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Businesses all over the U.S. that depend on #tourism are getting clobbered by extreme weather due to #ClimateChange. I bet Ron DeSantis is grateful that #Florida doesn't depend on tourism -- oh, wait... https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/small-biz-reliant-summer-tourism-extreme-weather-new-102891842

29 states and Washington, D.C., have enacted a total of 70 laws expanding voting rights this year, while 16 states have enacted 29 laws to restrict voting, according to data and analysis by the nonprofit Voting Rights Lab (VRL). https://t.co/kyqhJb9Qm1

Biden Bashes ‘Real Estate Developer’ Trump For Not Building ‘A Damn Thing’ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-bashes-trump-not-building-infrastructure_n_64f606f2e4b08f6e30e9a207?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Happy Labor Day! ✊🪧

#HappyLaborDay #LaborDay #union #UnionStrong #work

The Labor Movement: the folks that brought you The Weekend! (and so much more)

Poster & card available here - 25% off today and tomorrow with code "EDUCATE" in the cart: https://www.rlmartstudio.com/product/labor-movement

#HappyLaborDay!

#MastoArt #Union #LaborMovement #1u #LaborDay

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/personal-history-my-father-and-joe?utm_campaign=post #HappyLaborDay. Mr. and Mrs. Reich,” one of them spoke gravely, “we’ve come to inform you that South Salem is a Christian community.”

There was a long pause. I could see my father redden.

“So, we’re not welcome here?” His voice was tight.

“Legally, you have a right to be here, of course,” the speaker said. (New York state had just enacted a law prohibiting homeowners from including “restrictive covenants” in their deeds that barred sales to “Negroes or Hebrews.”) “But we don’t think you and your family will be happy here.”

“Thank you for coming by,” my father said flatly, opening the front door for them. Then he exploded: “Now get the hell out of my house!”

Now I'm really done with Clapton

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/eric-clapton-to-headline-beverly-hills-gala-for-rfk-jr/

Reading this article — full of such good quotes from many different climate scientists that picking just one was hard — and having a hard time not being a doomer:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/crazy-off-the-charts-records-has-humanity-finally-broken-the-climate

“Climate science’s projections are pretty robust over the last decades. Unfortunately, humanity’s stubbornness to spew out ever-higher amounts of greenhouse gases has also been pretty robust,” said Prof Malte Meinshausen.

#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency

College sports is beyond screwed up.

ACC adding Stanford, Cal, SMU feels like a new low in college sports https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/columnist/dan-wolken/2023/09/01/acc-expansion-stanford-cal-smu-ponzi-scheme-college-sports/70739725007/

Here's the 22 page statement by FBI agent Buma on Giuliani's work with people linked to Russian intelligence services

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23903968/wed-redact.pdf

Since Texas state officials haven't figured out how to control all women's bodies yet, they'll violate the constitutional right to travel (Article IV, Section 2).

If you're a Louisiana resident, you have the right to travel to New Mexico for abortion care. Texas counties can't decide you can't use their roads.

Some Texas women – conservative Republicans – who hold local public office don't want travel restricted in their towns. Extremists want these laws badly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/01/texas-abortion-highways/

State Governments Can’t Resist The Siren Song Of Censorship | Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/30/state-governments-cant-resist-the-siren-song-of-censorship/

There's a new Rudy Giuliani scandal. An FBI whistleblower says Giuliani, when he was digging for dirt on Biden for Trump, was co-opted by Russian intelligence. He claims his investigation of Giuliani's activities was blocked by higher-ups. Check out this piece by Dan Friedman and me.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/a-new-rudy-scandal-fbi-agent-says-giuliani-was-co-opted-by-russian-intelligence/

White man who shot Black teen Ralph Yarl to stand trial, judge rules

A #Missouri judge has ruled that #KansasCity man #AndrewLester, who shot & injured #RalphYarl after the Black teen went to the wrong house, must stand #trial.

#EndStandYourGroundLaws #GunControl
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/01/ralph-yarl-shooting-andrew-lester-trial/

Moment Of Drone Strike That Destroyed Russian Il-76s Seen In Infrared Image

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/moment-of-drone-attack-that-destroyed-il-76s-at-russian-base-seen-in-infrared-image #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia #UkraineWarNews

Mushroom poisonings are up in France - and it’s all due to the weather https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/01/mushroom-poisonings-are-up-in-france-and-its-all-due-to-the-weather

Mother arrested for trying to hire a hitman to kill her 3-year-old son.

What's the world coming to these days?

I can't imagine killing a 3-year-old yourself is too hard, smh. This generation is allergic to work.

https://thedailyny.com/2023/08/31/a-mother-from-florida-has-been-charged-with-allegedly-attempting-to-hire-a-hitman-to-murder-her-3-year-old-son/

#shitpost #wtf

Ruh-roh: there's an elephant in the living room for Republicans vis-a-vis TimScott:

"In their desperate quest to find a 2024 alternative to former President Donald Trump, GOP donors have stumbled upon an elephant in the room: Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is single.

That fact, long known among casual political observers, has suddenly sparked “curiosity” and a round of pearl-clutching among the GOP's well-heeled donors…."

#Republicans #TimScott

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/31/2190764/-Why-don-t-they-just-say-it-Republican-donors-are-afraid-Tim-Scott-is-gay

Nikki Haley Calls Senate A 'Privileged Nursing Home' After McConnell Freezes

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nikki-haley-mcconnell-senate-nursing-home_n_64f0fe36e4b03bdff3ae0c2d

#NikkiHaley #Senate #McConnell #Privileged #NursingHome #Freezes #Politics #News

Happy Friday, folks. Been a bit of a rocky road here at House Appel the last few weeks, but looks like we get at least a few days of easy going. Let's try to be as excellent to one another as we can, eh?