Thanks to a 2023 law, librarians and booksellers face jail time in Arkansas for stocking LGBTQ+ books. Conservative parents claim the books are "harmful to minors" — and thus criminal to allow minors to read.
The original law was enjoined. The 8th Circuit heard the case last week.
arktimes.com
Judges are weighing sections of a challenged Arkansas law that would create criminal liability for librarians who distribute content that some consider “obscene” or “harmful to minors,” and give city ...
The courts ruled that Donald Trump had to pay back the $166 billion he stole through his illegal tariffs. Now, he's fighting back.
Cut the crap, Donald. It's time to cut the check.
Men who commit this kind of violence with this kind of rhetoric are not protecting women and girls; they are trying to legislate which men have the right to harm women and girls (and of course it's men like them and not those other men).
The name-calling is a bit rough, and considering who it's aimed at...totally on point.
🇺🇦🇪🇺 Ukraine is ready to open six clusters, and we expect that this summer we will be able to achieve more results for our integration into EU, — President Zelensky.
“At least there will be no delays on our part. And it is very important that partners also feel the full significance of this process.”
It's National Indigenous History Month. Many think taking from the Indigenous ended with treaties. It did not! Much was taken after. This is a long presentation that only explores what was taken from the west. It happened elswhere in Canada. Hope you can find the time to listen or read the book.
"Hungary’s missing €3.5 billion – and the move to investigate Orban’s inner circle" www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
JB Pritzker
Rebecca Solnit
Dwight Williams 🇨🇦
Social Media Lab
MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦
Every Republican administration trashes the economy. Democrats then clean it up. Then MAGA blames the Dems
But attacks on Biden fell flat after people saw what Trump’s war and tariffs have done
And if it’s truly the economy, stupid
We have a chance to finally flip this insipid narrative
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(Yes, two fonts in this case, and so?)
Dwight Williams 🇨🇦
Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only)
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Viktor Orban’s popularity is still in freefall even after his landslide election loss in April. But as further corruption allegations emerge in a mysterious case of a missing €3bn, his legacy may be d...
www.independent.co.uk
Far-right bigot Ryan Ferguson gets arrested in his hometown of Liverpool today. Thousands of anti-fascists marched against racism in their city, sending a clear message to Ryan and his racist mates. Things you love to see ✊❤
“More than 700 women have been murdered in the UK since 2020, but we didn’t see those claiming that their actions are about ‘protecting women and girls’ riot over those, because the majority of perpetrators were white.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-violence...
"Blue-collar white voters are, for the first time, seriously doubting Mr. Trump’s handling of the economy," NYT reports, noting a large swing against him relative to previous cycles.
As I reported this week:
www.liberalcurrents.com
These riots are about race politics, not concerns rooted in reality.
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Important: New internal polling by Dems finds majorities of working class in some pretty red House districts blame Trump/GOP for their economic struggles. This is why Dems are contesting tough seats. Good to see they're expanding the map.
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2116...
Matinee Mode
newrepublic.com
Some new research on working-class voters makes it clear. They’re furious at Trump—and they want a message from Democrats that pledges specific action.
