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Women couldn’t vote until 1920. Single women were legally barred from obtaining a mortgage or having a credit card without a male cosigner until 1974.
Just because something happened “back in the day,” doesn’t make it right or that we want it now.

Trump's Piggy is a consequence of the #disinhibition that accompanies his cognitive impairment (aka #dementia). The media's deafening silence about #CatherineLucey being the recip ient of his outrageous, puerile, and misogynistic name calling is a profound ethical impairment.

www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/stages-and-symptoms/dementia-symptoms/losing-inhibitions

#USPol

The #unanimous #TreatyofTripoli refers to the 1797 treaty between the U.S. and the Barbary State of #Tripoli, which was unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate on June 7, 1797, and signed by President John Adams on June 10, 1797. Its main purposes were to secure commercial shipping rights and protect American ships from Barbary pirates, and it is famously known for #Article11, which states that the U.S. government is not founded on the #Christian religion.
#Law
#NoKings !

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Alice and Ellen Kessler, the German twins who rose to fame in the 1950s as a variety entertainment duo, have died at the age of 89 by joint assisted suicide, advocacy organization the German Society for Humane Dying (DGHS) said.

Cr: CNN

Here's a great Epstein search tool that makes the US House's massive dump more accessible COURIER compiled the 20,000 docs from Epstein's estate into an easily searchable repository via Google Pinpoint Trump thinks the public can't get through the files Now it can @couriernewsroom.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Pinpoint - From the Estate of ...

The National Press Club (of which I’m a board member) “is deeply troubled by President Trump’s comments today regarding the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.” press.org/newsroom/national-pr

If you haven’t seen the PSA from Epstein’s human trafficking victims, it’s an absolute gut punch. If you’re someone who has experienced SA, you may not wish to. It can be triggering.

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jeffr

#epstein #trump #sexualAbuse

The world sits around, watching and listening to a sick old man rant and rave like a sick elderly relative in a corner at a family gathering. Unless the relative breaks something or shits their pants they can be ignored.

For some reason, with Trump we tolerate the breakage and the shit. #Politics

LOL "Friend with benefits" (what kind of benefits? FBI SWAT UNIT).

Take that, other suitors! He may have absolutely NO qualifications to run the FBI, but he can order the SWAT guys to protect HIS GIRL.

(does he realize she's going to realize those hunky, well qualified FBI SWAT guys are way more of a catch than he is? 🤔 )

ms.now/news/kash-patel-girlfri

#politics #grifting

These people didn’t just break the rules they set the rulebook on fire, shoved it down a storm drain, and then lectured the rest of us about ‘law and order.’ This isn’t a justice system it’s a crime scene.

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A federal judge sees enough smoke of government misconduct under Trump that they’re forcing DOJ to cough up grand jury materials to James Comey.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:euynv325eix7glyek377orak/post/3m5tlvamp4l2d

“According to witnesses who recounted the event to the Observer, around 15 to 20 congregants were doing yard work at the church off Albemarle Road, east Charlotte, when masked immigration enforcement agents stormed the area.” newsweek.com/charlotte-church-

I think it's long overdue that we replace that dog in the “Everything’s Fine” meme with Economic Advisor Kevin Hassett. #politics

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