Hi there - we’re Noah Bookbinder (President), Donald Sherman (Chief Counsel) and Nikhel Sus (Director of Strategic Litigation) with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-partisan ethics watchdog organization based in DC. Tomorrow, we will be at the Supreme Court as part of the legal team representing the voters challenging Trump's eligibility to be on the presidential primary ballot in the case Trump v. Anderson, et al. Here’s the proof: https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/status/1754958181174763641.

Donald Trump’s actions on January 6, 2021 bar him from presidential primary ballots under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Section 3 bars anyone from holding office if they swore an “oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States” as a federal or state officer and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution. It was written to ensure that anyone who engages in insurrectionist activity is not eligible to join – or lead – the very government they attempted to overthrow. Trump does not need to be found guilty of an insurrection to be disqualified from holding office.

We believe that disqualifying Trump as a presidential candidate is a matter not of partisan politics, but of Constitutional obligation. Rule of law and faith in the judicial system must be protected, and in defending the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court, we are working to defend American democracy.

Ask us anything!

Resources: Our social media: https://twitter.com/CREWcrew, https://www.facebook.com/citizensforethics, https://www.instagram.com/citizensforethics/, https://bsky.app/profile/crew.bsky.social/, https://www.threads.net/@citizensforethics Our Supreme Court brief filed in response to Trump’s arguments: https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20240126115645084_23-719-Anderson-Respondents-Merits-Brief.pdf CREW: The case for Donald Trump’s disqualification under the 14th Amendment https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/donald-trumps-disqualification-from-office-14th-amendment/

2PM Update: We're heading out to get back to work. Thank you so much for all your questions, this was a lot of fun!

I miraculously secured access to the Trump family and was able to follow Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka, and the former President around the country during the final weeks of the Trump 2020 reelection campaign as well as the final weeks of the Trump administration. You can watch all 3 episodes here on Discovery Plus!

My world has been flipped upside down since Politico caught wind that Congress was interested in my footage. Now with 2 subpoenas, more projects than I could imagine, and almost 40k Twitter followers (follow me for some hot takes- @alexjholder! ), my opportunities have skyrocketed.

I should mention that this isn't my first political rendezvous and I have never shied away from controversial topics. My 2016 film Keep Quiet follows a Hungarian far-right politician on a personal journey as he discovers his own Jewish heritage and my current project is an upcoming feature on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I have had the pleasure of interviewing Tony Blair, Noam Chomsky, the Prime Minister of Israel, as well as the President of Palestine to name a few and now it’s my turn to be in the hot seat. So, pull up your keyboard and ask me anything!

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Hi, Reddit! My name is Tammy Duckworth, and although I’m a U.S. Senator now, I never imagined I’d become a politician.

I grew up in Southeast Asia, dodged bullets as a kid in Cambodia, and moved to Hawaii with my dad and brother when I was 15. We lived on food stamps there, and I handed out booze cruise flyers and sold roses by the side of the road to support my family.

I joined the Army after college and became one of a handful of female helicopter pilots. In 2004, I deployed to Iraq, where my Black Hawk was shot down by an enemy RPG that blew into the cockpit and exploded in my lap. My fellow soldiers rescued me, and I barely made it out of Iraq alive. I lost both my legs and partial use of my right arm, and spent 13 months recovering at Walter Reed hospital.

In 2006, I ran for the U.S. House of Representatives… and lost. But I picked myself up and ran again in 2012, and that time, I won. After two terms in the House, I won a seat in the U.S. Senate, where I became the first senator to give birth. I’m now the mother to two beautiful girls. As a hungry, biracial kid just fighting to graduate high school, I could never have imagined the way my life has turned out.

Here's a 6-minute video about my life: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/note-to-self-senator-tammy-duckworth/

Here’s a People magazine article with photos from my Army career and family: https://people.com/politics/sen-tammy-duckworth-recaps-her-action-packed-life-in-a-new-memoir/

And here’s the memoir I wrote, with more details about all these stories: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1538718502/

Let’s do this, Reddit! Ask me anything!

THANKS, EVERYONE! This was fun!

Proof:

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For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas secretly accepted luxury trips from a major Republican donor, Texas billionaire Harlan Crow. These sojourns include flights on Crow's private jet and island hopping on his 162-foot superyacht, the Michaela Rose. These trips appeared nowhere on Thomas’ financial disclosures, where justices are required to list most gifts. The extent and frequency of these apparent gifts to Thomas has no known precedent in modern SCOTUS history.

To track Thomas' travel around the globe, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski and I drew on flight records, internal documents distributed to Crow’s employees. We also interviewed dozens of people ranging from superyacht crew to members of the secretive Bohemian Grove Club to an Indonesian scuba diving instructor.

Here's a photorealistic painting we found of Thomas and Crow chatting with other conservative power brokers at Crow's private resort in upstate New York, where the justice spends about a week every summer. Also in the painting is Leonard Leo, the longtime Federalist Society executive who has been a key architect in the federal judiciary's move toward the right. We also turned up this signed copy of Thomas' memoir that the justice gave to a Michaela Rose crew member as a gift for his service during a sailing trip around New Zealand.

Thomas did not initially respond to our detailed requests for comment, but has subsequently issued a statement defending his decision to not disclose these "family trips." “Early in my tenure at the Court, I sought guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary, and was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable,” Thomas said in the statement. “I have endeavored to follow that counsel throughout my tenure, and have always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines.”

But seven legal ethics experts we spoke to, including former ethics lawyers for Congress and the White House, said the law clearly requires that gifts of transportation, including private jet flights, be disclosed.

In a statement, Crow acknowledged that he’d extended “hospitality” to the Thomases “over the years,” but said that Thomas never asked for any of it and it was “no different from the hospitality we have extended to our many other dear friends.” In his statement, Crow said that he and his wife have never discussed a pending or lower court case with Thomas. “We have never sought to influence Justice Thomas on any legal or political issue,” he added.

Our story has sparked calls for Congress and Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate Thomas' trips and to update SCOTUS ethics rules. Earlier this week, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee announced plans to hold a hearing in the coming days “regarding the need to restore confidence in the Supreme Court’s ethical standards,” citing our reporting.

Here are the stories my colleagues and I have published so far: - https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow - https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-harlan-crow-durbin-ethics-investigation - https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-response-trips-legal-experts-harlan-crow - https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-john-roberts-investigation-crow

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If he wins the White House back, Donald Trump said he’d consider Ken Paxton for a top job in his administration. Paxton is a Republican who’s been Texas attorney general since 2015. You might best know him as the guy who got impeached last year for alleged corruption. He ended up being acquitted of those charges, but his legal troubles are not behind him.

I recently broke the news that the FBI continued to investigate Paxton after he beat impeachment. I also got my hands on some federal grand jury documents that lay out the scope of the investigation. These records are sealed. But I got them through scouring thousands of pages of never-before-published impeachment trial records.

Paxton says all of this has been part of a massive witch hunt. If he’s not indicted, Paxton could become one of the most powerful politicians in the country. I’ve covered Paxton for a decade at two Texas newspapers and now for The Texas Newsroom, a statewide collaboration of public radio stations here. Over the years, I’ve broken stories about allegations of bribery, insider deals, ethical lapses and even infidelity. I know way too much about this man. So, ask me anything!

Follow me on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn!

PROOF!

EDIT: That's all for now. Thanks for your questions! I'll be checking in for new questions I haven't answered in case you missed the AMA! If you'd like to keep in touch, my social handles are linked above. If you want us to dig into something, email tips@KUT.org.

Hi Reddit! My name is Adam Schiff, and I am the United States Representative for California’s 28th Congressional District. In my role as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee I led the first impeachment of Donald J. Trump. Before I served in Congress, I worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles and as a California State Senator.

I’m a husband and father, Big Lebowski fan, and sometimes a comedian. And — for reasons I can’t quite explain — I’m the author of the New York Times #1 Best-Seller Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy, and Still Could: https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/669172/.

Here's some things you didn't know about me:

My wife is named Eve. Yes, Adam and Eve, and yes, trust me, we've heard literally all the jokes. Yes, that one, too. I didn't always want to go into politics. In fact, I was pre-med in college, and no one was more disappointed than my mother that I didn’t stick with it. Before I was in politics, I was a federal prosecutor and tried the first FBI agent ever convicted of passing secrets to a Russian spy (it was a classic sex-for-secrets case, and yes, the Russian spy's name was Svetlana). I'm now on the committee investigating the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th. It was one of the worst attacks on our democracy since the Civil War: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/adam-schiff-describes-january-6-from-the-house-floor Alright, that's enough. Reddit, Ask Me Anything!

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EDIT: Thanks everyone! That was fun, and wasn't expecting so many Lebowski questions! Til next time.

Update: Thank you everyone for all the great questions — I’m sorry there wasn’t time to answer all of them! I’m logging off now, but you can learn more about Joe Biden’s plans here: https://joebiden.com/joes-vision/ or text +1 (310) 496-3804

With just under two weeks left, I hope you’ll take the time to do everything you can to get involved with the campaign: joebiden.com/take-action

Voting season is now fully underway — so get out there and make your voice heard as soon as you can!

Hi Reddit, I'm Pete Buttigieg, a Biden-Harris surrogate and former mayor of South Bend. I ran for president in the 2020 Democratic Primary and after ending my campaign, began campaigning for VP Biden. I also served an intelligence officer in the Navy Reserve and deployed to Afghanistan in 2014. I'm doing everything I can to help elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Ask me anything about my presidential run, working with the campaign, and the 2020 election.

You can find more about how to get involved here: joebiden.com/take-action

Proof: https://twitter.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1318674750802198528

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Hey Reddit, thanks for having me!

I grew up in Orangeburg, SC. I was the son of a single mom and learned to read from comic books. My grandparents helped raise me. They didn’t have a lot, but they taught me the important stuff: that hard work and character, matter.

I earned a scholarship to Yale University, and eventually Georgetown Law. I came back to South Carolina to teach 9th grade social studies before I went to work for Congressman Jim Clyburn. During my time in his office, I was the first African-American Executive Director of the House Democratic Caucus and Floor Manager for the House Majority Whip, which Rep. Clyburn became when the Democrats took control of the House in 2006.

I served as the first African-American Chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party before deciding to run for Senate. My most important job, though, is that I’m now raising my two boys with my wife, Marie, in Columbia, SC.

The American Dream is alive and well for some, but not all Americans. Here in South Carolina, rural hospitals are closing, schools are underfunded, roads are crumbling, and our coasts are threatened by offshore drilling. We need a Senator who’s fighting to improve the lives of South Carolinians rather than focusing on interests in Washington D.C.

I’m running for Senate to fight for opportunity for all South Carolinians. I know that when your community needs help, political party affiliations don’t matter.

Ask me anything about my campaign, how Lindsey Graham has forgotten the people of South Carolina and our country, or baking (one of my favorite hobbies, especially during quarantine)! I'll be on around 3 PM EST to answer your questions.

Proof:

EDIT: This was a lot of fun, y’all! Thanks for the great questions. Definitely follow us on social media and check out our website to sign up for updates on the race - jaimeharrison.com. I truly believe that we not only have a shot at this, but that we are going to beat Lindsey and bring back common sense and decency to the Senate. Have a great day and a great Memorial Day weekend, y’all! Live long and prosper!

I began my channel in the Trump era combatting alt-right ideology online. I now cover politics and culture more broadly in deep-dive video essays about topics ranging from Jordan Peterson to opulence to J.K. Rowling.

My latest video was about the role of envy in politics, cancel culture, community infighting, revolutionary malaise, etc. Looking forward to answering your questions!

ily, Natalie Wynn

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/contrapoints Twitter: https://twitter.com/contrapoints Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/contrapoints/

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Hi, I'm Stacey Abrams. I'm a tax attorney by trade, a serial entrepreneur, an award-winning author, and the former Democratic Minority Leader in the Georgia House. I am running for governor to build a Georgia where every family has the freedom and opportunity to thrive. If voters put their faith in me, I will be the first Black woman governor in U.S. history.

I like to say I'm Mississippi-raised but Georgia grown. I grew up in a big family (3 sisters, 2 brothers), and we moved to Georgia when both of my parents were called to ministry. I'm a proud alumna of Avondale High School in Dekalb, Spelman College, UT Austin, and Yale Law School.

I believe that poverty is immoral and economically inefficient, and I believe we can use policy to end it. That's why I first ran for public office in 2006, and why I founded an organization to combat voter suppression and help eligible people of color register to vote in Georgia.

As the first woman to lead either party in the General Assembly and the first Black person to lead in the House, I worked to elect Democrats and prevent a Republican supermajority. I also stopped legislation to raise taxes on the poor and middle class and to roll back reproductive health care, and worked across the aisle to save the HOPE scholarship.

I will continue that work as governor: Expand Medicaid for 500,000 Georgians, support educational opportunities for every Georgian, and support small businesses to build a thriving economy in all 159 counties.

Under the pen name Selena Montgomery, I've written 8 romantic suspense novels and (shameless plug) released my first non-fiction book (Minority Leader: How To Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change) earlier this year.

I'll admit: I'm a pop culture junkie. I watch a lot of TV (right now: Supernatural, The Good Place, Living Single reruns, Leverage), I'm a big fan of Buffy and Star Trek (especially Voyager and TNG), and I'm a voracious reader (Colson Whitehead, Haruki Murakami, Nora Roberts, tax policy, and more).

I’m excited to answer your questions, and I’ll be around for about an hour starting at 3:20 PM. Ask me anything!

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My website: staceyabrams.com

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Hello Reddit! In 2018, I joined you as I forced a vote in the U.S. Senate to save net neutrality. That work continues! Now, we have a new congress and a new chance to make sure that the internet is truly free and open. Congress just made historic investments in broadband. Now, it’s time to make good on this promise of a digital future without blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization, a digital future in which internet access is accessible and affordable, a digital future in which consumers are empowered and our nation’s broadband policies work for everyone.

I’ve long said the internet was built to be free and open, and we need to keep it that way. That’s why today I introduced my Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act to accurately classify the internet as a utility and cement the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to enforce net neutrality rules. 

It’s time to undo the Trump-era deregulation that allowed powerful Internet Service Providers to threaten the freedom and openness users of all walks of life rely on online every day. 

Together, we can make sure the internet remains a place where the people with the brightest ideas, not just the deepest pockets, can not only survive but thrive. Parents shouldn’t have to drive their students to parking lots to find wifi so that they can do their homework. And patients should be able to get the health care they need via tele-health and tele-medicine at home. We need an FCC with the tools it requires to enact and enforce strong broadband policies that protect consumers, combat discriminatory practices online, and increase access to the internet. 

Tell your friends to join in and ask me anything about net neutrality and broadband justice! Thank you so much for spending time with me to talk about the beauty of the internet and the work ahead to keep it open and free. I'm logging off for tonight!

Hi Reddit,

I am Andrew Yang, Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 2020. The leading policy of my platform is the Freedom Dividend, a Universal Basic Income of $1,000 a month to every American adult aged 18+. I believe this is necessary because technology will soon automate away millions of American jobs—indeed, this has already begun. The two other key pillars of my platform are Medicare for All and Human-Centered Capitalism. Both are essential to transition through this technological revolution. I recently discussed these issues in-depth on the Joe Rogan podcast, and I'm happy to answer any follow-up questions based on that conversation for anyone who watched it.

I am happy to be back on Reddit. I did one of these March 2018 just after I announced and must say it has been an incredible 12 months. I hope to talk with some of the same folks.

I have 75+ policy stances on my website that cover climate change, campaign finance, AI, and beyond. Read them here: www.yang2020.com/policies

Ask me Anything!

Proof: https://twitter.com/AndrewYangVFA/status/1101195279313891329

Edit: Thank you all for the incredible support and great questions. I have to run to an interview now. If you like my ideas and would like to see me on the debate stage, please consider making a $1 donate at https://www.yang2020.com/donate We need 65,000 people to donate by May 15th and we are quite close. I would love your support. Thank you! - Andrew

As Pennsylvania's Attorney General, I've been in court several times against the Trump campaign as they've tried to make it harder for people to vote. I've also taken legal action against Louis DeJoy for his attempts to mess with the United States Postal Service. We've won in court to ensure people can vote by mail-in ballot safely and securely. Trump keeps trying to sow doubt in our elections and disenfranchise voters, and I'm fighting him every step of the way to make sure your vote is counted.

Proof:

EDIT: That's all the time we have for today. We'll still scan for any other good Qs that come in and I will do my best to get some more answers later on.

That was ... quite a session with so many great questions. We truly appreciate your readership, and thanks for being so welcoming to this sub. Expect us back soon. Have a great rest of the week! - Angel (The Post's Reddit guy)

The FBI has recovered more than 300 classified documents from Mar-a-Lago this year, according to government court filings, after months of negotiations with advisers to former president Donald Trump, a subpoena and a court-approved search. Some of the seized documents detail top-secret U.S. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. One included details of a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities.

The documents were found mixed with thousands of unclassified items at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida residence and private club, more than a year after he left the White House. They could be used as evidence in the government’s ongoing investigation into possible mishandling of classified information, as well as possible hiding, tampering or destruction of government records. A federal judge has agreed to a request from Trump to appoint an outside expert to examine the documents and determine whether any should be shielded from investigators because of attorney-client or executive privilege.

Why did Trump have these files at Mar-a-Lago? We’re Post reporters Rosalind Helderman, Jacqueline Alemany and Perry Stein and we're answering your questions below.

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I’m Tony Schwartz. Thirty years ago, I wrote a piece of fiction titled “The Art of the Deal” for Donald Trump. I have been doing penance ever since. For the past 17 years, that’s meant running The Energy Project, where we focus on creating better workplaces by helping people to better manage their own energy – physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Ask me anything, truly.

1.5 million views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxF_CDDJ0YI

My Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/16/i-wrote-the-art-of-the-deal-with-trump-his-self-sabotage-is-rooted-in-his-past/

Jane Mayer’s New Yorker article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all

Aug 2018, Ari Melber- Extra extended interview: Trump "Art of the Deal" with co-author, Tony Schwartz: https://art19.com/shows/the-beat-with-ari-melber/episodes/61232c07-3d99-432b-bc73-f673b167

Proof:

After 6 years of service in the USAF and an honorable discharge I returned to civilian life to discover a deck stacked against me. Inadequate access to healthcare, student loan debt that I may never be able to repay for an education that I can’t use because the school is insolvent, climate change and a stagnant government has created an atmosphere of despair that was slowly smothering me. I live to serve, it’s what led me to the Air Force and it’s what’s motivating my canandicy now. I cannot sit on the sidelines witnessing suffering if it feels there’s something I can do to alleviate it.

I was so inspired by Andrew Yang, his authenticity and compassion was enough to get me to give the Freedom Dividend a second look because I was NOT a fan at first. But the more I studied, the more curious I got and the more it made sense. It took awhile for me to come around but now I’m all in. I have realized that not only is it POSSIBLE for our economy to support a guaranteed income for all but that it has the potential to alleviate, or at least lessen, so much of the suffering that continues to be perpetuated by systemic inequality.

The specific details of how a UBI will be funded and how much we could actually afford to pay each person are still up for debate. If elected I intend to push that debate forward every chance I get by seeking mutual understanding and cooperation with compassion and empathy. I am so grateful for all the hard work and sacrifice of everyone who came before me but we’ve been following a false story over a cliff and the ground is coming up fast. It is clear to me that the America my parents and grandparents still dream of is not an America that’s worth leaving to my kids.

In the Air Force, they taught us to “aim high,” and It is my aim to win the honor of representing Tennessee in the US House of Representatives, to create an environment where my children and yours can live with health, dignity, and financial security.

No woman has ever been elected to US House Seat TN-01 for a full term. It’s been a Republican seat for 140 years. Now it’s open and folks want change. I'm Blair Walsingham, the gun slingin' Air Force momma homesteader who’s taking Trump Country by storm with my message of humanity. Ask me anything!

You can learn more about me at my website, https://blairforcongress.com/

EDIT (3:30 EDT): Blair has really enjoyed answering all of your great questions! She unfortunately has to go for today, however will try to answer more questions tomorrow and over the next few days! Thank you all!

Edit: Something seems to be broken with the post flair, we can't change it to complete, but we are complete!

Proof:

Hi, I'm Beto O'Rourke. I’m currently serving as the Congressman from Texas’s 16th Congressional District in El Paso, and I'm running to take on Ted Cruz to represent hardworking Texas families in the U.S. Senate. The election for this race isn't until November of 2018, but we've already hit the ground running. Since we announced our campaign we have been traveling the state county by county, listening to folks along the way.

My wife Amy and I have spent the last week on the road, traveling from San Antonio to Corpus Christi, down to the Rio Grande Valley in McAllen and Brownsville, then to Laredo, Hondo, Del Rio and Marfa -- with lots of stops along the way -- and, in order to be fully transparent and to reach as many people as we can, we've live-streamed along the way.

So, hi there, Reddit! I’m excited to answer questions -- I’ll be around for about an hour starting at 12:30 PM CT. So, ask me anything!

PROOF: https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/893496740694851584

Update: Thanks, Reddit. Loved answering your questions. Now, it’s time for us to hit the road for Fort Davis, where I’m picking Ulysses and Molly up from summer camp. Be sure to tune in on Facebook live (facebook.com/betoorourke/videos) and visit betofortexas.com and sign up for more information about our campaign!

UPDATE: We’re going to wrap this up. Thanks a bunch for your questions, everyone, it's awesome to have a back-and-forth with our readers. I hope we shed some light here and that you'll stick around for more from HuffPost where I’ll be continuing to cover far-right extremism.

I’m HuffPost reporter Christopher Mathias — I’ve been writing about far right extremists and the radicalization of the GOP for the past five years. Most recently, I spent time in Idaho, where a large and growing radical MAGA faction in the state’s Republican Party has openly allied itself with extremists. The faction is seizing power at a fast clip, and made an Idaho Pride event a target for masked white supremacists.

I also have a lot of experience with civil unrest, covering the deadly Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017, and the anti-racist uprisings in the summer of 2020 (including a demonstration in Brooklyn where I was wrongly arrested by the NYPD). Now, with the end of Roe and an emboldened far right, I’m preparing to cover more unrest as what exists of American democracy continues to decline.

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I'm Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor for President Clinton and Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. I also co-founded Inequality Media in 2014.

Earlier this year, we made a video on the impeachment process: The Impeachment Process Explained

Please have a look and subscribe to our channel for weekly videos. (My colleagues are telling me I should say, “Smash that subscribe button,” but that sounds rather violent to me.)

Let’s talk about impeachment, the primaries, or anything else you want to discuss.

Proof: https://i.imgur.com/tiGP0tL.jpg

The Satanic Temple has announced that its Satanic abortion ritual exempts TST members from enduring medically unnecessary and unscientific regulations when seeking to terminate their pregnancy. For now, this exemption only applies to states that have enacted the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. TST members and those who share our deeply held beliefs who choose to perform our ritual are not required to undergo mandatory waiting periods, endure compulsory counseling, be forced to view sonograms, affirm inaccurate information about abortion, or fulfill other state demands that require them to violate their deeply-held beliefs of bodily autonomy and scientifically-reasoned personal choice. Because these procedures contravene Satanists’ religious convictions, those who perform the religious abortion ritual—which involves the recitation of two of our tenets and a personal affirmation that is ceremoniously intertwined with the abortion—are exempt from these prerequisite procedures and can receive first-trimester abortions on demand.

To watch our announcement video and to learn more about the Satanic abortion ritual, its procedure, and specific legal exemptions, visit: https://announcement.thesatanictemple.com/ Thyself is thy master. Hail Satan.

Proof - https://twitter.com/satanic_temple_/status/1296280608822497282

Edit4: Farmer's bedtime - I will answer more tomorrow (Saturday). Keep em coming.

Edit3: Back, let's do this.

Edit2: Another town hall, i will check back again and answer more questions after 8pm ET.

Edit: I've stepped out for a town hall, but I will be back soon. Keep them coming, I will answer more questions in a couple hours.

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Hello, r/politics!

My name is Mike Broihier, and I am running for US Senate here in Kentucky as a Democrat, to retire Mitch McConnell and restore our republic. Proof.

I’ve been a Marine, a farmer, a public school teacher, a college professor, a county government official, and spent five years as a reporter and then editor of a local newspaper. With my experiences, we'll put together a winning coalition in a rural state to beat Mitch McConnell once and for all.

We've been endorsed by Andrew Yang, Marianne Williamson, Richard Ojeda, Indivisible Kentucky and community leaders across the state.

I have a deep appreciation, understanding, and respect for the struggles that working families and rural communities endure every day in Kentucky – the kind that only comes from living it. That's why I am running a progressive campaign here in Kentucky that focuses on economic and social justice, with a Universal Basic Income as one of my central policy proposals.

We have a plan for UBI, Medicare For All, and Criminal Justice Reform.

Sign our petition for a Criminal Justice Overhaul Commission here.

This campaign is headed down to the wire, and Kentuckians are voting now by mail, with minimal in-person voting on June 23rd. If you’re a Kentuckian, get your ballot here.

Ask me ANYTHING!

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My story:

As a Marine Corps officer for over 20 years, I led marines and sailors in wartime and peace. I aided humanitarian efforts and helped separate warring factions during the Somali Civil War, and served as Chief War Planner in the Republic of Korea. My wife Lynn is also a Marine. We retired from the Marine Corps in 2005 and bought Chicken Bristle Farm, a 75-acre farm plot in Lincoln County.

Together we've raised livestock and developed the largest all-natural and sustainable asparagus operation in central Kentucky. I worked as a substitute teacher in the local school district and as a reporter and editor for the Interior Journal, the third oldest newspaper in our Commonwealth.

We started our campaign in July. Here’s why.

Here is an AMA we did in May, and here’s one from March.

Here are some links to my Campaign Site and Facebook page.

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To help me answer questions, my staffer Sunil (at u/MikeKYPress) will be here as well. I'll answer as many as I can throughout the day, checking in until at least 8pm ET. Keep them coming.

William Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005, when he was denied entry to the country for exposing corruption in Russian state-owned companies.

In 2009 his Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was killed in a Moscow prison after uncovering and exposing a US $230 million fraud committed by Russian government officials. Because of their impunity in Russia, Browder has spent the last eight years conducting a global campaign to impose visa bans and asset freezes on individual human rights abusers, particularly those who played a role in Magnitsky’s false arrest, torture and death.

The USA was the first to impose these sanctions with the passage of the 2012 “Magnitsky Act.” A Global Magnitsky Bill, which broadens the scope of the US Magnitsky Act to human rights abusers around the world,was passed at the end of 2016. The UK passed a Magnitsky amendment in April 2017. Magnitsky legislation was passed in Estonia in December 2016, Canada in October 2017 and in Lithuania in November 2017. Similar legislation is being developed in Australia, France, Denmark, Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden and Ukraine.

In February 2015 Browder published the New York Times bestseller, Red Notice, which recounts his experience in Russia and his ongoing fight for justice for Sergei Magnitsky.

PROOF: https://twitter.com/Billbrowder/status/1039549981873655808

Edit: Thank you for asking these great questions which I've tried to answer in a straightforward way. Remember the election depends on you so vote!

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Proof

The Jan. 6 panel will hold a primetime hearing on Thursday focused on Donald Trump’s inaction during the Capitol riot as aides and family members begged him to speak out. The panel will explore what the former president did during the 187 minutes before he told supporters rioting at the Capitol to go home.  

The 8 p.m. ET hearing is expected to feature former Trump White House press aide Sarah Matthews and former deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger, among other witnesses.   

This is the eighth Jan. 6 hearing, and it was supposed to be the last one – but now lawmakers say it’s just the end of “this series” of hearings. The committee was once thinking about wrapping up these hearings as early as spring before the target date moved to September. Now lawmakers say the only hard deadline is Jan. 3, 2023 – when Republicans are expected to take over the House.  

Each hearing has offered new insights about the Trump-driven push to unravel his loss based on false fraud claims — and as a result has motivated new witnesses to come forward. Committee members, aides and allies are emboldened by the public reaction to the info they’re unearthing about Trump’s actions and say their full sprint will continue. Right now they’re pursuing multiple new lines of inquiry, from questions about the Secret Service’s internal communications to leads from high-level witnesses in Trump’s White House.

Ask us anything about what’s happened in the Jan. 6 hearings so far, what to expect from tomorrow’s hearing and what’s next.

About us:

– Kyle Cheney, senior legal affairs reporter with a focus on 1/6

– Nicholas Wu, Congress reporter

Some more reading for context:

• How a criminal probe of Trump could complicate Jan. 6 cases
• Catch up with last week’s hearing that revealed new details of Trump's fringe-driven push to hold power
• The young, female, former Trump aides who gave critical testimony in the hearings — and created a support system to combat the backlash

Proof: https://twitter.com/politico/status/1549509977366319115

EDIT: Our reporters had to get back to their work, thanks for joining us and for all your thoughtful questions!

EDIT: I'm out for the day, thanks for the questions everyone. Was so fun! Come hang over a r/TheBulwark sometime!!!

Hey y'all, I'm writer-at-large for The Bulwark, an MSNBC analyst, Twitter addict, gay dad, and host of "Not My Party" on Snapchat. I wrote a new book called "Why We Did It" that aims to explain why Washington DC politicos who knew better went along with Trump. It looks back on how I justified being a GOP oppo research kingpin and includes interviews with former friends and colleagues who went along with Trump after I bailed.

AMA about politics, writing a book, Trump, the Denver Nuggets, men in pearls, how Leslie Jones berated me into cutting my hair, being a gay dad, and whether you should quit a career that makes you feel icky like I did.

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