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Not AI. Not SNL. Meeting the Artemis II astronauts, Trump claimed he’s physically “very, very good” and fit to be an astronaut: “I would have had no trouble making it. I’m physically very, very good.” How is this real life?

Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach. The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.

A Supreme Court so fundamentally hostile to the rights of minority voters places the Court at odds with democracy itself. This is the legacy of Chief Justice John Roberts. I opposed his nomination back in 2005, and I stand by that.

Tens of thousands of lawsuits have been filed against Bayer for failing to warn people about the risks of glyphosate exposure. Now, EPA Administrator Zeldin and Trump are pushing for legal immunity to protect Bayer from being sued by Americans getting cancer from their product.

Rep. Smith: "On Ukraine, a year plus ago, your advice, the president's advice was Ukraine had no cards to play…Clearly, that was wrong. What did you miss?" Hegseth: "What we didn't miss…is that Joe Biden, with no accountability, gave hundreds of billions of dollars of our weapons to Ukraine."

There’s a through line between Trump wanting his mug on passports and the SAVE Act potentially forcing millions to get passports they would not otherwise need. This will not end up being a limited edition. They’re testing the waters.

Hegseth now implying that US service members lied when they contradicted his statements regarding defenses of a base that suffered a drone attack. Hegseth: Are you just going to monologue falsehoods all over the place? Ryan: You need to resign.

Studies show that Trump's dismantling of USAID may have already caused upwards of 1 million preventable deaths worldwide, and could cause up to 14 million more by 2030. At yesterday's Appropriations Committee markup, I offered an amendment that would direct the government to publish a study on how many deaths the shuttering of USAID has caused and could cause over the next five years if these cuts to lifesaving assistance continue. Unfortunately, Republicans rejected this amendment, proving they would rather stick their heads in the sand than acknowledge this unnecessary and tragic loss of life because of Trump's cruel policies.

Q: Is it the DOJ's position that anybody who posts '8647' is subject to potential investigation and criminal charges? Blanche: It's depends...

Fed Chair Powell: I'm literally staying because of the actions that have been taken. I had long planned to be retiring. The things that have happened in the last 3 months have left me no choice but to stay until I see them through

Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich to Doug Burgum in the Interior Department budget hearing in the Senate Energy Committee: "What this budget proposal tells me is that this administration does not prioritize our national parks, our public lands, does not care about remembering and telling our nation's history, does not value our wildlife, it does not prioritize our tribal communities."

Trump’s FCC chair, Brendan Carr, says he plans to punish and potentially revoke broadcast licenses for TV networks critical of the Trump administration: “I’d be surprised if we don’t go down the path of license revocation for some. It will be up to them and their conduct.” This is fascism. This is what they do in authoritarian countries. This is cancel culture on steroids. Where’s the outrage?

Fed Chair Powell: These legal actions by the administration are unprecedented in our 113-year history. I worry these attacks are battering the institution and putting at risk the thing that really matters to the public, which is the ability to conduct monetary policy without taking into consideration political factors.

🚨WOW: Rep. Pat Ryan just set a trap and Pete Hegseth walked right into it. He got Hegseth to suggest AMERICAN TROOPS were lying when they blamed him for ignoring direct warnings of a drone attack. How dare Pete Hegseth: RYAN: "Are you saying…our soldiers who survived this horrific attack are lying?" HEGSETH: "What I'm saying is before the commencement of the conflict, we put in maximum defensive posture we could." RYAN: "That's a direct contradiction to what they said."

WHITESIDES: I want to talk about the Apache helicopter that flew over Kid Rock's property on March 28. An investigation was launched. Did you personally direct termination of that review? HEGSETH: I did WHITESIDES: How does canceling a command-initiated review support a culture of accountability?

Q: In 2022, MAGA activist Jack Posobiec posted “86, 46.” He didn’t apologize or took it down like James Comey did. Will you prosecute him? Acting AG Todd Blanche: The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office have been investigating the Comey matter for almost a year, and it resulted in a two-count indictment. I don’t know about Posobiec. Every investigation is different.

WOW! Pete Hegseth just LIED under oath. Congresswoman @jilltokuda: “Who would you follow? The president or the Constitution?” Pete Hegseth: "I will note, that in 2024 troops were — that was Joe Biden by the way — were deployed to polling locations in the United States. 2024, Joe Biden, troops were deployed to polling locations in 15 states. Explain that one to me.” This is a lie. No troops were deployed to polling locations in the United States under Joe Biden. @grok fact check me.

This clip is extraordinary - and a perfect example of the gaslighting this Administration does. McMahon is proposing to cut funding to enforce civil rights by 35%. IT'S IN HER BUDGET IN BLACK AND WHITE. And she came before Congress and denied it. Up is down. Down is up.

Rep. @AOC: Have you ever participated in a meeting with Bayer to discuss the legal issues the company was facing about glyphosate? Lee Zeldin: That topic did not come up AOC: You're certain they didn't bring up anything? Zeldin: 100%, absolutely AOC: Okay. I would like to submit to the record some internal emails to the EPA. We have documentation here

Brooke Rollins: "We now have moved 4.3 million Americans off of the food stamp program. A lot of that is fraud. A lot of that is people taking the program that shouldn't have been. And a lot of it is just a better economy, so people don't need food stamps."