Hey just a heads up. If the dictatorial figurehead of an autocratic movement is saying the news and reporters are criminals that is both an action to show they are anti democratic but also a way to get media to bend to the figurehead and the parties will in advance. It’s autocratic terrorism.
One of the ironies of conservative accusations that affirmative action and other programs that benefit POC elevate unqualified people to high profile positions is that…like everything else, it’s a projection
North Carolina's newly minted GOP nominee for governor has: Repeatedly made wildly bigoted comments about women, LGBTQ people, & Muslims. Downplayed the Holocaust. Disparaged MLK as a communist. Flirted with many conspiracy theories such as the Moon landing being faked & 9/11 being an inside job
The Democratic primary is still too early to call in the race to replace Gov. Roy Cooper, NBC News projects.
"I find this astonishing; if you stripped Biden’s name off his record and handed it to a voter, he’d be as formidable a candidate as either party could field. But we live in a time of vibes and optics..." @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Trump versus Biden is inevitable, and everything is at stake.
I do not know why it is happening today. Mr. Weisselberg no longer works as the CFO for the Trump Organization (no one had replaced him as of the $355M (plus interest) verdict). Mr. Weisselberg was given a severance package that included the exact amount of criminal fines he had to pay.
Having volunteered at bail support groups during the pandemic I cannot stress just how needlessly cruel the state is being here.
"The Georgia Senate just voted to expand cash bail and criminalize charitable bail funds. The Georgia House of Representatives is expected to pass the bill Tuesday, after which it will head to Governor Brian Kemp’s desk for his signature." atlpresscollective.com/2024/02/01/g...
A sweeping state bill expanding the cash bail system and criminalizing charitable bail organizations passed in the Georgia Senate by a 30-17 margin Thursday. The Georgia House of Representatives i��...
“Even with the historic effort to develop coronavirus vaccines, including shots created by Cambridge, Mass.-based Moderna, drugmakers developing new vaccines for infectious diseases received 3.4% of all venture capital raised for biopharma companies in the past 10 years, for a total of $6.5 billion”
Companies developing new vaccines for infectious diseases received only 3.4% of all venture capital raised for biopharma companies in the past 10 years, a new report said.
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I have my blog post ready, another journey through books addressing these questions: How do democracies thrive and how do they die? How can backsliding democracies be saved? terikanefield.com/how-democrac... (I do talk about the Garland bashers as an example.)
Part I, “Yes it Happened Before,” begins here. * * * This week, I will address these questions: How do democracies thrive and how do they die? How can backsliding democracies be saved? How c...
