Video Thread 6/17/21

 Posted by at 1:00 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Jun 172021
 

Glenn Kirschner – NYT Reports that NY DA Vance Has Weisselberg’s Personal Tax Returns. The Flip on Trump is Near

Meidas Touch – more Lev Parnas

The Lincoln Project – How To Get Back To The White House: A Guide For Donald Trump

Thom Hartmann – Secret Plans of Boogaloo & White Supremacists Revealed

What Biden said about his meeting with Putin, in 3.5 minutes

Cory Ryan Forrester turns an ambulance chaser parody into something much better.

Beau – Let’s talk about 750 million refugees coming to the United States….

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Open Thread for June 17, 2021

 Posted by at 7:00 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jun 172021
 

Yesterday was another boring day. Not even any internet outage – and my ISP (CenturyLink) is getting terrible press for outages, including days-long outages, all over the place, including as close as Denver. I hope it stays boring!

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The New Yorker – The Political, Legal, and Moral Minefield That Donald Trump Left for Merrick Garland
Quote: The array of politically sensitive Trump-related cases currently before the Garland Justice Department is startling. The Attorney General is overseeing the prosecution of the more than four hundred Trump supporters who were arrested in connection with the January 6th Capitol riot; the department’s response to a Republican-led recount of 2020 election returns in Arizona; its response to Republican-led efforts to restrict voting, based on Trump’s false claims of election fraud; the reinstatement of consent decrees designed to prevent police abuses; the criminal investigation of Trump’s personal lawyer and confidant Rudy Giuliani, for illegal lobbying; and a criminal investigation of Hunter Biden, the current President’s son, which was launched under Barr. Hanging over all these cases are demands from Democrats that Garland investigate whether Trump committed federal crimes while in office.
Click through fo the full article.

The Hill – Five takeaways from the Biden-Putin summit
I’m just going to list all five and let you follow up on the ones you want to.
– A return to pragmatism
– Capitol riot rears its head
– Biden praised as ‘not Trump’
– Putin relishes occasion
– Questions linger about details
Click through for details.

I can’t possibly cut this feelgood story. Everything in it is necessary for the effect so-
* Here’s my feelgood story of the day LOL Back in 2012, I went to game 4 of the world series in Detroit. The Giants clinched that night and while I was rooting for the Tigers, what a great thing to actually be there in the park and see the final out of a world series.
* I recently found a pin they gave out at the game. A State Farm sponsored world series 2012 pin. I looked on ebay and they were only selling for a few bucks, but I figured, I have no use for it. So I listed it for 99 cents + $8.55 for priority mail shipping.
* Well it sold for only 99 cents. No big deal, someone will enjoy it! I figure it is some Tigers fan, though I didn’t think they would want to be reminded of that World Series lol
* Buyer sent me the money including the shipping. ebay sent me his address and it turns out he lives only about 4 miles from where I work, and more or less on my way home. So I say, hey, if you want, I’ll just drop it off on your porch and refund your shipping cost. He says, sure that’s fine, but you don’t need to give me a refund.
* I pulled up at his house and there is a guy pulling weeds in a flowerbed. I get his attention and hand it to him, and he smiles and says “Hey, I work for Ford too!” We chat for a second, I tell him I’m a Red Sox fan and hope he’ll enjoy the pin because it was just collecting dust in a drawer.
* He reiterates again not to refund the shipping cost, that I can keep it.
* THEN he tells me his son is severely autistic. He didn’t buy the pin for the Tigers. He bought it because his son autistic love is ANYTHING State Farm related, and to make him happy he lets his son buy some small State Farm item every day on ebay.
* So needless to say I’m absolutely thrilled now to know it is really going to bring some joy for his autistic son.
* I left and went home, and despite what he said, immediately refunded his shipping and told him to use that $8.55 for the next State Farm prize for his son.

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Video Thread 6/16/21

 Posted by at 1:00 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Jun 162021
 

Glenn Kirschner – Sen. Warren, Rep. Swalwell & Others Demand Presidential Crimes Commission. Here’s How WE Can Help  Here’s the petition link.  You can get to it from the link he gives but it’s not exactly intuitive.

Meidas Touch – with Lev Parnas

Now This News – Biden Says Trump’s ‘Phony Populism’ Isn’t the Future of America

Now This News – History of Biden’s Comments on Putin

Robert Reich – The Truth About the U.S. Border-Industrial Complex

Rob Rogers – Critical Race Theory

Beau – Let’s talk about whether the US is fundamentally racist….

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Video Thread 6/14/21

 Posted by at 1:00 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Jun 142021
 

Glenn Kirschner – YouTube Suspends Sen. Ron Johnson’s Account for Policy Violation

Meidas Touch – MeidasTouch Exploring Legal Action Against Fox News

The Damage Report – Ed Markey EXPOSES What Bipartisan Really Means

Now This News – Jennifer O’Mara Speaks Out Against PA Bill – major hanky alert

Rocky Mountain Mike – It’s The Backside Of Your Pants We View

Beau – Let’s talk about acceptance and reaching rural Americans….

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Open Thread for June 14, 2021

 Posted by at 7:00 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jun 142021
 

I didn’t mention possible reaction yesterday because I am such a delayed reactor. And, in fact, it wasn’t until after 8 pm yesterday that I noticed a tiny bit of soreness around the injection site – so little I’m not sure I would have noticed it if I weren’t looking for it, but definitely thee.  And I still can’t even find the injection site visually with a mirror and a flashlight.. If I do react to a shot, it’s almost always to a preservative.. I guess the fact Moderna (and Pfizer) have to be kept so cold means that they are very low on preservatives. Tough on the front line handlers , but beneficial to me.

Cartoon for Flag Day

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This is especially for Colleen because it’s in San Diego (at least the University is) … but I think we can all enjoy it.

Democratic Underground user “elleng” quotes in full an email from Steve Schmidt. He, along with other Lincoln Project members, have been in the Republican Party a long time – and they know what that party is capable of. So when they speak about that, I listen.
Quote: What we all have to realize is that we are falling into a trap. The media, Democratic leadership, former Republican leaders – we are mistakenly believing this is still a two party system, and we’re missing the point. Everyone is still making an assumption that there are these two parties…but that’s not the fight we’re in. There is only the Democratic Party, and on the other side is an authoritarian movement fueled by Donald Trump. That movement has grown to hold so much power in what used to be the Republican party that it has purged former leaders and left them fearful for the future.
Click through for the full text.

Daily Kos user (“kossack”) Magnifico – I don’t really know Magnifico, but they, like NewsCorpse, hold top mojo, and this article is largely based on two books each by an author I do know and trust – Hannah Arendt and Madeleine Albright.
Quote: The Republican Party’s assault on our democracy is accelerating. The Trump-era has seen the Big Lie be weaponized against truth and facts. At least 14 states, all Republican controlled, have enacted laws this year to restrict voting and elections. Republicans are now escalating the culture war in order to shape and control what people think and believe making a totalitarian state increasingly likely. Democrats, especially those who lead our nation’s institutions, are not reacting with enough speed or force to counter the momentum building against our republic and their slim majority in the Senate is so fractured and paralyzed by money and age to be able to unify to shore up democracy for even the next federal election cycle.
Click through for the full article.

Food for Thought – Republican coin

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Video Thread 6/13/21

 Posted by at 1:00 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Jun 132021
 

Glenn Kirschner – Boston Globe Editorial Board Advocates Prosecuting Donald Trump. Here’s Why They’re Right

Meidas Touch – more with Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Thom Martmann – Why Trump Must Be Prosecuted. Kind of long, on account of all the facts,both historical and contemporary.

Now This News – I’ll just comment there is little in which Democrats are more interested than in protecting honest citizens (such as peaceful protesters exercising First Amendment right) from ciminals (like people waving guns around illegally, indeed feloniously.)

Parody Project – KiNG OF CORONA | The Freedom Toast

Beau – Let’s talk about infrastructure in the US and China….

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Open Thread for June 13, 2021

 Posted by at 7:00 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jun 132021
 

One down, one to go (Moderna)! I didn’t even bleed, so refused a BandAid (having heard an anecdote about someone who thought she was reacting to the shot only to rememner she had not removes the BandAid, and it was the problem.) I also didn’t even feel it. But enough of that now. If you notice a theme today, you are correct.

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The Hill – Garland sparks anger with willingness to side with Trump
Quote: The progressive watchdog group Revolving Door Project is tracking court cases that the Biden DOJ inherited from Barr and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Among those cases, which are largely lawsuits filed by advocacy groups and congressional committees, the new administration has sided with the previous one in about a dozen.
Click through for more … but not, alas, for the number of suits that “about a dizen is out of. I’d like to know that, as well as the res of all of them.

Mark Karlin for Daily Kos – This is his letter – it’s an open letter – so I can only presume he sent a hard copy.
Quote: You of all people know that you are in an increasingly hot seat because many Democrats are fearful that once again a Republican president may be getting away with lawlessness due to a Democratic tepidness that doesn’t want to look back, and to your role as head of the Department of Justice that wants to defend institutional precedents — even if they were grossly and repeatedly violated by Trump, Sessions and Barr.
Click through for the whole letter.

Bad News, The DOJ Is Just The Start


PolitiZoom – Bad News, The DOJ Is Just The Start. This is yet another takeon what is happening in the DOJ. Again, I have a pdf if anyone needs one.
Quote: Actually, I feel kind of sorry for Merrick Garland and Lisa Monaco. They thought that they were being brought in to clean up a train wreck, only to arrive on the scene to learn that after the wreck, two 777’s collided overhead at 30,000 feet. And the scary part is that they’ve only turned over the first shovel full of wreckage.
Click through or let me know and I’ll email a pdf.

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Video Thread 6/12/21

 Posted by at 1:00 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Jun 122021
 

Glenn Kirschner – Rep. Ted Lieu & House Judiciary Committee Urges AG Garland/DOJ to Reverse Course in Carroll Case

Meidas Touch – THIS Is How You Fight For a Living Wage

Now This News – Why Japanese American Internment Still Matters Today

Thom Hartmann – His title is a bit misleading; makes it sound like SS is treacherous, when it’s actually Republicans – as always.

What Happens When You Leave a Tetherball Hanging in a Forest

Beau – Let’s talk about Snake Eyes and woke GI Joe…. This certainly explains a joke (which I’ll put in a comment in a little while.)

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