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5th Cir., 2-1, holds that a Texas university likely violated an LGBT+ student group's speech rights when it cancelled their drag show and then banned drag from campus.
Importantly, finds drag is expression protected by the First Amendment.
www.thefire.org/sites/defaul...
Importantly, finds drag is expression protected by the First Amendment.
www.thefire.org/sites/defaul...
August 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
5th Cir., 2-1, holds that a Texas university likely violated an LGBT+ student group's speech rights when it cancelled their drag show and then banned drag from campus.
Importantly, finds drag is expression protected by the First Amendment.
www.thefire.org/sites/defaul...
Importantly, finds drag is expression protected by the First Amendment.
www.thefire.org/sites/defaul...
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For those who once again missed the memo:
No, liberals are not “the party of tolerance.“ We are the party of compassion, of inclusion, of the Constitution & yes, of government by the people, for the people.
And like our founders, we have run out of tolerance for those who piss on these things.
No, liberals are not “the party of tolerance.“ We are the party of compassion, of inclusion, of the Constitution & yes, of government by the people, for the people.
And like our founders, we have run out of tolerance for those who piss on these things.
July 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For those who once again missed the memo:
No, liberals are not “the party of tolerance.“ We are the party of compassion, of inclusion, of the Constitution & yes, of government by the people, for the people.
And like our founders, we have run out of tolerance for those who piss on these things.
No, liberals are not “the party of tolerance.“ We are the party of compassion, of inclusion, of the Constitution & yes, of government by the people, for the people.
And like our founders, we have run out of tolerance for those who piss on these things.
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All our relations 🆘💙🇺🇸
April 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
All our relations 🆘💙🇺🇸
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Resistance is NOT futile
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
April 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Resistance is NOT futile
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It is legally impossible to deport citizens. This is not deportation. Removing citizens to foreign prisons, knowing to a certainty that they will be subjected to treatment that violates the U.S. constitution, doesn’t deserve any label that connotes legal legitimacy.
April 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It is legally impossible to deport citizens. This is not deportation. Removing citizens to foreign prisons, knowing to a certainty that they will be subjected to treatment that violates the U.S. constitution, doesn’t deserve any label that connotes legal legitimacy.
Looks like some good titles to add to my “To Read” list …
Barnes & Noble in Georgetown with a stark “Bohemian Rhapsody”-referencing book display this weekend.
April 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Looks like some good titles to add to my “To Read” list …
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If this administration can pluck random people off the street and deport them without due process — none of us are safe.
April 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If this administration can pluck random people off the street and deport them without due process — none of us are safe.
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COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
April 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in remarks aired on Sunday that the United States's dramatic shift in foreign policy largely aligns with its own vision ➡️ u.afp.com/S3iU
March 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in remarks aired on Sunday that the United States's dramatic shift in foreign policy largely aligns with its own vision ➡️ u.afp.com/S3iU
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As Donald Trump turns the United States into one of the closest allies Russia has worldwide, it's worth revisiting the news item below, which came out immediately after Trump won a surprising victory in November:
March 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
As Donald Trump turns the United States into one of the closest allies Russia has worldwide, it's worth revisiting the news item below, which came out immediately after Trump won a surprising victory in November:
Thinking about our throw-away culture. I noticed that the metal wear strip on our snow shovel is worn away, so went to buy a replacement to repair it. Almost nobody had one. Not Home Depot, Lowe’s, Ace, True Value, etc. Finally a search located one at a store I’d never before heard of.
March 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thinking about our throw-away culture. I noticed that the metal wear strip on our snow shovel is worn away, so went to buy a replacement to repair it. Almost nobody had one. Not Home Depot, Lowe’s, Ace, True Value, etc. Finally a search located one at a store I’d never before heard of.
Probably everybody knows this but me, but ... I was looking for a place online to order vitamins that I would have ordered from Amazon. I discovered that you can purchase from #Costco online without a membership! I had to pay a 5% surcharge, which was around $1. It was free shipping, too!
February 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Probably everybody knows this but me, but ... I was looking for a place online to order vitamins that I would have ordered from Amazon. I discovered that you can purchase from #Costco online without a membership! I had to pay a 5% surcharge, which was around $1. It was free shipping, too!
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Donors & Supporters of Trump & Project 2025 -
If you can avoid giving them your money, please do.
I know, it's a drop in the bucket, probably doesn't do a damned bit of good - but you never know.
The Target DEI boycott seems to be having an effect - shareholders are bitching, anyway. 😈
Donors & Supporters of Trump & Project 2025 -
If you can avoid giving them your money, please do.
I know, it's a drop in the bucket, probably doesn't do a damned bit of good - but you never know.
The Target DEI boycott seems to be having an effect - shareholders are bitching, anyway. 😈
February 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Donors & Supporters of Trump & Project 2025 -
If you can avoid giving them your money, please do.
I know, it's a drop in the bucket, probably doesn't do a damned bit of good - but you never know.
The Target DEI boycott seems to be having an effect - shareholders are bitching, anyway. 😈
Donors & Supporters of Trump & Project 2025 -
If you can avoid giving them your money, please do.
I know, it's a drop in the bucket, probably doesn't do a damned bit of good - but you never know.
The Target DEI boycott seems to be having an effect - shareholders are bitching, anyway. 😈
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Bright passionate people who wanted to dedicate their lives to public service were fired in a mass email over the holiday weekend.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despite receiving an exceptional performance evaluation in the fall.
After landing his dream job as a park ranger, he’s ‘heartbroken’ to be let go in federal cuts | CNN
Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despit...
www.cnn.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Bright passionate people who wanted to dedicate their lives to public service were fired in a mass email over the holiday weekend.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
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The NAACP is re-mixing 1930s-era "don't buy where you can't work" campaigns to confront the neo-segregationists targeting DEI.
apnews.com/article/blac...
apnews.com/article/blac...
NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
The NAACP wants Black Americans to steer their buying power toward corporations that haven’t pulled back from diversity programs under conservative pressure.
apnews.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The NAACP is re-mixing 1930s-era "don't buy where you can't work" campaigns to confront the neo-segregationists targeting DEI.
apnews.com/article/blac...
apnews.com/article/blac...
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I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
Oh please please i am begging, don't use generative AI for any reason if you can avoid it.
It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.
It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.
February 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
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Congressperson John Lewis, whose ‘good trouble’ they love to quote so much, was arrested 45 times in his life. The last was in 2013 protesting for immigrants, during the Obama presidency.
February 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Congressperson John Lewis, whose ‘good trouble’ they love to quote so much, was arrested 45 times in his life. The last was in 2013 protesting for immigrants, during the Obama presidency.
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I'm reminded of the Jews forced to work in Nazi ammunitions factories who sabotaged the shells, in some cases removing the explosive and replacing it with a note in Czech that read:
“This is all we can do for you now. Using Jewish slave labor is never a good idea."
“This is all we can do for you now. Using Jewish slave labor is never a good idea."
Czech saboteurs in World War II - Charles Heller
In my book, Prague: My Long Journey Home, I write about Czech collaborators with the Nazis and the Svejks–those who simply stood by and did nothing. But there were also many Czechs who resisted and wh...
charlesoheller.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm reminded of the Jews forced to work in Nazi ammunitions factories who sabotaged the shells, in some cases removing the explosive and replacing it with a note in Czech that read:
“This is all we can do for you now. Using Jewish slave labor is never a good idea."
“This is all we can do for you now. Using Jewish slave labor is never a good idea."
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It’s hard to overstate the extent to which the “many hands of the state” hobbled Trump’s agenda in the first term. In my (forthcoming) book, I show how successful states, local governments, and nonprofits were in stopping the sabotage of the 2020 Census. kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639687/
Counting Like a State
An inside look at the 2020 Census that shows the importance of state and local cooperation in the complex federal project of census taking.The census plays a...
kansaspress.ku.edu
February 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It’s hard to overstate the extent to which the “many hands of the state” hobbled Trump’s agenda in the first term. In my (forthcoming) book, I show how successful states, local governments, and nonprofits were in stopping the sabotage of the 2020 Census. kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639687/