RT @danielwinlander
Rep. Heather Scott's husband threatened to sue the Inlander, myself, and @HDruzin with "damages as high as $150,000 per activity" if we didn't remove this 2015 photo of the Idaho rep. with the Confederate flag within 24 hours: https://www.inlander.com/spokane/idaho-state-rep-heather-scott-held-a-confederate-flag-for-a-photo-and-shared-it-online-her-husband-just-didnt-want-us-to-do-the-same/Content?oid=25620482

https://www.inlander.com/spokane/idaho-state-rep-heather-scott-held-a-confederate-flag-for-a-photo-and-shared-it-online-her-husband-just-didnt-want-us-to-do-the-same/Content?oid=25620482

What climate law? Voters clueless about Biden's top achievement

President Joe Biden and his team are fanning out across the country to tout the climate-change-fighting, job-creating, money-saving benefits coming from Democrats’ landmark Inflation Reduction Act.

The problem? Most Americans have probably heard more about Republican complaints that Biden is coming for their gas stoves.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/10/biden-takes-his-climate-law-on-the-road-00081799

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made a scene and disrupted a classified briefing about the spy balloon that traveled over the continental U.S., reported The Hill on Thursday.

“When she got to ask questions, she was yelling out saying ‘bulls---’ and, you know, ‘I don’t believe you,’” said that lawmaker. “Just screaming and yelling, irrational in my estimation.”

https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-balloon/

Bill Barr asked Italian officials to discredit Russia probe — they responded with evidence linking Trump to crimes

"Italian officials... unexpectedly offered a potentially explosive tip linking Mr. Trump to certain suspected financial crimes,"

Barr and Durham decided that the tip was too serious and credible to ignore. But rather than assign it to another prosecutor, Barr had Durham investigate the matter himself."

So of course it was all swept under the rug.

https://www.rawstory.com/bill-barr-2659315495/

Andrew Intrater and his wife each gave the maximum $5,800 to Santos’ main campaign committee and tens of thousands more since 2020 to committees linked to him, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. Intrater’s cousin is Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who has been sanctioned by the U.S. government for his role in the Russian energy industry.

We didn't actually think they'd stop with Trump, did we?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/16/george-santos-andrew-intrater-columbus-nova/

The Florida Department of Education says it banned AP African American History because it teaches students about activism, intersectionality and encourages “ending the war on Black trans, queer, gender non-conforming, and intersex people.”

😱Right?🤦‍♀️

The move comes in the same week the far-right Republican—who a judge just ruled violated free speech laws by firing a prosecutor for being “woke”—requested info on trans students from universities state-wide.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-department-of-education-gives-bizarre-reasoning-for-banning-ap-african-american-history

One of the little-noticed moves by President Biden in his first days in office was an executive order that required federal agencies to examine their policies and programs to identify whether and how they perpetuate barriers to equal opportunity. It was a stab at addressing structural inequality in the wake of the national protests over the death of George Floyd. At least some of that work seems to be coming to fruition.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/01/treasury-department-study-white-people-get-90-percent-of-the-benefits-of-many-tax-breaks/