May 26, 2023

Just politics

Negotiators were inching toward an agreement that would raise the limit on the amount of money the government can borrow for two years in exchange for spending cuts.

Texas lawmakers approve bill to allow school districts to replace counselors with chaplains

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (FL) confirmed on Thursday that he would consider pardoning former President Donald Trump for any charges stemming from the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election on Jan. 6... "What I'm going to do is I'm going to do on day one, I will have folks that will get together and look at all these cases who people are victims of weaponization or political targeting, and we will be aggressive at issuing pardons," DeSantis promised.

Why do minorities join the far right?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) raked in $8.2 million in the 24 hours following his glitchy presidential announcement... The huge sum cements his standing as the top Republican rival to former President Trump, who brought in $9.5 million in the six weeks following his 2024 announcement, the N.Y. Times notes.

Oath Keepers Leader Sentenced to 18 Years: The penalty for Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the far-right militia group, was the Jan. 6 investigation’s longest yet — and the first to be increased for fitting the legal definition of terrorism. 

Two of Donald Trump’s employees allegedly moved boxes of papers just a day before the FBI made a visit to Mar-a-Lago to retrieve classified documents, The Washington Post reports. The paper cites unnamed sources as saying Trump and his aides even carried out a “dress rehearsal” for moving sensitive documents well before receiving a May 2022 subpoena from the Justice Department. If true, the details would strengthen investigators’ case against Trump for potential obstruction of justice and could shed light on his intent in taking the documents with him once he left the White House.

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