I try to look at it like this: before 2016, I thought this level of hatred, bigotry and cruelty was an outlier in the right. That most of them just wanted tax cuts and weren’t hood wearing racists. I’ve since learned that the “outliers” are the party and the “moderates” are the actual outliers.
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them.” Maya Angelou.
Yes. Like many other suburban white folk, I had an all too naive view on racial issues. While I didn’t think all racist issues had been solved, I didn’t realize how bad things actually were.
It also shows how toothless the extreme MAGA side is. Democrats and moderate Republicans made bipartisan deals to get aid passed and this troglodyte can’t abide compromise. She genuinely thinks compromise is evil.
To be fair, he was supposed to put up over $400 million to prevent asset forfeiture with a hard deadline. He ended up posting bond for about a quarter of that, nearly a month after the deadline with no consequences.
A lot of people are rightfully skeptical that he’ll never face consequences for his illegal acts.
I had a friend tell me that her husband declined a raise because the boss told him it would put him in the next tax bracket and he would ultimately lose money. He accepted this with no scrutiny. When I told her how progressive tax works, she was livid with the deception.
President Biden’s reelection campaign is pouncing on former President Trump’s fundraising numbers, dubbing its political rival “Broke Don” on Thursday....
So what are the odds that these voters will vote out the people that caused this mess in November? This is a rhetorical statement, as this is Alabama. The state that almost voted for a child molester over a Democrat.
US campus protests: Hillary Clinton fails to grasp the moral power of this turning tide (www.middleeasteye.net)
Donald Trump's "foamy saliva" in campaign video raises questions (www.newsweek.com)
Senator Katie Britt is back at it, pushing a bill to launch a pregnancy tracking federal database (www.salon.com)
77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming—And They're Horrified (www.commondreams.org)
“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said.
Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally (apnews.com)
House quickly rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to remove Speaker Johnson from office (apnews.com)
Live Updates: Trump Held in Contempt Again as His Criminal Trial Speeds Along (www.nytimes.com)
Washington Post coverage for comparison
Climbers have turned Mount Everest into a high-altitude garbage dump, but sustainable solutions are within reach (theconversation.com)
Take-Two Interactive shuts down the Studios behind Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome (www.bloomberg.com)
Are Arabs in Michigan Really Prepared to Hand the Presidency Back to Donald Trump? In a Word: Yes. (www.yahoo.com)
Final Fantasy Maker Square Enix Takes $140 Million Hit in ‘Content Abandonment Losses’ as It Revises Game Pipeline - IGN (www.ign.com)
One big project or multiple smallers ones? What do you think?
Meet the ‘pursuer of nubile young females’ who helped pass Arizona’s 1864 abortion law (wapo.st)
The Arizona Supreme Court has decided the law is still relevant. So let’s talk about the guy who led the body that passed it....
Congress Should Revisit 2017 Tax Law’s Trillion-Dollar Corporate Rate Cut in 2025 (www.cbpp.org)
Biden campaign calls Trump ‘Broke Don’ after he lags in fundraising (thehill.com)
President Biden’s reelection campaign is pouncing on former President Trump’s fundraising numbers, dubbing its political rival “Broke Don” on Thursday....
Alabama passes IVF immunity law (www.npr.org)
Hypocrites being hypocritical about their own hypocritical beliefs....