-
Activism
Senate GOP Votes to Decimate Congressional Oversight
Even the least jaded among us are probably not surprised by the Senate GOP’s decision not to try the impeachment of Donald Trump by voting against documents and witnesses. Republicans have always had an abusive relationship with the US Constitution, professing love for it while chipping away at its protections (voter suppression efforts, attacks on the press and the first…
Read More » -
Politics
Quickies: Cultural Appropriation, Satanic Pregnancies, and a Few Separated Families Reunite
On Cultural Appropriation: A Latina Novelist Calls Herself out Amid the “American Dirt” Controversy, Salon: Whether or not you’ve followed the controversy over Jeanine Cummins’ book, this article provides a nuanced look at cultural appropriation worth a read. Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Called for “All Satanic Pregnancies to Miscarry.” It Was a Metaphor, She Says, Washington Post (free article limit): I’ve…
Read More » -
Politics
Quickies: The Wage-Suicide Link, Vulnerable Voting Machines, and Adaptive Fashion
Higher Minimum Wages Linked to Reduced Suicide Rate, Ars Technica: “A number of studies . . . have indicated that financial stressors are a significant contributor [to suicides]. And a few recent studies have suggested a public policy that can reduce financial stress does seem to have an influence on suicide rates: the minimum wage. Now, researchers from Emory University…
Read More » -
Politics
Quickies: Trump Presidential Library at a Trailer Park, GOP Admits Voter Suppression, and the LGBT Mafia Strikes Again
$1 Billion for Briny Breezes? Real Estate Broker Thinks Trump Would Buy . . . and Residents Are Listening, Palm Beach Post: This is too on the nose not to share. Apparently, Trump family friend Vanilla Ice is pushing for a Palm Beach County trailer park as the site for Trump’s presidential library. Every word in that sentence is true.…
Read More » -
Activism
Quickies: Homophobic Hallmark and Boomers’ Heightened Narcissism
Shot: Things We Saw Today: Hallmark Caves to Homophobes, the Mary Sue: “The campaign was spearheaded by One Million Karens who would like to speak to the manager Moms, which started a petition demanding that Hallmark not only remove the ads but cave to their demand not to create any sort of LGBT content. Their reasoning? ‘Such content goes against…
Read More » -
Politics
Quickies: Fascist Trump Children’s Book and States Taking on Private Prisons
Metaxas’ “Donald Builds the Wall” Recalls Nazi Children’s Books, at Love, Joy, Feminism: “I watched a video of Metaxas doing a ‘dramatic reading’ of his book. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t being unfair to him—I do try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and my friends still [tell] me I hand out way too many second…
Read More » -
Politics
Quickies: Kavanaugh Protest, Racial Discrimination in Real Estate, and All about the $ in the Ukraine Scandal
Protesters Blare Christine Blasey Ford Testimony and Dress Up as Handmaids outside Kavanaugh Speech, USA Today: “As guests filed into Union Station to hear a keynote speech by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Thursday evening, the scene outside included protesters dressed in “Handmaid’s Tale” costumes and chanting their support for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.” In addition, they had a HUGE…
Read More » -
Politics
Quickies: Alito and Kavanaugh Meet with Homophobe, Climate Change Cost US over $500 Billion
The Homophobic Activist Who Won an Audience with Two Supreme Court Justices, the New Yorker: Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh met with an anti-LGTBQ activist only weeks after hearing oral arguments in two LGTBQ discrimination cases, providing yet another example of the partisanship of the court and the need for a strong ethics code. Aaron Belkin, director…
Read More »