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Kirk Ellis retweeted
Questioning whether or not we have corrupt Republican courts in North Carolina? Just look at the fact that a sitting Judge on the Court of Appeals is funding another sitting judges’ fight to steal an election from the voters of this state. ⬇️
wunc.org/politics/2025-01-30…
Kirk Ellis retweeted
Speaker Johnson is 100% incorrect (receipts below) and he HIMSELF voted by proxy.
He thinks it’s *so unconstitutional* that he did it—not once or twice—but nearly 40 times?
1/?
This is a no go: @SpeakerJohnson says the Constitution doesn’t permit proxy voting.
“I’ve filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court asserting that proxy vote is unconstitutional. That's been my belief as a constitutional law litigator, and I don't see any way around that. And it's unfortunate. I have great sympathy, empathy for all of our young women legislators who are of birthing age. It’s a real quandary. But I'm afraid it doesn't fit with the language of the Constitution, and that's the inescapable truth that we have.”
Kirk Ellis retweeted
I guess General Mattis, who served 41 years in the INFANTRY, and General Austin, who served another 41 years in the INFANTRY...didn't have "dust on their boots."
Hegseth is just so offensive.
Pete Hegseth’s opening statement that he’ll deliver to Senate Armed Services this morning. Says he doesn’t have “a similar biography to Defense Secretaries of the last 30 years,” but argues “it’s time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm.”
cnn.com/2025/01/14/politics/…
Kirk Ellis retweeted
Now this one is tricky:
- if Satan is a surname then Lady Satan is the wife of a baronet or a knight.
- if Satan is a first name then Lady Satan is a peeress below the rank of duchess or the daughter of a duke.
All of which affects where I seat her at dinner...
Kirk Ellis retweeted
Ornina Syrian Orchestra musicians decided to kick the maestro off stage and play independently, each to their own melody.
And this fun piece happened 😂🧡
Kirk Ellis retweeted
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
Kirk Ellis retweeted
Today in quirky #ncpol tidbits: The day the Mark Robinson scandal broke, someone apparently bought the minisoldr.com domain (name of Robinson's reported username). And it's now for sale for nearly $25K.
Kirk Ellis retweeted
New: Republican Jefferson Griffin narrowly lost his race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Now he's asking that 60,000 ballots be thrown out based on a theory that an election denier said amounted to “voter suppression.” propub.li/4fzTARQ
Kirk Ellis retweeted
This website becomes part of the government in 30 days.
A government with a vice president who uses the website to express his support for German neo-Nazis even after one of their sympathizers commits a deadly terrorist attack at a Christmas market.
#XMarksTheState
Kirk Ellis retweeted
Having read Griffin's 87-page petition, this is as blunt an assessment as I can give on the SupCo race: "He's effectively arguing that an elected group of seven justices ought to be the ones deciding the outcome of the election, not the voters." #ncpol
theog.io/goto?url=https://an…
Kirk Ellis retweeted
Less than 24 hours after the concert at Karvansara, Iran’s judiciary launched a case against #ParastooAhmadi and the organizers.
This is the Islamic Republic’s response to a woman’s voice: silencing, suppression, and fear of freedom.
Be her voice.
A historic concert by the forbidden voice of an Iranian woman took place inside Iran, a country where women are jailed simply for singing. Thousands of Iranians watched it live on YouTube, celebrating the bravery of this extraordinary woman.
Parastoo Ahmadi, who was once arrested during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising and forced to erase the song “From the Blood of the Youth of the Homeland” from her page, defied the regime once again. This time, she stood without a hijab in a centuries-old caravanserai, singing her heart out and streaming the concert live on YouTube.
She wrote:
“I am Parastoo, a girl who cannot stay silent and refuses to stop singing for the people she loves. This is my right, one I will never surrender. I sing for this land I adore, for the soil of my homeland. Here, in this sacred corner of our beloved Iran, listen to my voice in this imagined concert, and dream of a free and beautiful nation.”
Her voice is a weapon against tyranny, her courage a song of defiance. Parastoo is everything the regime fears, a woman who cannot be silenced.
Zara Esmaeili, another brave young woman who dared to sing in public, is now behind bars. We hope for her freedom and for Iran to be liberated from the tyranny of the Islamic Republic, a regime that, for over 40 years, has banned women from singing and letting their hair flow freely.
I call on all international singers to stand in solidarity with Parastoo, Zara, and the courageous women of Iran who are defying oppressive, discriminatory laws. These brave female singers are risking their freedom and their lives to challenge a regime that has silenced women’s voices for over four decades. Let their courage inspire action, your support can amplify their fight for justice and freedom.
Iranian women are wounded but unbowed to their oppressors.
💔✌️
Kirk Ellis retweeted
🎥 WATCH: In a 1967 BBC interview, CIA agent Miles Copeland Jr. openly admits to orchestrating the 1949 coup in Syria that ousted President Shukri al-Kuwatli.
On March 29, 1949, the U.S. intervened, backing Husni al-Za’im, the Army Chief of Staff, to seize power and end democratic governance in Syria. This CIA-backed coup plunged the country into years of political instability, triggering a series of military takeovers that ultimately paved the way for Hafez al-Assad’s rise to power in 1971, followed by his son Bashar, who was deposed just this past week.
Kirk Ellis retweeted
Funny you should claim that because on Jan 6, 2021, Lt. Michael Byrd, a Black Capitol Police officer, shot and killed a white woman in an angry mob to protect US lawmakers, and he got racist and violent threats from the right, and got attacked by Trump, and had to go into hiding.
Kirk Ellis retweeted
This is for those saying that what matters in Syria is "what comes next." If you only worry that things may get worse, you will never act to try to do good. We must always fight for these moments of defeating true evil and knowing hope. Don’t give in to cynicism.
Kirk Ellis retweeted
Anyone who says they prefer efficient autocracy over inefficient democracy has never tried the former. Dictatorships don’t stay effective for long, since they don’t respond to change or the people and loyalty to the regime is the only qualification.
Kirk Ellis retweeted
Reminder: There’s a lot packed into this 131-page bill. And very little of it has anything to do with Hurricane Helene. #ncpol
Didn't know this was part of SB 382 (the North Carolina power grab bill). This is arguably even more blatant retaliation against voters for not electing Republicans than what they did in 2016 (h/t @BryanRAnderson) andersonalerts.substack.com/…
Kirk Ellis retweeted
Police in Florida accused a 12-year-old of lying about sexual assault. She was sentenced to 1 year of community service, and had to write apology letters to her abuser and to a cop, so she took matters into her own hands and recorded the abuse. This is so infuriating.
motherjones.com/criminal-jus…
