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Bite me, Musk. Progressive political commentator (print, radio, podcasts) for years. I post a lot: breaking news + legit info you can use, prone to snark. My mini Australian Labradoodle, Hamilton, has trained me well. Now where's my trough of wine? 🍷🇺🇸🇨🇦 #Progressive #USPolitics #VotingRights #legal #WomensRights #CivilRights #BLM #climate #Canada #journalists #politics #news #LGBTQ #DogsOfMastodon

Via Sawyer Hackett:

Robert #Hur and James Comer can’t even remember who served as General Counsel to Obama vs Biden—they both get it wrong here!

And we’re talking about #Biden’s memory?

2/ B-H:

President Biden immediately remembered the exact date that his son Beau passed away, despite Republican counsel Hur’s claim that he couldn’t remember

Biden-Harris HQ is all over the #Biden #Hur issue, rapid response galore: 1/…

You’ll have to find the video, it was great.

But damn, he left out the part where Trump ID’d E Jean Carroll as Marla Maples.

Rupar:

Oof -- Nadler put together a brutal supercut of Trump gaffing and shorting out

#Hur #Biden.

Via Scott MacFarlane:

TODAY: At House hearing on #Jan6 pipe bombs, an FBI expert will testify, "The devices appear to have been constructed from common materials available for purchase almost anywhere. This makes identifying their source difficult without further information."

Via Judd Legum:

So #Hur said that #Biden couldn't remember when his son died within several years and that was proof that his memory was shot but now the transcript has been released and it turns out Biden immediately recalled the MONTH and DAY

👏🏼 👉🏼Via Democracy Docket:

BREAKING: #NorthCarolina court strikes down power-grab law that transfers the ability to appoint members to the state board of elections from Gov. Roy Cooper (D) to the Republican-controlled state legislature. #legal

Via Emptywheel: 1/…

1 pt is that even in 2020, GOP was unwilling to break some laws that Trump was breaking (at that point, wrt raising $$ based off knowingly false claims).

It's not the only one, but it's an obvious one.

Josh Marshall:

1 thing to consider here is if RNC is being fused w the Trump campaign & a big chunk of the staff is being fired, what’s the point exactly? That sounds awesome but it just leaves you with a single entity. The president/nominee controls the party apparatus…

Via Angry Staffer:

#Russia had a bad night.

An oil refinery and a power plant were both heavily damaged, an Il-76 crashed, and there were reports of cross-border raids by Ukrainian forces.

Christopher Miller:

At least seven regions across Russia were targeted overnight by Ukrainian drone strikes in the most wide-ranging attack inside Russia attributed to Kyiv in recent months. More than two dozen drones were reported over central Russia. #Ukraine

Priorities.

Via Kyle Griffin:

Donald #Trump makes it clear: He just declared that he'll order the release of #Jan6 defendants as one of his "first acts" if he retakes the White House.

#Tesla Autopilot and similar automated driving systems get ‘poor’ rating from prominent safety group https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/cars/insurance-group-rates-tesla-autopilot-safety?cid=ios_app

“#Trump asked Elon #Musk if he wanted to buy Truth Social

The idea went nowhere, but the former president and the billionaire X owner have continued to communicate more than was previously known”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/12/trump-musk-truth-social-sale/

#RIP Eric Carmen, singer of ‘All by Myself’ and ‘Hungry Eyes,’ dies at 74 - CNN https://apple.news/AjT4ujh4zTgO1M-ISGGoGcg

Of course.

Via Anna Bower:

Judge #Cannon has granted #Trump’s request for a 10 day extension to file replies to some of his motions to dismiss charges in the classified #documents case.

Previously, the deadline for Trump to file replies was set for March 14. But Trump’s attorneys asked to extend that deadline to March 24, citing the need to travel to an upcoming hearing in Ft. Pierce and to prepare for Trump’s trial in New York. #legal

”Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in #Florida classrooms, provided it’s not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys who had challenged a state law which critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” #LGBTQ

https://apnews.com/article/987904b3e19122d719cf468034746b6e

💯Via Angry Staffer:

Cut the bullshit about #Biden’s cognitive ability.

He’s clearly still more qualified than 99.99999% of people on the planet.

This is a master class. #SOTU

GOP Fascist Party 2024, ladies and gentlemen:

NEW:

Newly unearthed video of N.C. GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson in 2020: "I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn’t vote."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/north-carolina-gop-mark-robinson-women-vote_n_65e7d899e4b0f9d26cacc002?hlo

Via Everytown's Max Steele:

This is the exact rhetoric of the El Paso shooter.

#Texas Lt. Gov. #DanPatrick: "This is an invasion from third world countries. They're coming here with health issues, they're uneducated, unemployed, and all they do is commit crime on the streets."

To answer your questions:

Via ABC News: Writing on his social media platform, #Trump called the $83 million decision "Absolutely ridiculous!" and said he will appeal.👈🏼

AFP—#Biden to visit #Israel on Wednesday: Blinken