https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article252005198.html

Surprise! \o/

https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1401774529907544068?s=20

This is actually pretty cool, visual-wise.

Strictly (@StrictlyChristo) Tweeted: HOA decided no flags allowed except the USA flag. Someone reported their Pride flag (up since 2016). Looking through the new rules, they noticed that removable lights are permitted without restriction so…they bought 6 colored floodlights and washed their house in pride colors. https://t.co/3iWKn0mB4i

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/russell-moore-sbc/619122/?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

«Our hearts were won over not by Jesus’s moral demands but by his grace, not by his miracles as much as by his wounds, not because he needs us but because we need him.»

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/politics/democrats-2020-election.html

Dems need to get serious about misinformation. Republicans ALWAYS claim low taxes lead to more jobs and we need more “law and order” and a strong military, without defining “strength” other than “moar troops, tanks, ships, and planes.” And the people say “Rawr!”

https://twitter.com/pkedrosky/status/1401397502331342849?s=20

Hmm. Somebody says there’s no such thing as herd immunity.

Paul Kedrosky (@pkedrosky) Tweeted: Terrific interview with German virologist Christian Drosten https://t.co/zIz3qIMcAA https://t.co/t6w5McH0JI

https://twitter.com/nathanlawkc/status/1400392731189514243?s=20

Nathan Law 羅冠聰 (@nathanlawkc) Tweeted: Hong Kong Police requested the Israeli company @Wix to disable our website, otherwise prosecuting the company. Wix complied. It shows that our freedom of speech is not protected even we are not in Hong Kong and China. Here is our statement. https://t.co/A0xlNGy9Ul

https://thehill.com/opinion/education/556458-unc-and-right-wing-cancel-culture

Well, The Hill picked a well-credentialed guy to call the UNC trustees idiots. In addition to the below, he served as a trustee, himself, on the Wake Forest board of trustees.

Thanks, @NCGOP, for making us all look like idiots again.

«Al Hunt is the former executive editor of Bloomberg News. He previously served as reporter, bureau chief and Washington editor for the Wall Street Journal. For almost a quarter century he wrote a column on politics for The Wall Street Journal, then The International New York Times and Bloomberg View.»

https://twitter.com/JustinLascek/status/1399375544148500483?s=20

Ok, this is a Memorial Day sentiment I can get behind. Watch out for the picture, though.

Justin Lascek (@JustinLascek) Tweeted: Memorial Day 2021 If you respect this picture, take a moment to read my words (a thread). https://t.co/4sG3j9CPpW

So, when Barack Obama was campaigning, his opponents referred to him as “Barrack Hussein Obama”, to make him sound more alien and threatening. A bunch of us changed our Facebook names (back in the day) to include that middle name, but after we won, we changed them back.

Then, Donald Trump went off with the Muslim immigration ban, and I was so mad I changed my Facebook middle name back to “Hussein”, and left it that way for the rest of his presidency*. It is not ok to other someone with their name.

When Joe Biden was sworn in, I changed it back, dropping the middle name.

Now, the Twitter Algorithm has clustered a bunch of tweets into my feed calling Nikki Haley by her Indian name “Nimrata,” and taking a patronizing tone.

I don’t care what she’s said or done; this is not cool, smug Twitter, and you should stop.