A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve (capitalbnews.org)
'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial' (www.rawstory.com)
Trump calls political enemies ‘vermin,’ echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini (wapo.st)
On Veterans Day, the former president vowed to “root out” his liberal opponents, drawing backlash from historians who say his rhetoric is reminiscent of authoritarians
Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them | US Senator Edward J Markey (www.theguardian.com)
Trump says it was his decision to describe the 2020 election as 'rigged' (www.politico.com)
Former President Donald Trump said Sunday that he didn’t respect lawyers and members of his campaign who told him he lost the 2020 presidential election, and that it was his decision to buy into the theory that the election was rigged....
7 Times As Many Texas Republicans Have Been Arrested For Child Sex Crimes As Texas Drag Queens (www.reformaustin.org)
It’s become a core tenet of far-right Republican politics that drag queens and trans people need to be kept away from children to prevent sexual grooming and other crimes. In reality, at least seven times as many Texas Republican political figures have been arrested for child sex offenses as Texas drag queens....
‘Mastermind’ Taylor Swift drives hoards of fans to voter registration site (www.independent.co.uk)
Taylor Swift managed to drive record-breaking numbers to voter registration website Vote.org after urging her 232 million followers on Instagram to take action....
House Republicans seek 80% cut to federal program for students from low-income families (www.chalkbeat.org)
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want to dramatically slash funding for Title I, the long-running federal program that sends money to schools based on the number of children from low-income families that they serve....
Judge Tries to Stop Trump From Hiding His Money (www.thedailybeast.com)
The judge who doomed Donald Trump’s family business last week took an aggressive and preemptive step on Wednesday to ensure the former president can’t secretly shift assets to salvage his real estate empire....
Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
I don’t think law enforcement is going to like the outcome of this…
70 House Republicans voted to cut off all US military aid to Ukraine (www.businessinsider.nl)
Cheney: We're Sleepwalking Into A Trump Dictatorship - Joe.My.God. (www.joemygod.com)
“He’s told us what he will do. It’s very easy to see the steps that he will take. People who say, ‘Well, if he’s elected, it’s not that dangerous because we have all of these checks and balances,’ don’t fully understand the extent to which the Republicans in Congress today have been co-opted. One of the things...
A City in Tennessee Banned Public Homosexuality—and We All Missed It (newrepublic.com)
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is already beginning to implement the law....
Judge orders Texas to remove floating border barriers, granting Biden administration request (www.cbsnews.com)
Nearly 90 Percent of Young People Support Unions, Poll Finds (truthout.org)
The AFL-CIO, which commissioned the poll, said the union had never seen support levels that high....
State courts to consider blocking Trump from 2024 ballot under the ‘insurrection’ clause (www.pbs.org)
DENVER (AP) — The campaign to use the U.S. Constitution’s “insurrection” clause to bar former President Donald Trump from running for the White House again enters a new phase this week as hearings begin in two states on lawsuits that might end up reaching the U.S. Supreme Court....
A Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of ‘Childbearing Age.’ She Just Sued the Hospital (jezebel.com)
Sen. Bob Menendez and wife indicted on bribery charges; DOJ seizes gold bars and $500,000 | CNN Politics (www.npr.org)
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announces automatic voter registration (www.cbsnews.com)
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration said starting Tuesday it is making it easier for someone to register to vote when they are getting or renewing a driver’s license in the state....
Christian website writer threatened to slaughter LGBTQ+ people. He just pled guilty. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
A former writer for a conservative political advocacy group’s website has pleaded guilty to making threats against the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)....
Lauren Boebert Accused of Perjury in Bombshell Lawsuit, Faces Being Deposed Over Stripper Claim (radaronline.com)
The political activist who filed a federal defamation lawsuit against Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert vowed to seek perjury charges against the MAGA mouthpiece for allegedly making a fact-challenged declaration in federal court, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned....
The Internet Is About to Get a Lot Worse (US focused) (buttondown.email)
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/2628014...
Clarence Thomas’s $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It (www.nytimes.com)
Republicans Look to Give Themselves a Pay Raise After Securing Benefit Cuts for the Poor (www.commondreams.org)
After taking the global economy hostage to secure painful cuts to aid programs and other federal spending, House Republicans are proposing a pay raise for themselves and other members of Congress for the coming fiscal year....
Walgreens pharmacist cites religion in denying meds to trans man (www.latimes.com)
For nearly three years, Roscoe Rike has been picking up his hormone-replacement therapy prescriptions at the same Walgreens in Oakland without a hitch....
