Carol Norris
@carolnorris.bsky.social
Progressive political activist. Always peaceful. ☮️ 💟 ✊ Social justice-focused, integrative psychotherapist. Writer. Astrophysicist wanna-be. Music junkie. #BLM. She/her. #Resist
The Trump admin admitted that they canceled more than $7.5 billion in federal grants for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Trump in the 2024 election. This unethical retribution should concern every American.
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
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#TaylorFarms (Another reason to try to boycott TF, best we can, though it's everywhere, is they are big donald supporters.)
Corporate media continues to pretend to not know the difference between Democratic Socialism and dictator communism because they are owned by fascist billionaires.
Over 80% of Americans support banning congressional stock trading. Congress knows that, so they’re pretending to address it. But we can’t settle for this bill or pretend that it’s good enough. If Congress is ready to get serious it should pass the Restore Trust in Congress Act.
Taylor Farms' parent company has given $2.2M to GOP PACs this election cycle. That includes $1M to Trump's own PAC, just 6 days after the FDA delayed new food tracing requirements last year. Money in politics is sickening.
To “not speak ill of the dead” is to erase history. Erase truth and accountability. It makes invisible and negates the experience of all the innocent people who were deeply harmed by the deceased person, making us unintentional co-signers of the original harms. Fuck that. #LindseyGraham
To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.
Heads up all you META users (and all of their friends). (Yeah, I know Google/YouTube has its own issues, believe me.)
Every Way Meta Tracks You, and How to Fight Back
YouTube video by Proton
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Mamdani got into office and instantly: • Froze rent for 2 million New Yorkers • Cut subway fares in half for low-income riders • Fully funded NYC parks • Added $680M for public schools • Launched free child care for 2-year-olds If establishment politicians actually wanted to help you, they could.
ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
ICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will Bunch
Salgado came from Mexico, built the American Dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.
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Listen, if you don’t know the difference between Democratic socialism and communism, I’m not engaging with you. Crack a book.
My patriotic song for this 4th of July
Patti Smith - People Have The Power (Official Audio)
YouTube video by pattismithVEVO
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I just want to be clear as even the Democratic party tries to limit its messaging to just Donald Trump, that Mitch McConnell’s No. 1 goal was unlimited money in politics and he stole a Supreme Court seat to do it. The destruction of our democracy is ~his~ legacy.
Leah Litman@leahlitman.bsky.social · last mo.Justice Kagan, in dissent, on SCOTUS striking down anti-coordination campaign finance regs: "For those who think there is too much of it in this country—for those who would prefer even more money to be pumped even more easily into politics despite the danger of corruption—this overruling is for you"
The Roberts Court has done more damage to the people, lands, and institutions of this country than any court in history. Full stop. Going forward, I won't support any candidate that isn't actively talking about #SCOTUSReform
Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · last mo.I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.”
need to start thinking now about a full package of judicial reforms: new justices, new circuits, new district courts, ethics reforms, docket reforms, and transparency reforms.
Happy Pride, Santa Fe❣️ (And everywhere else celebrating today.)
Corporations increasingly have more rights as "people" than you and I do thanks to our oh-so bad, horrible, terrible, corrupt, radical, blatantly partisan SCOTUS.
BREAKING: SCOTUS Just Snuck Radical Law Past the Headlines
YouTube video by Strict Scrutiny
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