During quarantine, I picked up knitting as a hobby—and discovered how fulfilling it can be to turn small stitches into something big and beautiful. That's why I loved talking with Shayna Rose, a 14-year-old reporter with Vogue Knitting Magazine about it. Hope you’ll listen! pic.twitter.com/LRmTKv5Gcm
It's day 1 of LeVar Burton's #Jeopardy tryout, an all-hands-on-deck moment for fans backing his quest to succeed Alex Trebek. As @YNB puts it, 'He’s a good, loving, informative and educational part of our lives. He just, to me, has the DNA of Mr. Trebek.'https://t.co/4a3LK7dNuR
Rachel Maddow:
“The U.S. government is now trying to both insist on the rights of journalists around the world,
and to a certain extent, they’re trying to model that behavior within the U.S. government itself.
The Justice Department this week putting out new rules that limit the ability of U.S. law enforcement to go after journalists and their communications and their sources. That new rule put out by Attorney General Merrick Garland this week and that is welcome. But if we are once again trying to lead the world and standing up for these kinds of freedoms, it’s not working. What else can we do?
Hong Kong democracy activists are now asking for the United States to once again offer them asylum in the United States, to offer Hong Kong democracy activists asylum in the United States, which is not an unprecedented thing. The U.S. did that after the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1990 under President George H. W. Bush.”
U.S. Must Put Values Over Profits To Promote Democracy Against Authoritarian China: Rhodes
“Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor,
talks with Rachel Maddow about how the United States can best push back against Chinese authoritarianism, especially emphasizing democratic principles over business opportunism that has compromised many American companies, and the amount of support President Biden would have in Washington for pursuing that agenda. “
Rhodes:
“Two years ago, you could go there and feel the characteristics in open society.
You would not feel that there today. It is not safe for people to express themselves there today.
Young people there told me there is such total control with technology, the surveillance that they have.
They are trying to control what you can say, they`re trying to control what you can think.
This is the kind of future that we have to push back on, and there has to be a multi-faceted effort across government working with allies and has to be sustained for years to come.”
Ben Rhodes was Deputy National Security Advisor to PBO,
author “After the Fall: Being American in the World We’ve Made”.
Good morning, TOD. Thanks for the new post, NW. Last couple of days, it takes a LONG time for TOD to load. Even with the 9 comments, it is taking a long time and keeps asking for the option of close or wait. Must be something with WordPress.
Get your tissue. First ever Olympic gold medal for The Philippines! 😭
LAKAS NG PILIPINA! 🏋🏽♀️🇵🇭@diaz_hidilyn lifts up the entire nation as she wins the 1ST OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL for the Philippines and sets an Olympic Record for weightlifting in the 55kg division.
Bob Moses's pioneering work in the civil rights movement and as a teacher will shape lives for generations to come. Our thoughts are with his family. https://t.co/JPs9byoqwI
— My Brother's Keeper Alliance (@MBK_Alliance) July 26, 2021
Bob Moses was a hero of mine. His quiet confidence helped shape the civil rights movement, and he inspired generations of young people looking to make a difference. Michelle and I send our prayers to Janet and the rest of the Moses family.
Imagine hating a vaccine because a man on TV told you to, then getting that same vaccine because the same man on TV told you to, and still having the audacity to call someone else a sheep.
Germany's female gymnasts took a stand against the sexualization of women in their sport by wearing unitards instead of the common bikini-cut leotards at #Tokyo2020
Agreed. It’s outrageous that they force some of these female athletes to perform essentially in thongs for no real reason.
If they’re comfortable in that, fine, if not, let them wear whatever the heck they want as long as it doesn’t give an undue advantage.
“The good news is we are lucky enough to have at our disposal free of charge, lifesaving vaccines.
I wanted you to show you this chart, which says more than anyone can say about this. That shows how the UK’s vaccine rollout has dramatically reduced deaths from COVID.
It is a picture worth way more than a thousand words.
This UK’s second COVID rave that`s the pre-vaccine one on the left side.
On the left left part of that, those are cases and on the right, the deaths. And you see that sort of neat correlation, right between cases on the left, deaths on the right.
Now look to the chart of the 3rd wave.
That’s post vaccine, that’s in blueish gray. Look how much lower the death toll is.
The cases they grow, they grow, they grow and what happens?
The deaths barely budge.
It seems the only real explanation we have here for the disparity and deaths are the vaccines.
In the UK nearly 70% of people are fully vaccinated.
Now compare that to here in the US where only about half of the full population is fully vaccinated.
Millions of children are still ineligible of course to receive the vaccine.
So if it’s your prayer to go back to school. Parents are waking up to stories like this from the New York Times:
“31 children test positive for coronavirus at summer camp, all 31 children who tested positive are under the age of 12 making them too young to receive vaccines in the U.S.”
They're not satisfied by simply suppressing the vote. They want to render voting meaningless. One step closer to autocracy. Takeover of Fulton elections considered by Georgia Republicans https://t.co/XqS3RMcbQl
NEW: CA will have the strongest state vaccine verification system in the US and will require state employees & healthcare workers to provide proof of vaccination—or get tested regularly.
We’re experiencing a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Everyone that can get vaccinated—should.
The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea
“Before the 17th century, people did not think of themselves as belonging to something called the white race.
But once the idea was invented, it quickly began to reshape the modern world.”
President Biden pledges support for Americans experiencing chronic coronavirus symptoms as he celebrated the 31st anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act.https://t.co/arOEFuDN1W
U.S. pop singer Pink has offered to pay a fine given to the Norwegian female beach handball team for wearing shorts instead of the required bikini bottoms. https://t.co/dv44qCBMjN
Earlier today former Senator Barbara Boxer was assaulted in the Jack London Square neighborhood of Oakland. The assailant pushed her in the back, stole her cell phone and jumped in a waiting car. She is thankful that she was not seriously injured.”
Great to hear that Capitol Police Officers
will tell their stories at the Select Committee hearing tomorrow….so overdue.
Happened to strike up a long conversation with someone, well-educated and about to teach a couple of College courses, who turned out to have the most bizarre ideas especially about the Insurrection…even equated it
with peaceful George Floyd protests. So this idea that ‘everyone should be aggrieved regardless of party’ is not realistic. And how for example, can we reach more people with what the Officers say tomorrow?
—-may Capitol Officers open up and not hold back about their experiences.
it's lucky for Michael Flynn that he was just a white man selling out his country and lying to the FBI about it and 'joking' about assassinating people, and not, for example, a black man selling loose cigarettes on a street corner, because there are serious consequences for that
Being a white nationalist is not being a patriot. And getting your G.E.D. a few months before winning election to the House doesn’t give you the training or the experience to critique Dr. Anthony Fauci.
This is Charlie, Cheyenne, Maximus, and Dahlia. Maximus won’t stop growing and the others aren’t sure what to do. Still 13/10 for all pic.twitter.com/ina7JyB0Nv
In statement attacking Pelosi over Jan. 6 committee, Trump suggests that Antifa and BLM activists played a role in Jan. 6 attack that was actually carried out by a mob of his supporters who attended a rally he promoted based on their false belief Congress would stop Biden’s win
@cameron_kasky Sir, I am disappointed with the tweets I have seen from you today. The Black Woman is the most disrepected person in American. I am 59. We make less money than everyone else. We are sexualized, our tone is policed, both online and in person. In our own party,
— Ms. Dawn aka Pfizer Vaccinated Black Boomer (@Ladybellesfic) July 27, 2021
A Roman Catholic cardinal who was once a close ally of Pope Francis has gone on trial in the Vatican, accused of misusing Church funds in a ruinous London property venture.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 73, is the most senior cleric in modern times to face trial for alleged financial crimes.
He is charged with spending €350m (£299m; $412m) of church money on a botched deal to buy a property in Chelsea that incurred huge losses.
He denies wrongdoing.
Cardinal Becciu was sacked by the Pope in September, as reports of financial misdeeds emerged.
A two-year investigation exposed how the Vatican lost millions of euros, including donations from worshippers, after buying a former Harrods warehouse in Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, in 2014. The cardinal was formerly in charge of donations at the secretariat which handles Vatican funds.
The charges against him include allegedly channelling money to businesses run by his brothers in their native Sardinia.
Nine other defendants are also accused of crimes including extortion, embezzlement, money-laundering and abuse of office.
UPDATE | USA Gymnastics did not specify Simone Biles' injury, but said she “will be assessed daily to determine medical clearance for future competitions.”
The insurrection is still continuing through other means: the same people who tried to violently overthrow American democracy are leading the charge to pass 400 new voter suppression laws & overturn future elections to nullify will of voters
Why do the dems have a black man leading this enquiry? They couldn’t find a single white guy or woman to do this? How long the black people be cleaning up white peeps mess?
Police Officer testimony at the Select Committee hearing today was stunning, shocking, overwhelming, the reliving of that day on film beyond traumatic.
“Our democracy was preserved because of you.”
(Congressman Bennie Thompson to the four Officers)
Kinsinger very emotional in his remarks: “We are only here now because you guys were here.”
Officer Dunn: “It was a war that we fought that day.”
Officer Hodges explained that officers didn’t fire their guns because they thought doing so might be a signal for bombs to be set off.
“We did it for democracy.”
Officer Fanone: “The implements were most certainly weapons.”
Although guns were not fired, lethal weapons ncluded hockey sticks, american flags, wasp spray, bear spray, sledgehammers, pipes, railings, 4 by 4s, stun guns, speakers, sharpened pole, unknown chemical substances, pipe bombs. Officer Fanone said he was in full uniform and couldn’t be mistaken for anything other than a Police Officer.
–Congressman Raskin rightly called the insurrectionists fascist traitors to our country.
“”I’ve talked to officers who have done two tours in Iraq who said this was scarier to them than their time in combat,” Robert J. Contee III, the acting chief of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, said in January.” (npr)
Thank You Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, Capitol Police Officer Aquilino Gonell,
Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, and Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges for your protection and service.
–And to all of the 140 officers were injured, to those who died, and all of their families.
This is not over. It will be on the books hundreds of years from now. There must be accountability and justice from the organizers, funders, planners, and those behind the curtain. A fascist terrorist attack on our Capitol must never happen again.
—-No more guns in any of the Capitols for civilians. The end.
Congresswoman Murphy Rips McCarthy Name-Calling Jan. 6 Committee Rep
“Rep. Stephanie Murphy:
“It’s a shame that Kevin McCarthy has resorted to name calling to try to disparage his own members
and try to create a sideshow circus to detract from the very serious efforts this committee is making towards getting to the truth.”
At the Hearing today Congresswoman Murphy said that Police Officers were the last line of defense for herself and a colleague alone in the Capitol basement. Because of Police she got to hug her children again.
Also pointed out that the reason the terrorists didn’t hurt any members of Congress
was because (thanks to Police) they didn’t encounter any members of Congress.”
Officer Fanone:
“Too many are telling me that hell doesn’t exist or hell isn’t that bad.”
“No matter who was in office all I’ve cared about is protecting you and the public.”
Dear wonderful Simone,
Being the best in the world must be an unimaginable gift and pressure.
We have no idea what happens to athletes at the Olympics. Please take care of your precious body and mind for now and the future. Thank you for all you have given all Americans.
-love.
Trump not endorsing George P. Bush for Texas AG after Bush betrayed his father, turned his back on his family name, and pledged his loyalty to Trump, is some real Game of Thrones type shit.
THREAD: An FBI informant recorded the planning of a KKK plot to kill a Black man in Florida in 2015.
Recordings obtained by @AP provide a detailed look inside the investigation that exposed a murder plot – and the klan’s link to law enforcement. https://t.co/xnD5R62enW
That is so scary Pkayden. I always wanted to do drive to Florida someday. Stop along the way, take in some sights etc … but I sense that northern part of FL might not be too friendly to POC.
If I do ever get around to visiting FL again, I am just going to fly.
There really needs to be a federal database so that the a-hole prison guards, LEOs etc do not get employed in similar positions. They are due out tbis year … that’s not 12 years!
I pray the young man and his family stay safe.
Society is messed up.
Reverend Sharpton on death of Civil Rights icon Bob Moses:
We must pick up baton, keep fighting
“Civil Rights icon Bob Moses, who just passed away at 86, is remembered by MSNBC’s Al Sharpton for his heroic actions to secure voting rights, which also inspired the battle against voter suppression today.”
Former President Barack Obama joins NBA Africa as strategic partner
“President Barack Obama will help advance the league’s social responsibility efforts across the continent, including programs and partnerships that support greater gender equality and economic inclusion”
Dudette hi,
Wednesday 28th.
Signing all the way into WordPress (with a post) and give password etc, just as normal,
but it will not go through the final step. Just a white blank. If I cannot get things posted, pls let our friends on the site know, thanks and hugs. love to you.
Hi brp. WordPress weirdness is such a pain. Hope it works out. Sometimes the support people are helpful. It’s been hit or miss for me. When in doubt, reboot.
Nancy Patricia D’Alesandro Pelosi don’t play. I laugh at the idiots who wanted her removed from the speakership. What team kicks out the quarterback when they’re beating the snot out of the opponents? pic.twitter.com/LHyTc5I4r9
This proposed power grab is undemocratic and deeply concerning. We must pass federal voting rights legislation to ensure we see fair elections where every eligible voter has the chance to make their voice heard. https://t.co/TR7nz7fUs3
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) July 27, 2021
I know the “I can’t wear a mask” pansies want to call her weak. This country sucks. They riot when their guy lost an election he spent all year preparing them that he’d loose.
It's astounding and appalling that, out of 211 Republican members of the United States House of Representatives, only two are willing to speak clearly and consistently for democracy and the rule of law today.
Simone Biles won nationals w/broken toes in both feet, worlds w/a kidney stone, and has carried the burden of being a face of sexual assault survivors as a national institution failed to support them
Half of y'all yelling about "toughness" can't handle wearing a mask in Wegman's
— Kavitha A. Davidson (@kavithadavidson) July 27, 2021
American gymnast Simone Biles was praised for prioritising “mental wellness over all else” after pulling out of the Olympic women’s team final.
The head of the US Olympic team, many gymnasts, and other sportspeople were among those to praise Biles’ decision.
The 24-year-old withdrew from the event after her vault, saying: “I have to focus on my mental health.”
“You’ve made us so proud,” said Sarah Hirshland, chief executive of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
“We applaud your decision to prioritise your mental wellness over all else and offer you the full support and resources of our Team USA community as you navigate the journey ahead.”
Good to see this district taking baby steps. At one point it was represented by Joe Barton, the guy who apologized to BP because the government was mean to them when they spilled a huge amount of oil in the ocean.
— Person Woman Man Camera TV (@mehmaybenot) July 28, 2021
indeed to evolve from that corrupt moron to nevertrumper is good.
The district is currently vacant. It was last represented by Republican Ron Wright, who served from 2019 until his death on February 7, 2021, from COVID-19.
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Susan Wright, the widow of Ron Wright who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, took first place in the special election. Republican state representative Jake Ellzey came in second and will face Wright in the runoff.[6] Governor Greg Abbott set July 27, 2021, as the special election runoff date.[7]
The traitorous thug literally killed your hubby and you still sought his blessings? Fucking cult.
Reuters: U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DECLINES TO DEFEND REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN MO BROOKS IN CIVIL LITIGATION ALLEGING HE CONSPIRED TO INSTIGATE THE JAN. 6 RIOT AT THE CAPITOL -COURT DOCUMENT
Why would they bother trying to defend the indefensible?
The Justice Department declined to substitute itself for Mo Brooks in a lawsuit accusing him of inciting the Jan. 6 attack, making it unlikely it would extend the same legal immunity to Trump, who is also a defendant in the suit.https://t.co/t6t1wpa6EU
Officer Dunn: “If a hit man is hired & he kills somebody the hit man goes to jail, but not only does the hit man go to jail but the person who hired him does. There was an attack committed on Jan. 6 & a hit man sent them. I want you to get to the bottom of that. Thank you.” pic.twitter.com/pE0qm2cmk9
It’s also refreshing how this bipartisan committee is conducting a uniformly respectful, informative, meaningful hearing, which would not have been the case if individuals like Rep. Jordan had been permitted to demean these proceedings. I thank Speaker Pelosi for that.
Today you saw the clearest difference between McCarthy’s GOP and the Democratic Party. McCarthy’s GOP led a protest to sympathize with the terrorists and coddle the cop-killers. While Democrats worked with reasonable Republicans to honor hero cops.
Ohio, help me with something: What has Jim Jordan actually done that made not only his district but the state of Ohio better? Again… not what he’s said, tweeted or whined about. I’m asking about what he’s actually ACCOMPLISHED for my home state. I’ll wait.
Simone Biles won nationals w/broken toes in both feet, worlds w/a kidney stone, and has carried the burden of being a face of sexual assault survivors as a national institution failed to support them
Half of y'all yelling about "toughness" can't handle wearing a mask in Wegman's
— Kavitha A. Davidson (@kavithadavidson) July 27, 2021
Well said. Everyone 'supports' mental health. That is, until someone says 'I need help'. That's when the knives/eye-rolling/character assassinations begin. Hopefully, she finds peace of mind through all this.
Here's the thing…she said she didn't know where she was in mid vault. If she had broke her leg bc of that we'd all be so proud the team won silver. But bc we can't see it, we deem it weakness… unacceptable
The argument last week was that the judges were marking her down because what she was doing was brilliant but dangerous, and they didn’t want others to try.
At that level you can not do it unless you are at your best and failure risks serious injury.
People don’t seem to understand this. They don’t get that there were 4 gymnasts on the team, so one gymnast was always out for each event. It was a smart move for the team.
I know the “I can’t wear a mask” pansies want to call her weak. This country sucks. They riot when their guy lost an election he spent all year preparing them that he’d loose.
BREAKING: Gwinnett County Public Schools announced Tuesday that it’s requiring masks for students, staff, and visitors to all school facilities and on school buses, regardless of vaccination status. https://t.co/B6eWpTYIXv
A little snark: 1) If you won’t wear a mask for 20 minutes in Walmart to protect kids who can’t get the vaccine, you would not have hid Anne Frank. Stop saying that! This is your real history hero moment. Step up.
2) Your friend from high school “who has done all the research and knows the truth about vaccines”, hasn’t and doesn’t. I have 2 degrees and 30 years of experience in medicine and I usually have to read these articles several times to make sure I understand them.
I’m an Arkansas ER physician. We are at the point warned about a year ago. There are no ICU beds in the state. 4 days ago we called 5 surrounding states looking for ICU beds and we were unsuccessful. (Thread)
In simple terms, because the critical care beds are full of ill Covid patients (who tend to have a slow recovery), there are no beds for the heart attacks, the major traumas, the septic patients…I could go all day.
A few facts: 1) The average delta variant positive person infects 6 people (compared to less than 3 with the original variant) 2) Almost all of the ill pneumonia patients we are seeing are unvaccinated (yes vaccinated people can get it but mostly with milder symptoms)
3) We are seeing a trend of severe disease in younger people
A few requests: 1) Wear a mask! It’s how most of us who spend all day with Covid patients coughing in our faces don’t get it. It’s worked for more than a year. It also keeps you from spreading it.
4) Get vaccinated! I obsessively love my family and I grabbed each of them by the ear to get their shot as soon as they were eligible. I would never hurt them.
Am I good enough? Yes, I am. The mantra I practice daily. @Simone_Biles, we are proud of you and we are rooting for you. Congratulations on the the silver medal, Team @USA! 🎊
A federal court has ordered that a rare ancient artefact, known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, must be surrendered to authorities.
The 3,500-year-old tablet, from what is now Iraq, bears text from the Epic of Gilgamesh – one of the world’s oldest works of literature.
Officials say it was illegally imported before being purchased by the Christian-owned brand Hobby Lobby.
The rare item was bought to be put on display at the Museum of the Bible.
The Washington DC museum, chaired by the craft shop’s president, has been plagued by controversies involving its collection.
Officials said the tablet was purchased by a US antiquities dealer in 2003 in London, who then shipped it to the US without declaring the contents and sold it on with false documentation.
After changing hands several times, the tablet was eventually bought by Hobby Lobby from an auction house for more than $1.67m (£1.2m) in 2014.
Acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Jacquelyn M Kasulis, described the development as “an important milestone on the path to returning this rare and ancient masterpiece of world literature to its country of origin”.
Hobby Lobby consented to the forfeiture, officials said in a Tuesday statement.
The star U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky won the Olympics' first-ever women's 1,500-meter freestyle for her first gold medal of the Tokyo Games.https://t.co/Ecn0afLNDO
She was fantastic, her team mate was impressive too. Came from behind to get past a couple of swimmers for the silver.
CBC commentators were saying that Katie Ledecky is a nice person (they said quite a bit about her) and that she does a lot of good, volunteering with kids and helping out with charities IIRC.
It may only be me, but I love that the young women won silver w/out Simone. I want what is best for Simone & her mental health, of course. The team was under duress from her not participating and they rallied with each other and got that silver. Bravo to each one. They did that.
— President Kamala’s Hand (STILL) (@DearDean22) July 28, 2021
I keep thinking about the interview Simone Biles gave about choosing not to retire in part because having one of Larry Nassar’s victims on the Olympic roster would put more pressure on USA Gymnastics to actually do something to make the sport safer for younger athletes
And she’s right—if you have someone in her position in front of press, they have a clearer reason to ask about it, and she can bring it up if they don’t. Especially someone who has enough power to speak freely, which is not really anyone but her among active athletes. It’s a lot.
Someone asked me about it was mentioned Simone Biles being molested. I almost forgot it was the Olympic medical doctor that was jailed and the most recent UCLA medical doctor recently indicted.
And true stuff. @MichaelPhelps has been out there talking mental health for so long. May we all refrain from judging someone whose shoes we have not walked in. #Olympicshttps://t.co/TxOMcpRSJC
"We have not come here to represent ourselves, but to represent the entire refugee community around the world," says Rose Nathike Lokonyen, a track and field athlete on the #Tokyo2020@RefugeesOlympic Team pic.twitter.com/XSBZU08Rl7
Rose carried the Olympic flag during the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony. And she continues to represent refugees at the very highest level. #Tokyo2020pic.twitter.com/0XTpggIF4p
— UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) July 27, 2021
Today, Beto O'Rourke and Rev. William Barber are starting a Selma to Montgomery-style march in Texas to protest Republican-led efforts to limit voting rights in the state and around the nation.
The Washington Post Editorial Board is calling for the Jan. 6 select committee to subpoena Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Mark Meadows for testimony. https://t.co/bfxBYEuBwA
Baseball pitchers sit down when they’re not in the right mindset all the time and the couch riders don’t insist they stay in the game & bring down the team. In Simone’s sport she could end up injuring herself – permanently or worse. She made a very mature and selfless decision.
Keep moving to Texas Californians, at least we won’t be killed by unregulated capitalism, guns for everyone, and stupid politicians that spend taxpayer money on a stupid wall.
Fanone making a vital point: He was down, "no longer an impediment"–not blocking insurrectionists–"and yet they tortured me." The "Back the Blue" crowd literally tortured a cop for no other reason but to torture a cop.
A court loss this morning for Trump et al. — the 2nd Circuit ruled he and his co. and his family can't force a lawsuit into arbitration that accuses them of fraud in promoting a multi-level marketing company https://t.co/TuXMPg24Wrpic.twitter.com/926yaaauC0
Cap Hill pool report: In response to a question about Kevin McCarthy saying a mask mandate is against the science, Pelosi responded, "He's such a moron."
The #DeltaVariant surge is overwhelming Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville #Florida. They have 389 COVID patients– an increase of 50% from a week ago. 99% are unvaccinated & the average age is 50. Of the new patients, 🚨83 are on life support! https://t.co/3QHHo8oIxTpic.twitter.com/GYyIqNvRob
The Obama Diary 
Good. Now investigate the corruption in these ‘contracts’.
Good West Coast morning Nerdy {{{hugs}}} and TOD family.
Look at First Lady Michelle being an “influencer” 🥰💃🏾😎💝
Pretty much been an influencer her entire adult life! ❤
Wooot! Yay Levar! Let’s go!
It’s on now in California 👏🏾👏🏾🥰😎
👍🏾😎
Rachel Maddow:
“The U.S. government is now trying to both insist on the rights of journalists around the world,
and to a certain extent, they’re trying to model that behavior within the U.S. government itself.
The Justice Department this week putting out new rules that limit the ability of U.S. law enforcement to go after journalists and their communications and their sources. That new rule put out by Attorney General Merrick Garland this week and that is welcome. But if we are once again trying to lead the world and standing up for these kinds of freedoms, it’s not working. What else can we do?
Hong Kong democracy activists are now asking for the United States to once again offer them asylum in the United States, to offer Hong Kong democracy activists asylum in the United States, which is not an unprecedented thing. The U.S. did that after the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1990 under President George H. W. Bush.”
U.S. Must Put Values Over Profits To Promote Democracy Against Authoritarian China: Rhodes
“Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor,
talks with Rachel Maddow about how the United States can best push back against Chinese authoritarianism, especially emphasizing democratic principles over business opportunism that has compromised many American companies, and the amount of support President Biden would have in Washington for pursuing that agenda. “
Rhodes:
“Two years ago, you could go there and feel the characteristics in open society.
You would not feel that there today. It is not safe for people to express themselves there today.
Young people there told me there is such total control with technology, the surveillance that they have.
They are trying to control what you can say, they`re trying to control what you can think.
This is the kind of future that we have to push back on, and there has to be a multi-faceted effort across government working with allies and has to be sustained for years to come.”
Ben Rhodes was Deputy National Security Advisor to PBO,
author “After the Fall: Being American in the World We’ve Made”.
Classic Case of the Left…whatever one does it is never enough
👏🏽👏🏽👍🏾
Good morning, TOD. Thanks for the new post, NW. Last couple of days, it takes a LONG time for TOD to load. Even with the 9 comments, it is taking a long time and keeps asking for the option of close or wait. Must be something with WordPress.
A Proclamation on National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, 2021
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/07/26/a-proclamation-on-national-korean-war-veterans-armistice-day-2021/)
Get your tissue. First ever Olympic gold medal for The Philippines! 😭
Rest in peace Bob Moses. 🙏🏾😔
Bob Moses…
Stunning life of accomplishment:
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Moses_(activist))
Tribalism aka racism trumps (ugh) all.
I love this! Way to go, Ladies!
Pls let the beach handball teams know they don’t have to do it either.
—wow everything for the male viewer, women just exist for that?
Norwegian women’s beach handball team fined for not playing in bikinis
While male players are allowed to play in tank tops and shorts,
women are required to wear bikini bottoms “with a close fit and cut on an upward angle.”
(https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/norwegian-women-s-beach-handball-team-fined-not-playing-bikinis-n1274453)
—Who thinks that guys in sports would wear anything like bikini bottoms?
Agreed. It’s outrageous that they force some of these female athletes to perform essentially in thongs for no real reason.
If they’re comfortable in that, fine, if not, let them wear whatever the heck they want as long as it doesn’t give an undue advantage.
😁
Chris Hayes:
“The good news is we are lucky enough to have at our disposal free of charge, lifesaving vaccines.
I wanted you to show you this chart, which says more than anyone can say about this. That shows how the UK’s vaccine rollout has dramatically reduced deaths from COVID.
It is a picture worth way more than a thousand words.
This UK’s second COVID rave that`s the pre-vaccine one on the left side.
On the left left part of that, those are cases and on the right, the deaths. And you see that sort of neat correlation, right between cases on the left, deaths on the right.
Now look to the chart of the 3rd wave.
That’s post vaccine, that’s in blueish gray. Look how much lower the death toll is.
The cases they grow, they grow, they grow and what happens?
The deaths barely budge.
It seems the only real explanation we have here for the disparity and deaths are the vaccines.
In the UK nearly 70% of people are fully vaccinated.
Now compare that to here in the US where only about half of the full population is fully vaccinated.
Millions of children are still ineligible of course to receive the vaccine.
So if it’s your prayer to go back to school. Parents are waking up to stories like this from the New York Times:
“31 children test positive for coronavirus at summer camp, all 31 children who tested positive are under the age of 12 making them too young to receive vaccines in the U.S.”
Murdoch, Fox News, Trump WH:
—Can we get millions of Americans to go after them for their deadly lies about COVID?
And if the Black folks in Fulton County ally this to happen without a fight, then…
*allow*
YES!
The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea
“Before the 17th century, people did not think of themselves as belonging to something called the white race.
But once the idea was invented, it quickly began to reshape the modern world.”
Podcast: (https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/may/28/the-invention-of-whiteness-the-long-history-of-a-dangerous-idea-podcast)
Text version:
(https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/20/the-invention-of-whiteness-long-history-dangerous-idea)
P!nk being awesome!
Yes, she is!
Earlier today former Senator Barbara Boxer was assaulted in the Jack London Square neighborhood of Oakland. The assailant pushed her in the back, stole her cell phone and jumped in a waiting car. She is thankful that she was not seriously injured.”
Great to hear that Capitol Police Officers
will tell their stories at the Select Committee hearing tomorrow….so overdue.
Happened to strike up a long conversation with someone, well-educated and about to teach a couple of College courses, who turned out to have the most bizarre ideas especially about the Insurrection…even equated it
with peaceful George Floyd protests. So this idea that ‘everyone should be aggrieved regardless of party’ is not realistic. And how for example, can we reach more people with what the Officers say tomorrow?
—-may Capitol Officers open up and not hold back about their experiences.
and the fucking fourth estate will aid and abet them.
amurikkkana
Being a white nationalist is not being a patriot. And getting your G.E.D. a few months before winning election to the House doesn’t give you the training or the experience to critique Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Oooops! 🤣🤣
come on dogs, the name itself is a give away.
Fly Lydia Fly!
At 17, I was rolling my eyes at my family, watching Star Trek reruns, and looking for the next party.
this is the first time ever I have seen this guy not acting as a total stenographer for the rethugs.
…….
Anti-fascists everywhere, your county needs you!
Anti-fascism is good thing.
……
Osaka out in 3rd round. Bummer.
Tell him Ms. Dawn! Her reply thread is fire…
This whole thread is a “must read” 👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥
A Roman Catholic cardinal who was once a close ally of Pope Francis has gone on trial in the Vatican, accused of misusing Church funds in a ruinous London property venture.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 73, is the most senior cleric in modern times to face trial for alleged financial crimes.
He is charged with spending €350m (£299m; $412m) of church money on a botched deal to buy a property in Chelsea that incurred huge losses.
He denies wrongdoing.
Cardinal Becciu was sacked by the Pope in September, as reports of financial misdeeds emerged.
A two-year investigation exposed how the Vatican lost millions of euros, including donations from worshippers, after buying a former Harrods warehouse in Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, in 2014. The cardinal was formerly in charge of donations at the secretariat which handles Vatican funds.
The charges against him include allegedly channelling money to businesses run by his brothers in their native Sardinia.
Nine other defendants are also accused of crimes including extortion, embezzlement, money-laundering and abuse of office.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57981508
what a great of example set by people of cloth.
Who want to deny President Biden of Communion. Hypocrites!
msm minions are surely upset.
I am not mad at Simone, not at all. I wish all of them “good mental health”. 💝
Nobody but Simone decides what’s right for Simone. 👏🏾
She’s still the greatest! Nothing that happened this week changes that.
Capitol Police Officer Fanone is testifying now
https://www.c-span.org/video/?513434-1/capitol-dc-police-testify-january-6-attack&live=&fbclid=IwAR0PfmJXpmQ9_xQVTxI2sP259KgoaZ6vNkttgrY2SNvoGhS0ymibCs0HVFM
Why do the dems have a black man leading this enquiry? They couldn’t find a single white guy or woman to do this? How long the black people be cleaning up white peeps mess?
Police Officer testimony at the Select Committee hearing today was stunning, shocking, overwhelming, the reliving of that day on film beyond traumatic.
“Our democracy was preserved because of you.”
(Congressman Bennie Thompson to the four Officers)
Kinsinger very emotional in his remarks: “We are only here now because you guys were here.”
Officer Dunn: “It was a war that we fought that day.”
Officer Hodges explained that officers didn’t fire their guns because they thought doing so might be a signal for bombs to be set off.
“We did it for democracy.”
Officer Fanone: “The implements were most certainly weapons.”
Although guns were not fired, lethal weapons ncluded hockey sticks, american flags, wasp spray, bear spray, sledgehammers, pipes, railings, 4 by 4s, stun guns, speakers, sharpened pole, unknown chemical substances, pipe bombs. Officer Fanone said he was in full uniform and couldn’t be mistaken for anything other than a Police Officer.
–Congressman Raskin rightly called the insurrectionists fascist traitors to our country.
“”I’ve talked to officers who have done two tours in Iraq who said this was scarier to them than their time in combat,” Robert J. Contee III, the acting chief of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, said in January.” (npr)
Thank You Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, Capitol Police Officer Aquilino Gonell,
Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, and Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges for your protection and service.
–And to all of the 140 officers were injured, to those who died, and all of their families.
This is not over. It will be on the books hundreds of years from now. There must be accountability and justice from the organizers, funders, planners, and those behind the curtain. A fascist terrorist attack on our Capitol must never happen again.
—-No more guns in any of the Capitols for civilians. The end.
(oops put an npr quote at the end of my comment above…to be clear the comment was not from npr!)
Congresswoman Murphy Rips McCarthy Name-Calling Jan. 6 Committee Rep
“Rep. Stephanie Murphy:
“It’s a shame that Kevin McCarthy has resorted to name calling to try to disparage his own members
and try to create a sideshow circus to detract from the very serious efforts this committee is making towards getting to the truth.”
At the Hearing today Congresswoman Murphy said that Police Officers were the last line of defense for herself and a colleague alone in the Capitol basement. Because of Police she got to hug her children again.
Also pointed out that the reason the terrorists didn’t hurt any members of Congress
was because (thanks to Police) they didn’t encounter any members of Congress.”
Officer Fanone:
“Too many are telling me that hell doesn’t exist or hell isn’t that bad.”
“No matter who was in office all I’ve cared about is protecting you and the public.”
Dear wonderful Simone,
Being the best in the world must be an unimaginable gift and pressure.
We have no idea what happens to athletes at the Olympics. Please take care of your precious body and mind for now and the future. Thank you for all you have given all Americans.
-love.
That is so scary Pkayden. I always wanted to do drive to Florida someday. Stop along the way, take in some sights etc … but I sense that northern part of FL might not be too friendly to POC.
If I do ever get around to visiting FL again, I am just going to fly.
There really needs to be a federal database so that the a-hole prison guards, LEOs etc do not get employed in similar positions. They are due out tbis year … that’s not 12 years!
I pray the young man and his family stay safe.
Society is messed up.
Good. Just do it!
Reverend Sharpton on death of Civil Rights icon Bob Moses:
We must pick up baton, keep fighting
“Civil Rights icon Bob Moses, who just passed away at 86, is remembered by MSNBC’s Al Sharpton for his heroic actions to secure voting rights, which also inspired the battle against voter suppression today.”
Here: (https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/civil-rights-icon-bob-moses-dies-at-86-a-champion-of-voting-rights-117425733917)
Texans can carry handguns without a license or training starting Sept. 1,
after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the permitless carry bill into law.
(https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/16/texas-constitutional-carry-greg-abbott/)
Appeals Court: Dealers Can Sell Handguns to 18-Year-Olds
An appeals court has ruled that a federal law banning licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults between age 18 and 21 is unconstitutional.
(https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-07-13/appeals-court-dealers-can-sell-handguns-to-18-year-olds)
Time to license and have insurance for all weapons that use bullets.
progress.
SMDH
Former President Barack Obama joins NBA Africa as strategic partner
“President Barack Obama will help advance the league’s social responsibility efforts across the continent, including programs and partnerships that support greater gender equality and economic inclusion”
Video: (https://www.nba.com/news/former-president-barack-obama-joins-nba-africa-as-strategic-partner)
Excellent! President Obama stays on mission. I just love him.
Dudette hi,
Wednesday 28th.
Signing all the way into WordPress (with a post) and give password etc, just as normal,
but it will not go through the final step. Just a white blank. If I cannot get things posted, pls let our friends on the site know, thanks and hugs. love to you.
Hi brp. WordPress weirdness is such a pain. Hope it works out. Sometimes the support people are helpful. It’s been hit or miss for me. When in doubt, reboot.
🤣🤣😎
Because many exchanged their hoods for uniforms.
THIS! Right On Marc ✊🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Marc is our knight in shining armor.
He is.
I know the “I can’t wear a mask” pansies want to call her weak. This country sucks. They riot when their guy lost an election he spent all year preparing them that he’d loose.
Good for them shutting down a distraction kkklown show. And the 3rd rate 4th estate was busy ‘covering it’.
white poutrage de jour.
wimmin/smh.
Sad funny
The call is coming from within the house, georgey.
🙌🏾
American gymnast Simone Biles was praised for prioritising “mental wellness over all else” after pulling out of the Olympic women’s team final.
The head of the US Olympic team, many gymnasts, and other sportspeople were among those to praise Biles’ decision.
The 24-year-old withdrew from the event after her vault, saying: “I have to focus on my mental health.”
“You’ve made us so proud,” said Sarah Hirshland, chief executive of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
“We applaud your decision to prioritise your mental wellness over all else and offer you the full support and resources of our Team USA community as you navigate the journey ahead.”
https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/57992327
the usual carnival barkers can go fuck themselves and their family.
Is it a blue seat in the red tx?
indeed to evolve from that corrupt moron to nevertrumper is good.
wiki
The district is currently vacant. It was last represented by Republican Ron Wright, who served from 2019 until his death on February 7, 2021, from COVID-19.
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Susan Wright, the widow of Ron Wright who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, took first place in the special election. Republican state representative Jake Ellzey came in second and will face Wright in the runoff.[6] Governor Greg Abbott set July 27, 2021, as the special election runoff date.[7]
The traitorous thug literally killed your hubby and you still sought his blessings? Fucking cult.
idiot ‘reporter’.
Why would they bother trying to defend the indefensible?
lol
Boom! 💥
Exactly!
I know the “I can’t wear a mask” pansies want to call her weak. This country sucks. They riot when their guy lost an election he spent all year preparing them that he’d loose.
Oh thank goodness!
Thread of Meidas Touch bulletin across the country.
A sobering thread from the good doctor.
Mrs. O’s message to Simone Biles
Real First Lady.
A federal court has ordered that a rare ancient artefact, known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, must be surrendered to authorities.
The 3,500-year-old tablet, from what is now Iraq, bears text from the Epic of Gilgamesh – one of the world’s oldest works of literature.
Officials say it was illegally imported before being purchased by the Christian-owned brand Hobby Lobby.
The rare item was bought to be put on display at the Museum of the Bible.
The Washington DC museum, chaired by the craft shop’s president, has been plagued by controversies involving its collection.
Officials said the tablet was purchased by a US antiquities dealer in 2003 in London, who then shipped it to the US without declaring the contents and sold it on with false documentation.
After changing hands several times, the tablet was eventually bought by Hobby Lobby from an auction house for more than $1.67m (£1.2m) in 2014.
Acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Jacquelyn M Kasulis, described the development as “an important milestone on the path to returning this rare and ancient masterpiece of world literature to its country of origin”.
Hobby Lobby consented to the forfeiture, officials said in a Tuesday statement.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57992957
Fucking looters and plunderers.
fucking corrupt to the core carnival barker.
US sells unique Wu-Tang Clan album seized from ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57992807
Another fucking criminal asshole.
Queen Katie ruled!
She was fantastic, her team mate was impressive too. Came from behind to get past a couple of swimmers for the silver.
CBC commentators were saying that Katie Ledecky is a nice person (they said quite a bit about her) and that she does a lot of good, volunteering with kids and helping out with charities IIRC.
Hopefully they all devolve into cockroaches.
Hopefully they all devolve into cockroaches.
This.😔
Someone asked me about it was mentioned Simone Biles being molested. I almost forgot it was the Olympic medical doctor that was jailed and the most recent UCLA medical doctor recently indicted.
Wow!
Take care of your mental health. It’s important.
There is some hope.
Rose and her teammates deserve more coverage
Biles pulls out of individual finals also. Good for her to put herself first.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/57973716
about effing time the effing msm did its job.
Cue rethugs poutrage attack on military. Hope the gop voting ‘vets’ know which side their bread is buttered on.
Keep moving to Texas Californians, at least we won’t be killed by unregulated capitalism, guns for everyone, and stupid politicians that spend taxpayer money on a stupid wall.
The cruelty is the point.
Tie the mobster criminal fraud of a thug and his despicable klan in lawsuits till they all die.
why is the fucking ‘pool’ still spouting fucking seditionist rethug talking points at her?
Us: can’t fix stupid.
Covid: Yes, I can.
Yup. That’s the way it should be. Good riddance of plague garbage.
New post.