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markwyner, to america
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U.S. Senator Dick Durbin has introduced a joint resolution to codify voting rights in America.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/senate-majority-whip-durbin-reintroduces-constitutional-amendment-to-codify-the-right-to-vote/

It’s one of the most important resolutions on the docket. Without our voting rights fascism is all but a sure thing. Voter suppression is rooted in racism.

BohemianPeasant, (edited )
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@markwyner

A may seem impossible in this era of hyperpartisanship but ultimately it will benefit everyone. If it isn’t possible to enact it nationally, we should begin the process at the state level.

Does your state constitution guarantee voting rights?

https://fairvote.org/archives/reform_library-right_to_vote_amendment/

BohemianPeasant, to Russia
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“Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.”

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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/china-russia-republican-party-relations/678271/

BohemianPeasant,
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"... autocratic regimes have slowly turned their repressive mechanisms outward, into the democratic world. If people are naturally drawn to the image of human rights, to the language of democracy, to the dream of freedom, then those concepts have to be poisoned.

It ... requires an offensive plan: a narrative that damages both the idea of democracy everywhere in the world and the tools to deliver it."

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BohemianPeasant,
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"Here is a difficult truth: A part of the American political spectrum is not merely a passive recipient of the combined authoritarian narratives that come from Russia, China, and their ilk, but an active participant in creating and spreading them. Like the leaders of those countries, the American MAGA right also wants Americans to believe that their democracy is degenerate, their elections illegitimate, their civilization dying. The MAGA movement’s leaders also have an interest in ..."

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BohemianPeasant,
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"pumping nihilism and cynicism into the brains of their fellow citizens, and in convincing them that nothing they see is true. ... it is hard to distinguish between the online American alt-right and its foreign amplifiers who have multiplied since the days when this was solely a Russian project."

"One could call this a secret authoritarian “plot” to preserve the ability to spread antidemocratic conspiracy theories, except that it’s not a secret. It’s all visible, right on the surface."

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BohemianPeasant,
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"Russia, China, and sometimes other state actors—Venezuela, Iran, Hungary—work with Americans to discredit democracy, to undermine the credibility of democratic leaders, to mock the rule of law. They do so with the goal of electing Trump, whose second presidency would damage the image of democracy around the world, as well as the stability of democracy in America, even further."

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BohemianPeasant,
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"... these autocracies have come together, not around particular stories, but around a set of ideas, or rather in opposition to a set of ideas. Transparency, for example. And rule of law. And democracy. They have heard language about those ideas—which originate in the democratic world—coming from their own dissidents, and have concluded that they are dangerous to their regimes."

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BohemianPeasant,
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"This is the core problem for autocracies: The Russians, the Chinese, the Iranians, and others all know that the language of transparency, accountability, justice, and democracy appeals to some of their citizens, as it does to many people who live in dictatorships. Even the most sophisticated surveillance can’t wholly suppress it. The very ideas of democracy and freedom must be discredited—especially in the places where they have historically flourished."

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BohemianPeasant,
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"... an internal Chinese memo, known enigmatically as Document No. 9—or, more formally, as the Communiqué on the Current State of the Ideological Sphere—listed “seven perils” faced by the Chinese Communist Party. “Western constitutional democracy” led the list, followed by “universal human rights,” “media independence,” “judicial independence,” and “civic participation.”

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BohemianPeasant, to humanrights
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According to #Putin, “Ukrainians do not exist. They will be re-educated as Russians or they will be killed.”

I encourage you to listen to the powerful words and testimony of Oleksandra Matviichuk, a #humanrights lawyer focused on issues within Ukraine and the OSCE region. She is the head of the Center for Civil Liberties, which was a co-recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

The alternative for #Ukraine to winning the war is not peace but occupation.

#genocide

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/world-class/id1178210152?i=1000654062100

TonyStark, to random
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The right kept their eye on the Supreme Court prize for 50 years. They waited that long to get a majority that would do whatever they wanted. Unfortunately, it paid off.

At least some of the left doesn’t seem to be nearly as focused on the Supreme Court as the right was. These are lifetime appointments and there is no quick fix. We have to wait it out and keep our eye on the prize, like the right did.

Alito reignites fetal rights debate in Idaho abortion case |
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4622500-alito-fetal-rights-idaho-abortion-case/

BohemianPeasant,
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@TonyStark

Blocking any further right-wing appointments to #scotus is just about the most important thing we need to do as citizens. Guarding appointments to the court - #potus and #senate - are the keys.

#voteblue #BidenHarris2024
#righttovote #abortion #democracy

dougiec3, to random
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Amazing that, even at his age, Alito can stand on his head to read the law.
"One particularly notable hypothetical came from Alito, who raised the prospect that an outgoing president who loses a closely contested race but fears indictment upon leaving office might try to remain in power, creating 'a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy. ' ”

BohemianPeasant,
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@dougiec3

#Alito seems to assume the prosecution of #Tfg (or any former president) will be corrupt and political, but doesn’t deal with the real (and probable) situation that actual crimes were committed that require invoking the #ruleoflaw .

#scotus #presidentialimmunity

popcornreel, to random
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I don’t think that the right wing members of the U.S. Supreme Court in general have pushed Michael Dreeben nearly as hard as I thought they would. (So far.) That may bode well for the U.S. Or it may not.

#SCOTUS

BohemianPeasant,
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@popcornreel

#MichaelDreeben is one of the brightest legal minds in the US. He would have made a great #scotus justice and thankfully is on the right side of the #ruleoflaw. I have not seen a single sitting justice lay a glove on him yet.

#presidentialimmunity

alan, to random
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"Here’s a Clever Way to Uncover America’s Voting Deserts:
Mathematicians are using topological abstractions to find places poorly served by polling stations."

https://www.wired.com/story/voting-deserts-maths-topology/

Sure, this is clever. But you know what's even more clever? Eliminating polling places entirely and switching to 100% vote-by-mail like in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Vermont, and Hawaii.

(With some in-person polling places as needed for accessibilty reasons)

BohemianPeasant,
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@ahimsa_pdx @alan

(As my mother would say) it’s the best thing since sliced bread!

#Oregon #VotebyMail

maddad, to random
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”Confederate Heritage? Really?’ Former Mississippi Gov Slams State’s Plan to ‘Celebrate’ Confederacy

WTF, this is totally absurd...

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/confederate-heritage-really-former-mississippi-gov-slams-states-plan-to-celebrate-confederate-heritage-month/

BohemianPeasant,
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@maddad
It can be hard to believe that 160 years later, people still have grievances over losing the #USCivilWar. A kind of coping mechanism I suppose, but for how long?

#confederacy #warofrebellion #southernresentment
#mississippi

anneapplebaum, to random
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Russia's war on evangelical Christians, stunning reporting from Peter Pomerantsev
"By hurting those who practice an “American” religion," he writes, "the Kremlin can claim it is striking against American power—while picking on the powerless."

https://time.com/6969273/russias-war-against-evangelicals/

BohemianPeasant,
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@anneapplebaum

It’s important to give this situation more attention. is systematically terrorizing, persecuting, torturing, and murdering any cleric, congregation, or individual who belongs to a church not under the Moscow Patriarchate.

DemocracyMattersALot, to random
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Georgia GOP Official Voted Illegally Nine Times. Fucking GOP.

“A judge ruled Wednesday that the Georgia Republican Party’s first vice chairman, Brian Pritchard, violated state election laws when he voted nine times while serving probation for a felony check forgery sentence,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

BohemianPeasant,
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@DemocracyMattersALot

If Pritchard was a nonwhite person, he would be in jail. Unfortunately he was only fined $5k, basically a slap on the wrist.

#GOPHypocrisy #uspol #georgia #electionfraud

BohemianPeasant, to random
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Why it’s important to vote #BidenHarris2024. The current conservative #SCOTUS would likely allow Trump to ban #abortion nationwide by executive order.

“But they signal how this court may rule under a future Republican administration. After all, if Republicans want to enforce the Comstock Act as a nationwide total abortion ban, they don’t need to win control of Congress. All they need is the White House.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/27/us-supreme-court-anti-choice-abortion-pills-case

BohemianPeasant, to random
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Using the logic of the plaintiffs in the #mifepristone case, there should be a nationwide prohibition against coat hangers.

#SCOTUS #abortion #abortionrights #fda

mrundkvist, to Tolkien
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Tomorrow Monday is Tolkien Reading Day! I'm going to read some bits from the 1966 anthology The #Tolkien Reader.

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-reading-day-2024/

#books #fantasy

BohemianPeasant,
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@mrundkvist
I still have my 1966 paperback copy of “The Tolkien Reader”. Price was 95¢.

TonyStark, to random
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This is excellent news and I hope to see more announcements like this.

“The Yurok will be the first Native people to manage tribal land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed Tuesday by the tribe, Redwood National and State Parks and the nonprofit Save the Redwoods League.”

California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods – KION546:
https://kion546.com/news/ap-california/2024/03/19/california-tribe-that-lost-90-of-land-during-gold-rush-to-get-site-to-serve-as-gateway-to-redwoods/

BohemianPeasant,
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@TonyStark

When I hear of the Yurok, I am reminded of Yurok Robert Sprott who was a close friend of Dr. Alfred Kroeber, founder of the anthropology dept at Cal Berkeley. Kroeber’s daughter #UrsulaKLeGuin writes about Sprott in her essay “Indian Uncles”.

#Yurok #NativeAmericans #California

TonyStark, to random
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As usual, Democrats expand people’s power to vote while Republicans spend all their time trying to take it away.

Washington Governor Signs Three Elections Bills - Democracy Docket:
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/washington-governor-signs-three-elections-bills/

BohemianPeasant,
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@TonyStark

Spread the word — a constitutional amendment giving people the right to vote solves much of what ails us. Maybe it’s hard to accomplish this nationally right now with all the hyperpartisanship but we can start to work on it at the state level.

https://fairvote.org/archives/reform_library-right_to_vote_amendment/

TonyStark, to random
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Republicans are against anything positive that advances the rights of most people, especially if it happens to advances the rights of minorities. And as long as Republicans remain in power, they will persist in their regressive, oppressive tactics against minorities, women, and anyone else they fear pushing back on their corrupt power structure.

Alabama governor signs ban on DEI funding in schools : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/20/1239635678/alabama-dei-funding-ban-divisive-concepts

BohemianPeasant,
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@TonyStark
The tactics of suppressing minority voting and inclusion signals to me that the GOP has hit the ceiling of their support and have difficulty growing their base. They seem to be scrambling to hang on to what little power they still have.

#uspol

GottaLaff, to random
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So. People WANT a Hitler to run the US? Because all morning/week/month/year I’ve seen polls (I know, I don’t give polls much credence either, but it’s consistent) telling me how Biden’s numbers have dropped and how Trump is beating him in swing states, etc. WTF America? W. T. A. F.!

BohemianPeasant,
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@GottaLaff
Scholars of (Nazism and Stalinism) have identified that (to the mob) evil-doing has a “morbid force of attraction” and that there exists a “propaganda value of evil deeds”. It seems crazy but it’s a real psychological factor in authoritarian politics.

Nonilex, to Law
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In Taking Up #Trump’s #Immunity Claim, #SCOTUS Bolstered His #Delay Strategy
By scheduling a hearing for late April on TFG’s assertion that he cannot be prosecuted for his actions in office, the justices increased the chances that he will not face #trial by #Election Day

BohemianPeasant,
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@jonberger @Nonilex
Regardless of the election outcome, Trump is a regular citizen until at least Jan. 20 and should be treated accordingly.

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