Imagine growing up in absolute dirt poverty in east Tennessee, daughter of a tobacco farmer, going to school wearing rags your mother stitched into a coat, and when you die the British royal family has its military band play your up-the-workers country-pop anthem in tribute.
Remember when the Supreme Court was like, “No, Biden, you can’t introduce rules to make student loans cheaper and forgive some of them”?
Then, a few years later, it was like, “Yeah, it’s cool if Trump commits literal crimes because he’s immune. Oh, and he can totally prevent people from voting.”
Wild times.
Dolly was openly pro-LGBTQ+, pro-Black Lives Matter, pro-women’s rights, pro-literacy, pro-science and proudly Christian while remaining firmly rooted in country music and although several tried, no one could ever intimidate her into backing down or being silent. 1 of 1.
Turns out food companies were only inspecting their products because the government required them to which is exactly why we need government regulations. Corporations aren't going to police themselves out of the goodness of their hearts.