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Woman wearing a “birthday queen” sash on 14th street stepping out of an Uber: “is this DC? I always get it confused with Alexandria.”
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It’s a truly inspiring collection of middle aged resistance libs out here this afternoon, and I’m having a great time.
WATCH: Radicalism meets capitalism.
At today’s “Power to the People” anti-Trump music festival featuring Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews, The Neighborhood Kids chant “Free, free Palestine!” and blast “Western imperialism,” then pivot to sales:
“We got merch in that tent! ¡Viva la revolución!”
Another performer, Grandson, directs fans to “Freedom Village,” where Indivisible, Third Act, the ACLU and other multimillion-dollar anti-Trump nonprofits gather, as he blasts the "AI apocalypse."
Then, he celebrates the self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell in front of the Embassy of Israel in 2024, singing:
“Martyrdom is meditation! Self-immolation!”
The marketing language on the "Power To The People" festival's official website speaks to activating "the power everyday human beings have" to "shape" the world "on, and beyond, Election Day."
The festival bears clear signs of alignment with the Democratic Party and spotlights the intersection of pop culture, nonprofit fundraising and partisan politics, revealing how celebrity drawing power translates into money, visibility and voters for organizations advancing a political agenda.
The nonprofits are supposed to be "nonpartisan" but festival goers are clearly being directed to vote Democratic, raising questions about whether participation in the event is violating nonprofit laws.
🔗 to the article by @M_Dorgan and me: foxnews.com/politics/springs…
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Investigative journalist Byron Tau breaks down just how much data the devices around us may be collecting.
From phones, Ring cameras, license plate readers, and toll transponders to smart TVs, robot vacuums, and Alexa, Tau explains the growing number of ways our digital and physical lives can be connected and tracked.
Tau also reveals why he sued the U.S. Postal Service after spending years trying to obtain basic records about how the agency handles Americans' digital information, including email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
@ByronTau
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Rep. Burchett’s effort to block Avila Chevalier from taking her seat would invoke a rarely used House procedure allowing a single member-elect to object to another taking the oath.
The last comparable case involving conduct rather than a disputed election came in 1967, when the House ultimately voted to exclude Rep.-elect Adam Clayton Powell Jr. The Supreme Court later ruled the exclusion unconstitutional.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) says he will try to block NY-13 Democratic nominee and democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier from taking her seat in Congress over a deleted 2019 post saying she used an American flag as a napkin, per @nypost.
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NEW: Michael Whatley responds to the Senate Leadership Fund pulling its funding for his campaign.
"We're going to have the resources we need, we do have the resources we need."
Whatley also says there's "absolutely" still a path to defeating Roy Cooper.
@livenowfox
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Misleading use of my clip: Crowd is not booing El-Sayed, this is the moment an anti-AES heckler was thrown out. People were chanting USA to drown him out just before this.
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Kamala Harris’ team made the decision to exclude KCRA 3 from covering her event with CD-6 candidate Dr. Richard Pan, according to Pan’s campaign.
“All credentialing to the campaign office drop was directed by VP Kamala Harris’ office” a campaign spokesman told me.
I’m also told the Harris team also deliberately excluded the New York Times.
It’s worth noting there was no actual credential application process for journalists to attend. A handful of media outlets received an email confirming they could attend.
Neither Harris nor Pan took questions from reporters at the event.
I’ve reached out to two Harris campaign spokespeople. Waiting to hear back.
We combed through our inboxes and it appears Dr. Richard Pan’s campaign did not invite KCRA to this event.
This comes as Dr. Pan’s campaign has not responded to several emails and phone calls from us over the last couple months.
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episode 4 of East of Eden ends with a character saying “Black. Paint it all black.” And then paint it black starts playing lol
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Relevant👇
NEW: What to Expect From a Blue Tsunami ettingermentum.news/p/what-t…
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This is more than the 2000 Bush campaign spent to win the primary and the general.
Scoop: MAGA Inc. and affiliates are expected to spend near $45 million for Ken Paxton through Oct. 12.
That and record SLF $ is set to soon hit $200 million alone to save Paxton.
Inside the panic over Texas and the push for more Trump cash >
politi.co/4i3Fw6L via @politico
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One of my favorite social bonds is the quiet, collective fury of people in line behind a group that, we realize, is going to spend 2 minutes per person asking questions and making substitutions.
Then they wrap up and the rest of us try to use as few words as possible to just order what we came for.
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Bobby Jindal’s dark money group offered to pay people $200 to “coordinate questions” at an @AbdulElSayed town hall in Flint, with the hopes of generating negative news coverage for him, according to Mike Rogers campaign surrogate Iman Dashti.
You expect me to believe @dashti_iman wasn’t paid to ask that question, but literally was offering people to get paid to ask a question at another town hall.
Any comment, @UMichGOP?
CC: @MikeRogersForMI
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Almost accidentally accepted a friend request on Instagram from a "digital creator"
Hitting that deny button felt like
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Hard to overstate how thoroughly Trump has squandered his 24 inroads w/new groups. In @nytimes @SienaResearch his approval w/non-college non-whites-the core of the GOP's 24 realignment hopes-is 26% in TX & 17% in OH. W/TX Latinos, its 26-70. Youth numbers miserable everywhere
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