On the 50th anniversary of Amtrak, Pres. Joe Biden reflected on how the rail service had given him a "second family" and used the event to pitch his $2 trillion for infrastructure plan, which would allocate $80 billion for the rail service. https://t.co/JHzMYLAjZJ
I keep waiting for RWNJs (who have nothing else) to mention something like Joe’s in for a kickback from Amtrak or whatever. Like if he supports assistance to farmers, it’s because “he likes to eat.” Ugh.
BREAKING: Derby winner Medina Spirit turns down an invitation to Mar-a-Lago. Asked why, they said āIf I wanted to see a horseās ass, I wouldāve finished second!ā
— Travis Allen šŗšø (@TravisAllen02) May 2, 2021
modi and his thugs lost big time today. They threw the kitchen sink and every other thing they could at a single lady and she kicked them in their collective nads by winning 2/3rd of the seats in her state. In my state, the opposition party beat him and the ruling party he allied with by 2 to 1. For all their arm twisting and throwing around money, bjp got just 2 seats so far in my state, that too because the candies were defectors and won on their own personal popularity.
A good read on modi’s loss, horrible governance and ugly politics.
“And that’s the point. For Modi and his cohorts only one thing matters — winning elections at any and all cost.
Towards this end they are willing to throw all norms — decency, humanity, politics to the wind.”
Where have we heard that before? it’s the same playbook for the fucking rw thugs everywhere.
And this is where Mamata Banerjee’s rout of the BJP is important.
The pandemic may have had a minimal reason behind her tremendous electoral win, and all to do with her direct appeal to the electorate as well as disgust at the way she was singled out, hectored, and pilloried by the entire rank and file of BJP leaders brought in from outside.
But the timing of her win is what makes it crucial.
Hitherto Indians had resigned themselves to Modi’s misrule in the absence of someone who can fight him. TINA was his strength.
Yes, other strong men have stopped Modi and his hordes in states before, but none of them with a footprint or battle cry to shake up New Delhi.
But over the last few weeks, a tired, distressed, defeated population has been watching how Mamata has fought off Modi and his army single-handedly, dealing them a blow like they’ve never have been dealt before.
Bengal has shown what it thinks today; will India follow suit tomorrow?
As always and as everywhere, the rw thugs always overreach and get burned.
A Republican Oregon lawmaker who let violent far-right demonstrators into the state Capitol during a Dec. 21 special session was criminally charged with first-degree official misconduct and second-degree criminal trespass. https://t.co/tjCKfmZ3UD
“Fake Moderate Susan Collins Tells DC To Become Part Of Maryland Instead Of Statehood”
“If D.C. were a Republican voting area, the GOP would be clamoring for statehood. Collinsās opposition was all about Democrats not gaining more members of the House and Senate.”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2021/05/02/susan-collins-dc-statehood.html)
–Ms delay-deny-change is at it again.
PLEASE SEND
Your passport, visa particulars, grandmother’s address, bank balance, to the following address…..
so that lunatics can randomly scrutinize and subject them to secret experiments.
(Entirely legal plus the media will keep an eye on it when permitted = no worries go back to sleep!)
Charles Booker, became a Ky state legislator in 2018. Despite his late 2020 entry, he was on Amy McGrathās heels in the polls, running against Mitch. He needs to be Kyās next US Senator https://t.co/1syeTZozbj
HAPPENING TODAY: Senator Bernie Sanders is holding a rally with former Kentucky State Representative and potential 2022 Senate candidate Charles Booker in Louisville. https://t.co/qcqqpRGvB4
Sanders and his folks are still using black people to advance an agenda that centers white folks..i think that Sanders would agree with Tim Scott…that America does not exhibit racist tendencies that must be addressed
This is what happens when you don't stand up to a bully. When you don't call a thing a thing, like the racism, white grievance, and delusion of the former guy. The pretense that there are "both sides."https://t.co/PcwIXrbNck
— Portia J&Jš McGonagal (@PortiaMcGonagal) May 2, 2021
“Sen. Sanders Finds It “Increasingly Difficult” To Work With Senators Who Supported The Insurrection”
“Senator Bernie Sanders speaks frankly about the challenges of balancing a divided Senate,
and how difficult it is to work with members who continue to
spread the “big lie” about the 2020 election results.”
Football clubs, players, athletes and a number of sporting bodies have begun a four-day boycott of social media in an attempt to tackle abuse and discrimination on their platforms.
It began at 15:00 BST on Friday and will end on Monday at at 23:59 BST.
The “show of solidarity against online abuse” hopes to encourage companies to take a stronger stance against racist and sexist abuse by users.
Rugby union, cricket and rugby league have also joined the protest.
/
Individuals and football clubs have condemned the abuse, and it has been decided that collective action is the best way to bring about change.
I don’t think the marks and jacks would give jackshit about these mini boycotts. Hurt them with escalating fines. That’s the only currency they understand.
Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! AAPI actors have always been important in #StarTrek. Celebrate them ā¤ļø #APAHMpic.twitter.com/AqnFox7KQB
Today is the start of Asian Pacific American Heritage month, and I ask you (everyone not just AAPIs) to do at least one action. Itās been a tough year for AAPIs. Hear Us, See Us for who we are. I made this #AAPIHeritageMonth guide with ideas to do. Please share. #APAHM (THREAD) pic.twitter.com/x4PrShOixm
During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we celebrate our nationās vibrant, diverse AAPI communities. Let's pledge to stand w/ our AAPI friends, family & neighbors as we strive to fulfill our founding promise as a nation of immigrants & build a brighter future for all #APAHMpic.twitter.com/gzeujeamB6
This month, we celebrate and honor the significant contributions Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders have made to our nation. This past year, we have seen an unconscionable rise in hate against AAPI Americans. @POTUS and I want you to know: we stand with you.
My hope is that one day we won’t have to hyphenate our heritage in America. That is, Native-American, African-American, Asian-American, Mexican-American, Italian-American, Polish-American, and so on. Those hyphens only serve the purpose of division. And they’ve surely served that purpose well for 400 years. Divide & conquer! One day, my wish, is that we’ll simply be American, no hyphens. Hope am still present to witness that change! šš
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babul Supriyo who lost from Tollyganj against Trinamool’s Aroop Biswas posted a rant against Mamata Banerjee saying that he will not congratulate her as Bengal people did a ‘historic mistake’ by not giving Bharatiya Janata Party a chance.
The post was later deleted.
In a short Facebook post Supriyo lashed out at party chief Mamata Banerjee, whom he labelled a “cruel lady”.
“Neither will I congratulate Mamata Banerjee… nor do I wish to say I ‘respect’ the people’s verdict… sincerely think people of Bengal made a historic mistake by not giving BJP a chance… by electing this corrupt, incapable,
dishonest government and a cruel lady back to power,” he ranted.
just saw ‘Sound of Metal’ with Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci..moved, so moved…pls see. Am a big fan of Riz.
my father was very deaf, and i sustained some ear damage as a child. You cover it up. At a certain point careers can be lost. And you do see more, maybe notice more than others. There’s so very much for us to learn about the world of the profoundly deaf and hard of hearing. pls see this movie.
Proud Boys Canada is dissolving after being classified as a domestic terrorism organization. Why this hasn't happened here, and their founder deported, is beyond me. Let's go AG Garland! https://t.co/1oTAFqJPRy
— Amy Siskind š³ļøāš (@Amy_Siskind) May 3, 2021
Morning everyone…click on the Google thing today. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week š There are some amazing teachers out there…thank them. Been quite a year for all of us. Made us stronger. Have a great day today. DO a kindness for someone today.
“Montana, Kansas, and Arkansas
enter the arms race to criminalize protest”
“The Republican push to criminalize pipeline protests is expanding beyond fossil fuel-producing states.”
“It was April 1, and Jestin Dupree had driven more than 400 miles from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation
in northeastern Montana to the stateās capital, Helena, to testify against legislation that could be used to jail environmental protesters. For years, his tribe had been protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, which was to cross the Missouri River, their main source of water. Their efforts seemed to be vindicated when the project was cancelled by President Joe Biden during his first day in office.
Montanaās new legislation, however,
would allow environmental protesters
to be jailed for up to 18 months
if they obstruct operations at oil and gas facilities ā
and up to 30 years if they damage equipment.
It seemed to be a direct rebuke to the Indigenous activism
that had helped stop Keystone XL.”
Making it illegal to protest fossil fuels = native lands and waterways. Jail time and a big fine.
Oh their bottomless need for wealth and power…Illegal to protest…welcome to Russia.
The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.
Congressman Lieu.
āMatt Gaetz is entitled to the presumption of innocence, but he is not entitled to sit on the House Judiciary Committee. That is an honor and a privilege,ā says Rep. Ted Lieu.
āLeader Kevin McCarthy must remove Matt Gaetz from the committee immediately.ā
Racism reared its ugly head the most in agriculture. In 1920, there were nearly 1M Black farmers. Land theft and New Deal era programs like Agricultural Adjustment Act and exclusion of agriculture workers/domestic workers in Social Security Act of 1935 decimated Black community. https://t.co/kCX0yqRu1d
“A human touch makes the difference in outreach to the vaccine hesitant”
“Ashley Jude, program coordinator for the Centracare Mobile Vaccine Team,
talks with Rachel Maddow about engaging with people directly in their local communities to offer the Covid vaccine, build trust, and address specific concerns they may have as a strategy for growing the number of vaccinated people in the U.S. beyond the initial enthusiastic adopters.”
First lady Jill Biden makes the case for the American Families plan during remarks at a Virginia community college on Monday, saying: āthere is no greater investment that we can make than in education.ā pic.twitter.com/KDx63JEvf8
The brevity & precision one would expect from the daughter of a Pulitzer winning writer. The clear, nudging layout one might expect from the daughter of @CassSunstein. https://t.co/AAJlT8h5u9
— Embassy of Ireland USA (@IrelandEmbUSA) May 3, 2021
A free press is critical to democracy. On this #WorldPressFreedomDay, we recognize the courage of journalists around the world. And we recommit ourselves to protecting and promoting a free and independent press everywhere.
The Republican attack on voting and undermining of democracy is the most under-covered story in America today. I fear that 50 years from now, it will be what this period is most remembered for and yet most of the media treats it as a both-sides political dispute.
Mr Modi has often talked about his “special bond” with the river Ganges, the ancient city of Varanasi, and the city’s people. But as the virus has ravaged the city and the medical infrastructure collapsed, Mr Modi has stayed clear of his constituency.
Residents have watched as their MP made 17 trips to the key political state of West Bengal between February and April, to campaign for the assembly elections there, which he lost badly on the weekend.
An angry restaurant owner described Mr Modi’s review meeting to discuss the Covid crisis in Varanasi on 17 April – a day before the village council elections – as a “farce”.
“The prime minister and the chief minister have gone into hiding, abandoning Varanasi and its people to their own fate,” the restaurant owner said. “The local BJP leaders are in hiding too. They have switched off their phones. This is the time people need them to help with a hospital bed or an oxygen cylinder but it’s total anarchy here. People are so angry.”
Ask, I heard on NPR a woman was looking for oxygen cylinder for her mother in hospital with Covid. Modi is worst than Trump. Trump made Governors shoulder the responsibility in begging for PPE and ventilators, Modi has left people to fend for themselves.
Letās give NASA's @SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts a hand!
š Welcome home.
In the most fitting fashion, their mission, which certified the return of astronaut launches from the U.S., ended with an equally historic nighttime splashdown at 2:56am ET (06:56 UT): https://t.co/xQUMykAB30pic.twitter.com/pt3lSHkmlH
šø NEW PHOTO DROP: We've released new images from the @SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour's May 2 splashdown with Crew-1 astronauts @AstroVicGlover, @Astro_illini, Shannon Walker, & @Astro_Soichi!
All the hand wringing and bashing other countries not helping India and they won’t lift a finger to help their own people. Life saving oxygen sitting at the India airport. The people should rise up and just go get it…
The 2022 Mid Term elections can not be faced in a way that we may have faced them before…#WeThePeople (meaning democracy loving citizens) cannot allow the Republicans to return to power…2020 should have been a wake up call that our democracy was in danger…1.
— Pretty Footšš¾ wears a maskš· (@PrettyFootWoman) May 4, 2021
A farmer in Belgium has caused a stir after inadvertently redrawing the country’s border with France.
A local history enthusiast was walking in the forest when he noticed the stone marking the boundary between the two countries had moved 2.29m (7.5ft).
The Belgian farmer, apparently annoyed by the stone in his tractor’s path, had moved it inside French territory.
Instead of causing international uproar, the incident has been met with smiles on both sides of the border.
“He made Belgium bigger and France smaller, it’s not a good idea,” David Lavaux, mayor of the Belgian village of Erquelinnes, told French TV channel TF1. That sort of move caused a headache between private landowners, he pointed out, let alone neighbouring states.
//
Local Belgian authorities plan to contact the farmer to ask him to return the stone to its original location. If that does not happen the case could end up at the Belgian foreign ministry, which would have to summon a Franco-Belgian border commission, dormant since 1930.
Mr Lavaux noted that the farmer could also face criminal charges if he failed to comply.
Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist of Florida has officially entered the race for governor, becoming the first challenger to Republican Ron DeSantis. https://t.co/yVWHc2dWf4
Doom stole an election with Russia’s help, then nearly got his crew to assassinate his way to another.
(McConnell stole a couple of Supreme Court seats.) After umpteen bipartisan vote counts they want to cry about a made up story. OK. But what’s the plan to indict doom and label the proud boys a domestic terrorist group?
“Democrats are calling on Arizona’s independent redistricting board
to reject applications to draw maps from a group whose top official has served
as an expert witness for Republican legislators in gerrymandering cases.
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Committee (IRC) is due to vote Tuesday on which companies it will hire to perform the demographic analysis and draw redistricting maps based on the 2020 Census.
All On The Line, a campaign affiliated with the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, formally called on IRC on Thursday to reject an application to be the mapping consultants presented by Timmons Group and National Demographics Corporation (NDC).”
Last night, a rail overpass collapsed in Mexico City. The United States offers our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those lost, and we wish a full and speedy recovery to those who are injured.
“What Happens If The U.S. Falls Short Of ‘Herd Immunity’ To Covid?”
“Apoorva Mandavilli, reporter for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about what herd immunity means and what the future of Covid-19 in the United States is likely to be as a “manageable threat” if herd immunity is not achieved.”
FACT SHEET:
“President Biden to Announce Goal to Administer at Least One Vaccine Shot to 70% of the U.S. Adult
Population by July 4th”
(whitehouse.gov)
I wish those in the media who advocate press freedom cared as much about voting rights and democracy as those who advocate voting rights and democracy care about press freedom.
“Republicans Fear New Voting Restrictions Could Backfire On Their Own Voters”
“Amy Gardner, national political reporter for the Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Florida Republicans, in their zeal to appease irrational Trumpian concerns about election fraud, passed new voting restrictions that include making it harder to vote by mail, which many Republican constituencies do.”
The Obama Diary 
Hi, Happy May Day everyone. No pole dancing for me either, jacquelineoboomer.
Happy May Day evening to you, Anna. š
Ha! Love it!
I keep waiting for RWNJs (who have nothing else) to mention something like Joe’s in for a kickback from Amtrak or whatever. Like if he supports assistance to farmers, it’s because “he likes to eat.” Ugh.
wonder what would happen when I jog in that.
Yikes! š±
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modi and his thugs lost big time today. They threw the kitchen sink and every other thing they could at a single lady and she kicked them in their collective nads by winning 2/3rd of the seats in her state. In my state, the opposition party beat him and the ruling party he allied with by 2 to 1. For all their arm twisting and throwing around money, bjp got just 2 seats so far in my state, that too because the candies were defectors and won on their own personal popularity.
A good read on modi’s loss, horrible governance and ugly politics.
“And that’s the point. For Modi and his cohorts only one thing matters — winning elections at any and all cost.
Towards this end they are willing to throw all norms — decency, humanity, politics to the wind.”
Where have we heard that before? it’s the same playbook for the fucking rw thugs everywhere.
https://www.rediff.com/news/column/saisuresh-sivaswamy-has-modi-run-out-of-gas/20210502.htm
More from that piece
And this is where Mamata Banerjee’s rout of the BJP is important.
The pandemic may have had a minimal reason behind her tremendous electoral win, and all to do with her direct appeal to the electorate as well as disgust at the way she was singled out, hectored, and pilloried by the entire rank and file of BJP leaders brought in from outside.
But the timing of her win is what makes it crucial.
Hitherto Indians had resigned themselves to Modi’s misrule in the absence of someone who can fight him. TINA was his strength.
Yes, other strong men have stopped Modi and his hordes in states before, but none of them with a footprint or battle cry to shake up New Delhi.
But over the last few weeks, a tired, distressed, defeated population has been watching how Mamata has fought off Modi and his army single-handedly, dealing them a blow like they’ve never have been dealt before.
Bengal has shown what it thinks today; will India follow suit tomorrow?
As always and as everywhere, the rw thugs always overreach and get burned.
Appreciate this update amk….btw unthinkable that there was any kind of Kumbh Mela…in Covid.
Morninā yāall, thank you, NW, thank you, all of {{{TOD}}} ššÆššš¼ššÆš
Finally. Thank god for small mercies.
“Fake Moderate Susan Collins Tells DC To Become Part Of Maryland Instead Of Statehood”
“If D.C. were a Republican voting area, the GOP would be clamoring for statehood. Collinsās opposition was all about Democrats not gaining more members of the House and Senate.”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2021/05/02/susan-collins-dc-statehood.html)
–Ms delay-deny-change is at it again.
Q:
Have the QAnon trumpies who have inexplicably got their hands on 66% of the actual AZ ballots:
Discovered they can damage these ballots with UV lighting?
Pls.
—or some other way?
PLEASE SEND
Your passport, visa particulars, grandmother’s address, bank balance, to the following address…..
so that lunatics can randomly scrutinize and subject them to secret experiments.
(Entirely legal plus the media will keep an eye on it when permitted = no worries go back to sleep!)
Sanders and his folks are still using black people to advance an agenda that centers white folks..i think that Sanders would agree with Tim Scott…that America does not exhibit racist tendencies that must be addressed
thx jer44.
Pls don’t miss…wow Charles Booker! Bernie totally lays it out. Hannah Drake…yikes yeh!
“What they did in GA you can do in Kentucky.”
“Sen. Sanders Finds It “Increasingly Difficult” To Work With Senators Who Supported The Insurrection”
“Senator Bernie Sanders speaks frankly about the challenges of balancing a divided Senate,
and how difficult it is to work with members who continue to
spread the “big lie” about the 2020 election results.”
The American capitalist game.
(An FB meme)
IMAGINE you’re playing a game of Monopoly with 5 other players.
-One of the players is given 90% of the properties.
-The other players have 10%.
Meanwhile FOX pretends any kind of fair capitalism is “nazi-ism”.
Love that headline! Goodnight!
They were just children, teenagers….this is how the police met them…nothing much has changed
the one on the right is the modi’s own turd blossom thug.
drats
OH HO!!……Kerala, Kerala and Sri Sri M.A. well done!
–thx amk
Football clubs, players, athletes and a number of sporting bodies have begun a four-day boycott of social media in an attempt to tackle abuse and discrimination on their platforms.
It began at 15:00 BST on Friday and will end on Monday at at 23:59 BST.
The “show of solidarity against online abuse” hopes to encourage companies to take a stronger stance against racist and sexist abuse by users.
Rugby union, cricket and rugby league have also joined the protest.
/
Individuals and football clubs have condemned the abuse, and it has been decided that collective action is the best way to bring about change.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/56936797
I don’t think the marks and jacks would give jackshit about these mini boycotts. Hurt them with escalating fines. That’s the only currency they understand.
Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
My hope is that one day we won’t have to hyphenate our heritage in America. That is, Native-American, African-American, Asian-American, Mexican-American, Italian-American, Polish-American, and so on. Those hyphens only serve the purpose of division. And they’ve surely served that purpose well for 400 years. Divide & conquer! One day, my wish, is that we’ll simply be American, no hyphens. Hope am still present to witness that change! šš
rw thugs are as classy as everywhere
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babul Supriyo who lost from Tollyganj against Trinamool’s Aroop Biswas posted a rant against Mamata Banerjee saying that he will not congratulate her as Bengal people did a ‘historic mistake’ by not giving Bharatiya Janata Party a chance.
The post was later deleted.
In a short Facebook post Supriyo lashed out at party chief Mamata Banerjee, whom he labelled a “cruel lady”.
“Neither will I congratulate Mamata Banerjee… nor do I wish to say I ‘respect’ the people’s verdict… sincerely think people of Bengal made a historic mistake by not giving BJP a chance… by electing this corrupt, incapable,
dishonest government and a cruel lady back to power,” he ranted.
https://www.rediff.com/news/report/wb-voted-for-cruel-lady-babul-supriyo-on-tmc-win/20210503.htm
his asshole boss is equally classy.
just saw ‘Sound of Metal’ with Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci..moved, so moved…pls see. Am a big fan of Riz.
my father was very deaf, and i sustained some ear damage as a child. You cover it up. At a certain point careers can be lost. And you do see more, maybe notice more than others. There’s so very much for us to learn about the world of the profoundly deaf and hard of hearing. pls see this movie.
The dreaded words once again avoided = I have a hearing loss.
didn’t melt down
or have a protonic
reversal,
phew.
eh it’s just fine, totally fine.
–somehow thought saying so might be helpful to someone….instead it’s just 2 much info!!
Heads Up Los Angeles Marvel fans!
Goodnight everyone, all caught up..
See you in the NetherLight!
ššÆš¤šÆš
It is hard to dismantle white supremacy in America when it is one of the 3 pillars that holds up white America…
šš¢š
Morning everyone…click on the Google thing today. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week š There are some amazing teachers out there…thank them. Been quite a year for all of us. Made us stronger. Have a great day today. DO a kindness for someone today.
Teachers ROCK! š¹š¦ššÆšššššššŖš¦¾āš¾šš¹
“Biden Returns $14 Billion That Trump Stole From The Military For His Wall”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2021/04/30/biden-troops-wall.html)
“Montana, Kansas, and Arkansas
enter the arms race to criminalize protest”
“The Republican push to criminalize pipeline protests is expanding beyond fossil fuel-producing states.”
“It was April 1, and Jestin Dupree had driven more than 400 miles from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation
in northeastern Montana to the stateās capital, Helena, to testify against legislation that could be used to jail environmental protesters. For years, his tribe had been protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, which was to cross the Missouri River, their main source of water. Their efforts seemed to be vindicated when the project was cancelled by President Joe Biden during his first day in office.
Montanaās new legislation, however,
would allow environmental protesters
to be jailed for up to 18 months
if they obstruct operations at oil and gas facilities ā
and up to 30 years if they damage equipment.
It seemed to be a direct rebuke to the Indigenous activism
that had helped stop Keystone XL.”
(https://grist.org/protest/pipeline-protest-laws-montana-kansas-arkansas/)
NOW…
Soon – President Biden visits elementary school in Yorktown, VA
https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-3
Making it illegal to protest fossil fuels = native lands and waterways. Jail time and a big fine.
Oh their bottomless need for wealth and power…Illegal to protest…welcome to Russia.
Remarks by President Biden at an Event Marking Amtrakās 50th Anniversary
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/04/30/remarks-by-president-biden-at-an-event-marking-amtraks-50th-anniversary/)
Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Roundtable Discussion on Public Transit
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/04/30/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-in-a-roundtable-discussion-on-public-transit/)
“President Biden
Talks About Spending, Race, Pandemic, Immigration In Today interview”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b69O9SZN3Y0)
Cheri Beasley running for Senate.
Fmr North Carolina Chief Justice Cheri Beasley joins The ReidOut to talk about her run for U.S Senate.
(https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/former-north-carolina-chief-justice-cheri-beasley-running-for-u-s-senate-111149637516)
Hoo wudda thunk a cheney spawn would bear witness to the truth?
Let’s remember that Trump was elected with Putin’s help.
That is what doom and gop want us to forget.
–Reverse finger pointing is what they do.
Congressman Lieu.
āMatt Gaetz is entitled to the presumption of innocence, but he is not entitled to sit on the House Judiciary Committee. That is an honor and a privilege,ā says Rep. Ted Lieu.
āLeader Kevin McCarthy must remove Matt Gaetz from the committee immediately.ā
“A human touch makes the difference in outreach to the vaccine hesitant”
“Ashley Jude, program coordinator for the Centracare Mobile Vaccine Team,
talks with Rachel Maddow about engaging with people directly in their local communities to offer the Covid vaccine, build trust, and address specific concerns they may have as a strategy for growing the number of vaccinated people in the U.S. beyond the initial enthusiastic adopters.”
Here: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/a-human-touch-makes-the-difference-in-outreach-to-the-vaccine-hesitant-111157829759)
Well now! Seems like these smart women are taking off.
USA TODAY: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, wife Melinda Gates, announce divorce after 27-year marriage.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/05/03/bill-and-melinda-gates-divorce-microsoft-founder/4930061001/
Yay Samantha! šš¾
This is too cute! šš
Vice President Harris swears in our new NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson.
cassandra has spoken. murkans better wake the fuck up.
wtf happened to that DC statehood push?
Joe Manchin happened. :(:(:(:(:(
Yay Libraries! šš¾
Mr Modi has often talked about his “special bond” with the river Ganges, the ancient city of Varanasi, and the city’s people. But as the virus has ravaged the city and the medical infrastructure collapsed, Mr Modi has stayed clear of his constituency.
Residents have watched as their MP made 17 trips to the key political state of West Bengal between February and April, to campaign for the assembly elections there, which he lost badly on the weekend.
An angry restaurant owner described Mr Modi’s review meeting to discuss the Covid crisis in Varanasi on 17 April – a day before the village council elections – as a “farce”.
“The prime minister and the chief minister have gone into hiding, abandoning Varanasi and its people to their own fate,” the restaurant owner said. “The local BJP leaders are in hiding too. They have switched off their phones. This is the time people need them to help with a hospital bed or an oxygen cylinder but it’s total anarchy here. People are so angry.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56969283
Voting choice matters.
Ask, I heard on NPR a woman was looking for oxygen cylinder for her mother in hospital with Covid. Modi is worst than Trump. Trump made Governors shoulder the responsibility in begging for PPE and ventilators, Modi has left people to fend for themselves.
Autocorrect..Amk
Yup, the similarity between both the thugs is striking. Rotten peas in a rotten pod.
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I mean, it happens every year. Donāt act surprised!
Goodnight, TODville – and all the ships at sea!
Where are the 300 tonnes of emergency Covid-19 supplies that have landed in Delhi in last five days?
No domestic flights have taken off to carry the supplies to other parts of India, nor have states been informed about their share by the Centre.
https://scroll.in/article/993973/where-are-the-300-tonnes-of-emergency-covid-19-supplies-that-have-landed-in-delhi-in-last-five-days
Pathetic modi regime.
All the hand wringing and bashing other countries not helping India and they won’t lift a finger to help their own people. Life saving oxygen sitting at the India airport. The people should rise up and just go get it…
‘The Big Lie’ is not a phrase in need of a new definition”
“At issue is a figure who believes the existing definitions of words and phrases are fine,
until he thinks of a way to manipulate language to his benefit.”
Benen: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/big-lie-not-phrase-need-new-definition-n1266244)
A farmer in Belgium has caused a stir after inadvertently redrawing the country’s border with France.
A local history enthusiast was walking in the forest when he noticed the stone marking the boundary between the two countries had moved 2.29m (7.5ft).
The Belgian farmer, apparently annoyed by the stone in his tractor’s path, had moved it inside French territory.
Instead of causing international uproar, the incident has been met with smiles on both sides of the border.
“He made Belgium bigger and France smaller, it’s not a good idea,” David Lavaux, mayor of the Belgian village of Erquelinnes, told French TV channel TF1. That sort of move caused a headache between private landowners, he pointed out, let alone neighbouring states.
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Local Belgian authorities plan to contact the farmer to ask him to return the stone to its original location. If that does not happen the case could end up at the Belgian foreign ministry, which would have to summon a Franco-Belgian border commission, dormant since 1930.
Mr Lavaux noted that the farmer could also face criminal charges if he failed to comply.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56978344
Talk about not yielding even an inch of ground.
Doom stole an election with Russia’s help, then nearly got his crew to assassinate his way to another.
(McConnell stole a couple of Supreme Court seats.) After umpteen bipartisan vote counts they want to cry about a made up story. OK. But what’s the plan to indict doom and label the proud boys a domestic terrorist group?
“Democrats are calling on Arizona’s independent redistricting board
to reject applications to draw maps from a group whose top official has served
as an expert witness for Republican legislators in gerrymandering cases.
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Committee (IRC) is due to vote Tuesday on which companies it will hire to perform the demographic analysis and draw redistricting maps based on the 2020 Census.
All On The Line, a campaign affiliated with the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, formally called on IRC on Thursday to reject an application to be the mapping consultants presented by Timmons Group and National Demographics Corporation (NDC).”
(https://thehill.com/latino/551710-democrats-want-arizona-to-reject-mapping-firms-application-to-redraw-districts)
“What Happens If The U.S. Falls Short Of ‘Herd Immunity’ To Covid?”
“Apoorva Mandavilli, reporter for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about what herd immunity means and what the future of Covid-19 in the United States is likely to be as a “manageable threat” if herd immunity is not achieved.”
FACT SHEET:
“President Biden to Announce Goal to Administer at Least One Vaccine Shot to 70% of the U.S. Adult
Population by July 4th”
(whitehouse.gov)
The murkan press”s bottomline is their bottomline.
New post.
Typical mittbot concern trolling.
“Republicans Fear New Voting Restrictions Could Backfire On Their Own Voters”
“Amy Gardner, national political reporter for the Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Florida Republicans, in their zeal to appease irrational Trumpian concerns about election fraud, passed new voting restrictions that include making it harder to vote by mail, which many Republican constituencies do.”