.@AnandWrites: "American democracy is at risk because of the Democratic Party's risk aversion: not wanting to get messy, to do things that alienate a third of people... but if you're running against fascism in 2024, maybe a little less caution, a little more boldness, try stuff."
New: Days after Jan. 6, just before Biden's inauguration, and while the Supreme Court was still contending with a 2020 election case, the Alito home flew a "Stop the Steal" symbol: an upside-down American flag. https://t.co/PlKUAAbu3f
Hey everybody, a Federal Judge nominated by Donald Trump just BLOCKED the limit on credit card interest rates that was to go into effect next week. Join me in thanking the totally OWNED @GOP and @realDonaldTrump ! Enjoy your higher payments and remember this on Nov 5! 😡😡😡
JUST IN: Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed Trump’s classified documents case in Florida.
She says she wants to resolve other pre-trial motions before setting a trial date.
https://t.co/z4ZNhAsaTc
Press Sec. @K_JeanPierre: President Biden's budget lays out his plan to further strengthen Social Security and Medicare. The House Republican budget could cut Social Security by $1.5 trillion, increase the retirement age, raise premiums for seniors, slash Medicare's ability to negotiate lower drug costs, and repeal President Biden's $35 cap on insulin
NEW: Manhattan DA’s office wins right to have Stormy Daniels testify about her sexual encounter with Trump and “how she felt about it,” so long as details are minimal. The prosecutor clarified, without embarrassment, that Daniels will not testify about “genitalia.” Yikes.
In this Trump era that often seems utterly unconstrained by shame, Rachel Maddow points out that American voters can have shame. "We can have shame about our political choices as a country in terms of who are are elevating as America's face to the world."
Maddow: "The way you lose your democracy is by losing the expectation that we are participating in an election because all sides in that election plan to accept the result."
Wages are rising faster than prices, incomes are higher than before the pandemic, and unemployment has remained below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years.
We have more to do to lower costs for hardworking families, but we’re making real progress.
Actor Robert De Niro sits down with @SRuhle to discuss the danger he believes Trump poses to American democracy.
"The guy's a monster... He wants to do the most horrible things that he can think of in order to get a rise out of us... and it's ******* scary."
House Republicans used today's hearing on @Interior's budget request to complain about maintenance delays and backlogs.
But last year, Republicans slashed the agency's funding—which puts more projects on hold and reduces staff.
You can’t have it both ways, @NatResources.
Four executives from UnitedHealth sold a combined $101.5 MILLION in company stock after the company heard it was under investigation by the DOJ — but before the news was made public.
That's suspicious. The SEC should investigate them for insider trading.
https://t.co/iMSKIL1IOp
BREAKING: looks like Special Counsel Jack smith is planning to indict after election over 200 GOP members of congress who assisted Trump in conspiring “to overturn the presidential election and overthrow the government.”