rbain
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Politics, democracy, dogs, urban pedestrian, YIMBY
Daniel Penny charged w/ 2d degree manslaughter for killing Jordan Neely. Class C violent felony. Min 3.5 yrs. Max 15. For context, a list of most common C-violent charges I saw as a public defender: 1. Representing young Black kids for possession of a gun (no use or violence).
There’s this guy on TikTok who does nursery rhymes in the style of his favourite bands and the production standards are insane. This Mumford and Sons style rendition of You Are My Sunshine is genuinely as good as a song they would release
Let’s get 500 retweets on this: If you watch and retweet one thing today make it this launch ad from Democrat Colin Allred who has announced his campaign to defeat Ted Cruz in 2024. Ted Cruz won his re-election in 2018 by only 2.9 points.
Let’s get 500 retweets on this: If you watch and retweet one thing today make it this launch ad from Democrat Colin Allred who has announced his campaign to defeat Ted Cruz in 2024. Ted Cruz won his re-election in 2018 by only 2.9 points.
Remember "#DeathPanels"? @SarahPalinUSA promised that #UniversalHealthcare was a prelude to a Stalinist nightmare where unaccountable bureaucrats decided who lived or died based on a cost-benefit analysis of the cost to keep you alive versus how much your life was worth. 1/
In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow’s companies quietly bought several lots on a residential street in Savannah, GA. The seller? Crow’s friend & travel companion Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. 🧵👇
Danger! Workers are doing too well! Call the Fed to shut that down! A conversation with former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Watch the full interview in our latest episode, now streaming on @appletvplus.
Taking my editor hat off, and putting on my Tennessean hat. Most Thursdays this year, I do a rundown on legislative happenings. Today, the Tennessee General Assembly expelled two democratically-elected young Black men,
No matter where you think you sit politically, the Republican party’s behavior around Trump’s indictment should be setting off major alarms bells.
Pedro Pascal as mushrooms. A thread.
A Black family from Georgia was pulled over in rural Tennessee for driving with 'dark tint and traveling in the left lane while not actively passing' Within hours, they had lost custody all five of their children, including a nursing baby tennesseelookout.com/2023/03/16/a-b… via @TNLookout
I believe I have reason to fear for my own life and the lives of my children. This series of tweets is meant to summarize the events which have occurred over the past year, leading up to the call I received last night, warning me to be careful, and why.
BREAKING: Jon Stewart just completely destroyed Republican State Senator Nathan Dahm of Oklahoma on gun reform in America. Each and every point that Dahm tried to address was completely debunked by Stewart. Stewart made Dahm look as foolish as he and his https://t.co/8m113K2NkQ…
In 2014, a 70 year old cis man who had fathered four children went to hospital in Kashmir with an inguinal hernia. Everything about him and his life had so far been ordinary - except that the hernia turned out to be his uterus with an ovarian tube and broad ligament.
Tucker Carlson - Lauren Southern complained AirBnB banned her. She is probably best known for shooting a flare, along with a white nationalist group, at a Doctors Without Borders boat aiding migrants off the coast of Europe. I provide other examples. Tucker loves extremists
Salt Lake City could become the first climate change driven abandoned city in the US. The lake is disappearing rapidly bringing toxic dust into the urban environment. It’ll ultimately be a climate disaster zone. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/f…
This is ridiculous. Cops saying these guys need a permit to play basketball in the park
Coca Cola produces 3 million tonnes of plastic packaging a year – equivalent to 200,000 bottles a minute. Send @CocaCola a message. It's time to end #plasticpollution. #ActOnClimate #Useless #WasteLess #BuyLess #BreakFreeFromPlastic #nature
How is it that every 5 who just happens to be affiliated with a big contemporary American church just happens to keep meeting the top one percent of the most beautiful/self-destructively sexually voracious women on earth?
Them: you just need to try another church! *another church*
#OTD My great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack was beheaded on Hitler’s direct order. Born in Milwaukee, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin & moved to Germany to pursue a PhD. As an American grad student in Berlin, she witnessed a rapid increase in Hitler's popularity. 1/12
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