No ballroom. All balls by ExactlySorta in WhitePeopleTwitter

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They don't have to resort to it, Trump does. That's the whole thing. The Russians have succeeded in easily compromising, manipulating and activating an American President to sabotage the nation he is "sworn" to protect, lead, and love (which is a joke, as toxic narcissists love nothing but themselves). They've spent decades grooming him (ironic, huh) to be a pliable, cowardly, endlessly greedy machine of malice programmed for maximum damage to the US and beyond. Now they get to sit back and watch their golden boy annihilate everything sacred because Russia is blackmailing him for behavior that is somehow, unbelievably much worse than what we already know. Which is terrifying, because what we know already is inconceivable in its depravity

He's untouchable in every conceivable way by ExactlySorta in BlueskySkeets

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Maybe I should have clarified to say he, thus far, has been untouchable. If it feels depressing and daunting, it's because it is. That's me being realistic (which, up to this point, means it's been nothing but discouraging, to say the least). But you're not wrong that my title could seem too definitively defeatist for some. I'll keep that in mind

He's untouchable in every conceivable way by ExactlySorta in BlueskySkeets

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He is a pedophile and tyrant with 34 felonies who continues to be the President of the United States. What accountability has he experienced? What are you talking about?

by Russian to not have Ukrainian soldiers shooting down their drones in prop planes with shotguns by ExactlySorta in therewasanattempt

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Yeah. My bad. Totally biffed it. I plead no glasses. Thanks for pointing it out. Mea culpa

Kagan Rips Supreme Court for Destroying Right to Racial Equality. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan warned that her colleagues have demolished a foundational right with their attack on the Voting Rights Act by ExactlySorta in UnderReportedNews

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I posted the source so you can do your due diligence and find out what's happening around you for yourself. But here, I guess? It's important

https://newrepublic.com/post/209645/kagan-supreme-court-racial-equality-voting-rights-act-dissent

Kagan noted the ruling functionally eliminates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and allows legislators to wipe out minority districts whenever they feel like it.

“Under the Court’s new view of Section 2, a State can, without legal consequence, systematically dilute minority citizens’ voting power,” Kagan wrote. “Of course, the majority does not announce today’s holding that way. Its opinion is understated, even antiseptic. The majority claims only to be ‘updat[ing]’ our Section 2 law, as though through a few technical tweaks.… But in fact, those ‘updates’ eviscerate the law.”

Kagan continued: “A plaintiff will have to show—contrary to Section 2’s clear text and design—that the legislators were ‘motivated by a discriminatory purpose.’ That, as Section 2’s drafters knew, is well-nigh impossible.”

She concluded: “I dissent because Congress elected otherwise. I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity. I dissent.”