Where is the book club meeting held?

Just purchased it.

'Who's that good for?': Maddow connects the dots on Donald Trump's behavior toward Russia

The Republican Rip Off

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Americans decreasingly call religion important to their lives and are divided over its role in society | CNN A major new study on religious views in the United States finds – as Americans’ connection to organized religion continues to fade – there are deep divides over the appropriate role for religion in Am...

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"King" Trump Will Make Dictators Great Again At The Expense of America and Our Allies Donald Trump seeks to recreate Putin's dictatorship at home, and in doing so he's willing to throw Ukraine, our European allies, and the American people, especially his voters, under the bus.

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Oklahoma lawmaker: I don't want "pink-haired" atheists teaching the Bible in schools State Sen. David Bullard wants to force the Bible into classrooms. He just doesn't want atheist teachers having a say in how it's taught.

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The bureaucrat who could make Trump's authoritarian dreams real Russ Vought has a plan to take presidential power to new heights.

Last year, I wrote a profile of Vought for @motherjones.com:

The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.

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Gregg Abott using the wheel chair access infrastructure, built because of inclusivity policies, to get to his office and sign a bill dismantling DEI is peak brain rot.

“If you correct for race”

Scott, I hope that Ketamine at the party made you love yourself more.

Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.

SCOOP: Kash Patel—whom Donald Trump has nominated to head the FBI—took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries.

Daily reminder with these chodes: Every accusation is a confession (and a concession).

Is Donald Trump Afraid of Elon Musk? The president has long operated without anything resembling worry when it comes to appointments or executive action, but as his most powerful—and richest—political ally chainsaws his way through the f...

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The US Government Is Not a Startup Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.

“It maps almost too neatly to his acquisition of Twitter in 2022: Get rid of most of the workforce. Install loyalists. Rip up safeguards. Remake in your own image… This is the way of the startup.” @wired.com

“When an institution lives only by lies, truth is revolutionary.” Trump’s task force is a new institution built on lies and disinformation. One of the best ways to fight back against it is to share. Don’t despair, share. Share the truth. In times like this, that simple act is revolutionary.

A DOGE of one’s own: GOP-led states want to guide Musk’s cuts Republican governors and state lawmakers are eager to embrace the Musk-driven cuts to Washington — and make sure some of that chaos doesn’t trickle down to their states.

Oklahoma a$$ sucker.

Only two weeks on the job, and Elon Musk is already the worst president America has ever had.

Trump signs executive orders targeting ICC and ‘anti-Christian bias’ | CNN Politics President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Thursday, one targeting the International Criminal Court and a second on “anti-Christian bias.”

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