Julia Roberts: Renee Nicole Goode is not a symbol. She is an American woman, a queer woman who was doing the very best she could do to be good in an unjust world.
And I am honored to celebrate her life and her legacy tonight, because the life she gave is our responsibility to carry.
NEW: My latest analysis of Jay Clayton's nomination was originally published for Democracy Docket members only. DD decided to share it more widely because it felt it was too important and timely to keep behind the paywall.
I hope you read and share. https://t.co/AsHaMhte1J
Entering month 6 of the Mamdani mayorship of NYC and Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, and Murder is down an astounding 21%.
And he did so without "Adding 5000 new cops" to the streets. Instead, he's invested in public safety with free childcare, accessible infrastructure, and better funded schools and libraries. He's proven once again that if we want safer communities, we must invest in People—not Punishments.
If you knew someone that pleaded the 5th 97 times in court, had 34 felonies, 91 criminal charges, 28 sexual assault allegations, 6 bankruptcies, 5 draft deferments, 4 indictments, and a fake university and charity shut down for fraud, why the FUCK would you make him PRESIDENT????
In honor of Ohio AG Dave Yost resigning today, let's take a look at the highlights from Yost's tenure:
1) Filed a brief in support of attempts to overturn the 2020 election
2) Yost denied and gaslighted the public when a 10-year old rape victim was unable to seek an abortion in Ohio
3) Supported moves to add nitrogen gas as a form of capitol punishment
4) Has been sued by civil rights groups for his rejection of the ballot amendment "Ohio Voters Bill of Rights"
5) Refused to permit Biden to appear on the 2024 ballot
6) Supported arresting student protestors under a crude anti-mask law designed to target the KKK
7) Backed Ohio's heartbeat law, with no exceptions for rape or incest
8) Publicly attacked myself and other students as "campus radicals" for challenging Joe Deters placement at Xavier University
9) Sought to lead a lawsuit against Target claiming their 2023 Pride collection "damaged company value"
10) Was criticized by a judge for using an immigrant as a "political prop" in a voter fraud investigation
@FLOTUS Ma'am. Suddenly you care? Maybe have a chat with the guy you married & his offspring. Then chat with people in his cabinet, and at MarALago- don't address people outside of your circle until you're circle is clean.