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Listen to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. King, calling the the filibuster a tragedy used by misguided senators to keep people from voting. 1963. GOP and the other 2, don’t you dare quote him on anything this week. pic.twitter.com/4VzavuFJe3 — Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) January 14, 2022
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Did you know that abortion pills are available by telemedicine in *all 50 states*? They are safe, convenient, and $150. And people can use #AbortionPillsForever, no matter what SCOTUS or any court decides. Spread the word and https://t.co/qi6vldDgWy pic.twitter.com/J0UqIwqgeV — Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) December 1, 2021 Sotomayor is stepping in for Breyer again and asking the lawyer to distinguish his objections on abortion from objections to contraception or gay marriage.He doesn’t really have an answer. WHICH I HOPE PEOPLE WHO DONT THINK THIS EFFECTS THEM NOTICE — Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) December 1, 2021
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BREAKING: All three men found guilty of murder in trial over death of Ahmaud Arbery. Read more: https://t.co/GcWBjZb79M pic.twitter.com/FgfyxkVv91 — ABC News (@ABC) November 24, 2021
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How a Mob Stormed the Capitol
Excellent, hard work from the New York Times. If you’re wondering what the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6 was like, this will clarify for you.
Continue reading →If you run into armed groups at the polls…
Georgetown Law has a division called the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, and they have put together information for all 50 states concerning unauthorized militias. Since Trump has threatened the election and the country by calling out armed vigilantes, it’s possible you could run into some of these people when you vote in-person. Addressing the rise of unlawful private paramilitaries ICAP has created fact sheets for all 50 states explaining the laws barring unauthorized private militia groups and what to do if groups of armed individuals are near a polling place or voter registration drive. Select a state from … Continue reading →
This looks illegal to me
What the holy hell is going on here? Militarized Federal Agents from a patchwork of outside agencies have begun policing Portland (in rented minivans vans) without the explicit approval of the mayor, the state, or local municipalities. This is what that looks like in practice: pic.twitter.com/losap4SsgI — The Sparrow Project (@sparrowmedia) July 15, 2020 A bit more information “Who are these federal officers…?
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The Intercept’s Ryan Devereaux has an excellent and horrifying overview of the damage being done at Organ Pipe. Trump Is Blowing Up a National Monument in Arizona to Make Way for the Border Wall Contractors working for the Trump administration are blowing apart a mountain on protected lands in southern Arizona to make way for the president’s border wall. The blasting is happening on the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a tract of Sonoran Desert wilderness long celebrated as one of the nation’s great ecological treasures, that holds profound spiritual significance to multiple Native American groups…. Celebrated as “a pristine … Continue reading →
Democracy is under attack
If right doesn’t matter, we’re lost. If truth doesn’t matter, we’re lost. The framers couldn’t protect us from ourselves if right and truth don’t matter. And you know that what he did was not right.
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