RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill that prohibits schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was a peaceful demonstration or that there was massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the first Democratic state to try to shape how such events are taught.
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BREAKING NYT:
Lindsey Halligan, the ex-U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia who brought criminal cases against Trump's enemies over the objections of career prosecutors, is under investigation by Florida's bar association, according to a letter the organization sent last month.
And just like that, Kristi is Noem more. Trump just fired her!😂
So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.
That's roughly $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
People do not want this.
They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
Starting a war that is costing lives and wrecking the global economy.
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Susan Collins voted to continue the war in Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...
An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
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The Pentagon is about to ask Congress for an estimated $50 billion in extra funds for the war on Iran.
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there's a lot going on right now but did you know a massive amount of the world's fertilizer flows through the middle east, and did you know that that fertilizer needs to be shipped to the us *right now* for planting season, and uh did you know we are at war with iran
"He had a feeling" they might attack is new standard for attacking other nations?
Leavitt: Trump attacked Iran because "he had a feeling" Iran was going to attack.
A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000
miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Apparently the theater of this war extends far beyond the Middle East with military action now in South Asia.
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I am back in D.C. to hear from cruel Kristi Noem on why she is complicit in the chaos happening at DHS, vote on a War Powers Resolution to rein Donald Trump in, and vote against a DHS funding bill that does nothing to address the reckless actions we’re seeing from ICE.
The work continues.
I’ve been notified about another death in ICE custody.
This marks a stunning 40 deaths during the second Trump administration.
This cannot continue. There must be real accountability for ICE and DHS.
Here are 4 districts the TX GOP gerrymandered to gain seats in November, with the Dem and GOP primary vote. Dems outvoted GOPs in every one of them.
Wow, the Dem primary turnout among Hispanic voters in Texas is going to be giving the GOP sweats for the next 8 months.
Take Zapata County - turnout in the Dem primary there yesterday was 143% the total number of votes Harris won in the 2024 general election. That's wild.
Jasmine Crockett concedes to James Talarico this morning: “With the primary behind us, Democrats must rally around our nominee. I'm committed to doing my part and will continue working to elect Democrats up and down the ballot." #TxSen
Talarico projected to win Democratic primary for US Senate in Texas. Looking at the map nationwide and current conditions, Democrats actually have a chance to retake the Senate in November.
Keep a close eye on the ultimate statewide margin of victory in TX Senate Democratic primary b/c if it is a razor close margin, its possible we could see litigation over the segregated provisional ballots cast between 7 and 9 pm in Dallas County.
RESULT: Over & over, Democratic lawmaker Shelly Willingham helped the North Carolina GOP override the vetoes of Governor Stein & Cooper.
He lost just now to a progressive challenger, 56% to 44%.
(And he's likely one of several in this position. Stay tuned.)
JUST IN: Democrat Alex Holladay has flipped a GOP-held seat in *Arkansas*.
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried hard to delay this race and wanted the seat to stay vacant for 8+ months, but the courts told her to hold it today. If she was worried, she was right to be.
Our full recap:
RESULT: Democrats have flipped a state House seat in Arkansas.
This is their 2nd flip of a legislative seat so far in 2025 (after a Texas flip in January), & it adds to a tremendous trend that started last year, when they flipped 21% of all GOP-held seats in play: boltsmag.org/legislative-...
On a night where Democrats should be uniting behind the winning candidate, Paxton and the Texas Supreme Court have introduced uncertainty and potential chaos in the Democratic primary.
..Both Dallas and Williamson county voters have grown accustomed to countywide voting, including on election day,” the Dallas congresswoman said.. “This effort to suppress the vote, to confuse and inconvenience voters is having its intended effect as people are being turned away from the polls.”
...As a result, voters...were required to cast ballots at their assigned neighborhood polling places, instead of centralized sites as in previous elections....
More info on Dallas County voting:
"This year, Republicans in Dallas and Williamson counties eliminated centralized voting locations, which had become a common practice..
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The Texas Supreme Court decision to halt the lower court order extending voting hours in Dallas County (which only applies to the Democratic Primary) is creating chaos and uncertainty.
