55% of women say listening to Joe Rogan is a red flag (changeresearch.com)
Various nuggets of interest in this survey of Gen Z and millennials
Child poverty in the United States just more than doubled. You can thank Joe Manchin. (www.motherjones.com)
The United States’ poverty rate experienced its largest one-year jump on record last year, with the rate among children more than doubling from 2021’s historic low of 5.2 percent to 12.4 percent according to new numbers from the US Census Bureau out today. They’re the latest data to reflect the devastating effects...
Bernie Sanders urges left to back Biden to stop ‘very dangerous’ Trump (www.theguardian.com)
Leftwing senator advises ‘unification of progressive people in general’ because threat from Republican ex-president is too great...
Young voters explain why they’re bailing on Biden, and whether they’d come back (www.nbcnews.com)
High school boys are trending conservative (thehill.com)
While many believe young people are becoming more liberal, data shows that 12th grade boys are nearly twice as likely to identify as conservative compared to liberal. Around 25% of high school seniors identify as conservative while only 13% identify as liberal. In contrast, the share of 12th grade girls identifying as liberal...
the empty logic of the Republicans (lemmy.world)
Right wing commentator, Ben Shapiro pictured at the Barbie movie wearing all black, frowning and holding a stack of angry notes he took during the movie. (beehaw.org)
My producers dragged me to see ‘Barbie’ and it was one of the most woke movies have ever seen. My ful review of this flaming garbage heap of a film will be out on my YouTube channel tomorrow at 10am ET....
The United States spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined (climatejustice.social)
Source (2023-04-24): pgpf.org/…/the-united-states-spends-more-on-defen…
The Fox GOP debate melted down when the word “climate” was mentioned (www.motherjones.com)
After the network showed a clip of a young conservative activist saying that climate change was the number one issue for young voters, Fox News moderator Martha MacCallum asked for a show of hands in response to her question, “Do you believe human behavior is causing climate change?”...
Poll: A historic number of Americans don't want a Biden-Trump rematch (thehill.com)
Why is Kamala Harris disliked so much as VP? (www.axios.com)
She has some criticisms for her past as an attorney, but I’m not sure why she’s so disliked now. What has she done to engender such distaste from the public?
Trump's Plans If He Returns To The White House Include Deportation Raids, Tariffs And Mass Firings (beehaw.org)
So it looks like Trump has read the fascist playbook or something. I’m not surprised. I am concerned....
Why Isn't Clarence Thomas Facing Impeachment Hearings? (www.theroot.com)
The disgraceful Supreme Court justice should be held accountable for his actions but probably won't.
US Supreme Court reverses affirmative action, ending race-conscious college admissions (www.npr.org)
Starbucks Is Banning Pride Decorations, Workers Union Alleges (newrepublic.com)
The unconfirmed allegation is raising concerns that the coffee chain is the latest corporation to cave to far-right attacks on LGBTQ people.
AOC leads call for federal ethics investigation into Clarence Thomas (www.theguardian.com)
Five House Democrats led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York wrote to the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, to demand a federal investigation of the conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, over his acceptance of undeclared gifts from billionaire rightwing donors....
The GOP has a master plan to criminalize LGBTQ people (www.damemagazine.com)
Some quotes:...
'It was so scary': Trump fans at Missouri Caucus 'literally attacked fellow Republicans' (www.rawstory.com)
Up yours Google (lemmy.ml)
No, there is no Area 51. Damn. (lemmy.world)
Congressional Dems pile on Alito after he says SCOTUS ethics can’t be regulated (www.politico.com)
“Alito’s next opinion piece in the WSJ is about to be ‘I am a little king, actually. The Constitution doesn’t explicitly say I’m not,’” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) quipped.
DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president (www.nbcnews.com)
Florida's Republican governor said he would seek to abolish the departments of Education, Commerce and Energy, as well as the IRS....
A confused Dianne Feinstein tried to give a speech in the middle of a Senate hearing vote and was told to 'just say aye' instead (www.businessinsider.com)
Senator Dianne Feinstein appeared confused during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday. When asked to vote on a proposal, Feinstein began giving a lengthy speech instead of simply saying “aye” or “nay” as requested. The committee chair, Senator Patty Murray, had to repeatedly tell Feinstein “just say...
