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[velasmonet]

Trump argues he could destroy Statue of Liberty and you can’t stop him

[sr-roto]

Francamente, la naturaleza es una locura 👀😳

[saywhat-politics]

[contemplatingoutlander]

The mainstream media’s “bothsidesism” is slowly legitimizing the neofascism of the Republican Party.

It seems to me that true journalistic integrity would involve telling the truth about one of the “sides,” when it represents a neofascist movement that could literally destroy our democratic institutions. 

[ladytuarach]

[ladytuarach]

WTF??? 🤬

[porterdavis]

Obey the law. Release the Epstein files.

[bitchrockon]

[usa2024election]

[pettycentral]

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Court reverses homicide convictions for paramedics linked to Elijah McClain’s death

The young Black man died after he was pinned down by police and injected with ketamine by paramedics.

Erum Salam at MS NOW:

The convictions of two paramedics involved in the killing of Elijah McClain were overturned Thursday by a Colorado court. McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, died on Aug. 27, 2019, in Aurora, Colorado, six days after he was forcibly detained by police and injected with a fatal dose of ketamine by emergency medical services. McClain’s cause of death was ruled “undetermined” with contributing factors including “intense physical exertion and a narrow left coronary artery.” A Colorado jury in 2023 found paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec guilty of criminally negligent homicide. Police officer Randy Roedema was convicted of criminally negligent homicide while two other officers — Jason ⁠Rosenblatt and Nathan Woodyard — were ​found not guilty on charges related to manslaughter ​and assault. McClain was arrested while he was walking home after buying iced tea from a local store. Officers said they were responding to a report of a suspicious person in a ski mask who was waving his arms. McClain’s family members said he frequently wore masks because of a health condition that made him feel cold.

What a joke this is: A court reverses the homicide convictions of two paramedics (Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec) linked to the 2019 murder of Elijah McClain in Aurora, CO.

[porterdavis]

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Senate rejects yet another GOP push to revive SAVE America Act

The failed vote is another major setback for President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans, who have repeatedly tried to revive the SAVE Ame

Yunior Rivas at Democracy Docket:

The Senate blocked another Republican attempt Thursday to attach the anti-voting SAVE America Act to an immigration funding package, marking the second failed GOP effort to move the sweeping voting restrictions bill through the chamber. The amendment, offered by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), failed in a 48-50 vote. The vote showed Republicans didn’t even have a simple majority for the proposal, even before reaching the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome procedural objections. Four Senate Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina — joined every Democrat to block the amendment. The proposal needed 60 votes because Republicans were trying to attach it to a nearly $70 billion budget reconciliation package funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Reconciliation can bypass the filibuster, but only for provisions with a clear budget impact — which is why Republicans have been looking for ways to attach voting restrictions to spending measures.

The failed vote is another major setback for President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans, who have repeatedly tried to revive the SAVE America Act despite unified Democratic opposition and resistance from some members of their own party. The legislation would impose new national voting restrictions, including ID and citizenship documentation requirements. Voting rights advocates have warned that those requirements could disenfranchise eligible voters who don’t have easy access to qualifying documents.

[...] The defeat came the same day U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak (R-N.D.) introduced a separate REAL ID bill that could give Republicans another path to advance parts of the SAVE America agenda through reconciliation. That bill would create a federal grant program to help states provide REAL ID-compliant cards to low-income residents — giving Republicans a clearer budget hook as they look for ways around the filibuster.

The Republican bid to jam the SAVE America Act through failed again in the Senate.

See Also:

NPR: Republicans' sweeping election overhaul fails in the Senate

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[porterdavis]

[muttsandmustelidae]

From the Nashville Zoo’s fb page! Here’s the petition, please please please take a moment to add your name (even if you’re not from Nashville!). If you are from Tennessee, contact your representatives and make it clear that the people do not want this data center. This is an AZA accredited zoo which is home to several species of critically endangered animals, we NEED to protect it. Make your voice heard!

[muttsandmustelidae]

Because people will pay attention to cute animals, here are some of the critically endangered/endangered species housed at the Nashville Zoo!

The Amur Leopard and Clouded Leopard (which recently celebrated its 50th cub born at the zoo!)

The Sumatran Tiger

The Red Ruffed Lemur and Ring-Tailed Lemur

The Cotton-Top Tamarin and White-Cheeked Gibbon

The Colobus Monkey and De Brazza’s Monkey

And the Mexican Spider Monkey!

Look at them!!!! Look at them and fight like hell to save them!!!!

[funnywildlife]

#WildlifeWednesday Cheetah Cuteness Overload! by #wildographydudette @charlotte_rhodes_wildlife

Did you know that there are only around 7,500 cheetahs left in the wild? * Support organisations like @ccfcheetah * #Wildography #cheetah https://www.instagram.com/p/CfG_7NasF6T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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