Today's Top Stories:
Trump tells associates he will be back in White House by August
The twice-impeached, two-time popular vote loser is reportedly telling confidants he expects to be "reinstated" as president by August as a result of the ongoing election "audits."
Take Action: Restore voting rights with the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act!
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Fed up Joe Biden finally takes swipe at Senators Manchin & Sinema on stage
It's about damn time.
Take Action: Add your name to support Katie Porter's movement to elect more progressive leaders!
Republicans take DANGEROUS step for 2024
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: This is a 5-alarm fire.
RNC threatens to advise candidates against future presidential debates unless commission makes significant changes to benefit Republicans
For a party so fearful of change, the GOP sure is eager to move the goal posts in every conceivable way for its own benefit.
Biden decries "horrific" Tulsa massacre in historic, emotional speech
"Some injustices are so heinous, so horrific, so grievous, they cannot be buried, no matter how hard people try," the president said. "Only with truth can come healing." Yesterday marked the first time a sitting president commemorated the atrocious Tulsa race massacre of 1921.
Biden suspends oil-drilling leases in Alaska's Arctic refuge
Republicans and the energy industry have long sought to open the remote area, as Democrats, environmental groups and some Alaska tribes have worked to keep it off-limits.
Take Action: Eliminate tax breaks and legal loopholes for big oil and gas!
Kayleigh McEnany complains that Kamala Harris is getting more credit than Ivanka Trump
The ex-president's former press secretary made an absurd comparison between the former first daughter and America's first female vice president.
ICYMI: Watch Democrat Richard Ojeda's inspirational Memorial Day message
No Dem Left Behind: The veteran and progressive star has a plan for saving the country from conservatives' assault on democracy.
Democrats allay fears, notch easy House win in New Mexico special election
Melanie Stansbury comfortably held a deep-blue congressional seat, easing Democrats' fears that the post-2020 environment had turned against them.
Illinois OKs bill banning police from lying to young suspects
You may be asking yourself why police are allowed to lie to ANY person in custody during an interrogation, and you would be right to do so.
Guns, trucks and trips: West Virginia expands prizes for vaccinated residents
We're living in an episode of South Park.
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs anti-trans sports bill into law
Florida, where solutions in search of problems go to thrive in the sun!
Seriously?
Meanwhile...
Hope...
Today’s Action: Kill the filibuster, save democracy!
Last week, Republicans abandoned the previously-bipartisan independent commission on Trump’s January 6th insurrection and blocked what should have been a thorough examination of the extreme-right’s deadly attempt to overturn our federal election. After empty promises to stand against violence and stand for the truth, the GOP has once again turned away from transparency to protect their own guilty members.
And despite Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate, the GOP was able to do so because the filibuster continues to allow minority rule.
Call or email your Senators and demand an end to the minority rule that blocked the January 6th independent commission from passing: eliminate the filibuster to restore actual democracy in the Senate!
What’s the filibuster? It’s an exploitation of the Founders’ vision of unlimited debate in the Senate. By the 20th century, rules were implemented to call a vote if 60 Senators voted to cut off debate. But in recent decades, the minority party has only threatened debate and 60 votes are now needed to hold any vote. So, yes, the idea of unlimited debate has been twisted to mean a small minority of Senators can stop ANYTHING from happening. Not exactly what the founders of American democracy intended.
Every Democratic Senator needs to hear about the urgency of passing the Democratic agenda without letting the filibuster get in the way, even if they’ve already stated their support – and every Republican Senator needs to know you support these important policies and you won’t be forgetting their vote come election year.
Call (202.224.3121) or email your Senators and demand they eliminate the filibuster, to allow the majority of Americans to finally rule in the United States!
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