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RE: Kansas, look who had the idea. Corrupt Kobach. Now defeat him for AG this year: "two months after the 2022 abortion amendment failed, Republican Kris Kobach floated the idea of amending our constitution to popularly elect our state Supreme Court justices" kansasreflector.com/2026/06/09/w...

Who is pushing the constitutional amendment to change Kansas Supreme Court judicial selection? • Kansas ReflectorOn Aug. 4, Kansans will again vote on whether to change the way in which we select our Kansas Supreme Court Justices.kansasreflector.com

Note: They stole the money.

Republicans are trying to disenfranchise Black people in Missouri. I think it would have been appropriate to mention race somewhere before the 12th paragraph.

Missouri Says Voters Cannot Decide on Redrawn Congressional Districts (Gift Article)Opponents of the new map, which was redrawn to benefit Republicans, had gathered signatures seeking a statewide vote. The issue could now move to the courts.www.nytimes.com

This is a wildly prescient story about Chicago's proto-RFK Jr., in charge of public health during the Spanish Flu. He thought beer killed malaria and that bathing could kill you. He had a feud with an actual TB doctor, who insisted bathing is good. He bullied the TB doctor until he killed himself.

If you aren't angry then you aren't paying attention.

New Trump bribery scheme just dropped.

Incredible nonsense from John Cornyn. True, the harm to Epstein’s victims can’t be remedied by a “no” vote. But why should Blanche’s corrupt cover-up of the Epstein files—in violation of a Congressional mandate(!)—be rewarded by “yes”? Can’t get any more craven than this.

Big "maybe that guy's not really the wallet inspector" energy

abolitionists also tried to fight the feds using local power, guess they were neoconfederates too

You are because if they could play football they wouldn't be in the military

“It’s time to make oil giants pay up to repair the climate breakdown they’re driving. Think how many fire and flood defences we could build, or how many solar panels we could install, if big oil paid their fair share in taxes.” @patrickgaley.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisisIran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damagewww.theguardian.com

NEW: After losing 20 consecutive lawsuits seeking states’ voter rolls, DOJ conceded that its case against Washington is no different from the others — but still urged another court to embrace the sweeping legal theory rejected by every court to consider it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

After 20 straight losses, Trump DOJ struggles to defend demand for Washington state voter rollsThe concession left DOJ asking the Washington court to reject a judicial consensus that now includes 20 district court rulings and one federal appellate decision — without identifying any distinct fac...www.democracydocket.com

This apparently happened underneath (and maybe because of of) a sign she had hung on her house that said: "National Guard Stop Being So Embarrassing."

I had no idea of this history until I saw the Virginia state historical marker on Washington Street.

I recall we had a period of time where the response of Starmer and Cooper to concerns about these groups was ‘I like flags’

“If hospitals controlled by a public university can reap the benefits of state funds, then they must be bound by the same constitutional and equal protection mandates as all other state-funded institutions.” They should also be bound by the same open records law. Just sayin'.

Penn State Health sued for citing Catholicism to cancel gender-affirming surgeryPenn State University has been sued for canceling gender-affirming surgery for a non-binary individual because it would have violated Catholic principles.local21news.com

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

Fun fact: I just published the full story on this topic mere minutes ago. By my count, at least 12 pastors, seminarians & former clergy have launched campaigns for federal office this year, and 5 are already nominees. In response, the GOP is attacking their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...

'They're not real pastors': As clergy run as Democrats, Republicans question their faith(RNS) — 'It's a sign that they are really scared they're gonna lose this seat,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor running for Congress in Iowa, said. She is part of a wave of religious ...religionnews.com

David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.

For the love of Hanuman, THIS. It's not just that a circular firing squad is unhelpful at this moment; it's also that academics of all people ought to be open-minded about ways of knowing other than their own and ought to be respectful of expertise.