#Politics From #CNN: Former #Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows testified to grand jury investigating the former President.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/politics/mark-meadows-grand-jury-trump-probe/index.html

#Politics From #News13: Federal judge blocks #Florida law prohibiting transgender health care, allows three minors to continue trans care.

https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/06/06/judge-allows-three-florida-minors-to-move-ahead-with-trans-care

#Politics From #NYTimes: #Florida officials confirm Ron #DeSantis arranged the charter flights of migrants from New Mexico to Sacramento.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/us/politics/desantis-florida-migrant-flights.html

#Politics #Trump

My uninformed speculation ...

Crimes were committed in two places:

(1) The White House in DC -- taking the documents. That's the first grand jury.

(2) Mar-A-Lago in FL -- hiding the documents, showing them to unauthorized people, maybe worse. That's the second grand jury.

Maybe we get two separate trials?!

#Politics From #CNN: Federal prosecutors in southern #Florida using a second grand jury to hear testimony from multiple witnesses in #Trump classified document investigation.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/politics/florida-grand-jury-mar-a-lago-trump-documents/index.html

#Politics From #WaPo: Texas sheriff recommends criminal charges in #DeSantis scheme to send migrants to other states.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/05/texas-desantis-charges-migrant-vineyard/

#Politics From Tallahassee Democrat: #Florida judge strikes down #DeSantis ban on transgender health care.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/06/judge-blocks-florida-transgender-care-ban-citing-bigotry-and-harm/70293295007/

#Politics From #LATimes: CA Governor Gavin Newsom threatens FL Governor Ron #DeSantis with kidnapping charges after sending migrants illegally to Sacramento and dumping them in front of a church.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-05/newsom-desantis-migrant-flights-kidnapping-charges

#Politics From #NBCNews:

#Florida grand jury to hear evidence in #Trump special counsel investigation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/florida-grand-jury-hear-testimony-trump-documents-case-rcna87850

#Politics From #CNN: Mar-A-Lago employee last October drained a pool into the room where computer servers were kept that had surveillance video logs.

The equipment reportedly was not damaged.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/05/politics/mar-a-lago-pool-flood-suspicions-prosecutors-trump-investigation-classified-documents/index.html

#Politics Today's "This Modern World" by Tom Tomorrow.

https://www.dailykos.com/blog/Tom%20Tomorrow/

#Politics The 1968 California Democratic presidential primary was 55 years ago today.

After giving his victory speech, Robert Kennedy was shot by an assassin in a kitchen corridor behind the ballroom.

This is #CBSNews coverage that night. It's linked to the 43-minute mark, after Bobby's victory speech. The panic begins about two minutes later. (1/x)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtG4VmIEvpM&t=2580s

#Politics Oh dear, the economy is still healthy, the Republicans have to keep lying ... From #CNN:

"Employers added 339,000 jobs in May, according to the monthly employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday.

"That's a much hotter number than the 190,000 that economists were expecting."

https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/stock-market-jobs-economy/index.html

#Politics From #CNN: U.S. Senate passes debt limit bill 63-36, goes to President #Biden for signature.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/01/politics/senate-vote-debt-limit-latest/index.html

#Politics

"The final tally for the vote was 314 to 117. There were 149 Republicans and 165 Democrats who voted for the bill and 71 Republicans and 46 Democrats who voted against it."

#Politics The brother of #Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville renounces his brother's "ignorant, hateful rants."

https://www.al.com/news/2023/05/tommy-tubervilles-musician-brother-compelled-to-distance-himself-over-racial-stereotypes-white-nationalism.html

#Politics Breaking from #CNN:

U.S. House passes debt limit deal 314-117. It's on to the Senate.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/politics/house-vote-debt-limit-bill/index.html

#Politics

Elon's meltdown tweets begin in 3, 2, 1 ...

#Politics #Twitter

"#Musk and Twitter’s toxicity and tacit endorsement of hate and violence goes against everything our company stands for. Twitter must act today to end the extremist and violent content on the platform. Until that happens, Ben & Jerry’s will spend no money with Twitter and we call on all businesses and partners to do the same."

#Politics #Twitter

"In addition to the changes on the platform that have led to an increase in hate speech, #Musk himself has doubled down on dangerous anti-democratic lies and white nationalist hate speech."