Derek Chauvin Will Ask U.S. Supreme Court To Overturn George Floyd Murder Conviction https://www.theroot.com/derek-chauvin-will-ask-u-s-supreme-court-to-overturn-g-1850659257
On July 19, 1963, a group of Black girls marched to desegregate their small town theater in Americus, Georgia.
The local police responded by beating them and taking them to an old Civil War stockade, where they were kept for 45 days.
Their parents didn't have a clue where their children were.
https://tinyl.io/8zXw
#history #histodon #BlackMastodon #civilrights #blackfriday #npr
Alabama chooses (again) not to comply. https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/alabama-legislators-buck-supreme?r=f57m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Joe Biden’s Twitter account put that line over an ad using the words of Georgia Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Turning Points Action Conference speech from last weekend, in which she set out to tear down the president’s policies but ended up making him sound terrific."
The United States Supreme Court has already spoken, humiliating the state in front of the nation. But our lawmakers in Montgomery have no sense of shame. As they redraw the maps, again, these lawmakers have learned nothing. https://link.al.com/view/5efe4c2042ce88753244f961j4m4r.2wu/3e172864
"Well after the failed SARS reports, bank records, form 10-23," Raskin quipped, "we can conclude that this Inspector Clouseau-style quest for something that doesn't exist has turned our Committee into a theater of the absurd; an exercise in futility and embarrassment." https://www.rawstory.com/biden-raskin/
#Alabama needs to get out of the execution game. https://boltsmag.org/alabama-executions/
The Supreme Court searching for ways to circumvent common law.
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1186746963/alabama-redistricting-map-gerrymandering-purcell-principle
#SupremeCourt #Legislation #ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito #AmyConeyBarrett #NeilGorsuch #JohnRoberts #BrettKavenaugh
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Nuclear weapons, & militarized systems of power and dominance that enable & build off of them, are not the result of some predetermined human nature.
Living like this is a choice we have made and that we make daily and that we can change. We can choose differently.
Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign is in a death spiral after only two months
#RonDeSantis #PresidentialCampaign #DeathSpiral #TwoMonths #2023 #LGBTQNation #Politics #News
Prime Video drops Wheel of Time S2 trailer ahead of San Diego Comic-Con
"You're not a spoke, boy. You are the water that turns the wheel itself."
@kerfuffle @RandomNunesParody @RollingStone
If you go through my other posts, you'll find the other links that list these anti-democracy billionaire donors.
I'm happy to provide them again.
https://www.vox.com/2016/4/14/11348780/gop-megadonors-koch-brothers
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/us/politics/20koch.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/04/trump-indictment-republicans-murdoch-koch
https://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/koch-donors-111846
https://jacobin.com/2021/01/insurrection-capitol-steve-schwarzman-trump-republican
Dear POTUS, The Justice Department, and the FCC. By eliminating the Paramount Decrees, you have made way for the strikes and shutdown of our industry. That was an antiquated antitrust law that held back studios and streamers from forming monopolies. They are now crushing labor because there is no competition—there is no recourse to their demands. Please reinstate or better your antitrust laws for the entertainment industry.
Lewis Wickes Hine photographed oppressive working conditions of thousands of children in the early 20th century. The black-and-white photographs suggest a bygone era – an embarrassing past that many Americans think we’ve left behind.
But with numerous reports of #childlabor violations, many involving #immigrants, and an uptick in state's rolling back the minimum working age – Hine’s work is as relevant as it was a century ago.
https://theconversation.com/the-us-has-a-child-labor-problem-recalling-an-embarrassing-past-that-americans-may-think-theyve-left-behind-204078
#Photography #History #Histodons
Archibald: AG Steve Marshall dares defend his right. To spend your money. - al.com https://www.al.com/news/2023/07/archibald-ag-steve-marshall-dares-defend-his-right-to-spend-your-money.html
#TheHeadCrook is discovered with stolen Israeli Antiquities at his Lair in Florida. Anyone surprised? 🤔
What does it take for this train wreck of a human to not be considered for the most honored elected position in the country? How can we preach to anyone about our National integrity when we appear to have our collective heads up our asses? 🥸
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.