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In Texas, Daniel Perry—a white man—posted "he might kill a few people," drove his car past a red light & into a previously peaceful BLM march, shot & killed a protestor, was duly charged, unanimously convicted—& TX Gov Abbott is pardoning him.😳

Texas is announcing to the world that in their view, murdering people for exercising their First Amendment right to peacefully protesting racism is OK.

This isn't democracy. It's fascism. This sets a literally deadly precedent for the future.

Apple strikes multiyear deal for Canal+ subscribers to get Apple TV+ at no extra charge 9to5mac.com/2023/04/13/apple-t

Now if only AppleTV+ subscribers would get Canal+ at no extra charge….

LEAKER PLUGGED!!!

An Air National Guardsman, Jack Teixeria, suspected of leaking highly classified U.S. documents will be arrested on Thursday in Massachusetts, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.
#News #Breaking #BreakingNews

reuters.com/world/leader-onlin

The Florida governor’s motto: "Look for the helpers...then target them with felonies." The free state of Florida indeed. @Timodc on DeSantis's "compassionless quasi-conservative" immigration bill: plus.thebulwark.com/p/ron-desa

Moral edicts which they, themselves, do not follow.

mastodon.online/@alexwild/1101 Republicans are trying to force tens of millions of people who aren't fundamentalist Christians to follow Christianist moral edicts or face imprisonment.

(WaPo) Special counsel focuses on Trump fundraising off false election claims
A new batch of subpoenas seeks to compare public claims of voter fraud after the 2020 election versus private texts and emails. washingtonpost.com/nation/2023

Someone had to do it.
Ro Khanna goes there.

The California Democrat is calling on Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign.

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This is refreshing!

Arizona House expels Republican election denier over baseless conspiracy theories - Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism rawstory.com/liz-harris-expell

A few days ago, few people across the country knew the names Justin Jones or Justin Pearson. Nor did we give the TN legislature a second thought.

Now both men are re-energized, to a new level, with national attention — and Tennessee’s many sins are now under scrutiny.

Nice job.

@davidfolkenflik

David, please help @npr understand that this is a unique moment in history. If they go big on the Fediverse now, it will 1) cost little, 2) provide a way to verify all @npr staff, 3) create a network effect among journalists, giving a big bump to the exploding fediverse.

npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/

BREAKING: Justin Pearson has just been reappointed to his position in the Tennessee House of Representatives!

The Biden administration will revise HIPPA laws to bar health care providers and insurers from turning over information to state officials for the purpose of investigating, suing or prosecuting someone for seeking or providing a legal abortion. politico.com/news/2023/04/12/b

BREAKING NEWS!

Fox News sanctioned for withholding evidence in Dominion defamation case

The judge is giving Dominion Voting Systems a chance to conduct another deposition, at Fox's expense.
#Trump #MAGA #Politics #news #Breaking #NYC #crime #foxnews

nbcnews.com/media/fox-sanction

We previously obtained records reflecting the partisan influences behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2022 redistricting plan, which eliminated three Democratic counties and gave a substantial advantage to Republicans in the state.
americanoversight.org/records-

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