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Lessons of History and Trying To Avoid the Same Mistakes
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Donald Trump Baselessly Suggests Joe Biden Uses Cocaine, Calls Prosecutor 'Crackhead'
The former president said cocaine found at the White House must have belonged to Joe and Hunter Biden; the Biden family was out of town.
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Robinson also compared himself to World War II soldiers fighting Hitler?? “That young man [in 1944 battle] will look at you and tell you, ‘I don’t want to be here. But I don’t have a choice,’” Robinson told the crowd. “‘You see, Hitler is bombing his way across Europe, and the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.’”
Yes, running for office is much like running into battle in *checks notes* 1940 Europe.
The continued invocation of Nazis is especially wild considering that this man is running for governor of North Carolina. But if that is not enough of a red flag for voters, note that Robinson has also endorsed Donald Trump for president. I look forward to what else he can spew before the 2024 gubernatorial race.
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Yes, running for office is much like running into battle in *checks notes* 1940 Europe.
The continued invocation of Nazis is especially wild considering that this man is running for governor of North Carolina. But if that is not enough of a red flag for voters, note that Robinson has also endorsed Donald Trump for president. I look forward to what else he can spew before the 2024 gubernatorial race.
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Moms for Liberty Speaker Says It's Time to Start Re-Reading Hitler, Stalin, & Mao
While speaking to the crowd gathered for Moms for Liberty’s “Blessings of the Liberty Breakfast” event on Sunday, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) said it’s time to “start reading” some of the quotes from homicidal dictators like Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin rather than automatically...
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Lessons of History and Trying To Avoid the Same Mistakes
Must be a Joe Biden Regrets thread.
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Fox Business Network anchor Cheryl Casone on Wednesday blasted the “tasteless” social-media comments from conservatives gleefully linking cocaine found in the White Housethis week to Hunter Biden.
It’s “not funny” to mock the president’s son for his past addictions, Casone said less than an hour after her Fox colleagues made similar links to the younger Biden on-air.
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It’s “not funny” to mock the president’s son for his past addictions, Casone said less than an hour after her Fox colleagues made similar links to the younger Biden on-air.
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Fox Host Blasts ‘Tasteless’ Comments Linking Hunter to White House Cocaine
Casone’s denouncement came after several Fox colleagues implied the White House coke belongs to the president’s son, including a segment just before her hour.
www.thedailybeast.com
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Without any evidence, Marjorie Taylor Greene labeled the perpetrator of the mass shooting in Philadelphia a "trans shooter" based on the fact that he apparently wore a dress in a picture posted to social media accounts. For some reason, Greene failed to mention the fervent support the shooter also showed for Donald Trump and the 2nd Amendment during her pathetic attempt to further smear the LGBTQ community.
The suspect is a 40-year-old IT professional who lives in the neighborhood. On his now-deleted Facebook page, reviewed by VICE News, he posted repeatedly about his second amendment rights, his pro-gun stance, his support for former president Donald Trump, and his disdain for President Joe Biden.
But members of the far right have jumped on a handful of pictures, posted on the account three months ago, that show the suspect with long braided hair and wearing women’s clothing. These images were enough for Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to conclusively state: “Another trans shooter,” citing an article published in the far-right conspiracy blog the Post Millennial.
Beyond the pictures posted to the suspect’s Facebook account, there is no available evidence to suggest that they are transgender.
Members of the far right also jumped on a single image of a clenched fist on the suspect’s Facebook page to claim the suspect “has been identified as a Trans/BLM activist,” even though there is no evidence beyond the single picture to suggest they were an activist.
Tina Rosette, 49, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that she lived with the suspect for about a year in 2021 and found him to be “really smart, intelligent, creative.” Rosette’s daughter, who also lived with the suspect, said she had to rebuff a romantic advance from the suspect during that time.
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The suspect is a 40-year-old IT professional who lives in the neighborhood. On his now-deleted Facebook page, reviewed by VICE News, he posted repeatedly about his second amendment rights, his pro-gun stance, his support for former president Donald Trump, and his disdain for President Joe Biden.
But members of the far right have jumped on a handful of pictures, posted on the account three months ago, that show the suspect with long braided hair and wearing women’s clothing. These images were enough for Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to conclusively state: “Another trans shooter,” citing an article published in the far-right conspiracy blog the Post Millennial.
Beyond the pictures posted to the suspect’s Facebook account, there is no available evidence to suggest that they are transgender.
Members of the far right also jumped on a single image of a clenched fist on the suspect’s Facebook page to claim the suspect “has been identified as a Trans/BLM activist,” even though there is no evidence beyond the single picture to suggest they were an activist.
Tina Rosette, 49, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that she lived with the suspect for about a year in 2021 and found him to be “really smart, intelligent, creative.” Rosette’s daughter, who also lived with the suspect, said she had to rebuff a romantic advance from the suspect during that time.
The Far Right Is Already Using the Philadelphia Shooting to Smear Trans People
There’s no evidence the suspect was trans, and he posted repeatedly about his pro-gun stance and his support for former president Donald Trump.
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Renewable energy is helping to keep electricity costs from skyrocketing in Texas as the state sweats beneath a heat dome.
The big picture: The heat dome is toppling records. Multiple locations in Texas set monthly and all-time temperature highs last week.
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The big picture: The heat dome is toppling records. Multiple locations in Texas set monthly and all-time temperature highs last week.
- And with air conditioners humming relentlessly, the state hit a new record for electricity usage on June 27.
- Meanwhile, Texas' renewable energy production also climbed to new highs amid outages from a large number of fossil-fuel plants.
- So far this year, Texas’ renewables have passed the test.
- “Having solar provide during the hottest parts of the day is allowing our thermal [i.e. fossil fuel] fleet to not run itself into the ground as fast,” Josh Rhodes, a research scientist at the University of Texas at Austin, told Texas Monthly.
- The Texas grid was producing a record 31 gigawatts of renewable power last Wednesday.
- And as a share of total power, renewables reached 35%-40% during peak usage last week, Lewin says. (For comparison, renewables provided about 25% of the state's power during 2022.)
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Under the heat dome, renewable energy sources are keeping Texans cool
"Renewables likely saved consumers a billion dollars or more last week alone."
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Why was Greene removed? Though tensions were already brewing within the Freedom Caucus, the formal vote came shortly after Greene and fellow caucus member Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) got into a heated clash on the House floor — details of which were quickly leaked to reporters.
“I think the way she referred to a fellow member was probably not the way we expect our members to refer to other fellow, especially female, members,” Harris said on Thursday, appearing to refer to Greene reportedly calling Boebert a “little bitch.”
Asked if Greene breaking from the group on the debt bill or her support for McCarthy were factors, Harris said, “I think all of that mattered.”
“I think the straw that broke the camel's back was publicly saying things about another member in terms that no one should,” he said.
What does it mean? Greene has typically attended the group’s weekly off-campus strategy sessions, but Harris noted Thursday that only members can attend the meetings, meaning she would no longer be able to attend.
It is the first time the group has formally booted a member from its ranks. Then-Rep. Justin Amash previously quit the group. Harris noted that there was “one other member a couple of years ago, who we probably would have asked to leave, but we just decided not to.”
(full article online)
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“I think the way she referred to a fellow member was probably not the way we expect our members to refer to other fellow, especially female, members,” Harris said on Thursday, appearing to refer to Greene reportedly calling Boebert a “little bitch.”
Asked if Greene breaking from the group on the debt bill or her support for McCarthy were factors, Harris said, “I think all of that mattered.”
“I think the straw that broke the camel's back was publicly saying things about another member in terms that no one should,” he said.
What does it mean? Greene has typically attended the group’s weekly off-campus strategy sessions, but Harris noted Thursday that only members can attend the meetings, meaning she would no longer be able to attend.
It is the first time the group has formally booted a member from its ranks. Then-Rep. Justin Amash previously quit the group. Harris noted that there was “one other member a couple of years ago, who we probably would have asked to leave, but we just decided not to.”
(full article online)
Marjorie Taylor Greene is no longer a member of the Freedom Caucus after a vote last month, according to one member of the conservative group’s board.
News and analysis from Capitol Hill for when you only have a few minutes, from POLITICO.
www.politico.com
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At first glance, the plight of Katherine Rinderle, a fifth-grade teacher in Georgia, might seem confusing. Rinderle faces likely termination by the Cobb County School District for reading aloud a children’s book that touches on gender identity. Yet she is charged in part with violating policy related to a state law banning “divisive concepts” about race, not gender.
This disconnect captures something essential about state laws and directives restricting classroom discussion across the country: They seem to be imprecisely drafted to encourage censorship. That invites parents and administrators to seek to apply bans to teachers haphazardly, forcing teachers to err on the side of muzzling themselves rather than risk unintentionally crossing fuzzy lines into illegality.
“Teachers are fearful,” Rinderle told us in an interview. “These vague laws are chilling and result in teachers self-censoring."
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Nonetheless, it’s absurd that Rinderle is charged with flouting policy on “controversial issues” via such a ridiculous utilization of state law. Her predicament illustrates the danger teachers face in trying to navigate policies that seem designed to be hard to follow: The incentives strongly encourage some to avoid challenging topics (lest they face a fate such as Rinderle’s), and others to go searching for transgressions on absurd pretexts (as a parent did here).
“This is the shocking new normal in American public schooling,” Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression and education at PEN America, told us. “In many states, a widening circle of content can get someone in trouble. More and more educators are getting the message: There’s a target on their backs.”
Last weekend, at the national summit of the absurdly named right-wing group “Moms for Liberty,” GOP presidential contenders all raged against wokeness, demonstrating to the base how attuned they are to the hunger for more laws cracking down on open discussions in classrooms.
The essence of this mania is that it is forever hunting for new offenders on the flimsiest of pretexts. As GOP legislatures put the force of state power behind this push, they are creating an array of blunt weaponry, which in turn further encourages parents and local officials to sniff out new sexualizers of children, new Marxists, new lunatics and new perverts wherever they can be found. Whatever becomes of Rinderle, the scalps will assuredly continue piling higher.
(full article online)
This disconnect captures something essential about state laws and directives restricting classroom discussion across the country: They seem to be imprecisely drafted to encourage censorship. That invites parents and administrators to seek to apply bans to teachers haphazardly, forcing teachers to err on the side of muzzling themselves rather than risk unintentionally crossing fuzzy lines into illegality.
“Teachers are fearful,” Rinderle told us in an interview. “These vague laws are chilling and result in teachers self-censoring."
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Nonetheless, it’s absurd that Rinderle is charged with flouting policy on “controversial issues” via such a ridiculous utilization of state law. Her predicament illustrates the danger teachers face in trying to navigate policies that seem designed to be hard to follow: The incentives strongly encourage some to avoid challenging topics (lest they face a fate such as Rinderle’s), and others to go searching for transgressions on absurd pretexts (as a parent did here).
“This is the shocking new normal in American public schooling,” Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression and education at PEN America, told us. “In many states, a widening circle of content can get someone in trouble. More and more educators are getting the message: There’s a target on their backs.”
Last weekend, at the national summit of the absurdly named right-wing group “Moms for Liberty,” GOP presidential contenders all raged against wokeness, demonstrating to the base how attuned they are to the hunger for more laws cracking down on open discussions in classrooms.
The essence of this mania is that it is forever hunting for new offenders on the flimsiest of pretexts. As GOP legislatures put the force of state power behind this push, they are creating an array of blunt weaponry, which in turn further encourages parents and local officials to sniff out new sexualizers of children, new Marxists, new lunatics and new perverts wherever they can be found. Whatever becomes of Rinderle, the scalps will assuredly continue piling higher.
(full article online)
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The new analysis came shortly after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released data showing that the consumer price index rose 4% in May compared to the previous year, the smallest increase since 2021.
Further evidence of cooling inflation sparked a fresh round of calls for the Federal Reserve to stop hiking interest rates before it pushes the economy into recession. The Fed is widely expected to announce Wednesday that it is pausing rate increases for the month of June, but it could resume the hikes as soon as the following month.
"The Fed should not only pause tomorrow but pause going forward and see how these 10 rate hikes play out," Rakeen Mabud, chief economist at the Groundwork Collaborative, said in an appearance on Yahoo FinanceTuesday morning.
Liz Zelnick, director of economic security and corporate power at Accountable.US, said in a statement that "after an unprecedented 10 interest rate hikes in a row, it's clear the corporate profiteering epidemic will persist no matter how many times the Fed doubles down."
The New York Timesreported late last month that even as the prices of key raw materials have fallen in recent months, "many big businesses have continued raising prices at a rapid clip" and signaled that "they do not plan to change course"—which helps explain data showing that U.S. corporate profits rose to a record level in the first quarter of 2023.
"PepsiCo has become a prime example of how large corporations have countered increased costs, and then some," the Times noted. "Hugh Johnston, the company's chief financial officer, said in February that PepsiCo had raised its prices by enough to buffer further cost pressures in 2023. At the end of April, the company reported that it had raised the average price across its snacks and beverages by 16% in the first three months of the year. That added to a similar price increase in the fourth quarter of 2022 and increased its profit margin."
Zelnick said Tuesday that "higher interest rates haven't stopped S&P companies, especially in the Big Food industry, from inflating consumer prices despite reporting billions in extra net earnings and over a trillion dollars in giveaways to wealthy investors."
"Corporate greed is a stubborn thing and requires serious action from Congress," she added. "The Fed has not seen an adequate return on its investment in a policy that has already created fissures in the economy that could lead to recession. It's just not worth it."
(full article online)
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Further evidence of cooling inflation sparked a fresh round of calls for the Federal Reserve to stop hiking interest rates before it pushes the economy into recession. The Fed is widely expected to announce Wednesday that it is pausing rate increases for the month of June, but it could resume the hikes as soon as the following month.
"The Fed should not only pause tomorrow but pause going forward and see how these 10 rate hikes play out," Rakeen Mabud, chief economist at the Groundwork Collaborative, said in an appearance on Yahoo FinanceTuesday morning.
Liz Zelnick, director of economic security and corporate power at Accountable.US, said in a statement that "after an unprecedented 10 interest rate hikes in a row, it's clear the corporate profiteering epidemic will persist no matter how many times the Fed doubles down."
The New York Timesreported late last month that even as the prices of key raw materials have fallen in recent months, "many big businesses have continued raising prices at a rapid clip" and signaled that "they do not plan to change course"—which helps explain data showing that U.S. corporate profits rose to a record level in the first quarter of 2023.
"PepsiCo has become a prime example of how large corporations have countered increased costs, and then some," the Times noted. "Hugh Johnston, the company's chief financial officer, said in February that PepsiCo had raised its prices by enough to buffer further cost pressures in 2023. At the end of April, the company reported that it had raised the average price across its snacks and beverages by 16% in the first three months of the year. That added to a similar price increase in the fourth quarter of 2022 and increased its profit margin."
Zelnick said Tuesday that "higher interest rates haven't stopped S&P companies, especially in the Big Food industry, from inflating consumer prices despite reporting billions in extra net earnings and over a trillion dollars in giveaways to wealthy investors."
"Corporate greed is a stubborn thing and requires serious action from Congress," she added. "The Fed has not seen an adequate return on its investment in a policy that has already created fissures in the economy that could lead to recession. It's just not worth it."
(full article online)
Top US Companies Admit to Hiking Prices to Pad Their Profits: Analysis
"After an unprecedented 10 interest rate hikes in a row, it's clear the corporate profiteering epidemic will persist no matter how many times the Fed doubles down," said Liz Zelnick of Accountable.US.
www.commondreams.org
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Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation
Corporate profits have been bolstered by higher prices even as some of the costs of doing business have fallen in recent months.
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Wisconsin judge: Lawsuit to repeal abortion ban can continue
A judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking to repeal Wisconsin's 174-year-old abortion ban can continue
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A reparations lawsuit filed by the three last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre was tossed out in Oklahoma court on Friday, records show. Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108, Viola Fletcher, 109, and Hughes Van Ellis, 102, sought relief from the “ongoing public nuisance” of the damages from the white supremacist attack on Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, dubbed Black Wall Street. The plaintiffs called out how others have benefitted from the “exploitation of the massacre”—which killed up to 300 people, historians estimate—while they have yet to “recover for unjust enrichment.” The City of Tulsa requested the lawsuit be brushed away because “simply being connected to a historical event does not provide a person with unlimited rights to seek compensation,” CNN reported. Judge Caroline Wall sided with the city on Friday and dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled. “My life was taken from me,” Van Ellis previously said, according to CNN. “I lost 102 years. I don’t want nobody else to lose that.”
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Judge Tosses Reparations Case From Last Known Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors
Judge Caroline Wall sided with the city and dismissed the case with prejudice.
www.thedailybeast.com
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Opinion | May Trump Soon Reach His Waterloo
The former president isn’t Napoleon, but there are similarities in the cults around both men.
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House GOP leaders are under pressure to score points in the right’s escalating war on what many Republicans call “woke” capitalism — even though a number of senior GOP lawmakers would rather tell government regulators, instead of executives, what to do. While framed around holding Wall Street to account, Financial Services Committee Republicans appear to be picking spots where they’ll minimize friction with the industry’s biggest players.
Lobbyists for their part want to avoid further inflaming tensions. Their companies are poised to be huge targets for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republican White House contenders who argue that corporations are exercising ideological agendas. Big money managers and banks already face a barrage of legislative attacks from state Republican officials over their policies on energy and guns. BlackRock’s Fink, the financial industry’s most prominent leader in the sustainable investing trend, said last month he will no longer use the term ESG because “it’s been misused by the far left and the far right.”
House Democrats, in a twist, are rallying behind the ability of Wall Street and investors to choose how they want to tackle societal issues such as climate change.
“We’ll continue to be the voice that’s defending the fact that the market should have choice,” Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) said in an interview.
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Lobbyists for their part want to avoid further inflaming tensions. Their companies are poised to be huge targets for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republican White House contenders who argue that corporations are exercising ideological agendas. Big money managers and banks already face a barrage of legislative attacks from state Republican officials over their policies on energy and guns. BlackRock’s Fink, the financial industry’s most prominent leader in the sustainable investing trend, said last month he will no longer use the term ESG because “it’s been misused by the far left and the far right.”
House Democrats, in a twist, are rallying behind the ability of Wall Street and investors to choose how they want to tackle societal issues such as climate change.
“We’ll continue to be the voice that’s defending the fact that the market should have choice,” Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) said in an interview.
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House Republicans move to silence Wall Street in climate fight
While framing criticism of ESG as holding Wall Street to account, House Republicans appear to be picking spots where they’ll minimize friction with the financial services industry.
www.politico.com
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