Affirmative action was never about admitting unqualified Black kids. It was always about ensuring qualified Black kids could also get accepted despite a world of systemic racism.

The “unqualified admission” you’re thinking of are legacy students—like how Kavanaugh got into Yale, or how George W. got into yale, or how Kushner got into Harvard.

Every GOP accusation is a confession, and this is no exception.

I'm glad insulin is capped at $35 for people on Medicare. It's a bill Democrats unanimously vote for, and so-called "pro life" Republicans unanimously opposed.

But here's the thing.

Insulin needs to be free & accessible to all people. Healthcare is a human right & there's no reason why corporations should profit billions off a life saving drug, the patent for which was sold for $3.

In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no person should struggle with insulin access. #MakeInsulinFree

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I would genuinely love to read a good explainer on the visceral hatred some portions of the right have for Zelensky.

Like, much of it is far beyond “we shouldn’t use American taxpayer money on this,” or “I disagree with XYZ policy.”

Any good links?

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1605775974259310592

The Holocaust did not begin with killing; it began with words.

Genocides do not start with mass murder. That's where they end up.

Genocides & other mass atrocity crimes begin with words - specifically, with powerful people dehumanizing a minority.

Once they are seen as less than human, anything is possible, even mass murder.

👉 You can speak out loudly today for the rights of others, or you can stay silent & wait for tomorrow, when your rights will be taken away too.

The stricter your gun laws the lower your gun violence. It’s empirical evidence. The argument begins and ends here.

Note: this chart is from last year. Since then Texas has massively eased its gun laws and it’s gun violence has skyrocketed. You don’t have to live this way, but if you want to change it you have to elect gun sense democrats to your state governments. Elections matter.