Founder and editor of The Harbinger. Founder and former editor of The New Civil Rights Movement, an award-winning news & opinion site.
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So, my R&R is over — time to get back to work, the future of the nation is at stake and we have a lot to do!
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David Badash retweeted
I ask Rep. Haley Stevens, how can you support a candidate who stands in direct opposition to what you stand for?
“Nothing is perfect,” Stevens says before a heckler yells, “Stevens is a traitor,” which ended the press scrum.
David Badash retweeted
A federal judge has dismissed DOJ's nonsensical effort to block certification of Alaska’s Senate race if Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) loses. huffpost.com/entry/us-electi…
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I spoke with Haley Stevens yesterday.
Feeling a bit absurd in pointing out the obvious and being far kinder than I should have been, I reminded her that the outcome of this senate race will be viewed in the light of a future Supreme Court vacancy, and I expressed a hope that all of us understand the stakes.
She assured me she's supporting Dr. El-Sayed, sent me a video of a recent speech she gave blasting Mike Rogers and said this: "Still stands. I promise."
She also said she's been sending this video to other folks to make it clear where she stands on this race.
Again: that was yesterday.
I have known Haley Stevens for years. I have counted her as a friend and an ally. We've had many thoughtful conversations about this country, and she has never failed to remind me that her mother is a fan of my writing.
Whatever other political differences we have, she has always made it clear to me she would stand with LGBTQ people. It was a red line she refused to cross.
Instead, she has made the inexplicable decision to endorse a man who views LGBTQ Americans as second-class citizens unworthy of full equality.
I can't help but wonder what her mother must be thinking right now.
I have no idea what has happened to the person I thought I knew, but clearly, she has completely taken leave of her senses in endorsing a Republican who is little more than a Trump sycophant -- less than 24 hours after promising me that she has not wavered from the bigger picture.
I am disgusted with her cynicism and cowardice in this moment. God forgive me for trusting her.
If you're a Michigan voter and as disgusted as I am, get to your polling place and vote for Dr. El-Sayed.
David Badash retweeted
She's done in Democratic politics. Wanna sit on your hands and not help after you lose a primary? Fine. It's not a great look, but it's your perogative. Go full heel turn and campaign with the other side 48 hours before Election Day? You're done. Over. Fuck all the way off.
David Badash retweeted
Looks like the Michigan Democrats are disowning Haley Stevens over her endorsement of Mike Rogers.
David Badash retweeted
Chris Murphy had a stroke and was hospitalized yesterday.
He is awake and alert, according to his chief of staff.
Full statement from Allison Herwitt:
David Badash retweeted
In this election cycle, Elon Musk has spent four times more trying to get Republicans elected than right-wing media's favorite bogeyman George Soros has contributed to Democrats.
OFFICIAL NEW YORK TIMES LIST OF THE BIGGEST MIDTERMS DONORS:
1. Elon Musk, $446 million
2. Dick + Liz Uihlein, $150 million
3. One Nation, $138 million
4. Marc Andreessen + Ben Horowitz, $116 million
5. Jeff Yass, $110 million
6. Majority Forward, $104 million
7. George + Alex Soros, $103 million
8. House Majority Forward, $97 million
9. Mike Bloomberg, $85 million
10. Ripple Labs + Chris Larsen, $73 million
11. Miriam Adelson, $68 million
12. American Action Network, $64 million
13. Coinbase, $55 million
14. Paul Singer, $54 million
15. Cameron + Tyler Winklevoss, $53 million
16. Greg + Anna Brockman, $50 million
17. American Prosperity Alliance, $48 million
18. Koch Inc., $47 million
19. Reid Hoffman, $42 million
20. Economic Opportunity Fund, $42 million
David Badash retweeted
In today’s Vatnik Soup, we examine the ties of Donald Trump and his family to Russian intelligence operatives and the Kremlin. His current dealings with Putin may shock some people, but the pattern of collusion has been clear for more than a decade.
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David Badash retweeted
Endless outrage over two Dan Sullivans—a political trick we’ve seen before and knew about a year ago.
Meanwhile, Trump’s administration paid nearly $500 MILLION for a Minnesota prison the state says it was offered for $75 million. The seller donated $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration.
Guess which story you’ve barely heard about.
David Badash retweeted
Speaking of illegal:
A federal judge has now found twice that you are unlawfully serving as US Attorney — first as an actual one, then as a “de facto” one.
You are clinging to that position to spread election misinformation with a fake title of authority and try to disenfranchise thousands of people by claiming without evidence that they are noncitizens.
If you want to know why @GavinNewsom is behaving so bizarrely right now, it's because he's fighting overtime to count every illegal vote in the upcoming election. California admitted as much during the court proceedings in our case.
He fights for illegals and noncitizens, and has disdain for American citizens.
Listen below 👇
David Badash retweeted
Mr Trump wavering on the edge of a terrible strategic mistake. The MidTerms may deliver a Democratic Congress in January. The US blockade has not collapsed the economy. 20,000 air sorties have not opened the Gulf. Trump now planning a three day renewed air war in November. It will be an escalation disaster.
David Badash retweeted
Yo @SenMullin the @SecWar has told Military to be Prepared to operate 90 Days off The Grid . Well @DHSgov what are you telling the Governors #Govenors @NatlGovsAssoc about Preparing the Public for this unnamed threat to Military to be prepared. Yo @WhiteHouse @fema What is the threat and what is the Fing Plan for the population of America.
@MSNOWNews @Lawrence @Acosta @jimsciutto @seanhannity @ScarboroughNow @joerogan @UrbanViewRadio @politico @POTUS @SenateDems @SenateGOP @ABC @NewsNation @BBCWorld @NEWSMAX @FoxNews @CBS @BillKristol @WSJ @nytopinion @washingtonpost
@SecWar @SecMullinDHS @FBIDirectorKash @GOP @prayerfeathers
David Badash retweeted
Markwayne Mullin. Dumb as a post and pure evil.
🚨BREAKING: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed his department is investigating 300,000 cases of potential noncitizens voting, with 1,600 active investigations. democracydocket.com/news-ale…
David Badash retweeted
How the hell did this Administration allow a 28-year-old DOGE operative with zero government experience to take over USAID, fire thousands of federal employees, and shut down lifesaving aid programs around the world?
Not to mention that HR had zero record of him working there, he never completed his background paperwork to legally start working for the agency, and he didn’t even have an ID badge, because, officially, he didn’t exist as an employee.
And yet, all on his own, this man was given the go ahead to lock staff out of their own systems and use your taxpayer dollars to gut lifesaving programs with zero transparency.
The Trump Administration owes the American people and Congress answers. Who signed off on this? Why on earth was he given this kind of power?
This wasn’t an accident. Someone handed this man unchecked power, someone knew he wasn’t legally authorized to use it, and someone decided that there was nothing wrong with that.
Well, everything is wrong with that. Congress needs answers about this, and that is NOT optional.
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David Badash retweeted
ATTENTION VOTERS: The president is NOT on the ballot. We are receiving many calls asking why that race is missing. Also, we can't tabulate voters' hair combs, gift cards, honey-do lists, tax bills or anything besides a Yavapai County Ballot. Happy Voting!
David Badash retweeted
Mike Rogers just got caught on tape saying he would support a nationwide abortion ban. I don't want to hear any Democrats complaining when the stakes are this high. Every Democrat is better than every Republican. Lock the fuck in.
David Badash retweeted
It takes a tremendous amount of chutzpah to brazenly lie that LA County “validated” the government’s voter fraud claims.
In fact, the County’s sampling that Essayli referred to here completely discredited them.
Here’s the alleged “validation.” storage.courtlistener.com/re…
Let me help you since you're either too lazy or dishonest to read our witness declarations.
Everyone on the list is a confirmed noncitizen.
We suspect they are all registered California voters based on the redacted voter list we obtained, requiring our own investigation to positively identify them.
Our list has been validated by LA County’s sample study of 200 names and by the criminal prosecutions we have brought and will continue to bring against the individuals on the list.
California could, but refuses to, provide the unredacted list, which would resolve this entire dispute in a matter of hours.
David Badash retweeted
Two framing failures here:
Republicans deliberately let Obamacare subsidies lapse knowing this outcome would happen, but that reality makes the GOP look very bad so it’s omitted from the headline. The increases are just happening, without context of the deliberate policy drivers.
The increases will be felt hardest among middle class Americans, but the impact is framed first in political terms as a “blow to Obamacare,” emphasizing politics over policy impact to the American people.
The substance of the reporting by @ReedAbelson @sangerkatz is fair and clear, but editorial chose a headline that could very easily mislead the reader into thinking the program is just unworkable when deliberate Republican policy is weakening it.
It’s not just the @nytimes this is very common everywhere
"Republicans fuck up people's healthcare" is the reality, but the @nytimes wants you to think it's a failure of "Obamacare"
