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As Israel begins its takeover of Gaza, a change of command at Target shows protest works. Plus, updates on DC, the Epstein files, and Texas. Israel in Gaza -via NBC News and CNN Protest Works -via CNN Update: DC -via ABC News , ABC News , Democracy Now , and The Hill Epstein Files -via AP News and Axios Texas -via The Hill and Texas Tribune Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavot...

After a massive Russian strike follows Trump’s Putin-Zelensky plan, he calls Crimea and NATO “impossible” for Ukraine, while House Republicans trap a Texas Democrat in chambers, Epstein files are set for release, ICE arrests a legal police officer, and Trump revokes security clearances. Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine -via ABC News , BBC , and AP News Epstein Files  -via CBS News Trump Revokes S...

Trump proposes ending mail-in voting, jokes about canceling elections during war, and arranges a Putin-Zelensky meeting after suggesting Ukraine give up Crimea; meanwhile, a Texas Democrat refuses to sign GOP demands to leave chambers. Zelensky in America -via AP News and Axios Mail-In Voting -via NPR and Huffington Post Nicole Collier -via NBC News Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.o...

Trump’s meeting with Putin fails to deliver, Oklahoma imposes ideological teacher tests, Hurricane Erin has arrived, Texas Democrats begin their trip home while DC protests continue over Trump’s emergency police takeover. Putin + Trump -via The Guardian , Center for Strategic and International Studies , Newsweek , AP News , and NPR Okay, Oklahoma -via USA Today Hurricane Erin -via CNN Texans Retur...

SCOTUS greenlights Mississippi’s social media age checks, Florida adds a “Deportation Depot,” Texas opens its largest-ever ICE facility, California puts gerrymandering on the ballot during an ICE raid, Trump threatens to punish DC officials over crime stats, and a House member has seen interdimensional beings. Mississippi Social Media Age Verification -via CNN Florida Adds Another Deportation Cent...

As preparations for Trump’s meeting with Ukraine begin, DC’s police state continues as does the Newsom/Trump feud). Plus - The Kennedy Center is a bummer now. Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine -via CNN , BBC , CBS News , and Washington Post DC: 1984 -via CNN , AP News , The Guardian , Time , and Axios Newson v Trump v Maps -via The Hill Kennedy Center Honors -via CNN Take the pledge to be a voter at ra...

Trump faces legal backlash over his military deployment to LA, expands federal control in DC, Texas Republicans push gerrymandered maps as Paxton targets Beto, and Russia-linked hackers breach U.S. court records days before Trump meets with Putin to discuss Ukraine - without Ukraine. LA v Trump Suit -via CBS News , NBC News , and Cornell Law School Trump’s DC Takeover -via AP News , CNN , NY Times...

Mass shootings rock Chicago, Georgia, and Texas; a Pennsylvania steel plant explodes; Israel announces plans to occupy Gaza City amid rising death tolls; Trump takes control of DC police and sends in troops; and a SCOTUS challenge threatens same-sex marriage rights. Mass Shootings -via ABC News , ABC News , AP News , CNN , and NPR Steel Plant Explosion -via NY Times Israel Takes Gaza -via BBC , CN...

Five soldiers were shot at Fort Stewart, RFK Jr. cut mRNA vaccine research, JD Vance hosted a strategy dinner on Epstein fallout, Trump threatened to federalize DC after a carjacking, and Texas Democrats faced a bomb threat while continuing to block GOP redistricting plans. Fort Stewart -via AP News RFK Jr Ends mRNA Research Funding -via Washington Post JD Vance’s Strategy Session -via ABC News Tr...

Austin Drummond was captured in Tennessee, Trump is eying military use for the Olympics and invited a sex offender to a kids’ event, the House subpoenaed DOJ for Epstein files, Texas map fights escalated, and NASA may put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Update: Tennessee -via CBS News Los Angeles, the Angels We Are -via NBC News , The New Republics , and The Daily Beast Trump Invites Sex Offender t...

Two nationwide manhunts are underway for mass murder suspects in Montana and Tennessee, Pam Bondi ordered a baseless grand jury investigation into Obama over 2016 election conspiracy claims, and Texas Democrats are holding firm outside the state to block a Trump-backed GOP gerrymander. Duel Manhunts -via ABC News and NBC News Bondi Directs Obama Investigation -via CNN and PBS Texas Democrats Hold...

Trump wants to share your health data with Big Tech and told Texas to gerrymander harder. Ghislaine Maxwell wants immunity, RFK Jr. let a parasitic fish give him a hickey, and religious persuasion at work is now encouraged. Trump Tracking Health -via AP News TX Republicans Want to Further Gerrymander -via NY Times Trump Thinks a Little Religious Persuasion is Fine -via The Hill Epstein Updates -vi...

Trump wants to share your health data with Big Tech and told Texas to gerrymander harder. Ghislaine Maxwell wants immunity, RFK Jr. let a parasitic fish give him a hickey, and religious persuasion at work is now encouraged. Trump Tracking Health -via AP News TX Republicans Want to Further Gerrymander -via NY Times Trump Thinks a Little Religious Persuasion is Fine -via The Hill Epstein Updates -vi...

A special episode about the latest attack on voting rights in America. -via Democracy Docket, Arkansas Law, Heritage F oundation (but don’t go to them, they’re unethical), The Guardian , Elect Proj ect Take the pledge to bea voter at r ais ingvoters . org/beavot e r de cember. - on Amazo n Sub scrib e t o the Subs t ack:kimm offat.s ubs tack.com All episode s c an b e found a t : kimmoff at.com/ t...

A short episode (there’s a special episode about voting in the feed) with an update on Monday’s shooting in New York and the Russian earthquake that turned into a tsunami warning along the west coast. Update: New York Shooting -via CBS News and NY T imes Earth quake in Russia -via AP News Ta ke the pledge to bea voter at r ais ingvoters . org/beavot e r de cember. - on Amazo n Sub scrib e t o the...

Three people are dead in a Reno casino shooting with another active shooter incident in Manhattan later that day. Trump downplays the starvation in Gaza starvation, shortens Russia’s ceasefire deadline, and distances himself from Epstein — again. Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell has made appeal to SCOTUS and a judge blocked Trump’s plan to defund Planned Parenthood. Reno Shooting -via CNN Trump Parts...

A Michigan man is charged with terrorism after a stabbing spree. Israel pauses fighting as Gaza starves. Trump touts a shaky EU trade deal—then calls for Beyoncé’s arrest. Michigan Stabbing -via BBC , 9and10News , and Twitter Israel-Hamas -via AP News US Reaches Trade Deal with EU -via Axios Trump Wants to Prosecute Beyoncé -via CNN Take the pl ed ge to b e a voter at r ais ingvoters . org/beavot...

France recognizes Palestine as the US exits ceasefire talks, SCOTUS tees up two major voting rights cases that could gut the VRA, Trump visits the Fed, and of course - a cat crimewave in New Zealand. France to Recognize Gaza -via AP Ne ws, The Hill, and Axios Trump v Powell -via CNN SCOTUS v VRA -via AP News Here’s This Cat -via AP News Pete Hegseth – For Fun -via Washington Post Take the pl ed ge...

The EPA moves to gut climate rules, Columbia pays Trump $221M, Harvard resists. Macron sues Candace Owens, courts block Trump’s birthright plan, and Epstein file chaos deepens. Plus: Pete Hegseth leaked war secrets in a group chat. EPA Ends Climate Change Fight -via NY Times Abrego Garcia Update -via NBC News Macron Sues Owens -via CBS News Trump v Higher Education -via CNN and NY Times Birthright...

As the Marines withdraw from Los Angeles, Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76, the U.S. Olympic Committee quietly bans trans women from competition, and the House delays a vote on the Epstein files while the DOJ prepares to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell. LA Marines Withdraw -via The Guardian Ozzy Os bourne - via Axios Olympi cs Ban Trans A thl etes -via NY Times Eps t ein -vi a AP New s, NPR, CBS New s, and CN...

Global pressure mounts on Israel to end the war in Gaza, Breonna Taylor’s killer is sentenced to 33 months, actor Malcolm Jamal-Warner dies in a drowning accident, and Trump releases FBI files on MLK Jr. to distract from growing Epstein fallout. Israel-Hamas -via ABC News Sentencing in Taylor Raid -via NY Times Malcom Jamal-Warner -via NPR FBI Files Released -via AP News and CBS News Take the pled...

A devastating car crash in East Hollywood injures 30, Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians seeking aid, Colbert’s show gets the axe under suspicious timing, and Trump spirals further as new Epstein revelations emerge alongside threats, lawsuits, and late-night meltdowns. Los Angeles Crowd Crash -via CNN Israel-Hamas -via AP News Colbert’s Colcancelled -via Vox Trump’s Meltdown Continues -via...

ICE gains access to Medicaid data in a chilling new agreement, the DOJ seeks only one day in prison for Breonna Taylor’s killer, Trump’s health raises fresh concerns, and disturbing new Epstein revelations include a letter signed by Trump. ICE Gets Access to Medicaid  -via AP News , Journal of American Medical Association , and Georgetown Breonna Taylor’s Killer -via NY Times Votes -via NBC N...

An earthquake in Alaska triggers a tsunami warning, Israel bombs Syria amid shifting alliances, Trump escalates Epstein cover-up accusations while firing key prosecutors. Alaskan Earthquake -via AP News Assisted-Living Facility Fire -via ABC News Israel Bombs Syrian Capital -via Axios and Washington Post Epstein – Again. Still. -via Politico , CNN , and AP News Take the pledge to be a voter at r a...

Fallout continues over the vanished Epstein files, Trump tells Texas to rig congressional maps, House Republicans block efforts to release client lists, and half of the National Guard troops finally exit Los Angeles. Epstein Fallout Continues -via CBS News , House.gov , The Guardian , Vox , BBC , and Axios Trump Tells Texas to Redraw Lines -via AP News Update: Los Angeles -via NY Times Take the pl...