Kathy Mortensen

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Retired special education teacher. Now doing other matters.
BREAKING: that thing all of us have known since the 90s

A Pair of #Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in #Texas. That’s Just the Start.

Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash #regulations and #taxes. Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward #Christian rule.

#News #Politics #Government #ChristianNationalist #GOP #Republican #Trump #Election #Education #Religion #Jan6 #Project2025

https://www.propublica.org/article/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-texas-christian-nationalism-dominionism-elections-voting?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.

ProPublica
You can order free Covid tests again

There is an accessible option for people with disabilities.

Mother Jones
Another Trump Sexual Assault Victim Steps Forward With "Nauseous" Tale

I commend this brave woman who has come forward to tell her tale of sexual assault by the GOP candidate for president this year. It's only a question of time now before this story gets

PolitiZoom
Harris endorsed by over 700 national security officials, who warn Trump "endangers" democracy https://www.axios.com/2024/09/22/national-security-officials-endorse-harris?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Over 700 national security officials endorse Harris for president

The latest boost for Harris comes days after more than 100 Republican national security leaders endorsed her.

Axios
Kroger-Albertsons merger could increase grocery costs, FTC chair says https://t.co/MtVDNjGos8
FTC chair says Kroger-Albertsons merger could increase grocery costs

The FTC is trying to stop the merger of Kroger and Albertsons and the case's trial wrapped up last week.

Axios

Texas has purged about 500K eligible voters from voter rolls

Nebraska potentially changing its Electoral count to winner take all so they all go Red

Georgia is requiring 5-6M votes be counted by hand

Red states have closed more than 10,000 polling locations in Black/Latino neighborhoods

This is how Republicans are organizing to steal the election

US Healthcare System Ranks Last Among Similar Countries

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The US healthcare system sucks. Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Despite spending more on healthcare than any other high-income nation, the United States ranks last in health outcomes, access, and equity. You’ve probably heard all that before, too.  And it’s only been reaffirmed by a new […]

VICE
Kansas cult leaders convicted of forcing children to work 16-hour days without pay https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/17/kansas-cult-child-labor?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Kansas cult leaders convicted of making children work 16-hour days without pay

Prosecutors say the group beat children as young as eight years old and imposed strict rules on what they did and ate

The Guardian
Kentucky 'sniper' who's still at-large had issues with neighbors: official

Officials continue to search for the suspect who allegedly shot at over a dozen cars on Interstate 75 in Kentucky.

Newsweek