Glenn Kirschner – Jordan, Gaetz & others in Congress go after FBI/Chris Wray to help Trump AND to protect themselves
The Lincoln Project – Bidenomics: Inflation Edition
MSNBC – Court orders New York to redraw congressional map
Rep. Porter Plays “JeoparDOD” to Expose Waste at the Pentagon
No One Wanted to be Friends with This Rescue Camel
Beau – Let’s talk about the GOP looking for alternatives to Trump….
Yesterday, the Screen Actors Guild announced a strike – its first in 43 years. This also means the motin picture undustry will have two unions on strike at the same time, which has not happened for even longer – 20 years longer, to be precise. The actors (and other personalities) have issues of their own, but they are also supportive of the Writers, who were already on strike. I wish them, and all unions, well.
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Robert Reich – It’s time to declare victory in the inflation fight
Quote – The consumer price index was at 3% for the month of June, compared to the year before. This is a significant improvement from the May figure, which was 4%. And a major improvement from last year’s peak of 9.1% in June. The last time inflation neared 3% was in March 2021. So will the Fed please now declare victory? Yes, I know, the Fed has an inflation target of 2%, and some Fed officials have recently signaled they’re likely to raise interest rates again at their July 25-26 meeting. But it’s time to stop, because higher rates will slow the economy — and a slower economy will hurt lower-wage workers.
Click through for full argument. No contradiction from me.
HuffPost – Why We Need More Close Interracial Friendships (And Why We’re Bad At Them)
Quote – Developing cross-racial friendships is even more difficult in adulthood. Outside of maybe bonding with a co-worker of a different race, we mostly adhere to our geographic segregation and stay socially segregated, too. The barrier to befriending someone is even higher when the person of color thinks their otherwise friendly white co-worker or neighbor is closed off to learning about what it means to be white in a race-conscious society. “It’s possible to learn some of that in the context of a cross-racial friendship, but it’s easier to become friends with a person of color if some of that work has already been done,” Daniel Tatum said.
Click through for details. I could wish this wasn’t accurate. But I can’t deny any of it. A lot of steps went into developing my relationship with my BFF, but I have not forgotten the very first step – we were co-workers, yes, and one day she said something, I forget what, and I replied, “Oh, fo’ shizzle.”
Food For Thought
Glenn Kirschner – Arizona Republican Kari Lake, an election denier, loses first at the ballot box & then in court
Ring of Fire – What The Hell Is Going To Happen In 2023?
Robert Reich – Inflation Isn’t Happening By Magic
Armageddon Update – A Gift to us All
German Shepherd Puppy With Swimmer’s Syndrome Teaches Herself To Run
Beau – Let’s talk about understanding social media influence operations….
Glenn Kirschner – Trump loyalist Kash Patel granted immunity, must testify about Trump’s classified documents crimes
The Lincoln Project – American Taliban
Meidas Touch – Violent GOP
MSNBC – Ripped Off’: Katie Porter On How Price-Gouging Companies Are Driving Inflation
Armageddon Update – WOMEN! LIFE! FREEDOM!! (with Mrs. Titus)
Beau – Let’s talk about the GOP expecting Trump’s indictment….
Glenn Kirschner – rump flunky Kash Patel pleads the 5th; is DOJ investigative circle really tightening around Trump?
More Perfect Union – Why These Workers Endorsed Their Boss’s Opponent For Congress
Ring of Fire – Tucker Carlson Says Biden Is Arresting People For Having ‘Wrong Thoughts’
VoteVets – WIsen – The Oath (captions) [VoteVets has gone to doing ads for particular districts, many for people I don’t know. But we all know RoJo.]
Liberal Redneck – Inflation and the GOP
Beau – Let’s talk about a cancer vaccine….
Glenn Kirschner – The Trump Organization “show trial” kicks off today. But Donald Trump will not be held accountable
The Lincoln Project – Tyranny
Meidas Touch – Roevember Is Coming!
Katie Porter brings inflation receipts.
Bigger corporate profits account for *over half* of the higher prices people are paying. pic.twitter.com/RZr5O0X4oJ
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) October 18, 2022
MSNBC – Yamiche Alcindor: Felons Who Are ‘Legal To Vote’ May Be ‘Intimidated’ By FL Election Police Arrests
Beau – Let’s talk about the economy and a democratic problem…. (and Beau brings the receipts alsoi.)
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Glenn Kirschner – Prosecutors ask judge to sentence Steve Bannon to 6 months in prison & a $200,000 fine for contempt not long now!)
The Lincoln Project – Social Security
Eric Swalwell’s new ad
Ring of Fire – Conservative Group Loses Bid To Stop Biden’s Student Loan Debt Forgiveness
Liberal Redneck – OPEC, Foreign Oil, Gas Prices, etc
Beau – Let’s talk about a positive note for the weekend…. (…last weekend – I warned you I’d get behind.)
Yesterday was chilly again. That wasn’t supposed to happen. Oh well, it’s Colorado. Eventually, it did warm up. Also, a new Betty Bowers video came out (It’ll be in tomorrow’s video thread) and by a strange coincidence, the answer to the Wordle was “Glory!” I am having plumbing issues, but can’t get a plumber unti Monday. Sigh. These things happen.
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Robert Reich – The Truth I’m telling Congress today (Part II) [A continuation from yesterday’s article. We seldom get such a quick response.]
Quote – This is the process, folks. The media begin to change how they report on a public problem such as inflation, because the current facts don’t square with the older view. This starts to reframe the debate. The reframing educates the public, and encourages lawmakers to talk differently about the problem. Which in turn encourages the media to further reframe it in line with current realities.
Click through for article. In his email he also refers to a New York Times article (sorry I don’t have a gift link) which also carries the message. Good news.
The Daily Beast – Donald Trump Tells Hannity He Can Declassify Docs Just by ‘Thinking About It’
Quote – When Hannity asked about the declassification process, Trump replied: “There doesn’t have to be a process, as I understand it. Different people see different things. But as I understand it, there doesn’t have to be. If you’re the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying it’s declassified. Even by thinking about it,” he asserted. “It doesn’t have to be a process. It can be a process but it doesn’t have to be. You’re the president. You make that decision. So when you send it [to Mar-a-Lago or “wherever”], it’s declassified. We—I—declassified everything,” Trump insisted, even though his lawyers have not made that claim in court.
Click through for more, including a video if you can stand it (I didn’t even try.) This is so FRIKKEN ridiculous you have probably already heard it.
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