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They don’t care about alternatives to this site, they want us scattered across the multiverse of social platforms and to break up the community etc we’ve built.
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It's a bit buried in legalese but this request essentially suggests Justice Alito lied yesterday when he said the Robinson appellants had not shown an interest in requesting a rehearing.
The Black voters who forced Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district are asking the Supreme Court to *recall* last night's order immediately putting its VRA decision into effect.
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Your weekend read:
Justices who’ve upheld or imposed bans on abortion are running for reelection this year in 7 states.
And in four states, it’s justices who struck down abortion bans who want to stay on the bench.
Learn more! boltsmag.org/your-state-by-s…
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Men talking to each other about our bodies and our autonomy is gross. But also when you are part of the machine that took away our rights and led to the deaths of women, children lost their mothers. That's sick work. Georgia didn't ask for HB481 but Duncan thought he knew better.
Apr 14
Women in the state of Georgia deserve the right to choose. These are decisions that deserve to be made between a woman, her doctor, her family and her spiritual guide if she chooses. Hear me talk about my stance on reproductive rights with Rev. Woodall and Dr. Walker at our fireside chat last month:
youtu.be/vS_LosF7Kx8?si=EK6p…
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god I hate this faux populist bullshit. K-12 is also free for rich people, as are public parks, the fire dept, libraries etc. Study after study shows means testing is the quickest way to gut programs for the rich AND the poor because it erodes the public base of support.
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Apr 7
So we talked to the author of the 25th amendment. (89 years young!) We went through the text. 25A solved a real problem, but it isn't the problem we have right now. Maybe a deus ex machina for the current circumstance sounds comforting, but this ain't it.
prospect.org/2026/04/07/who-…
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The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.
propublica.org/article/insid…
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NEW: Atlanta found billions to build an entertainment district
But it hasn’t found money (the political will) to keep Black families in the neighborhoods that have flooded for generations
On climate gentrification and who gets saved when the water rises. capitalbnews.org/atlanta-wor…
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More elections coming up Tuesday, & I'm watching:
—Illinois Dems' Senate primary, of course
—heated Dem primaries in IL02, IL07, IL08, & IL09
—the GOP's governor primary in IL
—special election in Virginia
—sheriff primary in Springfield
& more!
details: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ba…
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"Emily, who NPR is only identifying by her first name because she fears retribution from the federal government, says she followed an ICE vehicle at a safe distance into a parking lot. “And then someone leaned out of the passenger side of that SUV...
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Mar 8
"'Trouble the Water' exists in part because of the economic hardships faced by Black women, as well as so many Katrina survivors...and 'Trouble the Water' harnesses the rhythms of Black improvisation via Roberts’s audio and visual narration."
medium.com/p/6f08475ff0eb #BlackWomensHistory
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Mar 8
Lessons From North Carolina: A Canary In The Democracy Coal Mine | @TheWayWithAnoa
North Carolina voters and the advocates who fight to keep voting free and fair show us the importance of adapting and never giving up.
newsone.com/6852005/north-ca… | @newsone
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tuesday was one of the year's biggest election days. i made a thread that day about the 10 most interesting (local, non-federal) elections i was watching so they get more attention.
but that means i should do a thread to bring you their results!
so my follow-up 🧵:
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NEW: Believe it or not, it’s that time of year: the Wisconsin Supreme Court election is next month.
Liberals have a huge opportunity: if they win, they can secure a majority of this court thru 2030, locking in a guardrail in next presidential race. boltsmag.org/wisconsin-supre…
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1️⃣ Last summer, a Dem lawmaker in North Carolina gave the GOP *the* decisive vote to pass a pro-ICE law.
Now, she faces a primary from a local progressive pastor who has been part of the Moral Monday movement.
boltsmag.org/north-carolina-…
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tomorrow is with one of the biggest election days of the year. there's so much to go over it's hard to know where to start.
so, let me help:
here are the *10* elections i'm watching the most closely, *at the state and local level* (=no federal elections included!)
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Feb 25
In this stunning photo essay, @wayanbarre juxtaposes images of the petrochemical industry’s large scale environmental degradation alongside those capturing the everyday life of the people and communities who live and survive Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
scalawagmagazine.org/2025/04…
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Feb 24
New: Immigrants in MN are being released from detention without their IDs, work permits, social security cards, and other key documents that prove their status to begin with motherjones.com/politics/202…
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On February 8, 2026, incarcerated folks in Alabama Dept. of Corrections facilities initiated a work strike. Incarcerated writer Michael Kimble outlines why the strike is essential, and the demands of the movement, namely the abolition of prisons & slavery. scalawagmagazine.org/2026/02…
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The Trump administration is trying to erase Black history. These museums and historians are fighting back.
The Museum of African American History in Boston and Nantucket declined funding from the National Park Service due to concerns over federal interference.
bostonglobe.com/2026/02/24/m…
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Feb 21
Sixty-one years ago today, Brother Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz], was assassinated. Many lost a leader, but a wife, Betty Shabazz, lost her husband and young daughters lost their father.
I am holding his dear daughters close in prayer today.
#MalcolmX #BettyShabazz
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