The Resistance Roars: MAGA Superintendent Resigns, Comey Takes A Stand, and Obama Torches Trump’s Lies

America rises against the GOP’s extremism

We made it to Friday, but Trump’s evil circus is still causing constant chaos with their clown car of scandals. Which is why I’m glad to have more great news for you today. We’ve got a huge resignation, a former president dropping truth on the world, and some powerful acts of resistance to cover. Let’s jump in.

GOOD RIDDANCE

One of the worst officials in America—Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters—announced that he plans to resign. Walters, who pushed hard to inject the Bible into public school curricula, claims he’s quitting to take on another career. Some folks in Oklahoma told me he was forced out. However it happened, I’m just glad he’s leaving.

Even Oklahoma’s Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond called Walter’s time in office “a stream of never-ending scandal and political drama.” Good riddance Ryan, never come back.

VIRGINIA GOVERNOR’S RACE HEATS UP

Peaceful protesters have gathered at nearly every stop of GOP gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears’ bus tour across Virginia. Earle-Sears has already skipped at least five stops, which suggests she may be dodging the protests.

One of the demonstrators, Patti Nelson of labor union SEIU, said: “The big MAGA, big ugly bill, [Earle-Sears] fully supports, and it’s going to destroy health care in Virginia … That’s why we’re here. We need to fight with every ounce of strength that we have to protect health care.”

PROTESTS IN MASSACHUSETTS

In Malden, Massachusetts, folks rallied for the release of local roofer Hernan Escobar, who was detained by ICE. Escobar’s wife Leslie Perera Gonzalez, who is also an attorney, said Hernan has no criminal record and that there is a pending petition for him to become a permanent US resident.

MA Gov. Maura Healey said Escobar “is not a threat to our communities. He is a part of our communities … Because of ICE actions, people are afraid to send their kids to school, to go to work, to seek healthcare, to report crimes. None of this makes us safer.” It sure doesn’t.

COMEY TAKES A STAND

Former FBI Director James Comey posted a blistering video yesterday, condemning the indictment brought against him by Trump’s DOJ.

With unwavering resolve, Comey stated: “My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump. But we couldn’t imagine ourselves living any other way. We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either.”

The indictment also prompted senior DOJ prosecutor Troy Edwards—Comey’s son-in-law—to resign. In a moment where obedience would’ve been easier, they chose integrity. May it inspire others to do the same.

OBAMA IN LONDON

Former President Barack Obama slammed Trump’s dangerous lies during an event in London this week.

Obama said Trump’s “making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproved,” calling it “violence against the truth.” He went on to say that there’s a “loss of leadership in promoting values like democracy, and rule of law, and free speech, and economic fairness … I find appalling.” So do I.

“It’s easy to believe in free speech when everybody kind of agrees with it. It’s much harder when the people next to you seem just terrible, and are promoting ideas that feel like they’re inciting violence towards you,” added.

Obama is absolutely right. And this is the kind of madness from Trump that we’ve been taking on for nearly a decade.

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Scott

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I have two questions for you today.

What do you think about the indictment of James Comey?

What do you think about the OK Superintendent resigning after trying to get the Bible in classrooms?