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19thnews

19thnews

A century ago today, on Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, making voting a right regardless of sex.While this was a watershed moment in our democracy, it excluded

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johnastoehr

The president-elect models a way to beat toxic masculinity.Joe Biden's good manliness by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/joe-bidens-good-manliness?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter 1. “V

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

There's two reasons that Facebook is such a cesspit of disinformation, unproductive flamewars and trolling:First, it's too fucking big. That is, not only is Zuck monumentally unqualified to control the

Bella Goth

HoodSocialism

Since the TL is talking about Eugenics & the poverty shaming that stems from that..I believe this is a great time to discuss the Eugenics Movement in Britain & America

William Pomerantz

Pomerantz

Yesterday, the @nytimes published an excellent article by @allyson_renee7 regarding the name of @NASA's @NASAStennis Space Center in Mississippi. I highly recommend you read it and give it some close

Will Caskey

WillCaskey

To pass the time until the federal government exists on paper again, I will talk about the story of Scott Lee CohenCohen was an example in miniature form of a

Aston Karner

AstonK_ISU

Ten @IllinoisStateU Redbirds that are perfect candidates after whom to name Watterson Towers' houses, a thread: Dr. George Pruitt '68, M.S. '70, L.H.D. '94: @ISU_BSU's first president, and the president

Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢

jennycohn1

Florida is a mess. Its voter-registration system was breached, it won’t commit to telling the public about future breaches, it put cellular modems in precinct scanners (connecting them to the

seeshell

Tentoads4truth

The Man Behind Citizens United Is Just Getting Started Citizens United was the culmination of years of work by Bopp to chip away at the nation’s campaign-finance regulations, often via

New York Communities for Change

nychange

AMAZING! HUGE VICTORY: @nyscomptroller to divest the giant $226 billion New York State pension fund from fossil fuels. It’s a giant end-of-year victory for activism heading into 2021! Details in

Erik Bootsma

ErikBootsma

Critics of the Executive Order on classical architecture for Federal Buildings are peddling following: 1:The US has no official style of architecture2:The US has never had an official style of

Tacit Subtext

TSubtext

Gosar Arizona objectshttps://twitter.com/stevenportnoy/status/1346882479953764352 @AmyEGardner, “A standing ovation for Ted Cruz and Doug Collins after they lodged their objections to the Arizona electoral college vote. A standing ovation

Erin accountability, then unity Ryan

morninggloria

Serious question: Does Ted Cruz have any original thoughts? He quotes movies a very weird amount for an adult man who is ostensibly supposed to be making laws. (thread)https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1356378635779911680 Remember

Clark Gascoigne

ClarkGascoigne

1/ On January 1st, the US finally outlawed #AnonymousCompanies—following a more than decade-long campaign by the @FACTCoalition and our members. I personally devoted 12 years to this effort, but there

TeddyTerriers

TerriersTeddy

Insurrection Act of 1807The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law that empowers the President of the United States to deploy U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in partic

Reuters

Reuters

Trump may be best remembered for his use of Twitter as a bully pulpit to stoke controversy or browbeat opponents, but the noise his tweets generated often distracted from the

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