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https://whdh.com/news/healey-pardoning-all-convictions-for-simple-marijuana-possession/
Last Week Tonight did a big food safety episode in its most recent season. LWT pointed out how jurisdictional gaps between FDA and USDA cause problems. And how underfunding is a big problem. Congress has been slashing budgets for decades.
When food safety affects children, society tends to pay more attention than when it affects adults. So regular media has been doing follow-ups on the lead contamination in applesauce.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqs4xdZdN9c #FoodSafety #USPol
Lead-contaminated applesauce pouches expose issues with food safety oversight
The effects of an Oct. 2023 recall of applesauce pouches with high concentrations of lead are widening, raising questions about how food reaches store shelve...YouTube
This week's comic: The things Mike Johnson has said are so over the top that I thought I might place him in the role of my flaming conservative character (hence the flames, in case anyone was wondering about that). It’s almost impossible to exaggerate this man’s theocratic worldview, so I tried to use actual quotes where I could.
#uspol #politics #cartoon #democracy #authoritarianism #republicans #theocracy #lgbtq
Neglected to post this cartoon from a couple weeks ago: Always blame the left!
#uspol #media #journalism #authoritarianism #democracy
Latest comic on a certain pundit's infamous $78 airport meal
(For those outside the US, the commentator David Brooks has made a career out of piously trolling liberals for their supposed decadence and lack of morals.)
#uspol #economy #journalism #media #socialmedia
Latest cartoon on the right's plans to destroy the "administrative state" and replace government workers with cronies under the next Republican president
#authoritarianism #climatechange #climatecrisis #corruption #cartoon #uspol
Ben Sargent's latest Loon Star State cartoon, from the July/August 2023 issue of Texas Observer magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-august-2023-abbotts-border-boondoggle/
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Texas Observer July/August 2023: Abbott's Border Boondoggle
Delger Erdenesanaa looks at how Texas water plans ignore the climate. Justin Miller takes us into the growing problems of Greg Abbott's wall.The Texas Observer
“Data shows for the first time that the peak demand for electricity this summer will exceed the amount we can generate from on-demand, dispatchable power, so we will be relying on #renewables to keep the lights on.”
But rather than fix the grid, #Republicans spent their time in the #Texas legislature trying to block renewable #energy:
https://www.texasobserver.org/88th-session-texas-legislature-lgbtq-energy-schools/
#environment #infrastructure #ClimateChange #TXlege #politics #news #USpol #OilAndGas
The Awful 88th Session of the Texas Lege
Losers during the 88th session of the legislature included taxpayers, teachers, trans youths, and anyone who uses electricity.Texas Observer Staff (The Texas Observer)
Gender-affirming care—for ADULTS—is now predictably under attack in #Texas. This is part of a Republican plan of genocide underway against #trans people. We need cis allies to be loud and angry on our behalf. Pay attention, this doesn't end here or with us:
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/25/transgender-health-care-legislature/ via @texastribune
#LGBTQIA+ #transgender #transphobia #HumanRights #Healthcare #news #Politics #TXlege #USpol #gender
Trans Texans’ access to transition-related care threatened by Senate bill
The Senate advanced a bill that could create such high financial risks for doctors and health insurers that they’d stop providing or covering gender-affirming care — even for adults.Alex Nguyen (The Texas Tribune)
Ag Dept employees received an unwelcome surprise in a new dress code issued last week that seems aimed at oppressing #transgender and #nonbinary workers, reports Digital Editor Kit @oconnell based on a document leaked to us:
https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-department-agriculture-dress-code-transgender/
#transphobia #LGBTQIA+ #news #politics #USpol #trans #HumanRights #GregAbbott #Republicans
![Screenshot of “Texas Department of Agriculture Dress Code and Grooming Policy,” with Commissioner Sid Miller’s name and seal at the top. In the opening section labelled objective: “All employee’s appearance should reflect the culture, dignity and professionalism of the Texas Department of Agriculture. All employees, regardless of assignment, are expected to present themselves in a professional manner that cultivates a favorable impression from coworkers, other government officials, agency customers and the general public. Employees are expected to comply with this dress code in a manner consistent with their biological gender. [The previous sentence has been highlighted in yellow.] Basic elements for appropriate attire across the board consist of clothing that is in neat and clean condition.” The rest of the screen shot explains that this dress code applies to everyone at TDA, that supervisors should exercise discretion and make sure everyone looks professional. People sent home to change won’t be compensated, and in general, business attire is expected.](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1049766 "Screenshot of “Texas Department of Agriculture Dress Code and Grooming Policy,” with Commissioner Sid Miller’s name and seal at the top. In the opening section labelled objective: “All employee’s appearance should reflect the culture, dignity and professionalism of the Texas Department of Agriculture. All employees, regardless of assignment, are expected to present themselves in a professional manner that cultivates a favorable impression from coworkers, other government officials, agency customers and the general public. Employees are expected to comply with this dress code in a manner consistent with their biological gender. [The previous sentence has been highlighted in yellow.] Basic elements for appropriate attire across the board consist of clothing that is in neat and clean condition.” The rest of the screen shot explains that this dress code applies to everyone at TDA, that supervisors should exercise discretion and make sure everyone looks professional. People sent home to change won’t be compensated, and in general, business attire is expected.")
Ag Commissioner Sid Miller’s New Transphobic Dress Code
An April 13 memo from the Department of Agriculture welcomes “Western wear” but requires employees to dress according to “biological gender.”Kit O'Connell (The Texas Observer)
The conservative campaign to rewrite child labor laws
The Foundation for Government Accountability, a Florida-based think tank and lobbying group, drafted state legislation to strip child workplace protections, emails show.Jacob Bogage (The Washington Post)
If not, it's time you did.
Here's a link to the Congress, where you can find out your local congressperson's contact details.
https://www.house.gov/representatives
And here's the same for the Senate:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
Even if you didn't vote for them, WRITE TO THEM. CALL THEM.
Even if you're not #trans, #nonbinary or #Genderqueer, go ahead and #BeAnAlly.
Seriously. BE A FUCKING ALLY.
#USPol requires EVERYONE to play their part.
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The idea underlying white male supremacy is at least 6000 years old
Class hierarchy - which arose with the city state - came out of earlier patriarchal notions of women's "natural" inferiority
The ancients held gender nonconformity to be "womanly", hence "weak"
This "womanly, hence weak" label became attached to other out-groups as politically required
origins of misogyny
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/coalitions-misogyny-stems-from-a-history-of-female-oppression,14949
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#USPol #UKPol #CdnPoli #AusPol
Coalition's misogyny stems from a history of female oppression
The key to ending the misogynistic attitudes of our governing politicians may be in examining the history of the Western patriarchy.Independent Australia
The Excellence of Kamala Harris Is Hiding in Plain Sight
“For too many Americans, the idea that nonwhites and women actually got their jobs because of their qualifications, experience and talents is hard to believe. Maybe that’s because for most of American history, white men were the only people considered for high-level jobs in what amounted to affirmative action for them.”
#BlackMastodon #USPol #WomensHistoryMonth
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We’ve heard that Republicans cheated in polls in 2022 to create a “red wave” narrative and deceive Dems.
That’s true, and there’s even a deeper issue. When we focus on polls too much, even correct polls, it leads to passiveness.
That’s a lamppost problem—
polls can’t measure some important things. For example, polls don’t measure persuasion, which happens over months or longer.
Reupping my 2021 piece on polling and Dem leaders: https://www.deepnarrative.io/2021/12/14/overreliance-on-polling-is-sinking-american-democracy/
@stevesilberman
@QasimRashid