Where are all the states' rights people over the federal government telling them how to conduct their own constitutional elections? Just like they were around when the federal government wanted to end slavery?
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Californian trying to go through existence with a feigned smile. ISU Cyclone fan, book and art lover, architecture enthusiast. Annoyed by any mention of crypto.
Thank goodness.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h agoAn incredible story. The Iranian Christian woman who wrote “help” on the glass on the hotel in Panama has finally found permanent safety; in Canada. The Trump admin deported her to Panama soon after taking office, rather than let her seek asylum. Read her story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
In his confirmation hearing, Roberts told the Senate he would all only “balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat.” He then proceeded to dismantle the Voting Rights Act. www.commondreams.org/opinion/john...
John Roberts Is the Biggest Con Man in US Politics | Common Dreams
In his confirmation hearing, Roberts told the Senate he would all only “balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat.” He then proceeded to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
commondreams.org
But if we really want to start looking at names of the Great Lakes, how about these? I could get used to calling Lake Superior "Gichi Gami"
Jim Church 🇺🇲🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇩🇰🇪🇺@jimchurch.bsky.social · 8h agoDenali is still called Denali The Gulf of Mexico is still called the Gulf of Mexico. The Mango Messiah can call Lake Ontario whatever he wants and his disciples will follow him. It will still be Lake Ontario. Meanwhile, what's the electricity situation in Gary Indiana? This actually matters!!!
SCOTUS gave voters the middle finger yesterday, when they ruled that the States cannot sue to block Trump's mail-in voter scheme, because no damage has been done, yet?! Haven't we suffered enough under this regime already? What say you?! 🤔
Dolly Parton invested the royalties she earned for writing ‘I Will Always Love You’ in Nashville’s Black community www.washingtonpost.com/arts-enterta... "This is the house that Whitney built" - DP 🥺🙏
you can build a bunker for you and your retainers & you can hoard your power & fame, you can worship nothing but ambition or status and stand by while people you might be able to help--in big ways or small ways--go without. Or you can be Dolly. All these things are choices. She made good ones.
People are missing something big about Trump's insane new trade war with Canada: Its impact will hit right in the heart of the Midwest, where many midterm races will be decided. I talked to Dems in the region. They're already using this against Rs. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2146...
How Trump’s Crazed Fury at Canada Is Already Backfiring Badly for Him
The escalating trade war with Canada will hit hard in the Midwest—right where some of the most important contests in the midterms will be decided.
newrepublic.com
This is what’s so stupid about Google Maps and whoever else actually changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico in their systems He just says shit! You don’t have to kowtow! Will you change the Strait of Hormuz to American territory now too? He’s a mad king, stop accommodating him!
Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 4d agoGrandpa forgot his meds.
Dems should introduce the Dolly Parton Memorial Act, making the right to do drag a federal law
okie (they/them)@okie.gay · 10h agoTexas’s drag ban was found to be unconstitutional this morning and one of the plaintiffs who brought the suit was an Austin-based drag queen who often impersonates Dolly Dolly was named in the final judgement itself and after hearing about the lawsuit, she sent that drag queen a signed guitar
More Miller. apnews.com/article/immi...
Wife of active-duty Army sergeant is deported to Honduras under Trump's immigration crackdown
The wife of an active-duty U.S. soldier has been deported to her native Honduras in the latest deportation of a spouse or parent of an active-duty U.S. military service member under the Trump administ...
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Sue Stone@knittingknots.bsky.social · 15h agoFury at Stephen Miller as 'sick' ICE hospital video emerges that's 'impossible to watch' - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/ice-arrest-h...
Dolly Parton truly was a diamond in a rhinestone world. May she rest in peace.
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
Democratic DAs in any jurisdiction where death from measles occurs need to charge RFK, Jr. with manslaughter.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h agoThe US has now hit 2,777 confirmed measles cases, per the CDC. That is the most in a year in 35 years. And it’s August.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... A rare win in Indian country: how tribes drove out a mining company in one week
A rare win in Indian country: how tribes drove out a mining company in one week
At the sacred prairie of Pe’ Sla in South Dakota, Indigenous and environmental groups banded together to halt drilling
theguardian.com
Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.
You know who trades a lot with Canada? Michigan, Maine, Iowa, and Alaska, all of which have close Senate races this November. As @gregsargent.bsky.social argues, Trump’s stupid, entirely unnecessary fight with Canada makes it more likely his party loses control of Congress.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h agoPeople are missing something big about Trump's insane new trade war with Canada: Its impact will hit right in the heart of the Midwest, where many midterm races will be decided. I talked to Dems in the region. They're already using this against Rs. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2146...
There are so many donations happening right now that the site has crashed.
Alex Zalben@azalben.bsky.social · 10h agoHere's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
I know it’s hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place. But listen. Listen. We have to be the beautiful things now. It has to be us. It has to be us. Courage.
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
Give a book to somebody who needs it today
Dolly Parton mural by Kim Radford. (Dolly Parton mural honoring her contributions to Childhood Literacy. Painted on the wall at Hume-Fogg Magnet High School. Best viewed from 715 Commerce St, Nashville.) RIP Dolly. 💔
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
