The “Haitians eat cats” thing is not just an appeal to racists. It’s an end-zone dance, a celebration of how far the American Right has successfully shoved the Overton Window back to where they can revel in being openly, overtly racist. It’s glee over the abandonment of pretense.
To be clear: We have to plan to win twice. We have to beat them overwhelmingly at the ballot box. Then we have to swiftly and forcefully smack down any and all ridiculous bullshit they try to take away that victory. We can win both the election and the aftermath — but only if we’re ready.
Mississippi is the poorest state in the US. Even though the state gets federal welfare funds, it is difficult to get welfare. The money was all getting stolen, and they got away with it. Now the journalists who exposed the story are facing a lawsuit and jail. www.nbcnews.com/investigatio...
"The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.
This cannot be emphasized enough: in healthy democracies, this is absolutely normal. It is in “banana republics” that criminals go into politics to stay out of jail.
From one of my colleagues two weeks ago: “Legal cases against former heads of state are commonplace in healthy democracies.” freedomhouse.org/article/us-i...
Legal cases against former heads of state are commonplace in healthy democracies. The United States, with its strong rule-of-law tradition and independent judicial institutions, is entirely capable of...
LOSING LEGS IS NO CRIME THIS CAT SHOULD BE SERVING NO TIME CASE CLOSE
This guy is exactly who he appears to be www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/u...
An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.
“But in my nearly forty years as a faculty member, I have never seen such brazen cruelty toward students and faculty, such cowardice before what amounts to a right-wing witch hunt, and such blatant dishonesty.”
You are keeping no one safe, except for your donors, trustees, and the university’s endowment.
You have to give the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt this: he is not hiding the ball here. He’s being quite clear about the aim to delegitimize a wide array of speech. www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/o...
