@faulknerdems.bsky.social
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They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Potential Demolition of Section 2 of Voting Rights Act by Setting Argument October 15 in Louisiana Case, Possibly in Time to Affect 2026 Midterm Elections electionlawblog.org?p=151533
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Potential Demolition of Section 2 of Voting Rights Act by Setting Argument October 15 in Louisiana Case, Possibly in Time to Affect 2026 Midterm Elections #ELB
We know the Supreme Court dallied a long time in setting the Louisiana case for reargument, only recently adding a doozy of a question in this racial gerrymandering case that could tee up a potential ...
electionlawblog.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Attached is the text of an email sent to the Office of Inspector General at the Smithsonian. Historians and others must start protesting now before this revisionist "cleansing" has occurred.
Please!
Attached is the text of an email sent to the Office of Inspector General at the Smithsonian. Historians and others must start protesting now before this revisionist "cleansing" has occurred.
Please!
August 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Attached is the text of an email sent to the Office of Inspector General at the Smithsonian. Historians and others must start protesting now before this revisionist "cleansing" has occurred.
Please!
Attached is the text of an email sent to the Office of Inspector General at the Smithsonian. Historians and others must start protesting now before this revisionist "cleansing" has occurred.
Please!
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8/13 - WEDNESDAY - ARKANSAS
Guess we crashed the Sarah + Linda + (oh hey) Tom Cotton breakfast club yesterday 😏 ...and we’re just getting started.
📍 This morning: Markham & Dennison, Little Rock — bright & early 7AM
They want quiet photo ops. We bring the noise. 🎯📢
#50501Arkansas
Guess we crashed the Sarah + Linda + (oh hey) Tom Cotton breakfast club yesterday 😏 ...and we’re just getting started.
📍 This morning: Markham & Dennison, Little Rock — bright & early 7AM
They want quiet photo ops. We bring the noise. 🎯📢
#50501Arkansas
August 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
8/13 - WEDNESDAY - ARKANSAS
Guess we crashed the Sarah + Linda + (oh hey) Tom Cotton breakfast club yesterday 😏 ...and we’re just getting started.
📍 This morning: Markham & Dennison, Little Rock — bright & early 7AM
They want quiet photo ops. We bring the noise. 🎯📢
#50501Arkansas
Guess we crashed the Sarah + Linda + (oh hey) Tom Cotton breakfast club yesterday 😏 ...and we’re just getting started.
📍 This morning: Markham & Dennison, Little Rock — bright & early 7AM
They want quiet photo ops. We bring the noise. 🎯📢
#50501Arkansas
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Anyone who fails to see that we are careening toward fascism is not paying attention.
August 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Anyone who fails to see that we are careening toward fascism is not paying attention.
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"We used to consume fossil fuels
to make ourselves power
But now we just look to the sun
for each kilowatt hour"
This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK...
to make ourselves power
But now we just look to the sun
for each kilowatt hour"
This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK...
Running on Sunshine - Rockway Mennonite Collegiate 2025
YouTube video by Rockway Mennonite Collegiate
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"We used to consume fossil fuels
to make ourselves power
But now we just look to the sun
for each kilowatt hour"
This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK...
to make ourselves power
But now we just look to the sun
for each kilowatt hour"
This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK...
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I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
January 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
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The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu
August 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
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This is a deeply unsatisfying pitch. But it's the best I can do.
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-mak...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-mak...
August 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is a deeply unsatisfying pitch. But it's the best I can do.
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-mak...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-mak...
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75% is insane
“ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows”
“The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.”
“The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.”
ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows
A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.
www.npr.org
July 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
75% is insane
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All House Democrats voted against the rescissions package to claw back $9 billion in already approved funding — funding for PBS, NPR, and critical aid programs. Just two Republicans voted against the package.
July 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
All House Democrats voted against the rescissions package to claw back $9 billion in already approved funding — funding for PBS, NPR, and critical aid programs. Just two Republicans voted against the package.
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The RNC defends the law as constitutional and neutral, arguing that banning student IDs is a valid policy choice and not a form of age discrimination. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The RNC defends the law as constitutional and neutral, arguing that banning student IDs is a valid policy choice and not a form of age discrimination. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
RNC Defends Indiana’s Student ID Voting Ban
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The RNC defends the law as constitutional and neutral, arguing that banning student IDs is a valid policy choice and not a form of age discrimination. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The RNC defends the law as constitutional and neutral, arguing that banning student IDs is a valid policy choice and not a form of age discrimination. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media.
This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)
This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)
July 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media.
This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)
This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)
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“The three liberal justices are writing about a majority unbound by law,” Aziz Huq argues—a dramatic change in the way that Supreme Court dissents work.
The Court’s Liberals Are Trying to Tell Americans Something
Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor aren’t merely disagreeing with the majority’s technical readings of the law.
bit.ly
July 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“The three liberal justices are writing about a majority unbound by law,” Aziz Huq argues—a dramatic change in the way that Supreme Court dissents work.
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Disabled folk don’t have to do “exceptional” things, or be the next Hawking, to have value to society.
They have value because everyone has value, and everyone deserves to live & be supported.
They have value because everyone has value, and everyone deserves to live & be supported.
July 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Disabled folk don’t have to do “exceptional” things, or be the next Hawking, to have value to society.
They have value because everyone has value, and everyone deserves to live & be supported.
They have value because everyone has value, and everyone deserves to live & be supported.
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Trump hates wind and solar power and is yanking federal supports for EVs and clean energy tech. But all isn't lost. Renewables are still on the rise, and the technology is improving — including in Arkansas, where investment in the lithium industry continues to grow.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Industry leaders still bullish on Arkansas lithium despite Trump’s clean energy cuts - Arkansas Times
Lithium leaders are hopeful that cuts to federal electric vehicle and clean energy programs won’t wreck the growing Arkansas lithium industry.
arktimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Trump hates wind and solar power and is yanking federal supports for EVs and clean energy tech. But all isn't lost. Renewables are still on the rise, and the technology is improving — including in Arkansas, where investment in the lithium industry continues to grow.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Yo! Pennsylvanians!! Wanna make a difference?
LINK TO COMMENT HERE! - www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/
#EDFPartner
youtube.com/shorts/d-rSj...
LINK TO COMMENT HERE! - www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/
#EDFPartner
youtube.com/shorts/d-rSj...
Know Anyone In Pennsylvania?
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtube.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Yo! Pennsylvanians!! Wanna make a difference?
LINK TO COMMENT HERE! - www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/
#EDFPartner
youtube.com/shorts/d-rSj...
LINK TO COMMENT HERE! - www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/
#EDFPartner
youtube.com/shorts/d-rSj...
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My Friday look at the news of the week just went out! The top story—How Republicans want to gerrymander their gerrymanders. Make sure you stay informed by subscribing to Democracy Docket today! hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
July 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My Friday look at the news of the week just went out! The top story—How Republicans want to gerrymander their gerrymanders. Make sure you stay informed by subscribing to Democracy Docket today! hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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Last night we got another midnight special from House Republicans. A rescissions package that slashes public broadcasting, even though millions rely on it for life-saving emergency alerts. They also voted to cut foreign assistance, which helps keep us safe.
(1/2)
(1/2)
July 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Last night we got another midnight special from House Republicans. A rescissions package that slashes public broadcasting, even though millions rely on it for life-saving emergency alerts. They also voted to cut foreign assistance, which helps keep us safe.
(1/2)
(1/2)
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NEW: Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods.
Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Trump Administration Prepares to Drop Seven Major Housing Discrimination Cases
Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods. Now, under T...
www.propublica.org
July 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
NEW: Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods.
Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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@rokhanna.bsky.social went on Tim Pool, Flagrant, Glenn Beck and Theo Von. The best way to ensure that those audiences know what Democrats stand for is to tell them. If we abandon those spaces, we can't act surprised when the only exposure their viewers get to Democrats is through a rightwing lens.
July 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
@rokhanna.bsky.social went on Tim Pool, Flagrant, Glenn Beck and Theo Von. The best way to ensure that those audiences know what Democrats stand for is to tell them. If we abandon those spaces, we can't act surprised when the only exposure their viewers get to Democrats is through a rightwing lens.
Arkansas folks - let's don't let any office go uncontested! There are SOOO many good people out here who will support you and help you. Talk to one of us if you think you might be interested!
Do people remember this story that we published in June at Bolts?
If you do, we have an update for you momentarily — you're going to want to sit down for it.
If you do, we have an update for you momentarily — you're going to want to sit down for it.
The sheriff of Chesapeake, Virginia's second largest city, just signed a new detention contract with ICE, and is calling himself “Detain ‘Em Dave” in the run-up to tomorrow's heated GOP primary. No Democrat or independent has filed to run. boltsmag.org/sheriff...
July 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Arkansas folks - let's don't let any office go uncontested! There are SOOO many good people out here who will support you and help you. Talk to one of us if you think you might be interested!
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One of the most under reported stories in the legacy media is how many states the RNC and DOJ are suing right now to access their voter rolls. It is a frontal assault on democracy that Democracy Docket covers every day, while legacy media both-sides Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
RNC Sues New Jersey for Access to Voter Roll and Election Machine Records
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
One of the most under reported stories in the legacy media is how many states the RNC and DOJ are suing right now to access their voter rolls. It is a frontal assault on democracy that Democracy Docket covers every day, while legacy media both-sides Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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We don't need more INSTRUCTIONS, we need more MONEY FOR FOOD TO FEED KIDS. #arleg
dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/School...
dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/School...
dese.ade.arkansas.gov
July 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We don't need more INSTRUCTIONS, we need more MONEY FOR FOOD TO FEED KIDS. #arleg
dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/School...
dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/School...
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The U.S. has collected over $80 billion in tariff revenue since Trump unilaterally slapped them on our biggest trading partners. That's an increase of 65% from the previous year. In other words, Americans paid $80 billion more for goods than they should have paid.
July 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The U.S. has collected over $80 billion in tariff revenue since Trump unilaterally slapped them on our biggest trading partners. That's an increase of 65% from the previous year. In other words, Americans paid $80 billion more for goods than they should have paid.