Some of the wealthiest Americans pay a lower federal tax rate than firefighters and teachers.
That’s why President Biden is calling for a billionaire minimum tax – which would raise billions of dollars for us to invest in American families. pic.twitter.com/oFhp8sIC4H
On #EqualPayDay we recommit to closing wage gaps — especially for women of color and women with disabilities.
We’ll keep pushing for the Democratic House-passed Fair Pay Act, PRO Act, paid family leave and care economy investments — because when women succeed, America succeeds! pic.twitter.com/Sa5Tt5PF6B
The disgraced defeated former president is once again threatening Americans' earned benefits—Social Security and Medicare—while insisting on tax cuts for greedy corporations.
NATO Accession Anniversary for Czechia, Hungary, and Poland
PRESS STATEMENT
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE
On behalf of the United States, I want to congratulate Czechia, Hungary, and Poland on the 25th anniversary of your accession to NATO.
As then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said to mark your accession in 1999, “NATO is joined by three proud democracies – countries that have proven their ability to meet Alliance responsibilities, uphold Alliance values, and defend Alliance interests.”
For 25 years, we have stood together as Allies – united and fully committed to our collective security. Today, NATO stands as the most successful and enduring alliance in history. As we adapt to address the evolving challenges of the future and uphold our ironclad commitment to defend every inch of NATO territory, our Alliance is stronger than ever.
20 Days in Mariupol (full documentary) | Academy Award® Winner | Frontline
‘20 Days in Mariupol’ wins best documentary Oscar, a first for AP and PBS’ ‘Frontline’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol,” a harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, won the best documentary Oscar on Sunday night.
How ‘MagaBabe’ and a Fake Investor Targeted Critics of Viktor Orban
A covert campaign to entrap and discredit people linked to rights groups in Hungary has added fuel to longstanding complaints of democratic backsliding in the country.
Steve Bannon Suggests Donald Trump Has Been Bought
Steve Bannon, the one-time adviser to Donald Trump, suggested on Saturday that the former president was paid off after a shift in stance on TikTok.
TikTok, the immensely popular video-sharing app known for its predominantly young audience, has once again come under scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers. The app is currently owned by Chinese tech company, ByteDance, which has spurred significant suspicion that its abundance of user data is being furnished to the Chinese government.
The @WCKitchen and @openarms_fund boat is ready to sail for Gaza….with help of our partner @mofauae and support of Cyprus’s , and our team in Gaza is ready for the meals. There have been many statements made about the maritime corridor being open, and the timeline. WCK never… pic.twitter.com/Th3VyDS1YZ
Our WCK boat ready to sail to Gaza loaded with food reminds me why I started @WCKitchen—to feed people after crises no matter what. This is a time for action not for hollow promises. The world needs to join us to provide the humanitarian aid that Palestinians so desperately need… pic.twitter.com/m3d5RAfybn
Leading aid delivery in Gaza by sea, air, and land
Since October, World Central Kitchen has been calling for more access points to Gaza to open for humanitarian aid. We have served more than 35 millions meals, dispatched more than 1,400 trucks across the Rafah Crossing, and opened more than 60 community kitchens across Gaza. With Jordan, we have provided food on their land convoys and participated in airdrops. We will be providing food for the daily airdrops the Jordanians plan for every day during this sacred month of Ramadan.
We are ready to do so much more.
We have a boat filled with nearly 200 tons of food and a team in Cyprus ready to make the first maritime delivery of aid to Gaza. We have another 500 tons of food in Cyprus and more ships to set sail. Our goal is to establish a maritime highway of boats and barges stocked with millions of meals continuously headed towards Gaza.
Schiff stomps Hur, GOP political theater around Biden documents report; motives laid bare at hearing
Rep. Adam Schiff, a former federal prosecutor, exposed former special counsel Robert Hur’s excuse-making for politicizing his report on President Joe Biden’s retention of classified documents at a hearing House Republicans had hoped would extend attention on Hur’s inappropriate characterizations of Biden’s mental acuity. Rep. Schiff joins Alex Wagner to discuss.
‘Passing strange’: Rep. Goldman questions Robert Hur’s DOJ resignation day before testimony
Congressman Dan Goldman joins Jen Psaki to discuss special counsel Robert Hur’s upcoming testimony before Congress and new details in Trump’s classified documents case as former Mar-a-Lago employee Brian Butler speaks out.
Robert Hur said Joe Biden had ‘photographic recall’ before ‘bad memory’ claim – Transcript
Special Counsel Hur admitted that his comments were left out of the report during a grilling on Tuesday.
The prosecutor who said Joe Biden is a “well-meaning elderly man with poor memory” described the President as having a “photographic understanding and recall,” a transcript from their interview reportedly shows.
In my innocence, I thought Project 2025 was just about firing the qualified civil servants so that the federal government would fail, and with it the economy. I hadn't realized there was a Christofascist angle.https://t.co/k0Or356WSy
Exclusive: ‘Trump Employee 5,’ who unknowingly helped move classified documents, speaks out
A longtime Mar-a-Lago employee who is a central witness in the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is now speaking publicly because he believes that voters should hear the truth about his former boss and the case before the November election.
Brian Butler, who is referenced as “Trump Employee 5” in the classified documents indictment brought by special counsel Jack Smith, told CNN in an exclusive interview that he doesn’t believe the criminal case against Trump is a “witch hunt,” as the former president has claimed.
After weeks of preparation, WCK’s Operation Safeena is underway. We dispatched almost 200 tons of food for Palestinians in need. The aid is sailing on the Open Arms boat and will be delivered to Gaza where our team is building a jetty to offload the shipment.#ChefsForThePeoplepic.twitter.com/Zu1FSBNfeu
—ggail, and Claire McCaskill saying just play the tape of trump at the rallies, all his gibberish and losing train of thought. ”He clearly has some cognitive issues.” Plus we know he always reverse finger points all the stuff he himself is doing which is a dead giveaway.
Decades of harmful projects and decisions in the buildout of the federal highway system displaced thousands of families and businesses.
Our Administration is taking action to right these historic wrongs – and reconnect historically disadvantaged communities to new opportunities. pic.twitter.com/IqCvsd8uws
Today, President Biden announced a transformative investment to reconnect and rebuild communities in over 40 states.
These projects will add new transit routes, sidewalks, bridges and bike lanes – while increasing access to health care, schools, places of worship, and more. pic.twitter.com/Lwc5T388NW
Happening Now: President Biden delivers remarks on how his investments are rebuilding our communities and creating good-paying jobs. https://t.co/FWHlADQpw4
Disproven: My Unbiased Search for Voter Fraud for the Trump Campaign, the Data that Shows Why He Lost, and How We Can Improve Our Elections
Author, Ken Block
“Many searched for evidence of voter fraud in 2020, only a few were unbiased professionals . . . and only one has written a book about his experience.
If you value the integrity of our elections—or want a behind-the-scenes look at an attempt at overturning one—Disproven by Ken Block takes you out of the voting booth and into the chaos that was the attempt to challenge the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
In November 2020, data specialist Ken Block received a phone call from the Trump Campaign. They wanted to hire him to find evidence of election fraud. What followed were late night and early morning requests to assess fraud claims at a blistering pace and ultimately find definitive evidence about the role voter fraud played in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.”
I love stopping by small businesses and meeting the owners, entrepreneurs, and workers who are the heart of our communities. It was wonderful to visit with the team at Ratio Beerworks in Denver yesterday. pic.twitter.com/h5xATzF4ke
Hungary’s leader claims Trump told him he would cut off U.S. military aid to Ukraine
…Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a new interview that former President Donald Trump told him he would cut off U.S. military aid to Ukraine in an effort to end its conflict with Russia.
Orbán said in an interview with a state-run media organization in Hungary, M1, published overnight, that Trump’s plan is to “not give a penny” to Ukraine, stating that the country “cannot stand on its own feet.” The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment for over 24 hours.
“…Hungary dropped its opposition this year to allowing the European Union to use its budget to give Ukraine a $54 aid package. Orbán, like Trump, also has a history of floating conspiracy theories.”
House Democrats and centrist Republicans launch separate efforts to force a vote on Ukraine aid
House Democrats as well as a small group of centrist Republicans are launching separate long-shot efforts to force a vote on tens of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine
Winning here, in Ukraine, in this confrontation with Russian terror, is a matter of survival for democratic systems, if democracies are worth anything at all.
When we defend ourselves, we can ensure that no other international criminal is tempted to launch an aggression like… pic.twitter.com/HZXPZ0C3Mr
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 13, 2024
We’re watching Ukrainians getting blown up, shot up, starved, displaced…so that we will not lose democracy in Europe, so that Putin will not begin the march on Europe leading to the engagement of U.S. troops.
Meanwhile the dysfunctional party of trump is quite functional in blocking aid to stop totalitarianism, creating chaos, starvation and death.
So what is really in it for gop and their children?
Russian Oil shares…what?
Pls what happened to sending the frozen Russian financial assets to Ukraine, discussed at the U.N. recently? July was mentioned…even if so that is far too long to wait.
Critics cite youth vote outreach among high stakes against rush to ban TikTok
While a bill to force Bytedance, the China-based parent company of TikTok, to divest from the social site or be effectively banned in the U.S. enjoyed broad, bipartisan support, the smaller but similarly diverse opposition to the bill cautions against what feels like a rushed effort fueled by national security, anti-China grandstanding. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who voted no, talks with Alex Wagner about his many reservations about how Congress is approaching TikTok, the preferred platform for expression for millions of coveted young American voters.
‘Name your price’: Trump TikTok flip-flop shows he’s ‘for sale’
After meeting with a Republican megadonor with ties to TikTok’s parent company, Donald Trump suddenly changed his tune on whether the U.S. should ban the app. “Name your price, billionaires. Donald Trump’s political positions are for sale,” says Chris Hayes.
“Either you are soft on russia or you are going to to stand with Ukraine.” He said that his republican parents stand for freedom everywhere.
On the Tik Tok issue:
Rep. Swalwell is not alone in saying he’d prefer that ALL social media have more accountability, and more regulation around algorithms and data and privacy.”
Israel is blocking humanitarian aid in clear violation of U.S. law, which prohibits military assistance to any country that restricts U.S. humanitarian aid.
Intelligencer: The Swiftboater Coming for Biden With co-pilot Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita has brought discipline to the Trump campaign. Is that enough to win?
“The senior leadership has been almost entirely replaced or reassigned, while dozens of lower-ranking officials including state directors were either fired or told to reapply for their jobs.”
Protect Earth Instead Of Colonizing Mars, Obama Says
Humanity must preserve Earth before dreaming of colonizing Mars because even nuclear war and unbridled climate change cannot make the red planet more livable, Barack Obama said Wednesday.
Speaking at a renewable energy conference in the French capital Paris, the former US president mentioned Silicon Valley “tycoons, many of whom are building spaceships” that could take humans to Mars.
“But when I hear some of the people talk about the plan to colonize Mars because the earth environment may become so degraded that it becomes unlivable, I look at them like, what are you talking about?”
“Even after a nuclear war, Earth would be more livable than Mars, even if we didn’t do anything about CC (climate change) it would still have oxygen — as far as we can tell, Mars does not,” Obama said.
“I would rather us invest in taking care of this planet here,” he continued, saying space exploration should be for gathering knowledge and discovery rather than creating new living space for humanity.
“We were designed for this place, and it would be good if we kept this place in a way that’s livable,” he concluded.
Obama was speaking as a special guest at the opening of the POwR.Earth Summit, a gathering organised by two renewable energy entrepreneurs and attended by industry players.
Our Administration mourns the recent loss of Nex Benedict.
To LGBTQI+ young people across the country – you are loved exactly as you are.
If you need support, call or text 988 and dial the number ‘3’ to talk to a counselor specifically trained to support LGBTQI+ youth. pic.twitter.com/cPD3R7zc9j
While in the Twin Cities yesterday, I thanked health care professionals who are on the frontlines of our fight for reproductive freedom. They dedicate themselves to providing care for the women of Minnesota, as well as those from states with extreme abortion bans. pic.twitter.com/jZ9oBnt0wX
Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the first vice president or president to visit an abortion clinic: “I think we should all expect…that you will be treated with dignity [while receiving health care]… And walking through this clinic, that’s what I saw.” pic.twitter.com/e4EF7E9iTn
Olivia Rodrigo gives out free contraceptives at concert
Olivia Rodrigo is doing her part to raise awareness about reproductive health and reproductive rights.
During her concert on March 12 in St. Louis, Missouri, Rodrigo distributed free condoms, emergency contraceptives and information about abortion access, Variety reports.
Attendees were told they could grab packages that contained two boxes of a morning-after pill called Julie and QR codes linking to the Missouri Abortion Fund and other abortion access resources.
In 2019, Missouri passed a trigger law that made abortions illegal in the state after Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022. Some abortions may be permitted in cases of medical emergency but there are currently no exemptions for rape or incest.
Moving to a 32-hour workweek with no loss of pay is not a radical idea. It's time for working people to benefit from advancements in AI, automation, and new technology, not just corporate CEOs and wealthy stockholders on Wall Street. pic.twitter.com/O3vUwwH3sN
I am asking President Biden, along with 7 of my colleagues, to enforce existing U.S. law. The Foreign Assistance Act is very clear: Netanyahu’s government MUST stop restricting humanitarian aid access to Gaza or forfeit U.S. military aid to Israel. That's the law. pic.twitter.com/NOZefjUTlb
Senator Elizabeth Warren Sponsors New Bill for Expanding Rural Tribal Housing Resource
BY CHEZ OXENDINE
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has announced new legislation aimed at funneling more money into Indian Country housing and other services through the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service programs.
Under the Tribal Rural Housing Access Act, the USDA would be required to set aside 5 percent of its funding under certain Rural Housing Service programs for use by tribes, tribally designated housing entities, tribal members, and tribal-owned entities. The legislation proposes the set aside for a range of loan and grant programs, including programs providing technical assistance, money for repair and rehabilitation of rural housing, and the construction of new, multi-family homes for low-income residents.
Judge Scott McAffee has ruled that District Attorney Fanis Willis can continue her prosecution of Trump and his co-defendants in Georgia as long as Nathan Wade, her former romantic partner, leaves her team. pic.twitter.com/hkO3prJBNp
JK Rowling Holocaust Denialism: Author Pushes Claims That Trans People Were Not A Target
On Wednesday, JK Rowling implied that Nazis never targeted trans people in Germany, calling it “a fever dream.” She doubled down when challenged with sources showing trans persecution in Nazi Germany.
Ms. Rowling 2 days ago denied that transgender citizens in Nazi Germany were targeted and books burned along with decades of health research. Actually they were among the first groups to be targeted, forced detransitioned and murdered. When confronted Ms. Rowling referenced a “troubled male”.
—-Trump negligence, bias to blue states, grift, disinformation and lies about Covid 19 killed off maybe a million Americans. Almost died himself but was fortunate to be president and have all the most expensive treatments to stay alive. Following which he took off his mask dramatically in public afterwards—leading to some more hospitalizations and deaths.
Pi Day is a great day to eat pie and join us for phone bank training! Seriously, pls click the link below to learn how we can help save democracy while eating pie. 🥧📱 https://t.co/6eS1b6x2HJ
2. Broader thoughts from key experts on the future of democracy at a time of digital disruption
The following expert contributions offer deep, broad insights that represent the diversity of thought expressed by leading expert commentators in this canvassing.
If we develop guardrails, the core elements of democracy will be strengthened
Trump lie: “My campaign is powered by my money so I’m not controlled by…”
Trump: “ I put my own money into this.” He’s now more beholden to donor class than ever before. imo we know trump is not alone in his desire to destroy the dignity and glory of the country. And right at home getting you to destroy and humiliate yourself in a slow kind of suicide.
Not only did Katie Britt dishonestly co-opt the horrific 2015 congressional testimony of a Mexican activist relating events in Mexico during the Bush admin, the anti-sex trafficking policies the activist was advocating were thwarted by *Donald Trump* & reversed under Biden pic.twitter.com/jiIw8kl2ev
— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) March 9, 2024
Osage Nation Oscar Watch Party: The Crowd Felt the Film was a Success
BY LEVI RICKERT
OSAGE NATION RESERVATION — A sold-out Oscar watch party spent five hours on Sunday evening watching the 96th Academy Awards as the Oscars were handed out throughout the evening. They were there to celebrate the success of “Killers of the Flower Moon.” an epic film co-produced and directed by the award-winning Martin Scorsese that told the tragic story of Osage memebers who were murdered or went missing 100 years ago. Some in the crowd were direct decendants of those murdered.
While the film did not win any Oscars, the crowd expressed to Native News Online the film was highly successful in getting the story about what happened on the Osage Nation during the 1920s.
The movie unveils the story of the Osage, who, because of oil on their allotted lands in Oklahoma, became some of the world’s wealthiest people on a per capita basis. During the 1920s, dozens of Osage died under mysterious circumstances. In many cases, those circumstances turned out to be murder. The film concentrates on the family of Mollie Burkhart, played by 37-year-old Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet and Nimíipuu), who had several members of her family murdered, including two sisters.
Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet and Nimíipuu) paid tribute to Native culture on the red carpet for the 96th Annual Academy Awards with a stunning Gucci gown made in collaboration with Joe Big Mountain of Ironhorse Quillwork (Mohawk, Cree and Comanche Nations).
The midnight blue velvet gown was adorned with a printed cobalt blue trim at the neckline. According to the Wall Street Journal, the gown included porcupine quill-work edging by Big Mountain.
Gladstone (Blackfeet and Nimíipuu) made history as the first Native American nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Gladstone, 37, received the honor for her critically acclaimed performance as Mollie Burkhart in Martin Scorsese’s sprawling crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon. The film tells the true story of a series of murders orchestrated against citizens of the Osage Nation in the 1920s for their oil rights, which resulted in the birth of the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Gladstone has been an Oscar favorite since the film’s release in October 2023. Her performance as Burkhart, an Osage woman whose family is killed by her white husband for their oil wealth, received critical acclaim for its powerful subtly.
Gladstone received public praise and support from her co-star, Oscar winner Leonardo Dicaprio, who wrote on Instagram: “Working with her will forever be a highlight of my career.”
Her portrayal of Burkhart earlier this year earned her a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Gladstone spent the first 11 years of her life on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana before moving to Seattle.
The Obama Diary 
Thank you NW !
President Biden now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Congrats !!
The White House
calling for a billionaire minimum tax
President Biden
NANCY PELOSI
When women succeed.
—Show us your budget !!!
NATO Accession Anniversary for Czechia, Hungary, and Poland
PRESS STATEMENT
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE
On behalf of the United States, I want to congratulate Czechia, Hungary, and Poland on the 25th anniversary of your accession to NATO.
As then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said to mark your accession in 1999, “NATO is joined by three proud democracies – countries that have proven their ability to meet Alliance responsibilities, uphold Alliance values, and defend Alliance interests.”
For 25 years, we have stood together as Allies – united and fully committed to our collective security. Today, NATO stands as the most successful and enduring alliance in history. As we adapt to address the evolving challenges of the future and uphold our ironclad commitment to defend every inch of NATO territory, our Alliance is stronger than ever.
(state.gov)
Academy Award Winner
20 Days in Mariupol (full documentary) | Academy Award® Winner | Frontline
‘20 Days in Mariupol’ wins best documentary Oscar, a first for AP and PBS’ ‘Frontline’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol,” a harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, won the best documentary Oscar on Sunday night.
How ‘MagaBabe’ and a Fake Investor Targeted Critics of Viktor Orban
A covert campaign to entrap and discredit people linked to rights groups in Hungary has added fuel to longstanding complaints of democratic backsliding in the country.
Andrew Higgins: (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/world/europe/orban-hungary-trump-investor.html)
Steve Bannon Suggests Donald Trump Has Been Bought
Steve Bannon, the one-time adviser to Donald Trump, suggested on Saturday that the former president was paid off after a shift in stance on TikTok.
TikTok, the immensely popular video-sharing app known for its predominantly young audience, has once again come under scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers. The app is currently owned by Chinese tech company, ByteDance, which has spurred significant suspicion that its abundance of user data is being furnished to the Chinese government.
Thomas Kika:(https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-suggests-donald-trump-has-been-bought-1877583#)
José Andrés
Leading aid delivery in Gaza by sea, air, and land
Since October, World Central Kitchen has been calling for more access points to Gaza to open for humanitarian aid. We have served more than 35 millions meals, dispatched more than 1,400 trucks across the Rafah Crossing, and opened more than 60 community kitchens across Gaza. With Jordan, we have provided food on their land convoys and participated in airdrops. We will be providing food for the daily airdrops the Jordanians plan for every day during this sacred month of Ramadan.
We are ready to do so much more.
We have a boat filled with nearly 200 tons of food and a team in Cyprus ready to make the first maritime delivery of aid to Gaza. We have another 500 tons of food in Cyprus and more ships to set sail. Our goal is to establish a maritime highway of boats and barges stocked with millions of meals continuously headed towards Gaza.
More: (https://wck.org/en-us/news/gaza-aid)
Schiff stomps Hur, GOP political theater around Biden documents report; motives laid bare at hearing
Rep. Adam Schiff, a former federal prosecutor, exposed former special counsel Robert Hur’s excuse-making for politicizing his report on President Joe Biden’s retention of classified documents at a hearing House Republicans had hoped would extend attention on Hur’s inappropriate characterizations of Biden’s mental acuity. Rep. Schiff joins Alex Wagner to discuss.
‘Passing strange’: Rep. Goldman questions Robert Hur’s DOJ resignation day before testimony
Congressman Dan Goldman joins Jen Psaki to discuss special counsel Robert Hur’s upcoming testimony before Congress and new details in Trump’s classified documents case as former Mar-a-Lago employee Brian Butler speaks out.
(https://www.msnbc.com/inside-with-jen-psaki/watch/-passing-strange-rep-goldman-questions-robert-hur-s-doj-resignation-day-before-testimony-206336069903)
Robert Hur said Joe Biden had ‘photographic recall’ before ‘bad memory’ claim – Transcript
Special Counsel Hur admitted that his comments were left out of the report during a grilling on Tuesday.
The prosecutor who said Joe Biden is a “well-meaning elderly man with poor memory” described the President as having a “photographic understanding and recall,” a transcript from their interview reportedly shows.
Charlie Bradley: (https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/130861/robert-hur-joe-biden-poor-memory-donald-trump
Read the full transcript of Robert Hur’s interview with President Biden
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/bc7aadda-757b-4b92-b17a-77a77a907674.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_3
DAY ONE, PAGE 47:
Special Counsel Hur to President Biden:
“YOU APPEAR TO HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDING….”
Timothy Snyder
—Christofascist
Christofascism:
Project 2025’s Link to a co-ordinated Christian Nationalism Project.
Exclusive: ‘Trump Employee 5,’ who unknowingly helped move classified documents, speaks out
A longtime Mar-a-Lago employee who is a central witness in the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is now speaking publicly because he believes that voters should hear the truth about his former boss and the case before the November election.
Brian Butler, who is referenced as “Trump Employee 5” in the classified documents indictment brought by special counsel Jack Smith, told CNN in an exclusive interview that he doesn’t believe the criminal case against Trump is a “witch hunt,” as the former president has claimed.
Katelyn Polantz, Kaitlan Collins and Jeremy Herb:
(https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics/trump-employee-5-classified-documents-mar-a-lago/index.html)
—thank you for speaking out Mr. Butler.
—-a zillion thanks and congrats to all, with much love.
Timothy Snyder
“The children are always ours,
every single one of them,
all over the globe…”
(James Baldwin)
—thanks ggail, we will not forget, she is with us.
—ggail, and Claire McCaskill saying just play the tape of trump at the rallies, all his gibberish and losing train of thought. ”He clearly has some cognitive issues.” Plus we know he always reverse finger points all the stuff he himself is doing which is a dead giveaway.
The White House
Disproven: My Unbiased Search for Voter Fraud for the Trump Campaign, the Data that Shows Why He Lost, and How We Can Improve Our Elections
Author, Ken Block
“Many searched for evidence of voter fraud in 2020, only a few were unbiased professionals . . . and only one has written a book about his experience.
If you value the integrity of our elections—or want a behind-the-scenes look at an attempt at overturning one—Disproven by Ken Block takes you out of the voting booth and into the chaos that was the attempt to challenge the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
In November 2020, data specialist Ken Block received a phone call from the Trump Campaign. They wanted to hire him to find evidence of election fraud. What followed were late night and early morning requests to assess fraud claims at a blistering pace and ultimately find definitive evidence about the role voter fraud played in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.”
(available 2 days ago)
SC is becoming a tech leader. Black communities must be part of that. | Opinion
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna AND S.C. Rep. Annie E. Mcdaniel:
https://khanna.house.gov/media/ros-op-eds/sc-becoming-tech-leader-black-communities-must-be-part-opinion
Vice President Kamala Harris
Hungary’s leader claims Trump told him he would cut off U.S. military aid to Ukraine
…Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a new interview that former President Donald Trump told him he would cut off U.S. military aid to Ukraine in an effort to end its conflict with Russia.
Orbán said in an interview with a state-run media organization in Hungary, M1, published overnight, that Trump’s plan is to “not give a penny” to Ukraine, stating that the country “cannot stand on its own feet.” The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment for over 24 hours.
Vaughn Hillyard and Rebecca Shabad:
(https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/hungarys-leader-claims-trump-told-cut-us-military-aid-ukraine-rcna142774#
“…Hungary dropped its opposition this year to allowing the European Union to use its budget to give Ukraine a $54 aid package. Orbán, like Trump, also has a history of floating conspiracy theories.”
Donald Trump won’t give a penny to Ukraine if elected, Orbán says
Claudia Chappa:
(https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-donald-trump-wont-give-a-penny-to-ukraine-if-elected/#)
House Democrats and centrist Republicans launch separate efforts to force a vote on Ukraine aid
House Democrats as well as a small group of centrist Republicans are launching separate long-shot efforts to force a vote on tens of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine
Stephen Groves: (https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/house-democrats-launch-effort-force-vote-ukraine-aid-108049660)
President Zelenskyy
imho,
We’re watching Ukrainians getting blown up, shot up, starved, displaced…so that we will not lose democracy in Europe, so that Putin will not begin the march on Europe leading to the engagement of U.S. troops.
Meanwhile the dysfunctional party of trump is quite functional in blocking aid to stop totalitarianism, creating chaos, starvation and death.
So what is really in it for gop and their children?
Russian Oil shares…what?
Pls what happened to sending the frozen Russian financial assets to Ukraine, discussed at the U.N. recently? July was mentioned…even if so that is far too long to wait.
Critics cite youth vote outreach among high stakes against rush to ban TikTok
While a bill to force Bytedance, the China-based parent company of TikTok, to divest from the social site or be effectively banned in the U.S. enjoyed broad, bipartisan support, the smaller but similarly diverse opposition to the bill cautions against what feels like a rushed effort fueled by national security, anti-China grandstanding. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who voted no, talks with Alex Wagner about his many reservations about how Congress is approaching TikTok, the preferred platform for expression for millions of coveted young American voters.
Mr. Bowman said Congress moving too quickly…he voted no on the bill.
‘Name your price’: Trump TikTok flip-flop shows he’s ‘for sale’
After meeting with a Republican megadonor with ties to TikTok’s parent company, Donald Trump suddenly changed his tune on whether the U.S. should ban the app. “Name your price, billionaires. Donald Trump’s political positions are for sale,” says Chris Hayes.
Ben Rhodes: Pod Save The World
Episode 398: Trump Tik Tok Flop
Congressman Swalwell:
“Either you are soft on russia or you are going to to stand with Ukraine.” He said that his republican parents stand for freedom everywhere.
On the Tik Tok issue:
Rep. Swalwell is not alone in saying he’d prefer that ALL social media have more accountability, and more regulation around algorithms and data and privacy.”
Buck is out – and the House Republican majority shrinks again
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) will leave Congress at the end of next week, trimming the GOP’s majority once again.
(https://punchbowl.news/article/ken-buck-house-gop-majority/)
BERNIE SANDERS
—-Blocking humanitarian aid is a violation of United States law.
Intelligencer: The Swiftboater Coming for Biden With co-pilot Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita has brought discipline to the Trump campaign. Is that enough to win?
By David Freedlander,
(https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-campaign-chris-lacivita-swift-boat-veteran.html)
“The senior leadership has been almost entirely replaced or reassigned, while dozens of lower-ranking officials including state directors were either fired or told to reapply for their jobs.”
Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey and Marianne LeVine:
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/12/rnc-trump-firings-takeover/#)
Alex Wagner: “The blood-letting has been swift.”
Rep. Justin Jones
@brotherjones
Protect Earth Instead Of Colonizing Mars, Obama Says
Humanity must preserve Earth before dreaming of colonizing Mars because even nuclear war and unbridled climate change cannot make the red planet more livable, Barack Obama said Wednesday.
Speaking at a renewable energy conference in the French capital Paris, the former US president mentioned Silicon Valley “tycoons, many of whom are building spaceships” that could take humans to Mars.
“But when I hear some of the people talk about the plan to colonize Mars because the earth environment may become so degraded that it becomes unlivable, I look at them like, what are you talking about?”
“Even after a nuclear war, Earth would be more livable than Mars, even if we didn’t do anything about CC (climate change) it would still have oxygen — as far as we can tell, Mars does not,” Obama said.
“I would rather us invest in taking care of this planet here,” he continued, saying space exploration should be for gathering knowledge and discovery rather than creating new living space for humanity.
“We were designed for this place, and it would be good if we kept this place in a way that’s livable,” he concluded.
(AFP.com)
Obama was speaking as a special guest at the opening of the POwR.Earth Summit, a gathering organised by two renewable energy entrepreneurs and attended by industry players.
(https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/protect-earth-instead-of-colonising-mars-barack-obama-at-powr-earth-summit-in-paris-5235816)
🌺🌸 One more reason why I love PBO so dam’ much.
The White House
Vice President Kamala Harris
……………
Our VP is amazing.
Pod Save America
NASA
What does it take to become an astronaut
Our Sun, the star of the show.
—-fab nasa.
Olivia Rodrigo gives out free contraceptives at concert
Olivia Rodrigo is doing her part to raise awareness about reproductive health and reproductive rights.
During her concert on March 12 in St. Louis, Missouri, Rodrigo distributed free condoms, emergency contraceptives and information about abortion access, Variety reports.
Attendees were told they could grab packages that contained two boxes of a morning-after pill called Julie and QR codes linking to the Missouri Abortion Fund and other abortion access resources.
In 2019, Missouri passed a trigger law that made abortions illegal in the state after Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022. Some abortions may be permitted in cases of medical emergency but there are currently no exemptions for rape or incest.
AKEMI TAMANAHA: (https://asamnews.com/2024/03/13/olivia-rodrigo-gives-out-free-contraceptives-at-concert/)
BERNIE SANDERS
—-asking President Biden to enforce existing U.S. law.
Senator Elizabeth Warren Sponsors New Bill for Expanding Rural Tribal Housing Resource
BY CHEZ OXENDINE
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has announced new legislation aimed at funneling more money into Indian Country housing and other services through the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service programs.
Under the Tribal Rural Housing Access Act, the USDA would be required to set aside 5 percent of its funding under certain Rural Housing Service programs for use by tribes, tribally designated housing entities, tribal members, and tribal-owned entities. The legislation proposes the set aside for a range of loan and grant programs, including programs providing technical assistance, money for repair and rehabilitation of rural housing, and the construction of new, multi-family homes for low-income residents.
(https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/senator-elizabeth-warren-sponsors-new-bill-for-expanding-rural-tribal-housing-resource)
Pod Save America
Crooked Media.
JK Rowling Holocaust Denialism: Author Pushes Claims That Trans People Were Not A Target
On Wednesday, JK Rowling implied that Nazis never targeted trans people in Germany, calling it “a fever dream.” She doubled down when challenged with sources showing trans persecution in Nazi Germany.
Erin Reed: (https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/jk-rowling-holocaust-denialism-author)
Ms. Rowling 2 days ago denied that transgender citizens in Nazi Germany were targeted and books burned along with decades of health research. Actually they were among the first groups to be targeted, forced detransitioned and murdered. When confronted Ms. Rowling referenced a “troubled male”.
—-She is tragically a member of TERF.
Remembering….
Trump on lack of Covid tests : ‘I don’t take responsibility at all.’
March 13 2020: (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-trump-says-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all-for-lack-of-tests.html)
—-Trump negligence, bias to blue states, grift, disinformation and lies about Covid 19 killed off maybe a million Americans. Almost died himself but was fortunate to be president and have all the most expensive treatments to stay alive. Following which he took off his mask dramatically in public afterwards—leading to some more hospitalizations and deaths.
Vote Save America
DONALD TRUMP
Vice President Harris visits and abortion clinic in an historic first
Remarks by Vice President Harris and Doctor Sarah Traxler During the Nationwide “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” Tour | St. Paul, MN
Planned Parenthood
St. Paul, Minnesota
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/14/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-and-doctor-sarah-traxler-during-the-nationwide-fight-for-reproductive-freedoms-tour-st-paul-mn/)
2. Broader thoughts from key experts on the future of democracy at a time of digital disruption
The following expert contributions offer deep, broad insights that represent the diversity of thought expressed by leading expert commentators in this canvassing.
If we develop guardrails, the core elements of democracy will be strengthened
Janna Anderson and Lee Raine: (https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2020/02/21/broader-thoughts-from-key-experts-on-the-future-of-democracy-at-a-time-of-digital-disruption/)
—imo insane Bannon pushing the hallmarks of autocracy and loss of faith in institutions via media. Watch out for SCRIPPS.
Trump lie: “My campaign is powered by my money so I’m not controlled by…”
Trump: “ I put my own money into this.” He’s now more beholden to donor class than ever before. imo we know trump is not alone in his desire to destroy the dignity and glory of the country. And right at home getting you to destroy and humiliate yourself in a slow kind of suicide.
David Sollenberger
Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson: “I’m Just Ken”.
—-Crikey….good heavens…and includes Smash!
Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell Perform ‘What Was I Made For?’ at Oscars 2024
Jon Baptiste: “It Never Went Away”.
“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” Performed by Scott George and the Osage Singers | 96th Oscars
Osage Nation Oscar Watch Party: The Crowd Felt the Film was a Success
Osage Nation Oscar Watch Party: The Crowd Felt the Film was a Success
BY LEVI RICKERT
OSAGE NATION RESERVATION — A sold-out Oscar watch party spent five hours on Sunday evening watching the 96th Academy Awards as the Oscars were handed out throughout the evening. They were there to celebrate the success of “Killers of the Flower Moon.” an epic film co-produced and directed by the award-winning Martin Scorsese that told the tragic story of Osage memebers who were murdered or went missing 100 years ago. Some in the crowd were direct decendants of those murdered.
While the film did not win any Oscars, the crowd expressed to Native News Online the film was highly successful in getting the story about what happened on the Osage Nation during the 1920s.
The movie unveils the story of the Osage, who, because of oil on their allotted lands in Oklahoma, became some of the world’s wealthiest people on a per capita basis. During the 1920s, dozens of Osage died under mysterious circumstances. In many cases, those circumstances turned out to be murder. The film concentrates on the family of Mollie Burkhart, played by 37-year-old Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet and Nimíipuu), who had several members of her family murdered, including two sisters.
(https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/osage-nation-oscar-watch-party)
Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet and Nimíipuu) paid tribute to Native culture on the red carpet for the 96th Annual Academy Awards with a stunning Gucci gown made in collaboration with Joe Big Mountain of Ironhorse Quillwork (Mohawk, Cree and Comanche Nations).
The midnight blue velvet gown was adorned with a printed cobalt blue trim at the neckline. According to the Wall Street Journal, the gown included porcupine quill-work edging by Big Mountain.
Gladstone (Blackfeet and Nimíipuu) made history as the first Native American nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Gladstone, 37, received the honor for her critically acclaimed performance as Mollie Burkhart in Martin Scorsese’s sprawling crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon. The film tells the true story of a series of murders orchestrated against citizens of the Osage Nation in the 1920s for their oil rights, which resulted in the birth of the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Gladstone has been an Oscar favorite since the film’s release in October 2023. Her performance as Burkhart, an Osage woman whose family is killed by her white husband for their oil wealth, received critical acclaim for its powerful subtly.
Gladstone received public praise and support from her co-star, Oscar winner Leonardo Dicaprio, who wrote on Instagram: “Working with her will forever be a highlight of my career.”
Her portrayal of Burkhart earlier this year earned her a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Gladstone spent the first 11 years of her life on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana before moving to Seattle.
(https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/lily-gladstone-shines-a-spotlight-on-native-design-at-oscars-red-carpet
Black nominees:
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (WINNER Best Actress In A Supporting Role)
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Da’Vine Joy Randolph in THE HOLDOVERS **WINNER**
Remarks by Vice President Harris and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of Ireland During a St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Breakfast
Vice President’s Residence
United States Naval Observatory
Washington, D.C.
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/03/15/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-and-taoiseach-leo-varadkar-of-ireland-during-a-st-patricks-day-celebration-breakfast/)
Joy-Ann Reid Is Telling the Story of the Civil Rights Movement’s First Widow In New Book
—speaking with Tamaron Hall about ‘Medger and Merlie’.
Watch Where They Hide
A Jordan Manning Novel
Author: Tamaron Hall.
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