Black Lives Matter. Still

Some reminders…

https://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,6903,1123137,00.html

http://www.balkansnet.org/rock.html

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Metro Atlanta, about 15 or 20 miles outside the perimeter…

this is in GAs 7th, which is on the verge of flipping. They had a run off after the last election and the Republican, Bob Woodall barely won…

I expect this is part of what is driving something like this… that and the increasing diversity of the area.

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Well, I guess I know where I’m going to get a haircut, go trampolining, and get a workout in the next time I’m in Atlanta. :slight_smile:

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https://www.mediamatters.org/ben-shapiro/ben-shapiro-right-vote-should-require-some-sort-minimum-level-knowledge

BEN SHAPIRO (HOST): The basic idea that you should be able to have basic lit – you know, basic, not, as you say, fake poll test, literacy test designed to exclude black people or something – the idea that you would have to have, like, a basic knowledge of America’s Constitution, for example, to vote, I don’t see that as a horrible idea. I really don’t

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How about using that as a basic screening for holding office? I suspect the ranks of Repubs would be thinned drastically.

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I mean, he’d probably fail such a test…

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I mean, who could possibly be offended?

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It’s a start!

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Trampolining is a good workout, but schedule your haircut for some other time.

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Just takes coordination.

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Thread:

This crosses over with misogyny, but note (as Rachel does) who has been singled out.

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amber-ruffin-what-confused

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History thread:

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