FTA: "For some candidates, filing their paperwork to run has essentially secured them their office because no one else filed to run against them. In many other races, the candidate who wins the primary will not face an opponent in the general election, meaning they’ll get the job."
One of the reasons I hate primaries.
> Homesteading offers independence from the uncertainty of American life, but few people actually make the switch https://irjci.blogspot.com/2026/05/homesteading-offers-independence-from.html
Article caught my eye in part because I had a student last month researching homesteading. They could have used this back then.
#ReferenceDesk #homesteading #rural #OffTheGrid #ThisIsAmerica
> Voters support a progressive agenda focused on lowering costs and taking on corporations https://www.forwardky.com/voters-support-a-progressive-agenda-focused-on-lowering-costs-and-taking-on-corporations/
LOL, I call #CacaDeToro 🐮 💩 because if they DID support these things they'd vote accordingly, which they do not.
Poll, so as usual caveats may apply.
#ThisIsAmerica #GOP #PartyOfStupid #RepublicanLite #useless #YouGetWhatYouVoteFor #ThingsIDoNotNeedCartomancyFor
> American Press Freedom on the Brink https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/29/american-press-freedom-on-the-brink/
FTA: "It may be tempting to blame Trump entirely for the perilous state of journalism in the country, but that steady decline in press freedom over the past decade spans multiple administrations, with both parties holding power in Washington."
You know, for the #RepublicanLite who love to mewl that "we are not like them."
There was a time when at least some Americans thought the January 6 riot was wrong and made an effort to find the offenders.
Today, they stutter if you ask them whether the 2020 election was rigged or not. 🤷♂️
> ‘I saw the backlash coming’: civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on America and race
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/25/i-saw-the-backlash-coming-civil-rights-activist-kimberle-crenshaw-on-america-and-race
I am not a prominent scholar. I am just a schmuck but yea, as I often say, the signs were there to be seen. And as another wise woman taught me, there is no worse blind person than the one that refuses to see.
She coined the term ‘intersectionality’ and helped to develop critical race theory, now her life’s work is under attack by Washington’s war on ‘woke’. As her memoir is published, the legal scholar explains why she’ll never stop speaking truth to power
#SaveYouAClick: Some pastor with some pap about we need to be nicer, see past color lines, etc. Fuck that shit: If their position is one of dehumanizing others, being bigoted, racist #assholes wanting to take mine and your rights away, they can go fuck themselves, and if you ain't down with that, you can go fuck yourself too.
> How Americans Can Disagree Without Becoming Enemies: Five Steps | Opinion https://www.newsweek.com/how-americans-can-disagree-without-becoming-enemies-opinion-11882467
Trump Destroys the Careers of Millions of Americans Helping People https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/28/trump-destroys-the-careers-of-millions-of-americans-helping-people/
#ThisIsAmerica #YouGetWhatYouVoteFor #BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation
> The Algorithmic School-to-Prison Pipeline
https://inquest.org/the-algorithmic-school-to-prison-pipeline/
FTA: "With little transparency or oversight, technology is being used to flag youth as risks to public safety and deciding who is surveilled, arrested, and confined."
Can you say "pre-crime" little boys and girls?
BTW, not just in #Floriduh
> The Classic American Diner https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2026/04/the-classic-american-diner/ via #LibraryOfCongress
I love a good diner, but they are getting harder to find.
A. Rivera
Tony 💉x11 🇦🇺
