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Mehdi Hasan launches his own media company after leaving MSNBC

Hasan, whose MSNBC cancelation triggered an outpouring from fans, follows other political pundits who have struck out on their own

The Washington Post
@uspolitics WHEN WILL ANY JUDGE WAKE UP AND STOP THIS DANGEROUS S#$#?
@uspolitics Is it possible for them to go lower?
@marcelias the Kraken kracked!
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Clarence Thomas twice spoke at the Koch brothers’ annual fundraising retreat. A sitting Supreme Court justice is actually fundraising for a partisan organization that routinely brings cases before the Supreme Court, which he routinely rules in favor of. Naturally he has not disclosed this. https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events

Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.

ProPublica
@uspolitics That may still be a step too far.
Caplan v. TRUMP

Other Statutory Actions case filed on August 24, 2023 in the Florida Southern District Court

Justia Dockets & Filings

@marcelias

His lawyers are also the ones most in trouble with the law.

"Not the odds, but the stakes."

That's my shorthand for the organizing principle we most need in 2024 election coverage. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for our democracy— given what's possible in this election. Not the odds, but the stakes.

Here is an example of stakes commentary. Its analysis is both plausible and terrifying.

https://newrepublic.com/article/174535/people-arent-facing-horrors-new-trump-term-bring

#journalism #uspol #science

People Aren’t Facing Up to the Horrors a New Trump Term Would Bring

G’bye, NATO. G’bye, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal. G’bye, democracy. He’s telling us plain as day. Why aren’t people listening?

The New Republic
U.S. Politics in Real Time (@[email protected])

Biden says he’ll explore 14th Amendment for future debt limit debates https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4024653-biden-says-hell-explore-14th-amendment-for-future-debt-limit-debates/ #TheHill #BidenDebtLimit #14thAmendment #FutureDebtDebates #USDebt #ConstitutionalLaw #Politics #News

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