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  September 28, 2022 Heather Cox Richardson Sep 29   More than 1.5 million Florida residents are without power as Hurricane Ian is pounding the southwestern coast and moving inland. The hurricane was close to a Category 5 storm when it made landfall about 3 this afternoon, with the predicted 12-foot storm surge materializing near Fort Myers. It has been slowing since it hit land, but the damage, including to this year’s orange crop, is already considerable. This destructive storm highlights the distance between reality and the ideology that calls for getting rid of the federal government. As a newly elected congress member in 2013, now-governor of Florida Ron DeSantis was one of the 67 House Republicans who voted against a $9.7 billion federal flood insurance assistance package for the victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey. Now, with Florida on the ropes, DeSantis asked President Joe Biden for an emergency declaration to free up federal money and federal help e...

  28 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News Our Budget Is Modest. We’re Dead Without It. — Our budget isn’t just modest it would be a joke to the large powerful news agencies. The impact we have far, far exceeds the resources at our disposal. That basic budget, however slender, is 100% essential. We’re not going away. We need your help and we need it now. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   FOCUS: Charles Pierce | Well, If It Isn't Roger Stone's Time to Shine Before the January 6 Committee Charles Pierce, Esquire Pierce writes: "The committee plans to show documentary footage of the old goon laying out the whole plan." The committee plans to show documentary footage of the old goon laying out the whole plan. I n 2017, a documentary entitled  Get Me Roger Stone  was released to almost universal acclaim. It was generally true to its subject, who had made a career of being false to democracy. There nonetheless...

  It's  O ur  D emocracy! Today’s Action: Get out the vote for Democratic candidate John Fetterman! Today's Top Stories: "Shoot to kill": Trump ally Roger Stone calls for deadly violence in chilling video “Fuck the voting, let’s get right to the violence,” Trump's long-time adviser told a documentary filmmaker the day before the 2020 general election. “Shoot to kill. See an antifa? Shoot to kill. Fuck ’em. Done with this bullshit.” Just one of the disgraced ex-president's "best people" calling for civil war and the destruction of American democracy. Lock him up! Take Action:  Charge the Trump supporters who compromised ballot machines! VIDEO OF THE DAY:  Top Texas Republican caught pulling humiliating stunt Texas' criminal Attorney General was served with a subpoena — and responded in the most Republican way possible. Take Action:  Tell "Dank Brandon" to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level! Top prosecutor offers bad news for Tr...