxx
— Rep. Sam Graves
— Sen. Lisa Murkowski
— Rep. Brett Guthrie
— Sen. Mitch McConnell
— Rep. Darrell Issa
— Rep. Robert Aderholt
— Sen. Mike Crapo
— Sen. Chuck Grassley
— Rep. Gus Bilirakis
— Rep. Marsha Blackburn
— Rep. Robert E. Latta
— Sen. James Risch
— Rep. Frank D. Lucas
— Rep. Michael McCaul
— Rep. Tom McClintock
— Rep. Jerry Moran
— Rep. Mike Rogers (AL)
— Rep. Harold Rogers
— Rep. Mike Rogers (MI)
— Rep. Steve Scalise
— Rep. Pete Sessions
— Rep. Michael K. Simpson
— Rep. Adrian Smith
— Rep. Glenn Thompson
— Rep. Michael R. Turner
— Rep. Joe Wilson
— Rep. Robert J. Wittman
— Sen. John Barrasso
— Sen. John Cornyn
— Sen. Roger Wicker

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

This is the interview Trump’s FCC doesn’t want you to see.

We’re not just going up against the most corrupt politician in Texas.

We’re going up against this entire corrupt system.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Trump: Meets privately with Joesley Batista, who controls Brazil’s JBS- world’s largest beef producer.

Next Day: Announces US to import 660 MILLION lbs of beef, mostly from Brazil.

JBS: Donates $5 MILLION to Trump

It’s the most corrupt admin in history.

[Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @NotHoodlum]

This should be on the front page of every newspaper tomorrow.

[Rep. Jason Crow @RepJasonCrow]

Do you think renting or owning a home is too expensive?

Republicans don't care.

Trump is throwing a fit and refusing to sign a bipartisan bill to lower costs for you.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

FLAG: The Postmaster General confirmed at a Senate hearing that under a new proposed rule, the Postal Service would not deliver mail-in ballots in states that decline to hand over sensitive data about voters to the federal government.
https://t.co/2FPJlFR6RH

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin owns up to $1 million in a kratom company. He’s pushed restrictions on competitors and reportedly pressed officials to soften FDA warnings.

This looks like a textbook conflict of interest. What do you think?
https://t.co/pXQJNEdhSX

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

Q: Mr. Paxton, what do you think about Adam Hoffman?

Ken Paxton: *no response*

Q: Why did you give a plea deal for a child sex predator?

Ken Paxton: *no response*

Q: Should he be registered as a pedophile in the state of Texas, as a sex offender?

Ken Paxton: *no response*

Q: What do you have to say to the victim of Adam Hoffman?

Ken Paxton: *no response*

[Mitch Jackson, Esq. @mitchjackson]

Let me be really clear about what just happened.

The head of the U.S. Postal Service sat in front of the United States Senate and said the quiet part loud: no voter list, no mail ballots. Full stop.

You don’t get to look away from this one.

This is a proposed rule. It’s being fought in court. But the fact that it was said — that a federal official openly threatened to withhold your ballot — that matters.

Your vote is yours. Not the administration’s. Not USPS’s. Yours.

Stay informed. Stay loud.

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨48-year-old former fire chief Gary Brandon of Moundsville, WV and proud Trump supporter has been charged with possession of child s*xual abuse material after being fired from his position in late April.

According to Marshall County Prosecutor Joe Canestraro, the investigation started over theft allegations against Brandon — but when police executed a search warrant, they found approximately 8 images of child s*xual abuse material on a computer in his fire department office. The case was then handed to the West Virginia State Police.

Brandon appeared before Judge Thomas Wood in Marshall County Magistrate Court, pleaded not guilty to one count of distributing or exhibiting visual portrayal of a minor engaged in s*xually explicit conduct, and posted a $2,500 bond.

He’s due back in court June 25 for a preliminary hearing.

Brandon had served the Moundsville Fire Department for 18 years and was sworn in as chief in 2018.

The theft investigation is still ongoing — no related charges have been filed yet.

Brandon posted a picture of himself wearing a pro-Trump “Puck Around Find Out 45/47” T-shirt. 45/47 represents Trump being both the 45 and 47th president of the United States, given he did not serve his presidential terms consecutively.

Could you imagine all the viral headlines if this were a trans person or a drag queen? But since it’s the usual suspect, dead silence.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

REPUBLICAN SEN. TILLIS: “What Freakin’ parallel universe did I wake up in? You’re telling me — if it’s true — damaging the reflecting pool lining is something Pirro wants to prosecute… yet they’re releasing people who pled guilty to assaulting officers?”

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

Unearthed documents reveal Ken Paxton celebrating a Texas law that forces women to leave the state to receive life-saving reproductive care.

He bragged the law is “stimulating” interstate travel.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration https://t.co/WA59TUHa59

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Jared Kushner has not filed a financial disclosure or divested from any of his billions in potentially conflicting financial interests.

Yet he's meeting with JD Vance and the Prime Minister of Qatar in Switzerland and negotiating with Iran. Not ok.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: RED ALERT! Anti-ICE protestors in Texas get sentenced to FIFTY YEARS IN PRISON by a Trump-appointed judge in an outrageous North Korean-style kangaroo court to punish free speech!

This should terrify every one of us…

A group of nine protestors were convicted of bullshit terrorism charges from a Fourth of July protest at an immigrant detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, south of Fort Worth.

The protestors had fireworks to set off in solidarity with those poor individuals detained inside. Police arrived and immediately escalated the situation, leading to the slashing of tires of ICE vehicles, and breaking a security camera.

One protestor fired a shot at one of the guards, hitting him in the arm, in order to stop him from shooting one of the protesters.

Benjamin Song, the shooter, received 100 years in prison.

His fellow protesters Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Savanna Batten, Elizabeth Soto and Meagan Morris were sentenced to 50 years in prison. Maricela Rueda, another demonstrator, was sentenced to 70 years in prison.

In comparison, the leader of the Proud Boys received 22 years in prison for attacking the Capitol on January 6th.

All six were convicted of riot, providing material support to terrorists, and explosive charges.

Three of the defendants weren’t involved in the planning and left after the guards told them to; one of them WASN’T EVEN THERE but got 30 years in prison for “moving leftwing zines.”

The judge stacked the charges together and gave outrageously long sentences to the protesters, who were smeared as “antifa.”

As if you needed any more proof, the Trump-appointed judge said explicitly said he was handing down maximum sentences to "send a message" to anyone else who shares this ideology of caring for other people and exercising their rights to protest.

The implications of this are DEEPLY disturbing. “If you’ve ever worn black to a protest, used Signal, or carried a first aid kit, a federal jury just decided that can all be evidence of terrorism,” writes organizer Hannah Riley Fernandez on Twitter.

With Trump judges installed across the country, Trump and his goons are clearly ready to hand down massive sentences in kangaroo courts in order to brutally punish anyone who dares to protest his appalling persecution of immigrants.

Fascism has come to America.

[Rep. Jason Crow @RepJasonCrow]

Our Director of National Intelligence has zero national security experience.

Now he’s firing public servants who do.

This is not only stupid, it makes us less safe.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

A tarp over the Kennedy Center and a fence around the Reflecting Pool.
All to soothe the wounded ego of a petulant, perpetual loser.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents are now aggressively tackling, and arresting, U.S. VETERANS.

In this video, multiple ICE agents are seen violently tackling a man to the ground… while another agent points a taser at bystanders, who are standing so far away, they aren’t even visible.

As the man is being pinned down, his brother repeatedly yells that he is a veteran, and legally in the United States.

An ICE agent then pulls up and begins ordering the brother to “stay out of it.”

The brother continues shouting that the man being detained is a veteran, and legal.

And the agent’s response?

“I don’t care.”

ICE’s entire purpose is, supposedly, to enforce immigration law. Their entire job is determining who is not legally allowed to be in this country.

So, if an agent’s response to learning the person they’re arresting is a veteran… and here legally… is, “I don’t care.”

Then what exactly are ICE agents actually enforcing?