Steve Ross - Remove the Insurrectionists

Used to write about policy and politics in Memphis and Shelby County, TN.
Now I just don't have the energy for it.
Father of Frances. Husband of Ellyn.

[Steve Ross - Remove the Insurrectionists @vibinc]

@glenn_tunes Not sure if you noticed, but we have a whole bunch of fucking morons in Congress. She's just one of the louder ones.

[Steve Ross - Remove the Insurrectionists @vibinc]

The answer is no.

That you even ask assumes that it could.

It cannot.

[The Independent @Independent]

Zuckerberg and Musk need to answer a question: does tech have a soul?

https://t.co/eDn0HXzxoZ

[Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) @froomkin]

“Deep social and economic disparities create the conditions for demagogues to prey on people’s resentments, and for democracy ultimately to fall in the way that Plato described.”

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Bernie Sanders, in response to Trump’s win:

“It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.” https://t.co/RWLah16esu

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

People want to be told who the enemy is.

Kyle's right, Democrats refuse to do this, refuse to have a narrative, while Republicans tell you it's the fault of Mexicans/Muslims/trans kids/Hollywood/Soros/'the elites' etc etc etc.

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

Trump has a narrative that immigrants and Hollywood cultural elites are fucking you over and ruining the country. Democrats have zero narrative. The reality is that corporations and billionaires have bought our government to represent them and not you. That's who's screwing you over and if democrats don't say this explicitly they will continue to lose.

[Lynnez 🌊♥️🇺🇸 Rib Gone Rogue @RibGoneRogue]

So voter registration was WAY up this election but there were 25,000,000 fewer voters?

[Steve Ross - Remove the Insurrectionists @vibinc]

Right. It wasn't black voters that turned away from Harris.

It was white voters that either didn't show up, or were more concerned about the price of a gallon of gas.

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

Despite all the chatter, Trump didn't really gain with black voters nationwide: 86% Harris, 12% Trump.

Unchanged from 2020 when 87% of black voters went for Biden, 12% went for Trump.

Black men? Static. 78-20% in 2024, 79-19% in 2020.

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

I produce all my TV shows on my own dime and offer them to public television stations for free.

I support public broadcasting, and you should, too.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Voters of Iowa, you have an opportunity to do the funniest thing in the history of mankind

[Freddie O’Connell @freddieoconnell]

We’ve got a lot riding on this, Panda Express …

[Roger DeWayne @neshobadude83]

@ashtonpittman I love stopping at the historic sites. Like this one:

[Liz Goodwin @lizcgoodwin]

On CNN SOTU, Sen. John Fetterman pushes back on GOP transgender ads blanketing the state. "It doesn't make you a man to pick on trans or gay kids. It just makes you an asshole."

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

The Selzer story is not, necessarily, a Harris lead in Iowa

It is Harris leading by 20 points among women in a heavily white, Midwestern state.

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

McDonald’s USA
— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.90

McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $5.66

Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

The problem in this election is not Black men voting for Trump. It’s white men voting for Trump. It’s always white men. If white men would stop voting for authoritarians, this election would not be close. Do something about the white men in your life.

[Steve Ross - Remove the Insurrectionists @vibinc]

Hey Memphis media, maybe check this out...

@MLK50Memphis @MemphisFlyer @memphisnews @MBJMemphis @FOX13Memphis @3onyourside @WMCActionNews5 @ABC24Memphis

[sarah emerson @SarahNEmerson]

SCOOP:

Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer team has been secretly courting government officials, like Memphis police and FBI agents, behind NDAs and a shell run by his fixer, Jared Birchall.

We obtained the NDA through a public records request.

w/@ebakerwhite
https://t.co/jJlohxIkoI

[NatCivilRightsMuseum @NCRMuseum]

Join us in welcoming @mclyte to Memphis as the 2024 Freedom Award MC! We're thrilled to have her lead the ceremony and celebrate this momentous occasion with us.

Don't miss out on this unforgettable event - secure your tickets now at the #LinkInBio!

#NCRMFreedomAward

[Chattanooga Holler @NoogaHoller]

🚨 WOW — the Chattanooga @TimesFreePress endorses @VoteGloriaJ for U.S. Senate over @MarshaBlackburn 🎉 : “Blackburn is out of touch.” (Amen)

https://t.co/Y5nsJu9LJ1

Bravo. Every outlet should be doing this. @Tennessean @knoxnews @DailyMemphian @clarksvillenow

[Rep. Gloria Johnson @VoteGloriaJ]

A woman is a human being whose rights Marsha Blackburn has been trying to take away her entire political career.