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Marisa Kabas

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

Jon Cooper

The “Tommy” shown in this viral video from Abdul El-Sayed is a former staffer for Sen. Josh Hawley and the son of a GOP strategist. For nearly five minutes, El-Sayed questioned the man about his understanding of the Constitution and the religious freedom it affords all Americans. Simply brilliant.

Justin Baragona

Meanwhile, here is who Jan Crawford is applauding in that exchange with Abdul El-Sayed:

Alex Gibney

Note: TikTok - 15% owned by Musk pal Larry Ellison - permanently banned our "Musk" the movie account on the platform.

The Tennessee Holler

Nobody hates free speech more than the fascist tech oligarchs who claimed to care about it more than anyone. What an absolute joke. P.S. they also hate democracy. As we hand them control of the country.

Carl Quintanilla

(THR) - TikTok has banned the entire Musk film account, citing political content that violates its policies. .. raises concerns about Big Tech suppression that the very film seeks to expose.” @thr.com

The Tennessee Holler

UPDATE: The fines have not stopped him from honoring the girls Israel has killed.

jamelle

a tax revolt fueled by stupid people who don’t understand escrow payments

Politico

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

Alex Ip 葉清霖

America now has second-generation school shooting survivors

Ryan Marino, MD

This is a deeply sick country

Tom Nichols

Humiliating and dangerous: Trump has now finally just made America an ally of the Kremlin and is aiding Putin in his war against an American friend and partner. Shameful betrayal of a US friend, and pathetic submission to a US enemy.

Adrienne LaFrance

In which @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes with great clarity:

Marc Elias

X is owned by Musk. TikTok is blocking the Musk movie account. Meta blocked the No Kings account. This is why Democracy Docket is not built on SubStack or any third-party platform that could one day turn against it. It costs more to operate but is worth it. Subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld

Kyle Griffin

BREAKING WSJ: Vladimir Putin has proposed that he, Trump, and Xi Jinping meet next month to talk about Ukraine in an attempt to negotiate an end to the four-year conflict that would favor Moscow.

David Corn

A new Axis of Evil?

Hoodlum 🇺🇸

This is sheer insanity. Gift link, I hope it works.

Robert Downen

A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.

Lee West

Migrant found dead at Laredo ICE facility. The death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He’s the seventh person to die while detained by ICE this year.

JJ in DC

🧊😵 Denying medicine to a diabetic isn’t a “mistake” or “neglect.” It’s murder.

Garrett M. Graff

This week a white nationalist tried to assassinate a member of Congress and you probably didn’t even hear about it—and a reminder that being an elementary school student in the US is more deadly than being an ICE officer:

Scott Horton

This weekend, there was an attempted assassination of a Democratic congressman by a Christian Nationalist assassin in a Hindu temple in Aurora, and the US corporate media decided it really wasn't a reportable event, because... well, because it was bad news for the Republicans in an election cycle.