YAAAAAAS to Black doctors, Black nurses, and Black health care professionals.
so y’all know how I said I woke up from surgery w/more braids in my head than I came in w/and I thought it was the black nurses? I found out today at my post op appt that the surgeon (he’s black) did it. He said he has 3 little girls & they have wash day… I almost cried
while removing my staples he said “your braids look better than mine, I hope I didn’t do too bad” and I was like excuse me??? YOU did my hair???… you could tell he was so proud to tell me too lol pic.twitter.com/GRzG3f05Qk
thinking about this black man braiding my hair to prepare to cut my head open is hilarious and endearing at the same time. also the fact that he’s that active in helping his wife with their girls, I love it. moral of the story: find black doctors. pic.twitter.com/AlM5iGnbun
If you’re curious I had a rare condition of bone growths on my forehead region and between my eyes. I had them removed which called for 3 incisions behind my hairline to reach the growths. The surgeon parted and braided my hair to create clean incisions without shaving.
I had my first black, woman doctor last year. I was complaining of unbearable chest pain and the 1st time at the ER, doctor told me I probably just pulled a muscle and the pain should be gone soon, it didn’t. 2nd time, I had the black Dr. and she found out I had a clogged artery
I love this story 💖.. I had a Black doctor deliver my daughter 29 years ago… And guess what my daughter had a Black doctor, anesthesiologist, & 3 Black nurses on shift when she had her baby a year and a half ago… She's right find you a Black doctor!!!!
— …….NOOOOOO SPORTS DAYYUUMMM!!! (@Spanky2345) June 25, 2020
My sister also had a Black OBGYN. And he was the same doctor who delivered her and me when we were born! He delivered all three of her kids and is in all the family photos that were taken at the hospital. He had such a spirit of joyfullness about his job.
a Black RN saved my life when i tried to quit my necessary medications 🖤 she even shared her own experiences with depression to assure me i wasn't a bad or broken person for needing meds. Black physicians are the future 🖤🖤🖤
I love this. Black doctors and nurses are soooo important. I had to get some special testing recently and the nurse looked at me shivering and covered me with a heated blanket and gave me some graham crackers and juice.
My mom’s team lead doctor after her transplant was black and I felt seen and listened to and we are Hispanic.
— Pain in the Chocolat 🥐 (@WiseLatina2020) June 25, 2020
My last baby was delivered by a Black doctor and she is awesome and I had a Black nurse who refused to let me tell her I didn’t want to shower (I was down about trying to breastfeed). I cry when I think about it bc she didn’t let me put myself last 😭
When you have representation u have more than empathy provided to u, u have true understanding. Bless his heart for going above and beyond and ensuring that not only were u going to be physically well,but also emotionally well.💕💕💕
Black female ER doctor saved the life of a family friend. White doctors sent her home saying there was nothing seriously wrong. When she showed up again, the Black doctor realized the problem was her heart (heart problems in women often present differently than men) and saved her life.
Last year my sister had a rare condition, TTP. The specialist had the right therapy but not how they were scheduling the treatment. A Black nurse/technician found a way to make a suggestion that they followed and my sister’s treatment became more effective. I do however, have to give a shout out to the male nurses, white and Black, who were outstanding in caring for my sister during a long and difficult hospitalization. All of them loved the work and it showed in their care.
This post by India is beautiful, thank you.
Watching out for young Black physician Dr. Cameron Webb, who also has a law degree. He won a four-way race for a congressional seat in VA yesterday by two-thirds of the vote! Worked in President Obama’s WH as a health care advisor.
Opinions from Supreme Court in about 10 minutes. I think the live blogging at @SCOTUSblog is best way to listen for them. @AHoweBlogger and colleagues are on top of every nuance and virtually instantaneous in their reporting.
stuff like this is where will's "individual agency" argument falls apart. there's only one "tribe" with access to all the guns and power that gives guys like this the power to make their worst and wildest dreams come true. https://t.co/LgBNeeXgOM
also, history lesson of sorts, since a lot of people don't know this. wilmington, as you might have heard, is where michael jordan is from. it was also the site of one of the great atrocities in american history. https://t.co/iLqtzw5fZA
this week, the confederate monument in raleigh came down. look what one of the keynote speakers that day did three years after the monument was dedicated. https://t.co/GSuPAXLTvV
The first and only #SCOTUS decision today is DHS v. Thuraissigiam, reversing the 9th Circuit and siding with DHS in a decision limiting court access to certain immigrants facing expedited removal. Alito has the opinion for the Court. https://t.co/02orpZ74hD
Breonna Taylor’s murder by police officers was 3 months ago.
At last, finally, yesterday Louisville Chief of Police dismissed one of the three officers who fired on Breonna Taylor in her apartment and killed her. Breonna’s family lawyer, speaks to Hayes.
Lonita Baker:
“It’s a start. It’s definitely not sufficient. We want all of the officers terminated. As well as we want all of the officers charged and prosecuted, for the murder of Breonna Taylor. So it is a start, but definitely not justice for Breonna.”
Hayes: “I wonder if the authorities in question, the local District Attorney, the police commissioner and others are in contact with you or the family, that they are explaining why it has been over a hundred days with no action taken?”
Lonita Baker:
“Unfortunately, the officers, the local metro police department, the attorney general known as the commonwealth attorney for local recused himself, so the state attorney general is in charge of the prosecution. No one has really reached out to Breonna’s family to let them know, you know where they are in the process, or why it’s taken so long. In terms of the FBI investigation, we do know that they just got the investigation, so they have been in contact with the family. But aside from the FBI, there’s not really been any entity that has been in contact with the family.”
Hayes: “What’s striking to me in the termination letter that was issued today is that they describe “the ten rounds you fired were into a patio door and window, which were covered with material, that completely prevented you from verifying any person as an immediate threat. Some of the rounds you fired actually traveled into the apartment next to Ms. Taylor’s.” I mean those facts were presumably known before a hundred plus days. It does seem odd that it has taken this long just to get to this point with those facts at the center.”
Lonita Baker:
“They definitely have known since the beginning, that rounds were fired blindly into the apartment.
We said since day one, because of our own internal investigation at the attorneys for the family, that bullets went into the neighboring apartment as well as to the apartment upstairs. In that neighboring apartment, a year-old slept along with his pregnant mother. And so we’ve always said that not only was Breonna murdered, but there were multiple neighbors that were put in danger by reckless actions by the local metro police officers, Brett Hankison, Myles Cosgrove, and Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, on the night that Breonna was murdered.”
Hayes: “There has also been a chain of misinformation, and what appear to be attempted cover-ups by the police department since that evening. This is the incident report which was just released a few weeks ago which is nearly blank, from the night of Breonna Taylor’s death. And the first page says there’s no forced entry, and there were no injuries. Do you have any more trust that you’re dealing with a more forthcoming organization right now, than the entity that sent those three officers into Breonna Taylor’s apartment that night?”
Lonita Baker:
“We definitely do not have trust in local metro police department as it relates to the investigation of Breonna Taylor at this time. That police report gives us pause for concern, as well as the search warrant which we now learned last month contains lies. So it’s been our position that there’s been a cover up. Had this not become public information or public concern that the nation is paying attention, we don’t think anything would have been done to hold anyone accountable for Breonna’s murder. So we appreciate the public support. We do think that it’s on the city to actually look at what’s happening. We are encouraged that there are outside investigations through the FBI, but we do not have faith in the local metro police department to investigate itself.”
Our headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African-American female engineer at NASA. She started in @NASAaero research and later moved into the personnel field, working to ensure equal opportunity in hiring and promotion. pic.twitter.com/eMandeaMyv
“We are headed towards a precipice and it may be too late.”
After Governor Abbott’s rash TX re-opening, Houston may be on track to be the worst outbreak in the country, even worse than New York: Judge Lina Hidalgo, Chief Executive, top elected official, Harris County, speaks with Rachel Maddow about the unprecedented COVID-19 surge, saying the curve “will not flatten on its own”.
She says severe collective action is needed by the community, that we must have concern for human life.
Anyone who — says "I don't take responsibility" — tells people to inject bleach — incites violence — ignores Constitutional law — refuses to #WearADamnMask — refuses to self-quarantine after coming from high-infection state
"We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them n*****s. I can’t wait. God, I can’t wait."
– Wilmington, NC police officer Kevin Piner, who was fired along with Corporal Jessie Moore and officer Brian Gilmore for racist remarks.https://t.co/uTxoyYPvWJ
In a victory for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court ruled that immigrants whose requests for asylum were rejected in bare-bone summary proceedings can't contest the denials in federal court. The decision will affect thousands of asylum seekers.https://t.co/4n99SA6wlz
Democrats could control the White House, the House and the Senate next year, pass dozens of new progressive laws, and find those laws struck down by the 200 federal judges with lifetime tenure appointed by Trump and confirmed by Senate Republicans.https://t.co/EV41cyVfTK
De Blasio can paint the recipe for gumbo on the street in front of Trump Tower for all I care. Enough with the art installations and give us real police reform now. #DefundThePolice#ReformThePolicehttps://t.co/CBMgwbuznr
Congressman Jamie Raskin, House Judiciary Committee:
O’Donnell asks if he’s surprised that Barr (says) he’ll testify 5 weeks from now.
Raskin:
“Well he’s agreed several times before, and he’s always found a reason to back out. So I think most of the members of the committee feel we’ll believe it when we see it. I mean it’s scandalous that he won’t appear. One of the things that Donald Ayer pointed out so well, was that this administration has been openly defying the appropriations power of Congress. We appropriate money for certain purposes, and they steal the money to build the president’s infantile, mediaeval wall at the border instead. They have defied dozens and dozens of subpoenas that we have issued, demands for information, requests for interviews, and so on. They just categorically reject the demands of Congress, which is the lawmaking power in Article One of the Constitution. So it was very powerful when Donald Ayer said today that Donald Trump is the biggest threat to the rule of law in the country. Which is resonant with Donald Trump’s niece who is saying he is the dangerous man on Earth.”
“But the rule of law was a way to control people who get state power.
And that’s what they’re in the process of trying to demolish.”
Raskin:
“But we should really reflect about what the ‘rule of law’ means:
In the hands of the right wing judges like Justice Scalia, the rule of law is just a law of rules. It’s just what’s in the statute books. But the American revolutionaries and the French revolutionaries in the Enlightenment thought the rule of law was a system of legal controls against people who have power. They understood that the ‘rabble’ below would always be subject to the baton in the ribs, and the equivalent of the rubber bullets and the tear gas. And so on. But the rule of law was a way to control people who get state power. And that’s what they’re in the process of trying to demolish. By taking over every governmental entity and stuffing it with their authoritarian puppets. And then wiping out the civil rights and civil liberties of the people. So we’ve got a few months left to try to defend democracy at every turn on a daily basis. And we will continue to see these chaotic circus shows by people like Louis Gohmert, who believe it or not was a judge in Texas. Which gives you a sense of what justice has become in a lot of the parts of the country. But they’re going to continue to scrawl graffiti on legal documents, and throw tomatoes, and try to make as much chaos as possible. Why? To distract America from the world historical failure of this administration to deliver any kind of public safety or security to the American people in this pandemic, which has cost more than 120,000 lives of our people.”
White men in America are 31 percent of the population, but they hold 65 percent of all elected positions. They’re half of all federal judges. And they’re 90 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs and senior executives. 🤷♀️ https://t.co/XfJN6G6meL
We know Barr doesn’t like to be subpoenaed or impeached. So when he heard he might get a subpoena via Chairman Nadler, he offered to testify in about, oh you know, five weeks. We’ve seen this movie before.
Maybe he’ll appear before Congress and maybe he won’t. And we’ve seen what he does when he does show up.
So why not go ahead and issue the dam subpoena right away. Now before he doesn’t show up? If he does, great.
Does Congress have some reason to fear his b-s? Barr is up against the wall come January.
“DOJ Ethics Office Says Bill Barr Can Investigate Political Enemies Under False Pretext”
“The Justice Department’s internal ethics watchdog has concluded that there is nothing wrong with the attorney general launching entirely “pretextual” investigations….green light from the DOJ’s internal ethics watchdog to launch investigations that have no legitimate law enforcement objectives.”
(https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/doj-ethics-office-william-barr-can-investigate-political-enemies.html?via=taps_top)
–How do we forget that Barr has got himself the power to declassify intelligence documents, is another dangerous liar on Doom’s behalf, has asked foreign officials to look into the the CIA, FBI, etc, etc.
Time’s a’wasting. Stop that unmasked man!
Today would have been Tamir Rice’s 18th birthday. Had a police officer not killed him when he was just 12 years old. Please keep fighting until no more mothers lose their babies this way. pic.twitter.com/12fECeXJeS
This beautiful young man is gone and somehow his Mom carries on. Losing my son like this would….
We will end the ‘police’ and its pretense of law and order. We’re done with all that.
we.will.
NASCAR inspected 1,684 garage stalls at all 29 tracks in which they race. They found only 11 garages that had a pull-down rope tied in a knot, and only one noose – the one in Bubba Wallace's garage.https://t.co/b648rQ2EDv
Sheila,
Thanks for posting this. I graduated from Portland State University in 1968. This took me back to those park blocks behind the buildings and to the present day racial situation all at once. I love music and art and think it can bring us together.
More @stevephelps:#nascar conducted a "thorough sweep of all the garage areas where we race, across 29 tracks and 1,684 garage stalls, we found 11 total that had a pulldown rope tied in a knot, and only one noose — the one discovered in @BubbaWallace’s garage."
NASCAR inspected 1,684 garage stalls at all 29 tracks in which they race. They found only 11 garages that had a pull-down rope tied in a knot, and only one noose – the one in Bubba Wallace's garage.https://t.co/b648rQ2EDv
Very helpful (and detailed) analysis of the Roberts decision saving DACA by my terrific new colleague, a rising star in the constitutional firmament, @beidelson: https://t.co/QH92twuvyL
I don’t think trump understands that every executive order he has written that was meant for the White Privileged, the richest of the rich, the old man’s club, the WS, Racist, and his pockets will be as dismantled as he did to President Obama’s executive orders!
End qualified immunity, hold cops accountable. It’s a ridiculous doctrine that holds govt officials to a crazy standard and there’s a bill in Congress to get rid of it and everyone should make sure that bill passes. #BlackLivesMatterpic.twitter.com/wyboHnaAbI
“This is what it looks like when a President gives up …. ”
NEW: Airing nationally from Republican Voters Against Trump. “So while Trump might be finished dealing with the virus, the virus isn’t finished with us…This is what it looks like when the president gives up.”@RVAT2020pic.twitter.com/opj3loqBBI
Looking at Trump I was thinking that this is exactly what it would be like if Charles Lindbergh and George Wallace had gotten married, adopted a sociopath, dyed him orange and saw him become President.
Michelle and I want every kid in Chicago to grow up knowing even better opportunities than we had. We’re happy to help Chicago Connected reach every kid in the city. This is where I found a purpose and a family––and it’ll always be our home. https://t.co/ofSCxK8cJC
The Dixie Chicks have dropped “Dixie” from its name and would now be known as The Chicks.
The modified moniker is the latest move made in the sweeping wave of social protests against institutional racism and police brutality.https://t.co/ITI9xwwXKV
— SNYDE (sorry, not sorry celebrity news) (@snydenydn) June 25, 2020
#ICYMI-Hanging deaths of men of color raise fears lynching is back. MSNBC analyst and former ATF official James Cavanaugh joins @JoyAnnReid with his in-depth analysis: https://t.co/tmIHIXDfCb via @amjoyshow
CONGRATULATIONS 👏 🎓 Ashanti Palmer is not only graduating at the top of her class with $430,000 in scholarships– she has also never, ever, missed a day of school. https://t.co/Lw2sULxywR
So I’m home from Virginia. I rode back with my cousin. My aunt’s funeral was sweet, funny and full of love, just like she was. Thanks again for your prayers and kind words.
Every one wore a mask during the service and practiced social distancing forethemostpart. A few knuckleheads didn’t wear them outside at the gravesite,but that was a smaller crowd and they were easy enough to avoid. I just hope everyone who stayed an extra day or two for more fellowship and visiting (including my parents and siblings) continue to stay safe. Sigh!
Glad all of you were able to attend, in honor of your dear aunt and – let’s face it – to celebrate family. There’s nothing like family, in my book (although I do have some very close friends whom I consider family!). Also glad you made it home fine and can rejoin us here, dear one.
What is the census and why is it so important? @iwillharness' America Ferrera and Wilmer Valderrama joined forces with Stacey Abrams, Kerry Washington, and other artists and activists to explain everything you need to know #BeCounted
BREAKING: Colorado is reopening an inquiry into the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put into a chokehold by police in suburban Denver last year.https://t.co/YXV7sidwun
Republican Georgia Senator @KLoeffler – an @NRA darling who champions gun rights for her white constituents – calls open carry by Black Americans “mob rule” and says it endangers civilians and law enforcement. pic.twitter.com/cZz8hB7CEj
We're really at a point in this country where white-wing commentators are trying to tell people that a noose isn't a noose when they see a noose. https://t.co/FG1Ln5CUZm
BIDEN SEEKS TO EXPAND ACA AS TRUMP LOOKS TO END IT: Joe Biden delivers remarks on his plan to protect and build upon the Affordable Care Act. https://t.co/QX0P3AInhk
Irony is telling people “go back to your country” while flying the flag of a country that doesn’t exist, in the country that defeated it. pic.twitter.com/ydfmbC6UoK
In other news people are just going to shrug at and ignore, Arizona GOP official Paul Peterson pleaded guilty to selling Pacific Islander babies https://t.co/FMorZoX67P
Trump ended funding for 7 coronavirus testing centers yet wasted taxpayer money today on going to Wisconsin to do a town hall with Hannity. Makes sense, since he's corrupt and useless. Happy Thursday.
tRump doesn’t even use the tired Republican excuse that the country can’t afford it (used for any safety net programs). He is very open that he just doesn’t want to do it (because he doesn’t care) as he proceeds to use same funds to generate profits for himself and his businesses.
NEW: Trump officials may end Congressional review process of arms sales. Officials are angry over lawmakers halting sales to Saudi Arabia, whose war in Yemen has killed thousands. Pompeo, Esper & WH officials are involved. w/ @laforgia_@EricSchmittNYT. https://t.co/wfwu4iObKw
UPDATE: "Our best estimate right now is that for every case that's reported, there actually are 10 other infections," CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield said Thursday.
For every confirmed case of COVID-19, 10 more people had antibodies, Redfield said. https://t.co/R9GGu5SvQ7
NEW: @SenKamalaHarris introduces a bill to require transparency of small business loans amid COVID-19 crisis
“Let’s be clear: all data on borrowers receiving PPP loans must be made publicly searchable, online, and regularly updated,” said Harris. https://t.co/dmECnrQvyx
What is worse, that a candidate for president made a mistake and said that 120 Million Americans died instead of 120 thousand, or the current president who enabled this mass death and doesn’t give a damn about it? #TrumpPandemic
— Republicans for Joe Biden (@RepsForBiden) June 26, 2020
The 1898 Wilmington riots: "What happened in Wilmington became an affirmation of white supremacy not just in that one city, but in the South and in the nation as a whole." -Laura Edwards, "Democracy Betrayed"
In this moment, we have an enormous opportunity to root out systemic racism and close the racial wealth and income gaps. We can do it, together. pic.twitter.com/l6AmXzfDDB
“Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, is recording as many as 2,000 cases a day, eclipsing the New York City boroughs even on their worst days…Arizona is facing more per-capita cases than recorded by any country in Europe or even by hard-hit Brazil.” https://t.co/1cGgC3KHcu
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Morning everyone. Another great one. VOTE!
YAAAAAAS to Black doctors, Black nurses, and Black health care professionals.
Black female ER doctor saved the life of a family friend. White doctors sent her home saying there was nothing seriously wrong. When she showed up again, the Black doctor realized the problem was her heart (heart problems in women often present differently than men) and saved her life.
Last year my sister had a rare condition, TTP. The specialist had the right therapy but not how they were scheduling the treatment. A Black nurse/technician found a way to make a suggestion that they followed and my sister’s treatment became more effective. I do however, have to give a shout out to the male nurses, white and Black, who were outstanding in caring for my sister during a long and difficult hospitalization. All of them loved the work and it showed in their care.
This post by India is beautiful, thank you.
Watching out for young Black physician Dr. Cameron Webb, who also has a law degree. He won a four-way race for a congressional seat in VA yesterday by two-thirds of the vote! Worked in President Obama’s WH as a health care advisor.
I saw him on Lawrence’s show. He’s awesome. I’m so happy for him!
Thx missed referencing Lawrence…yeh really awesome.
Important thread
Eyes open!!
A better expression of remorse and asking forgiveness than many humans are able to show.
😍😍😍
So cute!!
Share!!
Wear a mask! No excuses.
Breonna Taylor’s murder by police officers was 3 months ago.
At last, finally, yesterday Louisville Chief of Police dismissed one of the three officers who fired on Breonna Taylor in her apartment and killed her. Breonna’s family lawyer, speaks to Hayes.
Lonita Baker:
“It’s a start. It’s definitely not sufficient. We want all of the officers terminated. As well as we want all of the officers charged and prosecuted, for the murder of Breonna Taylor. So it is a start, but definitely not justice for Breonna.”
Hayes: “I wonder if the authorities in question, the local District Attorney, the police commissioner and others are in contact with you or the family, that they are explaining why it has been over a hundred days with no action taken?”
Lonita Baker:
“Unfortunately, the officers, the local metro police department, the attorney general known as the commonwealth attorney for local recused himself, so the state attorney general is in charge of the prosecution. No one has really reached out to Breonna’s family to let them know, you know where they are in the process, or why it’s taken so long. In terms of the FBI investigation, we do know that they just got the investigation, so they have been in contact with the family. But aside from the FBI, there’s not really been any entity that has been in contact with the family.”
Hayes: “What’s striking to me in the termination letter that was issued today is that they describe “the ten rounds you fired were into a patio door and window, which were covered with material, that completely prevented you from verifying any person as an immediate threat. Some of the rounds you fired actually traveled into the apartment next to Ms. Taylor’s.” I mean those facts were presumably known before a hundred plus days. It does seem odd that it has taken this long just to get to this point with those facts at the center.”
Lonita Baker:
“They definitely have known since the beginning, that rounds were fired blindly into the apartment.
We said since day one, because of our own internal investigation at the attorneys for the family, that bullets went into the neighboring apartment as well as to the apartment upstairs. In that neighboring apartment, a year-old slept along with his pregnant mother. And so we’ve always said that not only was Breonna murdered, but there were multiple neighbors that were put in danger by reckless actions by the local metro police officers, Brett Hankison, Myles Cosgrove, and Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, on the night that Breonna was murdered.”
Hayes: “There has also been a chain of misinformation, and what appear to be attempted cover-ups by the police department since that evening. This is the incident report which was just released a few weeks ago which is nearly blank, from the night of Breonna Taylor’s death. And the first page says there’s no forced entry, and there were no injuries. Do you have any more trust that you’re dealing with a more forthcoming organization right now, than the entity that sent those three officers into Breonna Taylor’s apartment that night?”
Lonita Baker:
“We definitely do not have trust in local metro police department as it relates to the investigation of Breonna Taylor at this time. That police report gives us pause for concern, as well as the search warrant which we now learned last month contains lies. So it’s been our position that there’s been a cover up. Had this not become public information or public concern that the nation is paying attention, we don’t think anything would have been done to hold anyone accountable for Breonna’s murder. So we appreciate the public support. We do think that it’s on the city to actually look at what’s happening. We are encouraged that there are outside investigations through the FBI, but we do not have faith in the local metro police department to investigate itself.”
Good Morning, TODville Community.
You know I love it! 😁
“We are headed towards a precipice and it may be too late.”
After Governor Abbott’s rash TX re-opening, Houston may be on track to be the worst outbreak in the country, even worse than New York: Judge Lina Hidalgo, Chief Executive, top elected official, Harris County, speaks with Rachel Maddow about the unprecedented COVID-19 surge, saying the curve “will not flatten on its own”.
She says severe collective action is needed by the community, that we must have concern for human life.
https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19—24-june-2020
“Trump Is Struggling to Run Against a White Guy”
“The president is having a difficult time deploying his traditional culture-war playbook against Biden.”
(https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/trump-cant-figure-out-how-attack-biden/613402/)
PAY ATTENTION. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
Been saying this since 2016 presidential campaign and I’m an attorney. Pisses me off to no end.
Expand and then stack the courts then.
Congressman Jamie Raskin, House Judiciary Committee:
O’Donnell asks if he’s surprised that Barr (says) he’ll testify 5 weeks from now.
Raskin:
“Well he’s agreed several times before, and he’s always found a reason to back out. So I think most of the members of the committee feel we’ll believe it when we see it. I mean it’s scandalous that he won’t appear. One of the things that Donald Ayer pointed out so well, was that this administration has been openly defying the appropriations power of Congress. We appropriate money for certain purposes, and they steal the money to build the president’s infantile, mediaeval wall at the border instead. They have defied dozens and dozens of subpoenas that we have issued, demands for information, requests for interviews, and so on. They just categorically reject the demands of Congress, which is the lawmaking power in Article One of the Constitution. So it was very powerful when Donald Ayer said today that Donald Trump is the biggest threat to the rule of law in the country. Which is resonant with Donald Trump’s niece who is saying he is the dangerous man on Earth.”
“But the rule of law was a way to control people who get state power.
And that’s what they’re in the process of trying to demolish.”
Raskin:
“But we should really reflect about what the ‘rule of law’ means:
In the hands of the right wing judges like Justice Scalia, the rule of law is just a law of rules. It’s just what’s in the statute books. But the American revolutionaries and the French revolutionaries in the Enlightenment thought the rule of law was a system of legal controls against people who have power. They understood that the ‘rabble’ below would always be subject to the baton in the ribs, and the equivalent of the rubber bullets and the tear gas. And so on. But the rule of law was a way to control people who get state power. And that’s what they’re in the process of trying to demolish. By taking over every governmental entity and stuffing it with their authoritarian puppets. And then wiping out the civil rights and civil liberties of the people. So we’ve got a few months left to try to defend democracy at every turn on a daily basis. And we will continue to see these chaotic circus shows by people like Louis Gohmert, who believe it or not was a judge in Texas. Which gives you a sense of what justice has become in a lot of the parts of the country. But they’re going to continue to scrawl graffiti on legal documents, and throw tomatoes, and try to make as much chaos as possible. Why? To distract America from the world historical failure of this administration to deliver any kind of public safety or security to the American people in this pandemic, which has cost more than 120,000 lives of our people.”
Why five weeks from now? He should testify ASAP.
zactly…pkayden…
We must remember……..
I remember. So much joy.
We know Barr doesn’t like to be subpoenaed or impeached. So when he heard he might get a subpoena via Chairman Nadler, he offered to testify in about, oh you know, five weeks. We’ve seen this movie before.
Maybe he’ll appear before Congress and maybe he won’t. And we’ve seen what he does when he does show up.
So why not go ahead and issue the dam subpoena right away. Now before he doesn’t show up? If he does, great.
Does Congress have some reason to fear his b-s? Barr is up against the wall come January.
Why not stipulate he testify one week from now, or how about this Friday?
Dragging it out till the news has moved on is an old one.
WOW!
This person has me blocked. I have no idea why. Oh well.
“DOJ Ethics Office Says Bill Barr Can Investigate Political Enemies Under False Pretext”
“The Justice Department’s internal ethics watchdog has concluded that there is nothing wrong with the attorney general launching entirely “pretextual” investigations….green light from the DOJ’s internal ethics watchdog to launch investigations that have no legitimate law enforcement objectives.”
(https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/doj-ethics-office-william-barr-can-investigate-political-enemies.html?via=taps_top)
–How do we forget that Barr has got himself the power to declassify intelligence documents, is another dangerous liar on Doom’s behalf, has asked foreign officials to look into the the CIA, FBI, etc, etc.
Time’s a’wasting. Stop that unmasked man!
This beautiful young man is gone and somehow his Mom carries on. Losing my son like this would….
We will end the ‘police’ and its pretense of law and order. We’re done with all that.
we.will.
Is that what we’re calling it now? A garage pull?
“pic”.
to explain, I find the word ‘pic’ in this context offensive.
What a coincidence. /s
NOW: Joe Biden on Affordable Care Act in Lancaster, PA – https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-09
What we can be again.
Sheila,
Thanks for posting this. I graduated from Portland State University in 1968. This took me back to those park blocks behind the buildings and to the present day racial situation all at once. I love music and art and think it can bring us together.
This country!!!
FFS!
Oh boy. Probably hear more whining than usual
The final 75 sec is gut wrenching ….
Thanks, Bobfr, you’re right. Took my breath away. 😪
The Artists Formerly Known as The Dixie Chicks. 👍🏾
Love them!!
Hey VC please check your gmail inbox😘
Good.
This is a must!!
“This is what it looks like when a President gives up …. ”
And ….
bbl … stay safe …..
Remembering ( 8-29-58 to 6-25-09 )the King of Pop Michael Jackson today. Listening too and watching some of my favorite MJ songs and videos.
Bad knees won’t let me try the moonwalk. But my feet been moving and fingers snapping to the his music.
Hey cool! Does she get the big pink perfect attendance pencil? 😁
She should!
😄
you have to wonder if Barr ended the Mueller report prematurely
Absolutely no question.
So I’m home from Virginia. I rode back with my cousin. My aunt’s funeral was sweet, funny and full of love, just like she was. Thanks again for your prayers and kind words.
Every one wore a mask during the service and practiced social distancing forethemostpart. A few knuckleheads didn’t wear them outside at the gravesite,but that was a smaller crowd and they were easy enough to avoid. I just hope everyone who stayed an extra day or two for more fellowship and visiting (including my parents and siblings) continue to stay safe. Sigh!
Take care of yourself, friend.
Thank you Dear. Doing my best. 😘
with u Dudette, you got through it and now we have you back, yay!
😘
Glad all of you were able to attend, in honor of your dear aunt and – let’s face it – to celebrate family. There’s nothing like family, in my book (although I do have some very close friends whom I consider family!). Also glad you made it home fine and can rejoin us here, dear one.
😘
Assholes for sure
The Senator from Georgia
She wasn’t elected. Most likely paid Kemp for her seat.
Yup
tRump doesn’t even use the tired Republican excuse that the country can’t afford it (used for any safety net programs). He is very open that he just doesn’t want to do it (because he doesn’t care) as he proceeds to use same funds to generate profits for himself and his businesses.
Incredible!
This is excellent.
RIGHT ON.
Interesting
Very interesting.
Goodnight TOD.
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/06/26/cops-are-evil/