Nashville Gun Control Lawmakers Facing Expulsion, East Palestine CDC Team Sick After Train Derailment, Angela Davis Joins Stop Cop City, MTG and Friends Lie About AOC, Starbucks Labor ++
Plus, Neo-Nazi Defeated by Drag Queen Story Hour, AI Scraping Your Facebook and Giving Data to Cops, Jessica Pin Update, and More
It’s Monday - and time for your Courage News roundup from me, Jenn. I’m working on some bigger reported stories in the background, so stay tuned for that. Help me report - I rely 100% on reader funding – unbought, unbothered, and fearless!
Three Nashville lawmakers who stood with gun control activists to take action following last week’s horrifying mass school shooting (taking the lives of three 9-year-old children and three adults: Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, Mike Hill, 61, Katherine Koonce, 60, Cynthia Peak, 61, Hallie Scruggs, 9, William Kinney, 9) are being threatened with expulsion, have had their Member ID badges shut off, and have been stripped from committee assignments. Video:
CDC team studying health impacts of #EastPalestine Ohio train derailment fell ill during their investigation. The investigators’ symptoms included sore throats, headaches, coughing, and nausea – consistent with what some residents experienced after the February 3 train derailment. Reminder that the Norfolk Southern CEO, Alan Shaw, had previously and falsely declared #EastPalestine “safe.” (Shades of officials + corporations lying about the Flint water crisis)
The FBI used Atlanta’s Cop City protests to snoop on activists in Chicago
Civil rights icon and constant fighter Angela Davis has joined calls to #StopCopCity, saying, “I want to join those who are standing strong in defense of the forest against the construction of this police training ground. I stand with those who condemn the police killing of Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, the Venezuelan non-binary eco-activist known as Tortuguita. And I want to stand with those who are demanding bail for all of those arrested for attempting to stop cop city. I urge people everywhere to join the campaign to stop cop city.”
Far-right menaces Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Walsh, Jack Posobiec, and Ian Miles Cheong (among others) have pushed a baseless theory today that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a secret burner account threatening to murder folks like Matt Walsh for their anti-trans rhetoric. The “evidence” is laughable and holds zero water. Truth no longer matters to so many, and so the claims have gone viral. More here.
NLRB to File Complaint Against Activision Blizzard in Illegal Surveillance Case: Activision Blizzard accused of illegal surveillance of employees, and threatening to shut down communication channels.
Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited is deploying a butter sculpture, brass band, billboard and movie posters to put pressure on the coffee chain’s board to accept the union. Baristas on Monday will target Nike CEO Andrew Campion, Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford and Lego Chairman Jorgen Vig Knudstorp — all members of Starbucks’ board — with attention-grabbing stunts.
Drag Queen Story Hour goes on despite neo-Nazi’s attempt to burn church down — Over 100 residents gathered in Ohio church a week after the building was damaged from an apparent molotov cocktail attack.
Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and other social media sites and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a 'perpetual police line-up'
Jessica Pin and abuse of donor cadavers story update:
Yes, babe, crush and shame transphobia and racism (and abuse of cadavers one's father bought them and and and). No, I have not let the Jessica Pin story go, and have sources saying some very interesting and HIGHLY disturbing things. She's still going on her IG, having been locked… https://t.co/NCGhZpsGYILots more to come! Comment below, subscribe (free) if you haven’t already, if you’re able, join as a sustaining member to help fund my investigative reporting.