#Politics From #Newsweek: Democrats take vacant Pennsylvania state House seat and chamber's majority.
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-keep-losing-pennsylvania-1828362
#Politics From #Newsweek: Democrats flip a New Hampshire state House district, within one of tying for majority.
https://www.newsweek.com/democrat-triumphs-republican-stronghold-warning-sign-trump-1828406
Facts with which to counter the MAGAs when they falsely claim Biden paid Iran a ransom.
"There is a lot of false information out there. These are funds that South Korea deposited into Iranian accounts during past administrations for the purchase of Iranian oil. Under U.S. sanctions regulations, these funds have been legally available for certain forms of bilateral and humanitarian trade."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/18/iran-hostage-deal-brett-mcgurk/
#Politics From #OrlandoSentinel: Ron #DeSantis and his quack surgeon general tell #Florida residents not to get new #COVID19 vaccine.
#Politics From the Daily Beast on the armed protestor outside #Biden Delaware home.
... the lone protester held a sign reading “Bidens are criminals, 20 shell companies?! Where's the laptop? 10% for the big guy” on one side and “Joe has aliases?! Robert L. Peters, Robin Ware, JRN Ware” on the other side. A Secret Service vehicle reportedly followed the man down the road. Notably, Delaware is an open carry state.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/armed-protester-spotted-outside-biden-home-in-wilmington
#Politics More from Yahoo! News on the armed protestor outside #Biden Delaware home.
"In a pool report, a reporter on the scene described the man 'wearing a neon yellow and orange safety vest, khaki cargo shorts, tan boots and socks' walking 'down the road toward the Biden home.' According to the reporter, the unidentified person appeared to have a gun holstered to their beltline."
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/armed-protester-reported-outside-biden-165719925.html
#Politics The #LATimes on the armed man impersonating a U.S. Marshal arrested outside a RFK Jr. event in the Wilshire District of downtown L.A.
"The man appeared at a side entrance to the theater, claimed to be part of Kennedy’s security team and told personnel that he needed to be taken to the candidate immediately, Kennedy’s team said in a subsequent news release. Security guards detained him and called police, the release said."
#Politics This week's "This Modern World" by Tom Tomorrow on Daily Kos.
#Politics #Trump loses again in court today. The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of #Florida tossed his bogus lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and imposed a $1 million fine on Trump and his attorneys for filing a bogus lawsuit.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157.343.0.pdf
#Politics From #Politico: #Wisconsin Senate Republicans vote to remove Democratic head of elections commission from office even though she did nothing wrong.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/14/wisconsin-gop-remove-state-elections-chief-00115995
#Politics From #WaPo ... This opinion column by David Ignatius could be labelled as click bait. They're better than this.
Suggesting that the Democratic Party unilaterally disarm at this late date by having Biden and Harris drop out?! That's nuts. No one else has a campaign organization in place or is raising funds.
Why would the Dems unilaterally bench their best candidates?
Dumb.
According to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, #Florida has seen a higher rate of recent COVID-related hospital admissions than any other state in the U.S. ...
"We did not, and we will not, allow the dystopian visions of paranoid hypochondriacs to control our health policies," #DeSantis said during the conference.
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy opens impeachment proceedings against President #Biden even though there's no evidence he did anything wrong.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/politics/biden-impeachment-house-gop/index.html
#Politics Some media outlets are reporting that today is the day House Republicans start #Biden impeachment proceedings even though he's done nothing wrong.
The federal budget ends in 18 days; the government shuts down October 1 without a new budget.
Will Republicans shut down the government unless they get to impeach Biden? Stay tuned, the circular firing squad is loading their ammo.
#Politics From #CNN: Elon Musk biographer Walter Isaacson walks back details of #Russia #Ukraine story in new bio released today. Isaacson admits he was mistaken about some of the details; Ukraine wanted #Starlink activated over Crimea port so they could use it to attack the Russian fleet.
Elon said no because "SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/11/media/walter-isaacson-elon-musk-reliable-sources/index.html
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