#SCOTUS rules that federal employment discrimination laws protect LGBT employees
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Such good news. Way past due.
Still no nationwide testing plan/contact tracing plan/enforcement plan.
Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD):
āBut it took two months after the very first outbreak for the Trump Administration on May 11th,
simply to urge residents and staff of nursing homes to be tested! And that wasnāt developing a plan to do it –
it was just WORDS saying you guys should be testedā¦and there is STILL no nationwide testing plan, contact tracing plan, enforcement plan.ā
Rachel Maddow:
āThe calamity in American nursing homes will be remembered as one of our Governmentās colossal and fatal screwups when the history of this epidemic is written. But it didnāt have to be this way.
Dr. David Grabowski is a leading health policy expert from Harvard Medical School :
Here is part of his testimony at that congressional hearing yesterday.”
Dr. Grabowski:
āLet me start by being blunt. COVID-19 has completely devastated U.S. nursing homes.
It didnāt have to be this way. What do I mean by that? Much of the negative impact of Covid in nursing homes could have been avoided. However, rather than prioritizing the safety of the 1.3 million individuals who live in nursing homes and the staff who care for them, we failed to invest in testing, PPE, and the workforce.
We allowed a problem that could have been contained to grow into a national crisis.ā
Maddow/Grabowski interview: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/federal-government-derelict-in-nursing-home-coronavirus-response-84971589664)
“42% of U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Occur in Nursing Homes & Assisted Living Facilities”
(https://freopp.org/the-covid-19-nursing-home-crisis-by-the-numbers-3a47433c3f70)
Itās been a good day for the rule of law and the rights of human beings. Iāll take this breath of fresh air. Meanwhile, I have to agree
Thank you Laurence Tribe for finally showing the African American community the breadth and width of your true colors, though some of us had you figured out a long time ago.
I guess if you wait long enough. I thought he was one of the good guys, but that “cosmetics” thing was too much for me especially when warren mocked Kamala Harris for wanting drumpf to be suspended from twitter each time he tweets horrific things. Tribe may have taught President Obama, but this is mind boggling and disgusting.
I’m way behind with the news today, looks like. I shall track it down!
See my post, near the end, on the previous page
I see he “addressed it.” Not even close to being good enough. Maybe he should go back to sticking with commenting on “the strict interpretation of law” and not go beyond that. Anyway, I unfollowed him.
Laurence Tribe has been dragged on Twitter all day and rightfully so. Black voters saved Bidenās campaign and we are not here to be dismissed now that we have served our purpose. Hope Joe thinks carefully about his VP choice. I can see young Black voters getting disgusted to the point of not showing up at the polls.
What annoys me is that some voters might give up on Joe because of Tribe and his careless ilk. We need all the voters we can get to beat that orange blob in the WH.
And, yes, totally agree on the importance of Joe’s choice. I just feel he won’t disappoint Black voters, who helped him get there, big time!
The DEFAULT is always white people are best.
They are also the ones who don’t see institutionalized racism. And a lot of them are men who fear women leaders.
I think John Roberts wants to have it both ways, and when you aim for having it both ways you usually end up not hitting anything.
He did NOT agree with that it turns out
Good.
HOPE
Forgive me for the duplication.
NO, I will not! This news needs to be spread all over town! Thank you!!
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That would only encourage my outrageous behavior…ā¤ššš¤ššš
Good answer!!
i am so here for this….
none of them spoke in defense of President Obama…i see therm for who they are…temporary allies…they gets no pass from me
Step –>> right direction.
That’s so great.
This needs to happen nationwide.
When Tammy Duckworth said: “i donāt know if the emperor has any clothes on or notā.
President Bleach isnāt trustworthy on any issue.
pdt Bleach – that’s a keeper pkayden!
AND you’re going to have to pick up the costs incurred from all this…because HE DOESN’T PAY HIS BILLS!!
Thereās a beautiful Sousa for every occasion
winning
ALSO GREAT NEWS HERS. SCOTUS refuses to hear Trump v CA sanctuary city case. YAYAYAYAYAYYYYYY.
winning
Wow. I missed this decision. More great news!!
“The United Nationsā Human Rights Council will debate systemic racism and police brutality in the United States following a call from all 54 African nations.”
“āStructural racism and police violence are issues, which are commonly raised by states and civil society at meetings of the council, as are unlawful killings by police and racial bias in policing.ā
(U.N. human rights spokesman Rolando Gomez)
“āThe tragic events of 25 May in Minneapolis that led to the death of George Floyd led to protests around the world in protest of injustice and police brutality that persons of African descent face on a daily basis in many regions of the world…”” (Burkina Fasoās ambassador to the U.N.)
(https://www.politicususa.com/2020/06/15/u-n-to-debate-systemic-racism-and-police-brutality-in-u-s-following-call-from-entire-african-continent.html)
“The United States is not a member of the 47-member state forum in Geneva.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and then-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley withdrew the U.S. two years ago after alleging bias against Israel.”
WHY is this so hard, people? WEAR A MASK.
THIS photo is of my neighborhood. UGH!
What a great looking neighborhood!
Oh, it’s great fun. What I remember of it, anyway.
Scary!
SCOTUS is Not here for #BLM
“Mitch McConnell is against defunding the police.
By withholding federal aid to states, heās doing just that.”
“Police budgets are mostly paid by local governments.”
“McConnell suggested that states respond to their fiscal woes by declaring bankruptcy.”
(https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/mitch-mcconnell-is-against-defunding-the-police-by-withholding-federal-aid-to-states-hes-doing-just-that/)
“As The New York Times noted in 2018,
the number of police per capita has risen over the past three decades even as crime rates have plunged.
Last week, however, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that he would shave at least $100 million from his cityās law-enforcement budget. On Sunday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared he would cut police funding too. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has said heās considering a similar move. In Milwaukee and Portland, Oregon, school districts have diverted funds used to pay police into other programs.” (politicus.usa)
–thank you Garcetti, de Blasio, Walsh.
Thank you Nerdy for giving us this warmhearted place to share our thoughts with each other, every day. Hell, yes!
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Thank you, Nerdy, for the platform to vent and to reflect and to be among like minded people.
thanks Nerdy!
THIS!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you all.
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ICYMI:
“By upholding LGBTQ rights, the Supreme Court sets back the religious right’s assault on America”
“By upholding the rights of trans workers, the court affirmed the right of all to be free of sex discrimination”
This morning: “The Supreme Court ruled that gay and trans workers are protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits firing someone on the basis of sex.”
(https://www.salon.com/2020/06/15/by-upholding-lgbtq-rights-the-supreme-court-sets-back-the-religious-rights-assault-on-america/)
Religious right tactic:
“Portraying themselves as the defenders of cisgender women, (eg. athletes)
whose rights, they claim, will be undermined if trans women are also protected.
This tactic, unfortunately, has sucked in some cisgender women who consider themselves feminists, including J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series.”
—Yep. Rowling.
Fabulous to see that reaction!
Trump: āIf we stop testing right now, weād have very few cases, if any.ā (politicus.usa)
Eh nothing to do with trump governors reopening states where infections are rising fast and out of ICUs, etc.
–If we close our eyes the world d*s*p***rs.
Out of the mouth of a fucking moron. š¤”š¤”
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Fired. Michael Henkel, 61, of Philadelphia, who was a family court supervisor, was fired after this video surfaced showing him ripping black lives matter signs off public fencing. Someone said: āBlack lives matter”. He responded, āNot to me, they don’t”
Good Afternoon TODVille.
Kuddos for TOD!
My sympathy to Dudette for the loss of her aunt.
My condolences Dudette.
NOAA leaders violated agencyās scientific integrity policy by backing Trumpās false statement about hurricaneās path, report finds
NOAA’s acting administrator Neil Jacobs and then-deputy chief of staff violated its scientific integrity policy through actions that led to a news release that backed President Trumpās false statement about the path of Hurricane Dorian in September 2019 ā a scandal that has come to be known as āSharpiegate,ā after Trump modified a NOAA forecast map shown in an Oval Office briefing to depict the storm threatening Alabama.
The findings of an independent panel may cloud the nomination of Jacobs for the permanent role at NOAA by showing he bowed to political pressure from Commerce Department leadership.
The Independent @Independent Ā· 9m
Several NFL players test positive for coronavirus amid surge of cases in Texas
In humane. And we donāt get to know where the billions went. They all need to go. All of them.
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I don’t believe that this is an accident.
5 now in 4 States?
Hell, No!
Love!
This from that great cartoonist.
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5 men have been found hanging from a tree…@FBI needs to investigate this
Like Michael Jackson song says “They Don’t Care About Us.” The bigots have crawl out from under their rocks.
They walk among us. Rotten, racist a**holes.
A President reminds us
Maybe why Munchkin man doesnāt want to tell America about where the bailout $$$ all went
Leave it to our Kat!
Truly!!
The NYPD plainclothes unit is being disbanded.
Yes.
NBC News
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Rep. Omar says that her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, has died from complications from the coronavirus illness COVID-19.
Such sad news. I just saw her speaking with Joy Ann Reid last week….
If humans could manage to fertilize Earth instead of making it uninhabitable, our species might actually persist for another Century, or longer.
Fact is “Earth” ain’t going away until a solar or galactic calamity occurs – and it will.
But, long, long, long before that event the current path humans are traveling, at ever greater acceleration, guarantees humans will be long rendered fertilizer, and eventually, all human garbage will be reduced to organic goo.
Good night TOD.
Thread…
My deepest sympathy to Rep Omar.
I love her. Have always loved her. Now I love her more.
Morning everyone
Since we have to wear them to keep people safe, why not help out?
https://www.humansinaction.com/
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/defundthepolice-follow-the-money/