Politics

Maher to Republicans - It's time to use the safe word to keep democracy alive https://youtu.be/9oEaK_ZR5zw

Title couldn’t say it all. “We have to work together to confront bigotry and prejudice wherever they appear. But we'll make no progress and heal no wounds by falsely labeling tens of millions of decent Americans as racists or bigots. We…

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/america-was-never-white-historian-busts-the-myth-at-the-heart-of-white-nationalism/ America Was Never White This article was originally published at History News Network in 2017 Events in Charlottesville recently cascaded into domestic terrorism. Three dead and dozens wounded as neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other “alt-right” members descended upon the university that Thomas…

Title couldn’t say it all. “A real revolution is a change in political power and political organization when the population revolts against the government, typically due to oppression and political incompetence.” The revolution will be Streamed.

Is Begona Villacis, Vice Mayor of Madrid, hot or not? She looks oddly like Megan Markle (who is totally hot for all the haters) in one shot, then like a whole 'nother person in the next moment. I spent 15…

I don't think racism is one of them. It's unions and militarization. The guy that killed Floyd had 17 misconduct allegations against him and was never disciplined, no doubt because the police union protected him. Anyone can…

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https://www.propublica.org/article/the-tragedy-of-baltimore https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/magazine/baltimore-tragedy-crime.html It's a long article.

Title couldn’t say it all: “There Is No Neutral': 'Nice White People' Can Still Be Complicit In A Racist Society “For white people who have just recently recognized their own complicity in America's racist systems and are looking to "fix" that —…

Title couldn’t say it all. Britain has refused to face up to the problems associated with its imperial past because doing so would be traumatic. Without empire there is no British identity. Britain's empire was established, and maintained for more than two…

I live in Sacramento. Lockdown is still pretty tight here, but not as bad as the Bay Area. Spent the last few days in Reno and Tahoe. What a difference! Indoor dining without masks. Most people in stores and on the…

The officers involved were fired and criminally charged. Justice is being served so how come there's no peace? The Minneapolis mayor tacitly approved the destruction of a police station, riots, and looting and now wants the federal government to pay for

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Title couldn’t say it all. “I write this with tears in my eyes and I hope you all hear our hearts, I have read these quotes and scripture 1000 times and every time I read it and the words sink into…

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The Washington Post has produced a new in-depth video analysis of the violent effort to clear the way for President Trump’s infamous photo op at St. John’s church one week ago this evening: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/video-analysis-protestors-police-photo-op-donald-trump-st-johns-church also: [paywall] https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/06/08/timeline-trump-church-photo-op/?arc404=true

Conservative Washington Post columnist Max Boot wrote Monday that it is clear the Republican Party has evolved from tea party rage over the government to enthusiastically supporting an authoritarian President Donald Trump. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) took to Twitter last week…

“I’d vote for a tuna fish sandwich before I’d vote for Donald Trump again.” https://rvat.org/ “I am ashamed as a Republican by what our president has done to our country,” Lance says in the video. “I voted for him in 2016 and…

Real estate agent insists he’s not racist after wishing he could shoot Black people in gun-toting SnapChat video https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/long-island-real-estate-agentreal-estate-agent-insists-hes-not-racist-after-wishing-he-could-shoot-black-people-in-gun-toting-snapchat-video/ A real estate agent in Long Island, New York, has been fired in the wake of a racist rant he posted online regarding…

Okay Dems and Libs, I'm all in. Let's give that a try and see what happens.

Rhode Island doughnut shop ends police, military discounts due to problems with 'racism and injustice' https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/doughnut-shop-ends-police-discount-racism-injustice

Massachusetts Trump supporter, 82, ‘violently assaulted’ by motorist, 27, police say https://www.foxnews.com/us/massachusetts-trump-supporter-82-violently-assaulted-by-motorist-27-police-say

Title couldn’t say it all. “I have chosen to stay and fight, for my freedom and the freedom of all oppressed people.” “It is in the spirit of Tania that I say, 'Patria o Muerte, Venceremos.'” 59 days from February 4, 1974 Berkeley, California WE…

https://twitter.com/i/status/1269013225804357634 Bill Kristol @BillKristol · 4h NEW: "Not a president." "Where's the president in a time of national emergency? Hiding...afraid...alone. Not a leader, not a president...An embarrassment. You know that. Those who have worked with him know that...It's time for a competent president. Let's…

After what I've seen with my own two eyes this weekend, you will *not* change my mind. Shithead cops shooting tear gas and rubber bullets into groups of people peacefully protesting, an hour before the fucking curfew. Smashing and destroying…