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Video Thread 12/13/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 11:56 am Open Thread, Politics

Dec 132021

Glenn Kirschner – Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Trump; Announces “Direct Linkage” Between Trump & Capitol Attack

MSNBC – Brian Wiliams’s Farewell (It ends around 3:40 but I can’t cut off the end. Watch the rest if you want to.)

Thom Hartmann – Democracy’s Only Hope Is With BRAVE Progressives! [Thom says we are among the brave – we are paying attention. Not that those of us who see it don’t need to do more.]

politicsrus – Kentucky HD

Crooks and Liars – Jen Psaki (This is even more blunt than usual, and I applaud.)

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Beau – Let’s talk about the FDA, an FOIA, and 75 years….

Video Thread 12/8/21

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 11:34 am Open Thread, Politics

Dec 082021

Glenn Kirschner – House Postpones Flynn & Luna Testimony; Flynn Should be Returned to Active Duty and Court-Martialed (I’ll bet Miles Taylor could tell us what a “body man”s duties were – and I’ll bet it had something to do with adult diapers.)

The Lincoln Project – Pearl Harbor Rememberance Day

CNN – Meadows SPOOKED, Subpoena Coming Next? (If he thought he could “make a deal,” he has no idea who the committe members are.)

RepresentUs – This Is What Corporate Welfare Looks Like

politicsrus – Democracy Is Hard Earned

Six13 a capella – West Side Chanukah Story (I really do think Lenny must be smiling down. BTW you can close it when they start talking – pitching – at the end.)

Beau – Let’s talk about a letter from Texas…..

Video Thread 10/22/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 11:58 am Open Thread, Politics

Oct 222021

Glenn Kirschner – Bannon is Poised to be the “Target” of a Grand Jury Investigation; Trump Poised to be a “Subject”

Meidas Touch – Matthew Dowd: Democrats are the ONLY party that supports democracy

The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party

MSNBC – Charlie Sykes: Understand The GOP Is Setting Itself Up For Restoration To Power. This is late, but it’s a good review and a good discussion

Really American – Trump Again Claims He Doesn’t Like To Be Peed On

City News – Heroic effort by international students saves lives of two hikers in B.C. A Sikh’s turban is both a religious symbol and a part of his identity. This is sort of as if you or I had taken all our clothes off to make that rope. I am so impressed – awed, really.

Beau – Let’s talk about Mayor Pete messing up the supply chain….

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