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Supreme Court takes up GOP-led challenge to Voting Rights Act that could affect control of Congress

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 3h

They cannot win elections if they cannot choose who votes.

The Supreme Court is taking up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement.

The not-so secret language of fascist fashion

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 3h

In Hitler's Germany, supporters wore brown shirts at first, then the fashion changed to Nazi icons on their clothing. Now, the far-right wants you to buy their merch.

Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you

Trump threatens World Cup host cities over crime. Some respond with a shrug.

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 4h

Pay no attention to that man behind the green curtain.

Host city officials say they aren’t too concerned about the president's comments.

BlackRock, Nvidia-backed group strikes $40 billion data center deal to fuel AI boom

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 4h

Just what we need: build up the military-industrial complex even more.

An investment consortium that includes BlackRock , Nvidia , xAI and Microsoft will acquire Aligned Data Centers in a deal worth $40 billion, the companies said on Wednesday.

US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 5h

The United States Military is using your tax dollars to murder on the high seas.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 5h

The Republican Party is attracting the worst of the worst young 'talent,' if you can call it that.

‘The worst of all time’: Trump rails against ‘super bad’ Time magazine cover

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 5h

If only we had a POTUS who was as concerned about his job performance as he is about his hair.

Despite the glowing story, the cover earned the ire of the US president with criticism of his appearance

Federal Agents Deploy Tear Gas Against Crowd on Chicago’s Southeast Side

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 5h

This is what people of Russia have been living with all these years. Reports are that even local law enforcement was gassed.

Federal immigration agents deployed tear gas on Chicago’s Southeast Side on Tuesday morning after a crowd gathered at the scene of a car crash involving those agents.

news.wttw.com

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 5h

Too bad citizens of Hitler's Germany didn't have this courage. In Chicago, residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods for federal immigration agents. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see agents nearby.

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

www.nytimes.com

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 5h

The party who does not know how to run a government has given us a crime syndicate who does not care who gets harmed as long as they remain in power to grift.

Panic as US federal workers scramble to find out if they’ve been fired: ‘I don’t have email access’

Education department staff say they can’t access work emails amid the shutdown to check for layoff notices

Hegseth’s legal fixer at the center of Pentagon’s new media restrictions

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 5h

This is who came up with the Pentagon's media policy: Tim Parlatore represented the defense secretary when he faced sexual assault allegations, and also counts alleged mobsters and President Donald Trump as former clients.

Tim Parlatore represented Hegseth when he faced sexual assault allegations, and he also counts alleged mobsters and President Donald Trump as former clients.

www.washingtonpost.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 14h

Only a #HostileGovernmen would do this to its citizens.
The remote village of Kipnuk, Alaska. planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s a look at who could be affected by the end of the Affordable Care Act credits and how much prices could change.

Sharing this gift article so we can help people stop voting against their own best interests.
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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

People come here for many reasons. Most 'America First' folks do not understand, or care.

This man supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

www.washingtonpost.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps he did something right.

Trump's visa fee sparks rare bipartisan interest in immigration legislation

Lawmakers have been trying to pass legislative fixes for the H-1B program for years.

Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

It's those counter-terrorism laws. They are taking them to the extreme and infringing on free speech.

Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDH

What Republicans could offer Democrats on health care after the shutdown

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

What could unite both sides of the House on Obamacare subsidies?

Johnson and Thune insist that any negotiation over the future of the enhanced Obamacare subsidies will need to happen after the government reopens, but the adults are talking anyway.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and in the White House are quietly mulling proposals that could unite members on Obamacare subsidies.

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

This is how we treat trespassers? Really?

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

US Treasury chief says government shutdown is hitting economy

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

Make America Great Again by hurting her economy, risking the world's economy and making her government grind to a halt.

Didn't anybody ever hear that "it's the economy, stupid?"

The U.S. federal government shutdown is starting to impact the nation's economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday as the closure entered its 13th day.

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, House Speaker Johnson warns

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

America, land of the free and the brave, must be looking rather silly at the moment. How can a nation with such high ideals live up to them if it cannot function?

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history.

US, China to roll out tit-for-tat port fees, threatening more turmoil at sea

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

If only we had a POTUS who knew something about business and commerce.

The United States and China on Tuesday will begin charging additional port fees on ocean shipping firms that move everything from holiday toys to crude oil, making the high seas a key front in the trade war between the world's two largest economies.

US shipping chaos: I fear my wedding sari is destroyed

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

If only we had a POTUS who knew something about commerce and business.

Customers worry about missing parcels as shipping companies struggle to handle a flood of packages facing new customs and tariff rules.

bbc.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

First: truce is different from actually ending a war. Secondly: whoever is keeping track needs to be able to actually count.

FACT FOCUS: With a truce in Israel, Trump now says he's ended eight wars. His numbers are off

As Israel and Hamas traded hostages and prisoners on Monday, President Donald Trump addressed the Israeli parliament, saying the region is finally at peace and claiming he has now ended eight wars in ...

Israel says it opens fire on suspects in Gaza, local authorities report six killed

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

This happened an hour after Trump made his announcement that war has ended. Does not seem like many are following the script.

Israel's military said it opened fire on Tuesday to remove a threat posed by suspects who approached its forces in the northern Gaza Strip, and health authorities in the enclave said at least six Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire.