The United States of Hate Parts I and II
Juneteenth Dos And Don’ts for (White) People
Gov. Ron DeSantis Could Be Our Next Presidential Nightmare
Jun 232021
Jun 092021
I checked around and the most promising one which is also the one that clearly shows on the map it serves my area) has a contact me form. I tried on both browsers (some sites don’t like one or the other, and when I still had no answer i called and reached someone. So, 2:00 pm today he will be here and change it. Then I will look into vaccine appointments – not that I haven’t already, and they seem to be available and plentiful. I will keep you posted, of course.
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The Hill – New report highlights severe intelligence failures on Jan. 6 Personally, I’m not sure you can call it a “failure” of intelligence when deliberate ignoring is involved, but whatever
Quote: “The failures are obvious. I think to me it was all summed up by one of the things in our report where one of the officers was heard on the radio that day asking the tragically simple question: ‘Does anybody have a plan?’ Sadly, no one did,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), chair of the Senate Rules Committee.
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Mother Jones – How the 2022 Midterms Could Be Shaped by a Few Easy-to-Ignore Elections This Year I don’t think it’s any too early to be thinking about midtersm.
Quote: Chaz Nuttycombe, the director of Virginia-based election forecaster CNalysis, explains, “Democrats wouldn’t be in the majority in the Virginia House if Trump had lost in 2016.”
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BBC News – ANOM: Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting using messaging app This is makinging all kinds of news – the BBC article is explained the most simply.
Quote: More than 800 suspected criminals have been arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an FBI-run encrypted messaging app, officials say. The operation, jointly conceived by Australia and the FBI, saw devices with the ANOM app secretly distributed among criminals, allowing police to monitor their chats about drug smuggling, money laundering and even murder plots.
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Food for Thought: Are you in need of a new welcome mat for your front door (outside or inside)? John Paclovitz is offering two peaachy-keen ones. My favorite:
Jun 082021
Glenn Kirschner – a recap of May
Don WInslow Films – Well, he nails Sinema, but I’d rather have her than a Republican 9and no, she isn’t one – she [and Manchin] both vote with the Democratic caucus more often than not. Sadly, the “not” votes are generally more visible.)
The Republican Accountability Project – a coule of weeks old, but aged well – too well.
Ring of Fire – Mo Brooks
RebelHQ – DANGEROUS Trump Speech You Can’t Ignore – good analysis of the need to cover garbage pople who are also dangerous
Beau – I’ve seen him upset before – but not this upset. (And with good reason.)
Jun 012021
Glenn Kirschner – Indictments of “Oath Keepers”
MSNBC – Gen Russel Honoré with Ali Velshi on Memorial Day and a Jan. 6 commission
This is the Tweet which goes with the Mike FLynn video cited in the Open Thread.
Patrick Byrne and Michael Flynn are releasing a movie called, ‘The Deep Rig’ on June 19 to present their ‘evidence’ that the election was stolen. It features QAnon influencers, Matt DePerno, Jovan Pulitzer and others. “It’s not over, and we have not lost.” Trailer: pic.twitter.com/sZt6o81nlm
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 29, 2021
Crooks and Liars – This is apparently real – and thank God (and these lawyers) for it.
Liberal Redneck – Kamala and Enjoying Memorial Day
Beau – A very personal video but one which is filled with hope. What was that about a door closing?
Jun 012021
So here is the plan – OK, not really, it’s juat a proposal. I welcome feedback both positive and negative. I will put up an Open Thread daily. It won’t be posted between 2 and 5 am as TomCat’s were, but I can always use the scheduling tool to put ot up at, say, 7:00 am Pacific (8 Mountain, 9 Central, 10 Eastern, not sure about Oz) and be consistent about it.
– I am thinking it’s maybe time to scrap the puzzle.
– I can include a cartoon every day – at least at first, they mostly will not be mine; but I do have the frame saved and can start making some as subjects arise. Besides, most of TC’s bear repeating.
– I should be able to come up with 2 or 3 short takes daily, even as competent and no-nonsense as President Biden is. there are others who are not.
– If anything in my personal life affects when or how much I will be able to post, I will, of course, tell you. Otherwise, not so much.
– There is no way that I know enough about 60’s and 70’s pop music to come up with blasts from the past daily. Is anyone else interested in that?
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Twitter – A thread from Michael Harriot, concerning the Greenwood Massacre, AKA the Tulsa Race Riot. It’s posted in a Thread Reader so that it makes a coherent article. It tells the true story of that Massacre of 1921, a hundred years ago. It’s not what you’re thinking. I thought I knew something about it, but I certainy didn’t know all this.
The Hill – 9 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022 This is scary because the list includes both ways.
PolitiZoom – Mike Flynn Telegraphs How He Intends To Sabotage Future Elections With His Movie ‘The Deep Rig’. I consider this important enough to feature it both here and in the Video Thread (his tweet). PolitiZoom was started and is operated by Ursula Faw, who used to write at Daily Kos. A few others who used to write there now (also) write here – all are people I trust to fact check.
May 312021
This is the thread I had ready for yesterday, but didn’t want to post it then as we all had other things on out minds. I am also posting it early so that a thread will be up early for comments So please consider it today’s Open Thread and hang comments on it. I have even included a “Blast from the Past” at the end (with a bit of explanation as it’s often misunderstood.)
Glenn Kirschner – “A Tale of Two Insurrections”
The Lincoln Project – Memorial Day
Armageddon Update – Yes, Titus can be tough to listen to. But his facts are sound. Sadly, that’s getting harder to find.
Ring of Fire – Giuliani phone call – Farron manages not to editorialize too much (and of course Hattie is always adorable.)
Thom Hartmann – Why so few plea deals? You may already be aware of this … but he explains it so well.
Beau – “Let’s talk about a second Operation New Life and counter arguments….” I want one of those T-shirts.
“Blast from the Past” – Going Home – Paul Robeson
There is more to this song (and to the singer) than most people are aware of. Sure Dvorak – but without two other men (both nlack) it would never have existed. Harry T.Burleigh. William Arms Fisher. It has CC but CC does badle with music, so the lyrics are here.
There will be more videos this afternoon, also.
Apr 192021
The Lincoln Project – Another reminder video. Well, that’s what we need. Otherwise people forget.
Now This News generally has CC both enabled and built in. This has neither. I can only imagine the person who posted it needed a hanky too – so much so as to forget CC
Ring of Fire – Interesting news from Texas
Corey Ryan Forrester (not shouty for once) – Boilerplate Conservative Campaign Ad
Beau – Questions about Chicago (Adam Toledo). Credit to Beau for being able to speak in a controlled manner. I think I’d be shrieking. (Ck CC)
Feb 222021
Don Winslow Films – anther lie from Lindsey
Really American – Ron Johnson – OMG
Now This News – Florida – Hey, I canfeel where they are coming from – but they are still wrong (not that Florida’s government officials have any moral high ground here. They don’t.)
Now This News – Fighting back against substandard medical care based on race.
Robert Reich – Unrigging the GOP’s Minority Rule
Jesse Dollmore – This is long and a bit repetetive, but it is also the first I have heard of any suggestion – at least any sworn suggestion – that the Secret Service was involved in the January 6 insurrection.
Beau – Forecasting for the GOP with at least one interesting takeaway