it seems like a whole lot of people don't understand that the literal point of gerrymandering is to create conditions under which voters cannot vote their way OUT of it.
It's designed to create safe seats for a political party at the expense of the voters.
That's what it's *designed* to do.
It's designed to create safe seats for a political party at the expense of the voters.
That's what it's *designed* to do.
04:52 PM - May 21, 2023
My latest newsletter: “ this is a warning to all parts of this country: once you allow lawlessness to topple a first or second domino, the other dominoes follow very quickly. And when they’re done falling, the rule of law itself may be gone.”
Read:
Read:
03:33 PM - May 31, 2023
Has anyone found a place to watch this report online? I've looked on MSNBC, NBC, YouTube, and the bird site, but can't find a link to it anywhere.
10:59 AM - May 28, 2023
Question: What sick people allow a ten year old to be raped and go after the doctor? Answer: Republicans https://apple.news/ApsdJr_...
08:43 PM - May 25, 2023
If you think you've been seeing stories every day about GOP sexual predators and pedophiles getting caught, you're right. Here's a list documenting over 1000 cases (link is to part 1 of 41).
Hat tip to @speedwagon for referring me to this resource.
Please ECHO this!
Hat tip to @speedwagon for referring me to this resource.
Please ECHO this!
Republican Sexual Predators, Abusers, and Enablers Pt. 1
I took my anger over the Kavanaugh hearing and confirmation and invested it in documenting the Republicans long history of sexual predators, abusers, and those who make excuses for them. There’s a list of about 45 that I began with but they are always...
06:24 PM - May 27, 2023
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This is a red herring.
What they really mean is they're not willing to cut executive compensation or reduce their stock price by raising wages high enough to attract workers. So they're asking their captive state government to make it legal to exploit a new segment of the population for cheap labor
What they really mean is they're not willing to cut executive compensation or reduce their stock price by raising wages high enough to attract workers. So they're asking their captive state government to make it legal to exploit a new segment of the population for cheap labor
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Simon Sands @richceo69The Iowa Governor's decision to roll back child labor laws is an apparent response to business owners who say they cannot find enough workers. Iowa's April unemployment rate was 2.7%, local outlet KUAZ reported.09:22 AM - May 28, 2023
S.M.H
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Thanks for the mention, @JournoActivist
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08:53 PM - May 21, 2023
Aside from the fact that this is a nice story, with a heartwarming outcome, why does the media feel the need to frame stories like this?
He's a human being helping other human beings who were in dire need of help. Does labeling the rescuer as "homeless" change the story in any meaningful way?
He's a human being helping other human beings who were in dire need of help. Does labeling the rescuer as "homeless" change the story in any meaningful way?
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Adrienne Divens @adrienne_divens02:07 PM - May 21, 2023
02:14 PM - May 21, 2023
1/5
This article from Thomas Zimmer is excellent, if disturbing. Here's one particularly salient passage:
"Rightwingers are fully committed to this anti-democratic, anti-pluralistic vision – which they understand is a minoritarian project: They are acutely aware that they don't have..."
"Rightwingers are fully committed to this anti-democratic, anti-pluralistic vision – which they understand is a minoritarian project: They are acutely aware that they don't have..."
01:40 PM - May 20, 2023
1/1
America used to be a place where one person with a high school education could buy a home, buy a new car, raise a family, take them on vacation every year, send the kids to college with no loans, & retire comfortably at age 65.
Then Ronald Reagan came along and destroyed it all.
Then Ronald Reagan came along and destroyed it all.
09:50 PM - May 18, 2023
Gun violence leads to calls to study the problem so we can identify potential solutions.
GOP blocks the CDC from studying the problem.
Climate change leads to calls for assessing climate impacts in environmental reviews.
GOP response 👇
See the pattern?
GOP blocks the CDC from studying the problem.
Climate change leads to calls for assessing climate impacts in environmental reviews.
GOP response 👇
See the pattern?
05:04 PM - May 16, 2023
Trump hosted Kyle Rittenhouse after he killed Black Lives Matter protesters.
Greg Abbott wants to pardon Daniel Perry, who murdered a Black Lives Matter protester.
Ron DeSantis is fundraising for Daniel Penny, who killed a Black man on a subway.
This is the Republican Party.
Greg Abbott wants to pardon Daniel Perry, who murdered a Black Lives Matter protester.
Ron DeSantis is fundraising for Daniel Penny, who killed a Black man on a subway.
This is the Republican Party.
04:32 PM - May 13, 2023
This is #Deplorable
As a resident of Florida, I am more disgusted and enraged by this wanna-be fascist every day.
As a resident of Florida, I am more disgusted and enraged by this wanna-be fascist every day.
03:36 PM - May 13, 2023
In any civilized country, Sandy Hook and the murder of 20 first graders would’ve been the last mass shooting in the country. Lesson learned from Dunblane. Instead, gun laws were loosened over and over again. By the bloodthirsty GOP. When will enough be enough? #GunControlNow
07:13 AM - May 07, 2023
1/3
Jamie is right. The United States is a cruel country, held hostage by an increasingly angry and violent white supremacist patriarchal minority that exploits baked-in advantages in our political system to retain disproportionate power, holding the rest of us back on gun control and much else
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeastIn any civilized country, Sandy Hook and the murder of 20 first graders would’ve been the last mass shooting in the country. Lesson learned from Dunblane. Instead, gun laws were loosened over and over again. By the bloodthirsty GOP. When will enough be enough? #GunControlNow07:13 AM - May 07, 2023
01:51 PM - May 07, 2023
1/3
Mass shootings are one symptom of a bigger problem; we do not (and if you're a POC, never have) live in a democracy. Whether it's gun control, abortion, or taxing corporations and billionaires, if the wealthy "elite" don't want it, it's not going to happen, no matter how much the public supports it.
09:55 AM - May 07, 2023
Hmm, I wonder who this is targeted at?🤔
So nakedly partisan, corrupt, and anti-democratic.
The GOP has learned they can get away with this stuff because either not enough people are paying attention or when they are they've gerrymandered the legislature so much that little can be done about it.😡
So nakedly partisan, corrupt, and anti-democratic.
The GOP has learned they can get away with this stuff because either not enough people are paying attention or when they are they've gerrymandered the legislature so much that little can be done about it.😡
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NewsBot News from the Internet @NewsBotRepublican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia has signed legislation that will create an oversight commission with the power to remove local prosecutors and district attorneys from their jobs. The measure has been heavily criticized by Democrats. #news #CNN06:50 PM - May 05, 2023
09:09 AM - May 06, 2023
Anyone else notice the search feature seems a little buggy this morning? I see a spout and search for more on the same topic, using exact words from the spout I saw, but search returns zero results.
08:55 AM - May 06, 2023
Some lament "politics" here.
Some are going to hate this spout.
Maybe you.
Politics are people.
And many people are under attack.
You lament "politics". What a luxury.
What a luxury to not be among the people under constant attack. For you, "politics" is nuisance.
For them it's life and death.
Some are going to hate this spout.
Maybe you.
Politics are people.
And many people are under attack.
You lament "politics". What a luxury.
What a luxury to not be among the people under constant attack. For you, "politics" is nuisance.
For them it's life and death.
06:12 PM - May 05, 2023
And once again: if there is some innocent explanation for these "gifts," then why weren't they disclosed? Instead they were hidden.
12:46 PM - May 05, 2023
"Gov. Kay Ivey Friday forced Secretary of Early Childhood Education Barbara Cooper to resign over a book designed to train teachers to be aware of the different backgrounds and challenges of their students."
This "woke" culture war bullshit is out of control. #Deplorable
This "woke" culture war bullshit is out of control. #Deplorable
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Mara Miro @MaraMiroAlabama. Being Alabama.09:16 AM - Apr 22, 2023
10:37 AM - May 05, 2023
Ginni and Clarence Thomas have corrupted and degraded the Supreme Court and, in their silence, make clear their arrogant disinterest and disdain toward all those who question them.
07:44 AM - May 05, 2023
Of course there's more. We're going to keep getting stories like this until they #ImpeachThomas
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Nancy @nannGinni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work in 2012, but a conservative activist instructed her name be left off billing paperwork, The Washington Post reported Thursday.05:48 AM - May 05, 2023
06:02 AM - May 05, 2023
That makes 14 seditious conspiracy convictions SO FAR. These are the guys Trump told to "stand back and stand by."
This is great to see, but will ultimately be meaningless if Mango Mussolini isn't locked up before he has the chance to re-take the oval office and finish what he started.
#LockHimUp
This is great to see, but will ultimately be meaningless if Mango Mussolini isn't locked up before he has the chance to re-take the oval office and finish what he started.
#LockHimUp
04:19 PM - May 04, 2023
So, Harlan Crow owns the entire Clarence Thomas family. He paid for:
1. Clarence Thomas's luxury vacations,
2. Clarence's mom's house,
3. Clarence's wife's salary, and
4. Clarence's "son's" $6,000/month private boarding school.
And Justice Thomas never disclosed any of it.
1. Clarence Thomas's luxury vacations,
2. Clarence's mom's house,
3. Clarence's wife's salary, and
4. Clarence's "son's" $6,000/month private boarding school.
And Justice Thomas never disclosed any of it.
10:04 AM - May 04, 2023
