Open Thread for February 8, 2022

 Posted by at 6:45 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Feb 082022
 

Yesterday, I confes I pretty well laid back all day.  I did get a few things accomplished – but very litte.  I hope I can get moving today.

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Mississippi Free Press – Black FedEx Driver Says White Men Chased, Shot At Him During Deliveries
Quote – [His attorney, Carlos] Moore compared the incident to the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was jogging when three white men, including a father and son, pursued and killed him in Glynn County, Ga., in 2020. “It’s just sad that it happens. It seems to be a copycat duo copying off the Ahmaud Arbery case. …. They saw this man was a Black man, and they just hauled off and shot at him multiple times, at least the younger son did. The older guy tried to entrap him. They were working concertedly to try to entrap and kill this man. I mean, they shot at him several times. It’s amazing that he survived.”
Click through for details. Not that the details are all that unique. As Lona said, we’re so tired of racism, but the GQP will never be tirned of it.

Crooks and Liars – Clarence Thomas Must Resign: Ron DeSantis Regular Contact Edition
Quote: But now American Oversight has obtained evidence that Justice Thomas is in regular, direct contact with Florida’s MAGA governor, Ron DeSantis. In a pitch to his scheduling office in June, 2021, Ginni Thomas requested DeSantis’ attendance at one of her “coalition” meetings, saying:  “Gov. DeSantis will be acquainted with me, as I video-interviewed him for a Leader series with Daily Caller years ago when he served in Congress, saw him at a state dinner in the Trump White House and my husband has been in contact with him too on various things of late.”
Click thrugh. This is what happens when a nation takes it for granted the its Supreme Court Justices will not be out-and-out gangsters, because the mostly haven’t been. But now they are. And our hands are tied. Unless we can get a strong majority in both Houses and the Presidency, the future is looking bleak.

The Nib – Black and Red (The History of Black Socialism)
Quote – Throughout 1919, more than four million workers went on strike. Big business came up with a plan it would use for decades… To divide workers along RACE. That same year, race riots broke out across 25 cities in what would become known as THE RED SUMMER.
Click through for full graphic article. The Nib is a “cartoon” site, but so much of what they do I just can’t call a cartoon.

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Video Thread 2/3/22

 Posted by at 12:17 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Feb 032022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Trump Pushes Protests, Promises Pardons During Texas Rally: Reveals his Fear Indictments are Near

American Bridge – Co-Chair Cecile Richards: Biden making historic SCOTUS pick

Meidas Touch – Nikki Fried BLASTS Ron DeSantis for HIDING TESTS as Omicron surged

The Lincoln Project – Vote While It Counts

politicsrus – Our Future Needs Strong Public Schools

Radio DJ Drives An Hour Every Day For Months To Gain This Wild Pittie’s Trust

Beau – Let’s talk about fake electors and real subpoenas….

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Open Thread for January 31, 2022

 Posted by at 7:04 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jan 312022
 

Yesterday, I didn’t manage to do much of anything. Somehow I filled that day, though.

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Mother Jones – We Uncovered How Many Georgians Were Disenfranchised by GOP Voting Restrictions. It’s Staggering.
Quote – During municipal elections in November, Georgia voters were 45 times more likely to have their mail ballot applications rejected—and ultimately not vote as a result—than in 2020. If that same rejection rate were extrapolated to the 2020 race, more than 38,000 votes would not have been cast in a presidential contest decided by just over 11,000 votes.
Click through for story.I realize this is not news to Freya ot Spy … or maybe anyone anywhere who has been paying attention.

Huff Post – Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Is Set To Talk Infrastructure There
Quote – No one was killed, authorities said, but several people were injured and three were transported to the hospital with injuries that didn’t appear life-threatening. The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear…. “What I didn’t realize, there are literally more bridges in Pittsburgh than any other city in the world,” Biden said, adding, “More than Venice. We’re going to fix them all,” he said.
Clickthrough for details. Wonkette also covered this story in its inimitable snary way, and I alsmost used it, but then I thought if a troll came by they might think the headline was serious, so I stuck with HuffPost.

Department of “You can’t make this stuff up”
QAnon Virginia Candidate Brawls At Texas Butterfly Center And This Headline Is Wildly Insufficient
Quote – Nonetheless, we’ll admit to being a bit surprised when we saw that the National Butterfly Center, a private nature preserve along the Rio Grande, announced it would be closing this weekend due to “credible threats” against the center and its staff. You see, what with it being on the river that forms the US-Mexico border, the Butterfly Center has been previously targeted by the crazies who wanted to build a private WALL, because darned if the nature preserve wanted the butterfly habitat disturbed. That prompted Brian Kolfage, the now-indicted head of We Build The Wall, to accuse the Butterfly Center and a nearby historic church of “promoting trafficking of children,” and specifically accusing the preserve of running a “rampant sex trade.”
Click through. Only in [Trump**’s] America

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Video Thread 1/26/22

 Posted by at 12:17 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Jan 262022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Trump’s Draft Executive Order for Military Seizure of Voting Machines: Deeply Dangerous+Dictatorial

Biden Inaugural Committee – Year One of the Biden-Harris Administration

Ring of Fire (co-produced) – New Report Reveals US Chamber Of Commerce Criminal History

Political Voices Network – Top 3 stories last week

Rebel HQ – Fauci Goes Scorched Earth On Conservatives (ROTFL at Ojeda’s name for R Paul !!)

Pitties Who Lost Their Dad Do a Magical Thing When Meeting Their New Family (hanky alert)

Beau – Let’s talk about Mitch McConnell’s tribute to Malcolm X….

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Video Thread 1/24/2022

 Posted by at 12:20 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Jan 242022
 

Glenn Kirschner – With Supreme Court Ruling, the Investigative Circle is Tightening Around Trump in NY\GA\Congress

The Lincoln Project- Trump’s Judges

Thom Hartmann – Will Any Polling Station Be Left By 2022 Election?

Rebel HQ – Richard Ojeds addresses Joe Manchin

Farron Balanced – Ivanka Trump Called To Testify Before January 6th Committee

Corey Ryan Forrester – This Week in Southern History – Jimmy Carter Is Inaugurated

Beau – Let’s talk about Ivanka Trump and the heart of the Republic….

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Video Thread 1/21/2022

 Posted by at 12:14 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Jan 212022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Ex-Girlfriend of Rep Matt Gaetz Granted Immunity, Testifies before Grand Jury.

politicsrus – Let my people vote 2022

MSNBC – Giuliani, Other ‘Clownish’ Trump Allies, Subpoenaed In January 6th Investigation

American Bridge – One year since President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris’ inauguration

No Dem Left Bahind – We organize, we cultivate relationships, and we knock on doors

Meidas Touch – Rudy, you’re in DOODY

Beau – Let’s talk about history and an oppressor narrative….

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Video Thread 1/20/2022

 Posted by at 12:25 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Jan 202022
 

Glenn Kirschner – VA Gov Youngkin, a mini-Trump, Issues Legally Dubious & Dangerous Executive Orders on Day 1in Office

politicsrus – Say Something 2022

Farron Balamced – Authorities Tell Republican Texas AG He Can’t Hide His January 6th Involvement

Robert Reich – How to Avoid Burnout

Puppet Regime – Putin It Out There: Leverage 101

Rocky Mountain Mike – Sinema Girl

Beau – Let’s talk about Ukraine…. (Ordinarily I leave foreign policy to the experts, but Beau has an idea so creative [and funny]…)

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Open Thread for January 20, 2022

 Posted by at 7:04 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jan 202022
 

Yesterday, I got boosted – yippee! There was virtually no snow on the ground. but there was a lot of ice on the glass, and between the windows steaming up and my glasses steaming up, it was terrible. If they decide on another booster, or if they come up with a universal vaccine, I surely hope it is in the summer.

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Crooks and Liars – Colleyville’s Synagogue Hostage Crisis And White Supremacy
Quote – The fact that millions of Jews watch in horror, generational trauma triggered, the oldest bigotry still raging, as four innocent Jews are held captive by someone we recognize we’ll need to protect once it is over — even while it is going on — is a mind-f*ck of epic proportions.
Click through. Every person in the United States needs to read this.

Huff Post Fringe – How Hatred Of Women Is Fueling The Far-Right
Quote – McLeod’s case is an example of the ties between misogyny and easy access to guns that Everytown for Gun Safety highlights in a new report this week, which was shared with HuffPost ahead of its publication. The group documents at least six high-profile misogyny-driven mass shootings in the U.S. since 2014, and the ways that guns and hatred of women have served as a unifying tie for many far-right groups online.
Click through for more. We, at least we on the left, have figured out that pointing out that racism exists is not itself racist. But we don’t seem to have figured out that pointing out that misgyny exists is not itself misogynistic. Well, we need to. Because misgyny is even more prevalent than racism, has a much larger persentage of the marginalized who buy into it themselves, and will destroy the country if we try to elect a woman President before the nation is ready, even if she walks on water.

Medium – Restoring the Senate to Protect the Freedom to Vote {Op-Ed)
Quote – If the Senate cannot even begin to debate and vote on something as foundational as voting rights, we must reform Senate rules and restore the chamber to its rightful place as “the world’s greatest deliberative body.”
Protecting the freedom to vote should not be a partisan issue. In 2006, for example, the Senate voted 98–0 to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act. The Help America Vote Act passed 98–2 in the wake of the chaos of the 2000 election. One of its primary proponents was Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
Click through for full letter. Nine former Senators have signed it, including Doug Jones (who sent it to me) and Mark Udall (IMO the best Senator Colorado has ever had – at least since I have lived here.)

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