Author Ta-Nehisi Coates sat silently through a school board meeting in South Carolina to support a high school teacher who was told to stop using his book on growing up Black in America in her advanced English class. https://t.co/1Z5J50YOh1
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 19, 2023
Category: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Oh my
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Russia threatened him with war if Putin was detained on an International Criminal Court warrant.
"Russia has made it clear that the arrest of President Putin would be a declaration of war against Russia. The ICC itself expressed… pic.twitter.com/jCuBs4uprK
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) July 18, 2023
Why they strike
The overwhelming majority of TV shows are not filmed in LA where most live. So, what does that mean? Well, if you’re a series regular on a TV show you get flown to another city (another country, Canada usually) where you’re expected to LIVE for the duration of filming. They give…
— DB Woodside (@dbwofficial) July 18, 2023
God, I hate Greg Abbott
They’ve also mined the river with razor wire-wrapped barrels, and they’re pushing children back into the river. One trooper called it “inhumane”:
A Texas trooper claimed that officials have received directions to withhold water from migrants crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border and to push them back into the Rio Grande. https://t.co/f6Za7I2BAb
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 18, 2023
The first rock in the avalanche?
Michigan attorney general charges 'false electors' over efforts to overturn the 2020 election https://t.co/v9FM1C5BrP via @nbcnews
— Suburban Guerrilla 💙 (@SusieMadrak) July 18, 2023
MAJOR BREAKING—
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced the INDICTMENTS of 16 fake electors who signed certificates falsely claiming Trump won Michigan in the 2020 election. pic.twitter.com/BoKIXvCBhQ
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 18, 2023
How do black people get out of bed every day?
Karine Jean-Pierre called ‘Buckwheat’ by radio host who insists he was giving her a ‘compliment’ https://t.co/sntsXKIvaL via @YahooNews
— Suburban Guerrilla 💙 (@SusieMadrak) July 18, 2023
Fox has a thing for mentally ill candidates
Fox and other right-wing outlets have relentlessly promoted his campaign in a thinly veiled plot to hurt President Joe Biden’s reelection effort. https://t.co/pNeU5WaaUP
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) July 17, 2023
Thanks, Maggie!
As it turns 75 this month, Britain's NHS is in the deepest crisis of its history: flooded by aging, enfeebled patients; starved of investment in equipment and facilities; and understaffed by burned out doctors and nurses. @MarkLandler https://t.co/mWOE1cTBav
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 17, 2023
Whores
Learn more about the Republican Party's strategy to create doubt over the science of climate change (a strategy they adopted from the smoking causes cancer denialists) so they could avoid the moral imperative to ACT here https://t.co/9rbns2nfQ8
— Rachel Bitecofer 🗽💡🔭🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) July 17, 2023