Strangulated at birth; practicing apocalyptic hopefulness since. Writer, artist, teacher, eyeing intersections of environment and justice, cultivating gardens.
Charlottesville, VA
Joined April 2008
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Gina Maranto retweeted
Raskin: So I want to introduce the Maga Republicans who increased the debt ceiling three times under Donald Trump who gave us a quarter of all the debt between George Washington and Joe Biden, to the constitution, the validity of the public debt shall not be questioned.
Gina Maranto retweeted
Crow sits on the board of AEI, which lobbies against tax hikes on billionaires and writes briefs to Justice Thomas. Crow lavished millions in gifts on Thomas. Is this corrupt? Probably.
Does it have the appearance of corruption? Absolutely.
Justice Thomas needs to resign.
How to rig an election — with deadly, racist consequences washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Gina Maranto retweeted
Beef emits 31 times more CO₂ per calorie of food than tofu does. By cooking so many cows, we are cooking ourselves, too. Forgoing steaks may be one of the most efficient ways to reduce our carbon footprint econ.st/3nI258t
Great analysis by Adam Tooze: Europe’s Energy Crisis That Isn't - American critics chastise Europeans’ rejection of fossil fuels. But Europe is winning the bet. foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/05…
Gina Maranto retweeted
MORE CORRUPTION: Harlan Crow made a $500,000 contribution to Ginni Thomas' Liberty Central, which in turn, paid her $120K a year salary! Clarence Thomas failed to disclose his his wife’s income during this period and the sources of Liberty’s funds were not publicly disclosed.
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6. Chairman Dick Durbin said failure to disclose such gifts is inconsistent with any reasonable standard of conduct.
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Gina Maranto retweeted
The expulsion of the "Tennessee Three" is part of a much bigger story: As GOP legislatures become cesspools of reactionary rule, they're resorting to increasingly indefensible power plays to hold off the rising tides of public backlash.
New from me:
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Los Angeles Times reported about Justice Thomas' gifts 20 years ago. After that he stopped disclosing them news.yahoo.com/times-reporte… via @YahooNews
Yet another loophole exploit by Thomas the Clarence: slate.com/news-and-politics/… via @slate
Gina Maranto retweeted
Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire propublica.org/article/clare… #SCOTUSisCorrupt #ClarenceThomasMustResign
Russia and China's abuse of Red Notices could break Interpol beyond repair uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-chi… via @yahooNewsUK
Gina Maranto retweeted
Other donors to Leo’s network of organizations include Koch Industries,Mercer Family Foundation, the Chamber of Commerce,White House counselor Kellyanne Conway and her husband,as well as Chevron, Google,Microsoft,and Pfizer. thedailybeast.com/the-secret…
This is wrong in so many ways--but will Thomas ever be held accountable? propublica.org/article/clare…
Devastating account that I read when it came out--haunts me still.
Gina Maranto retweeted
DO NOT become numb to this. The lawyer for the former president talking about an all out war. Insanity
Trump lawyer: If he’s indicted ‘this is an all-out war’ | The Hill thehill.com/regulation/court…
Gina Maranto retweeted
California won't be doing business with @walgreens -- or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women's lives at risk.
We're done.
cnn.com/2023/03/03/business/…
Gina Maranto retweeted
Not the odds, but the stakes.
That's my shortand for the organizing principle we most need from journalists covering the 2024 election. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for our democracy. Not the odds, but the stakes.
The Guardian's Washington bureau chief shows how it's done. Focus on the threat.
"Donald Trump turned back the clock to the darkest elements of his presidency on Saturday with a fiery address that showed the threat to American democracy is far from over." theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
On Feb. 27 & 28, @C_G_S will host a free, virtual symposium featuring activists and scholars grounded in social justice and human rights perspectives. Register to hear perspectives missing from the international summit on genome editing #HGESummit. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…