I'm not that familiar with Mike Johnson, but a quick review of his positions convinces me he is just another anti-democracy zealot who wants to take away the rights of people who aren't straight, white, Christian males. Not a fan of his position on Ukraine, either. This is just fantastic! 🙄
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Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف)The rate limiting incident in Twitter isn't really what pushed me over to use Mastodon more and more. Currently there is a hashtag on Twitter related to the French riots that's calling on the expulsion of all Muslim, African, and Arab immigrants from the entirety of Europe. The trending hashtag (at #2) is filled with images encouraging mass killings and lynchings of Arabs. There is no come back from this.
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That only lasted until Ted Kennedy died, so 72 days, not two years. And keep in mind the 60 seat caucus included people like Joe Lieberman, so lots of things Obama might have wanted to do would still have been filibustered.
That only lasted until Ted Kennedy died, so 72 days, not two years. And keep in mind the 60 seat caucus included people like Joe Lieberman, so lots of things Obama might have wanted to do would still have been filibustered.
Athena's OwlThe red line is when Republicans ended the national assault weapons ban.
Source:
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-does-gun-control-work
Also, https://www.instagram.com/p/CeEZJNJu5X2/
Note: In 2004 the Republican Congress refused to renew the assault weapons ban
@mekkaokereke yes, to all of this! Amazing thread, really enjoying the thoughtful presentation you are providing this month.
mekka okereke 
Once you understand white US history instead of Black history, you'll understand why the following interventions will do much more to improve US Black educational achievement than most of the nonsense we're trying today:
• Bail reform
• Fire racist teachers, including the Bill Cosbys
• Retain anti-racist Black, white, AAPI, Latinx teachers
• Get rid of school cops
• Provide all students free lunch. And breakfast. And afternoon snack.
• Transfer police budget to school budget. Bring back art.
@toomas_ilves they sound quite desperate.
Benjamin RossPublicity campaigns urging "cross on the green" are not safety campaigns. An accruate slogan would be:
"Cross on the green, not in between, because a driver's convenience is more important than your life." 2/2
"Cross on the green, not in between, because a driver's convenience is more important than your life." 2/2
@pivoinebleue followed to its logical conclusion, the court has articulated a path for rendering wife beating legal in the 21st century. Time to throw these so-called jurists out the window.
@michael old guard climate activists were anti-nuke. I don't know whether it was concern about contamination/containment, or simple naivete about how quickly wind/solar/hydro could completely eliminate fossil fuel dependency.
There may also have been a psychological association with nuclear weapons. Growing up in the 70s, we were taught to be terrified of all things involving radioactivity.
Some of us got past that. Others are still in the 70s mindset.