Glenn Kirschner – Bill Barr Has Direct Evidence of Trump’s Criminal Intent & Must be Subpoenaed by DOJ for Grand Jury
Thom Hartmann – Did Young People Forget Cold War?
MSNBC – McFaul: Captured Russians Have No Explanation For Why They’re In Ukraine
Rebel HQ – Richard Ojeda RIPS Into The “People’s Convoy”
RepresentUs – Elizabeth Warren Rails Against Dark Money
Women’s History – Armageddon Update – with Mrs. Titus
Beau – Let’s talk about why Lindsey Graham is on Russian TV….
Yesterday, I took some time to look up interesting women for this month. My collection is rather personal – mostly women I had never hear of myself, but also a few whom I had heard of but who have been forgotten since. Perhaps we can all learn something.
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Crooks and Liars – GOP Senators Ripped For Reckless Tweets During Zelenskyy Zoom Call
Quotes – “The Ukrainian Ambassador very intentionally asked each of us on the zoom to NOT share anything on social media during the meeting to protect the security of President Zelenskyy. Appalling and reckless ignorance by two US Senators.”
“Why the hell would you risk that man’s life by tweeting this in real time when you were specifically asked not to?!”
“Still on the payroll, I see. Couldn’t follow directions on the Zoom call, huh? Is Pootie paying you in crypto now that the ruble has tanked?”
Click through for more. You probably heard that this happened (although Grassley was not included when I first heard it.) And the volcano of fury it stirred up among all decent prople will do nothing to help keep him alive. But ti’s good to know decent prople are out there. (Is there any difference between this and Bo ebert tweeting out Speaker Pelosi’s location on January 6?)
Letters from an American – March 5, 2022
Quote – Aaron Blake of the Washington Post reported on Thursday that after Trump won the 2016 election and we learned that Russia had interfered to help him, Republicans’ approval of Putin jumped from about 14% to 37%. In the Des Moines Register today, columnist Rekha Basu explained how the American right then swung behind Putin because they saw him as a moral crusader, defending religion and “traditional values,” from modern secularism and “decadence,” using a strong hand to silence those who would, for example, defend LGBTQ rights. [emphasis mine]
Click through, and you’ll learn a lot about tha conflict in Ukraine. But it’s the conflict in the United States I wanted to highight. Wingnuts were not brainwashed by Trump**. They were brainwashed in advance to accept Trump**. At least that goes to explain why so many who are now turning on him over vaccines are not letting go of the tiniest fraction of the insanity.
Women’s History – Wikipedia – Hypatia of Alexandria
Quote – Hypatia was renowned in her own lifetime as a great teacher and a wise counselor. She wrote a commentary on Diophantus’s thirteen-volume Arithmetica, which may survive in part, having been interpolated into Diophantus’s original text, and another commentary on Apollonius of Perga’s treatise on conic sections, which has not survived. Many modern scholars also believe that Hypatia may have edited the surviving text of Ptolemy’s Almagest, based on the title of her father Theon’s commentary on Book III of the Almagest.
Click hrough for bio. Her name survived into my lifetime as a decriptive term applied to a woman who was a teacher of, and or inspirational to, some dude (e.g., “His wife iwas his Hypatia.”) But that seems to have dropped out of common use, at least in the U.S.
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Glenn Kirschner on Stephanie Miller This was going to be the February recap but I bumped that for this.
Lincoln Project – Don Jr CPAC speech
MSNBC – ‘Criminal Conspiracy’: Raskin Lays Out Trump’s Potential Jan. 6 Crimes
Farron Balanced – Republican State Of The Union Response Was Dumber Than Expected
The Daily Show – Tyranol: The Drug For Conservatives Who Want to Forget They Praised Putin
Shirley Serban – A Song for Ukraine 2022 (hanky alert) We have seen Shirley’s work before – she is the person who created “Bohemian Catsody.” Now I know she has a whole channel, and I have bookmarked it.
Beau – Let’s talk about a Russian article from the future….
Glenn Kirschner – NY Prosecutors Investigating Trump Resign, DA Alvin Bragg Refuses to Release Resignation Letters I am posting this because I am not hiding anything. But I would point out that a straight stick points two ways. And I have not forgotten that when Tish James jumped in in Trump** her office announced that they and the Manhattan DA’s office would be coordinating their efforts. I would expect that a major element of that coordination would be coordinating the order in which steps would be taken. Again, a straight stick points two ways. We don’t have evidence for either direction at this point.
Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party – February 28, 2022
Ring of Fire – Mitch McConnell Brutally Smacks Down Donald Trump And Rick Scott
MSNBC – Trump Crime? MAGA Riot Panel Reveals Evidence Of ‘Criminal Conspiracy’
Truth Matters – State of Democracy
Armageddon Update | What Is It Good For? (“Scream Sanity” indeed!)
Beau – Let’s talk about Psaki, Hawley, energy, and national security….
Yesterday, it snowed a little in the morning. Most of it was gone by midafternoon, although some always lingers on the north sides of objects like houses, cars, mailboxes, trees, and the like. I didn’t realize we were expecting any yesterday – I know we are for tomorrow, and a sub-freezing high temperature as well.
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The NM Political Report – AG, SOS issue warning over Otero County ‘vigilante audit’
Quote – The effort, which echoes efforts made by conservatives and some far-right politicians throughout the country regarding the 2020 elections, was authorized by the Otero County Commission and outsourced to the New Mexico Audit Force. That group is sending volunteers door-to-door to speak to voters and gather personal information. Attorney General Hector Balderas and Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver issued a release to remind voters of their rights and what information is publicly available in the form of voter records.
Click through for details. Otero County is south of Albuquerque. Its southern border is shared with Texas. A kind of terrain which seems to attract bullies. I’m glad the SoS is dresing this. Otero cetainly needs new County Commissioners as well (I’d say the current commissioners should be required to repay the county out of their own pockets for the taxpayer money they have spent on this.)
Wonkette – Won’t Have To Have An Insurrection If You Let The Trumpists Count All The Votes
Quote – Once in place, those new precinct officers have started going mad with whatever power they have, using it to “remove or censure Republican leaders who contradicted Trump’s election lies,” and also to recruit all their MAGA buddies and Big Lie aficionados to sign up as poll watchers or poll workers. So if the next time you go to vote, the nice old lady volunteers at the polling place have been replaced by guys wearing body armor or Hawaiian shirts, you’ll know. Or they may dress like students or dress like housewives, blending in with the crowd.
Click through for more. I’m sure you are already aware of this plot (I certainly was.) But i have to love the way Wonkette presented it in the newsletter. After identifyinf the “Four Horsepeople Of The Republican Apocalypse” (Pestilence – DeSantis, War = Ted Cruz, Famine = Rick Scott, Death = Danny Bentley), the newsletter then presented this article with the header “And It Was Given To Them To Give Breath To The Beast.” So true.
Women’s History – The 19th – 41 years before Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amalya Lyle Kearse was considered for the Supreme Court
Quote – As the country prepares to watch the confirmation process for the first Black woman nominated to the nation’s highest court, The 19th revisits Kearse, who was the first Black woman judge on an appellate court and who still sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. She was considered for a Supreme Court nomination by three different presidents, the first Black woman on record to receive such recognition. Kearse was a key figure in paving the way for Black women judges, who even with the high-profile nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court are underrepresented on the U.S. judiciary.
Click through for story. The three Presidents who short-listed her were Reagan, Bush Sr., and CLinton. She is 84 and still working(as a senior judge, which means a reduced caseload, but still.) There is much more packed into this relatively short article also.
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I hope I will soon be able to go through posts of cartoons without getting my heart broken, smetimes more than once.
Glenn Kirschner – 1st Jan. 6 Insurrection Trial: US v. Guy Reffitt. What to Expect from the Prosecution, the Defense
Don Winslow Films – #RunningOutTheClock
Meidas Touch – Tucker Carlson PANICS, tries to rewrite history of pro-Putin statements… But we have receipts!!!
Lincoln Project – CPAC: Days 3 and 4 in 135 Seconds
Marcus Flowers for Congress [ in Marjorie’s District] –
VoteVets – Party of Putin
Beau – Let’s talk about the Carrington Event….
Glenn Kirschner – Donald Trump’s Election Crimes & the Legal Rights of We The People as Crime Victims
Lincoln Project – CPAC: Day 2
Truth Matters – A Prayer for Ukraine. I did not put hanky alerts on any of these Ukraine-related videos, but I think I should say that, when Zelensky spoke to the UN, the translator got audibly choked up.
Guardian News – Ukrainian president speaks after Kharkiv missile attack: ‘Everything has changed’
Yevgeny Yevtuchenko’s poem “Babi Yar” read in Russian by Yevtuchenko himself, and translated and read in English by the owner of this YouTube channel. The English begins at 3:32.
Mrs Betty Bowers – Intro to Political Jargon 101
Beau – Let’s talk about Pamela Moses and Tennessee….
Glenn Kirschner – Justice Ups and Downs: Two Judges Rule Against Trump While Two Prosecutors Resign from Trump Case
Lincoln Project – CPAC Day 1 in 105 Seconds
Farron Balanced – Florida Republicans To Force Teachers To ‘Out’ Children To Their Families
CBS News – NATO Deploys Response Force For First Time
MSNBC – Ukrainian President Zelenskyy: ‘We Won’t Put Down Our Weapon’
Robert Reich – Why Gerrymandering Could Get Way Worse
Beau – Let’s talk about Arbery, symbolic victories, and ripple effects….