I live on a mountainside outside Jacksonville, Alabama with eight cats [oops--make that 12] and a part-time possum. I do music, I host the Mensa Crossroads Brunch in Oxford, I'm a Toastmaster, and I'm part of the Episcopalian branch of the Jesus Movement.
Meta's $10 Billion data center in Indiana produced 300 permanent jobs
That's $33 million per job
In a typical manufacturing plant, a similar investment would create at least 300,000 jobs
Data centers benefit wealthy investors, not communities
This is what putting South Carolina first looks like.
I’m honored to have the support of two former governors — Republican David Beasley and Democrat Jim Hodges.
We may not agree on everything, but we share a belief that matters most: S.C. deserves leaders who will always put its people first.
In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.”
ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.
In comments at a private police conference, Flock CEO Garrett Langley said backlash to the company wasn't "real" and the work of "bots." Also he said his wife advised him to never apologize.
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Yet another entrenched authoritarian defeated yesterday in Serbia. As the United States approaches a critical midterm election, Serbia shows that we can win despite uphill authoritarian conditions. It can be done. It takes all of us, especially young people.
Timothy Snyder
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U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman, appointed in 2012 by former President Barack Obama, ruled that Comey’s July 2025 termination violated federal law and granted her retroactive reinstatement and back pay through December 20, 2025.
The day after the next president takes up residence, there will be a massive yard sale in front of the White House, where tons of Hobby Lobby gold appliqué decorations valued at almost $19.75 will be available to be scooped up for a song.
NEW: Brent Taylor is the front-runner for one of Memphis’ congressional districts, recently redrawn from majority Black to majority white.
As state senator, he repeatedly used his power to supersede local officials — and the will of the city’s voters.
with @mlk50.com
If you vote in Georgia this year, you're not doing it alone. In Atlanta, Rev. Al Sharpton and AFT President Randi Weingarten joined teachers, union members and veterans behind Vote Safe: every eligible voter should be able to cast a ballot without being intimidated or turned away.
The IOF targets educational facilities.
Israel wasn’t content with bombing the university and killing and wounding several students, so they bombed it a few hours later.
Israel is a terrorist state.
In August 2026, the U.S. Forest Service proposed to end the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Overturning this policy would open these protected public lands to commercial logging, new road construction, and industrial mining. *The regime says it's for routine maintenance 🙄
Miller deserves everything that's coming. He's afraid of state prosecutors because a presidential pardon only covers federal offenses; and beyond prison, there's also future congressional investigations and civil lawsuits.
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NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program.
Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town.
with @nytimes.com
Trump admin arrests Colorado priest.
Incarcerates him for over a year.
Judge orders him released without charges.
They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out.
He's now being tested for latent TB:
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With no one arrested or held accountable. 🤬
Public trackers and reports document around 11 fatalities resulting from over 43 shootings involving ICE and CBP agents during enforcement operations, traffic stops, and raids since January 20, 2025.
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