COVID vaccines have moved from theory to fact in the United States. Supplies are limited for the next few months, and that has interest groups jockeying for their spot in line. Two groups don’t have to jockey very hard because their receipt is a foregone conclusion: politicians and cops. Neither deserve them ahead of other groups.
Politicians Need a Motivator to Not Do What They Just Did I see the politician-first argument.
The 5-4 Podcast is the real AP US Government education you didn’t know you needed. The first episode is on Bush v. Gore. It sets up the podcast - as the hosts explain, Bush v. Gore is the court at its worst: petty, partisan, and illogical. Americans are trained from a young age to respect the court, but this respect is unwarranted. As Peter says:
“Anyone who thinks after Bush v.
part of the problem is we’re looking at 70 years of massive factors in favor of cars (public and private), and look at the outcome and decide the world is built around cars. we built it (mostly the US) around cars and we can rebuild it around mass transit and more local stuff. look at every other country. they are way denser because they pursued policies that made it that way.
To all my white friends: if this isn’t enough to make you say something, what is? A black person was murdered over 9 grueling minutes. It was caught on clear, color video. The killer has been charged, while his three accomplices are still at large. We know their names. Why aren’t they in jail? If you or I did the exact same thing, where would we be?
If you see this post and refuse to say something, have yet to post on social media about how wrong this is, you are not an American.