Ever imagine a War that was so silent that those being conquered slept through the entire assault only to awaken to discover they were irrevocably defeated?
Why is @LeaderHoyer on CNN saying he knows we’re not going to get the $3.5 trillion Dems want. Republicans never do that. Corporations get everything they want, but when it comes to working, low-income & poor ppl, Dems don’t expect to get what we need. $3.5T isn’t even enough!
— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) August 6, 2020
More than 4.8 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19 and more than 159,000 have died. We cannot grow numb to these numbers and the many more lives devastated by these losses.
Congressman John Lewis risked it all to protect our right to make our voices heard at the ballot box. On this 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, let’s make sure we are ready to vote early and safely this year. Head to https://t.co/cBTTn9yuTH to get registered. #VRA55pic.twitter.com/NklouDY0Du
In 2017, I was arrested for protesting the budget in DC. The budget is more than a fiscal document, but a moral document.
The decision to sacrifice children’s health care was an immoral one, and I’m happy to be arrested again if it meant protecting access to health care. pic.twitter.com/mXT7ODhSZe
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) August 5, 2020
On the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we’re highlighting @HelloCTCL—a Chicago-based organization that connects Americans with the information they need to become civically engaged, and ensures that elections are more secure.
I hope everyone realizes that attorney general Leticia James already has an airtight case on the NRA or she wouldn't have announced anything. Trust me attorneys general do not announce anything like this unless they've already got it won
"I think that Michelle Obama saying out loud what so many of us have felt -with this convergence of this horrific administration, this president, the pandemic, the racial unrest – all of it just weighing down on us" – @DonnaFEdwards w/ @NicolleDWallacepic.twitter.com/ACoEWXviEp
its almost as if you morons shouldn't be going to TGIFridays and spitting on each other while drinking communal margs after one day of slightly lower numbers. bunch of American flag thong wearing idiots are gonna get us all killed. https://t.co/gYmgsIC62t
Every moment with your loved ones is precious. I know that in my core because I’ve learned it through loss. It's why as president, I'm going to do everything I can to get this virus under control and get our lives back to normal as soon as we can. pic.twitter.com/qCsvryHMai
Teachers have been contacting me expressing their anxiety but concerned about speaking up for fear of losing their jobs. If this is you, you can DM your words and I’ll share them anonymously- if it helps.
Major love and respect to the Polish MP’s who co-ordinated their outfits to create a rainbow flag at the swearing in for their homophobic president Andrzej Duda 🏳️🌈 pic.twitter.com/eTjoUB248c
The US State Department has lifted its advisory warning US citizens against traveling abroad.
American travelers continue to face travel restrictions in countries worldwide due to rising cases of Covid-19 in the United States. https://t.co/s2bbQmcF7a
If your employer needlessly risks your health during this pandemic, you should have legal recourse. The GOP wants to make employers immune to this, allowing dangerous policies to continue. Our plan includes new OSHA protections to keep workers safe.
The United States should rally the international community to support the Lebanese people with urgently-needed recovery and relief following the horrific explosion in Beirut. https://t.co/xcseRjXkcJ
Whenever I teach white dominant culture, folks always want to joke that “these are the kids who always skip out on group assignments.”
Kinda, but nah. That’s how insidious individualism is: it makes you think of a *ctural practice* as belonging just to *one* person
Issa system
— brittany packnett cunningham does not do remixes. (@MsPackyetti) August 6, 2020
So, know that the venn diagram of bootstrap believers and people who won’t wear masks is nearly a circle.
It’s all rooted in the idea that it is the individual-not the community or its context-that matters. They believe exceptions are the rule and the rules don’t apply to them.
— brittany packnett cunningham does not do remixes. (@MsPackyetti) August 6, 2020
As an educator and former school board trustee, @candacefor24 knows both the struggles and hopes of working and middle-class families. In Congress, I know she’ll be a strong advocate for progressive change for #TX24. Chip in now:https://t.co/hXidbbsnL8
Chad Wolf admitted today that he did not consult with medical experts on the impact of chemical irritants on pregnant women prior to unleashing his officers in Portland.
When Speaker Pelosi and I met with the Postmaster General:
We demanded that the USPS begin paying overtime again and hire back workers who were unfairly fired so that the mail is delivered on time—including medicine, paychecks, absentee ballots, and more!
This is actually illegal, but the FEC doesn’t have a quorum b/c drumpf hasn’t made any new appts, so they can’t meet to regulate the campaigns. It hurts me in my heart to see how much drumpf and his administration and the GOP in Congress have hurt our democratic institutions, oversight and defied the Constitution itself all without consequence. It makes it hard for me to sleep at night. I worry all the time and this is aside from worrying about COVID.
Figuratively speaking, this is my “baby brother” who is now a grown ass man. He has ALWAYS been doing TEW MUCH just without the afro, hip polyester aphlet, and platform shoes. I sent this to him a couple of weeks back and have been teasing him mercilessly. LOL. Hey that’s what big sisters do! LOL
A federal appeals court rejected an attempt by the Justice Department to get a retrial in the case against rancher Cliven Bundy, who led an armed standoff over cattle grazing near his ranch in 2014.https://t.co/NAzaOg0YRp
BREAKING: @JoeBiden is hosting a virtual grassroots fundraiser with his running mate at a date and time to be announced soon. Chip in ANY AMOUNT now to secure your spot and join them at this historic event! https://t.co/NuWa6mem7Rpic.twitter.com/3efwBiUjJF
Access to a rapid test for COVID shouldn’t yet be another inequality fault line for country. Everyone deserves access to rapid, high performing tests, not just individuals waiting in line to greet the President. https://t.co/aLoCVkFxbB
This is the key point. Now that DeJoy has apparently pledged to offer documentation of a plan to ensure smooth vote by mail, that *should* unleash the media hounds. https://t.co/NuiXIVU5Nx
NEW: @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy's lawsuit challenging the use of proxy voting in the House as unconstitutional – during a pandemic – has been dismissed by a federal judge in Washington. More on the ruling coming up for @CourthouseNews.
I'm dying over here! Trumper MAGAts are trying to turn this into a Clinton Foundation issue, but the corruption in the NRA isn't analogous with CF, which is a worldwide-respected charity; it's analogous to the Trump Foundation, which was shuttered because of systemic corruption.
Let's not speed past this: @KamalaHarris & @AOC worked on the Climate Equity Act for over a YEAR to ensure young people, low-income people, Black and brown communities, and Indigenous people have a seat at the table as we tackle the climate crisis. https://t.co/zVEVyonnoZ
When it was pointed out that he actually can’t win in 2020—that he won’t be on enough ballots to yield 270 electoral votes, and that a write-in campaign isn’t feasible—and thus was serving as a spoiler, West replied: “I’m not going to argue with you. Jesus is King.”
West rebuffed various attempts to clarify who was driving his ballot access or strategy and whether it’s being coordinated by or with Republican-affiliated officials. He does, however, appear to have a continuing relationship with the Trump White House.
I very rarely comment on this guy because he’s flat out disgusting, he’s a goddamn clown. And mark my words there are people that will happily vote for him. And to think that King and Lewis and many others put their life on the line, and some making the ultimate sacrifice. Yes, he disgust me.
I know the purpose of him “walking” is to pull Black votes from Biden. While that may happen, I don’t believe *that* many Black voters will vote for him. Contrary to the belief of some, Black voters don’t vote for someone just because they are Black.
Earlier today, I made some comments about diversity in the African American and Latino communities that I want to clarify. In no way did I mean to suggest the African American community is a monolith—not by identity, not on issues, not at all.
Throughout my career I've witnessed the diversity of thought, background, and sentiment within the African American community. It's this diversity that makes our workplaces, communities, and country a better place.
My commitment to you is this: I will always listen, I will never stop fighting for the African American community and I will never stop fighting for a more equitable future.
As we celebrate 55 years of the Voting Rights Act, I'm thinking about John Lewis's words: "Democracy is not a state. It is an act." And our fight to ensure full and equal access to the ballot box isn't over.
Congress must pass HR4 to restore voting rights in America. #VRA55
Trump’s bungled pandemic response has cost lives and devastated families from coast to coast. Electing @JoeBiden in November could not be more crucial. https://t.co/lPgaNgEfiz
America's grocery workers on the frontlines of #COVID19 continue to put themselves in harm's way so our families have the food we need during this crisis.
With each court loss, bad pandemic news, worsening economy, and declining poll numbers, I fear that we’ll see more selfish, vindictive, retaliatory behavior from the Orange Oval Office Occupant…actions designed to get as much personal benefit while wreaking as much havoc as possible on the way out…a lot of which will be hard to recover from.
Reaction channels are a little silly, but damn do I love getting to see people experience shit like this for the first time. We get so used to the things that we know, it's nice to remember what it is like for it to be new.
— TCr.Brad Muse @Home(WashYaHands) (@Its_BradM) August 6, 2020
Yep! I LOVE introducing music to my nephew: “Boy, you don’t know nothin’ ‘bout [some artist]? Sit down, lemme show you somethin.” Makes my day when his eyes grow big & my coolness quotient shoots thru the roof… again! It is THE best feeling!😁 #CoolAuntie#SimplePleasures
Dudette, you bring such great music! I adore your eclectic tunes, coz I identify, being eclectic myself! But, gotta bow to you & shake a leg as I do so! 😂💃
It’s amusing to me when current artists sample or cover music by artists from back in the day and young people think it’s original. Just goes to show the quality and timelessness of some of the music and artists we grew up with.
Yes, clickbait. I was furious last might when I read that. Many of us here in Knoxville voted for Mackler, but mercy, she DID THIS. She raised and spent little less than $9000‼️‼️‼️ Read that again. Mackler raised around $2million and spent $1.5M.
#GoodMorning friends. Center your day in light. 1. Drink a full glass of water–you are dehydrated from sleeping. 2. BREATHE DEEPLY. For 5mins in thru nose on 4; hold 7; out thru mouth on 8. 3. Say something you are grateful for. 4. Strive for kindness.#FridayMotivationpic.twitter.com/UNhFdfwaKy
— Victoria Brownworth #SaveTheUSPostOffice (@VABVOX) August 7, 2020
Oprah Winfrey is amplifying Breonna Taylor’s story and demanding accountability for her shooting death at the hands of police by erecting 26 billboards across Louisville – one billboard for every year of Breonna’s life. #BreonnaTalyorhttps://t.co/H9XRfDv57w
How would one truly "hurt God"? By not caring for the poor (Mt 25). By not welcoming the stranger (Mt 25). And by slandering others (Mt 5). https://t.co/AHAeJgKuCe
Because he alone…. holds the power of life over death…Trump is all-powerful.
We bow to his good graces. He is playing god. Biden is running against him, thus he is anti-god.
Ahead of Biden's VP announcement, a group of prominent Democratic women are urging news organizations to avoid "stereotypes and tropes" and "actively work to be anti-racist and anti-sexist in your coverage" (via @axios) https://t.co/3J8mJK6tmC
I, for one, can not WAIT to punch their lights out.
We continue to be attacked by Russia and the best we can seem to muster is to “educate ourselves” about their nonstop interference. Usually, when you’re consistently punched in the face the only sensible response is to hit back. https://t.co/XTZL3L3bJg
Dr. Quentin Lee, principal of Childersburg High School in Alabama, created this video to remind students how to stay safe in school during the school year! pic.twitter.com/ZG1icy3Qde
Piggy bank is an understatement. They should be in jail for this. Anyone else would be. All while screaming about 2A rights being taken away… they were just upping the lavishness!
1/ I just finished reading @NewYorkStateAG’s 169 page lawsuit against @NRA and I’m shocked beyond belief at the level of corruption, lawlessness, and self-dealing.
What follows is a THREAD that highlights the very worst abuses alleged by @TishJames.
One more point about the "Ride or Die with Biden" mindset. The guy who has forced us – in my view – into this position of basically giving Joe nearly a blank check on most things is Trump himself. Hear me out. /1
The simple fact is grocery store workers are putting their lives on the line every day that they walk into the store. Hazard pay must be reinstated for them immediately.https://t.co/YErtvXk0SJ
President at his NJ golf resort for a long weekend. The Grim Reaper (shown here in Virginia last weekend) is still on the job pic.twitter.com/eg9es2460v
Ask your Trump voting friend if they’re fine with a billionaire’s skilless son making money off of government decisions while millions of Americans are out of work or underemployed. https://t.co/r0vtfG3ZPr
Joe Biden is at ZERO risk of losing the Black vote to the asshole who refused to rent to Black people, who refuses to say Black Lives Matter, and who tweeted a "White Power" video.
Brittany Gilliam did nothing wrong. Neither did her children.
“A police dept in Aurora, Colorado says it’s sorry after putting innocent Black girls in handcuffs. Officers mistakenly believed they were riding a stolen car. This is the same dept responsible for the death of Elijah McClain. Brittany Gilliam, the woman handcuffed, says the apology from the Aurora Police Department is ‘not good enough.’ (see video)
Joy Reid to Brittany’s Attorney, David Lane:
“Your firm is also representing Elijah McClain’s family. Elijah McClain was a 23 year old young man who was also killed by Aurora police. Have you gotten any feedback from Aurora police that they understand that they need to fundamentally change the way they operate period toward black people. Because pointing guns at little kids, and making them lay on the ground for 12 to 15 minutes, and then not doing anything to try to calm screaming children who you pointed a gun at, doesn’t sound to me like proper police procedure.”
Lane:
“Well I think if there is any department that I’m aware of in the country that needs to be defunded,
abolished and rebuilt from the ground up, it’s the Aurora police department. Lane and Newman is the firm I am in, and we have been doing Civil Rights cases for 25 years and Aurora is a frequent flyer. They just named Chief Wilson as a brand new Chief of Police this week. And my attitude is ‘Meet the new boss, same as the old boss’ until she can prove otherwise. I say there are some good applies in every department. By that I mean most cops are not violent. Most cops don’t want to violate the Constitution.
But most cops are enablers. They allow their violent brothers and sisters to do whatever they want, and they turn a blind eye, and they don’t write reports, and they don’t turn them in. And that’s the culture in Aurora. That’s the culture across the country. And until these enablers stop being enablers, this will never change. This culture of violence and this culture of ‘Back the Blue’ matter what will never change. So I have no reason to believe Aurora is ever going to change.”
“But most cops are enablers.
They allow their violent brothers and sisters to do whatever they want,
and they turn a blind eye,
and they don’t write reports,
and they don’t turn them in.”
(Attorney David Lane)
I’m concerned that Trump picked his new @DoD_IG precisely because he won’t stand up to him. I told his nominee: we need watchdogs at the Pentagon who will safeguard our democracy, even if it means preventing the President from turning the military into his own personal militia. pic.twitter.com/tRFAWvYcXK
Where we are right now: -an evictions cliff because the moratorium on evictions has expired -a hunger crisis affecting 1 in 5 mothers' kids -no expanded unemployment benefits
We have solutions in Congress to address every one of these issues—Republicans need to get on board.
This guy is more dangerous than the idiot moron squatter
This used to go without saying, but attorneys general are not supposed to attend events affilliated with and promoted by political parties. And what is up with that sign over his head? https://t.co/mKEkXOtRzU
Senator Peters speaks to Hayes on the Postal Service slowdown.
An investigation by the Homeland Security Committee with oversight over the Post Office is underway.
“This cannot occur, especially in the middle of a pandemic. People rely on the postal service to provide critical mail to them in a timely way,” says Sen. Peters, “That’s not happening, and we need to get to the bottom of it.”
Mail delays, mail piling up “like we’ve never seen before”.
Includes prescription medications, social security checks, essential drugs to veterans, pay as well as absentee ballots. Overtime has been limited. ransportation trucks not used. Processing machines limited. Employees report never before seen piles of mail when they’ve been trained to get it out as rapidly as possible. Especially iIn the middle of a pandemic we need critical mail in a timely way. Senator Peters asks why were these changes put in without testing them first? Implementing such changes without know the impact is entirely irresponsible.
Senator Peters:
“This is the only agency or the only entity that actually delivers to every single address in the United States, no matter where you live. It’s absolutely essential to folks in rural areas that rely on the Postal Service. We’ve got to make sure that this proud history of this organization of over 240 years continues to deliver the mail. And as you mention very accurately, postal workers say they never want to see a bag of mail laying on the floor. They want to get it out immediately.”
MORE people and hours will be needed to deal with absentee ballots.
Looks like making the Post Offie look unreliable is part of the plot to privatize.
Making it look bad n the middle of a pandemic is an attempt to justify a greedy corporate takeover. Not only is USPS beloved and trusted, it is a fabulous equal opportunity employer. What deal does Trump have going with private companies? Please. We must come out and say how much we love USPS.
BREAKING: Full DC Circuit rules in favor of House Judiciary Committee that it does have the power to sue to enforce subpoenas like the one it's been long pursuing to get testimony from former Trump WH Counsel Don McGahn. pic.twitter.com/Me7KferXvJ
This from @crampell is a jaw-dropping revelation of the blandest of evil, sneaky rules. An embarrassment to and mockery of equal justice under law, and our country.
BREAKING: A New York judge handed a major loss Thursday to Donald Trump in the defamation lawsuit brought by my friend @ejeancarroll, who Trump raped years ago. The judge rejected his bid to delay the case.
PROOF that a community that wears a mask bends the curve.
We could’ve learned this LONG ago from other countries and our loved ones would still be here with us.
This morning my school called and they have deleted my suspension. To everyone supporting me, I can’t thank you enough. If I’m not responding it’s because my life has been somewhat crazy the past few days. Once again thank you. ❤️
History professor Allan Lichtman's prediction system shows that "Donald Trump will lose the White House this year." He has correctly predicted the winner of each presidential race since Ronald Reagan's re-election victory in 1984. https://t.co/nvRFzBzEFz
“FBI Asked To Investigate Reports Of Trump UK Golf Club Scheme”
“Rep. Ted Lieu talks with Rachel Maddow about why he and Rep. Kathleen Rice have asked the FBI to open a criminal investigation into reports that Donald Trump had Ambassador Woody Johnson ask his UK counterparts to move the lucrative British Open to Trump’s Scotland golf course.”
“I still don’t know why I was fired.” (Fmr Ambassador Lewis Lukens testified.)
Congressionman Lieu describes the firing as “part of a pattern of corruption” by the Trump WH.
He thinks Ambaassador Johnson who solicited a bribe from the British government on Trump’s personal behalf, should resign. And that the IG report which has been “submarined” should be made public.
The stunning AG Letitia James:
“Because it has gone on for far too long. An unchecked corporation with too much power. And a corporation that unfortunately ignored the law. Nobody is above the law including the NRA.”
Maddow: “Now in response to your suit today which obviously made national news, this is a big deal given the political influence and reach of the NRA both over time and now. The president responded by saying that he thinks that the NRA should just get out of New York, move itself to Texas. The Texas Attorney General then tweeted that the state of course would welcome the NRA with open arms. When we saw that the president and the Texas Attorney General said that today, we contacted a number of legal experts who told us that that’s not a possibility. It may be a good PR move, but the way the NRA is chartered in New York, they can’t just up and move to any other state. They certainly can’t take any of their assets, which includes their name, their brand, and any of the ways in which they’ve represented themselves to the public. If they try to do this, will you have to take legal action to block them from doing that? Do you see them as having any legal toehold to stand on if they try to evade your jurisdiction by just dissolving themselves in New York and leaving?”
AG James:
“The NRA has to account for this not-for-profit corporation. They have to account to a court of law.
We filed to the Supreme Court today in the state of New York. And until such time as they account for their looting this corporation, this corporation cannot leave the state of New York at this point in time. They need the approval of the Office of the Attorney General. And so until such time as there is a full accounting, restitution, and they are removed as leaders of the NRA. And we will dissolve the corporation in its entirety. And they will not serve on any other not-for-profit in the state of New York. These individuals are not in a position to leave the state of New York, and the NRA as a corporation. It is also important to note that the Attorney General of D.C. also filed an action today against the NRA Foundation. And the Attorney General of D.C. is alleging that the Foundation was subject to the influence of Wayne LaPierre. And so we are again waiting the outcomes of these two major lawsuits that again question whether or not this corporation, the NRA itself, and these four individual defendants in fact failed to ensure and put in place fiscal controls, which allowed them to basically loot the corporation and use it as their own personal piggy bank.”
Apparently, Andrea Mitchell said Ana Navarro is going to be supporting Joe Biden on “Team Obama.” Who cares?
Joe Biden will always be on Team Obama. And Barack Obama will always be on Team Biden. I'm with both of 'em! #Biden2020 Welcome to the team, @ananavarro !!!
“Leisure travelers must fly to Mexico as the land border is only open for essential travel. The rolling 30-border closure began in the spring and will likely extend on August 20, 2020.”
Among countless other services, the 2020 Census directly impacts federal funding for classroom technologies in our communities, which will be absolutely vital for learning in the school years to come.
It’s been 85 days since the House passed the HEROES Act to provide vital COVID relief funding. It’s now in the Senate, and Mitch has done nothing. He’s not even in the negotiating meetings. pic.twitter.com/ZS46hRrFTv
I can’t be more blunt about this: Mr. President, Members of Congress, should you fail to provide the funds America needs for its elections, you will be derelict in your duty to your country. It would be a devastating failure to protect our democracy in a moment of historic need. pic.twitter.com/sTnzr1hYap
There is only ONE party that wants to make it hard to vote..one party who continues to disenfranchise voters….One party that wants to make citizens risk their lives in order to vote…That party is the Republican Party!..#NuffSaid
Hundreds of cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children have been reported to CDC since #COVID19 became widespread in the U.S. Learn more about how this condition affects children and teens in @CDCMMWR: https://t.co/Tdlmlbdlvk. pic.twitter.com/7eoW8NOFf5
Pres Dimondstein: The real financial crisis right now is the effect of the COVID induced economic crisis that is affecting the country – congress needs to act. #Inners#SaveThePostOfficehttps://t.co/dSYm4YPN5J
The Obama Diary 
Sleezy Peezy!
Lord give me the strength to resist making a joke about “Thighland.”
😂
Go for it, Don! 😂
Indeed, the memory of the horror of Hiroshima & Nagasaki must persist, forever.
Tragically, we are on the verge of a catastrophe the memory of which will haunt humanity indefinitely.
The day America irrevocably became an authoritarian satellite of Russia.
Never ever!
Haha!
My First Lady!
Yup
👇🏾
Some very cool people in Poland!
Pfft. What’s the point?
LOL!
My Queen!
Yet Republicans claim to care about unborn children.
Then they don’t care about them once they’re born.
Exactly.
Don’t pass any more budgets until the Post Office is protected.
Wow
Not surprised at all.
I don’t know what to say.
This is actually illegal, but the FEC doesn’t have a quorum b/c drumpf hasn’t made any new appts, so they can’t meet to regulate the campaigns. It hurts me in my heart to see how much drumpf and his administration and the GOP in Congress have hurt our democratic institutions, oversight and defied the Constitution itself all without consequence. It makes it hard for me to sleep at night. I worry all the time and this is aside from worrying about COVID.
Lord have mercy, this is HEEE-larious! 😆😅😂
Dudette! 😂 You always bring the best cackles! Thank you. Sure needed that deep belly laugh today! 😘😘
😂😂😂😘
Too Funny!!! 😀 😀 😀
Figuratively speaking, this is my “baby brother” who is now a grown ass man. He has ALWAYS been doing TEW MUCH just without the afro, hip polyester aphlet, and platform shoes. I sent this to him a couple of weeks back and have been teasing him mercilessly. LOL. Hey that’s what big sisters do! LOL
LOL
SMH
When you need a change of perspective…
When it was pointed out that he actually can’t win in 2020—that he won’t be on enough ballots to yield 270 electoral votes, and that a write-in campaign isn’t feasible—and thus was serving as a spoiler, West replied: “I’m not going to argue with you. Jesus is King.”
West rebuffed various attempts to clarify who was driving his ballot access or strategy and whether it’s being coordinated by or with Republican-affiliated officials. He does, however, appear to have a continuing relationship with the Trump White House.
I very rarely comment on this guy because he’s flat out disgusting, he’s a goddamn clown. And mark my words there are people that will happily vote for him. And to think that King and Lewis and many others put their life on the line, and some making the ultimate sacrifice. Yes, he disgust me.
I know the purpose of him “walking” is to pull Black votes from Biden. While that may happen, I don’t believe *that* many Black voters will vote for him. Contrary to the belief of some, Black voters don’t vote for someone just because they are Black.
“Contrary to the belief of some, Black voters don’t vote for someone just because they are Black.”
Thank you!
Listening. Learning. Admitting mistakes. Taking appropriate action. = Leadership.
So refreshing.
What an awesome story..I am so happy for this family…and so very grateful to the medical professionals who made it happen…Bless them all!
3 Vietnams
With each court loss, bad pandemic news, worsening economy, and declining poll numbers, I fear that we’ll see more selfish, vindictive, retaliatory behavior from the Orange Oval Office Occupant…actions designed to get as much personal benefit while wreaking as much havoc as possible on the way out…a lot of which will be hard to recover from.
Maybe someone will catch a clue before it is too late.
I love this!
Dudette, you bring such great music! I adore your eclectic tunes, coz I identify, being eclectic myself! But, gotta bow to you & shake a leg as I do so! 😂💃
Always my pleasure, G. I love the tunes you bring here too. We some rockin’ sistahs! 😎
I so agree. We love Dudette! She brings so much to us. So thankful she is a TOD sister!
Aww thanks, mtmarilyn! 😘♥️
It’s amusing to me when current artists sample or cover music by artists from back in the day and young people think it’s original. Just goes to show the quality and timelessness of some of the music and artists we grew up with.
Exactly!
Good one! Especially since I knew what was coming:)
Right? 😁
I’d call this finding the fountain of youth.
Goodnight TOD.
Yes, clickbait. I was furious last might when I read that. Many of us here in Knoxville voted for Mackler, but mercy, she DID THIS. She raised and spent little less than $9000‼️‼️‼️ Read that again. Mackler raised around $2million and spent $1.5M.
This thread is exactly why I’ve been thinking it’s gonna be Muh Girl! 😃
This is Joe!
Good Morning!
Because he alone…. holds the power of life over death…Trump is all-powerful.
We bow to his good graces. He is playing god. Biden is running against him, thus he is anti-god.
As Alycee suggests, maybe today? Whatever the case, we’ll be ready to get going!
Morning everyone. Keep sharing
I, for one, can not WAIT to punch their lights out.
Piggy bank is an understatement. They should be in jail for this. Anyone else would be. All while screaming about 2A rights being taken away… they were just upping the lavishness!
Important thread
Ain’t nothin’ like that DC Go-Go beat! I miss living in DC…
This
On ReidOut.
Aurora police force a Mom and her children to lay handcuffed face down on the street at gunpoint, for what?
Brittany Gilliam describes what happened to Joy Reid:
Here…https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/brittany-gilliam-handcuffed-with-kids-by-aurora-police-says-their-apology-is-not-good-enough-89679941752
Brittany Gilliam did nothing wrong. Neither did her children.
“A police dept in Aurora, Colorado says it’s sorry after putting innocent Black girls in handcuffs. Officers mistakenly believed they were riding a stolen car. This is the same dept responsible for the death of Elijah McClain. Brittany Gilliam, the woman handcuffed, says the apology from the Aurora Police Department is ‘not good enough.’ (see video)
Joy Reid to Brittany’s Attorney, David Lane:
“Your firm is also representing Elijah McClain’s family. Elijah McClain was a 23 year old young man who was also killed by Aurora police. Have you gotten any feedback from Aurora police that they understand that they need to fundamentally change the way they operate period toward black people. Because pointing guns at little kids, and making them lay on the ground for 12 to 15 minutes, and then not doing anything to try to calm screaming children who you pointed a gun at, doesn’t sound to me like proper police procedure.”
Lane:
“Well I think if there is any department that I’m aware of in the country that needs to be defunded,
abolished and rebuilt from the ground up, it’s the Aurora police department. Lane and Newman is the firm I am in, and we have been doing Civil Rights cases for 25 years and Aurora is a frequent flyer. They just named Chief Wilson as a brand new Chief of Police this week. And my attitude is ‘Meet the new boss, same as the old boss’ until she can prove otherwise. I say there are some good applies in every department. By that I mean most cops are not violent. Most cops don’t want to violate the Constitution.
But most cops are enablers. They allow their violent brothers and sisters to do whatever they want, and they turn a blind eye, and they don’t write reports, and they don’t turn them in. And that’s the culture in Aurora. That’s the culture across the country. And until these enablers stop being enablers, this will never change. This culture of violence and this culture of ‘Back the Blue’ matter what will never change. So I have no reason to believe Aurora is ever going to change.”
“But most cops are enablers.
They allow their violent brothers and sisters to do whatever they want,
and they turn a blind eye,
and they don’t write reports,
and they don’t turn them in.”
(Attorney David Lane)
This guy is more dangerous than the idiot moron squatter
Senator Peters speaks to Hayes on the Postal Service slowdown.
An investigation by the Homeland Security Committee with oversight over the Post Office is underway.
“This cannot occur, especially in the middle of a pandemic. People rely on the postal service to provide critical mail to them in a timely way,” says Sen. Peters, “That’s not happening, and we need to get to the bottom of it.”
Mail delays, mail piling up “like we’ve never seen before”.
Includes prescription medications, social security checks, essential drugs to veterans, pay as well as absentee ballots. Overtime has been limited. ransportation trucks not used. Processing machines limited. Employees report never before seen piles of mail when they’ve been trained to get it out as rapidly as possible. Especially iIn the middle of a pandemic we need critical mail in a timely way. Senator Peters asks why were these changes put in without testing them first? Implementing such changes without know the impact is entirely irresponsible.
Senator Peters:
“This is the only agency or the only entity that actually delivers to every single address in the United States, no matter where you live. It’s absolutely essential to folks in rural areas that rely on the Postal Service. We’ve got to make sure that this proud history of this organization of over 240 years continues to deliver the mail. And as you mention very accurately, postal workers say they never want to see a bag of mail laying on the floor. They want to get it out immediately.”
MORE people and hours will be needed to deal with absentee ballots.
Looks like making the Post Offie look unreliable is part of the plot to privatize.
Making it look bad n the middle of a pandemic is an attempt to justify a greedy corporate takeover. Not only is USPS beloved and trusted, it is a fabulous equal opportunity employer. What deal does Trump have going with private companies? Please. We must come out and say how much we love USPS.
Mr.Sousa:)😂😂😂😂
Heh, he was thinkin’ about Miss Ogyny.
In his exclusive Trump in Thailand episode, doom was thinking about runway dresses.
Dear god get them gone
Letter from Speaker Pelosi and Democratic Leader Schumer:
To postmaster general DeJoy.
Here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7016664-20200806-Letter-PostmasterDeJoy.html
Chart:
Kansas mask counties verus no-mask counties.
Counties with a mask mandate brought their numbers down. Counties with no mask mandate did not.
The stunning, stunning AG James.
https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1411/Kansas-COVID-19-7-Day-Rolling-Average-of-Daily-Cases-Per-100K-Population-002?fbclid=IwAR3TsmRzsiQdIAbGXTpGVn4NAx6pNesB0HJWkhWNC6ND8v2X75RM5gedff0
Chart:
Kansas mask counties verus no-mask counties.
Counties with a mask mandate brought their numbers down. Counties with no mask mandate did not.
PROOF that a community that wears a mask bends the curve.
We could’ve learned this LONG ago from other countries and our loved ones would still be here with us.
“FBI Asked To Investigate Reports Of Trump UK Golf Club Scheme”
“Rep. Ted Lieu talks with Rachel Maddow about why he and Rep. Kathleen Rice have asked the FBI to open a criminal investigation into reports that Donald Trump had Ambassador Woody Johnson ask his UK counterparts to move the lucrative British Open to Trump’s Scotland golf course.”
“I still don’t know why I was fired.” (Fmr Ambassador Lewis Lukens testified.)
Congressionman Lieu describes the firing as “part of a pattern of corruption” by the Trump WH.
He thinks Ambaassador Johnson who solicited a bribe from the British government on Trump’s personal behalf, should resign. And that the IG report which has been “submarined” should be made public.
“Woody Johnson Was a Loyal Trump Supporter in 2016. As an Ambassador, He May Be Too Loyal”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/world/europe/woody-johnson-trump.html)
New York Attorney General lawsuit: “Executives used NRA as “personal piggy bank”:
The stunning AG Letitia James:
“Because it has gone on for far too long. An unchecked corporation with too much power. And a corporation that unfortunately ignored the law. Nobody is above the law including the NRA.”
The video shows the first part of the interview…AG James….gosh!
Maddow: “Now in response to your suit today which obviously made national news, this is a big deal given the political influence and reach of the NRA both over time and now. The president responded by saying that he thinks that the NRA should just get out of New York, move itself to Texas. The Texas Attorney General then tweeted that the state of course would welcome the NRA with open arms. When we saw that the president and the Texas Attorney General said that today, we contacted a number of legal experts who told us that that’s not a possibility. It may be a good PR move, but the way the NRA is chartered in New York, they can’t just up and move to any other state. They certainly can’t take any of their assets, which includes their name, their brand, and any of the ways in which they’ve represented themselves to the public. If they try to do this, will you have to take legal action to block them from doing that? Do you see them as having any legal toehold to stand on if they try to evade your jurisdiction by just dissolving themselves in New York and leaving?”
AG James:
“The NRA has to account for this not-for-profit corporation. They have to account to a court of law.
We filed to the Supreme Court today in the state of New York. And until such time as they account for their looting this corporation, this corporation cannot leave the state of New York at this point in time. They need the approval of the Office of the Attorney General. And so until such time as there is a full accounting, restitution, and they are removed as leaders of the NRA. And we will dissolve the corporation in its entirety. And they will not serve on any other not-for-profit in the state of New York. These individuals are not in a position to leave the state of New York, and the NRA as a corporation. It is also important to note that the Attorney General of D.C. also filed an action today against the NRA Foundation. And the Attorney General of D.C. is alleging that the Foundation was subject to the influence of Wayne LaPierre. And so we are again waiting the outcomes of these two major lawsuits that again question whether or not this corporation, the NRA itself, and these four individual defendants in fact failed to ensure and put in place fiscal controls, which allowed them to basically loot the corporation and use it as their own personal piggy bank.”
Congrats to all for making it thus far…to Friday!!
And so it was.
🙂
Apparently, Andrea Mitchell said Ana Navarro is going to be supporting Joe Biden on “Team Obama.” Who cares?
Got a passport? Learn this song.
These kind of blanket statements do a disservice…
There is only ONE party that wants to make it hard to vote..one party who continues to disenfranchise voters….One party that wants to make citizens risk their lives in order to vote…That party is the Republican Party!..#NuffSaid
There is so much yet to learn about this virus…Reason #890 why there is a desperate need for a National strategy…a National Plan
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/08/07/13th/