CNN reports, At least 50 groups in the US advocated to ban books in the past year: At least 50 groups have recently played a role in the evolving movement to have books removed from schools, a new PEN America analysis shows. PEN America, a literary and free expression advocacy organization, released Monday its latest … Read more
Media Matters reports, A knife-making podcaster with a history of racism and sexism has interviewed some of the top GOP politicians in Arizona: Over the last few months, an obscure conservative pundit and collectible knife maker with a history of making bigoted statements has interviewed some of the most prominent politicians in his home state … Read more
Update to The DOJ Needs To Prosecute These Republican Coup Plotters Before They Can Succeed (excerpt): But because Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice have failed to prosecute any of these seditious insurrectionist Republican members of Congress, they are only more emboldened in their fascist plots. This piece of shit insurrectionist traitor Rep. “Gym” … Read more
Two state representatives, one from Missouri and one from Michigan, demonstrated this week how Democrats must fight back with moral righteousness against the hateful white Christian Nationalism of MAGA/QAnon Republicans and their campaign to “cancel” Americans who are the object of their hatred. As Paul Krugman explains, Republicans Say, ‘Let Them Eat Hate’ (excerpt): I’d … Read more
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has already been confirmed three times for the federal judiciary by a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has more trial court experience than any sitting Supreme Court justice and more than any justice since Edward Sanford, who was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1923. Judge … Read more