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Trump administration subpoenaing Arizona 2020 voting records, as Trump pushes to consolidate election power The administration has also obtained records from Fulton County, Georgia, as Trump continues to focus on the 2020 election he lost.

Another alarm bell in this five alarm fire.

Donald Trump is still trying to relitigate the 2020 election six years later.

He wants to scare election officials and election workers ahead of the midterms.

And he’s using the FBI to do it.

Democrats must use all leverage possible to try to stop Trump's illegal war in Iran.

We're demanding public hearings.

And will continue to force votes on the Senate floor. 🧵

11 hours later:

No public statements from any House Republican leaders on Ogles' post.

No denunciation from any House Republicans.

No responses to any of my requests for comment from House Republican leaders, U.S. senators from Tennessee, the Tennessee Republican Party or Ogles' office.

Interior Proposes to Restore State-Aligned Hunting Regulations on Alaska National Preserves | U.S. Department of the Interior The Department of the Interior today announced a proposed rule to restore longstanding hunting and trapping regulations on Alaska’s national preserves, realigning federal regulations with Alaska state...

The NPS has concluded that bear baiting poses unacceptable public safety risks bears are more likely to attack when defending a food source, meaning visitors who encounter a bait station are at risk, and bears that aren’t killed can become conditioned to associate human food with people.

Multiple outlets (e.g. Middle East Eye, Reuters) also describe this double-tap: an initial hit, then a second strike on rescuers/parents gathering kids in a prayer hall. This is the second time in recent memory the U.S. military has been accused of an illegal attack on rescuers/survivors.

Trump Now MoonWalking Away From Regime Change As Fast As He Can Yesterday UN Ambassador Mike Waltz announced that the US was moving ahead...

Trump Now MoonWalking Away From Regime Change As Fast As He Can

Trump’s War on Iran Challenges a Democracy Already Under Stress Autocratic leaders fomenting war on pretextual and bad-faith grounds prove a grave test for democracy.

It's no secret that many worry Trump could use the war and national security threats as an excuse to interfere with the November elections.

Stay on this. Keep digging. And thank you.

Hakeem Jeffries won't commit to blocking additional Iran war funding The House minority leader said Democrats will "cross that bridge when we get to it" but added that President Donald Trump has so far failed to justify his "war of choice."

In January, Jeffries declined to whip against DHS funding. Then DHS murdered Alex Pretti, and Dems had to play catchup to the politics. Now Jeffries won't commit to whip against Trump's war. This isn't rocket science - unify Dems against bad and unpopular things! www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Defense funding has gone up 26% since Obama left office, after adjusting for inflation. That works out to $217 billion this year.

The best reason to be against a war supp is the war is immoral.

But even just looking at dollars, there's no need for a supp. The military budget has grown a ton in the last decade, & it just got a huge ⬆️ in OBBBA. Those funds, plus existing transfer authority, mean there's no need for more money.

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In less than 1 week, Trump has wasted more than $5 BILLION of your taxpayer dollars on his war of choice on Iran.

That money could have covered the cost of SNAP for more than 2 million Americans for a year.

There's always money for war and never money for human needs.

Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

"A woman who claims she was abused as a minor by both Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump has given the FBI vivid accounts that include aspects of her life corroborated by the The Post and Courier through public records."

@sanders.senate.gov on the opportunity cost of war: "All over this country, people are sleeping out on the street, can't afford housing, can't afford healthcare. We are the richest country in the history of the world... We need to provide a decent standard of living for every man, woman and child."

If oil prices spike, working families feel it first at the pump, at the store, everywhere. Dismissing those concerns as foolish ignores real economic pain.

So much “winning.” 🙄

Good news, Trump won't sign any more bills. See you next year

Trump ‘will not sign other bills’ until Republicans pass SAVE America Act The statement is a blunt ultimatum to Congress — pass the anti-voting bill or risk seeing other legislation stalled.

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump declared Sunday that he will not sign any other legislation until Congress passes the SAVE America Act, dramatically escalating his campaign to force the voter suppression bill through the Senate. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Yes

Bloody Sunday Today marks the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965.

We used to be a country that could summon outrage and turn it into courage. Now, MAGA watches Trump bomb a girls’ school in Iran and lie about it. Here are some ideas about what we need to do about it. joycevance.substack.com/p/bloody-sun...

But brings evening dog walks into the light. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Fair enough.

DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

Oil and gas prices rapidly rise as Iran war shows no signs of letting up The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East.

The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East.

Feelings aren’t facts, Karoline. Remind your boss.