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Chuck Schumer announced yesterday that he and other Senate Democrats will work to advance legislation to strip former Trump of the immunity he was granted under a recent Supreme Court ruling. Via the Hill: Schumer, invoking Congress’s powers to regulate the courts, said Democrats are working on legislation to classify Trump’s efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election as “unofficial acts” so they do not merit immunity from criminal prosecution under the high court’s recent 6-3 decision. [] Schumer said senators will keep on working on other proposals to “rein in the abuse of our federal judiciary.” Some Democrats, including Sens.

Watch the six-minute video about Project 2025 (above). This snack-sized video offers a fantastic overview of Project 2025 and it was created by one of my favorite national security sources on Twitter, Angry_Staffer. Periodic reminder that Project 2025 isn’t just targeting the left — they’re also going after our veterans. I’m voting for the old guy.

Mock Paper Scissors: Shorter Axios – it's all about us! The Editorial Board: Amid allegations of Biden’s decline, no one can point to anything he’s done wrong as a consequence of aging. Matt Bruenig: The Joe Biden policy platform. Emptywheel: Jim Jordan publishes intelligence analysis of Trump's authoritarian tendencies. Hullabaloo: Incomplete Project 2025 cheat sheet. This installment by Batocchio.

Yesterday Ben Braver, a progressive state Senate candidate in the Tampa suburbs turned 22. In the 18 years Blue America has been operating, I don’t think we ever asked anyone to contribute to a candidate because it’s their birthday. This time, we kind of are. Ben is 22; please give him $22— or any amount you want.

“President Biden’s increasingly emphatic declarations that he will not exit the presidential race are delivering an unmistakable message to potential wayward Democrats: Any criticisms going forward damage the party’s chances against Donald Trump,” the New York Times reports. “Both in his private and public remarks on Monday, Mr. Biden made clear he holds all the cards when determining his political future.”

“Russia is unlikely to make significant territorial gains in Ukraine in the coming months as its poorly trained forces struggle to break through Ukrainian defenses that are now reinforced with Western munitions,” the New York Times reports. “Through the spring and early summer, Russian troops tried to take territory outside the city of Kharkiv and renew a push in eastern Ukraine, to capitalize on their seizure of Avdiivka.