jail and tribunals, anything else is excusing if not endorsing this conduct

"It's Time": Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.

It understandably won’t get the same attention as gerrymandering, but reminder that Virginia is going to hold another important, democracy-related statewide vote this year: boltsmag.org/virginia-con...

god help me Bill Kristol's spitting fire again

MrBeast's Company Sued By Woman Over Claims Of Sexual Harassment The lawsuit claims that MrBeast's company handbook says: 'It’s okay for the boys to be childish' and 'No does not mean no'

A woman is suing MrBeast's company for alleged sexual harassment and verbal abuse

She claims MrBeast's mom runs his HR department and that the company handbook allegedly says 'It's okay for the boys to be childish.'

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You mean the meat markets that have contributed to everything wrong with modern dating?

A number of space science organizations offered support for Isaacman's nomination because he is a proponent of space exploration and claimed he would support science. But now that science is on the chopping block -- and human spaceflight isn't -- he is volunteering to give NASA the DOGE treatment.

I did the thumbnail for this awesome speculative evolution video about plants, an often overlooked part of worldbuilding!

As they should, probably had surveillance equipment and a bomb in it

Netanyahu says he’s 'saddened' by images of an IDF soldier defacing a crucifix in Lebanon.

But if he truly cared about attacks against Christians, he’d end rampant settler violence against them in the West Bank & harassment in Jerusalem.

Being sad isn't enough, DO SOMETHING!

I don't, he chose to spend his last years in Congress instead of retiring to enjoy his golden years.

yes. speaking as a former Republican i genuinely believe that suppression of the GOP by all legal means available is a moral imperative

Macron directly confronts Tel Aviv on Live TV. He explicitly demands that Israel must fully withdraw from Lebanese territory and permanently renounce its aggressive territorial ambitions, condemning their military actions as a pure policy of chaos. #cdnpoli

Ahahahahaha what do you mean the TECHNICAL ADVISOR to Bluesky just blocked over 300k users by following an ANTI-AI, AI HATERS blocklist.

Embarassing.

A key part of the banality of evil is that fascism trains people who are boringly and completely neurotypical to be incredibly violent, as part of their boring job.

It literally could not possibly work if it could only be done by the tiny fraction of the population with cluster B syndromes.

Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

The key phrase—“an establishment of religion”—was readily understandable to founding-era citizens. See District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 576–77 (2008) (relying on a phrase’s “[n]ormal meaning . . . known to ordinary citizens in the founding generation”). The reason is simple. At the time, establishments were “a familiar institution.” McConnell, Establishment, supra note 12, at 2107.13 Someone on the streets of 1789 Boston, reading that phrase, would have instantly thought of the Church of England, the colonial established churches, or the current state establishments—in other words, a polity’s official church or religion. Ibid.

Although the colonial establishments became more tolerant of dissenters as independence approached, their essence remained unchanged. The original state constitutions reflect as much. Far from rejecting establishments, many states preserved the core components of their establishments, such as public financial support for the official church, regulation of religious institutions, and religious qualifications for civic participation.36 Most explicit was South Carolina, whose 1778 Constitution declared that “the Christian Protestant religion” was “the established religion,” requiring religious societies to subscribe to enumerated articles of faith to receive legal recognition. S.C. Const. of 1778, art. XXXVIII, reprinted in Poore, State Constitutions, supra note 36, at 1626.

The Fifth Circuit flatly states that when the First Amendment says Congress may not create an "establishment of religion," it means the Church of England. They then argue the Founders intended states to have their own churches unaffected by the First Amendment (!!!).

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Which is why it's winning, I meant in principle

I mean it's inherently anti-democratic and disenfranchise people within their state. Makes sense that's it's only tolerated because of trump and Republicans doing the same. Unfortunately most Americans still haven't accepted their republican neighbors are the enemy

To be fair Thiel was throwing his money against it in a state that still has a lot of red in it

How 2 fringe groups and a friendly judge helped pull off Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot seizure Emails obtained by CalMatters trace the development of a years-long case that ultimately led to the unprecedented seizure of 650,000 ballots.

Anat Rubin and I co-wrote a story for @calmatters.org about the people behind Sheriff Chad Bianco's "election investigation" -- sovereign citizens, Christian nationalists, and "constitutional sheriffs."
calmatters.org/investigatio...

Or republicans thinking he'll be like his dad just because he shares the same name technically

Because the people setting oil prices are delusional

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
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a crowd of people watching a fireworks display in front of a large building ALT: a crowd of people watching a fireworks display in front of a large building

Celebrating like the death of Palpatine

I will be on @maddow.bsky.social’s show tonight to talk about InfoWars. Unlike the site’s current proprietor, I am not presently shirtless.

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It's fucked up when you're congratulating Congress for doing something it's already supposed to do

In case you think migrant families in blue cities are breathing any easier these days, my kid’s best friend is transferring to a school right next to her house because her mother wants to minimize their time in cars to avoid any interaction with the authorities