News accounts are straining to portray the Virginia move as a betrayal of Dems' principled opposition to gerrymandering.
It's pure bullshit. Dems passed a 2021 bill ending it for *both sides.* The Dem position is that Trump/Rs don't get to play by their own rules:
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“The court used the shadow docket to allow the firing of 16,000 federal workers, to strip legal status from more than 500,000 immigrants, to terminate research grants mid-project, and to permit deportations to third countries without basic due process protections.”
BREAKING: Democrats win historic victory in redistricting battle in Virginia.
Democrats will pick up four seats.
Meanwhile, Kash Patel just had a disastrous press conference. I have the latest: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
'I'm Just Asking You a Factual Question': Warren Corners Trump's Fed Chair Pick on 2020 Election www.commondreams.org/news/elizabe...
“American monetary and bank safety policy will now depend on a demented ventriloquist in the White House”
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“Start with What’s in it for me, and Trump’s priorities become glaringly obvious:
Because he is a criminal—and because the Epstein Files, and Volume II of Jack Smith’s report, and a host of other documents…Trump will do anything…to avoid prison.”
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In a letter to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, the three governments say Israel is violating 'human rights'.
I love that Trump is bragging about the U.S. military subduing an Iranian cargo ship. Great job! The largest military in the world somehow disabled an unarmed, slow ship that was carrying stuff. Interesting flex.
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“The Iran war fits the pattern. Trump launched it. Trump’s Treasury Secretary granted Moscow rolling sanctions relief. Trump’s military policy diverted air defense systems from Ukraine. Trump’s contempt for allies fractured NATO in ways Russia never could…”
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“This is…a New Mexico dynasty operating as a node in a quasi-criminal transnational intelligence & neoliberal financial operation that has slowly and methodically conquered the United States of America, without people of the nation noticing, since the Reagan era.”🚨
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“evident in Vance’s comment that the Pope should “be careful” when speaking of theology. It resembles the kinds of warnings issued by Mafia bosses. Vance is protecting the cult of Trump: of plunder and violence and defrauding the American people for personal gain.”
🗳️ NEW: With days to go until Virginians decide whether to approve a new congressional map, Democrats are making their closing case to “Vote Yes” — framing next week’s vote as a critical stand against Trump’s agenda and the GOP’s nationwide gerrymanders.
Lone Democrat—Jared Golden—Helps GOP Tank Another Iran War Powers Resolution www.commondreams.org/news/lone-de...
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“Whoa. The Acting Attorney General of the United States describes it as the president’s duty, and a function of his leadership, to order prosecutions of his political enemies. It is a breathtaking..of Trump’s corrupt agenda, now become the DoJ’s mission statement.”
'You Are Out of Touch': Schumer Faces New Calls to Step Aside After Israel Weapons Vote www.commondreams.org/news/chuck-s...
“It’s well past time for him to step aside for leaders who actually represent the views of the party’s base.”
Crickets from Catholic VP JD Vance on Donald attacking the Holy Father, Pope Leo.
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“they are wrong; history goes on…it now offers men such as Vance & Trump the anxiety that voting might actually make a difference, that democracy might actually turn out to be more than a slogan, that unpredictable change is still possible, that the future is open”
Jeffries calls for Mike Johnson to immediately reconvene the House to take up a war powers resolution
'This Is Just Not How the Human Race Should Operate,' Says US Senator of Trump Threat www.commondreams.org/news/chris-m...
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Prepare to take action on May First. Protests show awareness and they deter the worst. (16/17)
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(Continuing the many answers to self-terrorism): preparing as lawyers and judges to prosecute coup plotters for their crimes; preparing as citizens to protest. (13/17)
There are many answers to self-terrorism: sketching out the scenario so others see it; preparing not to obey unlawful orders; preparing as a journalist only to write what you know rather than what the president says; (12/17)
Now think two steps ahead. Iran does not have to do anything. Trump and his accomplices could themselves stage an incident inside the US and blame Iran. The American war crimes would make the false flag seem plausible. (8/17)
Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)
Spoke with President Trump. He told me the conflict should be over in days, not weeks but if no deal is made he’s blowing up the whole country with “very little” off the table. "If happens, it happens. And if it doesn't, we're blowing up the whole country,” he said. I asked if there’s anything off limits. “Very little,” he said.
Again, I don’t see how you can read this as anything other than Trump trying to normalize the idea of using nuclear weapons
This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.
Apparently the democracy isn’t as strong as we thought.
