Thank god for Democracy Now! today

Thank god for @democracynow every day it’s on, but especially today. I really fucking needed it. That is all. Okay, one more thing. This sign rocks. (Hell hath no FURY like a DRAG QUEEN scorned) Now, that is all.

Now I’m seriously wondering…

…just how often do  Holyoke City employees go to North Carolina? It’s on your dime now, assholes. ↑   ↑   ↑   ↑   ↑   ↑   ↑   ↑   ↑   ↑ (Unquestionably the best part of any official Holyoke document. The proof of just how bored peeps were around here is that Springfield – in the same little county,…

Meet Your Supreme Court Judge: Justice Ginsburg

Justice Ginsburg’s Senate Confirmation hearings were extraordinarily collegial, even for that time in history. Both Democrats and Republicans were awed by the extremely  high ethical bar she set for herself, not only as a jurist in the D.C. Court, but also as an advocate in the years preceding her appointment to the bench. Despite the overflowing praise…

Florida appears to actually have gotten something RIGHT

I am admittedly always a bit terrified when I get any legal updates on any law having anything to do with Florida. Especially when the first sentence of that legal update leads with the words  “…a Florida law adopted by citizen initiative“           Like most  people who care about human rights, my mind goes here: But amazingly enough, this…

I don’t see any way this doesn’t end up in front of SCOTUS

Case Name Sarsour v. Trump IM-VA-0005 Docket / Court 1:17-cv-00120 ( E.D. Va. ) State/Territory Virginia <!—-> Case Type(s) Immigration Special Collection Civil Rights Challenges to Trump Immigration/Refugee Orders Case Summary <!– compress summary –> This class action, filed January 30, 2017, challenges President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order ban on admission to the…

President Trump: Mission Accomplished

(note: I set it to begin at 8:30 with Hasan Minhaj’s final speech below.) Hasan Minhaj – The Daily Show: But how can I hate Trump right now? How do you do it? Just look at what he’s dne at the airport! White women were turning their scarves into hijabs. Muslims were publicly praying and people were cheering them on!…