"Here's a tipoff for when a lawyer knows he has a weak argument: he resorts to the slippery slope. Based on Tuesday's arguments before the Supreme Court … about efforts to obtain Pres. Trump's tax returns … his lawyers know that they are in trouble." https://t.co/1rumJwduzH
If I were a Senator or Congressman, the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR, is former President Obama. He knew EVERYTHING. Do it @LindseyGrahamSC, just do it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. No more talk!
Today’s a great day to remind everyone that we still don’t really know who Jared is, or why donald follows his every command – even when donald knows it will cause him profound political harm and inflict mass death on innocent American civilians. https://t.co/7orowtlzMJ
“The Huge Cost of Waiting to Contain the Pandemic” (NYT)
“A new epidemiology model finds that, if Trump had taken action on social distancing two weeks earlier than he did, 90% of U.S. coronavirus deaths could have been prevented.”
–90%.
We're in the middle of a devastating pandemic. GOP questioning of Dr. Bright seems to be focused on covering Trump's ass and not on actually protecting Americans, on science, or on what we can do better going forward.
Barr is no match for the folk aligning against him and neither is Trump.
I'm absolutely gleeful. 😎 Judge John Gleeson was the Federal prosecutor who took down the Gambino and Colombo crime families – and put away JOHN GOTTI.
“The former national security adviser admitted in court under oath three times before two different judges that he lied to the FBI. His assertion now that he did not actually do that means he lied to the court.” The court can hold him in criminal contempt.https://t.co/5XOrxY6QZs
My granddaughter would love this…HA! words are her thing…and it is esp deep because she has a reading disability that she has Conquered …with the help from my daughter…smile…and now…she just loves words
“Finally, a virus got me.’”
Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19:
Virologist Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, fell ill with COVID-19 in mid-March. He spent a week in a hospital and has been recovering at his home in London since.
Climbing a flight of stairs still leaves him breathless….
After fighting viruses all over the world for more than 40 years, I have become an expert in infections. I’m glad I had corona and not Ebola, although I read a scientific study yesterday that concluded you have a 30% chance of dying if you end up in a British hospital with COVID-19.
That’s about the same overall mortality rate as for Ebola in 2014 in West Africa….
I have devoted my life to fighting viruses and finally, they get their revenge. For a week I balanced between heaven and Earth…”
(https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/finally-virus-got-me-scientist-who-fought-ebola-and-hiv-reflects-facing-death-covid-19)
–his story drives home the reality.
Sen. Richard Burr stepping down as chairman of Intelligence Committee amid investigation of his stock sales before coronavirus outbreak
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement Thursday: “Senator Burr contacted me this morning to inform me of his decision to step aside as Chairman of the Intelligence Committee during the pendency of the investigation. We agreed that this decision would be in the best interests of the committee and will be effective at the end of the day tomorrow.”
The FBI executed a warrant and seized the cellphone of Burr (R-N.C.) late Wednesday, escalating the investigation of whether any laws were broken when he sold a significant share of his stocks before the coronavirus outbreak crashed financial markets.
I read an opinion that McConnell will replace Burr with a strong Trump supporter committee chair. The soon to be released Senate report agreeing with the earlier Russian meddling investigation of the 2016 election will show a different result or the release will be delayed for political purposes.
“Sen. John Cornyn encouraged his Texas constituents to use the Affordable Care Act after fighting to repeal it.”
Cornyn: “The good news is that if you lose your employer-provided coverage,
which covers about a 180 million Americans, that is a significant life event,
which makes you then eligible to sign up for the Affordable Care Act…
As you know, it has a sliding scale of subsidies up to 400% of poverty.
So that’s an option for people.”
Video: (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-cornyn-affordable-care-act-repeal_n_5eb99535c5b65e6c9a4d98d0)
—And how many times has GOP Cornyn voted to repeal the ACA.
“60 days into the coronavirus crisis, the White House does not have a plan, a framework, a philosophy,
or a goal.” (Ezra Klein)
“Trump has substituted showmanship for action, playing the president on TV but refusing to do the actual job.
He has both dominated the airwaves and abdicated his duties. As a result, America’s progress against the coronavirus has stalled, even as the lockdown has driven the economy into crisis.”
(https://www.vox.com/2020/5/13/21255221/trump-coronavirus-plan-covid reopening-lockdown-liberate)
–Pence and friends “maneuvering around the president’s grudges and impulses” instead of saving lives.
Seriously ObamaGate IMO is a desperation play and the fact that Team Trump felt the need to pull the pin on that grenade this soon is telegraphing real panic that this could be going bad for them.
— Wakandan Establishment Shill (@Kennymack1971) May 14, 2020
Team Trump is learning what Team Bernie learned, they can't use the Hillary playbook on Biden. And the few smart people on that team know the environment that helped his "win" in 2016 is not there.
I wonder if Burr is being allowed to be investigated because he didn’t have Trump’s back at all times. Others have done similar things and been left alone.
What I mentioned above about McConnell replacing Burr with a more Trump friendly Chair before the release of their report is being mentioned currently by Rachel too.
Lawrence O’Donnell so brilliantly on “stealing the grief.”
“On Donald Trump’s renomination day,
the model now projects that we will have about 160,000 confirmed deaths from Coronavirus, and we can be guaranteed that in Donald Trump’s acceptance speech that night, that that number will be ignored or lied about.
Donald Trump has lied about deaths before. The most loathsome lie that Donald Trump told as a candidate, was that he lost ‘hundreds of friends” on 9/11. (video)
When Donald Trump said that at the South Carolina debate, I immediately tweeted that he was lying.
The next day Donald Trump changed the “hundreds of friends” to “many, many friends”….I immediately tweeted that that was also a lie. The truth is that Donald Trump lost zero friends on 9/11. Zero.
He did not attend a single 9/11 funeral. Not one.
And what he was trying to do for his political gain was to steal the grief of thousands of people who lost family members and loved ones and friends on 9/11.
Donald Trump was trying to steal their grief and make it his own and turn it into political currency.
And that same Donald Trump is now trying to steal the grief of thousands of American families who have lost a loved one to Coronavirus. The thousands upon thousands who have lost a friend to Coronavirus.
Donald Trump wants to steal their grief. And make it disappear- just throw it away.
Just pretend that that grief and those deaths do not exist.
It is impossible for Donald Trump to dishonor the American dead in this pandemic more than denying the truths of their deaths. To pretend their deaths did not happen is to pretend their lives did not happen.
It is to pretend that their lives did not end in a previously inconceivable way, in a hospital bed, alone in a room,
no family allowed, no hand holding at the bedside, on that final day, in that final moment.
And then no funeral, no memorial service of any kind where the grieving could gather,
were they could wrap their arms around each other to try to contain that grief.
Donald Trump is going to dishonor all of that.”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnu_0Svk8LM&list=PLDIVi-vBsOEygID4uPKD-GL39WY-tEDyp&index=5&t=0s)
REAL men don’t need a MASK when we go to the store because we’re not SCARED. All we need is an ASSAULT RIFLE and maybe a ROCKET LAUNCHER in case the YOGURT tries anything STUPID
“Ultimately, the rejection of mask-wearing
really goes back to the fact
that Trump, Ingraham and their most faithful followers are guided by fascist impulse, even when they don’t or can’t articulate a fully fleshed-out fascist ideology.
Above all other things, the fascist personality is one that rejects even the possibility of sickness.
To wear a mask is to publicly admit that one’s body is suspectible to illness,
which is coded as “weak” and therefore unacceptable.
The fascist narrative, Strobl explained, is that “men aren’t men anymore, but nervous, urban, overly intellectualized and (here it comes) sickly weaklings.
Weakness is never worthy of protection and has to be cast out. This is fascism…
The fascist believes that those viewed as “weak” have an obligation to die “without protest for the greater good” and that if “they don’t do it, they are weak and the weak drag everyone else down
and therefore must be done away with.”
(https://www.salon.com/2020/05/08/oops-they-did-it-again-trumps-refusal-to-wear-a-mask-as-a-signal-to-fascism/)
“To wear a mask, in other words, indicates a belief that your personal body can become infected.
A fascist-minded person like Trump cannot admit such a thing, either because he genuinely believes he is too strong to be affected by the virus or because he fears looking weak in public.
Just as important, wearing a mask indicates care and concern for others, especially those who are
high-risk. But the fascist-minded person doesn’t want to protect those viewed as “weak” — in fact, those people are expected to die so as not to be a burden on others. As Strobl points out, the far right believes that by becoming seriously ill or dying in service to some warped conception of the greater good,
the “weak” can prove themselves strong through their sacrifice.”
Raiding the Treasury of the PEOPLE’S MONEY to give to his crony donors!
A private jet company founded by a donor to Trump received nearly $27 million in government funding under a program run by the Treasury Department, according to government filings. https://t.co/Hua7WF23WM
President Obama will be televised in prime time on every network (including Fox) on May 16 giving a commencement speech to the entire high school graduating class of 2020. For an full, uninterrupted hour.
Dr. Bright: "I'll never forget the emails I received from [mask manufacturer] Mike Bowen indicating that our mask supply, our N95 respirator supply was completely decimated. And he said, 'We're in deep shit. The world is. And we need to act.'"
The media is struggling with how to cover the GOP's stated goal to restrict voting rights. It shouldn't "both-sides" this. One side wants more voting rights, the other less. When the GOP lies about "fraud," the media must call them out as false.
Biden For President event.
With Governor Whitmer (MI), Governors Murphy (NJ), Governor Lamont (CT):
VP JOE BIDEN
“…Governors, mayors and local leaders you are all stepping up across the country….
filling the vacuum of leadership…Federal government…should be fighting like hell to get to your states the PPE and the testing and the funding that you so desperately need…
This is not a moment for excuses, or deflection or blame game.
We’re in the middle of a pandemic that has cost us more than 85,000 lives.
The lives of millions of people, millions of jobs…
365 million claims since this crisis began in the last week, and almost 3,000,000 new claims in the last week. The unemployment rate is nearing 15%, highest since the Great Depression.
40% of households making $40,000 or less experienced a job loss just in March.
We’re going to have to work harder and smarter to bring ourselves out of the economic tailspin.
But I know what all of you know. That the only way out of this is by following the science, listening to the experts, taking responsible precautions that our going to help us reopen the economy as quickly as possible. As we do, there’s got to be federal support to state and local levels of our government so that we’ll be able to come out of this crisis stronger and more united.
We have an opportunity in my view to transform the economy.
To build a more resilient and inclusive middle class, and I think, that can withstand the next public crisis whatever it is, however it comes about. Not just reward the people who are well-off and well-connected.
It’s time for us to ensure that everyone gets a fair shot at success in this country…We’ve got a lot of ground to cover, so let’s start with this:
We know the virus can hit anyone, but it doesn’t affect every community the same.
It is the most vulnerable, the least resourced, hit the hardest.
And Governor Whitmer,
I know you created in Michigan a coronavirus taskforce on racial disparities, to address the disproportionate impact the virus is having on communities of color….
This is amazing. Trump has tried to reduce this race to one-word tweets like “Obamagate” and so President Obama is tweeting the only word in all of this that matters: “Vote.”
“Trump is fading so badly in the cognitive department, whenever he gets asked about the scandal,
he merely yells “Obamagate” – in the hope that others will fill in the blanks for him. Instead, this is rapidly turning into a complete punchline. At this point #Obamagategate and #YOMAMAGATE are trending as everyone mocks Trump for his idiocy.”
–um it’s called p–sing in the wind.
Remember that time when people thought that exposing lots of other people to excruciating lonely disease and death was their patriotic duty because they believed a Con Man Clown whose sole preoccupation was watching TV, tweeting and stealing from them?
I want to take a moment to recognize the thousands of City workers-librarians, election officials, janitors, planners-who continue to show up every day, often in completely new roles with completely new responsibilities, to respond to COVID-19.https://t.co/9ZSJpXSINk
New unemployment filings peaked at a staggering 6.9 million in the week ending March 28, and remain in the millions even as the number of Americans filing has been slowly decreasing.
⚠️Nearly 200 cases & rising of a rare multi-organ inflammatory syndrome in kids AFTER #coronavirus infection. Symptoms include fever, red eyes, bright red "strawberry" tongue, cracked lips, rash, and dysfunction of the kidneys or heart.#KawasakiDiseasehttps://t.co/oTghoK5Ipo
Donald Trump can deflect and shift blame all he wants, but the hard truth is he failed to protect our nation from the worst public health and economic crisis in our lifetime. pic.twitter.com/5kHQnJrK2a
President Obama addressing 7 excuses of why people don’t vote:
1—Don’t care about politics 2—Can’t relate to the candidates 3—My vote doesn’t matter 4—Midterms are boring 5— I am uniformed 6—Don’t know where I’m supposed to vote 7—No time to vote#VOTEpic.twitter.com/cwk6tVO9IS
Still want to know who paid off Brett Kavanaugh’s $92,000 country club fees plus his $200,000 credit card debt plus his $1.2 million mortgage, and purchased themselves a SCOTUS seat? We still want to know. Keep it going. #kavanaughcorruption
Devin Nunes says Republicans were forced to ballot harvest in California because it’s the only way to win. He goes on to say he doesn’t like it because it’s illegal in 49 states. pic.twitter.com/t7TpdcZIRQ
He can try & stop mail-in voting. He can try & kill USPS. He can organize Obama show trials. He can lie about testing. He can minimize the death count. He can rely on his buddies in Moscow. But I'd walk barefoot over broken glass w/o a mask to vote him out. I hope you agree.
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) May 15, 2020
I think Joe and Stacey interacted very well on Lawrence’s show tonight, it felt very comfortable watching them together, and – although I’m afraid to hope for any one person – I’m in, if she’s his choice.
@JoeBiden I don't want to get my hopes up and I'm with your choice, in any regard, but @staceyabrams could just pack up her work files and move into your VP's office in January 2021 and keep going on behalf of We The People ~ to help you restore the soul of America. #Biden2020
i will say it….i do not like the VP stakes…everyone jockeying for position…Abrams seems to be doing the most…but when Biden mentioned her as a VP candidate early last year her comment was that no one auditions for 2nd place…but now here she is…that just rubs me the wrong way…but if Biden were to select her it is not a game loser for me…but i do i have my choice…
I wonder why Lawrence O’Donnell set this up in this manner…hmmmm
With you on this Sheila. It reeks of desperation and, to me, a blatant disregard of Biden’s absolute right to choose who he deems most likely to appeal to a very broad audience.
Yes, I remember when she made that comment. I started to “look away” at that point. Truth be told, I’m trying to talk myself into supporting anybody who appears to be up for the selection, mostly because I can’t take the personal disappointment if I get my hopes dashed again (and it’s all about me!) (not!). I have my choice, too – just not going to cling to it! And on your final point, Lawrence said during the show that it was Joe’s idea to invite Stacey Abrams on with him. Sounded like that’s why Lawrence was waiting for an announcement, but I think it’s still too early for an announcement. Not that I’m any expert, of course! Been wrong before!
when is the convention…August?….so perhaps in July we will know for sure….on Another note seeing my daughter’s name on the PA ballot as a delegate for Joe Biden was soooooooo exciting..:-)) …i do not know how they will handle the convention…on a side note… despite Sanders being all chummy chummy with Biden..his name and delegates are still on the PA ballot…i tell you ..i understand why Biden is doing what he is doing…but this is the same bunch that wants to primary CBC members…i just don’t trust them…my daughter says that it is a case of keeping your enemies close…i suppose…but i know that it will take an entire village to defeat Trump
🚨 And there it is. GOP Sen. Loeffler has turned over documents to federal law enforcement and financial authorities about the sales of millions of dollars of stock owned by her and her husband in the wake of a closed-door Senate briefing on coronavirus.https://t.co/y0CWRhiUS3
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 15, 2020
President Barack Obama will give the Class of 2020 National Commencement plus a star studded cast including LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai and Magan Rapinoe to honor the class of 2020 Sat May16 at 8 PM EDT on ABC,CBS,NBC and FOX let's all tune in Congratulations Class of 2020 pic.twitter.com/PaQMqSf9e1
I can not WAIT to see these Obama commencement addresses. EVERYBODY WATCH!! Trump's brain will literally EXPLODE if these rate higher than his stupid-ass, full of lies press conferences! pic.twitter.com/L2MFqVWE8z
#DU20 we aren’t done celebrating you! The National HBCU Commencement Celebration will be one to remember. Be sure to join us👍🏾 #MyDUpic.twitter.com/TQHcTuosyN
Gonna try not to dwell much on the orange blob today! But I got this out of my system, first.
Pathetic trump inherited racism and wealth from his father. He only chose to squander the wealth part. He came into the WH as a racist, and he'll leave the same way, when we vote him out. Not a good example for anybody's children; won't read good in the history books. Pathetic.
President Obama is addressing all of the high school graduates of America this Saturday and all of the major networks are carrying it. Please RT! https://t.co/So5j0Wv1Qq
— 💙 Latina 4 Justice 💙 (@impeach_45NOW) May 15, 2020
This is what happens when you legalize bringing guns everywhere, including the legislature. Government must shut down for safety even as no laws have been broken that you can enforce. https://t.co/XNEC1mhY5I
Trump’s gonna lie about vaccine development in the rose garden at noon today. He doesn’t even have a basic plan in place, let alone a testing strategy. Both are urgent. We aren’t getting a vaccine this year. So this is nothing more than another twisted PR stunt. #TrumpHasNoPlan
COMING UP…
Also here: https://www.ny.gov/
He must really be scared.
Me either
he expects to be President for Life
He is mistaken
ShaaaaaaaaZammmmmmmmmmmmmm!!
“The Huge Cost of Waiting to Contain the Pandemic” (NYT)
“A new epidemiology model finds that, if Trump had taken action on social distancing two weeks earlier than he did, 90% of U.S. coronavirus deaths could have been prevented.”
–90%.
I know. You’re shocked.
Barr is no match for the folk aligning against him and neither is Trump.
The truth always comes out. I want them ALL put away!!!
LOL
Great convo!!
My granddaughter would love this…HA! words are her thing…and it is esp deep because she has a reading disability that she has Conquered …with the help from my daughter…smile…and now…she just loves words
says it can’t be played:(
Oh that’s so great!!!!!!!!!!!!!
♥️🤓
“Finally, a virus got me.’”
Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19:
Virologist Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, fell ill with COVID-19 in mid-March. He spent a week in a hospital and has been recovering at his home in London since.
Climbing a flight of stairs still leaves him breathless….
After fighting viruses all over the world for more than 40 years, I have become an expert in infections. I’m glad I had corona and not Ebola, although I read a scientific study yesterday that concluded you have a 30% chance of dying if you end up in a British hospital with COVID-19.
That’s about the same overall mortality rate as for Ebola in 2014 in West Africa….
I have devoted my life to fighting viruses and finally, they get their revenge. For a week I balanced between heaven and Earth…”
(https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/finally-virus-got-me-scientist-who-fought-ebola-and-hiv-reflects-facing-death-covid-19)
–his story drives home the reality.
Sen. Richard Burr stepping down as chairman of Intelligence Committee amid investigation of his stock sales before coronavirus outbreak
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement Thursday: “Senator Burr contacted me this morning to inform me of his decision to step aside as Chairman of the Intelligence Committee during the pendency of the investigation. We agreed that this decision would be in the best interests of the committee and will be effective at the end of the day tomorrow.”
The FBI executed a warrant and seized the cellphone of Burr (R-N.C.) late Wednesday, escalating the investigation of whether any laws were broken when he sold a significant share of his stocks before the coronavirus outbreak crashed financial markets.
I read an opinion that McConnell will replace Burr with a strong Trump supporter committee chair. The soon to be released Senate report agreeing with the earlier Russian meddling investigation of the 2016 election will show a different result or the release will be delayed for political purposes.
Greetings, TOD! ❤️😎🌹
Thank you, Nerdy!
I’m so looking forward to visiting the Obama Presidential Center /Library when it opens.
“Sen. John Cornyn encouraged his Texas constituents to use the Affordable Care Act after fighting to repeal it.”
Cornyn: “The good news is that if you lose your employer-provided coverage,
which covers about a 180 million Americans, that is a significant life event,
which makes you then eligible to sign up for the Affordable Care Act…
As you know, it has a sliding scale of subsidies up to 400% of poverty.
So that’s an option for people.”
Video: (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-cornyn-affordable-care-act-repeal_n_5eb99535c5b65e6c9a4d98d0)
—And how many times has GOP Cornyn voted to repeal the ACA.
“60 days into the coronavirus crisis, the White House does not have a plan, a framework, a philosophy,
or a goal.” (Ezra Klein)
“Trump has substituted showmanship for action, playing the president on TV but refusing to do the actual job.
He has both dominated the airwaves and abdicated his duties. As a result, America’s progress against the coronavirus has stalled, even as the lockdown has driven the economy into crisis.”
(https://www.vox.com/2020/5/13/21255221/trump-coronavirus-plan-covid reopening-lockdown-liberate)
–Pence and friends “maneuvering around the president’s grudges and impulses” instead of saving lives.
I wonder if Burr is being allowed to be investigated because he didn’t have Trump’s back at all times. Others have done similar things and been left alone.
Yeah… will Loeffler (R-GA) be investigated (didn’t she make the most money) or does she fall into that “Have tRump’s Back At ALL Times” category?
Exactly.
What I mentioned above about McConnell replacing Burr with a more Trump friendly Chair before the release of their report is being mentioned currently by Rachel too.
Lawrence O’Donnell so brilliantly on “stealing the grief.”
“On Donald Trump’s renomination day,
the model now projects that we will have about 160,000 confirmed deaths from Coronavirus, and we can be guaranteed that in Donald Trump’s acceptance speech that night, that that number will be ignored or lied about.
Donald Trump has lied about deaths before. The most loathsome lie that Donald Trump told as a candidate, was that he lost ‘hundreds of friends” on 9/11. (video)
When Donald Trump said that at the South Carolina debate, I immediately tweeted that he was lying.
The next day Donald Trump changed the “hundreds of friends” to “many, many friends”….I immediately tweeted that that was also a lie. The truth is that Donald Trump lost zero friends on 9/11. Zero.
He did not attend a single 9/11 funeral. Not one.
And what he was trying to do for his political gain was to steal the grief of thousands of people who lost family members and loved ones and friends on 9/11.
Donald Trump was trying to steal their grief and make it his own and turn it into political currency.
And that same Donald Trump is now trying to steal the grief of thousands of American families who have lost a loved one to Coronavirus. The thousands upon thousands who have lost a friend to Coronavirus.
Donald Trump wants to steal their grief. And make it disappear- just throw it away.
Just pretend that that grief and those deaths do not exist.
It is impossible for Donald Trump to dishonor the American dead in this pandemic more than denying the truths of their deaths. To pretend their deaths did not happen is to pretend their lives did not happen.
It is to pretend that their lives did not end in a previously inconceivable way, in a hospital bed, alone in a room,
no family allowed, no hand holding at the bedside, on that final day, in that final moment.
And then no funeral, no memorial service of any kind where the grieving could gather,
were they could wrap their arms around each other to try to contain that grief.
Donald Trump is going to dishonor all of that.”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnu_0Svk8LM&list=PLDIVi-vBsOEygID4uPKD-GL39WY-tEDyp&index=5&t=0s)
Gosh I so miss those two being in the White House. I sat there listening to them reading that book just like I was a little kid.
Me too!
Joe Biden with Stacey Abrams: Last Word Special.
Tonight with Lawrence O’Donnell at 10pm ET.
(MSNBC)
Can you imagine Trump and Melania reading books to kids? Trump couldn’t even pronounce the words in the book.
Neither could Melania.
Seriously.
“Ultimately, the rejection of mask-wearing
really goes back to the fact
that Trump, Ingraham and their most faithful followers are guided by fascist impulse, even when they don’t or can’t articulate a fully fleshed-out fascist ideology.
Above all other things, the fascist personality is one that rejects even the possibility of sickness.
To wear a mask is to publicly admit that one’s body is suspectible to illness,
which is coded as “weak” and therefore unacceptable.
The fascist narrative, Strobl explained, is that “men aren’t men anymore, but nervous, urban, overly intellectualized and (here it comes) sickly weaklings.
Weakness is never worthy of protection and has to be cast out. This is fascism…
The fascist believes that those viewed as “weak” have an obligation to die “without protest for the greater good” and that if “they don’t do it, they are weak and the weak drag everyone else down
and therefore must be done away with.”
(https://www.salon.com/2020/05/08/oops-they-did-it-again-trumps-refusal-to-wear-a-mask-as-a-signal-to-fascism/)
“To wear a mask, in other words, indicates a belief that your personal body can become infected.
A fascist-minded person like Trump cannot admit such a thing, either because he genuinely believes he is too strong to be affected by the virus or because he fears looking weak in public.
Just as important, wearing a mask indicates care and concern for others, especially those who are
high-risk. But the fascist-minded person doesn’t want to protect those viewed as “weak” — in fact, those people are expected to die so as not to be a burden on others. As Strobl points out, the far right believes that by becoming seriously ill or dying in service to some warped conception of the greater good,
the “weak” can prove themselves strong through their sacrifice.”
Raiding the Treasury of the PEOPLE’S MONEY to give to his crony donors!
And I may just watch:)!!!
I can’t wait to watch President Obama speak. I miss it so much. His use of language, his use of history…it will be epic.
All of this:)
Deep shit
KEEPING IT SIMPLE.
and powerful.
EXACTLY!
Gorgeous story from the Fave Duo here:
video: (https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/497769-obamas-in-video-read-aloud-childrens-book-to-give-all-you)
Biden For President event.
With Governor Whitmer (MI), Governors Murphy (NJ), Governor Lamont (CT):
VP JOE BIDEN
“…Governors, mayors and local leaders you are all stepping up across the country….
filling the vacuum of leadership…Federal government…should be fighting like hell to get to your states the PPE and the testing and the funding that you so desperately need…
This is not a moment for excuses, or deflection or blame game.
We’re in the middle of a pandemic that has cost us more than 85,000 lives.
The lives of millions of people, millions of jobs…
365 million claims since this crisis began in the last week, and almost 3,000,000 new claims in the last week. The unemployment rate is nearing 15%, highest since the Great Depression.
40% of households making $40,000 or less experienced a job loss just in March.
We’re going to have to work harder and smarter to bring ourselves out of the economic tailspin.
But I know what all of you know. That the only way out of this is by following the science, listening to the experts, taking responsible precautions that our going to help us reopen the economy as quickly as possible. As we do, there’s got to be federal support to state and local levels of our government so that we’ll be able to come out of this crisis stronger and more united.
We have an opportunity in my view to transform the economy.
To build a more resilient and inclusive middle class, and I think, that can withstand the next public crisis whatever it is, however it comes about. Not just reward the people who are well-off and well-connected.
It’s time for us to ensure that everyone gets a fair shot at success in this country…We’ve got a lot of ground to cover, so let’s start with this:
We know the virus can hit anyone, but it doesn’t affect every community the same.
It is the most vulnerable, the least resourced, hit the hardest.
And Governor Whitmer,
I know you created in Michigan a coronavirus taskforce on racial disparities, to address the disproportionate impact the virus is having on communities of color….
Incredible discussion start to finish. Joe is so on it. Such good people and good leaders we have.
Yes. We. Can.
“Trump is fading so badly in the cognitive department, whenever he gets asked about the scandal,
he merely yells “Obamagate” – in the hope that others will fill in the blanks for him. Instead, this is rapidly turning into a complete punchline. At this point #Obamagategate and #YOMAMAGATE are trending as everyone mocks Trump for his idiocy.”
–um it’s called p–sing in the wind.
We still have not seen Trump taxes…..in other word #TRUMPTAXGATE
Keeping it real.
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When a city pulls together:
That’s freakin’ awesome, Bob!
You’re so kind, Jacqueline!!
Hope you have a restful evening.
Goodnight TOD.
Thanks, Bob! (Just seeing this!)
MARK IT!!
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ohhh the babies
Leadership, matters.
Johnson is as loopy and dangerous as Trump.
LOL.
I think so!
Mentally deficient would be too kind
MoscowMitch is conceding that in 2020, the Senate is in Play.
Now let’s see if Grand Dragon Mitch will admit that this Obamagate is alot of B.S.
McConnell gets no kudos from me
She is soooo good! 😆
Joe Biden and Stacey Abrams on shortly:
Last Word Special = Lawrence O’Donnell at 10pm ET.
(MSNBC)
It’s been fabulous so far! Loving it.
You don’t say!
Election fraud.
I’m sitting here watching Lawrence’s show, with Joe Biden on it. He’s doing a great job, and they will now be joined by Stacey Abrams. (Yeehaw.)
Stacey Abrams‼️ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. Sweet Jesus. She.is.something.else.
And luckily I’m pretty sure Joe Biden knows it.
I think Joe and Stacey interacted very well on Lawrence’s show tonight, it felt very comfortable watching them together, and – although I’m afraid to hope for any one person – I’m in, if she’s his choice.
i will say it….i do not like the VP stakes…everyone jockeying for position…Abrams seems to be doing the most…but when Biden mentioned her as a VP candidate early last year her comment was that no one auditions for 2nd place…but now here she is…that just rubs me the wrong way…but if Biden were to select her it is not a game loser for me…but i do i have my choice…
I wonder why Lawrence O’Donnell set this up in this manner…hmmmm
With you on this Sheila. It reeks of desperation and, to me, a blatant disregard of Biden’s absolute right to choose who he deems most likely to appeal to a very broad audience.
Yes, I remember when she made that comment. I started to “look away” at that point. Truth be told, I’m trying to talk myself into supporting anybody who appears to be up for the selection, mostly because I can’t take the personal disappointment if I get my hopes dashed again (and it’s all about me!) (not!). I have my choice, too – just not going to cling to it! And on your final point, Lawrence said during the show that it was Joe’s idea to invite Stacey Abrams on with him. Sounded like that’s why Lawrence was waiting for an announcement, but I think it’s still too early for an announcement. Not that I’m any expert, of course! Been wrong before!
when is the convention…August?….so perhaps in July we will know for sure….on Another note seeing my daughter’s name on the PA ballot as a delegate for Joe Biden was soooooooo exciting..:-)) …i do not know how they will handle the convention…on a side note… despite Sanders being all chummy chummy with Biden..his name and delegates are still on the PA ballot…i tell you ..i understand why Biden is doing what he is doing…but this is the same bunch that wants to primary CBC members…i just don’t trust them…my daughter says that it is a case of keeping your enemies close…i suppose…but i know that it will take an entire village to defeat Trump
Just seeing your powerful message! And congrats to your daughter – how wonderful!!!
Can’t wait until we can get to see the “relaxed days” of these two back together again, every now and then!
Goodnight, TODville – and all the ships at sea!
Reminder: Mark your calendars if you haven’t already.
Coming up this Saturday May 16
2pm ET
President O and some celebrity guests salute HBCU graduates
8pm ET President O’s National Commencement speech for high schools (will be carried live by major TV networks)
Saturday June 6
3pm ET
Mrs. O gives the Reach Higher virtual commencement speech
Good Night
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Thank you so much, MP! ❤️🌹
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❤️ Priorities
Something beautiful to start your morning. ☀️
Gonna try not to dwell much on the orange blob today! But I got this out of my system, first.
Morning everyone
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/05/15/vote-4/