Zelensky demands global response to beheading of soldiers in video https://www.rawstory.com/russia-ukraine-war-2659839476/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Born a slave in 1853 (some sources say 1851), Lucy Parsons later became a leading figure in American anarchism and the radical labor movement.
MORE -- https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1886-lucy-parsons-i-am-anarchist/
Meet Nebraska State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh
Beginning in February, she has filibustered every single bill that has come before the legislature. Nothing has passed
Why?
She’s filibustering LB574, a Republican made bill that would ban gender-affirming care for anyone under 19
She talks up to 12 hours a day to keep hate from becoming law
Hero.
I wonder how many women will die in the next few decades because we didn't listen to Anita Hill? Thousands? More? [From 2010: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anita-hill-vs-clarence-thomas-the-backstory/]
The cruelty is astonishing
‘Iowa attorney general halts payments for rape victims’ contraceptives, abortions’ https://flip.it/wE8wGp
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRcs7Xdr/
I just had to share this TikTok video further exposing the vileness of Republicans.
An Emergency Democracy Crisis is happening right now in Tennessee. Duly elected Democratic State Reps have been kicked off their committees, their ID badges & voting machines have been turned off, & threats being made to expel them. https://www.tiktok.com/@underthedesknews/video/7217911114351332651
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Thank you Elie Mystal:
"Dear Media, Stop trying to make it sound like McCarthy is taking a principled stand by "refusing to negotiate with terrorists" when it is EXACTLY these terrorists that McCarthy has capitulated to ever since they attacked the Capitol in hopes of securing their votes for this job."
In a better world, moderates in the Republican Party (if there are any of those left) would see this as an opportunity to leave the extremists high-and-dry by forming a coalition-of-the-reasonable with the Democrats.
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That would do so much to heal America and to preserve democracy but I don’t expect it because, well, you can imagine.
The GOP, which has often claimed to be the "workers' party," will attempt to use its rules package to exempt itself from federal labor laws by preventing House staffers from unionizing.
From @ddayen@twitter.com:
https://prospect.org/labor/2023-01-04-congress-house-gop-congressional-staff-unions/
BOOM: #KevinMcCarthy has just lost the FIFTH vote for #SpeakerOfTheHouse. House Republican disunity, division, and dysfunction deepens.
Meanwhile, ALL OUR 212 Members are UNIFIED behind #HakeemJeffries.
Leonard Nimoy at a #NOW rally in 1989. His sweater reads "PRO-CHILD, PRO-FAMILY, #PROCHOICE". His sash reads "HONORED GUEST". His pin reads "HONORARY SISTER".
#LeonardNimoy was #Jewish and spoke fluent Yiddish. His parents were first-generation #Ukrainian Jewish #immigrants who fled the Soviet Union and he was born in 1931 in Boston. Jewish activists have always been at the core of support for #abortion rights.
https://www.tumblr.com/delphinidin4/690529825685946368/his-sweatshirt-reads-pro-child-pro-family
Do you know who Cheryl Johnson is? You should. Ms. Johnson is the Clerk of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In lieu of an elected Speaker of the House, she is in charge. This is the first time a black woman has been the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives. Let's hope it takes two years for the Republicans to pick their 'speaker'.
Just another midwest raised atheist, gay, liberal man.