WHOA. President Biden just released a campaign ad out of Nikki Haley's own words, 'You have Ron DeSantis, you've got Tim Scott, you've got Mike Pence. They all voted to raise the debt. Donald Trump added $8 trillion to our debt.' Absolutely amazing. This is how it's done.

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Debate Summary:
- Nikki Haley was the least bad
- Vivek Ramaswamy is insufferable
- Ron DeSantis is the most awkward person alive
- Mike Pence might as well be in a Witness Protection Program
- Chris Christie is preaching to the wrong choir

You’re all caught up.

i forgot to comment on this but it is very funny that after making “the kids should pass a civics test to vote” his thing, vivek immediately gets the easiest possible question about us history — which came first, the revolution or the constitution — wrong.

Never trust anyone who can't figure out how to smile naturally. What a fucking weirdo.

How populist 'entrepreneur' Vivek Ramaswamy got rich:
1. Found biotech firm with hedge fund/venture capital $
2. Buy patent for Alzheimer's drug that had failed 4 trials, raise more $ to take to market
3. Take company public, cash out
4. Drug fails 5th trial, investors wiped out.

Yesterday, I was laid off by Texas Tribune after nearly 9 years.

New leadership got rid of its longest-tenured reporters and said they’ll no longer cover the criminal justice beat.

No one on police, prisons, courts, the death penalty. In Texas.

Here’s some of what we’ll lose:

I'm glad that my Administration’s infrastructure investments are so popular that even Speaker McCarthy is trying to take credit for them, despite voting against them.

That’s alright. I’ll see him at the next groundbreaking.

Reminder: 'Late-term abortion' is a made up phrase used by anti-abortion politicians to confuse people and stigmatize abortion.

Tennessee firefighter, Justin Barron, has been arrested for the rape of a child.

Ron Desantis was a JAG. Nothing against JAGS, but quit trying to make people believe you were a navy seal. Jags go through two weeks of training vs other people.

Asa Hutchinson was governor of AR for 8 years. They rank 47th in health care and 49th in crime & corrections. #GOPDebate

As I suspected, MAGA reaction across the board is that Vivek did the best in the debate after he behaved like an obnoxious, unqualified, arrogant ass spewing half the conspiracies floating around right-wing social media. That’s what they like and he serves it up to them bigly.

When I hear candidates talk about a 'culture of life' I must remind them that this is my daughter Jaime. Ron DeSantis, like you, hearing her heartbeat was a great moment in my life. Burying her because of gun violence was the worst. Your policy failures get people killed.

DAMN: Jessica Tarlov just slammed Fox's lies about President Biden's response to Maui's wildfire live on air, calling her network's claims 'craven lies' & 'categorically untrue.' She then brought the receipts showing how quickly President Biden acted. That's how it's done. Bravo.

These republicans have completely lost all moral footing.

This is big news.

“Univision is selling many of its Spanish-language radio stations — including Miami's ultraconservative Radio Mambi — to a group led by Democrats.”

Stations are located in 10 of biggest Latino markets including: Miami, NY, LA, Chicago.
wlrn.org/news/2022-06-0…

I should be shocked by this but I’m not.

One of the great undercovered stories of our time is the ongoing infiltration of local police departments, federal law enforcement, and the military by the far-right.