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spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•‘I am not done’: Kamala Harris says she may run for president againEnglish
9·7 days agoand you totally lied when you said you would “prosecute the case against him”
But a new book by Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter Aaron Glantz challenges that storyline, arguing that Harris not only allowed Steve Mnuchin’s OneWest bank to get away with foreclosing on tens of thousands of state homeowners, but then tried to bury the evidence.
If that name sounds familiar, Mnuchin later became Trump’s treasury, from 2017-2021.
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•‘I am not done’: Kamala Harris says she may run for president againEnglish
13·8 days agoAlso, this…
Biden Suggests He Would Only Serve One Term if Elected President
Advisers close to the candidate say he won’t run for reelection in 2024 if elected in 2020.
And then he changed his mind.
If that hadn’t happened and they instead had a normal convention, we might be in a much different situation now.
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Epoch Times Reporter Resigns After Publication Signs Pentagon RulesEnglish
6·14 days agoEpochEunuch Timesfixed that for you
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Atheist Memes@lemmy.world•Heartbroken to learn the Pope sympathizes with the poor 💔English
54·15 days agoYou forgot to use scare quotes – i.e., “Christian”
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Zohran Mamdani Has Pushed the Liberal Consensus on Palestine. The Left Isn’t Satisfied.English
2·16 days agoIndeed, because then we inevitably get stuck with more conservative Democrats whose allegiance to Israel (via AIPAC) supersedes allegiance to their own country.
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton indictedEnglish
3·17 days agoWell you do get a pass if your last name is Trump.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
2·22 days agoHell, they might even do it for free just to kiss Trump’s ass.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
1·22 days agoMaybe they’ll do test runs in Florida and Texas first.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
6·22 days agoIn other words, they want to make slavery fashionable again.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
1·22 days agoThey’re almost at this point.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
16·22 days agoAlmost quick enough to give you whiplash.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
24·22 days agoEspecially in light of recent stories about Fed employees working without pay during the shutdown.
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO killingEnglish
7·22 days agoI agree; it took him a while to find his niche.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
19·22 days agoAt this point real-life stuff is arguably crazier than The Onion.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
6·22 days agoI switched to an archived version because NYT paywalls the article if you view it more than once.
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Judge Shuts Down Trump's Chicago Troop Deployment And Questions Administration's Grasp on RealityEnglish
26·22 days agoIn her ruling, Judge April Perry began by citing a lengthy quote from the Federalist Papers in which Alexander Hamilton addressed concerns that a tyrannical US president would use a militia from one state to invade and occupy another state.
In other words, the current U.S. Supreme Court majority and the Federalist Society that they’re aligned with have all lost the plot.
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•‘ICE Kidnapping’ Signs Are Popping Up Around D.C. —And the White House Is Freaking OutEnglish
30·22 days agoThe Trump White House has condemned the campaign, calling it “dangerous” and “deceptive.”
projecting as usual
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO killingEnglish
12·22 days agoThe political pressure to catch him was insane
Specifically because Brian Thompson was a member of The Big Club.
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Oh, it’s been going on for much longer than that.
This clip is from the early 2000s; the late William Greider was a Pulitzer Prize nominee in 1982.