Upcoming Supreme Court cases

In case you've lost track of the Scotus culture war cases, a partial list…

This term:
– abortion
– guns
– climate change
– religious-school tuition
– remain-in-Mexico
– praying football coach (prob this term)

Next term:
– affirmative action
– gay-wedding objections
— Greg Stohr (@GregStohr) February 22, 2022

The US Supreme Court’s 2022 docket is set to be historic. #BULawProf @ProfLMcClain, @JPYgold, Jacobs, and @nhuberfeld1 break down the four major case areas SCOTUS is expected to rule on, and their potential implications. https://t.co/Mlcz8kvTpR
— Boston University School of Law (@BU_Law) February 21, 2022

There are no good reasons for the Court to take this case. The Supreme Court is on the ballot for Democrats in November; pulling out a stronger majority in the Senate is critical to civil rights in multiple fronts. https://t.co/PhmgmgCKFN
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) February 22, 2022

The Supreme Court’s decision to hear a redistricting case from Alabama next term puts the #VotingRightsAct — and redistricting protections for communities of color — at risk for a wholesale rollback. https://t.co/fcxruCAWhx
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) February 17, 2022

“The Supreme Court should absolutely side with the majority of Americans and reject this dangerous agenda,” Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action, says as the Supreme Court takes on its biggest guns case in more than a decade. https://t.co/FYXVf5UWHM
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 9, 2021

Pedestrian deaths are up

Pedestrian Deaths Spike in U.S. as Reckless Driving Surges

Why did pedestrian deaths suddenly turn upward in 2009? https://t.co/sFIHLgwElq pic.twitter.com/eUjRzfK9HU
— Kevin Drum (@kdrum) February 21, 2022

Red states have more Covid deaths

This is because they are less vaccinated.

“As the chart makes clear, the toll has been worse in counties where Trump won by a landslide. This is an example of how the country’s political polarization has warped people’s thinking, even when their personal safety is at stake. It is a tragedy — and a preventable one, too.” pic.twitter.com/kZzxlHrcK2
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) February 18, 2022

Not only were Trump counties less likely to get vaccinated, new research shows that they were more likely to seek out hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. https://t.co/W9xu30fKzL
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 18, 2022

In the last year, many red counties elected to serve as a control group for vaccine effectiveness.

The data is very much in, and the conclusion couldn’t be more obvious: the shots saved a lot of lives. It’s a cultural tragedy. https://t.co/1KeZNRMMHB
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) February 18, 2022

An outsize number of Covid-related deaths are occurring in the U.S. among people who are unvaccinated or unboosted, writes @DLeonhardt. Research shows more Republicans than Democrats or independents have needlessly died of Covid in recent weeks. https://t.co/ocY2yWQ6kH
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 18, 2022

Hitchcock on working with Dali

Salvador Dali worked on the dream sequence in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1945 film Spellbound.

Alfred Hitchcock Recalls Working with Salvador Dali on Spellbound https://t.co/HWLTw2Gye4 via @openculture pic.twitter.com/CR6POLY8bh
— Dr. Ronald Strand (@drronstrand) February 18, 2022

Bad news: Michigan GOP attorney general candidates want to overturn a birth control decision

This is terrible.

About 90% of Americans support birth control. All three GOP men running for Michigan attorney general in 2022 want a landmark decision on contraception overturned.

If you think Republicans are going to stop at Roe v. Wade, think again. https://t.co/C1BaxSmiRy
— Susan J. Demas 🏔 (@sjdemas) February 20, 2022

All 3 Republicans running for Michigan Attorney General just stated that they oppose the ruling in Griswold v Connecticut which outlawed prosecuting married couples for using contraception.

You read that right.

Terrifying.
— Dana Nessel (@dananessel) February 19, 2022

Blame Republicans, not just Manchin, for not extending the Child Tax Credit

One US Senator “heard stories” about people allegedly using the Child Tax Credit “for drugs” without any evidence or data to back it up.

He then used that as justification to nuke the entire national program, causing millions of kids to fall into poverty in weeks. Horrifying https://t.co/kOyuFp6ig4
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 18, 2022

In January, the child poverty rate increased by 40% in just 1 month – jumping from 12.1% to 17% as 3.7 million children slipped into poverty. How did this happen? 50 Republicans and 1 corporate Democrat allowed the $300 a month Child Tax Credit to expire. That is morally obscene.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) February 18, 2022

I am furious!

The equal of 53 packed football stadiums of anxious, food-insecure kids – 3.7M children! – have been thrown back into poverty because of 51 feckless, amoral U.S. senators

How can a nation pick fighter jets over its children? My new column https://t.co/838ov3uwTf
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) February 20, 2022

Child poverty in the U.S. rose by ~41 percent from December 2021 to January 2022, as Manchin and the GOP opposed extension of Biden's expanded Child Tax Credithttps://t.co/UBYQwoLJmq
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) February 21, 2022

another example:

It's utterly repugnant that Joe Manchin is going to kill Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination to the Fed because she cares about climate change.

But don't forget that's only possible if EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN also votes against her. They're all to blame.https://t.co/XPnmjTnCf1
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) March 14, 2022

Great Twitter thread on how the US became car-centric

really terrific thread here for anyone interested in learning more about the specific choices and decisions that produced our car-centric built environment https://t.co/kYNJeDNK4q
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) February 18, 2022

Minor league baseball salaries are very low

Read the tweets below from players. Follow “Advocates for Minor Leaguers” on Twitter. See below for a picture of the wrist band you can get from them.

"If (baseball) wasn’t an old sport that puts ‘America’s Game’ next to their marketing, when in reality it’s the most un-American thing I’ve ever seen in my life when it comes to taking care of their own, people would lose their shit over this treatment."https://t.co/ZMJxoKHXCY
— Matt Kremnitzer (@mattkremnitzer) February 18, 2022

Today, The Athletic released an article detailing the reality many Minor League players face. It’s time for every Minor Leaguer to receive a livable annual salary. https://t.co/ofMPaSo0j5 pic.twitter.com/J9Gf7kDMkx
— Advocates for Minor Leaguers (@MiLBAdvocates) February 15, 2022

Alright Twitter, do your thing! @MiLBAdvocates @MiLB @milbgrinders @MLB pic.twitter.com/eovDt0M5mK
— Michael Curry (@MichaelCurry13) February 15, 2022

About to start my 7th season in the minor leagues.

My first-hand experience:
— Jack Kruger (@jack_kruger_) February 16, 2022

Career minor leaguer here.

My thoughts on minor league baseball’s problems and potential solutions:
— Mark Appel (@markappel26) February 15, 2022

Since signing to play pro ball, I have been working 1:30pm to 10pm doing customer support (where I make more than double my minor league weekly salary) just to be able to afford food, rent, and training every month https://t.co/AqfXg28u1E
— Jake Suddreth (@Jsudds44) February 16, 2022

“We were glad to learn that the MLBPA has repeatedly rejected MLB’s short-sighted proposal to cut yet more minor league jobs. The proposal itself again highlights that minor leaguers need and deserve a say over their wages and working conditions.” https://t.co/SGux0iH74t
— Advocates for Minor Leaguers (@MiLBAdvocates) February 17, 2022

I remember the milkman

Old folks remember the milkman delivering milk to your home in glass bottles. I was talking about this yesterday and wondered why and when this stopped.

A History of The American Milkman

Remember the Milkman? In Some Places, He’s Back

Republicans side with airplane disrupters

They’re fine with anti-mask protestors disrupting flights. Disgusting. This is like their support for the Canadian truckers who are interrupting commerce and costing people jobs and money. They have no concern for the public good. They think anyone can do what they want yet they claim to support law and order.

Republicans are objectively pro-abusive airline passengers and yet somehow Democrats can’t figure out how to fight a culture war. https://t.co/rleYtXdRv7
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) February 16, 2022

There Republicans go again, siding with thugs, @JRubinBlogger writes: https://t.co/TO1eadhroV
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) February 16, 2022

BREAKING: The Association of Flight Attendants, a union representing 50,000 airline employees, calls on Homeland Security to "get serious" and create a "centralized list" of violent passengers because "flights are under attack." RT IF YOU SUPPORT THE IDEA!
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) February 15, 2022

FAA sends 80 unruly airline passenger cases to FBI for possible criminal prosecution https://t.co/XLDwAfR1W7
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 16, 2022