Republicans in Oklahoma and Iowa have passed bills granting immunity to drivers whose vehicles strike and injure protestors in public streets. From today’s nytimes.
BREAKING: New York passed a bill that would automatically restore voting rights to people on parole.
Nearly half of people on parole in New York are Black.
This is a historic moment.
@SNeurotypicals I have ADHD, my 6yo son is autistic. When I can’t find my phone in the evening/over the weekend (when he’s home from school) I just wait for him to run into the room yelling “mommy! Your phone!!” while tossing it at me. We’re a good team! lol
@DanRather You’ve got the answer, but can’t resist adding — helps engage my son, whose interest is more quickly focused by the visuals. I got him a graphic novel version of Sapiens, which I was delighted to see.
Why don’t we take a perfectly healthy person who has never had a drink or taken opioids or had a hard life and step on his neck for 8 mins and 46 seconds and see what happens.
"The bill signed by President Biden would give Mississippi - the poorest state in the country - an estimated $600 million to expand Medicaid to roughly 200,000 to 300,000 people in the state."
Health insurance for 250,000 people!
Governor Reeves says no.
https://t.co/3yIEjDT8o9
@blmacab3@donwinslow Start paying attention to your state laws. Republicans have introduced or continued over 160 laws for voter suppression THIS YEAR. AZ even is trying to override the populist vote with its law instead it will be the elected officials who decide. We need to fight these laws now.