I understand that this is facially apparent but I don’t think it really hits without repeating: the minute the rules changed, these states immediately turned to the *most racist* maps, the ones the courts had already said were *too racist*

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4mo ago

BREAKING: In an unsigned, per curiam opinion on the shadow docket, the SCOTUS conservatives allow Alabama to use a congressional map held repeatedly by a lower court to have been enacted with discriminatory intent.

the death of 60 minutes and the rest of the VRA on the same night really brings home how the current conservative project is to kill the progress and ideals of the mid century

Drawn by Dr Seuss over 50 years ago.

Source: @pguist.bsky.social Quote: Liz Churchill

Sarah Longwell wants us to focus on the big tech oligarchs.

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Israeli Society Is More Brainwashed Than North Korea - Abby Martin "They know the kids are starving. They agree with it."

🔥 🚨 🔥 🚨 🔥 🚨 🔥 French Senator Claude Malhuret says what the majority of the world is thinking

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Today, we celebrate the love, joy, and resilience of the trans community and stand together in the fight to protect the lives, voices, and rights of trans people. Wanting a safe and authentic life for ALL of our neighbors and loved ones shouldn't be radical. #TDOV

What an insane thing to say out loud. How did they get the keys to the country?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Karoline Leavitt: "Some of the previous leaders are now no longer on planet Earth because they lied to the United States and they strung us along in negotiations, and that was unacceptable to the president, which is why many of the previous leaders were killed"

ICYMI: The Trump administration is reportedly receiving millions of immigration applications, pocketing the hefty fees, and never processing the applications. It’s collected over $1 billion in fees so far. Where is the outcry over this fraud and abuse?

Trump State Dept. Accused of ‘Largest Fee Fraud in History’ of US Immigration System | Common Dreams

An immigration researcher at the Cato Institute found that the Trump administration is "raking in billions of dollars in

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Five-time draft dodger says what now?

I would like to see Pritzker and Newsom declare a state tax receivership fund whereby citizens pay their federal tax liabilities into a state-run escrow account rather than directly to the IRS. The state can hold these funds in trust for the federal government until Trump obeys the Impoundment Act.

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I don’t know why but I feel like I need to share this somewhere: Donald Trump and the republican party are not solely responsible for all of the evil shit we see going on right now. An entire overhaul of politicians from republican to democrat would not fix the systems that have been …

We need more Melanie Stansburys!

Rep. Stansbury says believe Epstein's victims. She shares who they named. It includes.

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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.

Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her)@themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 8mo ago

CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old. “8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ

Examples of "the best government that money can buy" are becoming more depressing. Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted accepted more than $115,000 in campaign contributions from Les Wexner, one of 6 people listed as Epstein's co-conspirators, and then voted against releasing the Epstein files.

Husted took donations from Epstein co-conspirator Les Wexner, then voted to block file release

Campaign records show Sen. Jon Husted took $116,892 from Les Wexner since 2001, including months before voting to block release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents.

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You really really REALLY have to read the whole thing.

Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

WSJ: (Gift link) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

An innocent 5yr old boy in a bunny hat, spent more time in jail than any of Epstein's fellow abusers. Think about that for a minute.

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“Democrats are afraid of what they’ll find in the Epstein Files. They don’t want full accountability.” I will burn the Democratic Party to the ground and piss on the ashes if I find out our leaders were involved in a massive child sex trafficking operation. Every Democrat I know feels the same.

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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

Joe Robertson@joro.bsky.social · 8mo ago

More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...

Somehow facebook thought I would want to see: 1) pro ICE content defending ICE threats towards protestors and explaining why ICE has the “right to rip protestors out of cars and should” 2) ads from ADL explaining the awful history of anti-Zionism The fascists must be getting desperate.