Meidas Touch – more Fred Wellman (singing my song)
MSNBC – All In – File under you “You can’t make this stuff up.”
Now This News – Voting Rights – also singing my song.
Robrt Reich on Police Unions -singing my song loud and clear.
Thom Hartmann – on Libertarianism
Corey Ryan Forrester – The Buttercream Dream Shoots on Racism
Beau – “Let’s talk about Republicans and not wanting to work….”
I am always So Happy when It’s Thursday. I got my groceries all in on Tuesday – it didn’t do my back any good, but apparently it didn’t do it any harm either. As usual, not all the non-perishable stuff got put away, and still isn’t, partly because I stocked up beyond my storage capacity. But it will be eventually.
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The New Yorker (The Borowitz Report) – Donald Trump will be reinstated in August as President of Trump University, according to one of his supporters. The loyalist, Harland Dorrinson, told reporters, “Donald J. Trump will be reinstated as President of Trump U. and will be teaching students how to get filthy rich in real estate by Labor Day.” Dorrinson said that skeptics who claim that Trump cannot be reinstated because Trump University ceased to exist in 2010 “don’t know what they’re talking about.”
Click through to learn what “really” happened to Trump U.
The Hill – Appeals court rejects bid by landlords to resume evictions
The ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest twist in a multifront legal challenge to the eviction freeze that was enacted by federal public health officials as a way to keep financially distressed renters in their homes and out of crowded homeless shelters during the coronavirus pandemic.
Well, this is good news Click through for more details, including what to do if you are a distressed tenant (or know someone who is.)
Crooks And Liars – The Next GOP Election Steal Won’t Resemble The Last One
I don’t know whether Democrats can block the [Texas voter suppression] bill in the special session. I assume it will pass eventually. Even if it doesn’t, fourteen states have already passed restrictions on voting just since the 2020 election, with more to come.
Not pleasant, but we need to be aware. If HR1 can get through the Senate we can nip this in the bud. If not … prepare to live under real fascism (as opposed to narcissistic fake dictator in clown uniform fascism.) Click though for detaills.
Glenn Kirschner – “No, he won’t.”
Meidas Touch – Taking Back the Word “Patriot”
NBC – Destroying education is not enough for Texas. They need to destroy voting rights too.
Ring of Fire – You can turn it off when you get to the ad atthe end.
Keith OLbermann vs. Michael Flynn – Keith has Flynn’s number, as does Alexander Vindman’s brother. But Keith is wrong about one thing. The President should never tell the Justice Department what to investigate – it is supposed to be an independent agency. But Merrick Garland IMO should be on this (and may be – they don’t discuss ongoing investigations, and they shouldn’t.)
Beau – Let’s talk about a question of privilege and Cher….
Wednesday already – and so much going on. Well, let’s dig in.
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The Hill – The Memo – For years I was predicting a French-Revolution-style uprising based on the way government was ignoring, not just the will of the people, but also the needs of the people, including needs the people didn’t themselves recognize (such as climatee change). Then the Trump** presidency seemed so much more like the rise of Hitler that I shifted my concerns. But now it seems I was wrong. We are re-living, in some ways, the French Revolution – and we are now approaching the Reign of Terror stage, and mob rule. A mob with no leaders with any power to restrain it. Empty Greene seems like an unlikely Mme. Defarge (and I’d be astonished if she can knit), but there it is. (And, believe it or not, I wrote this first – and then found TC’s cartoon. My timing could not have been better.)
QConference – The “Conference” at which Michael Flynn made the remarks on camera which he now denies having made was observed by the author of this Twitter thread. I’m sorry, it’s not in a neat thread reader, but I found it worth going through. The chief “takeaways” – This a near-religious movement, and they are preparing to enact violence if they don’t get their way in future elections. The talk of war is now preparation for it.
Robert Reich – H/T Mitch – Of course the Reich on the left is right. What may be more of personal annoyance to me than a major danger to democracy – but it seems that, having lived through four years of a Trump** presidency (not to mention the campaign before and the insurrections after), we seem to have all forgotten who has the authority to doo whatm and who does not have authority to do certain things. This sentence from the article: “So there will be no investigation.” – I won’t say it’s just wrong, but it’s not an established fact. A House Select Committee has not beed ruled out. A DOJ investigation (has not been ruled out (and if they are already investigating and have not told us, they are not going to tell us before it’s over.) But it kind of gives a wrong impression. Keith makes a similar error as to who can do what, and I’ll address that in the video thread. I’m sure a big part of it is that those of us who recognize the enormity of what we are facing are somewhat in a panic. But a better handle on who can and should do what would, for one thing, help us target the right people in petitions. And it should also help us to think more rationally, and God knows we’ll need that.
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?
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.
Meidas Touch – Carol Leonnig on the January 6th Commission: If We Don’t Investigate, “It’s Going to Happen Again”
MSNBC Nicole Wallace on potential Manhattan prosecutions
Now This News – No surprises here.
Thom Hartmann – Crime and the GOP
Now This News – I have a new hero.
Orange Acres Episode 8
Beau – This is only one point which can (and absolutely should) be made about statistics. It’s not as easy to spot as onfusing correlation with causation, but it’s equally important.
The Lincoln Project – This one has a (wordless) musical background. But silence works.
Glenn Kirschner – Collusion, collusion, collusion. 7.5 minutes but a very big story (even though we knew it all the time!)
Now This News – Bookmark this for the next time someone says there’s no such thing as a good Christian.
VoteVets – So easy for something like this to get lost in other news.
Fugelsang – Governor Cuomo
Beau on police training and change