Today's Top Stories:
18 ex-aides sell out Trump over stolen doc scandal
The disgraced ex-president's revisionist claim of a "standing order" to declassify any documents he removed from the White House was dismissed by no less than EIGHTEEN former administration officials as patently false, "ridiculous," "ludicrous," and "total bullsh*t."
Take Action: Tell Merrick Garland it’s time to indict Donald Trump!
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Beto O'Rourke flips Trump voters in stunning town hall appearance
The Texas gubernatorial hopeful is sharing his vision for a stronger, more just and equitable Texas, and even Republicans are starting to get on board.
Take Action: Tell Biden to take executive action to get dark money out of politics!
Will Trump be barred from running in 2024?
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow...
Judge creates path for releasing redacted affidavit from Mar-a-Lago raid
Judge Bruce Reinhart ordered the Justice Department to put forward proposed redactions as he committed to making public at least part of the affidavit supporting the search warrant for Trump’s estate in Florida.
Louisiana delays critical flood response funds to New Orleans over abortion politics
The state's theocratic Republican attorney general successfully urged the Louisiana Bond Commission to delay a $39 million future line of credit for the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board — critical funds used for flood response — until city officials agree to enforce the state’s draconian abortion ban.
WAKE UP NEW YORK (NY-23) !
DON'T ELECT HATE & VIOLENCE!
House GOP candidate Carl Paladino suggests Merrick Garland should be "executed"
Paladino, an avowed white nationalist who STILL enjoys the support of the GOP establishment in his campaign for Congress, casually suggested during a radio interview that the sitting attorney general of the United States should be "executed" for signing off on the FBI's lawful efforts to recover classified documents illegally stored at Mar-a-Lago.
CHARLIE CRIST IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA - PLEASE ELECT SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN!
Judge partially blocks Ron DeSantis' anti-"woke" law
A federal judge in Florida ruled that a law pushed by the state's autocrat-in-training governor restricting conversations around race in schools and the workplace is both "impermissibly vague" and unconstitutional.
Take Action: Stop DeSantis’ student censorship!
Here's how we'll win back the Senate
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Mitch McConnell launches ad blitz to prop up JD Vance's failing MAGA Senate campaign in Ohio
A group aligned with the odious Senate Republican leader is buying a staggering $28 million worth of airtime to boost the charlatan Senate candidate's lagging campaign, signaling that Republicans are deeply worried about their efforts to retake the upper chamber in November.
Rudy Giuliani cooks up bonkers new excuse for Trump's hoard of classified docs
Giuliani trotted out a fantastical new line of defense for the disgraced ex-president's actions: He was protecting the sensitive documents by "putting them in a place that’s roughly as safe as they were in in the first place.” Heroic!
Most abortions still illegal in Kentucky after state Supreme Court denies request for relief
Kentuckians will vote this November on an amendment to the state constitution seeking to clarify there is no right to abortion access. Primary voters rejected a similar amendment in Kansas in their primary election earlier this month. We've got work to do in the Bluegrass State, folks.
Dr. Oz provides pathetic response to viral crudité video after John Fetterman fundraises off it
The now-infamous clip exposed the MAGA carpetbagger as completely out of touch with average Pennsylvanians, and his efforts at damage control have just made things even worse.
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Today’s Action: Write NYC Mayor Adams and demand he close Rikers Island!
This past week, yet another inmate died in custody at New York City’s infamous Rikers Island detention center — the 12th such incident this year. The apparent shower suicide of a 68-year-old detainee clearly should never have happened — inmates admitted for serious crimes are ostensibly placed on suicide watch, for obvious reasons. Instead, another inmate fell through the troubled facility’s proverbial cracks amidst chronic complaints of overcrowding and dismal living conditions.
The 2022 death toll at Rikers Island has already surpassed last year’s previous record for in-custody deaths, and there’s still four months left in the year. The detention center is plagued with a host of well-documented problems, including crumbling infrastructure, rampant sexual assaults, cruel mistreatment of mentally ill inmates, and, of course, deadly violence. Lawmakers who toured the facility in late 2021 said “it [was] filthy and inhumane, with overflowing toilets and floors covered in dead cockroaches, feces, and rotting food.” Inmates indicated they felt like they were being treated like slaves or animals.
Corrections officers are overworked, the facilities are understaffed, and conditions are only worsening. It’s well past time for Rikers Island to close.
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