«But Ms. Slotkin quickly added that her approach differs strongly from Mr. Green’s.
“We can’t just be against something,” said Ms. Slotkin, a moderate Democrat who won in November in a state that Mr. Trump carried. “We have to be for something.”»
Mr. Green can do whatever TF his constituents want him to do, thank you, *New York Times*. I shoulda knowed better than to read that.
I keep toying with the idea of cancelling my subscription. Wonder if the Cooking subscription can be standalone.
«Rather than actually assist Los Angeles County with firefighting, the water was used downstream of the reservoirs for “limited irrigation demand” and “groundwater recharge,” according to a joint statement from local water agencies.»
Well… at least they didn’t dump it in the sea.
«prohibiting a trivia game about LGBTQ+ figures at Shelby High School’s Activism Club.»
https://www.advocate.com/news/aclu-sues-lgbtq-trivia-ban
At the *Activism Club.* I e., among the students who *signed up for this.*
Yeah, good job suing. (Not being sarcastic.) *Great* exercise in activism. You go, kid.
«A school district attorney responded to the ACLU on January 20, stating the game was deemed “indecent based on community standards,»
In Shelby? Yeah, I bet.
FWIW.
«The first of three protest marches took place on March 7, 1965, a day known as Bloody Sunday. Led by John Lewis and the Rev. Hosea Williams, as many as 600 civil rights protesters began marching from Selma to Montgomery along U.S. Highway 80. As marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, they were met by state troopers and armed citizens. Troopers on horseback charged the marchers, attacking them with nightsticks and tear gas. The crowd also participated in the attack [emphasis mine], leaving many marchers severely injured and some even beaten unconscious. Fifty marchers were injured and 17 were hospitalized. The brutal attack was televised across the nation, and public outrage at the violence helped the Selma voting rights campaign gain support.»
https://civilrightstrail.com/experience/marching-for-the-right-to-vote/
«Mr. Levitsky, the Harvard professor, said he had some hope. The United States, he said, has a “wealthy and diverse opposition,” and rather than outright authoritarianism, there could be “a slow and gradual slide into a gray area.”»
Lovely.
«In response to that post, some of Musk’s followers on X said the judge should be arrested for treason or deported. One suggested “US patriots fire upon him.” Some assailed his Muslim heritage and questioned his patriotism, including one who falsely asserted Ali had ties to Muslim militant groups.
After an earlier February ruling by Ali in the same case, an X user called for him to be beheaded. Another questioned “why so few judges are hanged.” One posted a picture of a noose.»
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/judges-face-rise-threats-musk-blasts-them-over-rulings-2025-03-05/
This. This is when law enforcement needs to get IP addresses and pay people visits, even if it’s in the middle of the night.
Regardless of whether Musk reposts stuff like this and manages to get away with it, these folks need to be squashed like bugs (by which I mean the full force of the law should be brought to bear on them, to be clear).
«Conservatives have been targeting the Education Department since it was established in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and Congress.»
And there you go. Anything that helps the marginalized (i.e., anybody but mainstream white folks, the wealthier, the better, basically) has got to go.
To be “conservative” in America is basically to be something else, uglier than “conservative.” To always want to go backwards is to want to return to an older era of… what? What is it when non-white people know their place and white people have the freedom to do pretty much do whatever they want so long as they respect the rights of other white people? There must be a word, or a short phrase for that, but it’s not coming to me right now.
One other point: I don’t believe President Carter established the Dept. of Education. *Congress* did that, during the Carter administration. Maybe by enacting a law *proposed* by President Carter, and *administered* by President Carter. Maybe enhanced by other laws under other administrations. No President gets to tear down what Congress has enacted unless Congress enacts other laws to that effect. Republicans control Congress now, so it shouldn’t be too hard.
Misleading headline on the story, but…
«Suzanne Summerlin, a labor attorney, summed things up: “These firings they’re conducting without following the law will result in hundreds of thousands of former federal employees being owed back pay, plus interest, plus benefits, plus attorney fees,” she said. “When the bill comes it will be monumental.”»
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/03/techscape-elon-musk-skype
Good job, Elmo.
«“Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer representing former [Twitter] employees in arbitrations, wrote in the memo that the 20 cases she’s won so far have cost the company at least twice the amount of contested severance pay because the awards have also included interest, arbitration expenses and legal fees. She’s representing more than 2,000 former employees in legal fights against Musk.”»
Brilliant! “Cost-cutting,” right.
Here, Read This 