Texas Democrats look to stymie Republican voter suppression bills again --
Breaking: Texas Democrats are walking out to deny Republicans a quorum, which will prevent the passage of their elections bill, the trans bill, their bail bill, and everything else. They will have to leave the state for weeks. The last time they did this was in 2003.
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) July 12, 2021
Our bad faith, bored, puerile, broken media (cont.) --
NEW — “Shoot. Me. Now,” Former President Obama wrote to an aide during one long speech by Biden in 2005. Now, even @POTUS admits his speeches can be boring. My memo on the challenge of presidential communication. https://t.co/u5Q2KE0uq4
— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) July 11, 2021
Everything that is wrong with the political media in America is in this one piece.
— Tzippy Shmilovitz 🤦♀️ (@Tzipshmil) July 12, 2021
These fuckers want the country thrown into chaos so they can sell papers so badly pic.twitter.com/BjhudOQ8sG
— Roy Edroso (@edroso) July 12, 2021
on the day Trump denies insurrection ever happened, NYT weighs in w/ a theater critique on how Biden speeches are boring; https://t.co/VqjxDOqVEP
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) July 11, 2021
Meanwhile, right-wing insurrectionist media promotes the non- boring guy's lies --
Trump couldn't rewrite Jan. 6 as capably without the nodding agreement of people like Maria Bartiromo, who began a question about Ashli Babbitt by calling her "a wonderful woman, fatally shot on January 6 as she tried to climb out of a broken window."https://t.co/7OLkCbY31u
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 12, 2021
12 of these 13 states went for Trump --
The Delta hit to the US is now extending from cases to hospitalizations, 13 states with >65% Delta prevalence now with ≥25% increase of hospitalizations over past 14 days pic.twitter.com/shuWiAyBxQ
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 11, 2021
What is Fox News? https://t.co/KykSabd48n
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) July 12, 2021
Dr. Fauci: 99.2% of Americans who died of COVID-19 last month were unvaccinated. https://t.co/nUis9Tmn2E
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 12, 2021
The "Kraken" team gets its day in court --
Michigan Judge Holds Sanctions Hearing On 2020 Election Conspiracy Mongers https://t.co/NopzmkEa0m via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 12, 2021
Missed the six (!) hour hearing?
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) July 12, 2021
Here's a recap:
"A Federal Judge Holds 'Kraken' Lawyers' Feet to the Fire at Sanctions Hearing. Lin Wood Tried to Distance Himself from It All." https://t.co/Yc7tEMlmvV via @lawcrimenews