MaggyWells

TheConversationUS, 3 months ago to USpolitics

There’s a growing trend of U.S. lawmakers altering (downright rejecting or rewriting) ballot initiatives after they have passed.

An example:

In November 2023, Ohio voters passed an amendment to their state’s constitution protecting the right to #abortion. Within a week, a group of Ohio Republican lawmakers declared the amendment to be invalid.

Will lawmakers accept “the will of the people” in upcoming elections?

https://theconversation.com/voters-dont-always-have-final-say-state-legislatures-and-governors-are-increasingly-undermining-ballot-measures-that-win-218764

#USPolitics #News

GrimmReality, 3 months ago to random

Taylor Swift obviously did these murders.
https://apnews.com/article/kansas-city-chiefs-fan-deaths-mystery-police-toxicology-335f4d726c3c1b5d139de6a5fa77ead5

rooster, 3 months ago to random

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petersuber, 3 months ago to academia

"Following the controlled demolition of Al-Israa University, Israeli army footage of which was widely shared on social media, every single higher education institution in #Gaza is believed to have either been destroyed or severely damaged since the invasion began."
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academia-gaza-has-been-destroyed-israeli-educide
(#paywalled)

#Academia #Universities
@academicchatter

skykiss, 4 months ago to random

This is your reminder that the republican leader is a rapist.

"I’m embarrassed for my country that this serial sexual assailant is the frontrunner for the Republican Party presidential nomination in 2024 rather than a federal inmate."

#vote

dangoodin, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

This story about Elmo spreading democracy-threatening election misinfo on Twitter is precisely why everyone needs to treat that platform like the pariah it is. No, you sticking around to counter the misinfo won't help. That's like raking leaves in a wind storm. And yes, I know there's community there, but mingling there does you and all of us more harm than good.

The most effective thing you can do is stop giving Twitter oxygen and allowing it to become just another fringe outlet, like 4chan or Daily Caller. With the very real prospect Trump will retake the White House, this stuff matters.

Free link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/us/politics/elon-musk-election-misinformation-x-twitter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QU0.XdEo.wABJTW_W19AD&smid=url-share

MattFerrel, 4 months ago to USpolitics

PETITION: Remove Libs of Tik Tok (Chaya Raichik) From Oklahoma Library Board

“Oklahoma’s culture war-obsessed superintendent has appointed professional harasser Chaya Raichik to the state’s Department of Education Library Media Advisory Committee.

Chaya Raichik, who is NOT even a citizen of Oklahoma, nor trained in library science, pushed for banning books across the country and her campaign of misinformation and inflammatory rhetoric has been…”

https://www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/petition-remove-libs-of-tik-tok-chaya-raichik-from-oklahoma-library-board

#fascism #uspolitics

mondoweiss, 4 months ago to Palestine

Netanyahu just said Israel will permanently occupy the land ‘from the river to the sea.’ The U.S. media is covering it up

Why is the U.S. mainstream hiding Netanyahu’s provocative statement, that Israel will permanently occupy everything “from the river to the sea?”

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/netanyahu-just-said-israel-will-permanently-occupy-the-land-from-the-river-to-the-sea-the-u-s-media-is-covering-it-up/?utm_content=buffer00467&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza @palestine

thomasfuchs, 4 months ago to random

Having immigrated legally to the US, this is upsetting to me not only because of the horrific Nazi stench of it but also because it makes me somehow "superior".

The racist dehumanization of people here is truly stunning and Americans should be ashamed of themselves.

ChrisBoese, 5 months ago to random

Woman arrested for pouring gasoline, trying to burn down Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth home – WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/police-investigating-after-person-tries-vandalize-martin-luther-king-jrs-home-near-king-center/NEBC6LEK4RABJNRYEKTFV6X7AU/

evacide, 6 months ago to random

Secret White House surveillance program that gives cops access to trillions of call records? Oh look. Here's via EFF wrote about that program (Hemisphere) back in 2018: https://www.eff.org/cases/hemisphere

Teri_Kanefield, 6 months ago to random

Answering this question: https://law-and-politics.online/@shorty60@mastodon.sdf.org/111429189190084052

Nobody really knows what is meant by "officer of the government." It might include the president. It might not. A president occupies a unique position under the Constitution.

Basically what the judge did was punt the issue to the appellate court.

The judge found that Trump incited an insurrection (a finding of fact) but didn't find that he was an officer of the federal government (a matter of law).

Here's why the distinction matters . . .

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adam, 6 months ago to Palestine

I teach AP US Government. I’ve never seen polling showing Congress this out of touch across the board. It’s wild.

#Palestine

KatM, 6 months ago to random

I'm hearing on the streets that in our 'free country,' you're not allowed to criticize #Netanyahu in any way, shape or form for anything he says or does or you will be canceled - even if you're Jewish.

My daughter just canceled her 2024 birthright trip. My accountant canceled his annual Tel Aviv vacation. My friend canceled her Jerusalem art exhibition. None canceled out of fear. All canceled on principal. We can cancel you too, Bibi the Butcher. Jews are not a monolith.

#USpol #Gaza

skykiss, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

Insurrectionists refer to President Biden: as the 3rd Obama administration, and speak as if Obama is president.
Why? Because they’re racist. America having had a Black president is something they can’t get over. In fact, I learned that much of their Biden-is-feeble discourse is just an Obama-is-president meme.

Trump has over and over referred to Biden as Obama because he has advanced dementia, or because he spends all day attuned to far-right insurrectionist media that refers to Obama as the real president and Trump has chosen to explicitly employ it because he knows he can use it without MAGAs missing a beat or thinking him deranged?

I really think normal Americans don’t know just how sick the insurrectionists are.

-Seth Abramamson

🧵

skykiss, 6 months ago to random

🚨 At least 9 precincts in Hinds County—Mississippi's most populous county and the home of the 83%-Black capital city of Jackson—have run out of ballots in the statewide election.

The polls are set to close at 7 p.m. 🆘

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218435283

#DojCivil #marcElias #election

leftylabourtech, 6 months ago to southafrica

#SouthAfrica is pulling all of its diplomats from Tel Aviv.

#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #ceasefirenow

GottaLaff, 6 months ago to journalism

From focus on the 'soft voice' of extremist #MikeJohnson to soft-selling #Trump's dictatorial plans to calling killing civilians 'a crater,' something's very wrong with the #media today

It's called cowardice

From Gaza City to Capitol Hill, a cowed media is chronicling the death of democracy in a passive voice

If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.© & I thread it. 1/...🧵

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/journalism-free-press-gaza-extremism-20231105.html#loaded