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Acerbic. Negro. Gay. Church Queen. Recovering political junkie afraid of creeping Fascism. Abortion is health care. Trans rights are human rights. Lapsed Episcopalian #KHive

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BREAKING: Democrats HALT Texas GOP Gerrymander β€” For Now
YouTube video by Let's Talk Elections BREAKING: Democrats HALT Texas GOP Gerrymander β€” For Now

Texas Dems Block House Map: youtu.be/jWefzC51TgI?...

05.08.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i love this energy.

05.08.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Look at Gawd!!!!

04.08.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Birthday President Obama

#barackobama
#barackobamabirthday

Happy 64th birthday to my forever President. You do everything with grace and style.

04.08.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 544    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 12

Abbott is threatening to jail Texas House Democrats for breaking quorum on a racist mid-decade gerrymander on behalf of a convicted felon that owes the state of New York and Ms. E. Jean Carroll nearly $600 million he ain't paid. He's lost the plot.

04.08.2025 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman is wearing a blue shirt that says hallelujah on it . ALT: a woman is wearing a blue shirt that says hallelujah on it .

This is the energy the people have been crying out for!!! Praise Gawd!

04.08.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Damn. She was a neat lady.

03.08.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting In an extraordinary move brokered with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, dozens of Texas House Democrats aim to deny a quorum as the GOP is set to draw new maps.

Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

03.08.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Both sides R not the same. Trump has already killed many times the death toll in Gaza. Never again fix your mouth 2 claim that it doesn't matter who the president is. Fascism kills. Trump is a monster. There R no perfect candidates. I voted 4 Kamala 2 reduce harm. If u didn't you're the problem.

03.08.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Those that bring charges will lose their careers and be disbarred.

03.08.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bizarre and inexplicable.

03.08.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Which policy wasn't compelling? I'd like details.

03.08.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Scream at Trump and leave me alone.

02.08.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And none of your self righteous screaming and online harassment has made anything better for the Palestinians.

02.08.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They amply proved my point.

02.08.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This is that awful bullshit Florida Supreme Court reasoning upholding the racist DeSantis gerrymander percolating up from pits of Hell.

01.08.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire and saying i 'm fine this is fine everything is fine ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire and saying i 'm fine this is fine everything is fine

Inclusive multiracial democracy is clearly a threat to their fascist political project. They're getting ready to turn on a dime from what they said two terms ago. Apparently, we just hallucinated a century of Jim Crow discrimination and voter disenfranchisement. Nothing to see here.

01.08.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are no excuses for a former Klansman like Justice Black, born in the Nineteenth Century, to have more respect for the Reconstruction Amendments than today's Federalist Society fascists.

01.08.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
CORDER LIST: 606 U.S.)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025
24-109
24-110
ORDER IN PENDING CASES
LOUISIANA V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL.
ROBINSON, PRESS, ET AL. V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL.
The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs
addressing the following question raised on pages 36-38 of the
Brief for Appellees:
Whether the State's intentional creation of
a second majority-minority congressional district violates the
Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution.
Supplemental briefs for appellants are due on or before Wednesday,
August 27, 2025. Supplemental brief for appellees is due on or
before Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Reply briefs are due on or
before 2 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025. The time to file amicus
curiae briefs is as provided for by this Court's Rule 37.3. Word
limits and cover colors for the briefs should correspond to the provisions of this Court's Rule 33.1(g) pertaining to briefs on the merits rather than to the provision pertaining to supplemental

CORDER LIST: 606 U.S.) FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025 24-109 24-110 ORDER IN PENDING CASES LOUISIANA V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL. ROBINSON, PRESS, ET AL. V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL. The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing the following question raised on pages 36-38 of the Brief for Appellees: Whether the State's intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. Supplemental briefs for appellants are due on or before Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Supplemental brief for appellees is due on or before Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Reply briefs are due on or before 2 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025. The time to file amicus curiae briefs is as provided for by this Court's Rule 37.3. Word limits and cover colors for the briefs should correspond to the provisions of this Court's Rule 33.1(g) pertaining to briefs on the merits rather than to the provision pertaining to supplemental

😬The Supreme Court will consider whether the intentional creation of a majority-minority congressional district violates the 14th or 15th Amendments.

If the answer is yes, SCOTUS will effectively declare that what remains of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. This is very, very ominous.

01.08.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3141    πŸ” 1376    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 262

BREAKING: We're suing ICE for unlawfully targeting and arresting people who show up to court for their immigration hearings.

01.08.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 37711    πŸ” 8061    πŸ’¬ 858    πŸ“Œ 411

i don't know what you're talking about and neither do you.

01.08.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to less restrictive prison after DOJ meeting According to the Bureau of Prisons, the type of facility to which Maxwell has been moved has β€œdormitory housing, a relatively low staff-to-inmate ratio, and limited or no perimeter fencing."

Days after meeting with the DOJ, Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred to a less restrictive minimum security federal prison camp in Texas.

01.08.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2164    πŸ” 882    πŸ’¬ 536    πŸ“Œ 177

What I couldn't do is view the world through the prism of Gaza and throw away my vote on a meaningless protest when a sane, competent and viable alternative existed to Trump in Kamala Harris. You obviously feel different about that, but I'm not going to insult you the same way you've done to me.

01.08.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Again, I don't support the war in Gaza & opposed every military sale authorized by the previous Administration to Israel. I also believe the International Criminal Court should prosecute Netanyahu for war crimes, & the US should be a signatory 2 that treaty.

01.08.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't support the war in Gaza. I don't support military aid to Israel, but I live in the United States and I made the only choice that made sense because I wanted someone competent and sane to lead the country. You can live in your fantasy world where perfect choices and purity reign.

01.08.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is exactly what i mean. you don't even know who i am, but you're ready with an unjustified smear. the students protesting the war in Gaza were right and any attempt to arrest them or punish them was an attack on free speech.

01.08.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

we'll never agree on anything because you're an extremist who would rather make an enemy than attempt to persuade.

01.08.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Texas gerrymander is supercharging a new war on democracy Texas Republicans just unveiled a shocking plan to give their party five new House seats.

Trump’s Texas gerrymander is supercharging a new war on democracy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

01.08.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petitions to run as an independent The Adams campaign said it is conducting a review after Gothamist found signatures that were fraudulently obtained or outright forged.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign submitted faked petition signatures in his effort to secure a spot on the Nov ballot as an independent, a Gothamist investigation found

01.08.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 980    πŸ” 339    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 82

You just don't want to concede the point and acknowledge the problem is the people that voted the autocrat back in, which is fine. She still shattered a popular vote record.

01.08.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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