I guess Jon Voight doesn't realize how much labor by enslaved persons went into building NYC very early on, or the fact that only in 1991 was the burial site of about 50,000 African people found as they were digging the foundation for a government building, or he might have chosen different words

Fantastic coverage, Michelle. I wasn't too upset about most of the amendments because I figured most of them were destined to pass by the time they reached the ballot. Half of them are worded in such a way that voters who aren't primed in advance won't know what to make of them in the voting booth

That's a four year old with good taste 😊

I'm so sorry to hear that. Everybody deserves better, and you do too

That was my take too. An absolute failure of empathy.

A conservative colleague once told me during a CPR training that he would never administer it because he didn't believe our good samaritan laws would give him total protection if he somehow got sued.

This was at a school.

He would let a kid die rather than take on the remotest legal risk.

I'm sure it's less depressing than Cops!

I think he needs some calibration. When there's a far-right party and a center-right party, aiming between them puts you well right of center

If the bit about the booting cars show weren't true (I assume it is) it would be the most hilarious joke ever. I'm dying 😆

I'd sue, tbh

And meanwhile I just got a Substack notice from Colin Allred about his (re-)run for Senate. Hang it up, man!

I thought so but now I'm seeing this comment and I can't stop reading "rigged" as "rigg-ed," two syllables 😭

You're right. Between when I read the post and put up this comment, I forgot about their statement. I do appreciate groups like that that are local and doing the work and showing up. I did appreciate the overall sentiment. Living in this environment is just a daily mental struggle 😞

that this is an asymmetrical struggle, just like it always is and has been. And the political struggle is as asymmetrical as the one happening on the streets. We want to raise taxes (on the richest). They want to take away rights (from the most vulnerable).

Intended with respect and gratitude. 3/3

and more disturbingly, this on the same day that a person murdered a MN lawmaker and attempted to murder another? Along with their spouses. I LOVE your coverage of Texas politics, and I get your point on messaging, but every piece like this one at the very least needs to come with the disclaimer 2/3

I hear you on property destruction, but it's property paid for by the DAR and similar movements for the express purpose of glorifying the Confederacy during the height of the Lost Cause era of historical revisionism and particularly for the purpose of reminding Black people of their place. 1/3

Can we just have a normal Atty General for once?

Thanks for updating. Heartbreaking.

Tbf some of those Ikea cabinets are pretty smart. And those soft-shut drawers 🤩