Back in the day, kiddies, we had these things that nerds like me called Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs).

That's NOT what CRT means today.

Critical Race Theory, if you listen to Fox News and its disciples, is the worst thing to ever happen to humanity.

Because it teaches white people to hate themselves for being inherently racist.

Which isn't at all what CRT is. But it's Fox News' way of diverting attention from actual problems this country faces (like racism)...

Today's Morning Sixpack feature not one, but TWO, stories about critical race theory.

And they're both... not good.

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In other news, old man Jesse Jackson was arrested for protesting... some thing.

Revs. Jesse Jackson and William Barber arrested as pressure mounts to call out Manchin over filibuster

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson and social justice activist Rev. William Barber II were arrested this week during a Capitol Hill protest over voting rights and the filibuster's abolition.

US Capitol Police said Jackson and Barber were among 21 people arrested on Wednesday near the US Supreme Court building for crowding and obstructing. Video footage shows the faith leaders were outside the Hart Senate Building at the time of their detention.

“When you start rolling back voter registration, rolling back early voting, undermining mail in balloting, putting limits on people even being able to get water, doing racist gerrymandering, class-based gerrymandering, you hurt Black people, you hurt White people, you hurt Asians, Natives, Latinos, young people and the disabled,” Barber told CNN's Chris Cuomo.

The faith leaders are part of several high-profile figures and organizations demanding that lawmakers at the state and federal halt efforts to enact bills that restrict voting access and support the For the People Act, a signature voting and election bill that Democrats had pitched to counter state-level efforts.

Prior to their arrest, Barber held a rally in front of the US Supreme Court as part of the “Moral March on Manchin and McConnell.” The event organized by the faith-led grassroots organization The Poor People's Campaign aimed to call on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia to abolish the filibuster.

I think this is where we all shout, "GOOD!"

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Read it all here.

Make it a great day!

Bill

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🐵 PPS - Make sure you read the Morning Sixpack all the way through the end. There's a great video of a monkey enjoying the hell outta life.

We should all endeavor to be that monkey. Life is short: Act like a monkey.