Filthy pigs.

Civil rights advocates are objecting to a proposal to close about 75 percent of polling locations in a predominantly black south Georgia county.

The Randolph County elections board is scheduled to meet Thursday to discuss a proposal that would eliminate seven of nine polling locations in the county, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia. Included in the proposed closures is Cuthbert Middle School where nearly 97 percent of voters are black.

What does that do? It makes polling places farther away for a lot of people, and it makes the lines longer. Much longer. In short, it suppresses the vote. It does what the Voting Rights Act was meant to prevent, and did prevent, … Read the rest

A better day in a better time:

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Originally a comment by Freemage on Foreplay is supposed to hurt, yeah?

Yeah, when I encounter SWIFs, I’m always dumbfounded by the fact that they so readily dismiss the notion that people (individually) and society (collectively) are influenced by the media they consume. This is a damned staple of every social justice movement in existence–and yet, somehow, we’re supposed to believe that porn (a genre meant to be consumed at precisely the moment you’re establishing some of the strongest emotional connections in your brain) will have no effect whatsoever.

As for the cultural impact of porn–ask any female comic book fan about ‘pornface’. Apparently, a large number of pencilers in the big comic-book houses (DC, Marvel and Image) make use … Read the rest

When slapping doesn’t mean slapping.

https://twitter.com/ztsamudzi/status/1028494677157113856

Wow, she says. Wow, when all she said was

You will get slapped and you will absolutely deserve it.

Does she want white men telling her she’ll be slapped and she will absolutely deserve it? I doubt it.

https://twitter.com/ztsamudzi/status/1028495455234056192

A tweet about protecting trans women, she called it – carefully not mentioning the “TERFs will be slapped and absolutely deserve it” part.

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Shameful that it’s needed.

JUST IN: US Senate passes resolution with unanimous consent by voice vote that “affirms that the press is not the enemy of the people” and “reaffirms the vital and indispensable role that the free press serves” and “condemns the attacks on the institution of the free press.” pic.twitter.com/uK8DvhsXie

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) August 16, 2018

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— Indian Atheists (@IndianAtheists) August 15, 2018

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Mo is showing solidarity with the victims of BoJo’s  cruel mockery.

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Oh hey, we here in the Northwest have the dirtiest air in the country (well somebody has to) and the worst air on record ever, at least for Seattle.

This probably comes as no surprise, but Washington has the worst air quality in the country today thanks to wildfire #smoke. Conditions improve slightly tomorrow #wawx pic.twitter.com/8jOiUesIaC

— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) August 15, 2018

Also? Hottest summer ever.

Record broken or broken record? The all-time record for number of 85°+ degree days in a year was set Tuesday in Seattle. The previous record was set in 2017. Oh, it's also only August 15th… #WAwx pic.twitter.com/CLBLASWPAc

— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) August 15, 2018

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I think Mimi Rocah is right.

We have now fully entered dictatorship territory. https://t.co/Vot8e9rmLL

— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) August 15, 2018

This is dictatorship territory, and we are now in it. This is bad.

In adding John Brennan to his enemies list, Trump demonstrates again how deeply insecure and vindictive he is — two character flaws dangerous in any President.

An enemies list is ugly, undemocratic and un-American. I also believe this action to silence a critic is unlawful. https://t.co/bfOhThIWfq

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) August 15, 2018

Boy, it sure feels like the president is slowly purging the nation's security apparatus of people he considers personally disloyal https://t.co/mnDaElRaOC

— Matt Ford (@fordm) August 15, 2018

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Oh, a new one – I thought it was just a joke/analogy to talk about “identifying as” an infant but no, of course not, I should have known: it’s a Thing. It’s Adult Babies.

It starts with Neville Southall and (of course) Twitter:

Big Nev has latterly taken to tweeting about social and political issues from a left-wing / liberal perspective, building his follower list to a hefty 144,000.

As part of his aims to spread awareness about various issues, he regularly hands over control of his account to different charities – past participants have been LGBT groups, sex worker groups and a drugs helpline.

Which brings us to Wednesday, when it was announced that a a woman who

Greg Sargent at the Post notes that in primaries, Republicans who are critical of Trump lose to Republicans who passionately defend whatever he does, in particular his bragging about grabbing women by the pussy.

The big news in Tuesday night’s elections is the defeat of GOP establishment pick Tim Pawlenty in the Minnesota GOP gubernatorial primary, at the hands of a full-blown Trump loyalist. This makes a Democratic victory in the state more likely, and crucially, it probably makes it easier for Democrats to hold a couple of House seats they are defending in the state, which is key to Democrats’ hopes of taking back the lower chamber this fall.

Beyond this, Pawlenty’s loss provides a useful way to try