The ruling reinstated Loudoun County teacher Tanner Cross.
— Read on www.axios.com/virginia-ruling-teacher-trangender-pronouns-86d593cc-a38a-4454-a89a-89522026af25.html
Category Archives: Rights
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s Family Benefited from U.S. Program for Minorities Based on Disputed Ancestry
Kevin McCarthy’s family won a 7 million dollar no bid federal contract by impersonating Native Americans, claiming membership in a non existent tribe. And they made fun of Elizabeth Warren for claiming her family’s Native American roots?
— Read on ktla.com/news/local-news/house-majority-leader-kevin-mccarthys-family-benefited-from-u-s-program-for-minorities-based-on-disputed-ancestry/amp/
Early Warning Signs of Fascism
‘It’s all terrifying’: Fascism expert breaks down Madison Cawthorn’s violence-promoting ‘propaganda’
An expert on fascism was terrified by a Republican congressman’s remarks on “bloodshed.”
— Read on www.rawstory.com/amp/madison-cawthorn-bloodshed-insurrectionists-2654844187
The Court Knew She Didn’t Commit the Murder. They Sentenced Her for It Anyway.
“IL law allows prosecutors to pursue a first-degree murder charge… if a death occurs during a crime, such as robbery. Under felony murder, the person can be charged even if they did not cause the death or, like Ray, were not present”
— Read on truthout.org/articles/the-court-knew-she-didnt-commit-the-murder-they-sentenced-her-for-it-anyway/
America’s Right to Do What They Want With Their Bodies — anti-maskers
Abortion providers ask court to block Texas ban on abortions beginning at six weeks of pregnancy – SCOTUSblog
— Read on www.scotusblog.com/2021/08/abortion-providers-ask-court-to-block-texas-ban-on-abortion-beginning-at-six-weeks-of-pregnancy/
Supreme Court ruling fails to protect Indigenous voters (Supreme Court ruling could diminish Indigenous voter turnout)
In Brnovich v. DNC, the court has made it harder for people of color — especially Indigenous populations — to vote.
— Read on www.hcn.org/issues/53.9/indigenous-affairs-law-supreme-court-ruling-fails-to-protect-indigenous-voters/
… while sentencing this sadistic racist shitheel to permanent exile
Forget the Alamo review: dark truths of the US south and its ‘secular Mecca’
Three Texas authors expose the myth that the 1836 battle at a San Antonio mission was about freedom. It was about slavery
— Read on www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/29/forget-the-alamo-review-texas-slavery-mexico-burrough-tomlinson-stanford
Two Black Men File Lawsuit Against Walmart After They Were Accused of Stealing a TV They Were Returning
I’m sure this has nothing to do with two Black men holding a TV, which, in America, always requires proof of innocence. The 2 men have filed a lawsuit.
— Read on www.theroot.com/a-black-pastor-and-former-cop-walk-into-a-walmart-to-re-1847572807
‘I don’t trust your people:’ Former Boston retailer ordered to pay $220,000 in discrimination settlement
While managing The Tannery, Hassan denied service to an African American man, telling the man “I do not want your kind in my store,” the lawsuit said. In another incident, Hassan “repeatedly asked a customer of Middle Eastern descent where she was from,” Healey said, later telling the customer that he didn’t “trust [her] people” and saying “I love Trump, I am glad he is going to get rid of all the immigrants.”
— Read on www.masslive.com/boston/2021/08/i-dont-trust-your-people-former-boston-retailer-ordered-to-pay-220000-in-discrimination-settlement.html
White TikToker Supposedly Getting Out of Ticket By Winning a Foot Race Against Cop Sparks Debate: ‘Wish Tamir Rice Was Given This Chance’
A now-viral video in which a white TikToker appears to be dodging a traffic ticket by racing a police officer has sparked a massive debate on social
— Read on atlantablackstar.com/2021/08/27/white-tiktoker-supposedly-getting-out-of-ticket-by-winning-a-foot-race-against-cop-sparks-debate-wish-tamir-rice-was-given-this-chance/
Please don’t use the word ‘racism’, it hurts the racists’ feelings
So, what’s the over/under on when the anti-maskers will swivel back to mandating what women can do with their bodies?
“Anti-mask is about me and mine, not them, silly”
What anti-maskers are thinking during the Covid-19 pandemic — and why it matters to listen.
— Read on www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/8/7/21357400/anti-mask-protest-rallies-donald-trump-covid-19
Using prisoners as test subjects for medical experimentation … is against the Geneva Conventions, the Nuremberg Code, and international law.
Lookalike tech policies in China, Europe and the U.S.
Despite vast differences, the three regions have converged on strikingly similar approaches to governing tech.
— Read on www.axios.com/lookalike-tech-policies-china-europe-us-97521e2d-c06b-4109-89b2-b54f27d99eea.html
Republican Democracy = No voting for you — After A Bitter Fight, The Texas House Passes A Restrictive Voting Bill | KCCU
Months of partisan battles in Texas concluded late Thursday, as Republican House members passed new voting restrictions, moving the legislation closer to
— Read on www.kccu.org/post/after-bitter-fight-texas-house-passes-restrictive-voting-bill
Court upholds death sentence for church shooter Dylann Roof
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld Dylann Roof’s conviction and death sentence for the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation, saying the legal record cannot even capture the “full horror” of what he did.
— Read on apnews.com/article/religion-389bcc56019f268cb1056e37a517bd6c
Prosecutor: South Dakota AG to take plea deal in fatal crash
Betty White — A prosecutor says South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg will avoid a trial and take a plea deal for misdemeanor traffic charges in a crash last year in which he hit and killed a man who was walking near a rural highway.
— Read on www.dakotanewsnow.com/2021/08/25/prosecutor-south-dakota-ag-take-plea-deal-fatal-crash/
The Radical Capitalist Behind the Critical Race Theory Furor
Turns out the Koch network bankrolled the astroturf backlash against teaching kids about racism.
How a dark-money mogul bankrolled an astroturf backlash.
— Read on www.thenation.com/article/politics/charles-koch-crt-backlash/
The Political Rave and Drool 