States with the lowest literacy rates shouldn’t be banning books, they should be reading them
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🔥 “I’m so sick and tired of you old people not giving a shit about what we’re telling you. We don’t have a future. We’re telling you what we need and you don’t give a damn.”
Hey Michigan folks — it kinda seems like this should matter
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Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.
I'm at the park, reading, and a woman with an accent said to me, "Oh, you're a reading worm". I love that construction. It's so poetic when second-language folks speak. I did not correct her because reading worm is better than bookworm.
Do you want to know how popular school vouchers are? They have never won on a ballot. Not once. In any state. Ever. The only way states are able pass a school voucher scheme is behind closed doors. Legislatively. The people would never approve their tax dollars going to private religious schools.
Meidas to Ossoff: Were you satisfied with Hegseth’s responses? Ossoff: No. I thought he was evasive and stonewalling, and anyone who reviews the tape will see that.
The SAVE Act is built to trip women up. About 69 million married women have names that do not match their birth certificates, and this bill turns that paperwork into a weapon against their voice. Screw that! Please call your Senators and tell them to vote no on the #PayToVoteSaveAct
Fun Fact: The bit in the Pledge of Allegiance "under God" was added in 1954 and was NOT part of the original pledge.
Imagine watching your neighbour's house burn down and, instead of helping, complaining about the smell of the smoke.
It's a sign of how shockingly corrupt this country has become that a nominee for Attorney General is given a hearing by the Senate *the very same week* he has been referred by a judge for possible disbarment for unethical behavior. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Murray: Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? Dahl: Yes. Murray: And what is the rate for someone making $1,000,000? Dahl: 2.2%.
“A bill currently making its way through Congress seeks to force tech giants to pay for the energy they use…” Um, why wouldn’t tech companies pay for the energy they use? www.techradar.com/pro/a-very-v...
‘A very, very unpleasant surprise’: Meta forced to halt data center water discharges after polluting city's water reclamation system with resistant bacterium — shutdown and cleaning of two water recla...
Meta has been named as the source of contamination for a rare metal and drug resistant bacterium that shut down two water reclamation plants.
techradar.com
"The tattoo should have been the end of it," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social. "But if the pro-Platner pundit class appeared to find his misogyny refreshing, there’s not much evidence that actual voters did."
Why was the pundit class so quick to defend Graham Platner? | Moira Donegan
To some of Platner’s most influential backers his swaggering, reckless and casually brutish masculinity was understood not as a liability, but as a virtue
theguardian.com
I'm placing an order from some halal sushi from the Islamic Republic of Japan before the 111% tariffs kick in. You guys want anything? Falafel roll? Shwarma nigiri? 🤷♂️
It would be nice if the media was as interested in Ken Paxton as they are in Graham Platner.
Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites.
JD Vance: I would love it if Democrats were willing to work with us on lowering housing prices. We could have some real bipartisan compromise. (Trump is currently refusing to sign the bipartisan housing affordability bill)
“When did Fox become a tabloid? Are you even a real news organization?” Amazing
Blue Georgia@bluegeorgia.bsky.social · last mo.Watch Thomas Massie turn the tables and completely own Fox News Digital reporter Nicholas Ballasy. Just incredible.
BREAKING: UAW becomes largest Union to divest from Israel. UAW has long stood at the forefront of demanding justice, notably condemning Israel’s genocide on Gaza during the Biden administration. This is a huge step to force Israel to stop its apartheid & genocidal actions—all unions should follow.
Do you remember when radio stations used to give away concert tickets and backstage passes? I just heard a midday radio giveaway, and now the prizes are groceries, a year of gas, or rent paid. It’s a strange reminder that survival has become the prize. That’s pretty sad.