The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health obliterated the landscape around the Supreme Court. It devastated the court’s legitimacy and solidified its growing reputation as a political instrument.
Commentary: We have to stop enabling and forgiving toxic masculinity
Christian F. Nunes
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The multiple allegations of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior made against Gov. Andrew Cuomo go beyond the politics of the moment. He won’t be the last to be unmasked in a political culture of toxic masculinity and aggression.
Toxic masculinity is at the root of violence against women, sexual harassment and abuse, and it enforces a belief that aggression is an essential part of masculinity that has limited consequences. Politics is only one of the many arenas where these views fester and grow more dangerous.
Two views: Harriet Tubman $20 bills | Christian F. Nunes - Go ahead, show us the Tubmans
Christian F. Nunes
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Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, with a record of never losing a single passenger on the road to freedom from slavery. She aided the Civil War effort as a Union spy, scout, cook and battlefield nurse, and in 1863 she led an armed raid that freed 700 slaves in South Carolina making her the first woman ever to lead a U.S. military expedition.
In contrast, Andrew Jackson owned 95 enslaved people before he became president, and brought 14 of them to the White House. He signed into law the Indian Removal Act, forcing tribes off their own lands and onto the “Trail of Tears” an action that is now frequently referenced as a forced death march.
steve: the gang of 8. completely informal. made up. a group of men s have a right and need to see it are the two oversight committees in the house and senate including the committee of nunes. and you know, when he says we don t really see what the justification of this is, i think has a great deal of merit to it we are not talking about the public release of information, we are talking about the release of information in a classified setting to people that have direct oversight over this agency. steve: sure. what s interesting we have heard about the department of justice is setting up a meeting and they are inviti these select members of congress to come over. but, what they have offered is the department of justice will tell them about the documents, they wouldn t actually show them to them. right. you know, what s weird about this is for the two committees, this should have been deeply upsetting. you know that they say well, here, we are just going to select these people and sho