Normal People: What was the civil war fought over?
White Supremacists: It was about states' rights.
Normal People: States' rights to do what exactly?
White Supremacists: To make and enforce their own laws.
Normal People: Laws regarding what?
White Supremacists: Property and theft.
Normal People: What kind of property? Theft of what?
White Supremacists: Well, people were stealing slaves and taking them to free states.
Normal People: Who was stealing slaves?
White Supremacists: The slaves were stealing themselves by running to the North and those damn Yankees didn't want to send them back.
Normal People: So what did the South do about it?
White Supremacists: They got a federal law passed in 1851, that forced the Northern states to ignore their own laws against slavery and recognize the South's right to have escaped slaves sent back. It was called the Fugitive Slave Act.
Normal People: So you pushed for a new federal law to force states to ignore their own state laws and constitutions in the name of "states' rights", is that correct?
White Supremacists: Yep,
Normal People: Then what happened?
White Supremacists: Those damn Yankees got control of the house and the senate and the presidency and tried to ban slavery nationwide.
Normal People: So they wanted to use a federal law to force Southern states to change their laws, kind of like with the Fugitive Slave Act you pushed for a decade earlier, right?
White Supremacists: No, this was different because this time it effected the South.
Normal People: So what happened as a result?
White Supremacists: We decided to commit treason against the USA and start our own country to keep slaves.
Normal People: So you admit the Civil War was about slavery.
White Supremacists: No it was about states' rights. States have rights to own slaves but no rights to refuse to recognize slavery.
The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks from wherever they
live.
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."
At the rural school district I last worked at, we had 1500 students, of whom 1,000 were free lunch and 500 were not. The cost of personnel (an entire department!), computers, and software for vetting students to make sure those 500 didn't get free lunch cost more than the cost of simply feeding them, already.
The GOP jihad about preventing those 500 from getting free lunch is not about taxes or expense, it's about being mean to children. #gop#antichild#school#lunch#meanness
The GOP’s Secret to Protecting Gerrymandered Electoral Maps? Claim Privilege.
Through new and expansive assertions of privilege, #Republican legislatures around the country are shielding their work on allegedly discriminatory #voting maps to prevent the public from finding out how and why they made their decisions.
Since billionaire Jeff Yass is in the news for his involvement in #TikTok and #Trump's #TruthSocial, here's our deep-dive look into the #GOP megadonor who avoided $1 billion in #taxes and poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support #election deniers.
The white supremacist group Patriot Front is suing a left-wing activist for allegedly infiltrating the group and revealing the identities of members, USA Today reported. The lawsuit says the alleged "doxxings" cost the members their jobs and personal relationships. As USA Today points out, Patriot F...
A 66-year-old mother of 9 was murdered by a deranged wingnut who was incensed that she had a pride flag outside her store. Her blood is on the hands of every right-winger who hasn't condemned their movement's relentless attacks on the #LGBTQ community.
Americans learned Wednesday morning the rate of inflation nationally has dropped dramatically, to just 3% annually, down from over 9% one year ago.But not in Florida, which MarketWatch reports “has the highest inflation in the U.S.”For much of the year, even before his presidential campaign official...
"Let's not overcomplicate this:
Republicans passed a $2 trillion tax cut for billionaires and corporations.
And now they're refusing to pay for it.
It's really that simple. " Rep Adam Schiff
In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.
News of money previously given to #House Speaker Mike #Johnson's congressional campaign by #Russian nationals has re-emerged after the #Republican rejected a $95 billion foreign aid bill passed in the Senate.
In 2018, a group of Russians were able to donate to Johnson's bid for the Louisiana seat he eventually won as the money was funneled through the #Texas-based American Ethane company.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday undermined a key pillar of his old boss’ defense in the special counsel’s probe into 2020 election interference, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Donald Trump “knew well he lost the election.”
The biggest threat to free speech in the United States is the Republican Party. That Republicans are persecuting researchers and journalists who track disinformation online should be more widely reported.
A wave of protests continues in Germany against the activities of far-right forces and the right-wing populist pro-Russian party Alternative for Germany (AfD)
More than 80 protests against right-wing forces were registered across the country over the weekend. According to Tagesschau, the day before, in Potsdam, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock joined the protests. #AureFreePress#News#GOP#Politics#USA#Trump#MAGA
Holy shit #Biden is just directly, aggressively trolling the #GOP members in the room. "You mean you're not planning on passing another 2 trillion dollar tax cut for rich people? I thought that was your plan? Good to know." Epic. #politics#USPol#SOTU
Young Americans blame SCOTUS, GOP for unforgiven student loan debt (www.axios.com)
Young Americans are piling the blame for their student debt balances on conservatives, according to a poll by Generation Lab....
NEWS: Patriot Front sues left-wing activist who infiltrated the hate group and named members (www.rawstory.com)
The white supremacist group Patriot Front is suing a left-wing activist for allegedly infiltrating the group and revealing the identities of members, USA Today reported. The lawsuit says the alleged "doxxings" cost the members their jobs and personal relationships. As USA Today points out, Patriot F...
Inflation is plummeting across America except in Ron DeSantis’ Florida (www.alternet.org)
Americans learned Wednesday morning the rate of inflation nationally has dropped dramatically, to just 3% annually, down from over 9% one year ago.But not in Florida, which MarketWatch reports “has the highest inflation in the U.S.”For much of the year, even before his presidential campaign official...
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court (www.propublica.org)
In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.
PANIC: Florida takes huge economic hit as conventions reject anti-woke agenda (washingtonpress.com)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has scared off millions of dollars worth of business from his state with his extremist, bigoted agenda.
News: Barr obliterates Trump's defense: 'He knew well that he had lost the election' (www.cnn.com)
Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday undermined a key pillar of his old boss’ defense in the special counsel’s probe into 2020 election interference, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Donald Trump “knew well he lost the election.”