Andrew Karnis

Software Engineer.
All opinions and views are my own.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Where Americans will travel across the world to experience vs. where they live and will never allow to change:

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. Nex Benedict matters

Nex was a 16-year-old and non-binary

Nex was brutally beaten a high school bathroom in Oklahoma

The school did not call an ambulance or the police

Instead, Nex was suspended

Nex died the next day

[Andrew Nadeau @TheAndrewNadeau]

I love the idea that liberals conspired to get Taylor Swift to date Travis Kelce and then rigged the playoffs because this somehow abstractly helps Biden.

That’s where we shine. We can’t get free healthcare but perfectly execute a Riddler-esque conspiracy to ruin a football game

[Ari Drennen @AriDrennen]

What stage of the fascist takeover is it when the government invalidates the identity documents that allow the scapegoat group to get to and from work or school?

[Joshua Benton (@joshuabenton.com on Bluesky) @jbenton]

There is some nonsense going on in Caddo Parish (Shreveport), Louisiana.

Black man and white man run against each other for sheriff. Black man wins by 1 vote. He's the first Black sheriff elected in this majority-Black parish.

There's a recount, as you'd expect. He wins that too, again by 1 vote. The election is certified.

*After* the recount, *after* the certification, the losing white candidate sues and says there were illegal votes. There is no evidence that any illegal votes leaned one direction or another — and no *actual* evidence of even a single illegal vote being cast in the sheriff's race.

White candidate finds a sympathetic conservative judge, who declares the election null and orders another one. Again, *after* the recount, *after* the window to challenge votes had passed.

https://t.co/WCw5czOCIK

The Black candidate appealed the judge's ruling. The appeal was heard by a five-judge panel: 3 white judges and 2 Black judges.

Today they agreed to throw out the last election and give the white candidate another chance, 3-2. (You'll never guess how those votes split!)

https://t.co/3Z2VJULl83

[#Randy @RandyResist]

“Today, Caroline Kitchener reported in the Washington Post that at least 51 jurisdictions in Texas have passed ordinances to make it illegal to transport anyone on roads within city or county limits to get an abortion. Their hope is to target interstates and the roads around airports to block off routes out of Texas and keep pregnant women trapped in the antiabortion state. 
The laws also allow any private citizen to sue any person or organization they think is violating the ordinance, leading to expensive lawsuits against the friends and family members of the most economically vulnerable people in society. Antiabortion activists call aid to women seeking abortions “abortion trafficking,” which makes it sound like women are being forced to get an abortion, when in fact, the ordinances ensnare women who want to get an abortion and their friends, preventing them from leaving an antiabortion state. Even if such an ordinance is impossible to enforce, it legally endangers the people who would help someone trying to get an abortion, moving such reproductive care beyond the financial reach of many women, and makes people hesitant to help each other. 
Such barriers are precisely the same as those for people trying to leave authoritarian countries. Someone who is prohibited from leaving a jurisdiction is not a citizen but a subject. Free and full citizens of a democracy have the right to travel, both inside the country and out of it. That right is guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the Constitution. But authoritarian countries often restrict travel for their subjects outside their borders out of concern that exposure to freer countries will weaken the authority of the government at home. 
Crucially, authoritarian countries also urge people to turn on each other, reporting them to the state for punishment, often in exchange for a reward. Such a system breaks the ability of opponents to organize to resist the government because of the risk that their neighbors will sell them out….] -Heather Cox Richardson

[Andrew Karnis @A_D_K]

@hellenkeniford You should file a complaint here

https://t.co/56062aHkNe

And

https://t.co/i70quPX7Yf

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

So we’re clear:

The Supreme Court ended affirmative action yesterday by saying you CAN’T discriminate by helping a minority group, then turned around today and said you CAN discriminate by hurting them.

[Andrew Karnis @A_D_K]

@Hertz Hi @Hertz if I travel to PA to rent a vehicle should I be worried your counter agent may demand a Passport because Im from New York? And subsequently call police when reminded that NY and PA licenses are both valid forms of id.

[Joel Montfort @jmontforttx]

🧵Honestly, I don't think a lot of Democrats see the big picture with public education. The GOP wants it to fail. They want to choke the life out of it. They see that it has created a generation that has completely turned on them. They are furious. This is retribution.

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

After being sued by Missouri librarians for banning library books, Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries. Their budget also cuts funding for diversity initiatives, childcare, and pre-kindergarten programs.
https://t.co/3y7G27Nqju

[Andrew Karnis @A_D_K]

@imillhiser @JamilSmith Why use a violent gang when you have the law and police on your side who can do your bidding?

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Remember 3 years ago when the only LGBTQ+ legislative issue was trans people in sports?

It was never just about sports. They'll keep expanding until they bring us back decades in the past.

https://t.co/kNGiFy12ik

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Texas Republicans just introduced a bill to ban voting centers on college campuses.

Marjorie Taylor Greene just proposed taking away the voting rights of Democrats who move to red states.

Florida Republicans just introduced a bill to ban the Democratic Party.

It’s a pattern.

[Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti]

This piece is so important I wrote it through Covid:

Republicans keep saying they won't arrest women for abortion. But the Alabama AG's office fucked up and revealed *exactly* how they plan to get around that false promise

https://t.co/vSkKVw8UsS

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Only 1 Republican out of 222 showed up to a ceremony today with the families of police who were violently beaten by MAGA terrorists on January 6.

Don’t ever let them tell you they support law enforcement again.

[Zack Bornstein @ZackBornstein]

I don’t understand how COVID is spiking again after we’ve tried everything from pretending it’s over to pretending it never happened

[Andrew Karnis @A_D_K]

@BenjaminGoggin Someone has to stop these neo fascists before they get more people killed with patently false hateful rhetoric. This assault on LGBTQ+ people can't continue without consequences.

[Andrew Karnis @A_D_K]

@elonmusk Manage your newly acquired company straight into the ground ???

[Myroslava Petsa @myroslavapetsa]

The moment a grandmother kneels before her grandson soldier who’d been fighting for Kherson liberation.