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19 Mar, 6 tweets, 3 min read
I have a rule: never become incensed based on a report that doesn't include a link.

So I researched this law.

NOW I'm incensed.
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A few points about this pro-bigotry bill in Arkansas:
• The bill, which the governor will sign, doesn't apply to emergency procedures, because federal law won't allow that...
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But it does allow discrimination (including by religious orgs, ie, religious hospitals?) in non-emergency procedures for any reason except race.

• To their credit, huge Arkansas employers/campaign contributors @Walmart and @TysonFoods both opposed the bill.
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@Walmart @TysonFoods But its sponsor says "the bill has been vetted by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a faith-based legal advocacy group," which I guess means it's all good, because faith-based lawyers are the universally-accepted moral philosophers of our time, or something?
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@Walmart @TysonFoods • New cottage industry for journos and lawyers: "Under the bill, health care payers [sic: providers?] would be required to file their conscience policies annually with the state Insurance Department." arkansasonline.com/news/2021/feb/…
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@Walmart @TysonFoods • Bigotry sucks. Maybe we should just stop doing the whole, you know, "bigotry."
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19 Mar
Sheriff: "denied saying his wife is Black. (She is Pacific Islander.) He added that in his neighborhood, “I am the only white man within five houses, and I have a Black grandson that lives with me.”
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Claimed he "blocked [the Black citizen] in, he’s here right now," then that "the other driver had him blocked in."

Called the Black citizen's car “homeless-looking.”

Said the car had gone up his driveway, but later said there was no room in the driveway.
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Dear Fellow White People: just because you don't think you're racist doesn't mean you're not actually racist.

Even having Black family members whom you love doesn't mean you're not actually racist.

In truth, DENYING you're racist is a sign you're probably, you know, racist.
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No one: "what's the best meatball recipe?"

Me: jessicagavin.com/grandmas-itali…
P.S.: My trick is to cuisinart (separately) the onion (more than the recipe calls for), the garlic, the parmesan, and even the bread crumbs if they're not tiny. The onion juice and eggs make it super moist, and smaller particles of everything help the meatballs hold together.
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7 Mar
The Eastern Oregon ranching family whose criminality ultimately led to the Malheur Refuge occupation may lose their right to graze cattle on federal land adjacent to their ranch. Losing federal grazing rights can destroy a working ranch. In this case, that's good.

A THREAD:
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Instead, most ranchers supplemented their own lands by using federally- owned (but federally- neglected) commons: all the ranchers in an area would graze their cattle, often mixed together, on open range where buffalo used to roam.
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6 Mar
Apropos of nothing, this is the coolest photo ever taken. It simply is.

The Coolest.

Go ahead, @ me, punk. I will fight you over this.
This is Gregory Peck, btw.

Please tell me you Youngs know that name.
HE'S IN HIS FIFTIES THERE, FOLKS.

AIN'T NO ONE SMOOTHER THAN SKATEBOARDING 50-SOMETHING ATTICUS FINCH.
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8 Jan
Q: Why are the rioters being charged with crimes lesser than the one directly on point, Seditious Conspiracy (18 USC §2384)(20 years)?
A: Maybe because sedition charges must be cleared first with Main Justice, the DOJ office Trump has most control over. U.S. Attorney Manual:
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Specifically, sedition charges must be approved by the Assistant A.G. for National Security, John Demers, a career prosecutor who served under Obama before Trump. Since he's career, hopefully he's waiting for Garland to be in place before setting off a shitstorm.
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Why am I so adamant that the Nov. 6 insurrectionists need to be charged with MAXIMAL crimes, not mere trespass, and sentenced to decades behind bars?

History.
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8 Jan
A short thread on the foreseeability of RW protesters violently forcing their way into the Capitol. See if these details resonate:

"A special legislative session at the... Capitol got off to a chaotic start... with far-right protesters storming the [building]."
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"a growing number of protesters pushed their way through the Capitol doors chanting, “let us in"... Police officers donned gas masks as they squared off with protesters, some of whom carried firearms and bear spray"
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"Among the protesters were members of Patriot Prayer, a far-right group based in Vancouver, Washington, that attracts white supremacists and has engaged in violence."

"officers were sprayed with 'some kind of chemical agent'... while trying to repel people from the building"
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