Maureen Down belongs in a special place in journalistic hell. During the 2008 campaign, she wrote a rude and snarky op-ed about how devastating it would be to have Michelle Obama, from the south side of Chicago, as first lady. Well, of course, Michelle Obama became perhaps the best first lady this country has ever had. She certainly was always gracious and kind and welcoming to everyone she met. The current first lady, the third wife as I refer to her, isn’t worthy of polishing Michelle Obama’s shoes.
And I’m so tired of conservatives, like Dowd, who whine that liberals or Democrats are too mean. If an administration tilts this country towards fascism, then I think it’s the patriotic duty of all Americans to criticize them. And there’s no way to be “polite” about that.
Watching her on Chris Hayes yesterday, she didn’t seem to see Pelosi and Schumer the way that you do…she addressed that. If I can find it, I’ll post for you to see:)
I’m waiting for the third wife to appear before the White House press corps and apologize for her egregious behavior last week of traveling to and from Texas in that hideous jacket with its hateful statement. If it was some inside joke, then it was lost on everyone who saw the words scrawled on her back.
Maxine Waters spoke for millions and millions of Americans when she defended activism in the face of encroaching tyranny. I’m grateful to her for being so courageous.
As you read of the Supreme Court upholding Trump's racist travel ban, please remember the Republicans STOLE a Supreme Court seat in 2016 and in fact—but for that POLITICAL CRIME—this would've been a 5-4 vote going the other way and upholding rather than abridging American values. pic.twitter.com/DYetlu7JhE
We can do this….take the anger and frustration and turn it to action. Register people to vote….
you are welcome! if you feel like doing something positive to keep hopeful, join us at @DemocratWit . we buy postcards and stamps and they give us a script and addresses to send GOTV cards to registered dems all over the county. it's fun to follow elections in other states!
–#BarbecueBetty called cops on black fam grilling –#PermitPatty called cops on black girl selling water –#LandscapeLucy berated Latino worker -Trumper berated gals speaking Span in NY -Trumper2, said “womp, womp” re girl w/down-syndrome Get back to me on that whole civility thing
Trump threatened Ms Waters on tweet. Was it CIVIL?
Trump has ILLEGALLY incarcerated our children through no fault of their own. Is it CIVIL?
No other US president has separated families. Is it CIVIL?
Thousands of little children sleeping on CONCRETE FLOORS. Is it CIVIL?
Most treasonous president ever is anything But CIVIL. Incivility is still his platform.
STFU Trump.
Judge Wood REJECTS the Trump Organization's request for an extension on the Cohen privilege until July 11, agrees with the government's compromise of July 5.
TROOPS SAY MIGRANT CAMPS ON MILITARY BASES IS TOTALITARIANISM AND A MORAL OFFENSE. (politicus.usa)
“America’s military once liberated people from concentration camps. It beggars the mind and our morality that it might be used to secure them.”
“The infrastructure of these bases aren’t all that great and it ensures almost complete anonymity for the program safely tucked behind gate and guard.”
“They are participating in a scheme that appropriates the concept of military honor to perpetrate a human rights abuse.”
The Death Party got their 5-nation Muslim Ban by illegally blocking Merrick Garland.
-Right now children are illegally incarcerated, separated from their parents and may never see them again, and may not live to do so.
-Ugly Dicktraitor doesn’t get to change the child-killing topic.
I do not know how to do this so I am wondering if someone here can help.
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In this portion of today’s Morning Joe, they interviewed an immigrant Latina journalist (Ms. Mariana Atencio) who has been documenting the impact of the immigration policy on children and their families.
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In my experience as an immigrant, I think that what insights Ms Mariana Atencio provides on this exchange is something that needs to be shared with as many people as possible. Hopefully, those who may not know the impact and complexity of navigating the immigration system can get some additional insights.
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The portion I wish to share starts at minute 35 of this video. Can someone please help me cut out that clip and share it out on social media?
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thanks a lot.
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here is the full video but focus on the discussion starting at minute 35.
Exactly! We need to overwhelm the voting booths, it’s our only avenue. Justice Sotomayor’s dissent is a beaut. A reminder of our sordid history. And Roberts does what? Am also not in mood or state of mind to entertain Kennedy’s hand-wringing statement. Wot?
Outreach from Trump team to Europe's nativist, anti-immigrant, anti-EU parties in advance of NATO & Putin summits continues … Reminder that Salvini wears Putin t-shirts, he is such a fan. pic.twitter.com/BqqSf9Ur02
There are a lot of elections today. Even if you think those districts are safe or hopelessly lost, you should vote. Muscle memory. Data for future races. But mostly to show you give a shit.
OK – when Trump apologizes for using the word “INFEST” in a tweet about immigrants coming to the U.S.A.
OK – when Trump apologizes for his threat towards Ms. Waters.
OK – when Trump apologizes for dehumanizing Muslims, African-Americans and immigrants.
OK – when Trump apologizes for his campaign hate rhetoric and repeated incites to violence.
OK – when Trump apologizes for his equivalence between Neo-Nazis and counter-protestors.
OK – when Trump apologizes for the abduction & mass warehousing of children, incarcerating them in cages at his perverse pleasure.
While I am deeply disappointed in the Supreme Court’s decision today, Congress now has an obligation and responsibility to clarify that denying entry to our nation based on religion defies the ideals that have always made us strong. #NoMuslimBanEver
— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) June 26, 2018
Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and their right wing racist party is just as disgusting as Trump. They have sat back and remain silent regardless what disgusting thing Trump said or did. They remain silent because they are just like Trump..
I have known for long that this republicans who control ALL our forms of government are evil to the core …. this SCOTUS’ decisions clear demonstrate that it is not just the legislature and executive that are rotten and evil political cockroaches;
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somedays test me and my faith to the core …. ;
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then I remember that the only way struggles against all forms (legal structures and unwritten societal norms) of bigotry and hate have ever been sustainably won was a result of grassroots actions of ordinary people.
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my heart gets increasingly heavier ….. but yes, I will vote and I am mobilizing all I can to cast their vote;
While people are obsessing about the civility debate for the 3rd day: -> children are still being separated from their parents and placed in cages -> our Supreme Court is trashing the Constitution -> there are elections today#FOCUS
Who doesn’t see Trump’s desire for a Culture of Incivility?
With his permission: ICE gestapo brown shirts have taken abuse and incivility to extreme levels by targeting young humans.
When will make Trump experience the LIMITS of his destructive power?
End this.
Unfortunately, the Republicans are all in agreement with Trump’s fascist tendencies. Unless we Democrats can prevail in the next two national elections (assuming we’ll have them), we’ll be in this for the long haul. God save this country from the GOP.
As a Jesuit priest, I am proud to stand with my #Muslim brothers and sisters. As a Catholic, I am proud to live in a country is not supposed to judge a person by his or her religious beliefs. And as an American, I am proud of Justice Sotomayor's historic dissent. #NoMuslimBanpic.twitter.com/88XEz7m5et
By mistreating and torturing young children today:
Trumputin is knowingly creating the conditions for international payback and big future NATIONAL SECURITY problems.
People should stop comparing Orange Satan to Musollini and Hitler two ruthless white men who are smarter than him. We should compare him to Idi Amin the African despot who died from spyhliss or Boku Haram since he hates minorities to be compared to a minority.
Hitler, Franco, Pinochet took children away from their parents.
As does Putin. Now Trump.
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“TAKING CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS IS A FORM OF STATE TERROR.” https://www.newyorker.com/…/taking-children-from-their-parents-is-a-form-of-state-t.
Was shaken by the recent SCOTUS rulings, but I cannot afford to let all of this evil literally sicken me as it did last year. Hanging on to the fact that a large number of Americans do not feel as those whose voices are currently the loudest and that there are still avenues available to use to correct these grievous wrongs and to make our union more perfect. many people were asleep, unaware, complacent and even indifferent. Too many took things for granted and did not want to see the dirty underbelly of this country because they thought that it did not affect them. But now, we all see clearly. If we want a better country we have to fight for it; we must be vigilant, but unafraid. As troubling as these times are, it is always better to know the truth. Now we know, and each of us must pick a side and decide what we are prepared to do and do it. I have been letting go of the bitterness (still hard) with the understanding that times like these are necessary for us to take a look at who we are and to decide what we should be. Thanks to Nerdy for keeping the village open.
Hey Commando #BoneSpurs (aka @realdonaldtrump), I didn't volunteer to serve during the #VietnamWar to enable HATE-FILLED RACIST TRAITORS LIKE YOU to discriminate against ANY religion, let alone surrender our Democracy to our real enemies – Russia & China. #NoMuslimBanEver
"Our decision to move some of our operations is 100% based on President Trumps tariffs. Mr. Trump knows nothing about economics and even less about trade. The man is a moron." https://t.co/66WY535oHm
Hey Commando #BoneSpurs (aka @realdonaldtrump), I didn't volunteer to serve during the #VietnamWar to enable HATE-FILLED RACIST TRAITORS LIKE YOU to discriminate against ANY religion, let alone surrender our Democracy to our real enemies – Russia & China. #NoMuslimBanEver
Aaahh well, it was good for a chuckle tho it’s apparently not true that Mr. Levatich said this {prolly doesn’t want to publicly admit it. 😉 }
Earlier today, I copied this quote from a news source & now it's been reported that this was a fake news story so they removed it. I didn't know so I apologize but, lets be real. I'm sure whatever the CEO of Harley Davidson said about Trump in private, was worse than Moron 😉
Three years ago today, President Obama gave the eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, shot and killed with eight of his parishioners at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. pic.twitter.com/epz583qO1t
I want to thank everyone for your support. I love all of you. Here is the original video. I stand for those that are too afraid to speak up. Hate/ violence is not the answers. Please help me #EndRacism Thank you @KenidraRWoods_ you are an awesome friend I am so grateful for you https://t.co/4Y1BPMyl3j
“You cannot fight wars in our homelands and not allow these people a chance at survival” – our ED, @ramitcha1 shares her personal story as a Syrian-American immigrant directly impacted by the SCOTUS decision #NoMuslimBanEverpic.twitter.com/tEHepdCick
Just wait til Maxine Waters rides into Trump’s immigrant camps on a Harley-Davidson, frees all the kids, and takes them out to dinner at Red Hen restaurant.
Another effort by Paul Manafort to challenge the legality of the Special Counsel’s investigation has failed. Could it be because the charges are well founded and Mueller is well within his jurisdiction? https://t.co/u99HIVEKjr
We secured a voting hours extension until 9pm for #Baltimore residents voting in precincts 28, 29, 35 in Ward 27at Baltimore IT Academy. @866OURVOTE Election Protection hotline remains open for voters' concerns: 866-OUR-VOTE. https://t.co/wlTR1WbBGF
Listening to President Obama's past speeches reminds us of both his intellectual and human qualities, his desire to raise the conversation, to illuminate complexity, to inspire compassion. It restores our sense of hope in these darkest of times.
We have countless images, video, and audio from this travesty that we will continue to release through various media outlets. And we gather more every time another whistleblower reaches out to us. We will not rest until all children are reunited with their parents. #Basta
Nothing to see here—just a close ally of President Trump’s former campaign manager turned senior White House adviser calling for journalists to get gunned down by vigilantes. But please, let’s continue the Trumpian lecture about civility. https://t.co/QEYoM4G2zB
The “civility” argument is just another way of saying “Shut up and go away to liberals and Democrats.” It’s the last thing that we should do. Write letters, contact legislators, support those politicians who have the courage to speak out. That’s what being a good citizen at a time like this demands of us.
I voted on my way home from work this evening. Had a blast! Lovely people out there. My thought as I left my polling place: Yay, my recycling will reduce tremendously, till September/October! 😂 I’ve been under siege from those flyers! I could have reforrested Mojave Desert! 😯❤😂
We met Jose Miguel digging out his home with a pick axe & shovel… his brothers bodies were inside.. The ground so hot you could cook on it. Today Guatemala declared this community forever uninhabitable. We will keep doing our small part as long as we can… #ChefsForGuatemalapic.twitter.com/0OQurJumxa
Not sure if @SenateMajLdr McConnell believes in heaven or not, but I'm thinking if he tries to enter, he'll be met by a "judge" and it won't be Gorsuch. Good luck with that, Mitch. #ImpeachGorsuch
This photo is from Nov. 14, 2017. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, was then working as a bartender.
Less than a year later, she defeated the likely next Speaker of the House, and will almost certainly be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress pic.twitter.com/JgHjdQWAF6
This lifted my spirits somewhat late today.. My CFO got a call from his wife just before he was leaving for the day and he asked where are you? She said, and I quote (because he had her on speaker phone), I’m still downtown (LA) protesting that god damn little troll Sessions had the nerve to show up in my city today. If you beat me home, can you start dinner?” He hung up a bit later and I started chuckling. He said to me, “My wife is on vacation (she’s a teacher) and since school’s out, she’s told me she doesn’t want to go anywhere for vacation because she wants to keep her time freed up this summer to protest. She was down in San Diego this past weekend on the Immigration deportations and the children, downtown LA today on the Muslim Ban, I don’t know where she’s going to be next. All I know is I’m not going anywhere this summer for family vacation. (makes a sad face) ” I said well we need folks like your wife right where she is. You should be proud and beat her home to make her some dinner!! . Resistance is hard work. Support her; the country is going to hell. He smiled and said somewhat sheepishly yeah you’re right. All I know is he betta have dinner waiting for her when she steps in the door. 😆 😆 #Resistance!
These MoFo’s are straight down lying about the babies, ransoming babies, trafficking babies, incarcerating babies. These babies, children, were not unaccompanied, but kidnapped from their parents & it’s been going on for ages of iQ45. The cover-up was Sessions coming out in April w/ his deplorable statement. It was an attempt to cover up what they had already been doing, under cover of night. This just simply breaks my very soul. How can US blind itself to these egregious Effers?
Please pardon me for my rant. Am just so shell shocked, my brain & body hurts.
As long as it isn’t Bernie running for President, I’m thinking – and hoping – she’ll get a great deal of support against whatever RWNJ is on the other side of the ticket in her district. First time I’m hearing about her, but she sounds as though she has a great résumé.
I loved this quote about Ms. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:
“She went Boston Univ., & got degrees in Economics & Intl Relations. She worked for the late Sen. Kennedy handling foreign affairs & immigration casework. After her father died of cancer & as she became an educator w/ @nhi_news, she waited tables & bartended to help her family”
she has the socio-economic priorities straight. Good luck on whatever lies ahead of her life … her political star will shine brightly now and in the future
America First criminalizes non-white immigrants & separates parents from children, children from healthcare, clear water & food (SNAP), & government from its moral obligation to equal protection under the law. https://t.co/IugDnGxNHk
Today, a country conceived to protect religious freedom allowed a #MuslimBan. Two thoughts: 1) we can’t count on the courts to always protect us; and 2) we aren’t helpless — the right Congress can stop this wrecking ball presidency.
"This situation has reached a crisis level." "This is a startling reality." "The facts set forth before the Court portray reactive governance–responses to address a chaotic circumstance of the Government’s own making. They belie measured and ordered governance…" – Judge Sabraw
sleep has not come easy for many since the homegrown demagogue was elected.
Last night was particularly hard for some of us because it unquestionably confirmed what we all knew and that is : THIS supreme court will NEVER defend us minorities;
I happen to check off most the boxes of people the homegrown demagogue and his gop co-conspirators (elected officials and voters) hates most:
– I am black,
– I am a woman,
– I am an immigrant from a region he constantly attacks,
– I am a democrat,
– I am a person with pre-existing condition,
– I am not one of the rich and I am certainly not benefiting from his tax scam,
Yep it is horrific ((((Linda)))) and it is enraging and terrifying. But please remember that you are not alone- you have us, which may not seem real being it’s “social media” but it is… and when/if push comes to shove- I for one will use my “white privilege”, for whatever it’s worth to stand in the way, speak out, protest, protect, shelter – whatever.
gcl, I’m so sorry and feel the same way about not being able to get good rest while this ignorant racist monster is in our WH. I’m Latina and my heart is crushed daily to see what is happening at the border as these good people are being maligned and demeaned and villainized, robbed of their human rights. The faces of these children, in pain and bewildered at what is happening to them, just leaves me devastated.
Please know that there are millions of people behind you who are fighting back to stop the assaults. We are reaching a new low point every day but we have to stay strong, together. It feels like it will never end but I do feel that change is ahead. We really must all work our hardest to GOTV this November to begin to turn the tide. Thank you for being in the community of change makers. We all need each other desperately.
here is my fear but it won’t surprise me if justice kennedy has secretly worked the homegrown demagogue and mcconnell to retire at the end of this SCOTUS term and be quickly replaced by another corrupt gop extremist judge.
I do not know how many of us remember what has been written about Kennedy’s personal relationship with the traitor trump’s family.
I am not noting how members of the punditry are trying to convince us that:
(a) liar romney, who has been documented as sucking up to the homegrown demagogue even as recently as a few weeks ago, is now being hyped as the one person who will “stand up to the traitor trump” once he is elected;
(b) the conservatives on SCOTUS made their twisted logic in defense of this traitor-in-chief just because they wanted to “maintain the power of the presidency in making immigration decisions” and so could ignore the bigotry, racism and hate directed towards Muslims.
aha, the lengths towards which people will go to defend the indefensible!!!
Rachel gave a fabulous and detailed expose into how corrupt the SCOTUS decision was on the Muslim Ban…
she outline the fact that the “Evil Axis” during WWII was Italy, Germany, and Japan….but she noted it was only the Americans of Japanese descent who were imprisoned in concentration camps….
About the young lady who beat Crowley:. I see some folks ‘ fretting’ about what her victory means. How can we have someone so ‘young’…isn’t this just a Democratic version of Dolt45 (lips pursed)
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Ted Kennedy died in 2009. She used to work for him. That means, before she was 20 years old, she was bright enough, and focused enough, to get a job in a Senator’s office from a state that she didn’t live in. She was an active young person.
She didn’t just fall off the turnip truck.
From her wikipedia page (which didn’t exist until last night, I think)
Ocasio-Cortez was born in The Bronx, New York City and moved to Yorktown, New York, at a young age. As a high school student, she won second prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, with a microbiology research project. As a result, MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory named a large asteroid after her, 23238 Ocasio-Cortez.[5]
This was Crowley race to lose….and there was low voter turnout….low voter turn out stilllll…in this time when each and every vote counts…when folks are having their votes stolen or suppressed…NYers still could not find their way to vote…. (exasperation)
Crowley did not get his voters out….Ocasio-Cortez did….
the fact that she aligned herself to Bernie Sanders says it all for me….
Crowley conceded and endorsed her….i hope that she accepts his endorsement…and that they can work together to save the seat….
She doesn’t strike me as a divider. Time will tell.
Thank you, @JoeCrowleyNY, for your support and longstanding service to our community.
I look forward to working towards a takeback of the House on a strong platform of economic, social, and racial justice for working class New Yorkers & Americans.
Watch these zombies in the MSM try their hardest to drive a wedge in the Democratic Party just hours after this Democratic candidate won an election. We are sick and tired of this pathetic clickbait circus! https://t.co/IUZBYQvSka
I am just completely sickened at this disgusting display.
Here is Trump's top man groveling to the hostile dictator who undermines our elections and our sovereignty, attacks our infrastructure daily, murders journalists in his own country and on the soil of our allies, invaded Ukraine, shot down a plane. An ABSOLUTE DISGRACE. https://t.co/7SDBO8zPTh
The Obama Diary 
Mitch McConnell is a lying racist bigot just like Trump.
Maureen Down belongs in a special place in journalistic hell. During the 2008 campaign, she wrote a rude and snarky op-ed about how devastating it would be to have Michelle Obama, from the south side of Chicago, as first lady. Well, of course, Michelle Obama became perhaps the best first lady this country has ever had. She certainly was always gracious and kind and welcoming to everyone she met. The current first lady, the third wife as I refer to her, isn’t worthy of polishing Michelle Obama’s shoes.
And I’m so tired of conservatives, like Dowd, who whine that liberals or Democrats are too mean. If an administration tilts this country towards fascism, then I think it’s the patriotic duty of all Americans to criticize them. And there’s no way to be “polite” about that.
Spot on tweets, Nerdy. Thank you for all you do. xoxo
Because IOKIYA (white)R
Yet Maxine needs more civility. riiiiiight.
That lying piece of crap racist moron in the oval office has the nerve to talk about her IQ.
Amennnnnnnnnnnnnn…Amennnnnnnnnnnnn……Telling it like it is….
also…
Ryan is now calling on Maxine Waters to apologize….
i lay this at the feet of Pelosi and Schumer who by their criticism of Waters gave Ryan room to make this move….
Watching her on Chris Hayes yesterday, she didn’t seem to see Pelosi and Schumer the way that you do…she addressed that. If I can find it, I’ll post for you to see:)
Find it here
http://www.msnbc.com/all
thank you…
Have Paul Ryan ever ask his racist disgusting members to apologize, have he ever ask that lying piece of crap President of his to apologize.
I’m waiting for the third wife to appear before the White House press corps and apologize for her egregious behavior last week of traveling to and from Texas in that hideous jacket with its hateful statement. If it was some inside joke, then it was lost on everyone who saw the words scrawled on her back.
Maxine Waters spoke for millions and millions of Americans when she defended activism in the face of encroaching tyranny. I’m grateful to her for being so courageous.
“There are limits to tolerance”
I like that statement ✌🏾
We can do this….take the anger and frustration and turn it to action. Register people to vote….
We need to TAKE BOTH HOUSES.
Trump threatened Ms Waters on tweet. Was it CIVIL?
Trump has ILLEGALLY incarcerated our children through no fault of their own. Is it CIVIL?
No other US president has separated families. Is it CIVIL?
Thousands of little children sleeping on CONCRETE FLOORS. Is it CIVIL?
Most treasonous president ever is anything But CIVIL. Incivility is still his platform.
STFU Trump.
TROOPS SAY MIGRANT CAMPS ON MILITARY BASES IS TOTALITARIANISM AND A MORAL OFFENSE. (politicus.usa)
“America’s military once liberated people from concentration camps. It beggars the mind and our morality that it might be used to secure them.”
“The infrastructure of these bases aren’t all that great and it ensures almost complete anonymity for the program safely tucked behind gate and guard.”
“They are participating in a scheme that appropriates the concept of military honor to perpetrate a human rights abuse.”
The Death Party got their 5-nation Muslim Ban by illegally blocking Merrick Garland.
-Right now children are illegally incarcerated, separated from their parents and may never see them again, and may not live to do so.
-Ugly Dicktraitor doesn’t get to change the child-killing topic.
I do not know how to do this so I am wondering if someone here can help.
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In this portion of today’s Morning Joe, they interviewed an immigrant Latina journalist (Ms. Mariana Atencio) who has been documenting the impact of the immigration policy on children and their families.
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In my experience as an immigrant, I think that what insights Ms Mariana Atencio provides on this exchange is something that needs to be shared with as many people as possible. Hopefully, those who may not know the impact and complexity of navigating the immigration system can get some additional insights.
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The portion I wish to share starts at minute 35 of this video. Can someone please help me cut out that clip and share it out on social media?
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thanks a lot.
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here is the full video but focus on the discussion starting at minute 35.
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Linda…. “Video has been removed by the user.”
I’d suggest finding the link on MSNBC.COM, sharing it in a tweet, with the instructions to “Go to min :35.00.”
Ok. WTFE
Exactly! We need to overwhelm the voting booths, it’s our only avenue. Justice Sotomayor’s dissent is a beaut. A reminder of our sordid history. And Roberts does what? Am also not in mood or state of mind to entertain Kennedy’s hand-wringing statement. Wot?
http://www.businessinsider.com/sonia-sotomayor-scotus-decision-trump-muslim-travel-ban-2018-6
We should still be civil though, right?
They don’t care……
No. But WE do.
Give a shit, America!
Exactly
OK – when Trump apologizes for using the word “INFEST” in a tweet about immigrants coming to the U.S.A.
OK – when Trump apologizes for his threat towards Ms. Waters.
OK – when Trump apologizes for dehumanizing Muslims, African-Americans and immigrants.
OK – when Trump apologizes for his campaign hate rhetoric and repeated incites to violence.
OK – when Trump apologizes for his equivalence between Neo-Nazis and counter-protestors.
OK – when Trump apologizes for the abduction & mass warehousing of children, incarcerating them in cages at his perverse pleasure.
I would like to add – when Trump and that woman who is his wife, publicly apologize for their birther accusations.
When every GOP/Rethuglican who said PBO was not born in America or was SILENT!
Best way to say FUCK YOU dirtball Ryan ….
Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and their right wing racist party is just as disgusting as Trump. They have sat back and remain silent regardless what disgusting thing Trump said or did. They remain silent because they are just like Trump..
I have known for long that this republicans who control ALL our forms of government are evil to the core …. this SCOTUS’ decisions clear demonstrate that it is not just the legislature and executive that are rotten and evil political cockroaches;
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somedays test me and my faith to the core …. ;
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then I remember that the only way struggles against all forms (legal structures and unwritten societal norms) of bigotry and hate have ever been sustainably won was a result of grassroots actions of ordinary people.
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my heart gets increasingly heavier ….. but yes, I will vote and I am mobilizing all I can to cast their vote;
Who doesn’t see Trump’s desire for a Culture of Incivility?
With his permission: ICE gestapo brown shirts have taken abuse and incivility to extreme levels by targeting young humans.
When will make Trump experience the LIMITS of his destructive power?
End this.
Unfortunately, the Republicans are all in agreement with Trump’s fascist tendencies. Unless we Democrats can prevail in the next two national elections (assuming we’ll have them), we’ll be in this for the long haul. God save this country from the GOP.
By mistreating and torturing young children today:
Trumputin is knowingly creating the conditions for international payback and big future NATIONAL SECURITY problems.
Yes. When we need the help of our global allies, and we will, will they be there? Will we be there to help them? Both questions are now in doubt.
People should stop comparing Orange Satan to Musollini and Hitler two ruthless white men who are smarter than him. We should compare him to Idi Amin the African despot who died from spyhliss or Boku Haram since he hates minorities to be compared to a minority.
Hitler, Franco, Pinochet took children away from their parents.
As does Putin. Now Trump.
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“TAKING CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS IS A FORM OF STATE TERROR.”
https://www.newyorker.com/…/taking-children-from-their-parents-is-a-form-of-state-t.
Was shaken by the recent SCOTUS rulings, but I cannot afford to let all of this evil literally sicken me as it did last year. Hanging on to the fact that a large number of Americans do not feel as those whose voices are currently the loudest and that there are still avenues available to use to correct these grievous wrongs and to make our union more perfect. many people were asleep, unaware, complacent and even indifferent. Too many took things for granted and did not want to see the dirty underbelly of this country because they thought that it did not affect them. But now, we all see clearly. If we want a better country we have to fight for it; we must be vigilant, but unafraid. As troubling as these times are, it is always better to know the truth. Now we know, and each of us must pick a side and decide what we are prepared to do and do it. I have been letting go of the bitterness (still hard) with the understanding that times like these are necessary for us to take a look at who we are and to decide what we should be. Thanks to Nerdy for keeping the village open.
I agree with all you have said…..
VC, check your email and text please 💃🏾
This won the internet today:)
Aaahh well, it was good for a chuckle tho it’s apparently not true that Mr. Levatich said this {prolly doesn’t want to publicly admit it. 😉 }
I will never forget that, as long as I live.
why do people continue to claim that kennedy is a “swing vote” ???
Is this the same way that people claim that collins and flake are “moderate”???
Judge flips Manafort (and Trump) the birdie ….
We march on…
So how do we bust out of this cage being carefully constructed around US.
VOTING: All states must have paper ballots that get scanned = paper record + electronic record = Optical-scan ballots.
Voting methods and equipment by state:
https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_methods_and_equipment_by_state
The “civility” argument is just another way of saying “Shut up and go away to liberals and Democrats.” It’s the last thing that we should do. Write letters, contact legislators, support those politicians who have the courage to speak out. That’s what being a good citizen at a time like this demands of us.
so what next? ..the brain drain as people here with green cards & students from ‘Muslim countries’ are threatened with deportation.
I voted on my way home from work this evening. Had a blast! Lovely people out there. My thought as I left my polling place: Yay, my recycling will reduce tremendously, till September/October! 😂 I’ve been under siege from those flyers! I could have reforrested Mojave Desert! 😯❤😂
Horrific tragedy.
I’ve had many issues with Warren but she makes a very compelling case about her visit here:
McConnell is Satan reincarnated.
Gorsuch is an illegal pick.
Paper ballots
Thanks to all the tireless ppl who volunteer to GOTV.
Thanks Maxine Waters. Everyone else either grow or borrow a pair … especially the GOP (Govt of Putin)
Thanks for reminding me of a tweet to McConnell I was “composing” in my head earlier. Off to send it!
HUGE upset tonight in Queens, NY. I haven’t been following this race at all, so am trying to catch up.
What ho TOD Peeps,
This lifted my spirits somewhat late today.. My CFO got a call from his wife just before he was leaving for the day and he asked where are you? She said, and I quote (because he had her on speaker phone), I’m still downtown (LA) protesting that god damn little troll Sessions had the nerve to show up in my city today. If you beat me home, can you start dinner?” He hung up a bit later and I started chuckling. He said to me, “My wife is on vacation (she’s a teacher) and since school’s out, she’s told me she doesn’t want to go anywhere for vacation because she wants to keep her time freed up this summer to protest. She was down in San Diego this past weekend on the Immigration deportations and the children, downtown LA today on the Muslim Ban, I don’t know where she’s going to be next. All I know is I’m not going anywhere this summer for family vacation. (makes a sad face) ” I said well we need folks like your wife right where she is. You should be proud and beat her home to make her some dinner!! . Resistance is hard work. Support her; the country is going to hell. He smiled and said somewhat sheepishly yeah you’re right. All I know is he betta have dinner waiting for her when she steps in the door. 😆 😆 #Resistance!
Ha. Great story!
YESSSSS!! This is what it’s going to take to get our citizens to wake up from this nightmare.
These MoFo’s are straight down lying about the babies, ransoming babies, trafficking babies, incarcerating babies. These babies, children, were not unaccompanied, but kidnapped from their parents & it’s been going on for ages of iQ45. The cover-up was Sessions coming out in April w/ his deplorable statement. It was an attempt to cover up what they had already been doing, under cover of night. This just simply breaks my very soul. How can US blind itself to these egregious Effers?
Please pardon me for my rant. Am just so shell shocked, my brain & body hurts.
Don’t worry about the rant – and hugs to you!! We all know how you feel.
😘❤
they are absolutely lying about the children- all of them.
ha, the bernie folks are going to be making a lot of noise about the defeat of congressman crowley by a democratic socialist.
mark my words, some will be tempted to re-litigate the bernie vs HRC 2016 race … and I intend to just observe the ensuring 2020 predictions
I hope people stick to supporting the new democratic candidate for congress Ms. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and not resort to lamenting bernie
As long as it isn’t Bernie running for President, I’m thinking – and hoping – she’ll get a great deal of support against whatever RWNJ is on the other side of the ticket in her district. First time I’m hearing about her, but she sounds as though she has a great résumé.
I loved this quote about Ms. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:
“She went Boston Univ., & got degrees in Economics & Intl Relations. She worked for the late Sen. Kennedy handling foreign affairs & immigration casework. After her father died of cancer & as she became an educator w/ @nhi_news, she waited tables & bartended to help her family”
she has the socio-economic priorities straight. Good luck on whatever lies ahead of her life … her political star will shine brightly now and in the future
Yes!
YES!! This is out of San Diego.
Thank God!
YAASSSS, Booms!! Let’s see how this unfolds……..
Nice takedown here.
hmm, great jobs for those pregnant russian women that seem to have no problem “immigrating” here.
It sickens me that a politician named “John Kennedy” can be such a sleazy creature. He doesn’t deserve the name.
Good morning everyone!
Have a great day
sleep has not come easy for many since the homegrown demagogue was elected.
Last night was particularly hard for some of us because it unquestionably confirmed what we all knew and that is : THIS supreme court will NEVER defend us minorities;
I happen to check off most the boxes of people the homegrown demagogue and his gop co-conspirators (elected officials and voters) hates most:
– I am black,
– I am a woman,
– I am an immigrant from a region he constantly attacks,
– I am a democrat,
– I am a person with pre-existing condition,
– I am not one of the rich and I am certainly not benefiting from his tax scam,
– I am an educated strong woman
these are times that test the soul
Yep it is horrific ((((Linda)))) and it is enraging and terrifying. But please remember that you are not alone- you have us, which may not seem real being it’s “social media” but it is… and when/if push comes to shove- I for one will use my “white privilege”, for whatever it’s worth to stand in the way, speak out, protest, protect, shelter – whatever.
gcl, I’m so sorry and feel the same way about not being able to get good rest while this ignorant racist monster is in our WH. I’m Latina and my heart is crushed daily to see what is happening at the border as these good people are being maligned and demeaned and villainized, robbed of their human rights. The faces of these children, in pain and bewildered at what is happening to them, just leaves me devastated.
Please know that there are millions of people behind you who are fighting back to stop the assaults. We are reaching a new low point every day but we have to stay strong, together. It feels like it will never end but I do feel that change is ahead. We really must all work our hardest to GOTV this November to begin to turn the tide. Thank you for being in the community of change makers. We all need each other desperately.
here is my fear but it won’t surprise me if justice kennedy has secretly worked the homegrown demagogue and mcconnell to retire at the end of this SCOTUS term and be quickly replaced by another corrupt gop extremist judge.
I do not know how many of us remember what has been written about Kennedy’s personal relationship with the traitor trump’s family.
I am not noting how members of the punditry are trying to convince us that:
(a) liar romney, who has been documented as sucking up to the homegrown demagogue even as recently as a few weeks ago, is now being hyped as the one person who will “stand up to the traitor trump” once he is elected;
(b) the conservatives on SCOTUS made their twisted logic in defense of this traitor-in-chief just because they wanted to “maintain the power of the presidency in making immigration decisions” and so could ignore the bigotry, racism and hate directed towards Muslims.
aha, the lengths towards which people will go to defend the indefensible!!!
i was just watching the appearance of Ms. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on morning joe this morning.
in my view, she is a very impressive, strong, has moral clarity and is unapologetic about her push for sustainability and socio-economic justice
the fact that she aligned herself with Bernie Sanders is telling to me….
Rachel gave a fabulous and detailed expose into how corrupt the SCOTUS decision was on the Muslim Ban…
she outline the fact that the “Evil Axis” during WWII was Italy, Germany, and Japan….but she noted it was only the Americans of Japanese descent who were imprisoned in concentration camps….
Justice Sotomayer…is a national treasure
About the young lady who beat Crowley:. I see some folks ‘ fretting’ about what her victory means. How can we have someone so ‘young’…isn’t this just a Democratic version of Dolt45 (lips pursed)
……………………………………
Ted Kennedy died in 2009. She used to work for him. That means, before she was 20 years old, she was bright enough, and focused enough, to get a job in a Senator’s office from a state that she didn’t live in. She was an active young person.
She didn’t just fall off the turnip truck.
From her wikipedia page (which didn’t exist until last night, I think)
This was Crowley race to lose….and there was low voter turnout….low voter turn out stilllll…in this time when each and every vote counts…when folks are having their votes stolen or suppressed…NYers still could not find their way to vote…. (exasperation)
Crowley did not get his voters out….Ocasio-Cortez did….
the fact that she aligned herself to Bernie Sanders says it all for me….
Crowley conceded and endorsed her….i hope that she accepts his endorsement…and that they can work together to save the seat….
She doesn’t strike me as a divider. Time will tell.
good sign….
trying not to be too cynical….
i have seen several tweets that attest you your comments
UGH UGH UGH
Meta, Stephanie Ruhle and Ali Tried it this morning with Ben Jealous.
These people have come to believe this is their bread and butter and they’ve been given positive reinforcement for it. TUNE THEM OUT.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/06/27/summer-reading-list/
I am just completely sickened at this disgusting display.