An opinion piece published yesterday in the #BillingsGazette explores #CodyRoberts ' #torture of a young female #wolf in Daniel, #Wyoming. By now, most of you have heard the news or seen the disturbing photos and videos. We remain disgusted by the #cruelty, as does our partner and op-ed author #JeffEwelt.
In his op-ed, Jeff Ewelt, the Executive Director of #ZooMontana and a partner of The #RelistWolves Campaign,
Imagine, hearing the noise of an engine far away. You and your #pack are on edge as the engine revs closer. You begin to run, but you can't outrun a #hunter who hits you with his snowmobile.
What happened next, I can't even ask you to imagine. This poor #GrayWolf was captured, red duct tape wrapped tightly around her snout. She was thrown into a strange car, driven to her soon-to-be killer's home.
But there's another stop: She was taken to a #bar in #Wyoming,
American support for #unions is at its highest level in generations, from 70% (general population) to 88% (Millenials) - and yet, American unionization rates are pathetic.
That's about to change.
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Meyerson might be wrong, of course. No one ever lost money betting on the self-destructive hubris of #FederalistSociety judges. But even if he's wrong, his point is important. If the Supremes frustrate the democratic will of the American people, we have to smash the Supremes. Term limits, court-packing, whatever it takes:
Unbekannte haben am Bahnhof Neubrandenburg in der Nacht zu Samstag eine Regenbogenflagge gestohlen und eine verbotene Hakenkreuzflagge gehisst. Nun ermittle der Staatsschutz, sagte eine Polizeisprecherin. Ein Passant entdeckte den Vorfall demnach am Morgen und rief die Polizei, die die Flagge mit dem NS-Symbol sicherstellte.
Ther's lots of ways to slice the #DemocraticParty coalition, but one important axis are the self-styled adults-in-the-room, who declare themselves realists, and the party's left wing, who are dismissed as idealists who don't understand politics: neither how to win elections nor how to wield power.
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What if Obama had enlisted his grassroots, summoning up a left-wing answer to the #TeaParty that turned the GOP into the party of no (including no compromises)? What if he'd jettisoned comity, appointed new judges, sent every executive order the Supreme Court rejected back to the court to be struck down again?
If you're thinking about #traveling from #America to #Canada this summer for #vacation, keep in mind that while they do have the same kind of electrical outlets and power (120 volts, 60 Hertz), their phase is shifted 45° to the left. So don't forget to #pack an adapter.