Moscow Mitch blocking a vote on HR 1 which would provide money and more for election security is in effect a knee on the neck of democracy, as is tRump’s BS about voter fraud. We know the GOP cheats to win, endangering people’s lives in the process. Racism is genocide as is Covid-19.
A woman who was arrested near a #neworleans#protest is released after hundreds of protesters immediately surrounded the #police car demanding for her to be released. This is the moment when she steps out of the police car. Video by Chris Granger #protestspic.twitter.com/g9naN9i4RR
There’s more to this amazing story. Check this out thread!
Today I got to help a few folks and it reminded me why I got a law degree.
I identified myself as an attorney and talked to some of the officers who said that she wasn’t being charged or arrested but that they “just wanted to identify her.” https://t.co/PeygsZsBFE
He actually listened to me! He told me to wait and said that once the crowd backed up they would let her out. After she was released, I found out another woman had already been taken to the station so I went back to the commanding officers to discuss her release as well.
If we're smart, #COVID19 can help eradicate #COVID1619 infected individuals, i.e., those who have always crippled America from manifesting its CORE VALUE that EVERY Person is to be cherished, nurtured and protected from abuse.
did you ever go into the office kitchen and find someone stole your coffee or popcorn?
did you ever consider that it might have been the Chicago police, who broke into your office and ate your food and slept on your couch as Black businesses burned nearbyhttps://t.co/PqUuv8I2WY
— wikipedia brown wants a refund on the police plz (@eveewing) June 11, 2020
.@chucktodd, the Political Director of NBC News just asked @TomPerez on @MSNBC if @JoeBiden's getting out of his house & in the public eye enough. @MSNBC did not carry @JoeBiden's event today live.
If this actually happens, every one of these witnesses will run verbal, legal, factual & intellectual circles around hapless Lindsey Graham & the others in the covey of Trump’s Senate synchophants. They can & will expose Trump’s lies & his Russian connections. Bring it! https://t.co/WMc9cboWt3
Good Morning.
Watch this and see if you agree these 27 minutes of your time were well spent. Trust me and watch to the end. We are connected in so many ways; some you might never imagine. 🙏🏾
A judge is threatening to hold Tennessee officials in contempt for not allowing coronavirus fears as a valid excuse for mail-in voting.https://t.co/5POtGd6CL5
What do you think will happen if Trump stays in power?
What will happen to: civil rights, free speech & press, our courts, the rule of law, proper governing, our budget, our tax laws, women’s rights, gay right’s, education, the environment?
91 years ago #OTD in 1929, Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt. She received an empty diary on her 13th birthday. She & her sister died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.
I’m reading this morning from my NYT snip that comes to my email, that Kamala Harris is emerging as top VP pick. Let’s hope so. And I hope Joe starts dropping names sooner rather than later about who his choices to lead are.
Yeh but they don’t do that (officially reveal who’s being considering during the vetting process) and Joe’s already said why. It’s a good bet he’ll stick to that. People outside the campaign will continue speculating, guessing and suggesting as always. Ultimately we’ll know when Joe wants us to know. In the meantime, we kinda know… But not really. 🙃😁
Very disturbing that factual information about postive cases in Montgomery, which have risen 500% since the pandemic began according to Forbes, simply will not post on here.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed sounded the alarm to Maddow 3 weeks ago:
“Right now in Montgomery we are at a point where we can see the cliff and we don’t want to get too close to it for fear of falling off.”
“The filling up and spilling over of hospitals in Alabama…the steady rise in new cases also comes as people have been gathering on the streets of Montgomery and elsewhere in Alabama, in protest over the death of George Floyd, in protest against police violence, and in favor of racial justice. Multiple protests, crowded protests, over the last few weeks have added a new layer of complexity to a public health crisis, and to how to govern responsively and effectively in the middle of this coming from all sides.” (Maddow)
Maddow: “Checking back in with you. How are things going in your city?”
Mayor Steven Reed:
“Rachel I wish I could say they were going a lot better, but unfortunately they’re going in the wrong direction. We’re at a point right now that will surpass where we were in May and we’re only through the first 11 days of June. And unfortunately, while we have beds and ventilators available, we are full, we are at capacity with our ICU beds here in Montgomery. And we just can’t seem to get people to understand that we have not won the battle with COVID-19 yet, and we have to continue to be vigilant in this process. Right now in the city, seems as though some people are wearing masks, some others are not. And I think that’s problematic regarding the trend line that we would like to see versus the one that is the reality right now.”
Mayor Reed:
“It’s just that the ICU beds are full, but they have the capacity to convert other rooms into ICU units. So they feel like it is a manageable situation right now, but it’s not one that we can sustain. And the problem with that is that our hospital staff are fatigued, they’re emotionally and physically worn out, and we’re starting to see some of those cracks. And I think for a community such as ours, we have to remind ourselves that we each have a responsibility in this. And we each have to make sure that although we want to get to the end of this series, so to speak, we aren’t there yet. We’re still in the beginning, or maybe the middle at best, of this battle with COVID-19 virus and we have to do those things that we were doing just a couple of months ago.”
Mayor Reed:
“And right now we have been doing those and talking with Dr. Scott Harris, our Director for the Department of Public Health, he believes this is the perfect timing for what could be traced back to Memorial Day weekend. And this is about that incubation time we’re seeing now…when people gathered together over Memorial Day and certainly days before and after, that are producing some of these results and the skyrocketing numbers.”
Maddow:
“Mr. Mayor are you concerned that, I know you’ve had some healthy protests in Montgomery Alabama, just like like every city in the country did in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, these racial justice protests. Are you concerned that they may also have been a factor in terms of new cases, and new exposures in your state and in your city?”
Mayor Reed:
“I think that we’ll see those results coming in the next few days and weeks. And I certainly understand those protestors who wanted to get out there and express their rage, their anger and their frustration at the system. Here in Montgomery they were very peaceful, they were very purposeful. And we made it our part to hear exactly what their complaints were, what changes they wanted to see. So I think we will see the impact of those protests in the upcoming days. What I think we see right now is this being a wedge issue unfortunately, and some people choosing to abide by the social distancing guidelines, and others who are not. And unfortunately if you are here in the grocery store, if you are out and about, you don’t know who is asymptomatic or who is pre-symptomatic, or who is symptomatic. What we know is that not enough people are wearing masks, not enough people are staying at home. We cannot sustain this rate of infection, not only in Montgomery but in other parts of Alabama.”
A national policy of everybody wearing a mask will save countless lives.
We cannot end the spread while ever states and cities are doing a mishmash cross-infection approach.
Half the country is opening up after they didn’t lock down! This can only lead to numbers skyrocketing.
Q: What is the payoff for governors in trump’s pocket who are risking their residents lives?
Wear.A.Mask.
The mighty Medgar Evers. A beloved NAACP leader who fought hard for desegregation. Assassinated in his own driveway by white shooters with his wife Myrlie and kids just steps away. Rushed to seek medical care, the hospital refused him entry. God bless, Medgar Evers’ soul forever. https://t.co/ErXBn0W3xH
Medgar Evers was murdered on this date in 1963, a moment that will forever be seared in my memory. I had reported on him, knew him, liked him a great deal. I remember arriving at his house, his newly widowed wife and children inside. Please know his story.
Dear America, Here’s my new song “Pray for You” I’m Praying for everyone‼️ Don’t hurt anymore. Everything is going to be ok. Just keep the faith. I love you🇺🇸💙❤️ -Austinhttps://t.co/u46Mvy8iWjpic.twitter.com/WSWzFg7nJl
I think having your first rally in months on Juneteenth in Tulsa in our current moment, and while this also is going on, is the on-brandiest on-brand thing the president* ever has done.https://t.co/Z0Glhz1Jlp
57 years ago today NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers assassinated by KKK in Mississippi. A reminder of the blood shed fighting for voting rights pic.twitter.com/rdDR01mNdh
Today is the 76th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion on the shores of Normandy, France, the first of many waves of soldiers that drove the Nazis from these shores. Medgar Evers & other #AfricanAmerican soldiers were among those waves. pic.twitter.com/m5SE85CvKG
One of the iconic photos of the turbulent 1960s: Myrlie Evers and son Darrell at the funeral of their husband/father, Medgar Evers. (Photo: John Loengard/ LIFE) pic.twitter.com/UgTRKbjiFl
1/ Flynn's case is being argued in the court of appeals this morning. Flynn's lawyer is arguing the appellate court should take the decision as to whether the gov't's motion to dismiss the prosecution should be granted away from the district court.
BREAKING NEWS: A new poll shows that Donald Trump is wildly out of step with the American people on military and policing issues. First up, Americans strongly support demilitarizing the police. Trump opposes that. Full findings here: https://t.co/42pPGWe0hmpic.twitter.com/XnQ5qTQ3vZ
Laurie Garrett, remarkable Pullitzer prize-winner science journalist who saw the fallout coming:
Saying that during H1N:
CDC did a presser every day,
one for us and one for governors.
CDC’s engagement was enormous. A consistent policy was used across 50 states, period.
New York is going into phase one recovery after 8 weeks of shutdown, and should be an example to all.
By contrast, cities that have never locked down are leaping suddenly into phase 3 recovery.
After so many people did the hard work of following protocols.
A negative 5.2 GDP is predicted for the entire global economy.
A negative 8.5 GDP is predicted for the U.S.
And still there is no national policy.
No consistent strategy,
Nothing coherent between states.
The hope is for a vaccine but there are no guarantees.
Garrett asks what if it doesn’t work, has a weak immune response, negative side effects?
Clearly we have to keep taking action on all known fronts.
–At the minimum pls wear a mask when you go out.
Mayor Marty Walsh says that he's declaring racism a public health crisis in Boston, and that the declaration would be backed by an initial investment of $3 million transferred from the police overtime budget to the Boston Public Health Commission. https://t.co/TfjxYx39BS
There you go. One of the “best” ideas yet on how to disperse some of the funding that previously went to the police in some areas. And Boston needs it, as much as any other city and much more than some.
The mighty Medgar Evers. A beloved NAACP leader who fought hard for desegregation. Assassinated in his own driveway by white shooters with his wife Myrlie and kids just steps away. Rushed to seek medical care, the hospital refused him entry. God bless, Medgar Evers’ soul forever. https://t.co/ErXBn0W3xH
we should always be specific on this one. medgar evers, an american veteran of war, was shot in his driveway by a man who bragged about it for 30 years before doing time for it. https://t.co/1n5bnXgHmJ
The registering people to vote part of this cannot be understated. This must be at the top of the list for everyone out there protesting the inequality in our justice system. #VoteForYourLifehttps://t.co/p4Svr03UYW
Osage textile and ceramic artist Anita Fields:
“Our history has been so suppressed; It has been told from one side.”
“Now we have the opportunity to speak about where we come from and who we are.”
Celebrating Native American women with artworks spanning over a thousand years.
First major exhibition of its kind: “Hearts of Our People.”
82 artworks explores the work of 115 artists of Native nations from North America.
Each piece tells a story of the creative force – often the mothers, grandmothers, aunts and sisters –
behind Native American art, and provides a long-overdue space for the representation and attribution of
individual cultures.”
(Closed temporarily due to virus.)
(https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/native-women-artists-reclaim-their-narrative-180974537/)
Wow, that was a wild few minutes where the actual President of the USA was following me on Twitter and even sent me a message. Shame it ended so badly 😭 pic.twitter.com/KejDKTleNu
Today @HRC marks four years since 49 innocent people were killed at Pulse nightclub. It has been 1,461 days since this tragedy, yet nothing has changed. We demand our elected officials pass commonsense gun violence protection measures. #HonorThemWithActionhttps://t.co/foV600EyxLpic.twitter.com/XyOosdiGfb
It's hard to admit when you're wrong and I'm glad Zach talks about the insane propaganda machine Republicans have put in place to hide the truth from its voters. https://t.co/VrNORqksCV
Sick pathetic baby who's hiding out at his NJ bunker, where there also are no witnesses to the fact he never actually works. Figuratively reminds me of the old "Nero golfed while Rome burned" expression. Ugh.
Soooooo, of all the things that these Mensa members could have said or done to show their solidarity. They brainstormed and this is what they came up with? I’m more curious about what didn’t make the cut.
Trump’s campaign needs to warn voters that, by casting their ballots for his reelection, they’re waiving the right to sue or complain if they discover they’ve lost their liberties as free citizens in a self-governing constitutional republic.
No idea if Mr. Tribe drinks or not, but if he does, he’s going to be one of the ones drinking for four days straight, after 45 is forcibly removed from the Oval.
AP: Joe Biden's search for a running mate is entering a second round of vetting.
Democrats with knowledge of the process said it is down to as few as 6 serious contenders. Those still in contention include Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Susan Rice.https://t.co/ZnoYL54dbu
Nearly nine in ten Americans believe that the country is in crisis generally.
While Democrats are most likely to believe the country is in crisis (96%), the sentiment is shared by four in five Republicans (79%). pic.twitter.com/BQQBrzqkmx
— Navigator Research (@NavigatorSurvey) June 12, 2020
On Aug 27, 1960 in Jacksonville, FL, peaceful Civil rights protesters were attacked by >200 white people. Many cops joined the mob, arrested the protesters, or did nothing.
67% of U.S. adults say they support Black Lives Matter — 38% strongly support it.
This sentiment is particularly strong among black Americans, although majorities of white (60%), Hispanic (77%) and Asian (75%) Americans express at least some support.
San Francisco police officers will be replaced with trained, unarmed professionals to respond to calls for help on noncriminal matters involving mental health, the homeless, school discipline and neighbor disputes, as part of a new wave of police reforms https://t.co/F5x2CM4mdk
Today, we honor the 49 souls who lost their lives at PULSE nightclub. We must continue to work for freedom, rights, and liberties for every person in our nation. #Pride#LoveIsLovepic.twitter.com/MtFNO7lTxx
Starbucks said on Friday that employees would be allowed to wear Black Lives Matter shirts and pins, a sudden reversal of a company policy that had banned the phrase https://t.co/zegGMpsakM
"It was a bad day for Trump's Justice Department and a very bad day for Michael Flynn… To say it didn't go well for the Trump administration and for Mr. Flynn I think is an understatement. I think the judges were profoundly skeptical" – @neal_katyal w/ @NicolleDWallacepic.twitter.com/pOdiDPrUdG
A federal appeals court appears reluctant to order Judge Emmet Sullivan to immediately dismiss the guilty plea of Michael Flynn, suggesting courts have the authority to review whether Justice Dept. moves to drop a prosecution are "in the public interest."https://t.co/m9mzvLc2fr
Quite an interesting discovery at the bottom of that list of Black inventors! 😎
Soooo… @MatthewACherry now we see that you’re not just a talented director and author, but according to this list (see the last line) you also invented the tricycle. What are you, a vampire? 😁 https://t.co/ye23qJYcy6
The Obama Diary 
Moscow Mitch blocking a vote on HR 1 which would provide money and more for election security is in effect a knee on the neck of democracy, as is tRump’s BS about voter fraud. We know the GOP cheats to win, endangering people’s lives in the process. Racism is genocide as is Covid-19.
Thank you Nerdy
HAPPY FRIDAY TO ALL MY TOD FRIENDS!!!! PARRR-TEEEE!!!!
What??
fuck
dammit
It’s the quarantine:) 😂😂😂😂
Do it ALL the time!🍸🍸
Thanks MP!! A little validation never hurts!!
And I’ll have a cocktail with you no matter the day:)
🙂
So amazing.
I could feel her fear from here.
There’s more to this amazing story. Check this out thread!
If we’re smart, COVID19 can help eradicate COVID1619.
Thread 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Morning everyone
♥️
May this be LG’s and Senate Republicans undoing
Good Morning.
Watch this and see if you agree these 27 minutes of your time were well spent. Trust me and watch to the end. We are connected in so many ways; some you might never imagine. 🙏🏾
Dudette, Thanks for sharing!
Possible death isn’t a good enough reason for TN?
Share. Widely.
I’m reading this morning from my NYT snip that comes to my email, that Kamala Harris is emerging as top VP pick. Let’s hope so. And I hope Joe starts dropping names sooner rather than later about who his choices to lead are.
Yeh but they don’t do that (officially reveal who’s being considering during the vetting process) and Joe’s already said why. It’s a good bet he’ll stick to that. People outside the campaign will continue speculating, guessing and suggesting as always. Ultimately we’ll know when Joe wants us to know. In the meantime, we kinda know… But not really. 🙃😁
Hi NW,
Why will information on Alabama’s hospital situation not post up?…I keep trying.
Very disturbing that factual information about postive cases in Montgomery, which have risen 500% since the pandemic began according to Forbes, simply will not post on here.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed sounded the alarm to Maddow 3 weeks ago:
“Right now in Montgomery we are at a point where we can see the cliff and we don’t want to get too close to it for fear of falling off.”
“The filling up and spilling over of hospitals in Alabama…the steady rise in new cases also comes as people have been gathering on the streets of Montgomery and elsewhere in Alabama, in protest over the death of George Floyd, in protest against police violence, and in favor of racial justice. Multiple protests, crowded protests, over the last few weeks have added a new layer of complexity to a public health crisis, and to how to govern responsively and effectively in the middle of this coming from all sides.” (Maddow)
Maddow: “Checking back in with you. How are things going in your city?”
Mayor Steven Reed:
“Rachel I wish I could say they were going a lot better, but unfortunately they’re going in the wrong direction. We’re at a point right now that will surpass where we were in May and we’re only through the first 11 days of June. And unfortunately, while we have beds and ventilators available, we are full, we are at capacity with our ICU beds here in Montgomery. And we just can’t seem to get people to understand that we have not won the battle with COVID-19 yet, and we have to continue to be vigilant in this process. Right now in the city, seems as though some people are wearing masks, some others are not. And I think that’s problematic regarding the trend line that we would like to see versus the one that is the reality right now.”
Mayor Reed:
“It’s just that the ICU beds are full, but they have the capacity to convert other rooms into ICU units. So they feel like it is a manageable situation right now, but it’s not one that we can sustain. And the problem with that is that our hospital staff are fatigued, they’re emotionally and physically worn out, and we’re starting to see some of those cracks. And I think for a community such as ours, we have to remind ourselves that we each have a responsibility in this. And we each have to make sure that although we want to get to the end of this series, so to speak, we aren’t there yet. We’re still in the beginning, or maybe the middle at best, of this battle with COVID-19 virus and we have to do those things that we were doing just a couple of months ago.”
Mayor Reed:
“And right now we have been doing those and talking with Dr. Scott Harris, our Director for the Department of Public Health, he believes this is the perfect timing for what could be traced back to Memorial Day weekend. And this is about that incubation time we’re seeing now…when people gathered together over Memorial Day and certainly days before and after, that are producing some of these results and the skyrocketing numbers.”
Maddow:
“Mr. Mayor are you concerned that, I know you’ve had some healthy protests in Montgomery Alabama, just like like every city in the country did in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, these racial justice protests. Are you concerned that they may also have been a factor in terms of new cases, and new exposures in your state and in your city?”
Mayor Reed:
“I think that we’ll see those results coming in the next few days and weeks. And I certainly understand those protestors who wanted to get out there and express their rage, their anger and their frustration at the system. Here in Montgomery they were very peaceful, they were very purposeful. And we made it our part to hear exactly what their complaints were, what changes they wanted to see. So I think we will see the impact of those protests in the upcoming days. What I think we see right now is this being a wedge issue unfortunately, and some people choosing to abide by the social distancing guidelines, and others who are not. And unfortunately if you are here in the grocery store, if you are out and about, you don’t know who is asymptomatic or who is pre-symptomatic, or who is symptomatic. What we know is that not enough people are wearing masks, not enough people are staying at home. We cannot sustain this rate of infection, not only in Montgomery but in other parts of Alabama.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/06/09/coronavirus-cases-have-risen-over-500-in-alabamas-capital-since-the-start-of-may-report/(w/graphs: https://www.alreporter.com/2020/06/09/this-situation-is-just-not-sustainable-alarming-uptick-in-hospitalizations-in-montgomery/
One of the things that would not post is the Director of the Alabama Hospital Association saying:
“We are full.”
A national policy of everybody wearing a mask will save countless lives.
We cannot end the spread while ever states and cities are doing a mishmash cross-infection approach.
Half the country is opening up after they didn’t lock down! This can only lead to numbers skyrocketing.
Q: What is the payoff for governors in trump’s pocket who are risking their residents lives?
Wear.A.Mask.
Is the payoff a pretext for wars between the smart mask users and the dumb mememe trump virus spreaders?
Ouch
Don’t forget to show love. ♥️
Dear god. What they have done.
It will be packed
We’re gonna see the 30%
And they can’t spell!
Both disgusting excuses for humans. They deserve each other. But we’ve known this all along.
In other words, Melania is a golddigger!!!
He should have been removed from office
You’re right.
How do the people of Tulsa handle this
❤️
500 million infections.
Together.
We prevented.
In 6 major countries.
“I don’t think any human endeavor has ever saved so many lives in such a short period of time,”
said lead author Solomon Hsiang, the director of UC Berkeley’s Global Policy Laboratory.
(https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/06/08/uc-berkeley-study-covid-19-safety-measures-stopped-500m-infections-60-million-in-u-s/)
–What nations and residents have done for each other by social distancing, staying home, wearing masks.
–Just getting started.
Thread
Laurie Garrett, remarkable Pullitzer prize-winner science journalist who saw the fallout coming:
Saying that during H1N:
CDC did a presser every day,
one for us and one for governors.
CDC’s engagement was enormous. A consistent policy was used across 50 states, period.
New York is going into phase one recovery after 8 weeks of shutdown, and should be an example to all.
By contrast, cities that have never locked down are leaping suddenly into phase 3 recovery.
After so many people did the hard work of following protocols.
A negative 5.2 GDP is predicted for the entire global economy.
A negative 8.5 GDP is predicted for the U.S.
And still there is no national policy.
No consistent strategy,
Nothing coherent between states.
The hope is for a vaccine but there are no guarantees.
Garrett asks what if it doesn’t work, has a weak immune response, negative side effects?
Clearly we have to keep taking action on all known fronts.
–At the minimum pls wear a mask when you go out.
“Economic shockwave hits as coronavirus warnings come to pass.”
Laurie Garrett speaks with Rachel Maddow:
(https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/economic-shockwave-hits-as-coronavirus-warnings-come-to-pass-84916805964
Let the rest follow
There you go. One of the “best” ideas yet on how to disperse some of the funding that previously went to the police in some areas. And Boston needs it, as much as any other city and much more than some.
AMEN AMEN
And then you read a lot of the comments and they’re empathizing.
Yes!!!!
Osage textile and ceramic artist Anita Fields:
“Our history has been so suppressed; It has been told from one side.”
“Now we have the opportunity to speak about where we come from and who we are.”
Celebrating Native American women with artworks spanning over a thousand years.
First major exhibition of its kind: “Hearts of Our People.”
82 artworks explores the work of 115 artists of Native nations from North America.
Each piece tells a story of the creative force – often the mothers, grandmothers, aunts and sisters –
behind Native American art, and provides a long-overdue space for the representation and attribution of
individual cultures.”
(Closed temporarily due to virus.)
(https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/native-women-artists-reclaim-their-narrative-180974537/)
Um… okay ✊🏾
Original
WE are Strong and We are Powerful
How precious and beautiful! ❤
Art is art, and now I’m hungry!
😁
VOTE
Dave is always on point; just wish he’d not use the N-word.
UGH!
Soooooo, of all the things that these Mensa members could have said or done to show their solidarity. They brainstormed and this is what they came up with? I’m more curious about what didn’t make the cut.
No idea if Mr. Tribe drinks or not, but if he does, he’s going to be one of the ones drinking for four days straight, after 45 is forcibly removed from the Oval.
Might join him.
DOING THE WORK.
We nearly all agree on something!!
Love this man.
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/06/12/racism-in-every-corner-of-america/
Cool thread.
Quite an interesting discovery at the bottom of that list of Black inventors! 😎