In America, a toddler has shot someone with a gun, every week, for 2 years straight.

Yes, you read that correctly.

What a sad and dark day.

These beautiful souls are Hughes Van Ellis, 102, Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108, and Viola Fletcher, who just turned 109. They are the oldest living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre. They have received $0 reparations.

They sued for justice. Sadly, Tulsa County District Judge Caroline Wall just granted the City of Tulsa’s motion to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning the case can’t be refiled.

https://t.co/kJRnvQweL2

Reparations Now.

Looks like my prohibition on buying Amy’s mac & cheese and microwave burritos is extended indefinitely. 😫 WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GROW UP TO BE A SOULLESS CAPITALIST FUCKHEAD, AMY??
(h/t @Radical_EgoCom for the screenshot)

[Edited to add: Apparently the facility closure happened about a year ago. But if you—like me—hadn’t heard about it yet, now you know.]

It's now legal in Florida to deny someone medical care or insurance coverage because you don't approve of their sexual or gender identity.

DeSantis is weaponizing religious beliefs into state sanctioned discrimination.

Critics take aim at Biden’s AI meeting with CEOs from Google, OpenAI, Microsoft

"A room full of the dudes who gave us the issues & fired us for talking about the risks."

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/critics-take-aim-at-bidens-ai-meeting-with-ceos-from-google-openai-microsoft/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

The fact that the $7.25/hour federal minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009 is atrocious.

But it's actually far worse than that.

The federal minimum wage is worth ~30% less today than it was worth in 2009.

It’s worth ~40% less than in 1968.

It’s time to raise the wage.

So the "nonpartisan" No Labels got a big gift from Clarence Thomas sugar daddy Crow.

https://newrepublic.com/article/172059/no-labels-took-100000-clarence-thomas-buddy-harlan-crow

The logical reason for this is that No Labels wants to ensure a Republican win in 2024, by siphoning off votes from Democrats.