A Southern Yankee liberal not afraid of gun-totin', bible-thumpin', confederate-flag wavin' hypocritical bigots.
#Liberal #Democrat #SouthCarolina #politics #SCPol
Court Finds that Texas Law Requiring the Rejection of Mail Ballots and Applications Violates the Civil Rights Act
#TexasLaw #CivilRightsAct #MailBallots #VotingRights #TexasCourt #VoterSuppression #Politics #News
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled yesterday that portions of Texas Senate Bill 1, adopted in September 2021, violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court found that parts of S.B. 1 require officials to reject mail-in ballot applications and mail-in ballots based on errors or omissions that are not material in determining whether voters are qualified under Texas law to vote or cast a mail ballot.
Holy f*** does this sound like the stupidest idea ever! This guy is a certified nutcase!
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Ramaswamy suggests he would run government like Musk does X
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4159679-ramaswamy-suggests-he-would-run-government-like-elon-musk/
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy suggested Friday if elected in 2024, he would run the government like tech billionaire Elon Musk runs the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “What [Musk] did at Twitter is a good example of what I want to do to the administrative state,” Ramaswamy said in an interview…
Authors - don't wait until it's YOUR book that's been banned to speak out against these asinine policies. Fight now for your freedom to read and to be read!
#BookBanning
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‘Friday Night Lights’ author slams ‘absolutely tragic’ Iowa book ban
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4157099-friday-night-lights-author-slams-absolutely-tragic-iowa-book-ban/
H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger, the author of the bestselling nonfiction sports book “Friday Night Lights,” expressed his frustration in a new interview with an Iowa city banning the title from school libraries, saying U.S. book bans have become worthy of comparison to Nazi Germany. “America is a wonderful, great country. And one of the reasons it’s…
Suing because you were outed as belonging to a white nationalist group?
How about NOT belonging to a white nationalist group to begin with, assholes!
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He Infiltrated a Notorious White Nationalist Group. Now, He’s Being Sued for Exposing Them
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/white-nationalist-patriot-front-antifa-lawsuit-1234804251/
This douchebag, who is single-handedly destroying our country's military, doesn't even live in the goddamn state for which he was elected Senator?
Tommy Tuberville reportedly doesn’t live in Alabama − should he still be its senator?
https://theconversation.com/tommy-tuberville-reportedly-doesnt-live-in-alabama-should-he-still-be-its-senator-211490
"Niger is one of several West African countries where U.S. military-trained officers have seized control since 2021, including Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali."
Maybe, and I'm just spit-balling here... Maybe we should be rethinking our goddamned strategy of training military in western Africa!
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U.S. officials who helped train Nigerien troops reel from coup
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/15/niger-moussa-barmou-coup-00111165
"With the addition of Dutch Square Mall to its portfolio, (Word of God) aims to revitalize this space, breathing new life into it and transforming it into a place of inspiration, unity, and prosperity..."
A church with a "portfolio" is a church with too much goddamned money!
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"A local church plans to buy Columbia’s Dutch Square Center mall."
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article278225953.html
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