Postcards from the class & culture wars (2.6.22)

Postcards from the class & culture wars (2.6.22)

The thing you need to understand about today’s Zillow find is that it was built in 2010 in the United States of America.”

“The only problem is: That didn’t actually happen. And, also, it’s not possible.”

In 2019, Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled state legislature passed Act 77, which made mail-in voting universally available. … After Joe Biden won Pennsylvania in November 2020 on the strength of massive mail-in vote turnout … GOP state representatives filed an amended petition arguing that Act 77 is unconstitutional.”

“Decades later, the 95-year-old veteran fears Texas’ new election law, SB1, could prevent him from voting for the first time in his life.”

“Among the thousands of mail-in ballots that were rejected in Washington State during the 2020 election, auditors have found that the votes of Black residents were thrown out four times as often as those of white voters.”

There’s only one kind of people who would vote to ban Maus, whatever they are calling themselves these days.”

“Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee is withholding $110,000 of funding from the Madison County Library System allegedly on the basis of his personal religious beliefs, with library officials stating that he has demanded that the system initiate a purge of LGBTQ+ books before his office releases the money.”

The bill appears to create a legal free-for-all in which a parent to file a lawsuit and seek monetary damages if they feel any aspect of their child’s education steps on their rights as a parent or if they find it objectionable.”

“The act will be introduced into the Education Committee next week, but it doesn’t specify which religious beliefs will be used to prosecute offending teachers.”

“Republican state Rep. Norlin Mommsen introduced a bill to place cameras at the back of public school classrooms so parents can monitor what’s being taught there.”

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State.”

A bizarre and still unfolding incident at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas isn’t just proof that conspiracy theorists see patterns in noise, but that social media hysteria and anti-immigrant sentiment can combine for terrible and violent results.”

Outgoing sheriffs pocketed public money, fudged financial reports, wasted sheriff’s office funds and destroyed or stole public property.”

“It’s not surprising that a law enforcement agency that has largely blown off the Fourth and Fifth Amendments would treat the First Amendment so cavalierly.”

“They used perjured evidence to convict him and then charged the perjurer, and never told him. And then Willie was warehoused for 38 years.”

“I have a song to show you, but I need to know if you’re religious first.”

Hugs from Brazil.”

 


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