.@ChrisCoons holds copy of Voting Rights Amendment Act, which restores protections SCOTUS struck down #Selma50 pic.twitter.com/ExecxdlRmH — Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 8, 2015 From the Washington Post, “‘The march is not yet over,’ Obama tells crowd at foot of Selma bridge“: … Obama was introduced by Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), whose skull was fractured by …
Sunday Morning Open Thread: Wake Up
(Walt Handelsman via GoComics.com) . Consider yourself PSA’d. As an additional rouser, the NYTimes‘ Jennifer Steinhauer profiles Nancy Pelosi: The quarterback Brett Favre has long retired. Cher shut down her most recent tour. Representative Nancy Pelosi — repeatedly written off and derided since her party lost the House in 2010 — powers on. Ms. Pelosi, …
Open Thread: Meanwhile, in Another Part of the Country…
Jeb Bush told a DREAMer that DACA/DAPA were overreaches akin to a "Latin Americn dictator" http://t.co/FjKvdyr719 — daveweigel (@daveweigel) March 8, 2015 Yes, he’s a bilingual bigot! — FWIW. There are more Hispanics in Iowa than one might expect, because somebody’s got to work those CAFOs and HFCS factories. The 2016 Repub hopefuls had a …
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The President’s Speech At Selma
"What greater expression of faith in the American experiment than this…than the belief that America is not yet finished." — Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) March 7, 2015 Transcript of the prepared speech, via the Washington Post: … There are places, and moments in America where this nation’s destiny has been decided. Many are sites of war …
Friday Food Read/Discussion: “Starve A Landfill”
No Recipe Exchange this week — blame Bixby — so here’s a discussion-sparker from the NYTimes on “Efficiency in the Kitchen to Reduce Food Waste“: SEATTLE — The nation’s first citywide composting program based largely on shame began here in January. City sanitation workers who find garbage cans filled with aging lettuce, leftover pizza or …
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Friday Evening Open Thread: Pathological Liars & Narcissists
.@DineshDSouza Your life is like if someone said, "What Wouldn't Jesus Do?" — Kate Forristall (@KateCForristall) March 6, 2015 And a little more bracing vitriol, from Jeb Lund for Rolling Stone. “Go Ahead and Call Bill O’Reilly What He Is“: A good rule of callout culture is to never target someone for the same things …
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Late Night Movie Open Thread: Team Lion
. And this is why the nice rangers tell you to lock the car doors, children…