Why I'm Voting Yes on Virginia's Redistricting Amendment Today Virginia votes on a constitutional amendment that would allow mid-decade redistricting — redrawing congressional maps in a way that would eliminate mos...

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Rob Wittman, Jen Kiggans, Ben Cline and the crazy weirdo whose name I can never remember all have spent their time in Congress protecting Trump instead of standing up for their Virginia constituents under attack. On Tuesday you can vote YES and bring them all home together. BYE!

Exterior of OKC bombing memorial — arches and a reflecting pool replaced the road that once was in front of the federal building, the one McVeigh drove on to park his bomb-filled Ryder truck. Pic taken May 26, 2020.

Chairs note the 169 dead at the OKC bombing on April 19, 1995. The small chairs represent children who died at the Murrah Federal Building daycare.

On an exterior fence at the OKC memorial, people place remembrances to the victims.

A display in the OKC memorial museum of the T-shirt Tim McVeigh wore when he was arrested. It has a picture of Lincoln with “Sic Semper Tyrannis,” reflecting McVeigh’s connection to the wider 1990s racist, anti-government Patriot Movement.

Unhappy 31st anniversary to the OKC bombing. Two big postscripts:

- Timothy McVeigh was held on a gun charge while they figured out whether he was the bomber; that crime no longer exists
- The prosecutor, Merrick Garland, focused on McVeigh and largely ignored the movement he was connected to

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Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Tim Curry in Clue

Tim Curry in The Three Musketeers

Tim Curry in Muppet Treasure Island

Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.

Thriller - Michael Jackson (1930s Jazz Cover) ft. Wayne Brady YouTube video by PostmodernJukebox

Oh my god, you're in for fun.

Have you seen the tapdancers yet

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Really throws the whole “this is so tough, we don’t know who to believe” stance from white Catholics into super sharp relief.

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South Korea is doing quote-post diplomacy President Lee drew a parallel between occupied Korea and Palestine

Thr South Korean president criticized Israel, Israel got super mad about the mention of the Holocaust, and not the far worse reference. The president compared them to imperial Japan, which is like the worst thing a Korean can call anyone or anything www.theverge.com/policy/91358...

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Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.

1. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people.

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Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.

he showed up to a mostly empty auditorium, got heckled by anti war protesters opposing the war he just humiliatingly failed to negotiate an end to, erika kirk stood him up, and he tried to explain catholicism to the pope. the only way he could’ve had a worse time is if he pissed his pants up there.

An important part of Catholicism is understanding that converts* are up to something

* not all converts but you know the ones

why do they call it FetLife and not KinkedIn

A group of protesters line the stairs to the Beaufort County Courthouse. One in the foreground holds a sign reading, “REALITY. JOANN MUST BE SET FREE.” Others in the background are holding signs and/or raising their fists in the air.

50 Winston-Salem Black Panther Party members travelled to the Beaufort County Courthouse in April 1975, rallying to free Joan Little. Ms. Little escaped the Beaufort County jail in 1974 after killing White prison guard Clarence Alligood, who was sexually assaulting her.

Hampshire College to close permanently after fall 2026 semester Emma McCorkindale

While Hampshire’s case is in some ways unique, it is amazing to think that in a single lifetime - about 70 years - the US founded the greatest public and liberal arts college system in the world and then destroyed it, to build prisons, give tax cuts to the rich, and own the libs

I did a focus group sit-in today, after a stakeholder interview with a brand/marketing team, and yeah.

The exec to consumer divide is BRUTAL

Coachella performers are funding the MAGA movement Following the money from Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G to the politicians advancing Trump’s agenda

Coachella is run by a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation, Money from Anschutz which includes the profits from Coachella, is funneled directly to right-wing organizations that support key politicians funding ICE, undermining LGBTQ rights, & restricting abortion.
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"irreversible side effects of HRT" all of life is irreversible. i cannot go back a single second in time

Was reminded it may not actually be common knowledge that the Amazon rainforest is a largely man-made feature. Huge swaths of even the soil are anthrosol. Many of our food crops today originate from this agricultural system.

CARDINAL CUPICH: “We’re dehumanizing victims of war by turning the suffering of people and the killing of children and our own soldiers into entertainment. It’s sickening.”

No wonder Trump lashed out at the Pope today.