Video Thread for 8/7/21

 Posted by at 12:13 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Aug 072021
 

Glenn Kirschner – House Oversight Committee Hands Off DOJ Witnesses Trump Tried to Corrupt to Select Committee.

Really American

MSNBC – Boston Candidate For Mayor, Andrea Campbell, Shares Family History With Lawrence. The first 5.5 minutes are a hanky alert. After that it goes to politics, Boston politics, and it’s good, but if you’re not local, maybe not necessary.

Thom Hartmann – How Will the Ongoing Trump Coup End?

NowThis News – Voting Rights PSA

Robert Reich – How the System is Failing Young People

Mrs. Betty Bowers – Hello & Goodbye to World History

Beau – Let’s talk about the national anthem….

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Open Thread for August 7, 2021

 Posted by at 7:07 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Aug 072021
 

Yesterday it unbelievably sstayed fairly cool. Also, I may be in that golden period where, after it gets so hot, the same temps which led up to that and felt hot at the time don’t feel as hot now as they did them. Whatever it is, it’s pleasant.

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DATA GEMS: How to Download the Complete Set of 2020 Census Redistricting Files for Your State
Quote: In this Data Gem, you will learn about where to find and download the complete P.L.94-171 Redistricting Data Files from the 2020 Census for your state using the Census Bureau’s File Transfer Protocol site. This is a great resource for users looking to download large data files to use with software such as Microsoft Access, SAS, SQL, Sqlite, Oracle, Tableau, ArcGIS, and more. You will also learn about some of the critical resources that will enable you to successfully work with these data.
Click through if interested. Colorado is s state which requires an independent commission to draw the districs, and it has a history of being as fair as it can be – based on the data it is given. So I won’t be looking. But it anyone does need or want to know amore about this, well – the horse’s mouth.

The Independent – ‘Occupy’ leader claims police ‘dragged’ him out of Kevin McCarthy presser for asking about Capitol riot commission
Quote – “I tried to ask @GOPLeader McCarthy a question after he decried Cuban police pickup up (sic) people in the streets,” Mr Stern tweeted. “Why does he oppose the bipartisan #January6thCommission? A Congressional staffer had four cops pick me up and drag me from the room. I still asked the question.”
Click through for deets. Despite the quotes around “dragged,” this did happen. There’s more on PolitiZoom, but not everyone can see that site.

CNN – House select committee begins taking over January 6 investigation from other committee
Quote – The newly formed House select committee is taking the lead on investigating January 6 going forward, consolidating the investigation, as other committees looking into the matter begin handing over their work, according to a multiple sources familiar with the matter. That includes interviews with key figures related to that day that were already scheduled to meet with other committees but were postponed.
Click through for story. This is a normal thing to happen – Benghazi is just one example – but the kerfuffle about the committee selection, which resulted in the Republicans on the Select Committee being the only two who are committed to finding the truth, makes it different. Republicans on Oversight might have obstructed. Now they can’t. And the same is true for any other regular committee which has any knowledge or evidence.  GlennKirschner will go even farther in his video in today’s Video Thread.

Food for Thought – I’ve used this before in the gif version), but it fits today with the census date information.

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Video Thread for 8/6/21

 Posted by at 12:16 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Aug 062021
 

Glenn Kirschner – Trump Tells DOJ Officials to Lie About Election, DOG Official Jeffrey Clark Does as Trump Directed

The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party

Now This News – Cori Bush Reacts to Mark McCloskey’s Pardon

Liberal Redneck – Arkansas Governor Mad at Self

Rocky Mountain Mike – “I’ve Seen Unvaxed People”

Beau – Let’s talk about believing things without evidence…. So true!

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Open Thread for August 6, 2021

 Posted by at 6:37 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Aug 062021
 

Yesterday it was still pretty cool but I know it won’t last. It’s been nice while it did, though.

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The Hill – Five big questions as Jan. 6 panel preps subpoenas
The Questions – 1. Will the panel hit roadblocks for subpoenaed documents?
2. Should lawmakers like McCarthy and Jordan be called to testify?
3. Could any Democratic witnesses offer testimony?
4. Will they go after former Trump officials?
5. Will there be an August hearing?
Click through for expanded speculation. Of course the first rule of lawyering is “never ask a question if you don’t know the answer,” and though this is not exactly a trial, it is a kind of court.

The New Yorker – New York State Weighs Ban on Male Governors
Quote – “If, at the end of fifty years, we have reason to believe that a male governor could behave in an appropriate manner, then the law would expire,” State Senator Carol Foyler, one of the bill’s sponsors, said. “If, however, it’s determined that New York could not tolerate a male governor at that time, there is a provision to extend the law for an additional fifty years.”
Click through – it’s short.

HuffPost – I’m An ICU Doctor And I Cannot Believe The Things Unvaccinated Patients Are Telling Me
Quote – I am angry that the tragic scenes of prior surges are being played out yet again, but now with ICUs primarily filled with patients who have chosen not to be vaccinated. I am angry that it takes me over an hour to explain to an anti-vaxxer full of misinformation that intubation isn’t what “kills patients” and that their wish for chest compressions without intubation in the event of a respiratory arrest makes no sense. I am angry at those who refuse to wear “muzzles” when grocery shopping for half an hour a week, as I have been so-called “muzzled” for much of the past 18 months.
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Food for Thought (of course this doesn’t apply to anyone here!)

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Video Thread for 8/5/21

 Posted by at 11:53 am  Open Thread, Politics
Aug 052021
 

Glenn Kirschner – Trump’s New Lawyer, Doug Collins, Sends a Remarkable Letter to Jeff Rosen on Executive Privilege

Meidas Touch – Bitecofer: DeSantis THREATENS America

The Lincoln Project – “Made”

Thom Hartmann – DOJ Warns Mysterious “Sudden Windfall” of Money to Proud Boys

politicsrus – Just Do It

Stray, Three-Legged Cat Who Spent 9 Winters Outside Has His Own Fireplace Now

Beau – Let’s talk about masks being back in style….

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Open Thread for August 5, 2021

 Posted by at 7:15 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Aug 052021
 

Yesterday I saw my doctor … he loves seeing me because I am organized when I go there, have updated and printed my list of meds and anything else I’m doing to my body (like the TENS, of which he approves “no side effects”) Sadly (though I’m glad he mentioned it) I learned from him of the death of the husband of a former nurse of his, whom I consider a good friend. I was not as close to her husband, but he did take care of one of my cats for the last year or so of his (the cat’s) life (he [the husband] was a DVM). When I got home I immediately tried to reach Terri but had to leave a voicemail.

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Crooks and Liars – Conservative Dems Block Extending Moratorium On Evictions
Quote – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes told Jake Tapper, “There were many, frankly a handful, of conservative Democrats in the House that threatened to get on planes rather than hold this vote.” Instead of passing the buck and all the blame to the Jim Jones party, AOC also held her party accountable. “We cannot, in good faith, blame the Republican Party when House Democrats have the majority.”
Click through for deets. Even though the next take supersedes this one, there’s still some info worth knowing in it.

The 19th – ‘Our movement moved mountains’: How Cori Bush’s protest led to a new eviction moratorium
Quote – For days, Rep. Cori Bush demanded that President Joe Biden and lawmakers in Congress move to reinstate a federal eviction moratorium that had expired on Saturday, putting millions of people at risk of being removed from their homes. She protested outside the U.S. Capitol building and slept in a chair on the Capitol steps for three nights.
Click through for story. Cori Bush is a hero. The 19th is a relatively new (OK, quite new) outlet, but I like its emphases. Rep Bush isn’t a Senator, but she must make up a little for Hawley.

HuffPost – Madison Cawthorn Tweet Sparks Suspicions He’s Part Of Trump’s Shadow ‘Cabinet’
Quote – [Maggie] Haberman criticized Meadows on CNN Monday for “playing into” the outlandish conspiracy theory that the former president will somehow be “reinstated.” “The reality is that former presidents don’t have Cabinets and they don’t have Cabinet meetings,” she said. “This just creates this expectation for some of Trump’s supporters who are looking for permission … to keep believing that there’s some alternate universe.”
Click through if you can stand to. What a maroon. There are some good snide tweets though.

Food for Thought

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Video Thread for 8/4/21

 Posted by at 11:32 am  Open Thread, Politics
Aug 042021
 

Glenn Kirschner – NY AG James Releases Report Documenting Misconduct by Gov Cuomo: Calls Mount for Cuomo’s Resignatio

Meidas Touch – EPIC RANT: Rachel Bitecofer DESTROYS Political Consultants

MSNBC – 11th Hour – Ken Burns – from July 16th but fairly timeless.

Rebel HQ – Dr. Fauci Receives Death Threats From Lunatic

RepresentUs – Save Democracy Before August 16th

Yesterday was Keith Olbermann’s 40th anniversary in broadcasting, abd he has posted a small collection of nostalgia. I can’t choose, so I’ll just give the link.

Beau – Let’s talk about Republicans rejecting democracy…. This may be the most important video he has ever made.

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Open Thread for August 4, 2021

 Posted by at 6:36 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Aug 042021
 

Yesterday I finished that @#$% sweater, and I admit I pushed myself to get it done before it got hot again. But I won’t need to push myself going forward. It’s never too cold to work with cotton yarn. This afternoon I have a doctor’s appointlent – for that “annual” checkup which was deferred by CoViD. I’m not expecting any surprises. I will go masked – the Doctor is not an idiot, but too many other people in my county are. I won’t be going anywhere unmasked any time soon.

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Lindsey Graham Comes Down With COVID At Joe Manchin’s Boat Party
Quote – 7 Senators total, that we know of. That is a LOT of folks that were exposed to someone who is positive for COVID. Let’s hope everyone else stays healthy or asymptomatic. Hopefully Senate Majority Leader Schumer will come out with a statement shortly about how they plan to proceed with Senate votes on the Infrastructure Bill. This is CRITICAL. Also, it’s probably a good time to recall the House Trolls’ little trip to the Senate to performatively complain about masks. That was on July 29th. The photo at the top was taken on July 30th, by the way, and even there old Lindz doesn’t look especially well.
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The Grio – Jury overrules coroner’s finding that Black teen died by suicide
Quote – The town in which Martin lived is reportedly 95% white, and next steps for how this case will proceed are unknown at this time. His kin is reportedly elated by the news. “I am happy,” said Kimberly Lotts, Martin’s mother. “I am happy that somebody else saw. Glory to God. I could just shout. But we got a long way to go, so we’ll just keep on praying and keep on trusting in the Lord.”
Click through for background. I’m glad it was possiblt for the family to get an inquest. I hope that the case is pursued and resolved with justice.

The Kansas City Star – Kansas City police board tried to meet behind the mayor’s back
Quote – We asked the department to explain the legal basis for excluding Lucas, a voting police board member, from the session. We didn’t get a clear answer. The department did not claim a clerical error, either, or an honest mistake. It refused to provide documents that might explain the decision, citing attorney-client privilege…. The only way any member of the board could have participated was through use of the dial-in number and passcode, or by going to Police Chief Rick Smith’s office. Lucas wasn’t given any of this information that morning.
Click through for details. Never a dull moment, eh?

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