AvatarwisertreeAvatarAvatarUvalde native Matthew McConaughey on finding real gun violence solutions and whether he'd run for officeABC News - Megan BarnesThe actor has launched an initiative to help "make our kids safe." A little more than a year after a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, …
AvatarwisertreeAvatarAvatarMail voting is still pretty popular, even without the pressure of the pandemicverified_publisherNPR - Ashley LopezThe COVID-19 pandemic, so far, has had some lasting effects on how people cast ballots in the U.S. According to a new report from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, mail voting rates in the U.S. "remained higher than pre-pandemic levels" during last year's midterm elections, when more than 35 …
AvatarwisertreeAvatarAvatar"Unfriending" America: The Christian right is coming for the enemies of God — like you and meverified_publisherSalon - By Frederick Clarkson"You've got a friend in Pennsylvania!" was the theme of the state's ad campaign to promote tourism in the 1980s. That was a veiled historical reference to the Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers, the liberal Christian sect to which William Penn, for whom Pennsylvania is named, belonged. …
AvatarwisertreeAvatarAvatarArnold Schwarzenegger Calls It A ‘No Brainer’ That He Would Run For President And Win (If It Wasn’t For That Pesky Constitution)UPROXX - Josh KurpThe U.S. Constitution has three requirements for someone to become president: they must be over 35 years old, have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years, and be a natural-born citizen. 75-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger, who moved to the U.S. in 1968, fits two of the three requirements — but if it …
AvatarwisertreeAvatarAvatarNewsom agrees Biden is ‘cognitively strong enough to be president’The Hill - Julia MuellerCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday said President Biden is mentally strong enough to serve in the White House, as Biden faces regular …
AvatarwisertreeAvatarAvatarSupreme Court Shocks Everyone With 5-4 Ruling in Favor of Voting RightsJezebel - Susan RinkunasJohn Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh joined the three Democratic-appointed justices to rule that Congressional maps in Alabama were racially …
AvatarwisertreeAvatarAvatarUnnecessary Solutions to Imaginary Problems - The BulwarkThe Bulwark - Bill LuedersAcross the country, Republican legislatures and governors are blazing a path of regress in a world of make-believe. Throughout the nation, states with …
AvatarwisertreeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIf You Want to Help the Rich and Die Sooner, Vote Republicancommondreams.org - Thom HartmannAs giddy as Republicans are about "owning the libs," the citizens they govern pay a tragic price for the sport. If dying young appeals to you, here's …
AvatarwisertreeAvatarAvatarScoop: Stephen Schwarzman comes out against Trump in major defectionAxios - Mike Allen, Jonathan SwanStephen Schwarzman — chairman, CEO and co-founder of private-equity giant Blackstone — says in a statement to Axios that he's defecting from former …
AvatarwisertreeAvatarAvatarThe Christian Nationalist Forces That Terrorized Me as a Child Have Grown Only More PowerfulTIME - Silas HouseI was raised in a church of terrorists. The preacher pounded on the lectern while he boomed that all queers deserved to die, that mixed marriages were going to lead to the downfall of “our way of life.” This was the 1980s, when women’s rights were being discussed much more broadly but according to …
AvatarwisertreeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIt's Not Too Late! How to Crush the Thieving, Lying GOP in the Midtermscommondreams.org - ralph-naderIt's late but not too late for Democrats to retake the offensive and expose a party of corruption, repression, and plutocracy. Will Democrats save …
AvatarwisertreeAvatarAvatarLiz Cheney wasn’t kidding about putting country over partyMSNBC - Steve BenenSeven weeks after Liz Cheney said she'd back Democrats because partisanship "has to have a limit," is she following through? Actually, yes. It was …