It’s now been a few days since a white nationalist gunman took the lives of 22 people in El Paso and there are any number of things that we could discuss. I’m inclined to focus on Mitch McConnell’s continued refusal to bring House Resolution 8 to a vote in the Senate, but I really don’t […]
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As some Republicans begin to stand up against Trump and McConnell on white nationalism and gun control, the fight shifts to Walmart and the corporations underwriting Trumpism
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Amy McGrath, Andrew Ross Sorkin, assault rifles, assault weapons, Ben Sasse, domestic terrorism, Doug McMillon, fascism, Georgetown, gun control, gun laws, H.R. 8, Joaquin Castro, John McCollister, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, mass shootings, Michael R. Turner, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, money in politics, Nebraska Republican Party, NRA, Ohio, open carry, Parkland, Poway, racism, San Antonio, Tucker Carlson, universal background checks, Walmart, white nationalism, white supremacy 69 Comments
Affirmative Action is dead in the United States… Now what?
The U.S. Supreme Court, as I’m sure you all know by now, upheld Michigan’s ban on affirmative action yesterday in a 6-2 decision, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissenting. (Elena Kagan, recused herself, presumably due to the fact that she was involved in the case prior to joining the Supreme Court, during […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Detroit, Michigan Also tagged achievement gap, affirmative action, Arizona, Bill Schuette, California, Civil Right Act, college, college admissions, conservative legislation, dissent, diversity, Elena Kagan, Florida, higher education, KKK, Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Proposition 2, racism, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Schuette v. BAMN, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Ted Spencer, the conservative agenda, the free market will fix everything, University of Michigan, Ward Connerly, Wisconsin 65 Comments