Texas’ Gillespie County Republican Party hand counted ballots for its March 2024 primary. There were errors in results in nearly every precinct. Election experts have repeatedly said hand counts are costly and less accurate than voting machines.
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Me: Hi, My name is Dr. Kristin Hook, and I’m a scientist running for Congress against Chip Roy.

Guy on phone: You mean you’re going to go against my favorite politician?….I hope you can hear the sarcasm in my voice.

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This is why it is so important that we protect reproductive rights on the federal level. Our states won't help us. Our courts won't help us. Congress has to.

We don't talk about this enough, but if Trump wins, he will do everything possible to repeal Biden's climate policies.

On the pod, David Roberts is incredibly informative on how disastrous this would be. He also explains a concept called 'petro-masculinity':
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Donald Trump's lawyers just won't stop throwing Hail Mary passes.

They just asked New York State's appellate court in Manhattan to halt the trial, citing an unfair jury selection of biased jurors.

NEWS

New York AG asks for the judge in Trump's civil fraud case to REJECT the Knight surety and declare the bond to be 'without effect.'

It doesn't meet the 'requirements of trustworthiness and competence,' the AG says.

Insulin is capped at $35 a month for seniors.

Medicare has the power to negotiate lower drug prices.

Health care coverage is more affordable for millions of Americans.

All because House Democrats took on Big Pharma and stood up for everyday Americans.

NEW: Citadel Securities spokesperson responds to Devin Nunes' claim in his recent letter to the Nasdaq about short selling $DJT.

I've never seen Citadel Securities respond like this:

Miley Cyrus and Jimmy Fallon singing Jolene disguised at the subway.

JUST IN: We have SIX alternates.

We have a jury now.

The best thing that could happen to our country would be for a jury of 12 ordinary (but very courageous) men & women to hear the evidence against Trump & decide solely on that basis whether he's been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Just. Like. Anyone. Else.

We’ve got a few prospective jurors that have announced during voir dire that they’re too anxious to sit on this jury. A few have actually broken down in tears.

NEW: Texas appeals court rules that Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) can face disciplinary action from the Texas Bar for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, rejecting Paxton's arguments that he has immunity as a state official. houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

The Nevada Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, has reversed a lower court ruling that had blocked an abortion rights initiative from being on the state's 2024 ballot.

A brilliant response by Timothy Snyder to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s accusation of Nazis in Ukraine. As a leading scholar on the subject of nationalism, Snyder makes three points:
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This Day in Labor History: April 19, 1920. Workers affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World went on strike in the copper mines around Butte, Montana. Two days later, the Anaconda Mining Company would simply shoot them down, in the Anaconda Road Massacre!!!

“President Biden has been a champion for all the rights and freedoms that my father and uncle stood for,' younger sister Kerry Kennedy declared. “That’s why nearly every single grandchild of Joe and Rose Kennedy supports Joe Biden. That’s right. ... The Kennedy family endorses

“Lawmakers on a Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks” nola.com/news/politics/…

Today Speaker Sexton had a mother arrested in the gallery while holding a sign opposing more guns in schools.

Each day he grows more drunk with power, and is enabled by an extremist supermajority complicit in his authoritarianism.

We are witnessing the death of our democracy.

New York is letting Trump know how they feel about him.