Trump’s former campaign chair tells Insider he shared polling data with longtime business associate Konstantin Kilimnik to help secure business deals.
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/paul-manafort-exclusive-interview-trump-campaign-polling-data-russia-kilimnik-2022-8
GOP Suddenly Wants to Defund Law Enforcement After Mar-a-Lago Raid
Trump sycophant Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says defunding the Department of Justice would “completely cut out of their budget the ability to persecute Republicans”
— Read on www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mar-a-lago-raid-gop-response-defund-fbi-1394486/
A first-of-its-kind law in Houston poses a major privacy threat
The ordinance requires companies to install cameras on their property—at the businesses’ expense—without public oversight.
— Read on www.fastcompany.com/90776461/a-first-of-its-kind-law-in-houston-poses-a-major-threat-to-privacy
Fox News Is Melting Down Over the FBI’s Raid of Mar-a-Lago – Rolling Stone
Conservatives are doing what they do best in the wake of the FBI searching Donald Trump’s Palm Beach estate: playing the victim
— Read on www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fox-news-melting-down-fbi-raid-mar-a-lago-1394457/
Firearms banned at events with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has argued ‘gun-free’ zones are less safe
Firearms banned at events with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has argued ‘gun-free’ zones are less safe
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/guns-banned-at-turning-point-rallies-with-florida-gov-ron-desantis-2022-8
Firearms banned at events with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has argued ‘gun-free’ zones are less safe
Firearms banned at events with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has argued ‘gun-free’ zones are less safe
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/guns-banned-at-turning-point-rallies-with-florida-gov-ron-desantis-2022-8
Reverend Nathan Empsall Says Rejecting Christian Nationalism Is What Jesus Would Do
Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene who wrap themselves in T-shirts proclaiming to be “proud Christian Nationalists” are really wolves in sheep’s clothing.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/reverend-nathan-empsall-says-rejecting-christian-nationalism-is-what-jesus-would-do
Father and son sentenced to life in prison, neighbor gets 35 years for federal hate crimes in killing of Ahmaud Arbery
The father and son convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery were both given an additional sentence of life in prison Monday on federal hate crime charges, while
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/travis-mcmichael-sentenced-life-prison-federal-hate-crimes-killing-ahm-rcna41566
How Republicans Are ‘Weaponizing’ Public Office Against Climate Action
A Times investigation revealed a coordinated effort by state treasurers to use government muscle and public funds to punish companies trying to reduce greenhouse gases.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/climate/republican-treasurers-climate-change.html
Sterilization Laws Are Still on the Books — and Pose New Dangers Post-“Roe”
The legacy of eugenics threatens to break forth with the aid of an unchecked and compromised Supreme Court.
— Read on truthout.org/articles/sterilization-laws-are-still-on-the-books-and-pose-new-dangers-post-roe/
The Director of the FBI Helped to Overturn Roe
FBI Director Chris Wray has now admitted to botching the FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh, as his own Federalist Society connections to the anti-abortion agenda run deep.
— Read on shero.substack.com/p/the-director-of-the-fbi-helped-to
Project Veritas on hook for Stanford legal tab after defamation ruling
The conservative group Project Veritas was ordered on Thursday to pay Stanford University nearly $150,000 in legal fees after a federal judge dismissed the activist organization’s defamation lawsuit against the California school.
— Read on www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/project-veritas-hook-stanford-legal-tab-after-defamation-ruling-2022-08-05/
SCOTUS Claims Abortion Proponents Are Motivated by Eugenics and Eliminating the ‘Unfit’—But History Says Otherwise
The Court claims that abortion will suppress the size of the Black community, meaning that overturning Roe will stop this eugenics impulse.
— Read on msmagazine.com/2022/08/04/abortion-eugenics-black-women/
‘Abject humiliation’: Kansas City Star editorial dances on Eric Greitens political grave
‘Abject humiliation’: Kansas City Star editorial dances on Eric Greitens political grave
— Read on www.rawstory.com/eric-greitens-2657799687/
Chicago Police Stopped Black Drivers 5 Times More Often Than White Drivers In 2021, State Report Says
The number of traffic stops in Chicago has increased exponentially since 2015, following a lawsuit settlement that restricted the use stop-and-frisk.
— Read on blockclubchicago.org/2022/08/01/chicago-police-stopped-black-drivers-5-times-more-often-than-white-drivers-in-2021-state-report-says/
Police killed more people in the first 7 months of this year than any other year on record
Official home of America’s most comprehensive database of police violence.
Get the facts about police brutality and how to address it.
— Read on mappingpoliceviolence.us/
‘Stinks to high heaven’: Morning Joe says DHS explanations for missing data ‘riddled with lies’
‘Stinks to high heaven’: Morning Joe says DHS explanations for missing data ‘riddled with lies’
— Read on www.rawstory.com/dhs-missing-data/
Republicans inch closer to forcing convention to rewrite the Constitution with their fringe ideas
The effort is “well-funded,” partially through cryptocurrency.
— Read on www.salon.com/2022/08/01/inch-closer-to-forcing-convention-to-rewrite-the-constitution-with-their-fringe-ideas_partner/
Resisting fascism and winning the education wars: How we can meet the challenge
Education is under attack — because it is essential to democracy. Educators can fight back, and turn the tide
— Read on www.salon.com/2022/07/30/resisting-fascism-and-winning-the-education-wars-how-we-can-meet-the-challenge/
The Political Rave and Drool 