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Republicans around the country are working hard to find pretexts for removing abortion amendments from the ballot, because they're so worried about being wiped out by women in the general election. And of course Ron DeSantis is leading the charge. Via the Washington Post: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s election police unit is investigating alleged fraud in signature gathering for the state’s upcoming abortion referendum in a move that critics say is designed to intimidate voters. In the past week, two people reported that an agent from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrived at their homes and asked them about petitions they had signed months ago to add Amendment 4 to the November ballot. One voter, Isaac Menasche, posted on his Facebook page Wednesday that a detective questioned him about his signature and showed him a folder containing 10 pages of his personal information. “The experience left me shaken,” Menasche wrote, adding that he had signed the petition.

Trump just confessed to his biggest con ever, and right-wing maniacs are freaking out about it, with some pissed as s*t, some denying he said it at all, and others running from mics, refusing to comment. Meanwhile, Democrats are going on offense reminding Americans of what is so obvious: Donald Trump is a career criminal. But the best response has come from neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, raging against Trump.

It's one of my favorite sites in the city. I don't know how I feel about Trump being there! Via the Inquirer: Philadelphia is in the center of the action once again as the city gears up to play host to the first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The ABC-organized and televised event will take place Tuesday at the National Constitution Center near Independence Mall.

Anonymous explains why they're taking a side against Trump this election, and why everyone needs go get out and vote. The group has put together a truly disgusting mashup from a really nasty group of Trump enablers, starting with white nationalist Vincent James, who's YouTube channel The Red Elephants was banned back in 2020, calling his group the Christian Taliban, and saying they won't stop until the Handmaid's Tale is a reality. Next was John Doyle, a far-right social media personality associated with white nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes, going on about how "we need a total dictator Trump" and how there's "no argument against it." Doyle was also featured later saying "women and feminine men" shouldn't be allowed to vote. The video also features the likes of anti-LGTBQ and anti-vaxx preacher Shane Vaughn calling Trump a messiah, white nationalist Dalton Clodfelter's sexist rant, along with numerous rants by white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who is regularly featured at our site.read more

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The rise American autocracy is happening before our eyes because of the "growth of dark money and the lack of transparency in politics," according to expert Anne Applebaum. Applebaum's new book "Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World" gives a frightening overview of how modern dictators work together to crush democracy.