Historian Darrin M McMahon on why we need to rethink equality for the modern age Darrin M McMahon explores humankind’s varied attempts to define equality in his new book, Equality – The History Of An Elusive Idea. 05/3/2024 - 6:00 pm | View Link
Governor Youngkin signs marriage equality bill Some call it a victory, others say it's divisive. Governor Glenn Youngkin signed the marriage equality bill, that would allow anyone who wants to get married to apply for a license. 05/3/2024 - 3:33 pm | View Link
May Day in Germany: Police and unions take action against opponents of war In Frankfurt am Main, the DGB celebrated May Day in front of the “Römer,” Frankfurt City Hall, which was decorated with Ukrainian and Israeli flags. The previous evening, regional DGB leader Philipp ... 05/3/2024 - 11:30 am | View Link
Advisory Council reports concerns over ‘lack of urgency’ in embedding gender equality Scottish Government must create a culture which welcomes accountability and embeds women and girls’ equality across all work, says new report ... 05/2/2024 - 4:12 am | View Link
ACLU Announces Supreme Court Victory For Workplace Equality The ACLU says a Supreme Court ruling on workplace equality grants workers protections from disadvantageous transfers due to their sex. 05/1/2024 - 2:15 pm | View Link
“Fresh from his criminal trial in New York, Donald Trump delivered a frustrated and often profane roughly 75-minute speech at a Republican National Committee donor retreat in Florida on Saturday, attacking one of the prosecutors pursuing him and comparing President Biden’s administration to the Nazis,” the New York Times reports.
Said Trump: “These people are running a Gestapo administration.”
“In his speech, he complained repeatedly about the criminal trial in Manhattan, to which he will return on Monday, insisted that Democrats use ‘welfare’ to cheat in elections and said he would need an attorney general with ‘courage’ as he mocked his former attorney general, William P.
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 5:25 p.m.: A proposed excise tax on guns and ammunition to pay for victim services cleared a key Senate committee Saturday afternoon after Democrats turned on their own over its movement through the chamber.
The measure would create a 6.5% tax on gun and ammo dealers and raise an expected $39 million a year, according to sponsor Sen.
Since Mark Hamill's White House visit tells us how woke Star Wars has gotten, and we all know about wokester Star Trek, Starship Troopers and Helldivers are better choices.