Today's Top Stories:
Donald Trump launches furious attack on "broken down hack" Mitch McConnell and his "crazy wife" in ugly bust-up over GOP Senate candidates
Trump lobbed a racist broadside at his former transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, over her husband's lack of enthusiasm for the con man's hand-picked, objectively awful Senate candidates in the 2022 midterm elections.
Take Action: Tell Congress to force political groups to disclose their wealthy backers!
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Top Republican crumbles on air as Trump excuses fail
GOP Rep. and pretend serious statesman Dan Crenshaw fell over himself trying to excuse the disgraced ex-president's illegal removal and storage of classified documents, in a bumbling display of establishment fealty to the serial conman.
STUNNING new midterm polls signal good news for Democrats
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.
Decisive vote protecting abortion rights in Kansas confirmed in recount
A decisive statewide vote in favor of abortion rights in traditionally conservative Kansas was confirmed with a partial hand recount, with fewer than 100 votes changing after the last county reported results Sunday.
Liz Cheney blasts Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley as "unfit for future" office
Cheney, who was just resoundingly defeated by a pro-Trump challenger in Wyoming, tore into fellow Republicans who have and continue to spread and support falsehoods about the 2020 election, saying they have failed their constitutional obligations and should be barred from future leadership positions.
Take Action: Tell the Justice Department to hold Trump accountable for his crimes!
Texas mandates donated "In God We Trust" signs must be displayed in schools
The march of evangelical extremism into our public institutions continues as the first "In God We Trust" signs are hung up in Texas schools. Republicans passed a blatantly unconstitutional law last year requiring that public schools "display in a conspicuous place...a durable poster or framed copy of the United States national motto," so long as the sign is donated or paid for with private funds.
Florida GOP candidate says FBI agents would be put in "body bag" if his home were searched
In a ludicrous video posted to YouTube, noted racist, professional mouth-breather, and GOP candidate for Congress Martin Hyde threatened the FBI en masse, stating, “I wish they’d turn up at my home ’cause they’d have gone home in a body bag.”
Ron Johnson admits to trying to overturn the election results in 2020.
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After Tailoring Windfall Tax Cuts for His Wealthiest Donors, Senator Johnson Wants to Eliminate Social Security and Medicare as Entitlement Programs
Trump suddenly loves "sleazy" FBI agents, insists he always "has their backs"
Now he's hearing that the agents are very mad! Very mad! At FBI leadership, but he looooves them, and they love him, and he's always had their backs, hasn't he folks? In fact one FBI agent, a big tough guy, biggest guy you've ever seen, came up to him, crying — CRYING — biggest guy you ever saw — saying Mr. President, we love you so much, and we hate our leadership for what they did to you, VERY bad.
US Court of Appeals gives Lindsey Graham temporary reprieve from order to testify before a grand jury
The Trump lackey was previously ordered to appear before a Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury for his role in trying to help Donald Trump illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election. Graham claims his position as a sitting US senator protects him from having to testify. How convenient!
Bernie Sanders joins striking Starbucks workers on the picket line in Boston
Sanders joined a throng of Starbucks workers — who began striking at the 874 Commonwealth Ave. location in June, marking the longest strike in the coffee behemoth's history — to express solidarity with them and other employees of the coffee chain who have so far organized over 200 US locations in less than a year.
3 Arkansas law enforcement officers suspended following violent arrest caught on video
A bystander caught three officers raining brutality upon a mentally unstable man, beating his head against the sidewalk while he supposedly resisted arrest.
Good grief
World on fire
Hope...
Today’s Action: Get out the vote in the primaries!
New York and Florida both have crucial primaries tomorrow, while Oklahoma voters will return to the polls for a runoff election. We all know the biggest enemies of progress in America are Republicans, but it’s also been painfully clear that just a few bad Democrats can muck a LOT of things up for all of us. This is our chance to do something about it — to not just elect any Democrats, but to reshape the party with real progressives to advance our legislative priorities!
If you live in one of the three states voting tomorrow and don’t yet have a plan to vote, make yours now. If you have friends there, call and cajole them to the polls! Find out when your own state’s primaries will be held, and identify your current polling place here. It is absolutely critical to show up this year — and every year — to build a truly progressive future.
Every. Vote. Matters. Check your voter registration status and polling place to ensure you’re prepared for upcoming primaries and the midterms — and tell your network of like-minded friends and family to do the same on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, at the park, in the bleachers, in the pews, at the dinner table, and anywhere else you can!
No matter how unpopular Trump and the GOP seem to be, Americans are still dealing with extreme income inequality, incessant voter suppression schemes, worsening climate change, relentless attacks on reproductive healthcare, and the demonization of marginalized communities — all because corrupt Republicans are regularly joined by a few bad-faith Democrats hellbent on protecting the status quo. Fortunately, we have some amazing progressives running for office this year — but they can’t win if we don’t show up!
If you’ve already voted or don’t have a primary coming up, civic engagement is still as important as ever. There are tons of online get-out-the-vote events happening that need your participation, like virtual phone banking with Ohio Progressive Action Leaders this Thursday. You can filter through other events here. No matter what you choose, your involvement can and will make a difference in this fight.
Every meaningful electoral victory shares a common thread: progressives turning out in full force on Election Day.
Check your voter registration status at odaction.com/vote and make sure you’re ready to do your part in upcoming primaries and the midterms to win Congress and more. Then share away on social media!
PS — Please don't forget to sign the petition to investigate Trump and Kushner’s deals with Saudi Arabia, and be sure to follow OD Action on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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