what is the point of a public utility if it can be sold to private equity. really hope this doesn't happen

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I'm begging for one article--just one--that is "Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These urban voters in Harlem say `We told you he'd screw everything up, why didn't you listen to us?'" Just one. Just one "diner" interview in a place w a density above 1 per 1000 sq mi and < 95% white.

Joe: I am a 73 year-old retired mechanic in Forsberg, Nebraska. My 3 biggest problems are Iran's uranium enrichment capability, the casting of Helen in Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey," and the ability of Tennesseeans to check out "Roots" from a library 1000 media outlets: can we please talk at length

So they can throw out registered votes in Alabama and Louisiana to racially gerrymander former Confederate states but Virginia can’t use a map their voters approved in a free and fair election. I will see Chief Roberts in Hell.

‼️it really is so easy for white-wing mediocrities to get money, time, attention, etc, all in service of making law & society worse meanwhile ya girl's working so hard trying to make law & society better lol sooo ima keep begging you to support that work www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...

Interesting how little engagement a post like this gets compared to posts about Trump, which often fill up with dozens of "lol stupid, fat Americans" replies. I don't know how people are prepared for this fight if they can't even see that they're in it. 😬

NEW: Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages New accounts from 17 men, women and children who have filed formal claims after being detained in a late-night raid paint a violent and terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ actions.

Genuinely this is the moment where it's very clear that without explicit protections, conservatives will seek to eliminate minority success and achievement at all levels. I don't care what polls well. We either affirmatively support living in a multiracial society or we don't.

Years ago, I realized that my core urge in photography is to approach nearly everything as if it's architecture. This is a photograph of a bicycle race, and about as close as I get to sports photography.

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Love this! www.notus.org/perspectives... (The suggestions from the 15 other WaPo veterans fall well short of the moment.)

Love that the Perry nuclear plant was brought up here. If you'll recall, it was one of the plants that was propped up by House Bill 6, putting it at the epicenter of the largest political corruption case in Ohio history.

What happens if the election is already happening, John and Sam? What happens?? Will that "result in voter confusion"? Might that cause "consequent incentive to remain away from the polls"?

very much of the view that a democratic congress should wield the guarantee clause against ad hoc, mid-decade redistricting, a practice which is an end run against representative government itself

🙃 I won't say anything. I won't say anything at all. I won't say anything at all about the lifelong disabilities I've earned because people couldn't be bothered to do their fucking jobs. Nope. I won't say anything. 🙃

Really important reporting here by @blakestonebanks.bsky.social on the disastrous data center land rush, and what it's doing to democracy in Ohio. www.persuasion.community/p/data-cente...

again, i don’t think any of this is necessary. just say that the court was out of bounds, that it may be correct on the definition of “election” but that this technical matter has no bearing on the results of the referendum, which occurred in a free and fair contest.

it's worth reflecting on the crisis in Lowndes County, Alabama, in light of the Supreme Court eviscerating the Voting Rights Act Black residents wouldn't be forced to live in filth if they had political influence and a government that responded to their needs ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

i think working in news (daily, and investigative business & tech or climate reporting in my case primarily) is somehow good for your mind but horrible for your mental wellbeing, no breaks from awareness of dark forces and ignorance & always seeing what powerful people & organizations want to hide.

Was there ever a hand-wringing WaPo piece on “tree, rope, journalist, some assembly required” or any of the other psycho right-wing memes over the years? I doubt it. It’s only a problem when it’s pointed right.

Do I... Do I have to hand it to Graham Fucking Platner???? Dammit.

So it is okay for …. *checks notes * Tennessee Louisiana Texas North Carolina Florida Missouri Ohio To redraw maps? But not democratically led states?

Football survivors of Dr. Richard Strauss are going public for the first time. Three legendary players represent the tip of the ice berg. With trial set for October, sources say the survivors are ready to “detonate a nuclear bomb” within the Woody Hayes Center. www.rooster.info/p/ohio-state...

many such cases

Some day maybe I'll get to travel more ❤️ At least I know who to ask for advice if I ever make it to Japan lol thank you Dave

Democrats need to accept that they're entering a new era of procedural Total War. This includes a big escalation in redistricting, but it's not limited to that. If Republicans don't like it, tough shit: They made this world, and they are the ones inflicting it on us. newrepublic.com/article/2098...

What the fuck

*Uncomfortable forced smile*

yeah some amendments that would really repair the damage and build the country anew we could call them the Reconstruction Amendments maybe

Liars. Just plain lying to our faces. I'm in an area with "cheap gas" and it was five fucking dollars a gallon last night. Also, this turd almost took my toe off with his cane once 😆

I imagine a bright future where accountability for Louisiana means six at-large congressional seats. You know, just until the LA GOP can get its act together, or they all go to jail for election fraud. Either/or.

Truly, Trump has transcended the greatness of past American presidents. One small nit to pick though - Alexander the Great didn't merely *claim* to have conquered the Persians. He really did.

!! This is some 1940 Pride and Prejudice shit omg

The whole fucking point is the ending. What the actual fuck. Quoted image with alt text:

generally helpful to remember about 19th C US, like much of history: major social issues of the day were no more settled then than they are now, and contesting them took forms we'd readily recognize today

this is very funny as well as good evidence — you know, beyond what we can see with our own eyes — that there is not some epidemic of anti-white discrimination

EXCUSE TF OUTTA ME?! Uhhhhhh WHAT lol

there is something genuinely clarifying and useful about this kind of stuff. they are totally hoods off and proud of it, which means we should not hesitate to describe them accordingly

*airhorn* 🥳😱🥳

1/x: You should read Dennie's article below (as you should ALWAYS read Dennie's work), but I want to throw out some context here that people in the US too often forget. The USA as a nation has legal obligations under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.

Terrific take on the intellectually bankrupt use of "both sides" by the lazier members of the corporate media.

NEW SHOES NEW SHOES NEW SHOES

Damn this footage is crazy! (sound up)

What if I told you 'gold-obsessed fascist who thinks battleships are invincible disputes British claim on the Falklands to distract from economic catastrophe and secret police scandals at home' had already been tried

Bryan Hambley has raised more money than any other SoS candidate in the latest cycle.

As it says on the tin. Some of my favourite propaganda posters from the early 20th century. All from Allied nations of course, because fuck fascism.

it is very funny how these people are so accustomed to essentially bullying democratic politicians that they meltdown when met with appropriate pushback. in any case, the process to amend the virginia constitution has multiple stages where, at any point, an amendment can be defeated.

Spoiler: The Minions end up working for the Harding administration and inadvertently blow the lid on Teapot Dome.