This is not a new GOP idea. Kansas enacted a proof of citizenship law more than a decade ago and it was blocked by a federal judge. Kansas was unable to show evidence of non-citizen voting and it wound up putting registration of 30k Kansans in jeopardy. documentcloud.org/documents/4521…

Ben-Gvir’s thugs are beating up Jews too. But I guess Bibi’s muppets won’t have anything to say about this?

Netanyahu created a contemporary version of: 'Can God create a rock so heavy that He himself cannot lift'?

He's created a coalition driven by racism, without which he can't survive politically. Even if he wanted to. And he doesn't

Self-imposed captivity, w/ malace aforethought.

Microplastics are not just in our arteries. Now found in blood clots thelancet.com/journals/ebiom… eBioMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science

INBOX: Media Matters releases the following statement after Texas AG Ken Paxton's lawsuit (on behalf of Elon Musk) is set aside:

'Today's decision is a victory for free speech.'

A frightening look at how conservatives enable a demagogue while an aging, institutionalist center-left fails to take decisive steps to halt the path towards authoritarianism.

Oh, and it's about Weimar Germany. Just in case this sounded a tad familiar.

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Perhaps because Twitter's engineers know that the platform is *already* carpet-bombed with LLM-composed inanity, scams & spam.

And don't want to speed the snshittification.

NEW: With the stroke of the governor’s pen, local governments in Florida are now blocked from requiring heat protections for outdoor workers, driving a stake through the heart of Miami-Dade County’s efforts to keep farmworkers and construction workers safe from extreme heat.…

.Duke University’s decision to rob Black students of this opportunity is yet another consequence of the end of affirmative action.

This ongoing war against educational equity must end.

Where in the world would a leader get the idea that they have immunity from laws like a king or something ? 🤔

The namesake of the Allen, TX mass shooter is suing a number of media personalities and outlets for misidentifying him and displaying his photo repeatedly, even when it was clear he was innocent.

(This was the shooting where Elon Musk wrote about a 'psyop', you may recall)

Interesting coincidence of Louisiana forcing kids to give birth while making it harder for children to fight back after being sexual abused

US adversaries are learning that the US can be manipulated into abandoning its interests in a winnable fight.

OMG Trump is asking his supporters to buy shares in his shit company. cnbc.com/amp/2024/04/12…

Your Friday reminder that Speaker Mike Johnson believes doctors should be thrown in prison and forced to do hard labor for up to 10 years if they perform an abortion.

This week, Governor Youngkin refused to sign a bill to protect access to contraception. Instead, he gutted the bill’s protections for IUDs, birth control, and emergency contraceptives.

As the next Governor of Virginia, I will defend the right to contraception for all Virginians.

House Republicans are commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day by betraying an embattled friendly democracy to a dictator's aggression.

.Faith E. Pinho with the Wild West history of that Civil War-era Arizona anti-abortion law -- which was cribbed from California

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Trump is about to go on trial in New York. Here's what to expect latimes.com/politics/story… Sarah D. Wire