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[Tom Santos @tommysantos14]

Dr. Oz announcing that seniors’ drug premiums will only go up “less than $10” a month is a hell of a way to say “I am raising drug premiums on 25 million seniors.”

In an election year. On purpose.
https://t.co/hIM2cfyV8X

[askatknits @askatknits]

@RonFilipkowski I’m stunned they didn’t label everything “shithole countries”.

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

The question nobody's asked yet about the Buttigieg case is the one Vivek Sankaran raised. He directs the Child Welfare Appellate Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School, and his concern isn't just that the call was false. It's that it should never have gotten this far. An anonymous tip about a conversation with a stranger at an Alabama conference years ago, with no specifics about the actual children, was thin enough that it never should have cleared intake, let alone triggered a state visit and a day of separation.

That system failure has a history with LGBTQ parents specifically. In 1996, a Florida judge gave primary custody of a child to her father, a convicted murderer who'd just served eight years for killing his first wife, over her mother, because the mother was a lesbian. The state has used sexual orientation as a weapon against gay and lesbian parents before. This isn't a new fear. It's an old one wearing a new delivery mechanism.

New York recently banned anonymous CPS reports for exactly this reason. Michigan hasn't.

[askatknits @askatknits]

@WajahatAli He is such an ass

[askatknits @askatknits]

@mariashriver Sadly, it is who some of us are

[Jackie Singh @HackingButLegal]

WATCH: Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer informs DOJ has quietly changed the rules. Todd Blanche now has full discretion to move federal prisoners to any facility of his choosing without oversight — think Maximum Security for “ANTIFA” and a Halfway House for Ghislaine Maxwell

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Michelle Obama: "No one — and I mean no one — has the right to sit in judgment of who's American enough."

[askatknits @askatknits]

@neeratanden And it falls short after the prior nights interview.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Wow, this is quite damning for Donald Trump regarding the Epstein files:

@Rep_Walkinshaw: "I want to share one piece of information, one question that the former Attorney General did answer. She was asked specifically about Donald Trump, President Trump's awareness of Epstein's crimes before they became public knowledge. She had the opportunity to say Donald Trump certainly wasn't aware of those crimes. She had the opportunity to say, I know Donald Trump and if he was aware of those crimes, he would have done something. Instead, she said, I don't know. She also said, quote, this is a direct quote, 'I'm not certain of the extent of his knowledge.' I think that's a perfect example as to why we need Pam Bondi under oath in a real deposition for the camera so the American people can see and hear her answers to our questions."

[askatknits @askatknits]

@mehdirhasan @ConorLambPA @malcolmkenyatta I agree. I voted for that asshat.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

This is what Trump's done to the people's house:

A third of it is rubble.

Another third is a cage match.

What a metaphor.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

No Trump arch.

No Trump ballroom.

No Trump slush fund.

No Trump bank note.

No Kings.

https://t.co/M4oBAumRIQ

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.

[askatknits @askatknits]

@esglaude @Realrclark25 I think this should be something white families should do as well. This is something we need to be in this fight as well. We want to be allies, then we need to be allies.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

This is personal & powerful. A must watch.

Every Democrat today stands with @harrisonjaime.

Jim Clyburn & John Lewis were inspired by a conversation late into the night with MLK. Taking away his district is dishonoring King's entire life & work.

[Neera Tanden🌻 @neeratanden]

It's true the GOP is rigging our elections. Orban rigged his whole country. But a Magyar landslide did defeat him. We will need those numbers in our country.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Last month in Virginia, the people made their voices heard at the ballot box and voted for new Congressional maps.

Today, the Virginia Supreme Court ignored the will of the people and overturned those democratically chosen maps.

This ruling gives a boost to Donald Trump's effort to rig the 2026 elections and the Republicans' long game to attack voting rights.

We are rightfully outraged, but we will not give up. We must continue our fight to restore the power of the people.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

No vote in Tennessee (+1 GOP)
No vote in Florida (+4 GOP)
No vote in Missouri (+1 GOP)
No vote in North Carolina (+2 GOP)
No vote in Texas (+5 GOP)

Virginia’s voter-approved maps thrown out.

MAGA has rigged the system.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Not long ago, reauthorizations of the Voting Rights Act were bipartisan votes that Democratic and Republican presidents signed without controversy.

Now the right-wing Supreme Court majority has gutted the VRA, and GOP-led legislatures are erasing Black voters from the map. https://t.co/R8TzQu8zXw