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Category Archives: Activism
Voting Day Today!
Today, Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina will hold their primaries, while Texas will hold yet another special election. Nevada is probably the most interesting to watch as they will have Governor, US Senator, and US Representatives. The Republicans … Continue reading
Posted in Get Out The Vote, voting
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What Will It Take?
Miah Cerrillo, Robb Elementary fourth grader who survived Uvalde school shooting, testifies before Congress in prerecorded video: "[He] shot my teacher and told my teacher 'goodnight' … He shot my friend that was next to me … I grabbed her … Continue reading
Building a Better Vocabulary
OK guys, some terms to use to frame many of our terrible news: Domestic Tuckerism (#DomesticTuckerism) to describe white-nationalist and Tucker Carlson induced violence. Lay these shootings directly at the feet of Fox News, where they belong. Forced Birth (#ForcedBirth) … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Vocabulary
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News That Will Drive You To Drink
Happy Hour News He seems nice: Matt Gaetz, one of the 193 House Republicans who voted against capping the price of life-saving insulin at $35 a month for most Americans last week, has justified his vote by saying that diabetes … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Pie Fight, Affordable Care Act, Matt Gaetz
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Under the Radar: USPS Just Got First Class Upgrade
The USPS Reform bill that passed has a lot of neat-o stuff in it: A postal reform bill that passed Congress this week could offer another opportunity to install a postal banking system in the United States, according to a … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Save the USPS
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We Delivered!
Guys, looks like we delivered for the USPS: The Senate on Tuesday passed sweeping bipartisan legislation to overhaul the US Postal Service’s finances and allow the agency to modernize its operations. The final vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan 79-19. The bill … Continue reading
2022: ‘It’s About Democracy, Stupid!’
Over the weekend I was having a text chat with some of my unindicted co-conspirators and I made the observation that the unified message of the Democrats for 2022 needs to be, “It’s About Democracy, Stupid!” — and then this … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Pie Fight, Get Out The Vote, Vote Suppression, voting
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News That Will Drive You to Drink
Happy Hour News First the bad news: The USPS Board of Directors has still not fired Louis DeJoy’s ass and the Senate has not confirmed new members to the Board yet. Now the good news: Long-awaited legislation overhauling the Postal … Continue reading
Posted in Save the USPS
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Eiron, The Goddess of Irony, Laughed So Hard She Farted
Eiron is doing good work these days: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema confronted Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on the Senate floor last night about the chamber’s slow voting process, per @StevenTDennis. “Could we have some discipline in the votes, ever? You’re in … Continue reading
Meanwhile in Texas, America’s Lab for Bad Policy…
…meet Stephen Balch, the guy who is going to revise Texas social studies curriculum standards: This is Stephen Balch. He’s a conspiracy theorist who called Biden’s election a “literal coup” and pushes White Replacement Theory. The Texas State Board of Education … Continue reading