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<p>Texas AG Ken Paxton Won&#x27;t Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run<br>—</p><p>The federal criminal investigation was the most serious legal threat the once-embattled Republican faced. With the probe now over, Paxton is gearing up to likely challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in 2026.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-corruption-probe-justice-department-senate-race?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-corruption-probe-justice-department-senate-race?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ken</span><span class="invisible">-paxton-corruption-probe-justice-department-senate-race?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republican/" rel="tag">#Republican</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a></p>

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<p>Take a wild fucking guess who’s name will be hidden…..

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<p>America cannot be great with a President who blows whichever way the wind blows. That is not leadership.</p><p>Trump&#x27;s &#x27;cheering&#x27; for Mamdani just torpedoed the GOP agenda | Opinion </p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/21/trump-mamdani-facist-communist-civility/87399427007/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/21/trump-mamdani-facist-communist-civility/87399427007/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.usatoday.com/story/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/columnist/2025/11/21/trump-mamdani-facist-communist-civility/87399427007/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republican/" rel="tag">#Republican</a> <a href="/tags/mamdani/" rel="tag">#Mamdani</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a></p>

<p>NEW SUBSTACK! &quot; <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> Seditionist Mike Lee Pushes Porn Ban; So He Plans to Ban Republicans??&quot;</p><p>Porn. Repubs are hate it! Family values! ..except Trump, Cruz Hastert, Gingrich, MTG, Boebert, Musk, Ailes, Giuliani, O’Reilly, Falwell Jr, Noem, Lewandowski, Hegseth....</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/gop-seditionist-mike-lee-pushes-porn" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/gop-seditionist-mike-lee-pushes-porn"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/gop-seditioni</span><span class="invisible">st-mike-lee-pushes-porn</span></a> <a href="/tags/porn/" rel="tag">#porn</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#utah</a> <a href="/tags/mikelee/" rel="tag">#mikelee</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/thecryptocalypsechronicles/" rel="tag">#TheCryptocalypseChronicles</a>: Of Tech Bros And Trumpers</p><p>The reason so many Silicon Valley billionaires suddenly decided to back <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> is not the mystery the media is making it out to be. </p><p>tl;dr The billionaires backing <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> are crypto bros and they want to continue profiting from committing various kinds of crimes.</p><p>This is a &quot;follow the money&quot; deep dive into how some of these bros profit by investing in companies like <a href="/tags/uniswap/" rel="tag">#Uniswap</a> that create excellent tools for <a href="/tags/northkorea/" rel="tag">#NorthKorea</a> to launder stolen money with a passing explanation of how <a href="/tags/coinbase/" rel="tag">#Coinbase</a> facilitates the overall system.</p><p>Ω👇Ω<br><a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-</span><span class="invisible">tech-bros-and-trumpers</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/a16z/" rel="tag">#a16z</a> <a href="/tags/marcandreessen/" rel="tag">#MarcAndreessen</a> <a href="/tags/sequoiacapital/" rel="tag">#SequoiaCapital</a> <a href="/tags/benhorowitz/" rel="tag">#BenHorowitz</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/coin/" rel="tag">#COIN</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#Cryptocurrency</a> <a href="/tags/andreessenhorowitz/" rel="tag">#AndreessenHorowitz</a> <a href="/tags/ethereum/" rel="tag">#ethereum</a> <a href="/tags/sunswap/" rel="tag">#Sunswap</a> <a href="/tags/swftswap/" rel="tag">#SwftSwap</a> <a href="/tags/lazarusgroup/" rel="tag">#LazarusGroup</a> <a href="/tags/moneylaundering/" rel="tag">#moneylaundering</a> <a href="/tags/finreg/" rel="tag">#FinReg</a> <a href="/tags/fincen/" rel="tag">#FinCEN</a> <a href="/tags/sanctions/" rel="tag">#sanctions</a> <a href="/tags/cryptolobby/" rel="tag">#CryptoLobby</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/craftventures/" rel="tag">#CraftVentures</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/thenerdreich/" rel="tag">#TheNerdReich</a></p>

<p>In two months, will Ghislaine Maxwell be dead or pardoned and tight-lipped? </p><p>The House panel issued the subpoena requesting a meeting with Maxwell at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee on Aug. 11, committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., announced. </p><p>The subpoena comes just one day after the committee voted in favor of the subpoena despite calls from Trump to drop the story<br><a href="/tags/aurefreepress/" rel="tag">#AureFreePress</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/headline/" rel="tag">#headline</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/breaking/" rel="tag">#Breaking</a></p><p><a href="https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/07/23/republicans-subpoena-maxwell-without-trust/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.deseret.com/politics/2025/07/23/republicans-subpoena-maxwell-without-trust/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.deseret.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">07/23/republicans-subpoena-maxwell-without-trust/</span></a></p>

<p>Leaked Files from Putin’s Troll Factory: How Russia Manipulated European Elections<br><a href="https://vsquare.org/leaked-files-putin-troll-factory-russia-european-elections-factory-of-fakes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="vsquare.org/leaked-files-putin-troll-factory-russia-european-elections-factory-of-fakes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vsquare.org/leaked-files-putin</span><span class="invisible">-troll-factory-russia-european-elections-factory-of-fakes/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> <a href="/tags/vladimirputin/" rel="tag">#VladimirPutin</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#Election2024</a> <a href="/tags/2024election/" rel="tag">#2024Election</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/jdvance/" rel="tag">#JDVance</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/kamala2024/" rel="tag">#Kamala2024</a> <a href="/tags/kamalaharris/" rel="tag">#KamalaHarris</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/magats/" rel="tag">#MAGAts</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/rvat/" rel="tag">#RVAT</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/harriswalz2024/" rel="tag">#HarrisWalz2024</a> <a href="/tags/voteblue/" rel="tag">#VoteBlue</a> <a href="/tags/harrisforpresident/" rel="tag">#HarrisForPresident</a> <a href="/tags/tenetmedia/" rel="tag">#TenetMedia</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> <a href="/tags/afd/" rel="tag">#AfD</a> <a href="/tags/deutschland/" rel="tag">#Deutschland</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#Italy</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> <a href="/tags/viktororbán/" rel="tag">#ViktorOrbán</a> <a href="/tags/orban/" rel="tag">#Orban</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/ukrainewar/" rel="tag">#UkraineWar</a></p>

<p>Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.<br>—</p><p>In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power to partisan legislatures.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/red</span><span class="invisible">-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republican/" rel="tag">#Republican</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a></p>

<p>[thread 3/x] Transphobia<br>[thread 2/x] <a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113448330077621809" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@persagen/113448330077621809"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1134</span><span class="invisible">48330077621809</span></a><br>[parent 1/x] <a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113126756218775408" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@persagen/113126756218775408"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1131</span><span class="invisible">26756218775408</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/trump2/" rel="tag">#Trump2</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/project2025/" rel="tag">#Project2025</a><br><a href="/tags/christianright/" rel="tag">#ChristianRight</a> <a href="/tags/catholicism/" rel="tag">#Catholicism</a> <a href="/tags/opusdei/" rel="tag">#OpusDei</a> <a href="/tags/parentalrightsmovement/" rel="tag">#ParentalRightsMovement</a> <a href="/tags/populism/" rel="tag">#populism</a> <a href="/tags/culturewar/" rel="tag">#CultureWar</a><br><a href="/tags/divisiverhetoric/" rel="tag">#DivisiveRhetoric</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#memes</a> <a href="/tags/polarization/" rel="tag">#polarization</a> <a href="/tags/wedgetactics/" rel="tag">#WedgeTactics</a> <a href="/tags/wedgestrategy/" rel="tag">#WedgeStrategy</a><br><a href="/tags/christofascism/" rel="tag">#Christofascism</a> <a href="/tags/transgenocide/" rel="tag">#transgenocide</a><br><a href="/tags/weaponizationoflanguate/" rel="tag">#WeaponizationOfLanguate</a> <a href="/tags/transgenderism/" rel="tag">#transgenderism</a><br><a href="/tags/familyresearchcouncil/" rel="tag">#FamilyResearchCouncil</a> <a href="/tags/frc/" rel="tag">#FRC</a> <a href="/tags/heritagefoundation/" rel="tag">#HeritageFoundation</a> <a href="/tags/libsoftiktok/" rel="tag">#LibsOfTikTok</a> <a href="/tags/momsforliberty/" rel="tag">#MomsForLiberty</a> <a href="/tags/acpeds/" rel="tag">#AcPEDs</a><br><a href="/tags/womensrights/" rel="tag">#WomensRights</a> <a href="/tags/misogyny/" rel="tag">#misogyny</a> <a href="/tags/selfdetermination/" rel="tag">#SelfDetermination</a></p>

<p>Texas’ understaffed agricultural, restaurant and elder care sectors rely on workers who are undocumented.</p><p>“If you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, said a former GOP state lawmaker. </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-e-verify-requirements-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-e-verify-requirements-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-e-verify-requirements-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a></p>

<p>&quot;A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. 🚨 </p><p>The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power — a requirement Musk has simply ignored&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/elons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/elons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/el</span><span class="invisible">ons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/</span></a></p><p>Here’s a thread with links to articles about the <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> takeover of the US <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a>. </p><p>Is it a <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a>? Will anyone stop it?</p><p><a href="/tags/oligarchy/" rel="tag">#Oligarchy</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USNews</a></p>

<p>To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class<br>—</p><p>A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tax-cuts-congress-republicans-plan-slash-benefits?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-tax-cuts-congress-republicans-plan-slash-benefits?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-tax-cuts-congress-republicans-plan-slash-benefits?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/taxes/" rel="tag">#Taxes</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/finance/" rel="tag">#Finance</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a></p>

<p>[thread] Resisting Trump2/GOP fascism</p><p><a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/socialjustice/" rel="tag">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#resistance</a> <a href="/tags/civildisobedience/" rel="tag">#CivilDisobedience</a> <a href="/tags/conscientiousobjection/" rel="tag">#ConscientiousObjection</a><br><a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a> <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/blacktranslivesmatter/" rel="tag">#BlackTransLivesMatter</a><br><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/trump2/" rel="tag">#Trump2</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a><br><a href="/tags/heritagefoundation/" rel="tag">#HeritageFoundation</a> <a href="/tags/project2025/" rel="tag">#Project2025</a><br><a href="/tags/christianright/" rel="tag">#ChristianRight</a> <a href="/tags/catholicism/" rel="tag">#Catholicism</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacism/" rel="tag">#whiteSupremacism</a> <a href="/tags/antilgbt/" rel="tag">#antiLGBT</a> <a href="/tags/transphobia/" rel="tag">#transphobia</a><br><a href="/tags/misogyny/" rel="tag">#misogyny</a> <a href="/tags/paternalism/" rel="tag">#paternalism</a> <a href="/tags/sexism/" rel="tag">#sexism</a><br><a href="/tags/womensrights/" rel="tag">#WomensRights</a> <a href="/tags/reproductiverights/" rel="tag">#ReproductiveRights</a> <a href="/tags/selfdetermination/" rel="tag">#SelfDetermination</a><br><a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/corporations/" rel="tag">#corporations</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/libertarianism/" rel="tag">#libertarianism</a></p>

<p>Missouri GOP’s Effort to Take Over St. Louis Police Hearkens Back to Civil War<br>—</p><p>City officials say the state’s plan to wrest back control of the police department is an attempt by white conservatives to weaken Black political influence. It’s part of a broader pattern of Missouri Republicans trying to override the will of voters.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/st-louis-police-missouri-gop-control-tishaura-jones-civil-war?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/st-louis-police-missouri-gop-control-tishaura-jones-civil-war?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/st-</span><span class="invisible">louis-police-missouri-gop-control-tishaura-jones-civil-war?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/civilwar/" rel="tag">#CivilWar</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a></p>

<p>A $3.7 million Capitol Hill townhouse is the D.C. headquarters of a secretive political influence project.</p><p>It’s owned by a major GOP donor. But one of the most powerful men in the country recently moved in: House Speaker Mike Johnson. </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/mike-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mik</span><span class="invisible">e-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>Secretive D.C. Influence Project Appears to Be Running a Group House for Right-Wing Lawmakers<br>—</p><p>Evangelical pastor Steve Berger’s political influence campaign operates out of his D.C. townhouse. In addition to House Speaker Mike Johnson living there, a prominent Trump ally, Rep. Andy Ogles, has the keys.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/roommates-steve-berger-mike-johnson-andy-ogles-right-wing-influence-townhouse?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/roommates-steve-berger-mike-johnson-andy-ogles-right-wing-influence-townhouse?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/roo</span><span class="invisible">mmates-steve-berger-mike-johnson-andy-ogles-right-wing-influence-townhouse?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It.<br>—</p><p>GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-big-beautiful-bill?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-big-beautiful-bill?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rgia-medicaid-work-requirement-big-beautiful-bill?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/bigbeautifulbill/" rel="tag">#BigBeautifulBill</a></p>

<p>A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.<br>—</p><p>The move, which led to disruptions in services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, provides a glimpse of the consequences when a branch of government assumes unprecedented control.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a></p>

<p>Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases<br>—</p><p>The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a></p>

<p>TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.<br>—</p><p>The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took office.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tce-ban-cancer-parkinsons-trump-republicans?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tce-ban-cancer-parkinsons-trump-republicans?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tce</span><span class="invisible">-ban-cancer-parkinsons-trump-republicans?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a></p>

<p>&quot;What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, it energizes us to act, and raises at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.&quot;</p><p>— Howard Zinn</p><p><a href="https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.howardzinn.org/collection/</span><span class="invisible">a-marvelous-victory/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/howardzinn/" rel="tag">#HowardZinn</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a></p>

<p>You know small businesses will be hit hardest by the tariffs? And the new <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> “budget”???</p><p>Remember the lady that you didn’t think “deserved” to be elected bec you thought she laughed too much?😡or didn’t go to the border enough ?😡(when her job was to meet w/ leaders to come up w/ ways to KEEP people in their own countries😡 NOT hang at the border) 1 of 2</p>

<p>&quot;What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, it energizes us to act, and raises at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.&quot;</p><p>— Howard Zinn</p><p>Full text: <a href="https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.howardzinn.org/collection/</span><span class="invisible">a-marvelous-victory/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/howardzinn/" rel="tag">#HowardZinn</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a></p>

<p>‘Trump Gold Card’ goes on sale, offering visas for $1 million, sparking controversy</p><p> <a href="https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-gold-card-goes-on-sale-offering-visas-for-1-million-sparking-controversy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-gold-card-goes-on-sale-offering-visas-for-1-million-sparking-controversy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/</span><span class="invisible">maddowblog/trump-gold-card-goes-on-sale-offering-visas-for-1-million-sparking-controversy</span></a></p><p>With legal fights on the way, those writing seven-figure checks shouldn’t assume their cards are coming soon. </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/babylon/" rel="tag">#Babylon</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/goldcard/" rel="tag">#GoldCard</a> <a href="/tags/visas/" rel="tag">#visas</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a></p>