The Arkansas supreme court today voted 4-3 to void the ballot initiative that would have expanded medical marijuana in the state: thv11.com/article/news/p…

A 78-year-old working the fry station at McDonald's is a pretty good encapsulation of what will happen after Donald Trump's tax plan drains the Social Security Trust Fund and triggers massive cuts to benefits seniors depend on. mediamatters.org/fox-news/new-a…

Really sad story: 'One 82-year-old woman, who wore pajamas with holes in them because she didn’t want to spend money on new ones, didn’t realize she had given Republicans more than $350,000 while living in a 1,000 square-foot Baltimore condo since 2020.' cnn.com/interactive/20…

UPDATE: The Georgia State Election Board's most controversial rules are dead for this election cycle. The state Supreme Court won't consider the matter until after the cycle is over, rejecting the RNC's bid for expedited review. x.com/bluestein/stat…

Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed Donald Trump's classified documents case, appears on list of proposed candidates for Attorney General in second Trump administration, per ABC News. abcnews.go.com/US/judge-tosse…

From last year of GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell decrying ease of campus voting. “What is this young people effort that they do? They basically put the polling place next to the student dorm so they just have to roll out of bed, vote, and go back to bed.” washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04…

NEW: At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians. propublica.org/article/gunmak…

NEW: Trump never distributed wildfire aid to Washington in 2020 after he battled with @GovInslee over climate/COVID policy. GOP Rep CathyMcMorrisRodgers was also pleading for help. WA had to wait until Biden took office to receive funding. Tom Frank and me. eenews.net/articles/trump…

In case you voted by mail in Arizona… somebody… set some mailboxes on fire so please check to make sure they received your vote. Information on how is in the article below. rawstory.com/maricopa-ballo…

"We need the electoral college so candidates don't ignore the middle of the country"

Morning! ☕️ ICYMI: In a newly unearthed interview from 2022, GOP Rep. Dave Schweikert -- in a very tight House race in AZ -- said women who have abortions “hate the country” and “hate that baby” because having a baby would mean responsibility. huffpost.com/entry/gop-davi…

Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally wapo.st/4e0PdyI

New: Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She'd told her husband that the medical team said it couldn't act until the fetal heartbeat stopped. propub.li/4f2ILsh

BREAKING: #SCOTUS refuses GOP request to narrow options for PA voters who botch mail-ballots and try to vote on Election Day. No dissent but Alito/Thomas/Gorsuch offer an explanation of why court isn't stepping in. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/2526… Earlier: politico.com/live-updates/2…

The NLRB just ruled captive audience meetings are an unlawful violation of workers' right to organize. *Now* is the time to form a union - some common barriers have been removed and it'll take time for the new administration to undo these rulings. Get in touch, get organized.

🚨 🚨BREAKING NEWS FROM Punchbowl News : Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) resignation from Congress came two days before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on releasing a “highly damaging” report outlining its investigation into the Republican, according to multiple sources

Thx to social media algorithms, seemingly apolitical interests like weightlifting/gaming/MMA fighting have become a pipeline to right-wing politics thru the "manosphere." One researcher told me, "If we dont do something abt this now, we’re messing up kids" jezebel.com/inside-the-net…

Popular Democracy in Action, a pro-democracy group, says Biden's pardon rate is 1.3% — the lowest among recent presidents. "In his final days in office, we urge President Biden to provide the same compassion he gave his son and pardon the 10,000 clemency petitions on his desk."

Did you know we have a Project 2025 tracker? In 60 days, the Trump administration has completed over 1/3 of Project 2025's goals project2025.observer