A lot about the world is very heavy right now but if a college football podcast that got jettisoned by Vox during the pandemic for not having a marketable audience can raise this much money for refugees in Atlanta in two days then just think of all the stuff we can all do together
“'...the majority has rendered the people actually detained in the facility and Florida’s cherished environment protected by no one, and vulnerable to the whims of anyone,' [Judge Nancy Abudu] wrote."
BREAKING: Virginia voters approve a Democratic redistricting plan that could allow the party to pick up as many as four new seats in the midterm elections, NBC News projects.
Sure, Evan. Whatever you say.😉
Pathetic, even.
NEW: A Colorado DA has charged a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer with assault and criminal mischief after he allegedly pushed a woman to the ground and took her phone during a protest outside an ICE facility in Durango last year // Story by @katielang.bsky.social
Someday people will learn that the rural voter is not one undifferentiated mass.
One thing re VA redistricting. This isn’t about fucking rural voters. If anything, Dem voters in those districts will finally be able to vote for a rep who care for voter interests instead of the GOP grift machine. No voter benefits more from a strong federal government than the rural voter.
Thumbs down.
Honestly, my eye glazed over it. So obviously I don't mind repetition as much as I think I do.😁
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Also, I've been married 36 years, had a successful career, often out earned my partner. Never once have I heard this "concern" expressed.
Oh no.
Oh dear.
I keep trying to tell folks, the panopticon is already here. And not just at MSG. Everywhere you drive, work, and shop.
That sounds very soothing.
I mean, I am so incredibly over This is Just to Say used as parody. It was tired when Twitter was still called Twitter. But I absolutely take your point.
FBI Director Kash Patel said his agency will soon make arrests in connection with the 2020 presidential election, which he claims was rigged.
The announcement comes as the bureau has relied on frivolous and unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud to obtain access to election records.
I gotta say, having a 20+ year meditation practice is coming in super handy nowadays!!
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the jury verdict and $14 million award against Denver, finding the city is liable for the police's use of “unconstitutional force” against 12 protesters during George Floyd demonstrations in 2020 // Story by @katielang.bsky.social
Tucker’s “apology” video features significantly more condemnation of McCain for “grandstanding” against Big Tobacco than of over Iran.
He and his brother seem most angry that Trump backed the COVID vax, didn’t overturn the election or defend the j6ers afterwards, and hasn’t imprisoned his foes.
Iran rejects talks with U.S. under pressure and aimed at surrender, senior Iranian official says reut.rs/3QjJVrX
I'm guessing not? Ugh and sorry about the rough work content.
The creepy Morris thing was so damn disappointing. But SPLC is back in my good books now!!
JUST IN: A federal judge has tossed a defamation lawsuit Kash Patel brought against former FBI official / pundit Frank Figliuzzi.
Figliuzzi’s claim that Patel spent more time in nightclubs than at FBI HQ was “rhetorical hyperbole,” the judge rules.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The Department of Justice shouldn’t use its power to target its ideological enemies or dismantle civil rights. Now it is targeting the Southern Poverty Law Center. 1/2
I'm voting "Literally What Are You People Even Talking About" 2028
Which, honestly, is the bare minimum!
But at least I have standards!🤣
there are nearly 13 million lawful permanent residents in the United States, and they generally have the right to leave and return to the U.S. as they please
on Wednesday, the Trump admin will ask the Supreme Court to change that
read up about Blanche v. Lau 👇🏾
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/blanc...