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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Decision Legalizing Gay Marriage Justices declined to hear an appeal from Kim Davis over a $360,000 fee she was ordered to pay.

Taking any and all good news we can get.

truthout.org/articles/sup...

190. SNAP WTF? A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next

The headline delivers - "a very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
Steve Vladeck"

www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...

Beyond stomach-turning. These goons have got to go. You can fill in your own idea of where you think they should go.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. - Dalai Lama

It should be considered that the policy solution may have kept the birth rate 'at least' this high. It is possible that without the policies in place, the birth rate could have been even lower.

Threat or promise?

Federal judge orders Pentagon to restore LGBTQ+ books, gender & diversity lessons in military schools Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DoDEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez to comply immediately.

The Defense Department banned nearly 600 books from schools on military bases — but in a win for free speech, a federal judge just ordered those books back to the shelves.

or release the Epstein files.....

It is indeed shameful.

This is unconscionable. My heart breaks for the Palestinians and the suffering they are being forced to endure.

Holy 😮......Thanks for sharing.

US withdraws from key UN human rights report, draws criticism from rights advocates The United States will not participate in a U.N. review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates called a worrying retreat from Washington's global engagement on rights and justice issues.

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a peer-to-peer evaluation of a country's rights record. All 193 UN member states are expected to participate, and even states like Russia and China do.

Today, the US took the unprecedented step of withdrawing from the UPR www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Brainwashing and fear. Sigh.

‘Sophisticated global networks’ undermining science, finds study Systems in place to deal with fraud struggling to keep up, increasing risk of research becoming ‘completely poisoned’

'The publication of fraudulent papers is “far outpacing” that of legitimate research, warned the researchers, who have published their findings in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.' 1/2

Liberals Get So Upset About Every Little Jeans Ad and Blatant Corruption Scandal Some hyper-sensitive Americans love to cry buckets of liberal tears over every minor provocation, like the Sydney Sweeney jeans ad or how the polic...

Amid all of the muck, there is McSweeney's wry sense of humor and irony. Thank you, McSweeney's.

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/lib...

Well done, you!! Congratulations!

An Open Letter From Arne Duncan The former secretary of education weighs in on Trump’s attacks.

This says everything I have been recently thinking.

www.chronicle.com/article/an-o...

Absolutely atrocious. Makes my stomach turn.

Barf
Barf
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It's been a long and dangerous three years.

Three years of so much heartache and loss that never had to happen. My heart goes out to all of the women who have suffered from this decision - and that is all of us.

Oh shit. Just when you think this circus has reached its quotas of trained monkeys....

This is a tragedy and never should have happened. This was senseless violence. My heart goes out to his family and friends.

We all know he holds a grudge better than just about anyone. I was thinking about this cartoon all weekend.

AI didn't add Speedo suits onto those cats. I'm horribly disappointed.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." 

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

NIH grant funding restored Judge rules grant terminations on the basis of DEI and gender identity are discriminatory and illegal

So extremely proud to work with such talented litigators. This is a massive and critical win. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/breaking-n...

Ugh, Roseburg PD. I hope people from the town show up in huge numbers anyway!