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SCOTUS apoplexy for a couple of days. Then what?
Let us count the ways SCOTUS has, in the past couple of years, roused a majority of us citizens to a towering rage. Let us also count the groups of enraged citizens. Let us, but first… A few days ago … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Corruption, Government, Guns in the U.S. of A., Human rights, Law, suits and order, Politics, Pro choice, Racism, Revolution, SCOTUS, The Facts of Life, The god problem, voting and voting rights
Tagged affirmative action, Congress, Congressional Democrats, dark money, Dobbs, EPA, Garrett Epps, gun control, James Clark McReynolds, John Roberts, LGBQT, minority voters, Moms Demand Action, physicians, pro choice, SCOTUS, SCOTUS ethics, Twitter, Washington Monthly
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Do you understand what this man is saying?
I don’t. I understand the individual words but the import? Nah. From Harper’s Weekly Review: “If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the … Continue reading
Posted in Government, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights
Tagged Elon Musk, First Amendment, free speech, Tesla
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Just now I looked at the election map of Turkey
Why? Because the Times printed it with a story about yesterday’s national election — for which there will be a run-off since no one (meaning the autocratic Erdogan) got a majority. The map looked oddly familiar, somewhat like post-election maps … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights, War on women
Tagged Erdogan, Kurdistan, Kurds, Kurds in Turkey, Turkey, Turkish election
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