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  1. Birthdays are for kids.

    I don’t think the #US needs a sad drunk clown. Oh yeah, right, they elected one.

    #Trump isn’t a “drunk”, but he is constantly wired on Adderall.

    Still, after you’re old enough to #vote or drink, nobody gives a shit.

    I guess that means the US should’ve stopped having birthday parties in 1965, when Black women were finally allowed to vote under the #VotingRightsAct.

    I guess this should be a day of mourning, as #JohnRoberts#SCOTUS has made gutting the #VRA a priority.

  2. Birthdays are for kids.

    I don’t think the #US needs a sad drunk clown. Oh yeah, right, they elected one.

    #Trump isn’t a “drunk”, but he is constantly wired on Adderall.

    Still, after you’re old enough to #vote or drink, nobody gives a shit.

    I guess that means the US should’ve stopped having birthday parties in 1965, when Black women were finally allowed to vote under the #VotingRightsAct.

    I guess this should be a day of mourning, as #JohnRoberts#SCOTUS has made gutting the #VRA a priority.

  3. In 2025, an #Arkansas appeals panel severely limited how the Voting Rights Act can be enforced. It eliminates a vital mechanism for communities of color and voters with disabilities to challenge discriminatory voting practices.

    The case was appealed to the #SupremeCourt. The Court declined to review, leaving in place the lower court ruling.

    The decision strips the private right to sue under Section 208 of the landmark civil rights Voting Rights Act, which allows voters with a disability or those unable to read or write to receive voting assistance from a person of their choice.

    They seem to think if they can stop us from voting, they can stop us from rising. They will not.

    npr.org/2026/06/22/nx-s1-58635

    #VotingRightsAct #uspol #voting #discrimination #disability #StillWeRise #illiteracy

  4. In 2025, an #Arkansas appeals panel severely limited how the Voting Rights Act can be enforced. It eliminates a vital mechanism for communities of color and voters with disabilities to challenge discriminatory voting practices.

    The case was appealed to the #SupremeCourt. The Court declined to review, leaving in place the lower court ruling.

    The decision strips the private right to sue under Section 208 of the landmark civil rights Voting Rights Act, which allows voters with a disability or those unable to read or write to receive voting assistance from a person of their choice.

    They seem to think if they can stop us from voting, they can stop us from rising. They will not.

    npr.org/2026/06/22/nx-s1-58635

    #VotingRightsAct #uspol #voting #discrimination #disability #StillWeRise #illiteracy

  5. Worse things are happening now, @geoffcmason, than happened decades ago. For example the Supreme Court issued a racist opinion (called Callais) which pretty much destroyed the #VotingRightsAct.

  6. Worse things are happening now, @geoffcmason, than happened decades ago. For example the Supreme Court issued a racist opinion (called Callais) which pretty much destroyed the #VotingRightsAct.

  7. Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.

    #RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  8. Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.

    #RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  9. Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.

    #RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  10. Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.

    #RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  11. Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.

    #RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  12. #Black Americans have carried extraordinary burdens in the #UnitedStates, not only to exercise their own rights but also to make the country a #democracy. The #VotingRightsAct, passed in 1965 & strengthened in the decades that followed, had protected them from #RacialGerrymandering that divided them across multiple districts to blunt the impact of their votes. This was just one of a multitude of tactics Southern officials used to limit Black #suffrage & stifle competition during #JimCrow.

    #law

  13. #Black Americans have carried extraordinary burdens in the #UnitedStates, not only to exercise their own rights but also to make the country a #democracy. The #VotingRightsAct, passed in 1965 & strengthened in the decades that followed, had protected them from #RacialGerrymandering that divided them across multiple districts to blunt the impact of their votes. This was just one of a multitude of tactics Southern officials used to limit Black #suffrage & stifle competition during #JimCrow.

    #law

  14. #Black Americans have carried extraordinary burdens in the #UnitedStates, not only to exercise their own rights but also to make the country a #democracy. The #VotingRightsAct, passed in 1965 & strengthened in the decades that followed, had protected them from #RacialGerrymandering that divided them across multiple districts to blunt the impact of their votes. This was just one of a multitude of tactics Southern officials used to limit Black #suffrage & stifle competition during #JimCrow.

    #law

  15. #Black Americans have carried extraordinary burdens in the #UnitedStates, not only to exercise their own rights but also to make the country a #democracy. The #VotingRightsAct, passed in 1965 & strengthened in the decades that followed, had protected them from #RacialGerrymandering that divided them across multiple districts to blunt the impact of their votes. This was just one of a multitude of tactics Southern officials used to limit Black #suffrage & stifle competition during #JimCrow.

    #law

  16. #Black Americans have carried extraordinary burdens in the #UnitedStates, not only to exercise their own rights but also to make the country a #democracy. The #VotingRightsAct, passed in 1965 & strengthened in the decades that followed, had protected them from #RacialGerrymandering that divided them across multiple districts to blunt the impact of their votes. This was just one of a multitude of tactics Southern officials used to limit Black #suffrage & stifle competition during #JimCrow.

    #law

  17. When the two sides differ, @volkris, you agreed with what the Republican majority on the Supreme Court wrote, and I agreed with what the Democratic minority wrote. People including Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor certainly read and understood the cases, but she did not reach the same #racist conclusion as Samuel Alito did, for example, in cases that undermined the #VotingRightsAct. #HumanRights

  18. When the two sides differ, @volkris, you agreed with what the Republican majority on the Supreme Court wrote, and I agreed with what the Democratic minority wrote. People including Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor certainly read and understood the cases, but she did not reach the same #racist conclusion as Samuel Alito did, for example, in cases that undermined the #VotingRightsAct. #HumanRights

  19. Over the course of several months, #SCOTUS has had a hand in congressional maps in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Virginia & California. Most of those decisions have benefited the #Republican Party.

    The Alabama case is also the latest “emergency” order tied to the court’s April decision on the #VotingRightsAct, in which a 6-3 majority gutted the ability of groups to bring claims of racial #discrimination under that 1965 landmark #law.

    #redistricting #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump #ActivistCourt

  20. Over the course of several months, #SCOTUS has had a hand in congressional maps in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Virginia & California. Most of those decisions have benefited the #Republican Party.

    The Alabama case is also the latest “emergency” order tied to the court’s April decision on the #VotingRightsAct, in which a 6-3 majority gutted the ability of groups to bring claims of racial #discrimination under that 1965 landmark #law.

    #redistricting #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump #ActivistCourt

  21. > It’s been just over a month since the US Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the fallout has been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.

    To help make sense of the Supreme Court’s decision, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it, I’d like to invite you to join our timely online discussion on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman and Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy. You can register for the discussion here.

    #motherjones #scotus #votingrightsact #louisiana
    #Tennessee #florida
    #alabama #supremecourt
    #ariberman #pemalevy
    #midterms2026 #midtermelections
    #uspol

    motherjones.zoom.us/webinar/re

  22. > It’s been just over a month since the US Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the fallout has been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.

    To help make sense of the Supreme Court’s decision, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it, I’d like to invite you to join our timely online discussion on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman and Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy. You can register for the discussion here.

    #motherjones #scotus #votingrightsact #louisiana
    #Tennessee #florida
    #alabama #supremecourt
    #ariberman #pemalevy
    #midterms2026 #midtermelections
    #uspol

    motherjones.zoom.us/webinar/re

  23. > It’s been just over a month since the US Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the fallout has been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.

    To help make sense of the Supreme Court’s decision, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it, I’d like to invite you to join our timely online discussion on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman and Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy. You can register for the discussion here.

    #motherjones #scotus #votingrightsact #louisiana
    #Tennessee #florida
    #alabama #supremecourt
    #ariberman #pemalevy
    #midterms2026 #midtermelections
    #uspol

    motherjones.zoom.us/webinar/re

  24. > It’s been just over a month since the US Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the fallout has been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.

    To help make sense of the Supreme Court’s decision, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it, I’d like to invite you to join our timely online discussion on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman and Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy. You can register for the discussion here.

    #motherjones #scotus #votingrightsact #louisiana
    #Tennessee #florida
    #alabama #supremecourt
    #ariberman #pemalevy
    #midterms2026 #midtermelections
    #uspol

    motherjones.zoom.us/webinar/re

  25. > It’s been just over a month since the US Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the fallout has been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.

    To help make sense of the Supreme Court’s decision, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it, I’d like to invite you to join our timely online discussion on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman and Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy. You can register for the discussion here.

    #motherjones #scotus #votingrightsact #louisiana
    #Tennessee #florida
    #alabama #supremecourt
    #ariberman #pemalevy
    #midterms2026 #midtermelections
    #uspol

    motherjones.zoom.us/webinar/re

  26. CONSERVATIVES: Well, you women haven't lost the vote YET. So what are you complaining about?

    WOMEN: You. We're complaining about you.

    #conservatives #VotingRightsAct #Republicans #SAVEAMERICAAct #PROJECT2025