The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-semitism. History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse. GOP leaders must renounce and reject these views and those who hold them.

“If the United States had the same Covid death rate as Australia, about 900,000 lives would have been saved.” nytimes.com/2022/05/15/wor…

Conservatives on Supreme Court rule 6 to 3 that after an election donors are permitted to give over $250k per candidate so the politician can replenish their own personal bank account from loans to campaign and this will not lead to corruption. Yeah sure! nytimes.com/2022/05/16/us/…

The Last Week Tonight with John Oliver episode on Asian Americans from last year is still one of the best episodes they have ever done. Covers the Chinese Exclusion Act, Japanese internment, so-called model minority, Joe Rogan, and more. youtu.be/29lXsOYBaow

Steve Kerr on today's tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

‘The theology of dominionism — that is, the belief that “right-thinking” Christians have a biblically derived mandate to take control of all aspects of government and society — is now explicitly embraced’ by the Christian Right

Moving video by Ken Burns. Reagan allowed 240k refugees into USA per year in the 80s. Trump allowed a max of 15k. Biden raised it to 120k. We can do better.

Never forget that 147 Republicans including Nebraska’s Rep. Adrian Smith voted to overturn a free and fair election. They are all anti-democratic and no corporation that supports democracy should ever donate to any of them again. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

“Extreme partisan gerrymandering is more a symptom than a cause of democratic breakdown,” writes Jesse Wegman, a member of the editorial board. nyti.ms/3uIsIL6

⁦Senator Deb Fischer⁩ and ⁦Senator Ben Sasse⁩ please get the semiconductor bill passed. We cannot wait until China cuts off our access to Taiwanese chips to take action. nytimes.com/2022/07/14/bri…

“No factor matters more to homelessness than access to housing. Poverty, mental illness, addiction and other issues do play roles, but they are less significant.” nytimes.com/2022/07/15/bri…

In the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the justices cited Brown v. Board of Education 23 times “to make points about precedent, about popular opinion and, most tellingly, about how to interpret the Constitution,” Adam Liptak writes. nyti.ms/3cLhJdy

First day of 8th and 11th grade. FYI: my son is standing on a doormat 😉

Great video clip story on what teachers actually teach about race nytimes.com/interactive/20…

“Long-term unemployment is as low as it has been in 20 years. The overall unemployment rate hasn’t been lower than this since the 1960s. Defying claims that “no one wants to work anymore,” 80.2 percent of Americans in their prime working years had jobs” nytimes.com/2022/10/10/bri…

Elon Musk has emerged as a new, chaotic actor in global politics. The billionaire’s interventions in some of the world’s most combustible conflicts have sometimes been a boon, but his messages have also caused problems. nyti.ms/3zgG0kd

Two games in and my bracket is perfect… got to enjoy this while it lasts

I read this a few days ago and it really stuck with me. I like this authors idea about 100% stories versus 50% stories versus what they call 90% stories. Journalist and media fail repeatedly at 90% stories. nytimes.com/2023/05/03/bri…

1/ Alright, friends. It’s starting, and I want to get ahead of it. Four years later, can’t believe we are doing this, but… ELECTION FRAUD DEBUNKING MEGA THREAD, PART II We’ll have a lot of re-reruns from 2020 (original thread below). Send me any you see. I will investigate