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edhopper

(37,463 posts)
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 11:53 AM Thursday

Fucking NY Times headlines on the VRA [View all]

Talk about downplaying the Voting Rights ruling and taking the Conservative side.

headline:
Some Black Southerners Say Voting Rights Ruling ‘Missed the Mark’

Missed the Mark! WTF! And "Some Black Southerners??? Try everyone in the country who is not a bigot.
and the subheading:
Veterans of the civil rights movement and others said the Supreme Court decision felt like a bleak end to decades of gains in Black representation in the region.
A bleak end to Rights is not missing the mark.

headline:
In Narrowing Voting Rights Act, Conservative Justices See Progress on Racism
A blatantly racist ruling is "progress on racism"?
and the sub heading:
The majority said the law was a victim of its own success and no longer needed. Dissenters responded that Congress should make the call.
The majority lied and ignored the Constitution.

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