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Trump told former chief of staff John Kelly that Hitler "did a lot of good things"
The remark reportedly shocked Kelly. It shouldn't have.
Take Action: Tell Google: Remove white supremacist and Nazi content from Google Podcasts
VIDEO OF THE DAY: McConnell accidentally sinks himself with major misstep
There's nothing like extolling the virtues of how much help people are about to receive all while conceding you are in no way responsible for it.
Take Action: Add your name to tell Senate Democrats to DUMP THE FILIBUSTER!
Brian Tyler Cohen finally interviews a REPUBLICAN congressman
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: About time.
Marjorie Taylor Greene reveals she learned nothing from Holocaust Museum visit
Just three weeks after she visited the Holocaust Museum and contritely said she had finally learned at age 47 that there is "nothing comparable" to the genocide of 6 million Jewish people, Rep. Greene once again invoked Nazi Germany to complain about President Biden's vaccination policy in the United States.
Take Action: Tell DOJ: No white supremacists in federal law enforcement!
Matt Gaetz associate, citing his cooperation with federal investigators, asks for sentencing delay
Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax official, pleaded guilty in May to six counts tied to wire fraud, identity theft, bribery and the sex trafficking of a minor.
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson caught on camera at GOP luncheon saying climate change is "bullsh*t"
Johnson, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, questioned why the US was focused on the climate crisis at all.
Take Action: Tell Congress to invest in clean transportation in the infrastructure plan!
Nikole Hannah-Jones declines UNC's tenure offer for position at Howard University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill trustees did not initially offer the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist tenure after backlash from conservatives who condemned her hiring and her award-winning New York Times Magazine intiative, the 1619 Project.
Kevin McCarthy ditches GOP boycott of MAGA riot panel as Republicans' defense strategy comes into view
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is finalizing a House GOP roster for a Democratic-led investigation into the deadly January 6 insurrection, canning the idea of a boycott on adding Republicans to the panel on the theory that it's better to join in and play an active defense — of a violent rebellion against the US government his own party helped foment.
Kayleigh McEnany falsely claims all the "main Founding Fathers" opposed slavery
In McEnany's defense, she lies all the time and facts are really hard.
Black woman pinned down and stripped naked over traffic infraction while male officers watched
Just a few more of those bad apples, apparently.
Eric Adams will win New York City Democratic mayoral primary, AP projects
The former New York City Police Department captain ran as a more moderate Democrat and made curbing crime his central issue.
Seriously?
Meanwhile...
Hope...
TODAY’S ACTION: Stop Line 3!
The new Line 3 project is a rerouted expansion of an existing pipeline carrying crude oil built with defective steel in 1961. The current pipeline already suffers from ruptures and spills, functioning only at a whopping half pressure. At a 7.5 million dollar price tag, it would be one of the largest crude oil pipelines in the world. Which means that 915,000 barrels of tar sands crude, some of the Earth’s dirtiest oil, would traverse delicate wetlands, rice beds, and lakes daily. Violating Ojibwe treaty territory, Line 3 would put First Nation communities and our environment at risk.
Just look at what happened this week alone -- a pipeline rupture set the Gulf of Mexico on fire, a mud volcano ruptured in the Caspian Sea barely missing offshore oil and gas fields... These types of accidents are hardly hypothetical.
In a time where our climate’s future feels so uncertain, the Line 3 pipeline is more than just a mistake -- it’s a gamble with some of our most sensitive ecosystems and marginalized communities. Write President Biden and tell him to make good on his climate campaign promises and stop construction on Line 3 now!
While President Biden could revoke the federal permits issued by the Trump administration that the pipeline depends on, he has yet to do so. We need our elected leaders to start aggressively tackling the issues of climate change. Just the last few weeks of drought, flooding, and heatwaves illustrate the need for meaningful action.
We are running out of time.
The implementation of Line 3 only threatens to make that time shorter.
Write President Biden and tell him not to choose oil over our planet and our First Nation communities. Demand he revoke federal construction permits for Line 3 now!
PS — Please don't forget to sign the petition telling the Olympics to stop targeting Black women and let them compete, and be sure to follow OD Action on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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