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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
Censorship of artists; this moment is proving over & over we have not learned from history. The White House quotes are chilling:
A WH official said the “removal of this exhibit is a principled and necessary step” toward restoring what it sees as the proper role of institutions like the Smithsonian.
A WH official said the “removal of this exhibit is a principled and necessary step” toward restoring what it sees as the proper role of institutions like the Smithsonian.
Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Censorship of artists; this moment is proving over & over we have not learned from history. The White House quotes are chilling:
A WH official said the “removal of this exhibit is a principled and necessary step” toward restoring what it sees as the proper role of institutions like the Smithsonian.
A WH official said the “removal of this exhibit is a principled and necessary step” toward restoring what it sees as the proper role of institutions like the Smithsonian.
Mike Johnson is a hateful man.
Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House
Republicans who had been poised to force a vote on changing House rules to allow new parents to vote remotely pulled back after the speaker offered a watered-down solution for a narrow set of new moth...
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Mike Johnson is a hateful man.
THIS.
I don’t have to agree with the Gaza protestors to defend their right to protest.
And I don’t have to want Venezuelan gang members to be here on our soil, to defend their right to due process.
Either we are a nation of laws or we are not.
And if we are not, then all is lost.
And I don’t have to want Venezuelan gang members to be here on our soil, to defend their right to due process.
Either we are a nation of laws or we are not.
And if we are not, then all is lost.
March 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THIS.
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Call your Senators!! 202-224-3121. Vote around 1:00 p.m. Tell them to talk to Schumer! No to cloture no to CR.
March 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Call your Senators!! 202-224-3121. Vote around 1:00 p.m. Tell them to talk to Schumer! No to cloture no to CR.
I wish I could be over there right now. I called both my Senators yesterday & today to let them know how disappointed I am, but it doesn't feel like nearly enough.
NOW: Almost 100 people are outside the home of @schumer.senate.gov calling on him to vote NO on cloture and NO on the disastrous Trump-Musk budget
March 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I wish I could be over there right now. I called both my Senators yesterday & today to let them know how disappointed I am, but it doesn't feel like nearly enough.
WTF.
February 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
WTF.
“Just clean out” This is horrific.
President Donald Trump said Saturday he'd like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting to "just clean out" the war-torn area.
Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more refugees to 'just clean out' Gaza
President Donald Trump said Saturday he'd like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting to "just clean out" the war-torn area.
www.npr.org
January 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Just clean out” This is horrific.
An important read. I’m afraid there will only be more of this to come.
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
An important read. I’m afraid there will only be more of this to come.
“My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love,” Chip Carter, the former president’s son, said in a statement. Rest in peace.
Jimmy Carter, U.S. President and Prolific Humanitarian, Dead at 100
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100.
www.rollingstone.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:25 PM
“My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love,” Chip Carter, the former president’s son, said in a statement. Rest in peace.
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A personal reflection: “Journalists like myself have a choice: surrender to the fascist mob that wants to intimidate the truth-tellers – or rededicate ourselves to doing what’s right no matter the cost.” www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Phil Williams: In reporting on hate and extremism, 'while the attacks are personal, so is the cause'
Rarely in my nearly 40-year career as a journalist have I felt the target on my back as continuously and intensely as I have in the last 15 months.
www.newschannel5.com
December 26, 2024 at 7:14 PM
A personal reflection: “Journalists like myself have a choice: surrender to the fascist mob that wants to intimidate the truth-tellers – or rededicate ourselves to doing what’s right no matter the cost.” www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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Republican Rep. Kay Granger, who has missed 100 percent of votes in the House since July 24, has been in an assisted living and memory care home.
Absent GOP Congresswoman Found in Assisted Living and Memory Care Home: Report
Rep. Kay Granger has not voted in Congress since July 24, 2024, and according to a report from The Dallas Express, she resides in assisted living.
www.rollingstone.com
December 22, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Republican Rep. Kay Granger, who has missed 100 percent of votes in the House since July 24, has been in an assisted living and memory care home.
Ugh...I hate it here (but the article is a good one): "Elon Musk, self-described “First Buddy” of President-elect Donald Trump, went all out to thwart a last-minute funding deal to avert a government shutdown."
Musk Kills Government Funding Deal, Demands Shutdown Until Trump Is Sworn In
Elon Musk went on a posting spree on X to block a congressional funding bill, saying the government should shut down until Trump becomes president.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Ugh...I hate it here (but the article is a good one): "Elon Musk, self-described “First Buddy” of President-elect Donald Trump, went all out to thwart a last-minute funding deal to avert a government shutdown."