https://wapo.st/3mGGqgv

He failed to report real estate deals with Crow. More troubling, in 2011 he checked “none” for each of 5 years required reporting spousal income, yet Ginni received $680K from Heritage over that period. Heritage has supported various conservative litigants directly or indirectly over the years.

“Thomas has long been under scrutiny for possible conflicts of interest. Last year, Senate Democrats called on Thomas to recuse himself from certain cases after it was revealed that his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, had pressed the Trump White House in text messages to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.”

“Thomas was the only justice to dissent in the Supreme Court’s decision in January to reject Donald Trump’s request to block documents from being released to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.”

https://www.vox.com/23142734/louisville-downtown-mass-shootings

“No other high-income country has suffered such a high death toll from gun violence. Every day, 120 Americans die at the end of a gun, including suicides and homicides, an average of 43,475 per year. Since 2009, there has been an annual average of 19 shootings in which at least four people are killed. The US gun homicide rate is as much as 26 times that of other high-income countries; its gun suicide rate is nearly 12 times higher.”

“Gun control opponents have typically framed the gun violence epidemic in the US as a symptom of a broader mental health crisis. But every country has people with mental health issues and extremists; those problems aren’t unique. What is unique is the US’s expansive view of civilian gun ownership, ingrained in politics, in culture, and in the law since the nation’s founding, and a national political process that has so far proved incapable of changing that norm.”

The numbers are astounding. Boy, I sure hope all these lives lost to bullets were worth it.

https://news.yahoo.com/1-5-adults-theyve-had-090008777.html

“People of color were more likely to report witnessing gun violence or having family members who were killed by guns. More than one-third of Black adults said they had a family member who was killed by a gun, compared with 17% of White respondents and 18% of Hispanic adults who participated in the study.“

For those who dismiss gun violence to the urban minorities, note that 17% of Whites, one out of six, is no bragging point. Of course the damage that random shootings affect scores more than just those killed, maimed or survived a horrific attack.

This is insane by any measure. I believe the gun lobby may need to rethink their position before voters do. That the shooters have a variety of reasons is eclipsed by the common denominator of unfettered access to high powered weapons. What good is keeping imaginary tyrants at bay if we just keep killing each other at wartime rates?

The legislation proposed would gut First Amendment rights to a frightening degree. Right wing media is very concerned that they will be shut down by lawsuits from the left. Be careful what you wish for applies here.

Meanwhile, Carlson advised viewers to hold onto their guns.

“We will find ourselves on that path to a one-party state and authoritarian government,” said his guest.

“Yeah, probably not the best thing to give up your AR-15,” Carlson replied. “And I think most people know that.”

Hayes reacted to Carlson’s remarks.

“Just to be clear, Tucker said, ‘Probably not the best time to give up your AR-15s,’” he repeated. “Why not? Why is he saying that? The implication is that you have the AR-15 so that you could shoot at, kill, maim, who? Fellow citizens? Agents of the state? Why do you have them? Who are you gonna shoot?”

‘Who Are You Gonna Shoot?’ Chris Hayes Asks Tucker Carlson Why He Told Viewers Not to Give Up AR-15s After Trump Indictment

https://digitaledition.pilotonline.com/html5/mobile/production/default.aspx?edid=41d0400b-74e0-42bf-a4c3-727b6cfa25be

it turns out that even wealthy areas of the South have more medical debt than other states, and not just concentrations in urban areas, but statewide.

“What kind of person can charge another person, in this case a former President of the United States, who got more votes than any sitting President in history, and leading candidate (by far!) for the Republican Party nomination, with a Crime, when it is known by all that NO Crime has been committed, & also known that potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country? Why & who would do such a thing? Only a degenerate psychopath that truely hates the USA!“ Truth Social

Stand by gangs, Armageddon is coming and you can be part of it. Just send in the the end label from your ammunition boxes, along with $50 and get an official certificate for death and destruction…and a decoder ring.

https://www.arcamax.com/mikeluckovich/s-2800263?ezine=261&lctg=0iyJwrh6SbQPjJNQihk-n4s26iqdHzDutsT7ep05ECA&r=8bjqNWRGPoFLeyA-g94cvg0phJbk1P2CXpYBatcaWcNDOjI5NDc0Njk4MTpKOjIxOTEyNzI6TDoyNjE6Ujo0NDUwMTE6UzoyODAwMjYzOlY6NDI

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/20/idaho-bonner-hospital-baby-delivery-abortion-ban?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

Vague, draconian anti-abortion laws are pushing doctors out of some states. Why even risk the legal, financial and career risks on problem pregnancies, even with assurances of allowable “exceptions”. Someone complains and, at best, a doctor needs to hire an attorney. Who needs that aggravation? Or risk?

This issue is not going away. And, ironically, it is the anti-abortion movement that will keep it alive and well for 2024. Keep it up folks. It’s a real vote getter. IMO

“Rosa Parks showed courage. One day, she rode the bus. She was told to move to a different seat because of the color of her skin. She did not. She did what she believed was right.”

“Rosa Parks showed courage. One day, she rode the bus. She was told to move to a different seat. She did not. She did what she believed was right.”

“In 1955 Rosa Parks broke the law. In her city the law said African-Americans had to give up their seats on the bus if a White person wanted to sit down. She would not give up her seat. The police came and took her to jail.”

These are three versions submitted by a text book publisher for approval in Florida. The quotes are from the textbooks, the article is WAPO.

This is patently ridiculous and clearly a reaction to DeSantis’ war on history. The second quote makes the gentle reader wonder if she had bad breath or anything other than than she was Black and not good enough to sit up front. Is this a threat to the psyche of children in a civics class so egregious that they need to be protected?

To be fair, the choice has not been firmed up yet. But just the idea smacks of indoctrination by the right wing.

ignorance is still ignorance.