'Let's do a round of intros. Everyone say your name, pronouns, where you're joining from, and how many times you can see 'rural juror' fast.'

They should have hired Her

'The bill would prevent flagrant abuses of our privacy by government authorities in league with unscrupulous third-party data brokers.' commondreams.org/news/fourth-am…

Snowden showed that the US NSA 'secretly provided Israel with raw, unredacted phone and e-mail communications between Palestinian Americans in the US and their relatives in the occupied territories,' which could be used for targeting or arrest. thenation.com/article/world/…

They should apply the popular contemporary full-sentence naming convention to older books to boost sales:
- Paul Atreides is Finding His Stride
- Andy Dufresne Can't Be Contained
- Elizabeth March Feels Sick
- Hal Incandenza Plays the Game
- Jesus of Nazareth Would Die For You

NBC News: Trump is using his phone in the courtroom, openly flouting the rules of the courtroom. Blanche just told him to stop and Trump tucked the phone in his pocket while looking annoyed. MSNBC

'“Why won’t these cowards allow the vote to come to the floor?” Ms. Baker asked. “What are they afraid of, that it might just pass? That Arizona just might get ourselves out of the year 1864?'

nytimes.com/2024/04/17/us/…

'Salem's winning image portrays Inas Abu Maamar, 36, sobbing while holding [five-year-old] Saly's sheet-clad body in the hospital morgue.'

reuters.com/world/reuters-…

Crazy how often the headlines are just 'In a blow to Republicans, Republicans achieve their objectives'

“It remains the US view that the most expeditious path toward a political horizon for the Palestinian people is in context of a normalization agreement between Israel and its neighbors.”

So they’re now holding Palestinian liberation hostage to their regional anti-China play.

Jonathan 'Boo and Vote' Cohn Some worker's thoughts on these governors comments x.com/MorePerfectUS/…

LMAO they think we're all babies

Rooting for these governors to be sad! huffpost.com/entry/republic…

You can draw a straight line from the railroading of Claudine Gay to the impending beating of Columbia students by NYPD officers

219-199-1: House passed legislation to prohibit U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies from purchasing Americans’ data from third-party data brokers without a court order. Castro (D-TX) voted Present. Bill now heads to Senate; WH opposes it. clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll1…

285-135: House passed legislation to require the State Department to designate Ansarallah, also known as the Houthis, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Bill now heads to the Senate. clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll1…

278-141: House passed legislation to establish a congressional review process for any proposed presidential action to waive or end sanctions on Iran. Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act now heads to the Senate. clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll1…

259-160: House passed legislation to rescind the sanctions waiver and licenses issued by the Biden Administration in September 2023 that allowed for the transfer of $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds in a prisoner swap. Bill now heads to the Senate.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll1…

tfw you end up unintentionally having the same album playing on two different computers, developing a weird harmony with each other