Liz Wallace

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Progressive, feminist, ally of all LGBTQ people, Democrat living in red #Alabama, mom of two grown sons. #books #knitting #cats #hiking #travel #democracy

Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the #SupremeCourt Justice to Luxury Travel
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The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.

#SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Morning! Republicans are playing games with words like "ban." Don't be fooled. They are applying Stasi tactics to teachers, making them so afraid to teach that many will give up.

The end goal? Destroying public education.

https://www.salon.com/2023/08/10/dont-be-fooled-by-the-spin-are-banning-courses-and-harassing-teachers-out-of-their-job/

GOP creates a back to school nightmare: Republicans are banning courses and harassing teachers out of work

Salon.com

When will (a lot of) people understand that the national broadcaster isn't supposed to be a mouthpiece for their political views? And if you were living in a country where it was, then you could be in a failed state!

(Just posted this on Twitter and people thought I meant Uganda. No, I mean Australia 😂)

The red states are really trying it: defying both federal authority over immigration and the Supreme Court’s rulings mandating new Congressional maps. Where do things stand, what’s driving this, and where will it lead? A red state smackdown is overdue. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/time-for-a-red-state-smackdown?sd=pf
Time For a Red State Smackdown

Last week I wrote about how red state governments have been testing the limits of federal authority and patience. Among the examples I discussed were Texas’s illegal use of buoys and razor wire along the Rio Grande and its intentionally inhumane treatment of migrants, and Alabama’s planned defiance of a Supreme Court order mandating a second majority Black or near-majority Black congressional district.

The Status Kuo
Remember: a seditious group of Republican Attorneys General sent robocalls spreading election lies and urging Republican voters to riot at the Capitol. They also threatened to nullify 2020 election results. How many are still in office waiting to undermine democracy once again? #GOPTraitors #GOPSedition #RepublicanAGs #KenPaxton #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy
Carlee Russell went missing Thursday night.“My son’s girlfriend heard her asking the child, ‘Are you OK? She never heard the child say anything but then she heard our daughter scream,’’ Talitha Russell said. Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Brad Fountain at 205-444-7562, Sgt. Drew Mims at 205-739-7274, or Crimestoppers of Metro Alabama at 205-254-7777.
Schools facing critical race theory battles are diversifying rapidly, analysis finds

As public schools face anti-critical race theory protests, a new NBC News analysis finds many of the districts with these battles are diversifying rapidly.

NBC News
I was wasting my weekend thinking about Twitter right-wingers care about going to Threads and it hit me: for them, social media is about performing dominance as a response to insecurity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/10/elon-musk-twitter-threads/?itid=ap_philipbump
Elon Musk and the dominance space

Twitter is now a place centered on performative dominance.

The Washington Post
Tommy Tuberville: What's Wrong With the Republican Party

You can’t say you support the military, and then stand by while one man, one senator, prevents the military from having its senior leadership in place. But that’s where we are. As of today, there is no longer a Senate-confirmed Commandant of the Marine Corps. Top level military positions require Senate confirmation, and Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is blocking it. This isn’t because he has an objection to the candidate. The nominee, General Eric Smith, is

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

For decades, right-wingers told us same-sex marriage would lead to a war on Christianity.

7 years after marriage equality, the consequences have been so boring that Republicans literally had to make up a case where they imagined they were victimized to justify more bigotry.