#JustFinished How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
It is an incisive economic analysis of empire, focus on the U.S., but touching on other modern empires. Starts around the mid-1800s and goes through the fall of that type of empire building and the reasons behind that as well. Late in the book, he gets into the current military-based empire we run. The author used a nice mix of personal stories and facts in accessible prose.
I learned a ton about American history that was never taught in my schools. Maybe I am particularly ignorant about U.S. history, but even if I am in the lower part, I still feel I am around average. Of course, high school courses really are just high-level overviews. Anyway, I really enjoyed it, but it certainly made me wonder why the Filipinos still like us.
AARP has an action item. If you don't like or trust these forms, you can simply use the language they provide to email or call your Congressperson and Senators.
What he said didn't really explain much. He says he's frustrated but this is irresponsible. It shouldn't be that hard to see what voting for Trump would mean for you and for the people in your community. Trump has said it and attempted it and it ain't good. If you know people that feel this way, talk to them, fill in the gaps
> Benny The Butcher Explains Donald Trump Support & His "Frustration" With It
PS: It turns out to be a myth that Victorians covered piano legs for the sake of modesty. But one day people will hear that Floridians removed dictionaries from school libraries for the sake of modesty, or prudery, or protecting the children, and wonder whether it's a myth. The truth will be out there, but not in Florida libraries.
The U.S. Supreme Court takes up #gerrymandering again this year – looking in particular about how a judge can tell if South Carolina’s new map was done to unconstitutionally dilute Black voting power, or primarily to dilute Democrats’ voting power, which would be legal.
Last term’s decisions upholding the Voting Rights Act don’t apply or offer many clues.
“Librarians in public schools in Charlotte County, Florida, were instructed by the school district superintendent to remove all books with LGBTQ characters or themes from school and classroom libraries.”
This is a must read from the always informative Judd Legum.
Public meeting spaces at libraries in almost every major city in #Texas, and many smaller ones, saw 'Brave Books' events this weekend, which promoted this extremist publisher's storybooks under the guise of freedom of speech. The events were supported by Citizens Defending Freedom, aka 'Moms for Liberty in Suits' which is simultaneously seeking to ban 100s of books in #FortWorth.