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“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants” ~ Thomas Jefferson she/her/they/nunya damn business maliciously compliant + toxic positivity …gladly feast on those who would subdue us…

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

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nobody is denying Caitlin Clark’s right to decline to answer questions about her teammate’s bigotry. What some of us are doing is drawing the reasonable inference that she is at a minimum not appalled by it. And some of us think that this speaks poorly of her.

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 7h ago

For sports people who want to take a stand on this or that issue and who are prepared to deal with the avalanche of commentary that ensues, go right ahead, @BuckinBoston writes. For athletes who choose to say nothing, allow them that right: nyti.ms/3Sa9A7D

media when maga wins an election: we must travel the country and speak to these voters and extend empathy to them and give credence to their bigotry and false beliefs media when the left wins an election: is this the end of the american experiment

Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."

whoa -- Max Miller on CNN threatens Sen. Bernie Moreno with "exposing a deeply and personal embarrassing matter" after Moreno called for his resignation

honestly can't stress enough, as a former family law attorney, how depressingly common Max Miller's behavior and words are, right down to the petty fixation on custody procedure and rules when faced with allegations of shocking violence.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Rep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."

An $11,000 golf cart. More than $7,000 on TV subscriptions. $1.5 million in office renovations. Those were among the expenses that one sheriff’s office billed to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling in the department. (Published May)

This Sheriff’s Office Says Racial Profiling Reforms Are Too Costly. Auditors Found It Misused $163 Million.

Since 2013, Maricopa County officials have approved $226 million in sheriff’s office spending related to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling. Auditors found that more than 70% of it was...

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It's almost like we should trust people, including young people, with their own experience. [I'm being sarcastic because I'm infuriated by the cruelty of the anti-trans what-about-ism that often obliviously carries so much water for fascists.]

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 3d ago

A new study out of Canada looked at four youth gender clinics. Out of 445 patients only four who started gender affirming hormone therapy ceased taking it, and only one did so due to a re-identification with their birth sex. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...