SHE HAS A NAME: A mother of three, pastor + high school track coach, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton was killed at AME. http://t.co/rvXe1y33Ry
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2015SHE HAS A NAME: Susie Jackson, a longtime church member was killed at AME Church last night. http://t.co/oUL7n1DGBw
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2015****
For the dead, we say, “Amen”. And for the living.
There are too many dead, and the living are riven.
Every day, a new horror, a new loss of innocence,
And the night-dimmed tide swallows us.
There is no innocence; this is a fallen world,
And men of evil revel in destruction.
When is it enough? It’s never enough.
Violence has an army of reasons,
And peace seems to be an idea
Honored more in the breach than the observance.
This is not your heritage; it is evil.
This is not your freedom; it is slavery.
Do that which you would have done unto you;
Flee from that which is harmful to all.
The answer is there, to be teased out
Of life, hard life, the only life we have.
Remember the dead, for they speak from the earth,
Pleading, “Let us not be in vain.”
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SHE HAS A NAME; Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, a mother of four daughters, singer in church choir was killed at AME. http://t.co/YoqNF1yiOD
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2015HE HAS A NAME: Rev. Daniel Simmons, Sr., another pastor at the Emanuel AME church who was killed last night. http://t.co/n4sz9GBBxf
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2015****
HE HAS A NAME: Rev Clementa Pinckney, a State Senator + Pastor of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Killed last night http://t.co/hkDgCdlobc
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2015SHE HAS A NAME: Ethel Lee Lance, worked at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston for 30 years. She was killed last night. http://t.co/7OHjsnhD8f
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2015****
SHE HAS A NAME: Myra Thompson, killed last night at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. She was teaching bible study. http://t.co/NlqoNfjPP2
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 19, 2015HE HAS A NAME: Tywanza Sanders, a 2014 graduate of Allen University was killed last night at the Emanuel AME church. http://t.co/oQa1SQlbx8
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2015****
SHE HAS A NAME: Cynthia Hurd worked for Charleston County Public Library for 31 yrs. Killed last night at AME Church http://t.co/jgJY9acnRc
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2015Lord have mercy
All nine victims of Charleston shooting identified
thegrio.com/2015/06/18/cha… http://t.co/gof7tf5Qts
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TheObamaCAT (@TheObamaCat) June 18, 2015
The Obama Diary 
Thank you, LL. Beautiful
Good morning TOD. All I can think of the last couple of days is you reap what you sow. The Rs have preached hatred and violence for years against this President and every non-white person in this country. This is the result. I did not see one commentator who will acknowledge this fact. The morning of this tragedy, Trump specifically talked about the “criminals” here from Mexico. His language was nearly identical to that of the shooter. Coincidence? I think not. Until the rhetoric changes the violence will continue. My heart is heavy.
GM Foxfire.
Few believe that Trump is a serious candidate, including Trump himself:
Also, anyone with eyes knows that Trump is all wet about “Mexicans.”
Here in SoCal, the hardest working (in the literal, back-breaking sense) are many people whose first language is Spanish. The “Mexican criminals” exist only in RWNJ minds — but if it’s Spanish-speaking criminals they want, deny children of Latin American immigrants free Community College, in-state 4-year college tuition, driver’s licenses, enlistment in US military, etc. — unemployable youth are surely more likely to be involved in criminal/gang activities than those who can get a job, enroll in college, drive legally, etc.
Just beautiful LL, thank you.
STILL looking for that OTHER Senator from South Carolina…where is Senator Slave Catching Scott? Why haven’t I seen any video with him
He was on both CNN and Fox yesterday.
Thank you, TOD, for your wonderful, sensitive coverage of this terrorist attack.
LL, thank you for this beautiful post. We need to remember the people who were murdered–not simply ‘victims,’ but real, flesh and blood human beings with families who loved them, feelings, faith, memories, history. In one act of ferocious hatred, one evil creature destroyed all that was living and wonderful about these human beings. He took away everything they had and left us all bereft. We need to remember and never forget.
nikki fucking haley – hang him (in a vile, blatant attempt to taint the jury pool and get the fucker off the death row)
Teenage children of the victim Sharonda Singleton – “We already forgive him for what he’s done, there’s nothing but love from our side of the family. Love is stronger than hate.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33195768
For which they will get absolutely no credit. This is effing nuts.
contrast this with PBO’s we will let the law take its course.
Nikki Haley is stupid, vapid, utterly insensitive and morally repulsive. That she is still governor of SC tells you all you need to know about that state.
So, I’m not missing Haley’s agenda? I was coming down to post my observation from her ’emotional’ presser, only to see that you have issues with the dog whistles in her speeches too. 😦
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Has anyone else noticed Haley’s wording in that presser was somewhat ‘off’? I’m not taking issue with the ‘tears’ (which *I* found questionable). Look at it for yourself and tell me some of her wording doesn’t strike you as odd.
Here are some of the sections that had me going ‘Huh? What?’
“I want you to know the outpouring of emotion from across this country has been overwhelming. From presidential *candidates* to ………’ [@approx 1:03]
Her top line was telling for me. She starts with the candidates – no mention of the president?
‘We are so thankful for everybody that came together that *refused to allow this to happen* [~ 1:52] Huh?
She has never in her law enforcement people and others involved…. *such passion and personal willingness to make sure they brought this person **home**. [~ 2:00] 😕
I haven’t watched it vc, but is that a picture of the perp on display – how seriously disgusting if that is what it is.
It is, and though she did mention the 9 families more than once, she left me with the feeling she identified more with the shooter and was impressed so many worked together to bring him ‘home’ (I could almost add ‘safely’. ) Makes me wonder at the kind of coronation he will get. After all, wasn’t he sporting a bullet-proof vest in his custody pic. Wonder if that was his own?
No – the police gave him that for protection – white privilege in action
Any idea who they were protecting him from? 🙄 The bias is so, so blatant it leaves me speechless!
should have added – as far as I know – think I read somewhere that the police provided it
I don’t know, TS, but I really would hate to think they did. I can’t remember them providing that kind of protection for any suspected felon, yet I can’t imagine him running with a bullet proof vest on as that would surely draw attention to himself. Also, it makes me wonder about these killer types who are angry for blood, but not their own.
Pretty sure it was given him by the police – I can’t find a picture where I can read the writing on it – but he has the same vest when arrested and when in prison gear on his way back to SC – so I’d think it is police provided.
I’m biased I know, TS, but I’ve been getting this sense that Haley, and SC law enforcement are somewhat protective of this guy. The idea of her being eager to bring him *home* (and them doing that with him in protective gear) struck a negative chord with me.
It it not meant to be positive for you vc – it is meant to be positive for the white folks of SC – that is who she is playing to – no-one else
Yeah. 😦
Are forced tears were playing-acting bullshit as she condones the flying of the Confederate rag over the state Capitol.
Move On petition to remove confederate flag if you’d like to sign:
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/remove-the-confederate-3
And the governor has her “out” when it comes to that flag (not that she would have any intention to use it). It is so hard to believe – from a distance – that such a state exists in the US
“In South Carolina, the governor does not have legal authority to alter the flag,” the press secretary said. “Only the General Assembly can do that.”
The flag — as well as other historically named icons and places — is legally protected under the 2000 South Carolina Heritage Act.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/charleston-church-shooting/south-carolinas-confederate-flag-not-lowered-half-mast-after-church-n378316
signed it yesterday
Thank you LL. it is a beautiful post. I am 65 years old and never would have predicted we would still live in a country filled with racism. When will we learn? When will it stop? Such beautiful lives snuffed out in seconds.
Jackie, I shared similar thoughts on the last post. I’m a few years older than you are and had high hopes in my youth that things would change. That we are still going through the same racist nightmares in 2015 as we did in my youth just sears my soul.
Actually, I think in some ways it is worse. The overt racism was out there and could be dealt with, while the hateful rhetoric and institutional racism of today is more difficult to deal with because of its subtlety. It allows the Rs to say that racism is dead when in fact it is rampant. And we simply did not have the guns in the past that we do today. It makes it difficult to remain hopeful that it will ever change. The same is true with sexism. I simply cannot believe where we are as country today compared to the 60’s and 70’s. We’ve lost so much through the state legislatures.
Thank you, LL. So choked up.
which is exactly what all the ‘presidential candidates’, including hillary, did. all effing cowards.
Thank you LL for giving us a snapshot of the nine beautiful lives that were taken too soon. Even the grandmother in her eighties had many many many more years to enjoy life doing what she loved, going to church and bible study. I read on another site, don’t know if it is true, but it said the monster that murdered them almost did not do it because they treated him so nice. I truly believe someone put him up to this. This was an execution of the Rev/Senator and mass murder carried out by one of their racist soldiers.
Was this what you read?
everyone is taking it to the effing nbc over this stupid tweet.
http://www.wsbtv.com/ap/ap/top-news/michelle-obama-meets-us-troops-in-italy-recalls-ch/nmgjc/
Thanks bella – some great pictures there as well
Thanks annieb. You’re getting pretty good at this 🙂
You both are welcome.
Thanks, Annieb. This one looks like a campaign crowd. 🙂
Associated Press
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama delivers her speech as she meets with soldiers and their families at the U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza, northern Italy, Friday, June 19, 2015. Michelle Obama, who is visiting Italy on the second leg of a European trip, thanked the U.S. soldiers and their families for their service. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
I just love FLOTUS ❤
🙂 And…. they can’t take that away from her!
bennett nailed it long time ago.
And another laboratory tube for Talk Hate Radio.
This kid bought that gun himself? I thought that he had a felony conviction or pending one….
No conviction , therefore he was good to go.
All the armchair Monday morning quarterbacks in MSM who whine that PBO never does enough, he’s done ALL HE CAN on this.
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60criquet
June 19, 2015 at 10:18 am
GM all.
Meta,
Thanks for your tweet on this.
Please tweet this to that absolute moron Piers Morgan who claimed that Pres Obama lied to the Sandy Hook parents and has done nothing on gun violence.
He really needs to be STFU.
Sorry Meta, I meant to include the link you had provided:
Click to access november_exec_actions_progress_report_final.pdf
Thank you, criquet. Morgan is the reason I tweeted that. He disgusted and infuriated me with the claim that PBO lied.
Coming home yesterday, I heard Karen Hunter going on and on about “This President could do more, blah, blah, blah.” Over and over….kept saying same thing. Woman who was co-hosting with her kept agreeing. By the time I got home, I was yelling at the radio. I know, should have turned off or changed channel so my fault. I control my actions, right? Anyway, I was furious!!
Karen always seems so angry and honestly rather ignorant. She reminds me of a black version of Chris Matthews. She is not very informed at all!
Agree. Don’t listen to her often, but usually end up frustrated or angry when I do. Lesson to self: DON’T! (She was subbing for someone yesterday.)
Michael Eric Dyson was on Twitter talking about what PBO should have said. He can be a real ahole. Someone called him an anklebitter. Someone else reminded him or rather informed him that Nixon almost caused the mass murderer, Manson, to walk because of statements Nixon made in public prior to the trial. POTUS knows exactly what he should or should not say. Nothing PBO does or says is ever good enough for these wannabe so-called intellectuals.
Thank you LL – what a wonderful collection of people they were. I’m not of a religious bent, although I have many past links to my church – but until she became ill (a month before she died) my mother attended bible class every week for years. She rarely went to a church service but always went to bible study. The thought that something like this could happen to such a group has never before entered my thoughts.
I am still somewhat reeling from reports that the shooter told the police he “wanted to start a race war”. The RW media seems to be for the most part, ignoring his words.
Standing O:
https://twitter.com/androoshaw/status/611681664981430274
I wonder why its not posting here. His account isn’t locked????
https://twitter.com/androoshaw/status/611681664981430274
I’m guessing maybe there’s something hinky with the images? I’m stumped.
Excellent Commentary.
It is by more people speaking up and loudly, shall these wickedly racist acts be curtailed.
Trying from my end.
Wow! What a perfect answer to Gov. Nikki Coward Haley.
Isn’t it though – sure hope she reads that one!
Hello, NCLB!
Oh I sure wish you guys could find a way to post this in its entirety. This needs to be FP!
Thank you meta for bringing it here
with regards to the DOMESTIC TERRORIST:
WHY haven’t we seen his FAMILY on tv?
WHY aren’t we getting stories about THEM?
WHY aren’t we seeing everything on HIS social media?
Uh huh.
Uh huh.
His father told CNN to get away or he will call the police when they tried to knock on his door.
I don’t want to judge Dylann Roof family, but chances are they could feel exactly like he feels. I could be wrong, but we will see.
His parents said they will never ever give an interview but that doesn’t mean the press can’t investigate their background, talk to neighbors, friends, other family. But they wont.
They don’t want to get on tv and it be shown that it doesn’t bother them what their son did.
They won’t be able to avoid the FBI.
Given what he has reportedly said to the police, his lawyer may go looking for background as to where the racism came from – although the lawyer from his current charges has spoken about the “lovely family”!
UGH.
THIS CAME FROM HERITAGE…AND DAD BOUGHT HIM OF ALL DAMNED THINGS A 45…HE ALSO KNEW THE PASTOR’S NAME…THIS WAS PLANNED AND I STILLTHINK HE WAS INSTRUCTED BY SOMEONE ELSE ON THE WEB OR OTHERWISE! CONGRESSMAN COBURN ALSO SAID THE SC STATE FLAG IS ALSO A BATTLEFIELD FLAG AND NOT EVEN APPROVED FOR DISPLAY!,,TAKE IT DOWN…NOT NOW…YESTERDAY!
THIS! The media had everything it wanted about the black families and the person the cops killed in hours.
They were digging in Tamir Rice’s father’s background to justify why Tamir deserved to die..
and these folks raise a DOMESTIC TERRORIST, yet, we know nothing about them?
UH HUH
UH HUH
Good Morning TOD
This week has reminded me of a scene in the movie “42”. The Jackie Robinson Story was so telling but the one scene that will forever stay with me is when the white father and son are at the ball game and the father is yelling the n-word at Jackie when he is at the plate. The son looks confused that his father is doing this but after a few minutes of watching his father he chimes in and starts calling Jackie the n-word as well. In that moment he taught that young, innocent child to be a racist. It makes you wonder when this killer was taught to be the racist that he has grown into today…
Yes, THEY HAVE A NAME: and they were all beautiful people who put their indelible mark on this world. They will be missed & mourned but never forgotten. They have their place in history. Just like Addie, Denise, Carole and Cynthia the four school age girls in Alabama who lost their lives in that horrendous bombing. No one remembers their killers just as we won’t remember this one but years from now we will forever remember Cynthia Hurd, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Susie Jackson, Rev. DePayne Middleton, Rev. Daniel Simmons, Ethel Lee Lance, Myra Thompson,Tywanza Sanders and Rev Clementa Pinckney. The nine lives that were taken in 2015 because someone was taught to feel threatened by the color of their skin.
This is the perfect time to pull out the quote from the designer of the flag.
BOOM
http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2015/06/19/3671684/charleston-shooting-confederate-flag/
How The Charleston Shooting Is Linked To The Confederate Flag, According To A South Carolinian
Posted this at the end of the last thread, after this one had opened…
The white stars on the confederate flag are atop the “Southern Cross,” and were designed to endorse white supremacy.
Isn’t that what Hitler were trying to do? Get rid of the inferior Jewish people. So now ask yourself who are the real Hitlers?
More from SC.
IMHO, Lindsey Graham is the sanest of the GOP lot, but would not vote for him because he’s all-in for “bomb-bomb-Iran” as his BFF McCain says.
Sen. Graham gets no credit from me, because a idiot knows this was a racists hate crime. Those people on the right knows it was too, most of them will not admit it.
because they are racist themselves and have many racists that vote for them.
Graham helped BUILD THAT!
And yes Graham and all those Republican politicians who would not speak up against the racists hate is just as much to blame. The last six years alot of them join in with the racists hate or they remain silent and that’s just as bad. They allow themselves to be taken over by those extreme radical right wing racists.
Lindsey Graham is NO friend to the AA community. The only thing that made him cry was that this was done in a church, that these people welcomed this monster into a place where EVERYONE (even black folks) should be safe from senseless gun violence. If these people were gunned down shopping or walking there would not be the same outpouring of shame from some of the people in SC. These are the same people who feel it is OK to prevent AA’s from voting. This is my opinion, I may be wrong but I am so sick and tired of these Southerners wanting to call this a “Christian Nation, built on Christian Values” when the hold a Bible in one hand and a gun in another. I am waiting for the NRA to say if only Jesus had a gun he would not have been killed on the cross, that is how sick these people are.
Hmm?
Yesterday on the View, and on TV, he was not sure.
When did this LIGHT shine on his despicable soul?
Wow, look at the scale on y-axis of this chart (measured at 100K intervals):
First Lady Michelle Obama and First Daughters visit to U.S. Army Garrison in Vicenza.
Slide Show with 70 Beautiful Photos: http://www.corriere.it/foto-gallery/cronache/15_giugno_19/michelle-obama-veneto-vicenza-venezia-malia-sasha-first-lady-stati-uniti-e66fbaf2-1681-11e5-9531-d169a57fe795.shtml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Wonderful! Thanks, BFF.
My pleasure. ❤
JER, thanks for these wonderful pictures 🙂
You are welcome.
JER thank you, they are some lovely pictures of our wonderful First Family. Really really nice pictures.
They are beautiful/
🙂
Hello TOD.
How did the SC Terrorist radicalize? Who are his parents? Who are his friends?
No difference here with the Boston Bombers and their friends.
When his act deadly acts are called Terrorism………that is when how he bought his gun, who paid for it and the roommates knowing of his plan for 6 months become Germane to Terror charges.
I hope that AG Lynch would lean this way.
Morning, all.
Thanks for posting and enhancing the post with tweets, Chips.
I was trying to write an essay last night, and realized only poetry would do. Glad it hit a chord.
It is well timed and beautiful LL, thank you.
Jeb: I just know that racists like to vote republican and am scrambling for your vote.
So the killer said he was killing them because they were black, but Jeb Bush doesn’t know if it was racially motivated. This is the Bush who suppose to be the smarter Bush. Of course we know why Jeb is saying this, he knows that alot of the right wing conservative base are racists, and he can’t take the chance of losing their vote..
Jeb Bush is a disgrace just like all the other racists..
Ha! annieb. “This is the Bush who suppose to be the smarter Bush.” 🙂
I know GGail. I think we knew all along he is just a dumb as big brother G.W.
THIS !!!!!!!
The coalition of progressive groups that tried to draft Elizabeth Warren to run in 2016 has officially endorsed Bernie Sanders for President.
….
No comment
Linda, they endorse the man who said that racism was gone. Makes me wonder about this progressive group. Maybe all the racism isn’t on the right.
This is laughable.
This from a guy whose base is from one of the smallest states possible.
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/19/the-first-lady-yesterday-in-italy/
A news alert on my phone just said the domestic terrorist told authorities that he almost didn’t shoot those people because “they were so nice to him.”
yep. that’s what the domestic terrorist said.