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"Women are the fastest growing incarcerated population in the U.S. Just four percent of the world’s female population lives in this country, yet nearly one-third of all the female prisoners in the entire world are held here. Most of these women are mothers, and their incarceration ripples through their families and communities."
https://www.aclu.org/issues/womens-rights/women-and-criminal-justice/how-incarcerating-women-fuels-our-mass-incarceration

#Women #MassIncarceration #WarOnDrugs

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ChristoFascists just doing their thing

’s state superintendent on Thursday directed all public schools to teach the Bible, including the Ten Commandments. The superintendent, who is a Republican, described the Bible as an “indispensable historical and cultural touchstone.” https://nyti.ms/3VLxvIa

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@GottaLaff
"Shall it be held lawful to make an occupation of the sword, when the Lord proclaims that he who uses the sword shall perish by the sword? And shall the son of peace take part in the battle when it does not become him even to sue at law? And shall he apply the chain, and the prison, and the torture, and the punishment, who is not the avenger even of his own wrongs?"
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tertullian

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It’s something.

But the GOP has prevented the CDC from even studying gun violence

50% of gun deaths are suicides. Investing in mental health infrastructure would help lower overall numbers but 2A absolutists cite “mental health” as an issue when there’s a shooting then do little else

Not great.

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@flexghost
"Illicit drug proceeds are the lifeblood of gang behavior, and competition over market “turf” is the primary driver of gang violence. The government estimates that more than 2,000 homicides a year are gang‐related. That’s two orders of magnitude higher than mass shootings, which on average take around 30 to 40 people’s lives a year nationwide."
https://www.cato.org/commentary/end-drug-war-cut-gun-violence

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@flexghost
The gun violence most people care about, with an unconsenting victim, is driven largely by drugs. There were suicides long before guns.

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@flexghost
Well apparently it was on the subject of gun violence but forgive me for context.

GottaLaff , to random
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’s Supreme Court ruled the military must draft ultra-Orthodox Jews, a decision that could split Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government https://breaking.iavian.net/article/367363

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QasimRashid , to random
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I've been thinking about Louisiana mandating the 10 Commandments in every public school under threat of withholding critical funding schools need to survive, and the hard truth is this is classic abusive mentality.

"Love me or I will hurt you."

Any relationship, whether it's with a person, or with the Almighty, cannot be compelled or threatened. A great man once said, "Swords can win territories but not hearts. Force can bend heads but not minds."

A faith that needs force is a cult.

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@QasimRashid
"My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth."
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Story_of_My_Experiments_with_Truth

GottaLaff , to random
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🤢Charlie Kirk once pushed a 'secular worldview.' Now he's fighting to make America Christian again.

In 2018, Kirk urged conservative Christians to respect the separation of church and state. Today, he calls that foundational principle “a fabrication.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/charlie-kirk-turning-point-donald-trump-christian-nationalism-rcna156565

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@GottaLaff
"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever."
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson

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BREAKING NYT:

Samuel #Alito told a woman posing as a Catholic conservative last week that compromise in America between the left and right might be impossible and then agreed with the view that the nation should return to a place of godliness.

"One side or the other is going to win," Alito told Lauren Windsor at an exclusive gala at the Court. "…there are differences on fundamental things that really can’t be compromised." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/us/politics/supreme-court-alito.html

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Jay Kuo on how right-wing media and Trump handlers are trying to soft-pedal his threats of retribution – and we shouldn't let them do this:

"It is imperative that any apologists or soft-pedalers for Trump, should they appear on national media platforms, be confronted with Trump’s current and past statements about revenge and weaponization as well as his plans to go after his enemies using a terrifying expansion of his presidential powers."

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/i-love-getting-even

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@wdlindsy
"Some philosophers, such as Jeremy Bentham, Baruch Spinoza, and Descartes, have hypothesized that the feelings of pain (or suffering) and pleasure are part of a continuum."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_and_pleasure

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Kristin du Mez offers a valuable interview with Gionathan Lo Mascolo, editor of a recent collection entitled The Christian Right in Europe: Movements, Networks, and Denominations.

Lo Mascolo notes that "the Christian Right in Europe has undergone a thematic concentration," focusing in a concentrated way transnationally on culture war issues.


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https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/the-christian-right-in-europe

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flexghost , to random
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Party of law and order strikes again

Ahh. Today is another day where it’s great to be off Twitter. Imagine the copium.

How’s your morning?

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/119812275

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I have a soft spot for Libertarians even though I shouldn't and they don't deserve it. When I was a kid I had a weird neighbor who was always giving me Libertarian books... I wish I still had some of them they were WILD. He was a thorn in the side of the local, school board as well insisting that if they had an event at the school that involved politics Libertarians had to be included.

And in defense of the guy, he was about as likable and earnest as a Libertarian could be.

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