How to Be an Ally to the LGBTQ Community and Stand Up for LGBTQ Rights Amid a climate of anti-LGBTQ laws and backlash, it’s on all of us to stand up for the queer community during Pride and beyond. Teen … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is One Last Hurrah in June

Juneteenth 2023: The True Story Behind Our Newest Federal Holiday The Root is doing a deep-dive on all things Juneteenth this year. Here’s how the Texan-based celebration began. The Root No One Ever Made the Case for Reparations Better Than … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Juneteenth

To pardon or not to pardon: GOP candidates highlight positions on Trump indictment Offering a preemptive pardon “undermines our jury system,” former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said. Politico Large-scale study will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Keeps All of the Classified Documents in The Outhouse

Leslie Feinberg, Trailblazing LGBTQ Activist, Changed the Way We Talk About Trans Identity Recent attacks on transgender and non-binary individuals often frame the struggle for expansive gender representation and rights as a new, emerging phenomenon and evidence of societal degeneration. But gender … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Had to Write This in Edge Browser

Memorial Day Lesson: Hate Diminishes the Memory of Our Fallen Bob Casey fought so that we could have the freedom to be ourselves — including marry who we love, embrace our gender identity, and teach our children acceptance. Advocate Daniel … Continue reading The Memorial Day Politics Thread Is Having a 50% Off Sale For The Troops

Biden announces new $375M military aid package for Ukraine President Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday and unveiled a new $375 million military aid package for Ukraine. The Week Writers Strike Explained: Why the Writers Guild of … Continue reading The Moon’s Day Polotocz Thread Has Not Defaulted Yet

New Biden Asylum Policy Will Hurt LGBTQ+ Migrants and Others, Activists Say Human rights groups are criticizing President Joe Biden’s new policy on asylum-seekers, saying it’s as restrictive as the one enacted by Donald Trump or possibly more so. Advocate … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Not a George Santos Scheme

Restrictive border policy Title 42 ends this week but leaves imprint on future of asylum The first day that asylum seekers could make appointments through their smartphones to request protection at U.S. ports of entry, a 22-year-old mother and her … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Counting Down to the End of Title 42

The World Wide Web turns 30 Thirty years ago, the internet was made available to the public for the very first time. Little behind the technology has changed since but artificial intelligence could have a major impact. Deutsche Welle Border … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates The World Wide Web’s Dirty Thirty

Twitter Users With a Million Followers Are Getting ‘Paid’ Blue Checks, Like It or Not “Wait I’m crying they’re giving them for punishment now,” Chrissy Teigen tweeted. The change appears to include doling subscription badges out to popular people who … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Asks: Got Malk?

Latina radio network owners fend off conservative critics, tout cultural focus Latino Media Network’s Stephanie Valencia and Jess Morales Rocketto’s new ownership of key Latino radio stations was slammed as a Democratic power play, which they insist misses the point. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Stays In Character Until The Commentary Track Is Finished

HHS secretary says ‘everything is on the table’ in response to medication abortion ruling Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Sunday said “everything is on the table” following a Texas federal judge’s ruling to suspend the Food and … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Rises Again

A Grand Jury Voted to Indict Donald Trump, Making Him First Ex-President Charged With a Crime Trump will become the first former president charged with a crime. Teen Vogue New York, city of Trump’s dreams, delivers his comeuppance His name … Continue reading It’s The Fireworks Facto–I Mean, The Monday Politics Thread

The Modern Electoral History of Transphobia How trans hatred has been a consistent liability for Republicans, and why the right refuses to give it up Ettingermentum Newsletter Biden urged an investigation into how guns are peddled to kids. Will it … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Finally, Maybe, At The Fireworks Factory

Pence says ‘history will hold Donald Trump accountable’ for January 6 Former Vice President Mike Pence made his most blistering comments yet about former President Donald Trump’s role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol during remarks Saturday … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Still Solvent

What Is Purim? 4 Things to Know About the History and Traditions of the Jewish Holiday Purim celebrates Jewish survival. Teen Vogue Pete Buttigieg starts to rethink how he does his job in wake of Ohio train disaster Pete Buttigieg … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Here For The Snacks

I was pretty much busy all weekend, slept way too much, and was not in any shape to do a proper header, so this will have to do for now. Be good. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Had A Weekend

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. president, is in hospice care Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, a statement from The Carter Center confirmed Saturday. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread: President’s Day Special, $7.99 For Avocado Green

Scientists fear a Great Toxic Dustbowl could soon emerge from the Great Salt Lake Like the rest of the West, Utah has a water problem. But megadrought and overconsumption aren’t just threats to wildlife, agriculture and industry here. A disappearing … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Not a UFO, It’s Totally Identifiable

The Reconstruction Era Is Not Taught Well in US Schools — Here’s Why That Matters Despite many gains and advancements during Reconstruction, the era was marred by rampant political and white supremacist violence. “One of the defining aspects of Reconstruction … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is not a Spy Balloon