Those who gave the last full measure of devotion to realize the aspirational, multiracial democracy enshrined in the Constitution, to defend American democracy, as fraught & unwieldily as it is, will, if Captain Bone Spurs is reelected, have indeed died in vain. Vote accordingly.

This sober warning from Ken Burns about a second Trump term needs to be heard by all.

Please watch & share.

Those who gave the last full measure of devotion to realize the aspirational, multiracial democracy enshrined in the Constitution, to defend American democracy, as fraught & unwieldily as it is, will, if Captain Bone Spurs is reelected, have indeed died in vain. Vote accordingly.

The first shot is from an informal settlement near Johannesburg SA created by white supremacist apartheid rule.

The second pic is a drone shot from a real estate agency in Charlotte, NC whose mayor is Vi Lyles, a Black woman.

Good try tho.

Your occasional reminder that charter schools and voucher programs are a strategy to defund public schools, privatize education for profit, and backdoor segregation.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Radcliffe Institute: 'There are days that I've come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried. … There have been those days. And there are likely to be more.'

By removing himself from the crucible of racism in the U.S., at least temporarily, Baldwin was able to develop a deeper understanding of himself and his nation that reverberated through his seminal writings.

New poll:
💥Should there be early elections?
70% – yes
22% – no
💥Should Benny Ganz leave the government?
52% – yes
28% – no

Improving outcomes for kids was never the goal, but kneecapping a public good that the very rich don't need and for which they'd rather not pay

is.

Cassie speaks out in the aftermath of the Diddy assault video: 'The outpouring of love has created a place for my younger self to settle and feel safe now.'

'Domestic Violence is THE issue. It broke me down to someone I never thought I would become...My only ask is that EVERYONE

It means this.

Megyn Kelly Do people from a “store nearby” decided whether presidents can be prosecuted for crimes? Or are you so devoid of arguments that you’ve decided being obtuse is a personality?

The Alito “insurrection flag” incident is bad enough (even Republicans have spoken out, which re: our captured Court is rare to see).

Worse, it’s not an isolated incident over at the Roberts Court.

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The day Trump left the White House he threatened to leave the party & take MAGA with him. Every party leader has kissed the ring since, from McCarthy to McConnell. Haley has now, too. Why? ‘Cause they’d rather end the American experiment than lose an iota of power. It’s macabre.

He stole from kids with cancer and military vets via his fake charity, to which he admitted doing in the legal filings re: those fraud cases. Those charities were shut down.

The new media landscape of the Unified Reich. #unifiedreich

A huge loss.