Doctor Biobrain (@biobrain@newsie.social) (Newsie)
Politico reports on Republicans in disarray after Ohio voters denied their attempt to stop voters from changing their Constitution. But everything they’re saying is about messaging and not the actual policies. Because that’s all Republicans do. They literally believe elections are a sham and our democracy is a time-limited dictatorship where you trick people into voting for you and then do whatever the hell you want. Then they act surprised at how unpopular they are. https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-abortion-movement-clashes-over-083000473.html
Black Aziz Anansi :vm: (@BlackAzizAnansi@mas.to) (mas.to)
I reallyyy thought that we moved past the "Republicans and Dems are both the same" discourse after these past 7 years. Like, yes, the Democratic Party is still very shitty (although less so in many ways than they were a decade ago but that's a low bar) but like, we have Republicans sending lawyers to right wing indoctrination classes and forcing children to be taught that slavery was a good thing.
myrmepropagandist (@futurebird@sauropods.win) (Sauropods.win)
I assume you get why it's not a nice thing to say that "slavery helped black people in some ways" but I think some people miss why this particular idea is *exceptionally* racist. One of the main arguments to justify slavery was that it "civilized" black people by making us Christian & teaching us obedience to our "betters." Black people were "lucky" or "better off" as slaves. It assumes that when people were enslaved they had no skills, nothing to offer, that they were basically animals.
Jerry Levine (@jerrylevine@mastodon.social) (Mastodon)
“I’m having more ‘rational Republicans’ coming up to me and saying, ‘I just don’t know how long I can stay in this party,’” said Sen. Murkowski (R-AK). “[...] no one is taking us seriously anymore." THIS JUST IN: LEOPARDS ARE EATING FACES. THERE WAS NO WAY TO EXPECT THIS OUTCOME. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4098609-gop-senators-rattled-by-radical-conservative-populism/
Grant Gulovsen (@gulovsen@mastodon.social) (Mastodon)
I know and respect the fact that people have widely divergent opinions about the importance of lawyers in the U.S., but I will say this - knowing that (at least some of) the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court can be bought off makes being a #lawyer in the U.S. something I'm far less proud of than I used to be. I'm no longer able to say with any sincerity that we are a country that respects the Rule of #Law. I really hope that at some point in the future I can say that again...
flexghost. (@flexghost@mastodon.social) (Mastodon)
Attached: 1 image The Biden administration just forgave $39 billion in student debt for more than 800,000 borrowers who have made payments for 20/25 years Great. Now can we talk about why 800K people were tricked to rack up $39 BILLION in debt when they were kids? Why we allow them to be tricked by the promise that maybe, kinda, possibly, one day it’ll pay off? Or why there are people who have been paying their student debt for 20+ years? Or why college isn’t free?
Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly@mstdn.social) (Mastodon 🐘)
A $400 billion company just sued scientists for their peer-reviewed research revealing a safety issue, but there's been total silence from all the prominent anti-vax and anti-cancel culture people. Gosh, it's like they're all just fronts for right-wing billionaires. https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/johnson-johnson-sues-researchers-who-linked-talc-cancer-2023-07-13/
volkswagenchick (@volkswagenchick@drupal.community) (Drupal Mastodon)
Attached: 1 image You know that feeling when you're finally packed up and ready to take a 23 hour flight and you go to pack your snacks and someone ate your fucking sandwich so now you have to make a new sandwich but you're out of lettuce and cheese and only have the dumb gluten free bread left so you'll have to have another drink at the airport to wash that shit down?? Yeah, well. Milo knows the feeling.