Thom HartmannThe Founders of this country never intended Supreme Court justices to become, functionally, kings and queens with no checks on a near-absolute power to strike down or modify laws passed by Congress. There is a solution…
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Psychotherapist expert in helping trauma survivors recover. Social justice, climate justice, equal rights and democracy are important to me.
Saw a Ron DeSantis commercial on TV for president. I literally became nauseous and angry at the same time! Wow, that’s never happened before- he’s worse than Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/04/06/student-loan-repayment-pause-another-lawsuit-aims-end/11616674002/ these jerks at the Mackinac center have the nerve to ask for a handout while trying to block student loan forgiveness.
'Never Seen Anything Like This': US Librarians Report Book Bans Hit Record High in 2022 https://www.commondreams.org/news/ala-banned-books
'Never Seen Anything Like This': US Librarians Report Book Bans Reached Record High in 2022
"Each attempt to ban a book by one of these groups represents a direct attack on every person's constitutionally protected right to freely choose what books to read and what ideas to explore," said one intellectual freedom advocate.
First female police officer in rural Michigan town says fellow cops relentlessly harassed and assaulted her - NBC News https://apple.news/A48osYHL8RH2yARk3g_7ttg. I’d love to say to this young woman, that some of the best cops I’ve seen are women. I hope she sticks with it and wins her lawsuit!
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Rob ChristopherDon't allow anyone to gaslight you. The American Library Association (where I work, by the way) documented 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the HIGHEST NUMBER of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago.
We must not remain silent as a tiny minority of loudmouths attempts to police our #libraries, #schools, and public institutions. https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/.
Robert ReichResearchers estimate that if the top 1% of Americans paid the full amount of taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion a year.
That’s just UNPAID taxes. Not new or higher taxes.
How about we make them pay their fair share and use the money to invest in the American people?
Dr. D. Elisabeth GlasscoWow! Time does fly! Born March 23, 1953, Happy 70th Birthday to Yvette Marie Stevens—-Chaka Kahn!
American singer-songwriter Chaka Khan performing drums with American funk band, Rufus, at a record launch party in London, February 1975.
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Republicans and GOP media pushing quack cures should be in a court of law answering for the deaths and destroyed families they’ve caused in their quest for political power and advertising dollars…
