#government and politics

[thoughtportal]

Social Security and Medicare and debt Manufacturing consent

#tiktok #Manufacturing Consent #Social Security #Medicare #privatisation #medicare for all #public education #debt #us government #government #government and politics #defunding #defund #profits

[ms-cellanies]

Here is the link to the list from ADL:  https://www.adl.org/resources/report/oath-keepers-data-leak-unmasking-extremism-public-life

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[reasonsforhope]

“Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version of the question.

The measures approved Tuesday could curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont.

In Louisiana, a former slave-holding state and one of a handful that sentences convicted felons to hard labor, lawmakers trying to get rid of forced prisoner labor ended up torpedoing their own measure. They told voters to reject it because the ballot measure included ambiguous language that did not prohibit involuntary servitude in the criminal justice system.

Despite the setback in Louisiana, Max Parthas, campaigns coordinator for the Abolish Slavery National Network, called Tuesday’s vote on anti-slavery measures historic.

“I believed that the people would choose freedom over slavery, if we gave them the opportunity, by taking the slavery question away from the legislators and putting it into the hands of the people. And they proved us right,” he said.

The four approved initiatives won’t force immediate changes in the states’ prisons, but they may invite legal challenges over the practice of coercing prisoners to work under threat of sanctions or loss of privileges if they refuse the work...

Voters in Colorado became the first to approve removal of slavery exception language from the state constitution in 2018, followed by Nebraska and Utah two years later.

Parthas said he and other advocates in his network worked with 15 states on anti-slavery legislation in 2022, although only five made it to the ballot. In 2023, the network plans to work with two dozen states.

“We’ll keep doing it as many times as necessary,” until the U.S. reaches the threshold of 38 states needed to revise the 13th Amendment, Parthas said.” -via AP News, 11/9/22

#government and politics #us politics #united states #prison labor #slavery #involuntary servitude #13th amendment #2022 elections #good news #hope #alabama #oregon #tennessee #vermont

[julietjohnson1]

SBA is giving out grant of $10,000

this grant is strictly for single mothers/ fathers and also married to help support them for the Christmas preparation .Dm me so I can walk you through . 

#free money #world news #welcome home #taylor swift #news #celebrity news #barbie #government and politics #government jobs #usa #usa news

[liberaleffects]

Biden’s move also covers thousands convicted of the crime in the District of Columbia. He is also calling on governors to issue similar pardons for those convicted of state marijuana offenses, which reflect the vast majority of marijuana possession cases.

Biden, in a statement, said the move reflects his position that “no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana.”

“Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana,” he added. “It’s time that we right these wrongs.”

According to the White House, no one is currently in federal prison solely for “simple possession” of the drug, but the pardon could help thousands overcome obstacles to renting a home or finding a job.

“There are thousands of people who have prior Federal convictions for marijuana possession, who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result,” he said. “My action will help relieve the collateral consequences arising from these convictions.”

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[brain-dead-killjoy]

As a Brit, it's quite funny to see republicans act so dumb on twitter but then I realise that these people somehow have followers who will vote of them then I get kinda weirded out.

Like the UK has somehow unanimously agreed not to vote conservative next time due to their stupidity, I mean talk to anyone about recent political events in this country then ask about who they'll vote for next time round, they won't say conservative (or Tory, they mean the same thing).

#uk #america #usa #England #politics #uk politics #fuck the tories #labour #republicans #democrats #government and politics

[totaleclipseshadow]

#france riots #government and politics #current events #geopolitics #general news #freedom of speech #ukraine conflict #latest news #global politics #politics

[deep-dive]

thinking about the nefarious ways in which people prey upon those in grief

[globalcourant]

Putin orders troop replenishment in face of Ukraine losses

Putin orders troop replenishment in face of Ukraine losses

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a major buildup of his country’s military forces Thursday in an apparent effort to replenish troops that have suffered heavy losses in six months of bloody warfare and prepare for a long, grinding fight ahead in Ukraine. The move to increase the number of troops by 137,000, or 13%, to 1.15 million by the end of the year came amid chilling…

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#Dnipropetrovsk #Eastern Europe #Europe #face #General news #Government and politics #losses #orders #Putin #replenishment #Russia #Russia Ukraine war #Sergei Shoigu #troop #Ukraine #Volodymyr Zelenskyy #War and unrest #War casualties

[posttexasstressdisorder]

#government and politics

[partisan-by-default]

The Republican leaders of the Arizona Legislature will not try to defend a new law limiting up-close filming of police that has been blocked by a federal judge, a decision that essentially ends the fight over the contentious proposal.

Senate President Karen Fann and House Speaker Rusty Bowers both said they would not intervene in the case by the Friday deadline set by the federal judge when he temporarily blocked the new law from taking effect last week on First Amendment grounds.

And the bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep. John Kavanagh, said Friday that he has been unable to find an outside group to defend the law, which was challenged by news media organizations and the American Civil Liberties Union.

The groups will now ask that the law, which was set to take effect next week, be permanently blocked.

#government and politics

[reasonsforhope]

“Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Joe Biden’s term and helping cap an underwhelming midterm cycle for the GOP in the last major vote of the year.

With Warnock’s second runoff victory in as many years, Democrats will have a 51-49 Senate majority, gaining a seat from the current 50-50 split with John Fetterman’s victory in Pennsylvania. There will be divided government, however, with Republicans having narrowly flipped House control.

“After a hard-fought campaign -- or should I say campaigns -- it is my honor to utter the four most powerful words ever spoken in a democracy: The people have spoken,” Warnock, 53, told jubilant supporters who packed a downtown Atlanta hotel ballroom...

In last month’s election, Warnock led Walker by 37,000 votes out of almost 4 million cast, but fell short of the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff. The senator appeared to be headed for a wider final margin in Tuesday’s runoff. Walker, a football legend who first gained fame at the University of Georgia and later in the NFL in the 1980s, was unable to overcome a bevy of damaging allegations, including claims that he paid for two former girlfriends’ abortions...

Democrats’ Georgia victory solidifies the state’s place as a Deep South battleground two years after Warnock and fellow Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff won 2021 runoffs that gave the party Senate control just months after Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate in 30 years to win Georgia...

Walker’s defeat bookends the GOP’s struggles this year to win with flawed candidates cast from Trump’s mold, a blow to the former president as he builds his third White House bid ahead of 2024.

Democrats’ new outright majority in the Senate means the party will no longer have to negotiate a power-sharing deal with Republicans and won’t have to rely on Vice President Kamala Harris to break as many tie votes.” -via AP News, 12/6/22

#government and politics #us politics #2022 elections #raphael warnock #herschel walker #georgia #democrats #elections #us senate #good news #hope

[thingstrumperssay]

I knew that nothing would happen about guns thanks to the GOP but that doesn’t mean that I’m not mad when I’m right.

#government and politics #guns #gun control #blocking all gun nuts #maybe #uvalde #texas #children #mass shootings #gop #the gop #republican #republicans #conservative #conservatives

[liberaleffects]

#government and politics

[man-and-atom]

There are a number of lessons we could take from this ― a number of points we could draw out.

For instance, if cities only take 20% of the water drawn from the Colorado, ornamental grass plantings in those cities (little though we like them) do not account for the largest part of the water demand there, so this kind of measure, even if pursued vigorously, is unlikely to save more than 2% or so of the total. So it is mostly symbolic.

Again, cities can afford to pay much higher prices for water than agriculture can, which is why seacoast cities are attractive prospects for desalted seawater. If the Bolsa Island nuclear desalting project of the 1960s had not been abandoned, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California would be far less interested in the Colorado today. Inland cities, however, do not typically have that option available to them.

Raising irrigation-water rates would shift the pattern of agriculture toward more water-efficient practices, and toward crops fetching a higher price per unit of water consumed, but would also reduce the overall cultivated area, and presumably the level of economic activity in the cities in turn, so that people would tend to migrate away. We might, indeed, consider whether the world’s needs for food might not be better met from other geographical regions.

But the most striking point is this :

Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the river’s two main reservoirs, are each about a quarter full. In June, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton warned the states needed to dramatically cut their use, but amid squabbles over who would shoulder what burden, officials failed to answer her call.

In the midst of an urgent crisis with stark, daily-visible effects, the people whose responsibility it is to respond simply refused to do so. What does this imply for climate action, when the effects are much more distant?

#government and politics #Deep Decarbonization #climate action #atomic power to the people