State AG to subpoena Trump for fraud

 

US wins appeal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the UK

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New York AG to subpoena Trump in ongoing fraud investigation
Letitia James is seeking to question the disgraced ex-president under oath for a long-running fraud investigation into the Trump family's business practices.

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Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to keep Capitol riot documents from House committee
A federal appeals court Thursday ruled against Trump in his effort to block his White House records from being released to the House select committee investigating January 6.

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Major news on the future of Roe
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow.

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Texas judge rules state's abortion ban is unconstitutional
A Texas judge on Thursday ruled that the state’s controversial law restricting abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy violates the Texas Constitution, saying it should not be enforced in court.

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Mouthwash brands fight false COVID-19 claims after GOP Sen. Ron Johnson says gargling kills virus
Two of the leading mouthwash brands have extensive web pages on their company sites deterring customers from thinking that they are effective preventative measures against the virus. Mouthwashes are antimicrobial, meaning they are designed to fight bacteria, not viruses.

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National Archives say Mark Meadows may not have stored all Trump-era records "properly"
But her emails!

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Anti-vax group stalked the head of the California Medical Board
Kristina Lawson says the radical organization targeted her at work and at home and even flew a drone over her house.

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Meet the four powerhouse rural candidates ready to take the GQP down
No Dem Left Behind: Richard Ojeda introduces No Dem Left Behind's powerhouse first round of Senate endorsements -- each with a plan to connect with rural voters and spotlight their issues in the midterm elections and beyond.

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Rudy Giuliani baselessly claims that he has "900 death certificates" on hand to prove that thousands of dead people voted in the election
Ok, Rudy. Sure you do.

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House passes "Protect Our Democracy Act" to curb presidential abuses of power
If only they could have passed it before Trump became president...

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art stripping the Sackler family's name from its exhibition spaces
The infamous family behind Purdue Pharma's opioid empire has been a wrecking ball of mass human suffering for decades.

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Family of student shot in Oxford High School attack files $100,000,000 lawsuit against school district and employees
The parents of two Oxford High School students are suing school officials, claiming last week's fatal school shootings in Michigan were "entirely preventable," and that the defendants "created and increased the dangers then-existing at Oxford High School."

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Poop sleuths hunt for early signs of omicron variant in sewage

FBI may shut down police use-of-force database

Passenger assaults flight attendant, air marshal, diverting flight

Jet-setting MAGA rioter studying 'prison slang' ahead of 60-day sentence

Yes. Seriously.

Germany warns Russia will pay a 'price' if it invades Ukraine

China committed genocide against Uyghurs, tribunal rules

Top Ukrainian general warns his country can't repel Russia

Truck crash kills 53 migrants in Mexico

DEA agent who conspired with cartel sentenced to 12 years

Hope...

GoodGoodGood: 59% decrease in deaths of kids under 5 since 1990

Conversion therapy banned in Canada

Harvard team makes diabetes research breakthrough in mice

United Airlines jet flies entirely powered by 100% plant-based fuel

Starbucks workers form first US union in Buffalo

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Republicans dying from COVID at STUNNING rate

 

US expected to announce diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing

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Pro-Trump counties have far higher COVID death rates and misinformation is to blame
Since May 2021, people living in counties that voted heavily for Trump in 2020 have been nearly three times as likely to die from COVID as those in counties that went for Biden.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Dr. Fauci torches GOP Sen. Ron Johnson over preposterous AIDS claim
"Overhyping AIDS? It killed over 750,000 Americans and 36 million people worldwide," Fauci exclaimed, adding: "I don’t have any clue what he’s talking about."

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Major news on the future of Roe
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow.

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"Absolute liars": Michael Flynn's brother implicated in Army coverup of Jan. 6 failures in scathing memo
Col. Earl Matthews called Gen. Charles Flynn, the brother of disgraced Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt — "absolute and unmitigated liars" in a scathing memo, equating their actions to Stalinist propaganda.

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Ilhan Omar calls Kevin McCarthy "a liar and a coward" for refusal to condemn Boebert's Islamophobic bigotry
"This is who they are," said the Minnesota Democrat. "And we have to be able to stand up to them."

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Bob Dole's death prompts nostalgia for a bygone era sullied by Trump's GOP
The bipartisan outpouring of praise following the death on Sunday of Republican Bob Dole, the longtime Senate leader and former presidential nominee, mourned both a man and a more outwardly collegial era as Republicans drive the country toward another debt ceiling deadline crisis and party leadership downplays dangerous radicalism in its ranks.

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White supremacists stage bizarro rally in downtown DC, find themselves stranded in the cold
While they did manage to coordinate matching outfits (complete with white masks, why not!), the group was ultimately bested by pesky transportation logistics.

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Richard Ojeda vows to defeat the GOP's "KKK Caucus" in fiery new video
No Dem Left Behind: Bigots like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar and Matt Gaetz take it for granted that they own the rural vote. Richard Ojeda disagrees. Check out his plan to defeat the KKK Caucus of the GOP on their own turf.

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Trump inadvertently said people who believe his election-fraud theories are stupid
He's not saying they aren't stupid, folks.

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Fauci says early reports encouraging about omicron variant
US health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations.

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Chris Cuomo denies sexual misconduct allegation following CNN firing
Cuomo was fired by the network on Saturday over his involvement in defending his older brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, from multiple charges of sexual harassment. The ex-CNN anchor now faces an allegation of his own.

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Trump-tied group pushing for voting changes in Wisconsin
A group formed to support Trump’s agenda is working with Wisconsin Republicans on a ballot measure that would bypass the state’s Democratic governor to change how elections are run in the battleground state.

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San Fran eatery apologizes after refusing to serve 3 on-duty cops

Taliban decrees women and men 'should be equal'

Yes. Seriously.

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi given 4 years in prison

Michigan school killer, parents under suicide watch in same facility

3D-printed suicide pods are now legal in Switzerland

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GOP Rep. Ron Johnson Skewered In Ad For Claiming Insurrectionists Were 'Peaceful': Country Over Party

 

Democracy For All 2021

GOP Rep. Ron Johnson Skewered In Ad For Claiming Insurrectionists Were ‘Peaceful’

The Wisconsin senator is also committed to the “Big Lie” of a fraudulent election and to “rigging the system to retain power.”

By Mary Papenfuss

 

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) was scorched in a new political ad over his declaration that the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6 was “mostly peaceful.”

“You are failing us, Sen. Johnson,” said the narrator of the ad, which was created by Democracy For All 2021 Action, a coalition of more than 20 prominent progressive groups and unions. “Protecting our democracy has never been partisan and yet you refused to investigate the deadly attack on our Capitol.”

The ad also slammed Johnson for his battle against voting rights.

“Access to the polls matters to all Americans and yet you blocked voter protections that have the support of Democrats, Republicans and independents,” the ad’s narrator said.

“You are more committed to the lie and rigging the system to retain power than you are to protecting Wisconsinites,” the spot added.

Last May, Johnson told Fox News that “by and large” the attack on the U.S. Capitol was a “peaceful protest.” And in March, he told a right-wing radio program that he never felt threatened by the violent insurrectionists.

More than 500 people have been charged with crimes related to the storming of the Capitol.

Democracy For All is spending $800,000 on the 30-second TV spot and print ad campaign, which began Sunday. The coalition, which includes the NAACP, the Sierra Club, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and the National Education Association labor union, advocates for federal voting legislation, statehood for the District of Columbia and campaign finance reform.

Several Wisconsin Democrats are lining up to challenge Johnson for his seat next year. Although Johnson hasn’t said whether or not he’s running for reelection, he’s been receiving a lot of backlash for his latest comments and actions.

A few days ago, The Washington Post awarded Johnson four Pinocchios for his “campaign” of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. Last month, Johnson was booed while he attended a Juneteenth street festival in Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel also attacked Johnson last month for lying about the COVID-19 vaccine, denying the climate crisis and for promoting the rigged election lie. The newspaper deemed him the “most irresponsible representative of Wisconsin citizens since the infamous Sen. Joseph McCarthy.” 

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