{"id":53448,"date":"2022-02-09T15:33:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T20:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=53448"},"modified":"2022-02-09T15:33:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T20:33:37","slug":"notes-from-a-crazy-optimist-good-things-are-happening-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=53448","title":{"rendered":"Notes from a crazy optimist: good things are happening here"},"content":{"rendered":"

Granted, I spend too much time reading Twitter. But I learn a lot from Twitter about things that are happening.<\/p>\n

I also learn a lot about things that are happening from my daily reading of the New York Times (and the Daily News, for things that are happening locally).<\/p>\n

Nearly every day I’m cheered by good things, real<\/em> things, progressive things that are happening through human actions.<\/p>\n

In no particular order, here are some good things I’ve noticed today:<\/p>\n

\u2665<\/span> Nancy Pelosi has agreed to support legislation banning stock trading by congresspeople. She’d resisted what seems to be widely popular legislation but now will support it — as long as such a law includes the judiciary. So smart.<\/p>\n

\u2665 <\/span>The House just passed legislation, 342 to 92 (yes, quite a majority) to insure the future of the USPS. A similar bill (bi-partisan) is moving through the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u2665<\/span> A big increase in digital subscriptions may be saving local newspapers.<\/p>\n

\u2665<\/span> Vermont is making women’s choice a constitutional right. The first state to do so.<\/p>\n

\u2665<\/span> Remember the attractive legal couple who stood in front of their mansion brandishing heavy weapons at a peaceful protest? Name of McCloskey? The Missouri Supreme Court just permanently suspended their law licenses.<\/p>\n

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