#USPolitics picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @z_everson - Award-winning journalist known investigative reporting on Trump

➡️ @GovTrack - Following US Congress including passage of bills, members' voting records

➡️ @NewsLitProject - US non-partisan non-profit fighting misinformation & disinformation

➡️ @19thnews - Non-profit news org focused on gender equality

➡️ @WAMonthly - Non-profit magazine covering US politics & government

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#USPolitics picks of the day:

➡️ @jensorensen - Award-winning US cartoonist exploring political & social issues

➡️ @heidilifeldman - Law professor, political activist

➡️ @rbreich - Professor of public policy, worked for 4 US presidents of both parties

➡️ @lawfare - Analysis of US security, law & policy

➡️ @indivisibleteam - US progressive political org

➡️ @Votebeat - News about voter registration, ballot papers, certification etc

➡️ @sludge - Independent blog on corruption in US politics

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#MastodonForHarris has reached $400,000 after an initial goal of just $1,000.

As pledged, I smashed that subscribe button for Senator Tammy Baldwin, perhaps the greatest representative Wisconsin will ever have.

Next Senator gets adopted at $500,000!

Join the effort and show your support for #Harris and Mastodon: secure.actblue.com/donate/mast…

#uspol #politics #uspolitics #election #election2024 #Mastodon4Harris

Do Democrats have enough time to find a different path to victory?

It's actually not an unusual concept.

Until 1968, presidential candidates were always picked by party conventions.

And that process, though providing less public input, also produced some great nominees.

theconversation.com/until-1968…

#Biden #Election2024 #USPolitics #Histodons @histodons

Look, I've had numerous (well documented) complaints about the Biden administration and the fact that I don't think its liberal, incrementalist policies go nearly far enough in the face of a fascist project to control every aspect of our society, backed by corporate power. With that having been said however, I dunno how *anyone* can still be arguing that there are political, institutionalist answers to the fascist takeover we're experiencing in America when even straightforward incrementalist policies by an elected Democrat President are being struck down or otherwise blocked by Calvin Ball rulings from federal courts stacked full of fascists:

truthout.org/articles/appeals-…

Appeals Court Blocks Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan

"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit’s temporary ruling against the administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan comes just over a year after the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s sweeping student debt cancellation proposal."

This case isn't even about using political power to stop fascism, it's a clear cut situation of providing debt relief for folks being ground up by the student loan industry. If fascist judges are prepared to interfere with regular policy issues and block milquetoast presidential initiatives, you can sure as shit bet they're going to do the same thing about any political efforts to stop the fascist takeover of our society. Whether you're for taking to the streets, or you believe in stopping fascism at the ballot box, it's 100% clear to me that we're not going anywhere good as a country so long as these corrupt, be-robed nazis are running Bartertown.

There's more than one way to reform the American federal court system, and I don't have all the answers for you. It's entirely possible the Biden administration can keep working around these rulings for a little while to continue offering student loan debt relief to millions of Americans victimized by the student loan industry. What I do know however is that sooner or later the political issues raised by the fascist takeover of our courts will come to a head, and by hook, or by crook, we need to find a way to shatter the power of corrupt judges who're now running the country for their reactionary corporate donors; rich donors and corpos who clearly support the larger fascist project, might I add. Ignoring this reality is a nonstarter - both politically, and in our greater society.

#StudentLoans #USPolitics #CourtReform #Biden

Appeals Court Blocks Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan

More than half of the more than 8 million borrowers who have enrolled in the program have a $0 monthly payment.

^{Jessica Corbett (Truthout)}

The two candidates in today's primaries that received substantial backing from cryptocurrency PACs both won their primaries.

1. John Curtis defeated Trent Staggs in the Republican Utah Senate primary, with the help of $5 million in crypto industry funding.

2. George Latimer defeated Jamaal Bowman in the Democratic primary for NY H-16, with the help of $2 million in crypto industry funding.

#USpolitics #crypto #cryptocurrency #CryptoLobby

@CREW is tracking companies that pledged to make no donations to politicians who "who voted against certifying the 2020 election [&] later, the 20 new members who won in the 2022 midterms promoting the #BigLie that the 2020 election was stolen."
citizensforethics.org/reports-…

It just published its June 2024 update:
* 37 companies kept their promise
* 1,794 companies did not, donating $145.5 million to the "Sedition Caucus" since January 6, 2021.

#Boycotts #Insurrection #USPolitics

Bankrolling the Big Lie - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

We're scoring companies’ support for democracy based on how much they are giving to members who have done the most to undermine it.

^{CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington}