Tag Archives: Politics

BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP STANDS

SHOULD HAVE BEEN 9-0 Fourteenth Amendment Section 1 All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make … Continue reading

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Open Thread | The Court That Will Believe Absolutely Anything Is ‘Race-Neutral’

More excellent writing from The Atlantic: The Court That Will Believe Absolutely Anything Is ‘Race-Neutral’ The majority gives Trump yet more license to discriminate. By Adam Serwer Trump-administration officials have made no secret of their desire to purge the United … Continue reading

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Open Thread | The Disability Community is UNDER ATTACK By This Administration

Celine Castronuovo @cecelou18 SCOOP: White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind DOJ’s memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based care, said people briefed on the situation. From @benjaminpenn and me: https://x.com/cecelou18/status/2069518347641786506 Without … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Checking In With the Worst Court Since Taney

The majority of this Court are just awful people. PBS News ‪@pbsnews.org‬ Follow The Supreme Court sided with the maker of the Roundup weedkiller Thursday in a ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Only A Fool Would Have Believed That Dobbs Was About ‘ States Rights’

No, it was never about being ‘ left to the states’. The right-wing wants to impose its will on the entire country. So Much for Leaving Abortion Up to the States Louisiana’s case against the FDA is not just about … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Please Be On The Lookout…As Voters, We Have to Stay Vigilant

He_art_dave ‪@producerdave.bsky.social‬ Follow i got a 3rd party very official looking “voter registration” mailer today. took 40 seconds of googling to see its a pac front. go to the official site in your state and check you are registered to … Continue reading

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Happy Juneteenth!!

Happy Juneteenth!! The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth On “Freedom’s Eve,” or the eve of January 1, 1863, the first Watch Night services took place. On that night, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes all across … Continue reading

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Open Thread | If They Didn’t Have Staggering CORRUPTION, They Wouldn’t Have Anything

This needs to be a Democratic Theme leading up to the midterms: Mike Levin @MikeLevin This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it. More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over … Continue reading

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Open Thread | The Man Unqualified to be Secretary of Defense Continues to Try And Erase Black Contributions to the Military

I first heard the name Chappie James when I went for a tour on the campus of Tuskegee University in Alabama. There is a building named for him with a replica of the plane that he flew while in the … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Since October 1, 2025, the U.S. has accepted 6,668 refugees. Of those, 6,665 were Afrikaners.

Lips so pursed. Donald V. Watkins 17h · TRUMP ENGAGES IN A LAND GRAB IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA FOR THE PRIORITIZED RESETTLEMENT OF APARTHEID-LOVING WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN REFUGEES PART I By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on June 10, 2026 … Continue reading

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