@vsapiro
Retired political scientist in NH & Boston who still scholars. Also making believe I'm a historian, farmer, cook, baker. I do love democracy, knowing stuff, looking at art, listening to music. Current research: history of higher education in the U.S.
Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court upheld the Voting Rights Act to protect Americans of all races, ethnicities, and language backgrounds from discriminatory election rules. Even if today’s justices refuse to do the same, we must continue the fight to protect the vote.
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Now we'll just bomb the sht out of whoever we want whenever we want and watch them drown or burn. It'll be a great show! Very manly! Not girly!
Over 140 million Americans don't have passports, and over 69 million Americans don't have a birth certificate that matches their current name. Trump wants to stop you from voting unless you bring one in person to register.
The SAVE Act isn't about saving anything—it's about silencing voters.
A girl can dream.
Well, at least the Senator he wants to be new DHS Secy hasn’t broken the arm of any Marine Corps veterans recently.
Pam Bondi or Pete Hegseth or RFK next and next and next in any order, amiright?
I urged depts that had names like: this subject from that date to that date to figure out what that period makes sense and name the theme or problem or something students who haven’t had the course yet would understand. Why keep it a secret?
Gosh. I miss her already. So does my dog. But don’t worry, he’ll find someone at least as bad.
His people love that rhetoric.
That passive voice construction is doing a lot of work there.
Wrapped in an enigma.
I got sent back to fix some margins too. At Michigan she was known then as Wanda the Witch.
May the people who did this suffer that kind of pain.
Not gonna share the video of Republican US Senator Tim Sheehy breaking a protesting Marine's hand, but you can find it on @charlotteclymer.bsky.social's timeline.
I'll just say that in a functional country, Sheehy would be expelled by the Senate.
Democratic Senators should publicly push for that.
never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
One grampa was a lawyer in Detroit. The other abandoned the family soon after my mother was born so who knows? But that grandma was a 1st grade teacher in Newark from ~1922 to 1965.
A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔
Enjoy. Always so interesting.
Jayapal to Noem: "I want to introduce you to just four of the US citizens unlawfully detained by ICE ... they're in this room with us."
For the first time in my life I’ve figured out what it takes for me to de-stress and meditate.
Pyramid of skulls
Pyramid of skulls, 1900
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13368
Maybe the President could give us another infrastructure week.
Sounds like a plan.
Great choice!
His God appears to be different from mine.
Oy vey.
So many ways to wreck American higher ed and science.
Love this so much.
What’s the prob? Ear looks great.
A golden oldie, still works.
