Abortion rights have always required a fight… Thinking about Dr T.R.M. Howard today… Prepping for my roundtable with VP Harris today marking one year post-Roe v Wade. Among our guests will be Shannon Brewer, who ran the clinic: Jackson Women’s Health — which was the last abortion clinic in Mississip
dissentmagazine.org
10:39 AM - Jun 20, 2023
This is the only Juneteenth article you need today. Also happy Juneteenth to all who accept and promote accurate American history. To everyone else: happy Monday. 😬 https://thegrio.com/2023/0...
02:17 PM - Jun 19, 2023
“What I do know is there are plenty of Trump’s own words that are sufficient to bury him—and maybe, just maybe, yield a conviction. If that sounds uncertain to you, remember this is the closest this man has ever been to real accountability, including incarceration.“
https://america.substack.c...
https://america.substack.c...
10:31 AM - Jun 16, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
If you have a heart, this will make you sick. Also you should know these things about your country…
https://www.propublica.org...
https://www.propublica.org...
01:21 PM - Jun 16, 2023
60 years have passed since Medgar Evers’ slaying, and Myrlie Evers Williams is still fighting. Check out my interview with Ms Myrlie to honor Medgar’s sacrifice for freedom in Mississippi and America, Myrlie’s activism AND her 90th birthday 🎈🎈🎈link to the interview at thereidout blog: https://www.m
02:13 AM - Jun 13, 2023
On why we’ve all gone mad… excellent insights from Umair Haque…
https://eand.co/why-the-wo...
https://eand.co/why-the-wo...
eand.co
Why the World Is So Pessimistic. How Disconnection — And Misconnection —… | by umair haque | Jun, 2023 | Eudaimonia and Co
This is a deep question. I want to give it the respect it deserves. So buckle up for a weekend long read and deep dive. To answer this question well, first we need to ask the opposite one. Why is…
06:29 PM - Jun 03, 2023
Lauren Boebert claims she purposely skipped the debt deal vote, in protest.
This is a lie. Here she is running to make the vote — but she was too late.
https://twitter.com/i/stat...
This is a lie. Here she is running to make the vote — but she was too late.
https://twitter.com/i/stat...
07:36 AM - Jun 05, 2023
"In keeping with the recent trend, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell responded to the job numbers by saying literally nothing about the good news. No press releases, no tweets, and no public comments."
08:24 PM - Jun 05, 2023
Donald J. Trump: “Everything I did was right.” Uh-huh. Indictments are coming. Tick tock, tick tock. https://america.substack.c...
11:02 PM - Jun 05, 2023
UPDATE: Santos managed to make a (late?) filing, insisting the names remain secret -- and saying he'd rather go to jail pending trial than for the truth to come out.
02:27 AM - Jun 06, 2023
George Santos had a 5pm ET deadline to explain why the names of 3 sugar daddies who co-signed his bail should remain secret (against normal court protocol).
George Santos appears to have missed that deadline.
RELEASE THE NAMES.
George Santos appears to have missed that deadline.
RELEASE THE NAMES.
02:28 AM - Jun 06, 2023
Or..... he can go to jail pending trial.
Those are his choices.
Those are his choices.
02:30 AM - Jun 06, 2023
BREAKING: George Santos's lawyer says Santos would rather go to jail pending trial than release the names of the 3 sugar daddies who paid his bail.
Co-signers of bail are typically public record.
No special treatment. No one is above the law.
RELEASE THE NAMES.
Co-signers of bail are typically public record.
No special treatment. No one is above the law.
RELEASE THE NAMES.
02:31 AM - Jun 06, 2023
The right wing’s Sugar Daddy Problem:
Clarence Thomas — $150,000 tuition, $686,589 in wife's salary, ~$15,000,000+ in travel.
Brett Kavanaugh — $92,000 country club balance, $200,000 in credit card debt, and $1,200,000 mortgage.
George Santos — $500,000 in bail guarantees.
Clarence Thomas — $150,000 tuition, $686,589 in wife's salary, ~$15,000,000+ in travel.
Brett Kavanaugh — $92,000 country club balance, $200,000 in credit card debt, and $1,200,000 mortgage.
George Santos — $500,000 in bail guarantees.
02:34 AM - Jun 06, 2023
So the member of Congress who just got indicted for campaign finance violations is begging a federal judge to hide the identities of the 3 donors who co-signed his bail, amounting to $500,000 in undeclared campaign contributions? Got it.
02:41 AM - Jun 06, 2023
"The report Monday from special counsel John Durham represents the long-awaited culmination of an investigation that Trump and allies had claimed would expose massive wrongdoing by law enforcement and intelligence officials. Instead, Durham’s investigation delivered underwhelming results..."
apnews.com
Special counsel John Durham ends probe of FBI's Trump-Russia investigation with harsh criticism | AP News
A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The report Monday from special counsel John Durham offers withering criticism of the bureau but a meager court record that fell f..
09:09 PM - May 15, 2023
"After months of investigation and many public accusations of corruption against Mr. Biden and his family, the first report of the premier House G.O.P. inquiry showed no proof of such misconduct."
nytimes.com
09:11 PM - May 15, 2023
The only thing more humiliating than GOP Rep. James Comer having to admit that he couldn't find any of the incriminating material on Joe Biden that he promised is his latest admission that he also apparently lost his informant.
12:28 AM - May 16, 2023
BREAKING: Trump and Giuliani were selling pardons for $2 million each, according to new sexual assault lawsuit against Giuliani.
Suit brought by former Giuliani employee, seeking $10 million in damages for assault and harassment, including coercing her into sex.
Suit brought by former Giuliani employee, seeking $10 million in damages for assault and harassment, including coercing her into sex.
12:38 AM - May 16, 2023
And YES, that includes *attempted* bribery. Even if no one actually completed a bribe, if they tried to get takers, that's bribery under the statute.
And YES, that includes using Rudy as the go-between; the statute says "directly or indirectly."
See 18 U.S.C. 201.
And YES, that includes using Rudy as the go-between; the statute says "directly or indirectly."
See 18 U.S.C. 201.
12:38 AM - May 16, 2023
CNN broadcast its weak, pandering, sycophantic Trump “town hall” last Wednesday.
By Friday, CNN dropped to FOURTH place among cable news networks.
Behind Newsmax.
By Friday, CNN dropped to FOURTH place among cable news networks.
Behind Newsmax.
12:42 AM - May 16, 2023
“It is midnight within the social order.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
10:38 PM - May 12, 2023
Never forget, this is the POS Marjorie Taylor Greene has defended and called a good Christian patriot...
washingtonpost.com
Accused document leaker Jack Teixeira fixated on guns and envisioned ‘race war’ - The Washington Post
Previously unpublished videos and documents reviewed by The Washington Post reveal Jack Teixeira’s preparations for a violent social conflict, his racist thinking and a deep suspicion of the government he served.
11:57 AM - May 13, 2023
I’m praying for those who are weary and broken-hearted.
There’s just so much for our minds, bodies, and spirits to contend with every day.
Please be as diligent as you can be about self-care.
Discover love-centered ways to encourage yourself and others.
There’s just so much for our minds, bodies, and spirits to contend with every day.
Please be as diligent as you can be about self-care.
Discover love-centered ways to encourage yourself and others.
05:12 PM - May 13, 2023
Still sickened by the laughing CNN audience after the sexual abuser owing E. Jean Carroll $5M in damages called her a “wack job” on national TV.
06:15 PM - May 13, 2023
“Donald Trump has gotten away with a lifetime of lies and cruelty and criminality because too few people possessed the courage to stand up to him.” And then there’s E. Jean Carroll.
https://america.substack.c...
https://america.substack.c...
02:01 PM - May 12, 2023
Do read this haunting piece by @MsPackyetti on Jordan Neely and death by white discomfort. https://www.thecut.com/202...
03:04 PM - May 12, 2023
This is happening in the Democratic Republic of #Congo . Did you know?
cnn.com
DR Congo floods: Babies rescued from Lake Kivu days after devastating floods killed hundreds | CNN
Two babies have been found alive on the shores of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Lake Kivu, days after floods and landslides killed more than 400 people in two villages in the country's South Kivu province.
05:11 PM - May 12, 2023
