Before they can play sports, athletes in Florida are asked 5 questions about their menstrual periods. Here’s where those questions came from.
— Read on eu.jacksonville.com/story/news/education/2022/10/04/student-athletes-florida-asked-report-periods/10296029002/
5 Ways the Trumps Allegedly Tried to Conceal Financial Fraud
The New York attorney general’s lawsuit is full of jaw-dropping details.
— Read on www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/10/5-ways-the-trumps-allegedly-tried-to-conceal-financial-fraud/
Oath Keepers leader regretted not having guns on Jan. 6, prosecutors say at seditious conspiracy trial
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes said after Jan. 6 that the group “should have brought rifles,” prosecutors revealed in a seditious conspiracy trial Monday.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/oath-keepers-leader-regretted-not-guns-jan-6-prosecutors-say-seditious-rcna50244
The Story Behind DeSantis’s Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard
Asylum seekers in Texas were recruited for the flights by a woman who appeared to be a former Army counterintelligence agent. “We were tricked,” one migrant said.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2022/10/02/us/migrants-marthas-vineyard-desantis-texas.html
Florida GOP Congressman Who Voted Against Hurricane Relief Accuses Biden of Withholding Funds
Florida GOP Congressman Who Voted Against Hurricane Relief Accuses Biden of Withholding Funds | PolitiZoom
— Read on politizoom.com/florida-gop-congressman-who-voted-against-hurricane-relief-accuses-biden-of-withholding-funds/
How Project Veritas may have just kneecapped undercover journalism
A thorough, deeply researched exposé with explosive, and broadly valuable, impact sometimes can’t be reported without dishonesty.
— Read on www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/undercover-journalism-Project-Veritas-17476621.php
The Whole Thread – The Christian Right is helping Russia destroy American democracy bc they want a theocracy instead. Russia is helping them do it so they will support Russia. See again the World Congress of Families, CitizenGo, & Komov
Michael Fanone Is Not Your Fucking Hero
The D.C. cop who almost lost his life defending the Capitol has some choice words for those who work there, from Josh Hawley to Matt Gaetz to Kevin McCarthy and more.
— Read on www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/michael-fanone-jan-6-book-congress-hawley-gaetz-trump-1234589772/
If you are a Floridian you should know…every single one of your Republican congresspeople and US Senators voted against #FEMA aid for your state.
How “religious freedom” became a right-wing assault on equality and the rule of law
“American Crusade” author Andrew Seidel on the radicalized Supreme Court and its quest to enshrine Christian power
— Read on www.salon.com/2022/10/01/how-religious-freedom-became-a-right-wing-on-equality-and-the-rule-of-law/
Ted Cruz thinks a bill to protect elections is ‘bad for democracy,’ somehow
Recent developments inform us that being antidemocratic is now a core part of the GOP’s ideology
— Read on www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/ted-cruz-proves-republican-party-now-anti-democracy-n1299192
Black Voting Districts Are Vanishing as the Supreme Court Gets Out Its Eraser
Justices will decide whether Republican-led Alabama discriminates against Black voters by drawing congressional districts that favor White candidates. The court’s ruling will likely affect other states too.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-10-01/what-supreme-court-case-on-alabama-voting-maps-may-mean-for-black-americans
National Archives says it still doesn’t have all Trump White House records
The National Archives has told the House Oversight Committee that certain presidential records from the Trump administration remain outstanding, citing information that some White House staff used non-official electronic systems to conduct official business.
— Read on edition.cnn.com/2022/10/01/politics/national-archives-trump-records-house-oversight-committee/
The Message of the Republican Party: Don’t Tread on Me. I Tread on You.
Here is the Republican message on everything of importance:
They can tell people what to do.
You cannot tell them what to do.
The unbearable sexism of the press covering Ron DeSantis more than Gretchen Whitmer
DeSantis has become the most overrated Republican politician since, at least, Chris Christie. And Whitmer may be the most underrated.
— Read on www.editorialboard.com/the-unbearable-sexism-of-the-press-covering-ron-desantis-more-than-gretchen-whitmer/
Pro-Kremlin Network Impersonates Legitimate Websites and Floods Social Media with Lies
ISD has uncovered a large-scale Russian influence operation which has been targeting European audiences with disinformation and pro-Kremlin messages.
— Read on www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/pro-kremlin-network-impersonates-legitimate-websites-and-floods-social-media-with-lies/
Pro-Kremlin Network Impersonates Legitimate Websites and Floods Social Media with Lies
ISD has uncovered a large-scale Russian influence operation which has been targeting European audiences with disinformation and pro-Kremlin messages.
— Read on www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/pro-kremlin-network-impersonates-legitimate-websites-and-floods-social-media-with-lies/
Your Guide to All 35 States Deciding Their Next Secretary of State
Trump-aligned election deniers running for chief election posts could sow chaos, while other candidates push for expanding voting access.
— Read on boltsmag.org/guide-to-2022-secretary-of-state-elections/
U.S Rep Ron DeSantis’s first act was to vote against the flood package for hurricane Sandy victims
When Ron DeSantis was a newly elected congressman representing Jacksonville, FL, he voted against a 9.7 billion dollar aid package for victims of hurricane Sandy in 2013. Hurricane Sandy was, as Wikii described it, “the deadliest, most destructive, and…
— Read on www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/29/2125982/-U-S-Rep-Ron-DeSantis-s-first-act-was-to-vote-against-the-flood-package-for-hurricane-Sandy-victims
America At It’s Worst — Texas now nation’s biggest emitter of toxic substances into lakes
A new report puts Texas above the Great Lakes states for industrial discharges into waterways for the first time since the analysis began in 2009.
— Read on www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/environment/article/toxic-waste-lakes-rivers-texas-17473151.php
The Political Rave and Drool 