Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Exclusive: Mark Meadows removed classified documents from the White House the last night of Donald Trump's presidency

https://murraywaas.substack.com/p/exclusive-mark-meadows-removed-classified?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

The “F” in “OMFG” is for “Fictional”

Alex Wagner points out the bad timing of Republicans making a political straw man stunt of defending gas stoves, shown to increase toxins in the air, while tens of millions of Americans are developing very serious, first-hand opinions on the value of clean, breathable air in the form of choking smoke from Canadian forest fires exacerbated by man-made climate change (to which gas stoves are a contributor).

https://youtu.be/R9_ke7-T1V4

#press

SCOOP!: Mother Jones has uncovered video revealing that George Santos' lawyer, Joseph Murray, was part of the pro-Trump mob that surrounded the US Capitol on January 6. Story by Jacqueline Sweet and me.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/george-santos-lawyer-joseph-murray-january-6-capitol-insurrection/

@DemocracyMattersALot
also....
Trump will likely face RICO charges in GA...
Both involve jail time..YAY

Once again, House Republicans are prioritizing politics over people: wasting the people's time on a discredited conspiracy theory about President Joe Biden, which the FBI and even Trump's Attorney General debunked.

When will House Republicans put down Giuliani’s playbook and focus on real problems?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/us/politics/congress-wray-contempt-fbi-biden-document.html

#HarlanCrow right-wing #Republican donor and best buds with Ginni & Clarence Thomas, contributed to more than just #SCOTUS related cases. #JoeManchin and #KyrstenSinema also got Crow ca$h 💰 💰 💰

#USPol
#Corruption
#BoughtAndPaidFor

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/7/2173857/-Justice-Thomas-billionaire-benefactor-Harlan-Crow-donated-to-Manchin-Sinema-and-Unbreakable-Nine

We stand shoulder to shoulder with kindred spirit @christianselig for his amazing work on Apollo. We've been honored and grateful to make small iconic contributions to Apollo over the years.

No matter what happens, we know Christian's next project will be inspiring. A big fist bump 👊 from all of us here at the factory, Christian. Reddit and its users owe you and Apollo a ton.

H/T Victor Shi: President Biden just announced that he will be appointing a coordinator dedicated to combatting far-right extreme book bans across the country. Republicans choose to mess around & President Biden will make them find out. This is great news.

The text for Newsom's 28th amendment proposal for common sense gun regulation. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/06/08/28th-amendment/ #28thAmendment

Breaking: President Dwight McBride has resigned from The New School this summer. Board announces an interim search.

Mike Pence would rather see armed school guards than gun control reforms

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mike-pence-gun-control-cnn-b2353571.html

#IndependentUK #MikePenceGunControl #ArmedSchoolGuards #USPolitics #SchoolSafety #SecondAmendment #Politics #News

NEW: Colorado's governor Jared Polis signed a law that bans local governments from partnering with ICE to jail immigrants.

(This is a way some counties generating revenue by treating their jails as tho they were ICE hotels.)

Big immigrants' rights win: https://boltsmag.org/colorado-immigration-detention/

“It’s potent to both bases — as most moves on immigration are.” Mike Madrid

CA Governor Gavin #Newsom took to Twitter to confront Ron #DeSantis after the FL governor and presidential candidate sent migrants to #California.

#Politics #2024

@mikemadrid

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-05/newsom-desantis-migrant-flights-kidnapping-charges

And this via Steve Vladeck:

If you assume that additional majority-minority districts in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, & 1–2 other states would’ve been safe Democratic seats, then today’s #SCOTUS ruling strongly suggests that the Court’s 2022 shadow docket stays wrongly gave Republicans control of the House.

7/ You will recall that in the 2022 midterms, the Democrats lost control of the House. This was due to a lot of different factors, but many have noted the impact of gerrymandering and other democratic distortions in the outcome of the election.

SCOTUS in 2019's Rucho v. Common Cause said fed courts could not review (and adjudicate) claims of partisan gerrymandering.

And in February 2022, it allowed AL's map--the map it now agrees was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander--to go into effect.

5/ Murray cont'd:

And that's not all!

After the 2020 census Alabama drew its new Congressional map... and it seemed to many that the map was drawn for the purpose of diluting the electoral power of Black people, who comprise 27% of the state's population

Black voters, represented by the @NAACP_LDF and other groups, sued the state under Section 2, arguing that the map, as drawn, was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

OOF. #pga #hypocrisy #bloodmoney (via @murphycartoons )