Sam has spent the last two years in Ukraine doing humanitarian aid work. Hear him break down the current political and economic state of affairs, and explain why our support of Ukraine is crucial:

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So much for the Party of Law and Order.

“The courtroom has become the new venue for displays of Trump loyalty, as well as the high-profile audition to be Trump’s running mate.”

Mike Johnson to Join Trump at His Criminal Trial politicalwire.com/2024/05/14/mik… via Taegan Goddard

Trump's doing the same thing with the court he did with certifying the vote in 2020. He's creating a media circus to undermine the impact of a guilty decision. He's destroying the rule of law and Mike Johnson and the MAGA sycophants who are attending court are helping him do it.

With a drone-hunting crew in Kherson, defending their city against non-stop Russian attacks.

DoJ just formally asked judge to send Steve Bannon to prison since conviction and sentence was upheld dworkinsubstack.com/p/steve-bannon…

🧵 JUST IN: Last night we took home a Webby Award for our 'America or Trump' ad campaign, and a Pollie Award for our 'Audience of One' series.

We could not have done it without all of your support, and we will continue our fight to keep Trump and MAGA out of office.

Former Arizona Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers on Donald Trump: 'I have thought at times, someone born how he was, raised how he was -- he has no idea what a hard life is, and what people have to go through in the real world. He has no idea what courage is, and the last…

TODAY:

Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who helped save Congress on Jan 6, is running for the Democratic nomination for a US House seat in Maryland

Jan 6 defendant Derrick Evans, who served prison for his crime, is seeking the Republican nomination for a US House seat…

Press Sec. Karine Jean-Pierre: President Biden has a plan to make the wealthiest and big corporations pay their fair share. President Biden has said that he will not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 a year. Meanwhile, Republicans want to cut Social Security, Medicare,…

Didn’t Fox pay a gazillion dollar settlement for airing unfounded claims of voter fraud recently? How is this still
happening? Is board member Paul Ryan alive?

A sign of wide spread confidence in the economy.

If only this administration could market itself worth a damn

Eric Trump: 'I've never gotten so much as a traffic ticket.'

Also Eric Trump: Fined $4M three months ago for his part in the Trump family's massive fraud. He was banned from serving as an officer or director of any NY company for two years.

via Acyn

The Trump campaign has filed its first election lawsuit since December 2020 in Nevada. Marc E. Elias explains the motivation behind the lawsuit and how the GOP is already taking action to cast doubt on the November election.

Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=YDSpOv…

We at the Review mourn the loss of Alice Munro (1931–2024). In memory of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Fiction interview from our archive.

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NEW: Justice Dept secures another Jan 6 guilty plea

Paul Orta acknowledges being in front of mob, w/ tactical vest & handheld radio .. pushing at barricade and advancing toward Capitol, yelling 'We're taking that sh** today!'

(820+ total guilty pleas so far)

Four years ago today

Q: Now we've got 33 million people filing for unemployment, we've got 20% unemployment potentially

Trump: Nobody blames me for that

GOP Sen. Cotton claims the economy was “booming” under Trump

FACT CHECK: Trump left office with the worst jobs record since the Great Depression. More Americans now have jobs under President Biden than they ever did under Trump

Prosecutors will seek 15 months prison in Jan 6 case of Kyle Kumer. They argue Kumer, a former church minister, joined his 71-year-old mother in the tunnel amid mob. Feds: 'Kumer joined the rest of the crowd in the tunnel and pushed in unison against the police line'

“The Court “shall order” defendant “be detained,” 18 U.S.C. § 3143(b)(1), so the stay of sentence must be lifted”

Justice Dept asks court to lift its hold on Steve Bannon’s 4-month prison sentence (now that Bannon’s appeal of Contempt Of Congress conviction failed)…

Judge handed down 3-month prison sentence in Jan 6 case of Albert Ciarpelli of Syracuse, NY

Ciarpelli frustrated judge last year, when he opted not to appear via ZOOM for virtual court hearing. He joined by phone instead, saying he didn't have computer because he was traveling