Congratulations @propublica.org ! Excellent reporting and well deserved recognition. I hope Emmy voters recognize the importance of your important investigative storytelling.

This campaign is only possible because of you.

South Carolina needs a US Senator that works FOR SC. SC NEEDS @drannieandrews.com

HOW 3 TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGES HAVE STOPPED JUDGE BOASBERG FROM PROBING POSSIBLE CRIMINAL CONTEMPT FOR 363 DAYS Apr 16 Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to believe criminal contempt was committed, but gives govt a chance to “purge” the contempt Apr 17 Govt petitions for stay and mandamus (a type of emergency appeal) Apr 18 Trump-appointed Judges Katsas & Rao impose an “administrative” stay. Judge Pillard dissents. Such stays, which provide no reasoning & are unappealable, are only supposed to last a week or so, if that. But this one lasts 112 days. Jun 24 Former DOJ atty Erez Reuveni unveils whistleblower letter alleging that on 3/14/25 then Principal Asst DAG Emil Bove told DOJ attys they might have to say “fuck you” to judges—the day before DOJ & DHS failed to follow Boasberg’s order to turn CECOT-bound planes around. Aug 8 Katsas & Rao each grant mandamus, though neither joins the other’s theory. Pillard dissents. Aug 29 Same panel stays its own ruling and reinstates the administrative stay pending resolution of petition for rehearing en banc.

Nov 14 Petition for rehearing en banc is denied, but administrative stay is dissolved. Six of 11 judges explain, in statements, that Boasberg can resume fact-finding for possible contempt because changes on the ground have rendered Rao’s theory of mandamus inoperative. Dec 8 Judge Boasberg sets evidentiary hearing on contempt for Dec. 15 Dec 12 Govt petitions for second mandamus Dec 12 New administrative stay entered by Trump-appointed Judges Rao & Walker. Judge Childs dissents. 2026 Apr 14 Judge Rao and Walker grant mandamus; Judge Childs dissents. Second administrative stay lasted 123 days. Total delay since Judge Boasberg’s order so far: 363 days.

How 3 Trump-appointed judges have prevented Judge Boasberg from probing top DHS & DOJ officials (including a now fourth Trump-appointed judge, Emil Bove) for possible criminal contempt for 363 days.

Hegseth barely had the resume or temperament to be a small town councilor, and yet 50 senators + JD Vance confirmed him as the leader of a massive department with a nearly $1 trillion budget whose decisions can have grave consequences for millions of people here and around the world

EVERYONE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THIS:

Conflict of interest doesn’t even begin to cover it.

Chad Bianco really seized over 650,000 ballots based on conspiracy theories that don’t even hold up to basic scrutiny. No credible fraud. No real discrepancy.
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👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Feels weird that I am applauding a decision in favor of Murdoch. The decision is actually in favor of GOOD JOURNALISM!!!📰🗞️

I recently learned someone is posing as me, trying to work people for info.

So I did some reporting of my own on what appears to be the latest evolution of online deception...

www.propublica.org/article/impe...

Thank you for reporting on this important issue. I had no idea this was going on but it makes sense bad actors would do stuff like this. I know reporters don’t ever want to be the story but excellent reporters recognize important issues and dig for the facts. Thank you again.

NEW: By 2028, election deniers and anti-voting activists could be running our elections.

Candidates with records of embracing election lies are on the ballot for top election roles in key swing states — and if successful, they could undermine the future of free elections.
https://bit.ly/4cg6wgb

In light of the gop & maga loosing their minds over Swalwell (don’t know the truth of these allegations but they should be investigated) we MUST remember Trump was adjudicated as committing sexual assault in the E Jean Carroll trial. Has he paid the $83.3 million plus accruing interest?

Yep!

The DOJ has sued states for private voter data. Within days, marcelias.bsky.social’ law firm intervened.

While not the most glamorous, these 30 cases pose the greatest threat to free and fair elections — and the outcome may single-handedly determine whether Trump can steal the 2026 midterms.

How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.

ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.

Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.

(Published Dec. 2024)

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No suffering on Hegseth's part
Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth's war mongering just inflicts pain on others

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/no-sufferi...

Tariffs on islands full of penguins is a lovely reminder that government incompetence can be both expensive and deeply stupid. Crikey.

23 people could stop this genocidal war criminal. That’s it. 23.

20 Republican senators and 3 republican reps in the house and he’d be out of politics forever. But they won’t.

They’re addicted to power. A drug so strong they’d rather see a civilization die than give it up.

At this point, Trump support doesn't just require one to be a Fake Christian.

Trump support requires one to violently hate and reject the actual teachings of Christ.

Enjoy your body bags & gas prices, MAGA. If you'd ever read the Jesus parts, none of this would be happening.

Sending ICE to Polling Places Is Illegal Armed federal agents have absolutely no business near election sites. 

ICE has no reason to be at or near the polls. It has no role in enforcing election laws. bit.ly/4s3UQDe

The question now is whether or not the Republican Party is comprised of lemmings willing to follow Trump over the cliff.

Do you know how EXTREMELY FUCKED UP SHIT HAS TO BE for me to be reposting Tucker Carlson positively???

Thank you @davidcorn.bsky.social Well said. I’d like to add he is also threatening crimes against humanity. Trying to obliterate a people & a culture as well as erecting concentration camps & hiring thugs who employ gestapo tactics is straight out of humanity’s most evil despots.

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The golden age of corporate profits

(see also: corruption)

a cartoon of a woman in a cape standing on a box that says vote fearlessly Alt: a cartoon of a woman in a cape standing on a box that says vote fearlessly

#SOUTHCAROLINA

Tomorrow is Election Day for:

💠Anderson
💠Great Falls
💠Chesterfield
💠Manning
💠Summerton
💠Edgefield
💠Johnston
💠Ridgeway
💠Hampton
💠McCormick
💠Parksville
💠Pinewood
💠Greeleyville

Do your research and go vote!

#LocalElectionsMatter

Opinion | Trump Killed the One Thing That Made Filing Taxes Easier

"Filing taxes should be really easy and completely free. It is in most other developed countries. In 2024, the Biden administration debuted a program called Direct File to make tax filing easy and free for most American taxpayers, too.

President Trump killed it."

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/o...

“You said Iran was obliterated. Why are we still at war, then?”

TRUMP: “It’s a big country.” — *rambles about the highly suspicious story about the rescue of two airmen as though even the generous version wasn’t a clusterfuck where multiple planes & choppers were lost*

SC Rep lawmakers introduced H.5501—asking SCOTUS to reverse Obergefell & ban same-sex marriage nationwide.
It just landed in SC Invitations & Memorial Res. committee. We need to tell them:

Vote NO on H.5501.
Call: (803) 734-3107
Contact Form: www.scstatehouse.gov/email.php