“ii) he’s going to county jail, not prison, so he’ll be out in about half the time, and again, it’s county jail, not Oz.”

Tell me you’ve never seen, been to, or heard of Cook County Jail without telling me you’ve never seen, been to, or heard of Cook County Jail. 

My dude thinks he’s as dangerous to “the establishment” as Jeffrey Epstein and is going to be “suicided”. Jussie, the only thing you were dangerous to was your career...

I’ve been seeing this response a lot to these horrifying bills. I get it in a sense, but it’s not helpful for many reasons.

Gum up the works. Start reporting people like Ken Paxton for aiding and abetting transgender children. After all, he did consent to dinner with a family with a transgender child; doesn’t that infer tacit approval? Start reporting the wives and daughters and mistresses of the uber conservatives that support this…

I, a good atheist, am honestly starting to hope that these people really meet Jesus as they believe they will in the afterlife. They’re in for an everlasting lecture on what it means to be a true Christian, as well as (dare I hope) a heavenly ass-kicking.

“Planned Parenthood in St. Louis.... patients must have a transvaginal ultrasound”

Might be time to move out of those red states, at least for people who have that option.

But how in the hell does any of this work in reality? If abortion is banned in your state and you know you can get sued if you go to Illinois, you’re not going to broadcast what you’re doing. How the hell is the state going to prove anything?!

California governor Gavin Newsom announced they would do just that thing.

It’s almost like voting religious nuts into important government offices isn’t actually a very good idea.

California already has: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/us/california-gun-lawsuits.html

I’m not American, but why are dem states not using this precedent of “sue they neighbor” to do actual useful things related to gun ownership and use? Didn’t Kavanaugh himself opine that the Pandora’s Box was opened with this? Fucking start using it. Use it enough, and they’ll close the loophole themselves. They love…

Ugh. Finally! Hope you got a better deal out of the week away. Missed you!

Spouse of a union unit rep who just went through negotiations, here. Yay for you! Power to the people, right on!

Well done, GMG Union people! Looks like some good gains were made, and in a relatively short time. (I know even one day on strike can feel like an eternity, but you got this done fast!)

Alright! All power to the people!! Congratulations on your union. Workers of the world, unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains!!!

Congrats on the contract win! That higher base rate starting pay is especially nice, I’d imagine.

Union rep here from a different industry: kind of suspected this was a labour action, but didn’t see anything pointing it out anywhere, and I do consider myself someone a little bit up on digital media.

It’s Casimir Pulaski Day, a trans/intersex/American-Polish icon and Founding Father!

I would think it would be more disrespectful of the legacy of the whole mess if she didn’t get the title- if Charles had just been allowed to pursue and marry Camilla in the first place, a lot of people would have been spared a lot of pain. I would think Diana would prefer her grandchildren and great grandchildren to…