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Kennedy: "Immigration used to be our strongest issue. It's clearly not right now."

President Obama says Rev. Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns were a huge reason that "two decades later, a young Black senator from Chicago's South Side would even be taken seriously as a candidate for the presidential nomination."

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Virginia Lawmakers Should Pass Citizens United Trigger Law Challenging the Supreme Court’s mistaken Citizens United ruling will help spur legal change and curb the influence of big money in state politics.

Virginia could be one of the first states to deploy an underutilized tool in the road toward undoing the Supreme Court’s erroneous campaign finance rulings. Here’s how it would work: bit.ly/3OYOEOV

Early voting begins in Virginia for congressional redistricting plan Virginians can now vote on whether the state should amend its constitution to allow the General Assembly to redraw congressional districts.

VIRGINIA REDISTRICTING BATTLE: Early voting is underway on a referendum that would allow the General Assembly to temporarily redraw congressional districts.

Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social
The fact that we had to call in the 🇺🇦 to help us out, when we've deprived them of the Tomahawk missiles that would have taken out the 🇷🇺 drone factories that they're then supplying to the Iranians is—what's the right term for that?

IT IS IRONIC🃏

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Oil hits $90 per barrel, stocks continue to drop as escalating Iran war shocks markets Since the war began last weekend, the price of U.S. crude oil has surged more than 30%.

LATEST: Oil prices continue soaring, putting them on track to record their biggest jump since early 2020 as the escalating Iran war threatens global energy supplies.

Corey Lewandowski out at DHS after Kristi Noem is fired by Trump: report Senator Markwayne Mullin will replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

Corey Lewandowski out at DHS after rumored affair partner Kristi Noem is fired by Trump

Republicans are bad for the economy!

Trump is a titanic f*ck up. He has the worst jobs record of any American President since Hoover. 4/

They should spend in Texas, to at least take some seats from Republicans. Texas needs new leadership as well.

Dems aren’t sure whether to actually spend big to flip Texas National Democrats are worried the money it would take to compete in Texas could be better spent elsewhere.

National Dems are worried the money it would take to potentially flip Texas could be better spent elsewhere.

“No one’s taking Texas seriously,” one Democratic bundler told us.

Every Single Billionaire in the New Epstein Files We believe we are the first outlet to report the COMPLETE list of all the billionaires mentioned in the latest batch of the Epstein files.

Expose the vile predators and predator protectors

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Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Does he comprehend they’re not our friends yet?

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Early voting begins in Virginia's redistricting election, which could determine control of the House in midterms Early voting begins Friday in an unusual election in Virginia that could have major implications for control of the House.

🚨VIRGINIA EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN🚨

Whether/How Virginians vote on this referendum may determine control of Congress.

The larger the victory, the less likely the maps are to get overturned.

This is essentially your midterm, Virginia.

Please cast your YES ballot EARLY.
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Massive war price tag could be a massive problem for GOP leaders The prospect of a ballooning new spending bill has GOP leaders bracing for a messy internal fight.

Capitol Hill Republicans are about to confront a staggering price tag for Trump’s Middle East war.

Some GOP lawmakers are hearing estimates that the Pentagon is spending as much as $2 billion a day.

Trump is a titanic f*ck up. We've lost jobs in 5 of the last 9 months.

DoJ releases Epstein files containing uncorroborated abuse allegations against Trump Justice department said the files were initially withheld because they were mistakenly categorized as duplicates The US justice department released additional files related to Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, including FBI memos describing interviews with a woman who made uncorroborated allegations against Epstein and Donald Trump. The documents were not included in the justice department’s earlier releases of Epstein-related records, which began in December. Justice department officials have said the files were initially withheld because they were mistakenly categorized as duplicates. Continue reading...

DoJ releases Epstein files containing uncorroborated abuse allegations against Trump

Hungary has gone from being against Russia to kissing their ass, to stealing from the victim of their aggression. SHAME!

Hungary seizes millions of euros in cash and gold from Ukrainian convoy Seven Ukrainians arrested and money-laundering investigation launched in latest spat between Kyiv and Budapest An increasingly acrimonious spat between Hungary and Ukraine has escalated further, as Budapest impounded two Ukrainian armoured bank vehicles carrying millions of euros of hard cash as well as bars of gold. Seven Ukrainian citizens accompanying the convoy were also arrested. Continue reading...

Hungary seizes millions of euros in cash and gold from Ukrainian convoy

Trump is a titanic f*ck up. 2/

A Disastrous Jobs Report, Russia Is Helping Iran Attack The US, The War Is Spinning Out Of Control - America Needs A Course Correction, Now Our addled and desperate leader is putting America and the world into grave danger - Democrats must fight to force a course correction......

America is in need of a major course correction:
- Qatar warns new war could "bring down the economies of the world"
- Disastrous jobs report, inflation is rising, fiscal condition worsening
- Russia is helping Iran attack Americans
Need a better way👇
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GI-Jihad: Iran War Blurs the Line Between Religion and the Constitution Military commanders are reportedly speaking about the war against Iran as if it's a Christian crusade, with the Pentagon led by Pete Hegseth.

COMMENTARY: Iran War Blurs the Line Between Religion and the Constitution

Military commanders are reportedly speaking about the Iran offensive as if it's a Christian crusade.

Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas.

Conditions at ICE's largest detention facility — revealed in data from more than a hundred 911 calls, interviews and court filings — offer a disturbing portrait of overcrowding, medical neglect, malnutrition and emotional distress.

CNN has talked to think tanks and experts on government spending. Here's a breakdown of what they told us. https://cnn.it/4uvyCN1

Late Night Isn’t Sad to See Kristi Noem Leave Homeland Security “Sounds like someone’s about to become the FIFA secretary of homeland security,” Stephen Colbert joked.

“Sounds like someone’s about to become the FIFA secretary of homeland security,” Stephen Colbert joked after President Trump fired Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, announcing her new role as “special envoy for the Shield of the Americas.” Here's a recap of other late-night moments.

Rep. Mark Alford on spiking gas prices: "I think we all know that when you have a kinetic conflict like this -- whether you want to call it a war or not -- it is going to take a little bit of sacrifice on the part of Americans"

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No religious tome should assume to know the intent of an omnipotent being. Should one even exist. I’ve seen far too many things to allow a religion to dictate terms of my spirituality.
So I treat them as clues to a mystery that may never be solved.

That said I’m all for a bit of karmic “smiting”.

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With the accumulative knowledge of humankind at our fingertips… granted accompanied by willful examples of its idiocy… it’s astonishing an adult human assumedly aware of the world around them & the diverse people accompanying them thru life’s journey would choose this. In the name of “God” no less.💔

Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.

What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.

When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.

Remember this.