I’m always inspired by young leaders like Rachid Ennassiri, who is helping more people in Morocco get involved in the fight against climate change. This Giving Tuesday, join the @ObamaFoundation in supporting the work of changemakers like Rachid: https://t.co/EmEqSufrBPpic.twitter.com/7DgoIGOFmg
From our family to yours, Happy Hanukkah and Chag Sameach! Over the next eight days, may we celebrate the many blessings in our own lives, and be reminded of the enduring power of hope.
Good morning TOD family. Thank you Nerdy Wonka for keeping this family together. We really need each other in this political atmosphere. Thank you all.
Pelosi Statement
on Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Washington, D.C. –
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in advance of the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, challenging Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban.
The Speaker joined a bicameral amicus brief in the case in September.
“As the Supreme Court hears arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,
it has the opportunity and responsibility to honor the Constitution, the law and this basic truth:
every woman has the constitutional right to basic reproductive health care.
“Mississippi’s radical abortion ban, part of a nationwide assault against women’s freedoms targeting in particular women of color and women from low-income communities, is brazenly unconstitutional and designed to destroy Roe v. Wade. Yet again, Republicans are trying to control a woman’s most personal decisions about her body and her family and are trying to criminalize health care professionals for providing reproductive care. The constitutional right to an abortion has been repeatedly affirmed, and any failure to fully strike down the Mississippi ban would seriously erode the legitimacy of the Court, as the Court itself warned in its ruling in Casey, and question its commitment to the rule of law itself.
“The House is committed to defending women’s health freedoms and to enshrining into law our House-passed Women’s Health Protection Act, led by Congresswoman Judy Chu, to protect reproductive health care for all women across America.”
(speaker.gov)
I so love Michelle Obama…reminding us of what is important and for us to always keep our eyes on the prize… Which can be so difficult with all the noise
I just can’t move off of Justice Sotomayor’s question: “how will this Court survive the stench?…” It was a shocking moment. An unadorned recognition of the legitimacy issues that are clearly preoccupying a number of the justices.
Morning everyone…sure was thinking of Justice Ginsburg today…. Getting solar installed on my roof as I type. Was going to go to work anyway, but the big dog is TERRIFIED by the banging and crawling all over his roof:) I’m taking some personal time. For the dog. Good grief:)
This was a very difficult read and so depressing. I am determined to keep fighting, keep voting and keep hoping despite all these obstacles for women today because of this Supreme Court. Mitch McConnell needs to rot in h*ll. (sorry, just so mad)
President Biden Signs Veterans’ Maternal Health Law
As Rep. Lauren Underwood’s ‘Momnibus’ Gains Support:
“Congresswoman Underwood talks with Rachel Maddow about her championing of a collection of bills
known as the “Momnibus” that consists of legislation meant to address the needs of mothers, from health concerns to child care, and includes a bill focused on maternal health for veterans,
which President Biden signed into law (yesterday).”
‘Do not lecture us’ about life,
Murphy says in fiery speech following school shooting
“U.S. Sen Chris Murphy chastised his Republican colleaguesover the issues of gun violence and abortion
in a fiery speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, accusing them of lecturing about the “sanctity of life” on the same day that a gunman rampaged through a Michigan high school.”
“I listened to my Republican colleagues come down here one after another today and talk about the sanctity of life, at the very moment that moms and dads in Michigan were being told that their kids weren’t coming home because they were shot at school due to a country that has accepted gun violence due to Republicans fealty to the gun lobby,” Murphy, a Democrat, said in the speech.”
““Do not lecture us about the sanctity, the importance of life,
when 100 people every day are losing their lives to guns, when kids go to school fearful that they won’t return home because a classmate will turn a gun on them,” he added.
Murphy, a staunch advocate for tougher gun-control laws in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, used the speech to renew his call for the U.S. Senate to pass universal background checks and ban military-style assault weapons.”
Over several years of tracking, this data has shown us that gunfire on school grounds takes many forms and mirrors the problem of gun violence in the US. Gunfire on school grounds occurs most often at schools with a high proportion of students of color—disproportionately affecting Black students. For more information, read the analysis of this data and learn about proven solutions that can make schools in the US safer.
When it comes to how American children are exposed to gun violence,
gunfire at schools is just the tip of the iceberg–every year,
more than 3,000 children and teens are shot and killed and 15,000 more are shot and injured.
An estimated 3 million children in the US are exposed to shootings per year.
Witnessing shootings—whether in their schools, their communities or their homes–can have a devastating impact. Children exposed to violence, crime, and abuse are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol; suffer from depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder; fail or have difficulties in school; and engage in criminal activity.”
We cannot allow Rittenhouse to be a hero and role model for school students.
who are daily exposed to a violent culture of right wing politics espousing vigilantism and fantasy about gun violence and machismo.
imo the guys who groomed Rittenhouse for the court hearings with millions of dollars and practice hearings,
(and everyone who thought that was OK across the country) must take responsibility for school shootings in the U.S. here on out.
If I am wrong and they believe this is how you care for our children in school — they can ban military style weapons and high capacity magazines.
Breaking News: Stacey Abrams announced that she would run for governor of Georgia in 2022, aiming to unseat Gov. Brian Kemp in a rematch of the contentious 2018 election. https://t.co/DgWbCvihK0pic.twitter.com/J59ksFV6pE
Not only did Abrams announce straight to the people & in the method of a Beyonce surprise album release. But also NO LEAKS from her team. Media found out the same time as everyone else. This says something about her strategy. https://t.co/hUzjWqIIGX
So #Mississipppi, which ranks 43rd of 50 states in education, is the poorest state in the union, has a poverty rate of 20%, refused to expand Medicaid, challenges #Roe at SCOTUS. Its big argument is that "everyone can afford to pay for contraception and birth control now." OMG.
Forced pregnancy and birth in a country without paid leave, without universal healthcare access, and without universal childcare is just straight up sadism.
‘Something went on that’s illegal’:
Former Trump DOJ official to invoke Fifth Amendment
“Congressman Bennie Thompson, chair of the January 6th Committee,
talks with Rachel Maddow about what it means that former Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark now says he plans to invoke the Fifth Amendment in his testimony in the committee’s investigation, and how the committee can tell they’ve hit a sore spot in Donald Trump’s scheme to overturn his 2020 election loss. “
Democrat Stacey Abrams,
who narrowly lost to Gov. Brian Kemp, announces bid for Georgia governor in a potential rematch
In a video shared on social media, Abrams said she’s running “because opportunity and success in Georgia shouldn’t be determined by your Zip code, background or access to power.”
Good West Coast morning Nerdy & TOD family. Let’s have time for a smile today ☺
Love your nonsensical tweets, Ari. They get out of me exactly what you intended – a good laugh, and inspiration to remember not everything has to be gloom and doom, and real conversations might be saved for another forum – like that thing we call "real life"! Bravo, sir.
Opinion:
Gutting ‘Roe’ would devastate millions of Americans — and the court itself
“The court’s authority derives not from its ability to enforce its declarations — it lacks any such power —
but from the fact that Americans respect its decisions. Those decisions must reflect something greater than mere whim or raw political power in the Senate. The court should overturn precedent only in exceptional circumstances. The justices must exercise particular care in the case of Roe, because the court previously reviewed and reaffirmed it in Casey, reinforcing its status as the law of the land. In such a circumstance, the court should reverse only decisions that have proved, with the wisdom of hindsight, to be wildly bad.
That is not the case with Roe or Casey.”
It's Christmas time at the Capitol! And this year's 84' tree is extra special, because it comes from California with an incredible 15,000 ornaments made by California children, the most ever!
As we enter the holiday season, I wish you and your loved ones peace and happiness pic.twitter.com/lmOV5AcrUK
Remarks by President Biden to Commemorate World AIDS Day,
Launch the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and Kick Off the Global Fund Replenishment Process
“It’s because of all of you and the dedication of scientists and activists around the world that we’ve been able to dramatically reduce new HIV transmissions and make individuals with HIV today lead long and healthy lives.”
A Pandemic of Republican Propaganda
GOP Hits the Gas on COVID Lies to Accelerate the Pandemic
From the Speaker’s Press Office:
“Republicans aren’t just trying to tank the growing economy,
they’re actively fueling the pandemic by undermining COVID prevention as Democrats fight the virus.
In the same stride, House Republicans voted against investments to fix our supply chains
and voted to keep prices high for their corporate friends,
while feeding lies to the public and fueling a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
“Representative Nancy Mace took to Fox News to rail against the life-saving vaccines in a sad attempt to worsen the pandemic:”
Inside the ‘Misinformation’ Wars
Journalists and academics are developing a new language for truth. The results are not always clearer.
by Ben Smith
“On Friday afternoons this fall,
top American news executives have dialed into a series of off-the-record Zoom meetings
led by Harvard academics whose goal is to “help newsroom leaders fight misinformation and media manipulation.”
Anti-abortion Supreme Court justices unconvincing with neutrality feint
“Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent for Slate, talks with Rachel Maddow
about how Supreme Court conservatives will try to spin their abortion rulings as some kind of middle ground even as most Americans recognize the political agenda they’re pursuing.”
President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans Against the Delta and Omicron Variants as
We Battle COVID-19 this Winter
This plan includes:
Boosters for All Adults
Vaccinations to Protect Our Kids and Keep Our Schools Open
Expanding Free At-Home Testing for Americans
Stronger Public Health Protocols for Safe International Travel
Protections in Workplaces to Keep Our Economy Open
Rapid Response Teams to Help Battle Rising Cases
Supplying Treatment Pills to Help Prevent Hospitalizations and Death
Continued Commitment to Global Vaccination Efforts
Steps to Ensure We Are Prepared for All Scenarios
SCOTUS Will Gaslight Us Until the End
by Dahlia Lithwick
“Oral arguments today made clear that this court will overturn Roe—and that they’ll insist on their own reasonableness the whole time.”
(excerpts)
“Perhaps it would be refreshing if the conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court
no longer felt the need to lie to us. The lying, after all, is becoming nearly untenable—especially for an institution that relies on public confidence. After confirmation hearings in which they promised that stare decisis was a deeply felt value and that Roe v. Wade was a clear “precedent of the court” and “the law of the land.” there’s something sort of soothing about knowing the lying to our faces will soon be over. They were all six of them installed on the Supreme Court to put an end to Roe v. Wade after all, and that is exactly what they intend to do. There will be no more fake solicitude for women making difficult choices, no more pretense that pregnant people really just need better medical advice, and no more phony concerns about “abortion mills” that threaten maternal health. There is truly something to be said for putting an end to decades of false consciousness around the real endgame here, which was to take away a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy—rape, incest, abuse, maternal health no longer being material factors. At least now we might soon be able to call it what it is.”
“Despite all of the precious actions of Roberts and Barrett and, yes, Kavanaugh,
this was never a 3–3–3 court. It was a 6–3 court of which half of that six are sometimes slightly cautious about the rates at which they are willing to push their own ideological agendas under the threat of public illegitimacy. It seems that the issue on which they are prepared to do so is, as it has always been, women’s health and safety and equality and dignity.
But even as they do it, they will hold on to this idea that they have been moderate until the end.
After all, pro-choice senators confirmed them. Academics at Ivy League law schools promised they believed in precedent. And when they rule for Mississippi’s 15-week ban and overturn (or hollow out) Roe, they’ll have cover to justify it. They’ll probably point to Texas’ S.B. 8, a six-week ban that has already been in effect for three months, which these same justices allowed to take effect when they didn’t have to sign their names to an order. But they’ll strike down that one, declaring that Texas cannot undermine judicial supremacy, and a six-week ban tied to vigilante justice is too, too much. And when they do, it will be yet another way for them to pretend to be scrupulously neutral on abortion and deeply worried about workable tests while they are really sailing through their own personal 24-hour drive-thru Overton window.
When that happens, you will hear more about the much-vaunted 3–3–3 court
and its incremental moderates. That too will be gaslighting. Your call whether you want to fall for it.”
(Dahlia Lithwick)
I’m so sick of some of these know-it-all, finger-pointing fools. This is not encouragement. Let’s stop picking on each other and work together!
You're not helping, Joe. Your tweet is so poorly worded, it implies progressives should now do the same as trump's base – stage a violent insurrection. We know what we have to do, and you know we must all stand together to do it! In a wise, thoughtful way. And we will.
@SenMikeLee (R-UT) just made a despicable speech on the Senate floor relating to vaccination mandates at the federal level, being totally disrespectful to President Biden, showing zero leadership, and zero participation in avoiding another variant's overwhelming us. Shame on him.
@SenMikeLee left out the part that the other choice is to be regularly tested, rather than vaccinated, but Senator @timkaine reminded him. Lee's a scoundrel.
Hi Everyone! Yesterday was my Mom’s birthday! She is the neighborhood Christmas Lady. Goes all out with decorations, inside and outside every year. All the outside decorations were finally finished and we had a lovely evening celebrating her. When the lights turned on, a neighbor came out to say she was so happy, because she always looks forward to seeing Mom and Dad’s outdoor display. “Now it feels like Christmas around here.” I wish you could’ve seen how happy that made my Mom. She literally glowed! 😁❤️🎄
Turns out yesterday was also an especially nerdy cool day too!😄
These middle schoolers realized there was no kids' book about composer Florence Price — the first Black woman to have her music played by a major U.S. orchestra.
So they wrote, illustrated and published their own book. It's available in stores now.https://t.co/xkTdO0vryr
2. You didn’t like Jimmy Carter, so you gave way to Reagan who bought you decades of community destruction a ramped up prison system, a botched response to AIDS, and a social system destroyed. Let’s not even mention Iran Contra and the origins of the Afghanistan war.
Statement from President Joe Biden on Unemployment Insurance Claim
“This morning, we received additional evidence of the strength of America’s historic economic recovery
and Americans getting back to work. New unemployment claims are now at a level not seen since March 7, 2020 and last week’s claims were revised down to their lowest level since 1969. In addition, the four-week average of unemployment claims fell to their lowest level since the pandemic began – just 225,500. Initial unemployment claims are now down more than 70 percent since I became President, and total claims filed each week are now down by around 16 million over that same period.”
(whitehouse.gov)
Biden’s new winter COVID plan will reimburse you for at-home tests
“Speaking at the National Institutes of Health, Biden said the measures do not include shutdowns or lockdowns, and instead focus on “widespread vaccinations and boosters and testing.”
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy:
‘Covid Is Not Overhyped. The Numbers Speak For Themselves’
The Omicron variant,
Donald Trump reportedly attending events with a positive COVID test, and more are discussed
by Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy in conversation with Joy Reid.
‘Magic dirt’:
How the internet fueled, and defeated, the pandemic’s weirdest MLM
Black Oxygen Organics became a sudden hit in the fringe world of alternative medicines and supplements,
where even dirt can go for $110 a bag.
By Brandy Zadrozny
“The social media posts started in May: photos and videos of smiling people, mostly women,
drinking Mason jars of black liquid, slathering black paste on their faces and feet, or dipping babies and dogs in tubs of the black water. They tagged the posts #BOO and linked to a website that sold a product called Black Oxygen Organics.”
Life in the fast lane…while pregnant with first child moved into an apartment. First time in the bath, filthy inky water came out of the taps…had to move again and find a place. The wily landlord evaded all attempts to give the deposit back and was intimidating. Pls don’t bathe yourself or baby in such water, or drink it.
—-Wish’t had bottled some of that water and taken it to the local water authority.
The QAnon JFK Cult in Dallas Is Tearing Families Apart
“My sister may be too far gone, but it’s not too late to bring awareness to others. Do not fall into this trap.”
by David Gilbert
“Garner’s sister left her family (has 3 children) behind and drove to Dallas about a month ago and has cut off almost all communication with her family.
According to Garner, her sister has so far handed over about $200,000 to the group,
and is being forced to drink a hydrogen peroxide solution
and take “bio pellets” to ward off COVID-19 and stay healthy. Her phone calls and messages are also being monitored, according to Garner, who believes her sister will never return.”
As arsenal for fighting Covid comes together, anti-vaxxers are literally eating dirt
“Rachel Maddow looks at the increasingly extreme and bizarre ideas being pursued by people who eschew
Covid vaccines in favor of imaginary remedies, and shares reporting from Brandy Zadrozny of NBC News on an alarming number of people purchasing bags of dirt they’ve been convinced have medicinal value.”
Trump campaign demonized two Georgia election workers – and death threats followed
“Desperate to overturn his election loss, Donald Trump and his team spun a sprawling voter-fraud fiction, casting two rank-and-file election workers, a mother and her daughter, as the main villains. The women endured months of death threats and racist taunts – and one went into hiding.”
More than 40 House Democrats call for Boebert to be stripped of committee assignments
over anti-Muslim attacks
“There must be consequences
for vicious workplace harassment and abuse that creates an environment so unsafe for colleagues and staff
that it invites death threats against them,”
the Democratic chairs wrote in a letter,
alluding to threats Omar has received after the attacks by Boebert.
“There must be consequences when Members of Congress demonize
an entire religion and promote hate
from their positions of public trust,” they wrote.”
Cheney warns of consequences for Trump in dealings with Jan. 6 committee
“President Trump continues to make the same false claims about a stolen election with which he has misled millions of Americans. These are the same claims he knows provoked violence in the past. He has recently suggested that he wants to debate members of this committee,” Cheney said.
“This committee’s investigation into the violent assault on our Capitol on Jan. 6 is not a game.
When this committee convenes hearings, witnesses will be called to testify under oath.
Any communications Mr. Trump has with this committee will be under oath.
And if he persists in lying, then he will be accountable under the laws of this great nation and subject to criminal penalties for every false word he speaks.”
“Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) previously said “no one is off limits” when asked if the committee may eventually subpoena Trump.”
(The Hill)
—–bring Trump to justice for his countless crimes against the American people.
The Obama Diary 
Hi NW and thank you!
Today the Supreme Court hears arguments about the Mississippi law that prohibits nearly all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.
…in full on MSNBC now…listening to the hearing…
Good morning TOD family. Thank you Nerdy Wonka for keeping this family together. We really need each other in this political atmosphere. Thank you all.
Pelosi Statement
on Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Washington, D.C. –
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in advance of the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, challenging Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban.
The Speaker joined a bicameral amicus brief in the case in September.
“As the Supreme Court hears arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,
it has the opportunity and responsibility to honor the Constitution, the law and this basic truth:
every woman has the constitutional right to basic reproductive health care.
“Mississippi’s radical abortion ban, part of a nationwide assault against women’s freedoms targeting in particular women of color and women from low-income communities, is brazenly unconstitutional and designed to destroy Roe v. Wade. Yet again, Republicans are trying to control a woman’s most personal decisions about her body and her family and are trying to criminalize health care professionals for providing reproductive care. The constitutional right to an abortion has been repeatedly affirmed, and any failure to fully strike down the Mississippi ban would seriously erode the legitimacy of the Court, as the Court itself warned in its ruling in Casey, and question its commitment to the rule of law itself.
“The House is committed to defending women’s health freedoms and to enshrining into law our House-passed Women’s Health Protection Act, led by Congresswoman Judy Chu, to protect reproductive health care for all women across America.”
(speaker.gov)
Good West Coast morning Nerdy & TOD family.
Hope the first day of December 2021 is a good one for each of you. 🙋🏾♀️💜
And for you, ggail!
💖
Soon – President Biden delivers remarks on lowering costs and supply chain issues for the holidays
So good to see him and hear from him!
I so love Michelle Obama…reminding us of what is important and for us to always keep our eyes on the prize… Which can be so difficult with all the noise
You are so right on that!!!!
Justice Sotomayor is turning out to be one of Pres Obama’s most significant selection
Morning everyone…sure was thinking of Justice Ginsburg today…. Getting solar installed on my roof as I type. Was going to go to work anyway, but the big dog is TERRIFIED by the banging and crawling all over his roof:) I’m taking some personal time. For the dog. Good grief:)
Take good care of Marley 🙂
Some things are worth doing! And happy December to you!
The Rule of Six:
A newly radicalized Supreme Court is poised to reshape the nation
Nov 28/21
by Ruth Marcus
Read or listen: (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/28/supreme-court-decisions-abortion-guns-religious-freedom-loom/)
This was a very difficult read and so depressing. I am determined to keep fighting, keep voting and keep hoping despite all these obstacles for women today because of this Supreme Court. Mitch McConnell needs to rot in h*ll. (sorry, just so mad)
I so agree with you Betsy, this all is so hard to read and absorb. What is happening to us.
President Biden Signs Veterans’ Maternal Health Law
As Rep. Lauren Underwood’s ‘Momnibus’ Gains Support:
“Congresswoman Underwood talks with Rachel Maddow about her championing of a collection of bills
known as the “Momnibus” that consists of legislation meant to address the needs of mothers, from health concerns to child care, and includes a bill focused on maternal health for veterans,
which President Biden signed into law (yesterday).”
Bills Signed:
S. 769, S. 894, S. 1031, and S. 1095
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/30/bills-signed-bills-signed-s-769-s-894-s-1031-and-s-1095/)
“S. 796, the “Protecting Moms Who Served Act of 2021,”
which codifies the Department of Veterans Affairs current maternity care coordination program.”
WATCH LIVE: Dr. Anthony Fauci and White House press secretary Jen Psaki hold a news briefing
Also here: https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-5
‘Do not lecture us’ about life,
Murphy says in fiery speech following school shooting
“U.S. Sen Chris Murphy chastised his Republican colleaguesover the issues of gun violence and abortion
in a fiery speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, accusing them of lecturing about the “sanctity of life” on the same day that a gunman rampaged through a Michigan high school.”
“I listened to my Republican colleagues come down here one after another today and talk about the sanctity of life, at the very moment that moms and dads in Michigan were being told that their kids weren’t coming home because they were shot at school due to a country that has accepted gun violence due to Republicans fealty to the gun lobby,” Murphy, a Democrat, said in the speech.”
““Do not lecture us about the sanctity, the importance of life,
when 100 people every day are losing their lives to guns, when kids go to school fearful that they won’t return home because a classmate will turn a gun on them,” he added.
Murphy, a staunch advocate for tougher gun-control laws in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, used the speech to renew his call for the U.S. Senate to pass universal background checks and ban military-style assault weapons.”
(https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Do-not-lecture-us-about-life-Murphy-says-16666383.php)
—-thank you Congressman Murphy.
Senator Chris Murphy, thank you.
That was such a great speech. It’s what I feel like shouting all the time. Don’t talk about the sanctity of life and not talk about guns and heatlh.
Gunfire on School Grounds in the United States
Over several years of tracking, this data has shown us that gunfire on school grounds takes many forms and mirrors the problem of gun violence in the US. Gunfire on school grounds occurs most often at schools with a high proportion of students of color—disproportionately affecting Black students. For more information, read the analysis of this data and learn about proven solutions that can make schools in the US safer.
When it comes to how American children are exposed to gun violence,
gunfire at schools is just the tip of the iceberg–every year,
more than 3,000 children and teens are shot and killed and 15,000 more are shot and injured.
An estimated 3 million children in the US are exposed to shootings per year.
Witnessing shootings—whether in their schools, their communities or their homes–can have a devastating impact. Children exposed to violence, crime, and abuse are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol; suffer from depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder; fail or have difficulties in school; and engage in criminal activity.”
See map:
(https://everytownresearch.org/maps/gunfire-on-school-grounds/)
We cannot allow Rittenhouse to be a hero and role model for school students.
who are daily exposed to a violent culture of right wing politics espousing vigilantism and fantasy about gun violence and machismo.
imo the guys who groomed Rittenhouse for the court hearings with millions of dollars and practice hearings,
(and everyone who thought that was OK across the country) must take responsibility for school shootings in the U.S. here on out.
If I am wrong and they believe this is how you care for our children in school — they can ban military style weapons and high capacity magazines.
Woo-hoo & a Gazellelion woots! 💞💃
Yay!!!
👏🏾👏🏾💖🙋🏾♀️
Best news today & for months to come! Love Stacey! 💃💞 🎶
Gooooalllllll ⚽🌟💖
Let her stats sink in…
‘Something went on that’s illegal’:
Former Trump DOJ official to invoke Fifth Amendment
“Congressman Bennie Thompson, chair of the January 6th Committee,
talks with Rachel Maddow about what it means that former Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark now says he plans to invoke the Fifth Amendment in his testimony in the committee’s investigation, and how the committee can tell they’ve hit a sore spot in Donald Trump’s scheme to overturn his 2020 election loss. “
LIVE NOW:
White House press briefing
https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-3
Democrat Stacey Abrams,
who narrowly lost to Gov. Brian Kemp, announces bid for Georgia governor in a potential rematch
In a video shared on social media, Abrams said she’s running “because opportunity and success in Georgia shouldn’t be determined by your Zip code, background or access to power.”
w/video: (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/stacey-abrams-georgia-governor/2021/12/01/f8717e02-52e3-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html)
Good West Coast morning Nerdy & TOD family. Let’s have time for a smile today ☺
❤️❤️❤️ Who IS that girl??☺️
Opinion:
Gutting ‘Roe’ would devastate millions of Americans — and the court itself
“The court’s authority derives not from its ability to enforce its declarations — it lacks any such power —
but from the fact that Americans respect its decisions. Those decisions must reflect something greater than mere whim or raw political power in the Senate. The court should overturn precedent only in exceptional circumstances. The justices must exercise particular care in the case of Roe, because the court previously reviewed and reaffirmed it in Casey, reinforcing its status as the law of the land. In such a circumstance, the court should reverse only decisions that have proved, with the wisdom of hindsight, to be wildly bad.
That is not the case with Roe or Casey.”
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/01/gutting-roe-v-wade-devastate-americans/)
imo,
What if the GOPQ super-objective is to shut down the Supreme Court as a legitimate institution
and make it a rogue tool of an autocratic government?
Are the trumpy justices on board with going down in history for ending the SC as we have known it?
👏🏾👏🏾🌟💖
Remarks by President Biden During a Menorah Lighting in Celebration of Hanukkah
“That little bit of light — that little bit of light, wherever it is found, can dispel the darkness and illuminate a path forward.”
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/12/01/remarks-by-president-biden-during-a-menorah-lighting-in-celebration-of-hanukkah/)
“Light the lamp of love within you and move forward.”
(Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
Former President Barack Obama, Michelle in Chicago on Thursday, Friday
by Lynn Sweet
(https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/1/22813468/obamas-visit-chicago-thursday-friday-barack-michelle)
Remarks by President Biden to Commemorate World AIDS Day,
Launch the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and Kick Off the Global Fund Replenishment Process
“It’s because of all of you and the dedication of scientists and activists around the world that we’ve been able to dramatically reduce new HIV transmissions and make individuals with HIV today lead long and healthy lives.”
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/12/01/remarks-by-president-biden-to-commemorate-world-aids-day-launch-the-national-hiv-aids-strategy-and-kick-off-the-global-fund-replenishment-process/)
A Pandemic of Republican Propaganda
GOP Hits the Gas on COVID Lies to Accelerate the Pandemic
From the Speaker’s Press Office:
“Republicans aren’t just trying to tank the growing economy,
they’re actively fueling the pandemic by undermining COVID prevention as Democrats fight the virus.
In the same stride, House Republicans voted against investments to fix our supply chains
and voted to keep prices high for their corporate friends,
while feeding lies to the public and fueling a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
“Representative Nancy Mace took to Fox News to rail against the life-saving vaccines in a sad attempt to worsen the pandemic:”
(https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/112921-0)
Inside the ‘Misinformation’ Wars
Journalists and academics are developing a new language for truth. The results are not always clearer.
by Ben Smith
“On Friday afternoons this fall,
top American news executives have dialed into a series of off-the-record Zoom meetings
led by Harvard academics whose goal is to “help newsroom leaders fight misinformation and media manipulation.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/business/media-misinformation-disinformation.html)
Here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zq7YBvvExs)
Anti-abortion Supreme Court justices unconvincing with neutrality feint
“Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent for Slate, talks with Rachel Maddow
about how Supreme Court conservatives will try to spin their abortion rulings as some kind of middle ground even as most Americans recognize the political agenda they’re pursuing.”
President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans Against the Delta and Omicron Variants as
We Battle COVID-19 this Winter
This plan includes:
Boosters for All Adults
Vaccinations to Protect Our Kids and Keep Our Schools Open
Expanding Free At-Home Testing for Americans
Stronger Public Health Protocols for Safe International Travel
Protections in Workplaces to Keep Our Economy Open
Rapid Response Teams to Help Battle Rising Cases
Supplying Treatment Pills to Help Prevent Hospitalizations and Death
Continued Commitment to Global Vaccination Efforts
Steps to Ensure We Are Prepared for All Scenarios
Details: (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/02/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-protect-americans-against-the-delta-and-omicron-variants-as-we-battle-covid-19-this-winter/)
SCOTUS Will Gaslight Us Until the End
by Dahlia Lithwick
“Oral arguments today made clear that this court will overturn Roe—and that they’ll insist on their own reasonableness the whole time.”
(excerpts)
“Perhaps it would be refreshing if the conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court
no longer felt the need to lie to us. The lying, after all, is becoming nearly untenable—especially for an institution that relies on public confidence. After confirmation hearings in which they promised that stare decisis was a deeply felt value and that Roe v. Wade was a clear “precedent of the court” and “the law of the land.” there’s something sort of soothing about knowing the lying to our faces will soon be over. They were all six of them installed on the Supreme Court to put an end to Roe v. Wade after all, and that is exactly what they intend to do. There will be no more fake solicitude for women making difficult choices, no more pretense that pregnant people really just need better medical advice, and no more phony concerns about “abortion mills” that threaten maternal health. There is truly something to be said for putting an end to decades of false consciousness around the real endgame here, which was to take away a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy—rape, incest, abuse, maternal health no longer being material factors. At least now we might soon be able to call it what it is.”
(https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/12/scotus-will-gaslight-us-until-the-end.html)
“Despite all of the precious actions of Roberts and Barrett and, yes, Kavanaugh,
this was never a 3–3–3 court. It was a 6–3 court of which half of that six are sometimes slightly cautious about the rates at which they are willing to push their own ideological agendas under the threat of public illegitimacy. It seems that the issue on which they are prepared to do so is, as it has always been, women’s health and safety and equality and dignity.
But even as they do it, they will hold on to this idea that they have been moderate until the end.
After all, pro-choice senators confirmed them. Academics at Ivy League law schools promised they believed in precedent. And when they rule for Mississippi’s 15-week ban and overturn (or hollow out) Roe, they’ll have cover to justify it. They’ll probably point to Texas’ S.B. 8, a six-week ban that has already been in effect for three months, which these same justices allowed to take effect when they didn’t have to sign their names to an order. But they’ll strike down that one, declaring that Texas cannot undermine judicial supremacy, and a six-week ban tied to vigilante justice is too, too much. And when they do, it will be yet another way for them to pretend to be scrupulously neutral on abortion and deeply worried about workable tests while they are really sailing through their own personal 24-hour drive-thru Overton window.
When that happens, you will hear more about the much-vaunted 3–3–3 court
and its incremental moderates. That too will be gaslighting. Your call whether you want to fall for it.”
(Dahlia Lithwick)
I’m so sick of some of these know-it-all, finger-pointing fools. This is not encouragement. Let’s stop picking on each other and work together!
Thank you, jboomer! 💞
❤
ooh yeh…Ms. Stacey Abrams is on the RM Show tonight…..!
I’ll be watching!
If I heard Chuck Schumer right, just now on C-Span2.
Jacqueline all Republicans are despicable nasty liars. They have no conscience.
You know I agree, COS!
Happy Birthday Secretary Haaland!! Wishing you a lovely weekend.
Thank you for all you are doing at USDI.
Always a clear, strong voice ~ from a couple of years ago
Nite everyone
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1129085091161026561
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Hi Everyone! Yesterday was my Mom’s birthday! She is the neighborhood Christmas Lady. Goes all out with decorations, inside and outside every year. All the outside decorations were finally finished and we had a lovely evening celebrating her. When the lights turned on, a neighbor came out to say she was so happy, because she always looks forward to seeing Mom and Dad’s outdoor display. “Now it feels like Christmas around here.” I wish you could’ve seen how happy that made my Mom. She literally glowed! 😁❤️🎄
Turns out yesterday was also an especially nerdy cool day too!😄
Yo’ Mama!!!
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—so good to hear Dudette. Merry Christmas to you all !!!
(1st Christmas wish of the year…)
Thanks brp! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
A happy belated birthday to your mom! 🎂
Thanks sjt! Hey, I missed yours, didn’t I? Happy Belated Birthday to you! Hope it was great! 😘
I hope she bankrupts their a$$; then turns around to sue #virus45, fake billionaire, for every penny he doesn’t have…
A thread…
Yes, TFG that former guy named her personally. She should sue for defamation.
Thread…
Yesterday:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Unemployment Insurance Claim
“This morning, we received additional evidence of the strength of America’s historic economic recovery
and Americans getting back to work. New unemployment claims are now at a level not seen since March 7, 2020 and last week’s claims were revised down to their lowest level since 1969. In addition, the four-week average of unemployment claims fell to their lowest level since the pandemic began – just 225,500. Initial unemployment claims are now down more than 70 percent since I became President, and total claims filed each week are now down by around 16 million over that same period.”
(whitehouse.gov)
Biden’s new winter COVID plan will reimburse you for at-home tests
“Speaking at the National Institutes of Health, Biden said the measures do not include shutdowns or lockdowns, and instead focus on “widespread vaccinations and boosters and testing.”
(https://www.npr.org/2021/12/02/1060538843/bidens-new-winter-covid-plan-will-reimburse-you-for-at-home-tests)
Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529):
SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
(https://www.who.int/news/item/26-11-2021-classification-of-omicron-(b.1.1.529)-sars-cov-2-variant-of-concern)
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy:
‘Covid Is Not Overhyped. The Numbers Speak For Themselves’
The Omicron variant,
Donald Trump reportedly attending events with a positive COVID test, and more are discussed
by Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy in conversation with Joy Reid.
‘Magic dirt’:
How the internet fueled, and defeated, the pandemic’s weirdest MLM
Black Oxygen Organics became a sudden hit in the fringe world of alternative medicines and supplements,
where even dirt can go for $110 a bag.
By Brandy Zadrozny
“The social media posts started in May: photos and videos of smiling people, mostly women,
drinking Mason jars of black liquid, slathering black paste on their faces and feet, or dipping babies and dogs in tubs of the black water. They tagged the posts #BOO and linked to a website that sold a product called Black Oxygen Organics.”
(https://www.nbcnews.com/news/magic-dirt-internet-fueled-defeated-pandemics-weirdest-mlm-rcna6950)
—-Bathing your baby in lead and arsenic….criminal?
Life in the fast lane…while pregnant with first child moved into an apartment. First time in the bath, filthy inky water came out of the taps…had to move again and find a place. The wily landlord evaded all attempts to give the deposit back and was intimidating. Pls don’t bathe yourself or baby in such water, or drink it.
—-Wish’t had bottled some of that water and taken it to the local water authority.
Where is the FBI and DOJ? MY GOD Trump and GOP have brainwashed Americans.
The QAnon JFK Cult in Dallas Is Tearing Families Apart
“My sister may be too far gone, but it’s not too late to bring awareness to others. Do not fall into this trap.”
by David Gilbert
“Garner’s sister left her family (has 3 children) behind and drove to Dallas about a month ago and has cut off almost all communication with her family.
According to Garner, her sister has so far handed over about $200,000 to the group,
and is being forced to drink a hydrogen peroxide solution
and take “bio pellets” to ward off COVID-19 and stay healthy. Her phone calls and messages are also being monitored, according to Garner, who believes her sister will never return.”
(https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjb8mv/qanon-jfk-cult-tearing-families-apart)
As arsenal for fighting Covid comes together, anti-vaxxers are literally eating dirt
“Rachel Maddow looks at the increasingly extreme and bizarre ideas being pursued by people who eschew
Covid vaccines in favor of imaginary remedies, and shares reporting from Brandy Zadrozny of NBC News on an alarming number of people purchasing bags of dirt they’ve been convinced have medicinal value.”
Here: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/as-arsenal-for-fighting-covid-comes-together-anti-vaxxers-are-literally-eating-dirt-127786565699)
Trump campaign demonized two Georgia election workers – and death threats followed
“Desperate to overturn his election loss, Donald Trump and his team spun a sprawling voter-fraud fiction, casting two rank-and-file election workers, a mother and her daughter, as the main villains. The women endured months of death threats and racist taunts – and one went into hiding.”
(https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-threats-georgia/)
SPECIAL REPORT-
Pro-Trump news site targets election workers, inspiring wave of menace
(https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/special-report-pro-trump-news-site-targets-election-workers-inspiring-wave-of-menace)
What are we doing to outlaw this?
We want to live, let us live!
STOP TRUMP.
BOEBERT
More than 40 House Democrats call for Boebert to be stripped of committee assignments
over anti-Muslim attacks
“There must be consequences
for vicious workplace harassment and abuse that creates an environment so unsafe for colleagues and staff
that it invites death threats against them,”
the Democratic chairs wrote in a letter,
alluding to threats Omar has received after the attacks by Boebert.
“There must be consequences when Members of Congress demonize
an entire religion and promote hate
from their positions of public trust,” they wrote.”
Alfaro, Sotomayor, Sonmez:
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/02/more-than-40-house-democrats-call-boebert-be-stripped-committee-assignments-over-anti-muslim-attacks/)
Cheney warns of consequences for Trump in dealings with Jan. 6 committee
“President Trump continues to make the same false claims about a stolen election with which he has misled millions of Americans. These are the same claims he knows provoked violence in the past. He has recently suggested that he wants to debate members of this committee,” Cheney said.
“This committee’s investigation into the violent assault on our Capitol on Jan. 6 is not a game.
When this committee convenes hearings, witnesses will be called to testify under oath.
Any communications Mr. Trump has with this committee will be under oath.
And if he persists in lying, then he will be accountable under the laws of this great nation and subject to criminal penalties for every false word he speaks.”
“Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) previously said “no one is off limits” when asked if the committee may eventually subpoena Trump.”
(The Hill)
—–bring Trump to justice for his countless crimes against the American people.
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