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- truthout.org Biden Reportedly Considers Dropping Out as Polls Show Him Losing Key States
“He knows if he has two more events like [the debate], we’re in a different place,” a close Biden ally said.
- www.independent.co.uk Trump’s alleged ‘sexual proclivities’ graphically detailed in new Epstein documents
The new papers contain ‘incendiary claims’ about the former president
Article from January 2024, but it bears reposting. Charges have been re-filed.
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“No One Wants to Work Anymore”, and Other Distasteful Fictions
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17171753
- www.lawfaremedia.org A Decision of Surpassing Recklessness in Dangerous Times
The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States would have been wrong and dangerous at any time. It’s uncommonly so with Trump poised to retake power.
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After the first presidential debate, what's next for Biden and Trump?
www.brookings.edu After the first presidential debate, what's next for Biden and Trump? | BrookingsLast week, President Joe Biden and former President Trump met in Atlanta for a presidential debate. After the event, most observers focused heavily on Biden’s seemingly poor performance, while paying Trump’s many untruths and exaggerations far less attention. And now some Biden supporters are hoping...
- www.thenation.com The President Can Now Assassinate You, Officially
Under this new standard, a president can go on a four-to-eight-year crime spree and then retire from public life, never to be held accountable.
- www.lawfaremedia.org Four Hearings and a Funding Stream
A dispatch from Judge Cannon’s hearings on special counsel funding, modifying Trump’s bond conditions, attorney-client privilege, and Trump’s challenges to the validity of the warrant.
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US Supreme Court rules Trump has immunity for official, not private acts
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24785419/scotus-trump-immunity-decision.pdf
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St. Louis Race Massacre (1917) On this day in 1917, white mobs in East St. Louis began indiscriminately killing black people, burning down homes with the families trapped inside, killing more than...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17107993
> ## St. Louis Race Massacre (1917) > > ### Sun Jul 01, 1917 > !Image > > Image: East St. Louis Race Riot headline from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat on Friday, July 6th, 1917. It reads "100 NEGROES SHOT, BURNED, CLUBBED TO DEATH IN E. ST. LOUIS RACE WAR" [blackpast.org] > > --- > On this day in 1917, white mobs in East St. Louis began indiscriminately killing black people, burning down homes with the families trapped inside, killing more than a hundred people in one of the bloodiest race riots of the 20th century. > > Racial tensions had begun to increase in February, when 470 black workers were hired to replace white workers who had gone on strike against the Aluminum Ore Company. The use of all-white workforces and using non-white strikebreakers was an often used tactic to break working class solidarity. > > At a city council meeting, angry white workers lodged formal complaints to the mayor of East St. Louis about black migration to the city. After the meeting ended, rumors of an attempted robbery of a white man by an armed black man began to circulate through the city. > > In response, white mobs formed and rampaged through downtown, assaulting any black people they could find. The mobs also stopped trolleys and streetcars, pulling black passengers out and beating them on the streets and sidewalks. > > On this day in 1917, the racial violence resumed at a fever pitch, with white mobs gunning down men, women, and children and burning down the homes of black families with them trapped inside. More than one hundred people were killed. > > A year after the violence took place, a federal investigation of the conduct of the city government concluded that police officers fled the scenes of arson and murder, abandoning their posts and refusing to answer calls for help. Less than a dozen white people were sentenced to prison for crimes related to the riot. > > --- > - Date: 1917-07-01 > - Learn More: www.blackpast.org, www.smithsonianmag.com. > - Tags: #Riots. > - Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org
- www.cfr.org The 2024 Candidates on Foreign Policy
Our guide to the presidential candidates and their positions on global issues.
- theintercept.com Negotiations Are Underway for Guantánamo’s “Forever Prisoner” From Gaza to Be Released
Abu Zubaydah’s lawyer told a military review board that an unnamed country could admit the “forever prisoner” and surveil him for perpetuity.
- www.nytimes.com Opinion | To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race
The president’s inadequate performance in the debate made it clear he is not the man he was four years ago.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/23130161
- theintercept.com Trump Used "Palestinian" as a Slur. Biden and Debate Moderators Didn’t Say a Word.
Trump’s racist remarks toward migrants and Palestinians was met with little more than “thank you, President Trump.”
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[opinion] I don't care if you abstain from voting for president.
Don't vote for president if you don't want to, I get it. It's stupid we only have 2 options, especially when both are in mental decline and show little to no ambition to reduce needless deaths and suffering. Both want to move this country towards fascism, and both are creating a worse world they won't have to live in for much longer.
To those who see this and think I'm saying both sides are the same, I'm not. I'll probably vote for Biden in November because he's driving towards the cliff at a slower speed and at least does the bare minimum for marginalized in this country. Also Trump said some pretty racist shit last night. Still, to those who don't want to support either candidate for the reasons above, that's valid.
The point I'm getting to is VOTE DOWN BALLOT. Vote for your congress person and your senator, both federal and state. Vote for your city council and your sheriff and whatever bills there are and everything else. That's where the fight still matters. That's where you can make the most difference. The social justice you want to see won't get near the white house until it's represented in the lower offices. It doesn't matter who the president is if you get enough decent people in a position to stand in their way.
unnecessary addendum
That's the important bit but here's a some sort messages to a few blocks of voters. To Republicans and right wingers, you should reevaluate your positions because what you're supporting is stupid and selfish and often inhumane. To Democrats, if you get enough control over the house and senate it doesn't really matter if Trump is president, also recognize and correct the failures of your party please. To the leftists, please run for office and bring those ideas into the mainstream discussion, try to reach out to your community and to share rather than driving them away with self righteousness. Also, don't be bigoted, that goes for everyone.
Edit: I even said I was voting for Biden and the libs are still mad I think he sucks. Again, the point of this post is to get people to pay attention to the other things on their ballot. The president isn't as important or as powerful as we act like it is. And if you want better options, you have to support better options in races where they actually have a chance.
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Frisky Friske Fascististy
Some of you may remember the article about Neil’s exciting arrest on gun and assault charges as a member of the Michigan House and Freedumb Cockus.
Surprise! He’s also a seditionist piece of shit! Well done Michigan republiQans. Couldn’t be prouder.
- abcnews.go.com Supreme Court limits scope of obstruction charge against Capitol rioters, Trump
The Supreme Court on Friday limited the scope of a felony obstruction charge used against Capitol rioters and Donald Trump.
- www.pewresearch.org Third-party and independent candidates for president often fall short of early polling numbers
Given the number of third-party and independent candidates in the 2024, we examined how such candidates fared in past elections.
- theintercept.com Progressives on AIPAC’s Defeat of Bowman: “Now We Know How Much It Costs to Buy an Election”
AIPAC poured almost $15 million into elevating challenger George Latimer over Rep. Jamaal Bowman in a New York primary election.
- www.scotusblog.com Supreme Court appears to allow emergency abortions in Idaho - SCOTUSblog
This article was updated on June 26 at 4:08 p.m. Bloomberg News has reported that the Supreme Court briefly accidentally posted an opinion on its website that would allow emergency abortions to go forward in Idaho. The court’s Public Information Office has issued a statement that the opinion in a
- www.nytimes.com Why Culture Has Come to a Standstill
A Times critic argues that ours is the least innovative century for the arts in 500 years. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
cross-posted from: https://dormi.zone/post/2481430
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- www.nbcnews.com Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a vocal Israel critic and 'squad' member, loses primary
NBC News projects that Westchester County executive George Latimer defeated Bowman after a bitter and expensive Democratic race in New York’s 16th District.
- truthout.org Donald Trump Endorses Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Classrooms
Trump further pandered to Christian nationalists in his keynote speech at an evangelical conference.
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Supreme Court takes up challenge to ban on gender-affirming care
www.scotusblog.com Supreme Court takes up challenge to ban on gender-affirming care - SCOTUSblogWhile the Supreme Court grapples this term with issues ranging from presidential immunity to abortion and the power of federal administrative agencies, the justices’ docket for the 2024-25 term has so far involved mostly lower-profile issues. That changed on Monday, when the justices waded once agai
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>There is something so very, very exciting about seeing the words *politician, dancer, gun, Republican, *and *3 A.M. *in immediate proximity to each other. All the elements of a hilarious scandal — presuming the dancer is okay — right there in one convenient location. Our antenna goes up and our nose starts twitching like a coked-out rabbit. It is especially welcome in the midst of this dreary presidential election season, a flare gun firing off in the darkness. We call it the full Molly Ivins. > >And with that, let us give a warm Wonkette welcome to one Kornelius “Neil” Friske (yes really), a 62-year-old hard-right Republican member of the Michigan state House of Representatives. Friske was arrested overnight Thursday in Lansing after police responded to a report of a man waving a gun and possibly shooting it. The details are still sketchy, but the cops apparently found reason to arrest Friske on the spot. He has not been formally charged yet, but the Lansing police “requested felony charges of sexual assault, assault, and a weapons-related offense against Friske.”
- theintercept.com Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug
Absolute Standards told Connecticut lawmakers it hasn’t made or sold pentobarbital since December 2020 and that it doesn’t plan to resume.
- www.cnn.com Appeals court won’t delay July 1 start of Steve Bannon’s prison sentence | CNN Politics
A federal appeals court Thursday night rejected Steve Bannon’s bid to delay the July 1 start of his criminal contempt-of-Congress prison sentence.
- deadline.com Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In ‘Klute’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘Hunger Games’ & Scores Of Others Was 88
Donald Sutherland, the revered actor who starred in scores of films and TV shows, died June 20 in Miami after a long illness. He was 88.
- www.salon.com John Kerry warns that Project 2025 would be "absolutely unimaginable and destructive"
Biden's former top climate change adviser spoke with Salon about the stakes for climate change in the election
- apnews.com Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing a court-ordered sell-off of many of his personal assets while the future of his Infowars media platform remains up in the air.
- truthout.org Lindsey Graham Blocks Democratic Bill Mandating SCOTUS to Adopt Code of Ethics
Supreme Court justices are currently the only federal judges in the US not bound by an ethics code.
- www.nbcnews.com Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict access to abortion pill
The court found that anti-abortion doctors who questioned the FDA’s easing of access to the pill did not have legal standing to sue.
- www.epi.org More states have strengthened child labor laws than weakened them in 2024: This year, state advocates were better equipped to organize in opposition to harmful bills
Click here for the latest version of our 50-state maps showing the status of legislation to roll back or strengthen child labor protections. Early this year, we detailed the continued state legislative attacks on child labor protections as well as bills to strengthen child labor standards. Despite t...