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“delightfully unhinged” -anonymous reviewer

[ACLU of Texas @ACLUTx]

The Texas Senate recently passed a bill — SB1933 — giving Gov. Abbott’s appointee the power to remove elected officials and seize control of how local elections are run.

Just like Houston ISD, the governor is trying to override voters to replace leaders he can’t control. #TXLege

[Fifty Shades of Whey @davenewworld_2]

Greg Abbott would rather pardon a convicted murderer than pardon marijuana offenders

[Alanna Vagianos @AlannaVagianos]

BREAKING: Idaho governor quietly signed the abortion trafficking bill into law tonight. It's the first law to restrict interstate travel for abortion care since Roe fell.

The law goes into effect 30 days from today. https://t.co/UQS3ExvL2m

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas has secretly accepted luxury trips from a billionaire Republican donor, newly obtained docs and interviews show.

These trips appeared nowhere on Thomas’ financial disclosures, and he appears to have broken the law

https://t.co/CltEQfzVlU

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Idaho Republicans just passed a new bill banning the use of student IDs to vote after young voters saw a massive 66% surge in registration in the last 4 years. Gun licenses will still be allowed. https://t.co/cp8V39ENCp

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Democrats: "Let's protect Social Security and make healthcare more affordable."

Republicans: "WOKE! Mr. Potato Head!"

Democrats: "Um... Let's talk about infrastructure and ensure banks are properly regulated."

Republicans: "PEDO! GROOMER! GAS STOVES! I AIN'T EATIN' NO BUGS!"

[alissacaliente @alissacaliente]

can’t imagine why a trope has developed around characters exploiting the language of christianity to exert control and enact violence on others. just materialized out of nowhere

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

How many of the Silicon Valley folks who lobbied Congress + Trump to cause this crisis are willing to admit they were wrong?

I haven’t seen a single one of these guys crying for a bailout take a single ounce of accountability for their actions. It’s honestly shameless.

[Amerifat Treatlerite 🐷 @uspsveteran]

weird how it’s ok to bail some people out but not others

[Chris Tackett (aka See It Name It Fight It) @cjtackett]

"Get married, stay married, and be fruitful and multiply" is the tag line for Texas HB2889.
Stay married - 10% tax reduction
Have 2 kids - 40% tax reduction
Have 10 kids - 100% reduction

This is handmaids tale, where women are pushed to be broodmares. They want more white kids.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Duggar family on abortion
•2013: Abortion is “Baby Holocaust”
•2015: Rally against abortion!
•2020: March for Life!
•2023: “Due to complications we had a procedure to remove the baby & pretend it isn’t abortion.”

Healthcare for me but not for thee
https://t.co/Pn7VN1ZjCY

[alison @alisonlovestv]

cw: pregnancy loss

I live in Alabama, a state with a total abortion ban, and was so overjoyed when I found out I was pregnant last month. I’ve been doing everything right. Stopped caffeine, took my prenatal vitamins, followed every rec. But I started bleeding on Tuesday.🧵

[Vaush 📺 @VaushV]

REPUBLICANS: "School shootings aren't a gun problem, they're a mental health problem."

EVERYONE ELSE: "Okay so what are we going to do about that then?"

REPUBLICANS:

[Joe Jaworski @JaworskiForTX]

https://t.co/UzlUlkYjRT

[Anna Merlan @annamerlan]

Exclusive: we obtained unaired footage from Tucker Carlson's interview with Ye, in which the artist makes numerous inflammatory comments about Jews and describes a bizarre claim that "fake children" were planted in his home to manipulate his own kids. https://t.co/CMn0sGfK58

[tash @natvanstreep]

@thekacie A lot of vets accept pillows and blankets as well!

[Braxton 🟥 @Braxtonbrew96]

You can't make this up. The Department of Education estimates it will cost $99,900,900 to operate the application for student debt cancelation. They would literally rather spend $100M on means-testing than just canceling the debt automatically.

[Guad Venegas @Guadvenegas]

Weeks ago Ron DeSantis was sending migrants away from Florida. Today, the labor force needed to clean and rebuild after Hurricane Ian includes migrants. These guys told me they recently arrived from Venezuela and were happy to get paid to clean up.

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

.@JohnFetterman is trying to flip Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat while fending off a celebrity doctor and recovering from a stroke that almost killed him. @rtraister reports https://t.co/Xt5xBoEok3

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

THREAD. An important poll about public opinion on police budgets was just released. But how the news media reported the poll is disturbing. It's important to understand how the news manipulates reasonable discussion about police funding.