NBC News reports, Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court: Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice Thursday, making her the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. Jackson, a former public defender and federal appeals court judge, was sworn in during a small … Read more
For years The Arizona Republic has engaged in hagiographic reporting to build the myth of “Saint John McCain.” To this day, the supposedly liberal columnist for the paper, E.J.Montini, writes paens to John McCain with regular frequency. Every time McCain’s widow Cindy or his idiot daughter Meghan, who trades off of daddy’s famous name, says … Read more
When he was running for president, Joe Biden promised to appoint an African-American woman to the U.S. Supreme Court. Promises made, promises kept. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is One of the Most Qualified Nominees for the Supreme Court Ever. NBC News reports, Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court in historic vote: Judge Ketanji … Read more
The Fox News fascist propaganda network parroting the Kremlin talking points on Ukraine should take a lesson from World War II and what happened to the propagandists of the Axis allies after they lost the war. Tucker Carlson is Nazi Germany’s “Lord Haw-Haw” (not as well-remembered as Japan’s “Tokyo Rose”). David Corn at Mother Jones … Read more
The Senate filibuster rule has been used to kill anti-lynching laws for over a century. Congress has failed to pass anti-lynching legislation nearly 200 times, starting with a bill introduced in 1900 by North Carolina Rep. George Henry White, the only black member of Congress at the time. A brief history: Congress began introducing legislation mentioning … Read more