@NPR “Western journalists are also taught to report various interpretations of the facts. The adage that there are two sides to a story makes sense when those who represent each side accept the factuality of the world and interpret the same set of facts.” -The Road to Unfreedom
I want to talk about some very concrete next steps now that Roe v. Wade is gone—where we can go on offense as well as defense in our fight for the right to an abortion. Here’s a quick thread:
A tiny bit of justice in this hellscape. The Colorado Sun is great.
TLDR: the cop that broke the old lady's arm while arresting her for $14 of Walmart goods got prison time.
https://t.co/dWjUkr5rei
@RockyMountViews @jljacobson This is literally life and death for millions of people in the foreseeable future. ~100,000+ ectopic pregnancies per year in the US alone which are a death sentence with no medical intervention. They are bringing death, we are bringing nonviolent protest.
@RockyMountViews @jljacobson 1) They didn't exactly give a rip when millions of women peacefully marched over several years in legally permitted marches.
2) They didn't pass the 19th Amendment or end slavery without "uncivil" (sometimes violent) protests, either.
3) They gated off the SCOTUS building.
@chhelenach@JoeNeguse Every time there's higher gas prices, people buy more fuel-efficient vehicles and corporations make choices to reduce fuel use or pass on fuel costs to consumers.
So ⬆️ gas prices means EVs and working from home make more sense. More political support for public transit too.
@emzorbit Some of these assets could definitely be liquidated but I hope they also consider ideas that circumvent extreme wealth (yachts/penthouses as refugee lodging?).
Probably a pipe dream but 🤷🏻♀️
@emzorbit But who would be able to buy a yacht for hundreds of millions of dollars, except other, non-Russian oligarchs? Part of the problem with our whole system is that the extremely wealthy are fueling corruption worldwide.
@SteveSchmidtSES When Germany invaded Poland, didn't the US have basically the same reaction? We only entered WWII after Pearl Harbor, when there was the political capital to do so.
And, the US imprisoned its own citizens (Japanese) and turned away refugees (Jewish).
Maybe wrong, but not new.
"Nobody wants to work"
Brought to you by the same people who don't want it taught in schools that the US's founders wanted to avoid work so badly they brutally kidnapped strangers on another continent & made them & all their descendants work for free.
Propelled by #COVID19, America hits record levels of #diabetes death.
-In 2019, diabetes was the 7th-leading cause of death & claimed >87,000 lives.
- With COVID, the toll has increased sharply, surpassing 100,000 deaths in each of the last 2 years.
https://t.co/7mdDRtzaVK
"Nobody wants to work"
Brought to you by the same people who don't want it taught in schools that the US's founders wanted to avoid work so badly they brutally kidnapped strangers on another continent & made them & all their descendants work for free.
Today could be the last anniversary of #RoeVWade as law of the land. But this isn’t the end of the fight. Not even close. The American people are on our side. We must fight back for abortion rights and reproductive justice—and we must #ExpandTheCourt to rebalance it.
Holy crap, Politico obtained a draft executive order prepared for Trump in Dec. 2020 that would have directed the defense secretary to use the National Guard to seize voting machines and data.
It was just awaiting his signature.
https://t.co/Dw38eX4DHF