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You all are even more cynical than I am!

The first thing I saw was 300 but it turns out that is only “visible minorities” and doesn’t include the 800 Indigenous people (I’m shocked there are that many given Canada’s genocide history.

So just over half a percent of the population is not white.

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@digitalrob @toussaint if getting shot is an inherent risk of being a teacher, where is our hazard pay?

“America is a republic, not a democracy.”

Ok let’s play:

- A republic doesn’t allow leaders to overturn election results when they lose

- A republic doesn’t allow a leader to summon a violent mob to stop the legislature from meeting

- In a republic, no one is above the law

The senator was for David Weiss' appointment as special counsel in the investigation of the president's son before he was against it. rollingstone.com/politics/poli

NEW: prosecutors have text messages linking trump lawyers to the Coffee County voting machine breach. Computer trespass is a predicate crime under the GA RICO statute. cnn.com/2023/08/13/politics/co

@copter_chief
Let's get something clear. If Matt Gaetz raped the Queen of the Iowa State Fair on national TV Kevin McCarthy wouldn't say a word. There is no statement that Gaetz could possibly make, including direct threats to the President and the Democratic members of Congress, that would lead Kevin McCarthy to object. Kevin's goal is the overthrow of the US gov't, instillation of Trump as dictator and assuming a powerful position in the Christian Reich, say Minister of the Interior.

One of the elements of the operation of the Auschwitz camp was looting of the property of people deported to the camp. This was most intensified when Nazi Germany began the extermination of Jews at Auschwitz.

Most of the property was sent to the Third Reich, where it was handed over to various groups of the German population, organizations and institutions.

Dr. Jacek Lachendro, deputy head of the Museum's Research Center, talks about the looting process at #Auschwitz: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho

@Ulrich_the_Elder
"If voting doesn't matter, they wouldn't work so hard to keep you from doing it" (or nullify your vote after it was counted.)

If serving is below you, leading is above you.

Read that again.

Joe Biden is a statesman rarely seen in our lifetimes. He’s a uniquely effective leader and a great President.

Joe Biden promised steady, bi-partisan leadership at a time of intense political division and halfway through his first term, he’s kept that promise.

upworthy.com/joe-biden-s-23-gr

"There is no cure for long covid. Two of my friends went on to have strokes. A third developed diabetes, a fourth dementia. One died." washingtonpost.com/opinions/20 (gifted) Please read this powerful piece about #long #COVID.

Alabama riverfront brawl videos spark a cultural moment about race, solidarity and justice

#alabama

thegrio.com/2023/08/13/montgom

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