In cases you were wondering . . . this is a photo that annoyed Pete Hegseth so much because he thought it was "unflattering" so he got the photographer barred. I encourage all of you to use it as often as possible.

The U.S. has always been racist and corrupt. It’s just that more white people actually care about it now. Still aren’t doing anything to stop it, though. Ahwell!

Not so gentle reminder… 🗣️We told y’all to vote on the courts!!!

#SCOTUS legalizes racial discrimination again. VRA got the Roe v. Wade treatment, just like John Roberts always wanted. Why do we even have a high court anymore? It’s just a wing of the Heritage Foundation.

good morning everyone and a big fuck you to the fascist white supremacist supreme court

“Don’t die in office!” we urged RBG. “Expand the Supreme Court!” we begged the Biden Administration. Republicans are gonna Republican. We don’t have to just sit here and take it.

I see our current Supreme Court is still firmly on the path of re-establishing racism as the law of the land. No depth too low for these six Grand High Wizards to sink to.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck another major blow to voting rights on Wednesday, ruling that a Louisiana congressional map drawn to protect minority voters was an unconstitutional form of racial gerrymandering.

A 6-3 SCOTUS DECISION in favor of WHITE VOTERS who challenged a black majority district in Louisiana As Justice Kagan just said "Now- completed demolition of the VOTING RIGHTS ACT This ruling now states Louisiana must redraw it's Congressional map.

Breaking: Supreme Court invalidates second majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana, effectively gutting last remaining part of Voting Rights Act

Today's VRA decision is intellectually dishonest and wrong. The conservative court basically said: Black people can vote for their preferred candidates, as long as they prefer the right candidates -- which will be Republicans. An absolutely mockery of the law and a stain on the court.

The 6 MAGA fascists on the illegitimate Supreme Court have sided against black voters in Louisiana after blocking a Congressional map that added a majority black district. White supremacy on steroids whilst expanding voting suppression and assaulting the Voting Rights Act.

Today's horrible 6 to 3 Supreme Court decision that greatly weakens the Voting Rights Act just reminds us why Supreme Court reform is desperately needed!!

NEW: The Voting Rights Act has been all but eliminated with today’s Supreme Court ruling. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

🧵1/2 SCOTUS just gutted Black voting power 6-3. Louisiana’s majority-Black districts are gone. Up to 8 House seats could be redrawn before 2026. They’ve been dismantling the Voting Rights Act for 13 years. This is the plan. It’s working. But we can fight back. Don’t lose hope.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana map that fairly represents Black voters, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. This devastating attack from the Court majority destroys protections for voters of color across the country.

I encourage you to read the 1901 final Congressional speech of George Henry White, who would be the last Black man in Congress for 30 yrs.This “is perhaps the Negroes’ temporary farewell to the American Congress; but…phoenix-like he will rise up some day and come again… blackpast.org/african-amer...

I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.

There are people still living who fought — and watched their compatriots be murdered — for the passage of this act and to attempt to democratize America. To see it completed felled in the span of their OWN lifetime is just absolutely devastating.

And to be clear, in case it’s not, democracy cannot and will not exist without these protections. We already see a South so heavily gerrymandered that numerical majorities cannot win elections and where a minority holds supermajorities in state legislatures.

Folks will try to parse language around this, using words such as “limits” the VRA or “diminishes” the VRA, but the acts most potent tools for ensuring Black representation or that Black people can pick their representation have been eliminated.

We must understand the racist political rhetoric, the erasure and attacks on Black history, the reinstalling of Confederate names and monuments, all go hand-in-hand as the Court and Congress legitimize the taking of political rights and the end of multiracial democracy itself.

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

Rep. Nixon showed out and showed up for Floridians and disrupted the House Republicans during an illegal partisan map power grab according to the Florida Constitution.

Yep. One of the most empowering thing you can do as a woman (to me) is to not wait. Dont wait on the partner. Or milestone. Or “reason” Do the things you want to do. Alone or with friends. Being alive is enough reason. The time is moving, get to living.

Trump’s FCC is moving to review Disney/ABC’s broadcast licenses all because of a late-night JOKE. If the government can yank TV licenses over political speech, NO outlet is safe. Wake up. Speak up. Fight back. This affects ALL of us. 🇺🇸 #PressFreedom #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/Adi_WU_5cRNm...

Officials from the state Department of Health have tried to get in to inspect 10 times since 2023. But The GEO Group, which runs the for-profit detention center, has kept turning them away, the state says. (Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard)

Scanlon is one of the only members Congress consistently trying to draw attention to NSPM-7

More MAGA winning! US gas prices surge to highest level in four years, averaging $4.18 a gallon www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Same day. This country is currently unrecognizable. 🇺🇸

$400M for Trump's ballroom? On top of: -$1.5T for the Pentagon -$170B for ICE and Border Patrol -$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet -$496M to send National Guard into cities -$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" -$100M for Trump's golf outings But nothing for working people.

Just so we’re clear. Trump and Pete Hegseth have fired top military generals and commanders. Last week Hegseth fired the Secretary of the Navy. At the same time… Fucking Kid Rock is addressing Pentagon Officials on the Strait of Hormuz. What the actual fuck is happening?

Comey: Well, they're back. This time about a picture of seashells on a North Carolina beach a year ago. And this won't be the end of it. But nothing has changed with me. I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid. And I still believe in the independent federal judiciary. So let's go.

So where does Amanda think this Wes thing is going? She thinks he’s gonna marry her? Girl, Wes gon Wes now… 😒 #summerhouse

wants to punish people who have not been paying student loans... the number 1 and 2 reasons for bankruptcy are healthcare and education. Yet our lawmakers want to punish us instead of fixing this.

Follow the money. #TrumpCorruption

I was hoping to find him on bluesky. afrotech.com/familee-day-...

free food from these places. He leaves $1000 tips and pays for others to eat. He has been a miracle for many many restaurants. He is hosting a community festival in New Orleans on May 16, and invited some of this favorite food vendors to be there for free, no vendor fees. That’s very unusual.

If you don’t know who Keith Lee is, you probably should. He posts videos of himself eating food from mom and pop restaurants and rates the food. No big deal. Only he has amassed millions of followers and his reviews give these restaurants instant mass exposure. And he doesn’t extort money or

He is a genuinely good guy and has made a real positive impact for so many people. If you live in New Orleans or know people who do, encourage them to support the festival.

Morning Kitten

How Volodymr Zelenskyy manages to survive in a literal war without a ballroom to keep him safe is just shocking to me.

I’m sorry what?? Spencer Pratt is running for Mayor of L.A.? As if our descent to idiocracy could not be more complete 🤦🏻‍♀️

Cush said Wes’ name in London is WeSTD. I’m too thru! 😂 🤣 #wwhl #summerhouse

I love Mark and Cush on WWHL #wwhl

America IS ALREADY INSOLVENT!

Brian trying to run from the receipts #RHORI

This is like the saddest coverup for an affair that I’ve ever seen #rhori #wwhl

🚨BREAKING: Florida lawmakers will meet Tuesday for a four-day special session called by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to approve a more GOP-friendly congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...