"The Onion" on SCOTUS decision of dismantling affirmative action:
"It was the perfect plan. If I played my cards right, I could all but ensure that my descendants would apply to schools, give the college no choice but to admit them, and force some so-so white kids into their second- or third-choice schools."
-Cicero Thompson
https://www.theonion.com/i-decided-to-become-a-slave-so-one-day-my-descendants-c-1850592638
These cats have yet to learn that I can't feed them breakfast while they are holding me down in bed.
@StillIRise1963 As a Jew, I'm acutely aware of this fact.
Weimar Germany was undone by many factors. One of the big ones was the relentless right-wing hold and weaponizing of the courts from 1919 on.
We face similar dangers now.
US pol
I once was proud of my country
… I was a fool
I once thought we were improving
… I was wrong
I once had hope we’d live up to our words
… I was naive
I once thought living abroad was a luxury
… I now see it may be necessary
Basically, #SCOTUS has assumed the office of President, exerting the power to make any & all key decision as to how the nation operates. We're back where we were before the Revolution, controlled by an small unelected body: 4 rich white guys plus two token minorities, all corrupt
“I do not believe that infectious disease is an enormous threat to human health,” Kennedy added. The presidential hopeful stated that if he assumed office, he would target medical journals and redirect funding grants away from epidemiology.
It cannot be overstated how dangerous this guy would be to America, and the world if he was allowed to occupy the White House. He's a true monster.
'Embarrassing': Sotomayor slams SCOTUS decision that marks 'gays and lesbians for second-class status'
In her dissent
“The majority protests that Smith will gladly sell her goods and services to anyone, including same-sex couples,” she wrote. “She just will not sell websites for same-sex weddings. Apparently, a gay or lesbian couple might buy a wedding website for their straight friends. This logic would be amusing if it were not so embarrassing.”
@otownKim
The timing is bad since Biden said yesterday that he's not for expanding the court..I hope this changes his mind.
Revealed: New Orleans archdiocese concealed serial child molester for years
US honeybees suffer second deadliest season on record
Between 1900 and 1950 malaria killed ~100 million people globally. The CDC was founded in 1946 to combat malaria, and that's why it's based in Atlanta. By 1951, malaria was eliminated from the United States. We need that same ambition from our public health agencies today. https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/history/history_cdc.html
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