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Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment is real
It was a long, slow moving passage but the ERA is now in the eyes of some, part of the Constitution. The Archivist has to file it. https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5264378/biden-era-national-archivist-constitution
‘Shock and awe’ an empty talking point
The rhetoric from the incoming administration is that a blizzard of incoming executive orders will subject political opponents to “shock and awe” so they roll over and realize resistance if futile. The trouble is it doesn’t work that way. Empty rhetoric is nothing more than bluster. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/team-trump-promises-shock-and-awe?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web
Private firefighters? Is that a thing?
Actually yes, but the usual payer is not a homeowner but an insurance company who charged a premium for the service because it is easier to pay for preventive service as a fire approaches than take a total loss on a house. https://www.npr.org/2025/01/18/nx-s1-5265301/california-wildfires-priva…
