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I’m a Mom in the Pacific Northwest of the US trying not to panic.
Remember -- don't let ANYONE ruin your day. Don't empower them. It's YOUR day. Ruin it by yourself.
CNN should just lean in and approach everything with this ethos. “What if we ask Kanye host a Seder? What would happen if we bought Jared Fogle a Build-A-Bear franchise? OOOHHHH JEFFREY DAHMER COOKING SHOW”
And and how me, my husband, and my 9-yo daughter and discussing tropes.
Hoo boy! It’s fun to be Gen X and discuss the difference between Pessimism and Nihilism with your 9-yo kid.
I've boosted a few others pointing out this article, but I gotta say, I find it absolutely hilarious that Taibbi went from Musk bootlicker to effectively off the site and shadowbanned in 48 hours... especially since one of Taibbi's big (misleading and misunderstood) scoops was about Twitters visibility filtering... https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/10/after-matt-taibbi-leaves-twitter-elon-musk-shadow-bans-all-of-taibbis-tweets-including-the-twitter-files/
After Matt Taibbi Leaves Twitter, Elon Musk ‘Shadow Bans’ All Of Taibbi’s Tweets, Including The Twitter Files

The refrain to remember with Twitter under Elon Musk: it can always get dumber. Quick(ish) recap: On Thursday, Musk’s original hand-picked Twitter Files scribe, Matt Taibbi, went on Mehdi Hasan’s s…

Techdirt
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Election: Protasiewicz Wins With Abortion Message

Janet Protasiewicz prevailed in the state’s highly consequential contest for the Supreme Court, which will now be likely to reverse the state’s abortion ban and end the use of gerrymandered legislative maps.

The New York Times
Janet Protasiewicz wins seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court

The Milwaukee County judge defeated former Justice Daniel Kelly, paving the way for liberal control of the high court for the first time since 2008

The Cap Times
YES!

@TonyStark

Cass Sunstein wrote that civil rights protections, environmental preservation, financial stability, election security, & law enforcement requires taxation.

https://wwnorton.co.uk/books/9780393320336-the-cost-of-rights

When GOP billionaire donors foster tax evasion, money laundering, & the offshoring of wealth in tax havens & Swiss banks; they are defunding democracy.

Tax evasion & donor maintenance is why the 1% fund the GOP. They have a contempt for the survival of democracy itself.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/29/credit-suisse-whistleblowers-say-bank-has-been-helping-americans-dodge-us-taxes.html

The Cost of Rights

To "fight for your rights," or anyone else's, is not just to debate principles but to haggle over budgets.

W. W. Norton & Company Ltd.