‘Fear is not freedom. Fear is not liberty. Fear is control’ — The 100-year-old widow of a WWII veteran compared her Florida county’s efforts to ban certain books to Nazi Germany
@abbyhonold I saw you tell your story a while back and was so taken with your strength that I looked you up and have been following ever since. I’m in awe of what you’ve accomplished. I so hope you take pride and comfort in it because from an outside prospective, it’s incredibly inspiring
@MarylandMudflap and @kurtbraunohler I have two tickets to the Chicago show and I can unfortunately no longer go (😔). I would like to give relay them to another Banana for free. Would you mind boosting this so those tickets get in good hands?
Research shows that when local newspapers disappear or are dramatically gutted, communities tend to see lower voter turnout, higher polarization, and an environment in which misinformation can take hold.
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@donaldball@vapemyworld@EricHaywood This was an awful take for sure (Eric Zorn subsequently walked it back), but he was not a defender of Zimmerman of Rittenhouse.
The death of Daunte Wright, who was shot by a Minnesota officer during a traffic stop, has been ruled a homicide, medical examiner's office says https://t.co/WF5YIbp34N
not sure anything has quite gotten to me the way the drive to make rittenhouse a right-wing hero of self-defense has. it is, to me, the single most ominous development of the year.