We need to drain the swamp by *checks notes* making it harder for citizens to get ballot initiatives approved and thus leaving the “Jeff City swamp” in more control of how the constitution can be amended. Ok lol
Democrats in the senate are finishing the job @BillEigel started in 2019 when he filibustered IP reform. We need to drain the Jeff City swamp to get true reform! #MoLeg#MoGov
Anyone check on @getnickwright. Is he enjoying the new toast of the AFC West, QB Justin Herbert. Someone tell him there’s nothing wrong about making the playoffs as a wild card team.
Lincoln County Georgia, which is nearly one-third Black, proposes closing 6 of 7 polling sites for 2022 after GOP took over local election board & purged Dems https://t.co/6lvKF4oT2R
I’m so glad the Washington Post included this telling info in this report on Ahmaud Arbery’s case: how it was first reported locally, and how the decimation of small newsrooms sets up so many barriers to bringing the media attention justice (sadly) needs. https://t.co/pNTsyGvihp
BREAKING: KCPD's Eric DeValkenaere found guilty of manslaughter in the December 2019 killing of Cameron Lamb, a Black man who was fatally shot in his backyard.
Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls.
One girl fell to her knees. Another threw up. Police handcuffed the youngest, an 8 yo with pigtails.
Their supposed crime? Watching some boys fight — and not stopping them. (THREAD)
Somehow I doubt the Court would have displayed comparable procedural restraint if Massachusetts had allowed private citizens to sue their neighbors for owning a firearm or practicing Christianity.