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On Jared Kushner's trillion dollar conflicts of interest, from
Casey Michel: "His financial entanglements span the globe, touching on the diplomatic hotspots where he is supposed to be negotiating on America’s behalf"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Also, DNC chair Ken Martin just posted his mea culpa (sort of) for not releasing it earlier. It's here:
blueprint.democrats.org/p/a-message-...
It's well established that election deniers hold jobs across the Administration (including the presidency, btw). But @democracydocket.com now reports that the plaintiff whose case gutted the VRA is also an election denier who was present at the Capitol Jan. 6. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Why did Maine dems back a guy with a Nazi tattoo, sexts, and racist Reddit posts?
Everyday Americans are often willing to overlook discretions for a candidate who isn't "looking down on them."
My conversation with Musa al-Gharbi on why wokeness is a dead end. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow
