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What the **** even is this political party https://newrepublic.com/post/173668/republicans-declare-banning-universal-free-school-meals-2024-priority

Don't shop at Publix!

Do you think a third major political party is necessary for the United States, or are the Democratic and Republican parties enough to represent Americans? 43% - A third party is necessary in the U.S. 29% - The Democratic and Republican parties are enough to represent Americans . 27% - Not sure Do you want Joe Biden to run for president again in 2024? Yes: 24% | No: 60% | Not Sure: 16% Do you think that Joe Biden is the strongest candidate that Democrats could nominate for president in 2024? Yes: 19% | No: 61% | Not Sure: 20% Do you want Donald Trump to run for president again in 2024? Yes: 32% | No: 56% | Not Sure: 12% Do you think that Donald Trump is the strongest candidate that Republicans could nominate for president in 2024? Yes: 30% | No: 50% | 20% If an election for president were going to be held now and the Democratic nominee was Joe Biden and the Republican nominee was Donald Trump, would you vote for... Biden: 38% | Trump: 39% | Other: 6% | Not Sure: 6% | Won't Vote: 11% Crosstabs: https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/rx1plz8umr/econtoplines.pdf

https://twitter.com/StudentLoanTrav/status/1669425505249140737?s=20 It'll be out at 10 AM today or Thursday. Because of the upcoming holiday, people are theorizing the student debt cases will be announced today and the decisions regarding affirmative action left until next week (SCOTUS killing affirmative action the weekend of Juneteenth would be a bit too on the nose) : https://twitter.com/James_S_Murphy/status/1669524597367009282?s=20

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what's going on, why are they unionizing? how many boats have they sunk? can someone summarize i'm too lazy to look myself

https://twitter.com/Wahlrecht_de/status/1667134445017526274

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-a-first-wind-and-solar-generated-more-power-than-coal-in-u-s/

Republican Jim Bridenstine claims that he and Ron DeSantis would take showers in the basement together: https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1668323088134438919 I wonder if Ron followed his Don't Say Gay policy during his daily shower meetings

The "hostile and erratic" behavior was yelling that he was hungry and throwing his jacket to the ground.

https://twitter.com/dexerto/status/1669151006020579331?s=46&t=8wAK3BYUsKNEUnsT7N00rg Oh

Whitmer recently visited Kalamazoo to film a promotional clip with The Daily Show at a local brewery:

The National Music Publishers Assn., acting on behalf of 17 major music publishers, is filing a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against Twitter for its failure to license and pay for the music widely available on its platform. The complaint seeks more than $250 million in damages for hundreds of thousands of noticed infringements of approximately 1,700 works. “Twitter fuels its business with countless infringing copies of musical compositions, violating Publishers’ and others’ exclusive rights under copyright law,” the complaint reads in part. X

Source: The Hill President Biden has rejected a legislative attempt to overturn his student loan forgiveness plan, leaving the program's future up to the Supreme Court. He expressed his firm stand on Twitter, stating that he would not give up on supporting working and middle-class Americans with student debt relief of up to $20,000. Biden emphasized that he would never apologize for assisting these citizens as they strive to recover from the pandemic. His plan, which has faced Republican opposition since its inception, is designed to affect 40 million borrowers. The proposal offers $10,000 in loan forgiveness to individuals earning under $125,000 annually, while Pell Grants recipients could receive up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness. Despite the veto, an override could still occur with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and the Senate, a feat opponents of the plan are unlikely to achieve. Biden justified his veto, stating his commitment to making college more affordable and providing essential relief to borrowers during the ongoing pandemic recovery. The Senate passed the measure to block the plan with a 52-46 vote earlier this month, and it was approved by the GOP-majority House along party lines, with two Democrats siding with Republicans. Democratic Senators Jon Tester and Joe Manchin, along with Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema, voted against Biden's proposal in the Senate. The resolution opposing the plan was introduced under the Congressional Review Act, enabling Congress to invalidate newly imposed rules and regulations. Due to the nature of this Act, Democrats in the Senate could not stop the measure, and a supermajority of 60 votes was not needed to progress it. Despite the veto, the Supreme Court is still deliberating on the plan. The conservative majority court is anticipated to reject it, with justices expressing doubts during February oral arguments about the Biden administration's authority to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans. Biden first announced his plan in August after making student debt forgiveness a campaign pledge and under progressive pressure to act. While progressives praised the plan as a promising first step towards forgiveness, moderate Democrats and Republicans expressed concern about the anticipated $400 billion cost to taxpayers. When announcing his plan, Biden also signaled the end of the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments, initially instituted in March 2020 under former President Trump and subsequently extended several times. The resumption of payments was confirmed with the passage of the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement, which set a firm resumption date of 60 days after June 30.

https://twitter.com/CornelWest/status/1665743761551548416 https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1665847262310813696 https://www.cornelwest24.com/

Death toll from Kenya cult tied to pastor surpasses 300, with more exhumations planned NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The number of people who died after a Kenyan pastor ordered his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus has surpassed 300, authorities said Tuesday, and the death toll is expected to rise as more exhumations are planned. The death toll increased to 303 after 19 more bodies were recovered from mass graves in the vast forested land in Kilifi County of coastal Kenya, where pastor Paul Mackenzie and his followers lived. Coastal regional commissioner Rhoda Onyancha told local journalists that 613 people tied to the area are missing. On Monday, 65 of the 95 parishioners whom authorities said they rescued from the property were charged with attempting suicide after they staged a hunger strike to protest being held at a shelter. They were moved to a jail. Police went to MacKenzie's property in April after investigators received a tip that dozens of people were starving to death after their pastor told them it was a way to meet Jesus. The emaciated followers were treated at a Malindi hospital before they were taken to the shelter. Mackenzie is expected back in court this week after police were granted more time to hold him pending investigations. Before his arrest in April, the pastor had been charged in connection with the disappearance of children but was released on bond. Kenyan President William Ruto has likened Mackenzie to a terrorist. Interior Minister Kindiki Kithure said more mass graves were earmarked for exhumation. He suggested the pastor might be charged terrorism or genocide-related offenses. X

https://twitter.com/sameerakhan/status/1666221058624741378?s=46&t=78umILWrWi0Uoyyg-utNEw A Democratic member of a Maryland city council blasted Muslim children as on the side of "White supremacists" after they spoke out against sexuality discussions and materials in classrooms during a heated school board meeting Tuesday evening. "This issue has unfortunately does put… some Muslim families on the same side of an issue as White supremacists and outright bigots," said Democrat Kristin Mink of Montgomery County Council for District 5. "I would not put you in the same category as those folks, although, you know, it's complicated because they're falling on the same side of this particular issue." Mink made the remark after Muslim children from the district spoke out against their parents' inability to opt them out of lessons they deemed violated their faith. She argued Muslim families do not have the religious right to opt their children out of LGBTQ books, similar to parents' inability to opt their children out of studying evolution. https://news.yahoo.com/maryland-democrat-blasts-muslim-children-110413102.html

https://thenevadaglobe.com/articles/lombardo-signs-legislation-forcing-insurance-companies-to-cover-transgender-affirming-care/

Ugh….. apparently some van ran people over around 4am. The city centre is currently closed by the police. I thought we are over this terrorism era ughhh….. :(.

Everyone’s favorite site to watch tv shows and movies for free has officially shut down.

https://twitter.com/twm316/status/1667180938189479936?s=46&t=eqUOz0oZorChZlCNzspf-w

https://archive.ph/Z9SpQ#selection-887.0-895.96 The attention this article has gotten online across the entire political spectrum.