There’s nothing I love more than meeting with young people. Today, I had the chance to talk with some of the bright high school students from DC with @ReachHigher who shared their stories and plans for the future. I’m so proud of them and can't wait to follow their journeys. pic.twitter.com/IfG65DrJ5x
U.S. Senate (Thursday) passed bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff
to expand access to baby formula for at-risk families amid shortages.
THE OBAMAS AND BRIAN CHESKY LAUNCH PUBLIC SERVICE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Derek Major
“Forbes reports the Voyager Scholarship is for students pursuing careers in public service. The fund will also provide money for multiple years of travel and build students’ connections to a network of leaders.
The scholarship fund is being established with a $100 personal contribution from the Obamas and Chesky and is expected to support 100 students in the first year. If all goes well, the fund will grow to support a larger number of students who want to pursue careers in public service.”
Applications for the scholarship will be accepted through June 14.
That can’t be right—“The scholarship fund is being established with a $100 personal contribution from the Obamas and Chesky ” One hundred dollars? I clicked the link..still listed as $100 . hundred thousand?
You’re right! black enterprise.com wrote elsewhere:
“Former President Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky are launching a $100 million scholarship fund.”
Oprah Winfrey: The 100 Most Influential People of 2022
By Michelle Obama
Once, while speaking to a group of college graduates, Oprah said something about her years as an interviewer that struck me. She said, “The common denominator that I found … is we want to be validated.
We want to be understood.”
imo, ‘The G Word with Adam Conover’ on Netflix rocks.
First 2 episodes includes hair raising stuff you wanted to know about Food production,
and the real story behind Weather reporting. Plus at last the right amount of effing and blinding from a funny guy delivering the remarkable truths.
PBO is there in the opening scene.
(Again my wish to see him treading the boards with Shakespeare).
imho comedy or tragedy – either way – he’s got it all.
DC Attorney General
Sues Mark Zuckerberg For Allowing Abuse Of Data To Help Trump In 2016
“AG Racine said, “The evidence shows Mr. Zuckerberg was personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect the privacy and data of its users leading directly to the Cambridge Analytica incident. This unprecedented security breach exposed tens of millions of Americans’ personal information, and Mr. Zuckerberg’s policies enabled a multi-year effort to mislead users about the extent of Facebook’s wrongful conduct. This lawsuit is not only warranted, but necessary, and sends a message that corporate leaders, including CEOs, will be held accountable for their actions.”
Start pointing out how $1.7 trillion tax cut for the 1%, Trump tariffs and failed policies created this crisis. Instead of talking about the obvious increase of gas prices, start highlighting that oil and gas companies had an increase of 300% in profits,
The Lincoln Project Just Released A Brutal Must Watch Take Down Of Elise Stefanik
The Lincoln Project ad calls Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) a backstabber who is on an evil quest for power
and using white replacement theory to become a MAGA leader.
Why CPAC, a key conservative gathering, was held in Orbán’s Hungary
The more Viktor Orbán undermines Hungary’s democracy, the more Republicans celebrate his rule.
Holding CPAC in Budapest takes this to the next level.
Dems can ABSOLUTELY pick up 2 Senate seats, so as to bypass the filibuster, pass voting rights, and add Justices to the High Court. Dems can ABSOLUTELY keep the House, too. We must be smart, focused, and undeterred. It will be a wild ride.
We don’t need more negative or misleading.
I thought Colbert Show message about President Biden tonight was chronic and in no way true.
If we want a blue wave this is not the way.
Remarks by Vice President Harris on Mental Health and Wellness
MAY 23, 2022
“I think for too long, when we think about healthcare, we act as though the body just starts from the neck down, instead of understanding we also need to address healthcare from the neck up: mental health.
So, if you are struggling, please know you are not alone, that you are seen, and that you deserve to receive the help you desire and the help you need.
DOJ updates its use of force policy to require officers to intervene when they witness abuse. Bystanders do not get a pass, they have a duty to act. https://t.co/Td1o86YeXt
Insiders who attended events at Downing Street during lockdown have told the BBC how staff crowded together, sat on each other’s laps and how party debris was left out overnight.
For the first time, insiders who were at some of the events have told BBC Panorama in detail what they saw.
They describe arriving for work the morning after a get-together to find bottles lying around parts of the building, bins overflowing with rubbish and empties left on the table.
They also tell of events with dozens of staff crowded together, and parties going so late that, on occasion, some ended up staying in Downing Street all night.
And they say staff mocked others who tried to stop what was going on.
The insiders admit that events were routine. “They were every week,” one says. “The event invites for Friday press office drinks were just nailed into the diary.”
The invitation was known as “WTF” – meaning “Wine-Time Friday” and a reference to a less polite acronym.
The drinks were often scheduled in No 10 for 4pm. Sources say Friday drinks had been a tradition in Whitehall for some time.
But drinking wasn’t limited to Fridays. One former official describes turning up at work in No 10 often to find “A mess! There were bottles, empties, rubbish – in the bin, but overflowing – or indeed sometimes left on the table.”
What it actually exposes: most blue states have enforced their anti-gerrymandering laws/criteria, while few red states have. Result: the House map’s GOP skew persists. https://t.co/YdJZbk2MOB
Opinion: Want to Stop Inflation? Fighting for Global Democracy is the Answer
“Global democracy creates the stable relationships and economic cooperation necessary to support the needs of the global population and generate political stability so we are not subject to the political and economic disruptions—which are deadly, inimical to human life—of one man’s idiosyncratic whims.
And yet we hear how inflation worries may cause Americans to vote for autocracy,
for Republican control of Congress (see here and here),
which means less rights,
less ability to vote and have a say in the political process,
and less economic democracy,
given Republicans have shown no tendency or desire to pass legislation to serve working-class and middle-class Americans.
During World War II, Americans endured rationing and made sacrifices for both the national and global good—
for global democracy. If we want to end inflation,
we have to recognize how this dynamic is bound up in assaults on democracy around the globe and at home.”
Kushner’s and Mnuchin’s Quick Pivots to Business With the Gulf
Weeks before the Trump administration ended, Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin met with future investors on official trips to the Middle East.
New reporting shows shameless self-dealing by Trump admin’s Jared Kushner, Steve Mnuchin
“Rachel Maddow highlights the latest installment in a series of reports from the New York Times
about how Donald Trump’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner,
and Trump Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin,
used their positions in the U.S. government to develop relationships with foreign governments,
and then made massive private financial deals with those governments
once Trump was out of office.”
Four Michigan Republican candidates who were screaming about fictitious voter fraud in 2020 are about to be disqualified from the ballot for forging signatures. Shocking. https://t.co/yOj1bp5cdj
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 24, 2022
Of course. I don’t understand why dems are not hitting back the thugs when they scream voter fraud by citing these crimes.
Rachel Maddow Shreds Rep. Barry Loudermilk And His Story On Leading Capitol Tours
Maddow said:
“Congressman Barry Loudermilk got caught out by the investigation on Thursday.
He copped to it on that video on Friday. And guess what happened on Saturday.
Guess what happened next? You probably guessed this too.
Statement from Donald J. Trump, quote, Barry Loudermilk, has my complete and total endorsement. So, this very serious-minded congresswoman came forward with this blood-curdling allegation over a year ago.
This particular congressman has not just been denying that allegation.
He says that he’s seen the proof that this definitely never happened. He’s been mounting an attack on the congresswoman ever since, trying to get her in trouble for making this allegation.
But now, it turns out it was him. At least it was him.
It might have been him plus others, but at least him.
He did it despite all his denials.
He has been caught.”
“Loudermilk has since admitted that some of the people that he gave a tour to showed up at the Capitol on 1/6.
Given the knowledge
and the level of detail that the attackers had,
Loudermilk wasn’t the only House Republican giving tours.
He’s just the House Republican that we know about.” (Jason Easley)
BREAKING: Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting:
– 14 students, 1 teacher killed, per governor Gov. Abbott – Suspect, local 18-year-old high school student, is dead – Suspect also shot his grandmother
If Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott really cared about the children who were killed in Texas today, they would CANCEL their speaking gigs at the NRA conference in Houston this coming Friday.
effing ‘founding fathers’ sure did a number on their own country by inserting 1st and 2nd poison pills. From assassination of their own presidents to callous cowardly murder of their own innocent kids in schools i s on basically them.
Back in the 1950s when I was in 5th grade in elementary school (yep, I’m that old), we had air raid drills where we’d take our leather book bags with us into the hallway and get on the floor hugging the wall with the book bag over our faces, in case “the dirty rotten commies” were shelling our school from the air. Like that would have saved us, but it was our only option.
I have never forgotten that, to this day. And neither will today’s school kids, having to go through any of these shootings, ever forget their trauma.
insane how the only notable change since Sandy Hook is that kids are now formally trained to hide, barricade doors, fight, or run for their lives. that was the solution. to literally put the responsibility on them to figure it out and wish them luck.
When the Senate voted on universal background checks after Sandy Hook, as I calculated at the time, the Senators voting for the bill represented 194 million people, while the opponents represented only 118 million. Pretty decisive. But the filibuster allowed the 118m to prevail.
US Marine Taylor Reed is home and fuming at Marge Greene and others for keeping him in a Russian prison longer: “This was a call for Putin to release an American Marine .. Her and her cronies, that small group of idiots, voted against it .. I’m sure the Russians loved that.” pic.twitter.com/PAQ4FkfwBy
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 24, 2022
MAGA hates Brian Kemp. MAGA will never vote for Brian Kemp. Even if 2% of them don’t vote … pic.twitter.com/Sg2n7NqB1a
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 25, 2022
Fingers crossed that it happens. More importantly, dems better turnout in huge numbers like they did two years ago so that these motherfuckers don’t have a chance to yell voter fraud.
Turnout in Georgia is through the roof. In 2018, competitive GOV primary 607K votes; now = 1.18M. On Dem side, competitive GOV primary in ‘18= 555K votes; now in non-competitive primary, Abrams gets 708K votes.
So effing dems didn’t turnout in big numbers in 2018 which could have ensured a Stacey double term by now? Dems are their own worst enemies. We are still half a mil votes short in 2022.
Ms Abrams 2019: “800,000 voters is emblematic of who wasn’t speaking up before. But what we call attention to are the 1.4 million-plus who were purged and the 53,000 who weren’t processed and the thousands who were given provisional ballots.”
Voter roll purges were just the start of the Kemp corruption. I remember voting machines missing, not working, long lines in non-white areas, you name it. She clearly won that race.
They wake up and speak out when it hits in their backyard
"We cannot exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo." Matthew McConaughey addressed the deadly mass shooting at an elementary school in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. https://t.co/7S6xox90yl
they won’t be assault rifles, more about sports. The background checking system is very comprehensive.
A waiting period and literally someone you know has to sign off on your mental state. My only concern is the nuts here who migrate up there.
Parents should never have to worry that watching our children walk onto a school bus or through the school’s front door may be the last time we see them.
My tia did not make it, she sacrificed herself protecting the kids in her classroom, i beg of you to keep my family including all of her family in y’all’s prayers , IRMA GARCIA IS HER NAME and she died a HERO. she was loved by many and will truly be missed. pic.twitter.com/2XpdJA0q8x
Across the country, parents are putting their children to bed, reading stories, singing lullabies—and in the back of their minds, they’re worried about what might happen tomorrow after they drop their kids off at school, or take them to a grocery store or any other public space.
Latest: Uvalde gunman legally purchased two AR platform rifles at a local federal firearms licensee on May 17 and May 20, says Texas state Sen. John Whitmire. On May 18, the suspect purchased 375 rounds of ammunition. Inside the school, police found seven 30-round magazines.
How can one guy so much deathly weapons and ammo in such a short time. In India, you apply to local police citing valid reasons, no, hunting isn’t one and it’s illegal to hunt, it goes to distinct police, who will again question your motives and then it goes to a district judge, who will start all over again. After a few years, you will be denied the permit. A sane system.
imo,
How is Governor Abbottt not to blame? He had the balls to call this massacre “inconceivable”.
How is it inconceivable when he personally signed off on:
expanded access to guns,
lowered the age,
don’t need a license,
don’t need training,
or background checks.
Hold Abbott accountable for 21 years olds walking around with open carry without permits in his state.
Why do we let people like Abbot brainwash our kids to live in fear, as if guns are the answer to your problems. What is the big plan for our young people? Every gun is a hazard. Stop defending guns. You don’t think something can happen with your gun? Our peer nations value life. Let our children have a childhood.
In the wake of the latest horror, Democrats should tell voters clearly that if they deliver two more Democratic senators, they will suspend the filibuster and pass new gun safety measures. Tell voters that they have recourse, and be *specific* about it:https://t.co/EJ5cSCOpDW
Posting this again, as Jim recovers the last 10 years of his long-form commentaries and views on gun violence in America. Here it all is, well set out and impossible to NOT read, every word, then spread it, because too many have become hardened and accepting of the inexcusable and unforgivable deaths, we CAN change this, Yes We Can
“We have to admit that we love our guns more than we love our children.”
“Those who say and do nothing…those more concerned about preserving the filibuster so we can’t get anything passed.”
“These were legally purchased guns by a legal adult….i don’t think we want to fix it.”
“We refuse to acknowledge the violence, the genocide of native peoples, the guns to the backs of slaves who built this country. The original sins have a gun behind them.”
“We need drastic action here, a moratorium on gun sales. But who will say it is time to repeal the 2nd amendment?”
“How could the Founding Fathers know about the bullet?
It was invented later, and did not exist in 1830s.”
“We need hard core gun reform, (too late) for the “sensible stuff” now.”
“A massacre happened the day after Buffalo in Orange County.
There is no way to stop next week’s mass murder.”
“But 75 years after Germans were the most violent killers, they are the most peaceful. Same with Japan.
Make guns the (successful action we took on) cigarettes of the 21st century.”
WATCH LIVE: President Biden signs an executive order to reform federal police practices and establish a national database of police misconduct, two years to the day since George Floyd was murdered at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis. https://t.co/yfQYXcplHD
The Obama Diary 
—-much appreciation NW!!!
Sen Rev Raphael Warnock:
Congratulates, asks High School grads to think about what makes them come alive,
what they would do for free.
U.S. Senate (Thursday) passed bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff
to expand access to baby formula for at-risk families amid shortages.
THE OBAMAS AND BRIAN CHESKY LAUNCH PUBLIC SERVICE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Derek Major
“Forbes reports the Voyager Scholarship is for students pursuing careers in public service. The fund will also provide money for multiple years of travel and build students’ connections to a network of leaders.
The scholarship fund is being established with a $100 personal contribution from the Obamas and Chesky and is expected to support 100 students in the first year. If all goes well, the fund will grow to support a larger number of students who want to pursue careers in public service.”
Applications for the scholarship will be accepted through June 14.
(https://www.blackenterprise.com/barack-and-michelle-obama-along-with-brian-chesky-launch-a-public-service-college-scholarship-fund/)
That can’t be right—“The scholarship fund is being established with a $100 personal contribution from the Obamas and Chesky ” One hundred dollars? I clicked the link..still listed as $100 . hundred thousand?
You’re right! black enterprise.com wrote elsewhere:
“Former President Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky are launching a $100 million scholarship fund.”
Oprah Winfrey: The 100 Most Influential People of 2022
By Michelle Obama
Once, while speaking to a group of college graduates, Oprah said something about her years as an interviewer that struck me. She said, “The common denominator that I found … is we want to be validated.
We want to be understood.”
(https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177763/oprah-winfrey-titans/)
imo, ‘The G Word with Adam Conover’ on Netflix rocks.
First 2 episodes includes hair raising stuff you wanted to know about Food production,
and the real story behind Weather reporting. Plus at last the right amount of effing and blinding from a funny guy delivering the remarkable truths.
PBO is there in the opening scene.
(Again my wish to see him treading the boards with Shakespeare).
imho comedy or tragedy – either way – he’s got it all.
Hey brp! Thanks for the tip!
DC Attorney General
Sues Mark Zuckerberg For Allowing Abuse Of Data To Help Trump In 2016
“AG Racine said, “The evidence shows Mr. Zuckerberg was personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect the privacy and data of its users leading directly to the Cambridge Analytica incident. This unprecedented security breach exposed tens of millions of Americans’ personal information, and Mr. Zuckerberg’s policies enabled a multi-year effort to mislead users about the extent of Facebook’s wrongful conduct. This lawsuit is not only warranted, but necessary, and sends a message that corporate leaders, including CEOs, will be held accountable for their actions.”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2022/05/23/mark-zuckerberg-dc-sued.html)
President Biden: Republicans don’t want to solve inflation by lowering costs. They want to solve it by raising taxes and lowering your income.
The Lincoln Project Just Released A Brutal Must Watch Take Down Of Elise Stefanik
The Lincoln Project ad calls Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) a backstabber who is on an evil quest for power
and using white replacement theory to become a MAGA leader.
Video of the ad:
Easley: (https://www.politicususa.com/2022/05/23/the-lincoln-project-just-released-a-brutal-must-watch-take-down-of-elise-stefanik.html)
Why CPAC, a key conservative gathering, was held in Orbán’s Hungary
The more Viktor Orbán undermines Hungary’s democracy, the more Republicans celebrate his rule.
Holding CPAC in Budapest takes this to the next level.
Benen: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/cpac-key-conservative-gathering-was-held-orbans-hungary-rcna30086)
It happened there: how democracy died in Hungary
A new kind of authoritarianism is taking root in Europe — and there are warning signs for America.
Beauchamp: (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/13/17823488/hungary-democracy-authoritarianism-trump)
Yes!!!! We’ve got to stay positive and GOTV.
Yes the “It’s all over” message needs a rest.
We don’t need more negative or misleading.
I thought Colbert Show message about President Biden tonight was chronic and in no way true.
If we want a blue wave this is not the way.
Don’t know wtf dems doing to protect their votes and voters, come nov.
rethugs fight ugly when it comes to voting. Wish dems would do too.
Thanks for this post, Nerdy darlin’ !!!!
Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official Previewing President Biden’s Third Day in the
Republic of Korea
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/05/21/background-press-call-by-a-senior-administration-official-previewing-president-bidens-third-day-in-the-republic-of-korea/)
Readout of White House Meeting with Reproductive Justice Leaders
MAY 21, 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/21/readout-of-white-house-meeting-with-reproductive-justice-leaders/
Remarks by Vice President Harris on Mental Health and Wellness
MAY 23, 2022
“I think for too long, when we think about healthcare, we act as though the body just starts from the neck down, instead of understanding we also need to address healthcare from the neck up: mental health.
So, if you are struggling, please know you are not alone, that you are seen, and that you deserve to receive the help you desire and the help you need.
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/05/23/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-mental-health-and-wellness/)
Statement on Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
MAY 23, 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/23/statement-on-indo-pacific-economic-framework-for-prosperity/)
FACT SHEET: U.S.- Japan Climate Partnership
MAY 23, 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/23/u-s-japan-climate-partnership-fact-sheet/
doj of #gutlessgarland? Good joke.
Oh goody, more boris booze gate
Insiders who attended events at Downing Street during lockdown have told the BBC how staff crowded together, sat on each other’s laps and how party debris was left out overnight.
For the first time, insiders who were at some of the events have told BBC Panorama in detail what they saw.
They describe arriving for work the morning after a get-together to find bottles lying around parts of the building, bins overflowing with rubbish and empties left on the table.
They also tell of events with dozens of staff crowded together, and parties going so late that, on occasion, some ended up staying in Downing Street all night.
And they say staff mocked others who tried to stop what was going on.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61566410
Another trumpian thug who thinks he is above the law. Which he created.
and limey bobbies are as corrupt as every other police force.
The insiders admit that events were routine. “They were every week,” one says. “The event invites for Friday press office drinks were just nailed into the diary.”
The invitation was known as “WTF” – meaning “Wine-Time Friday” and a reference to a less polite acronym.
The drinks were often scheduled in No 10 for 4pm. Sources say Friday drinks had been a tradition in Whitehall for some time.
But drinking wasn’t limited to Fridays. One former official describes turning up at work in No 10 often to find “A mess! There were bottles, empties, rubbish – in the bin, but overflowing – or indeed sometimes left on the table.”
Morning everyone! GO VOTE GEORGIA!!!
Hope this sticks. The post. Not the rethug gerrymandering.
Stacey Abrams pledges to ‘lift Georgia up to the greatness we deserve’ if elected governor
Opinion: Want to Stop Inflation? Fighting for Global Democracy is the Answer
“Global democracy creates the stable relationships and economic cooperation necessary to support the needs of the global population and generate political stability so we are not subject to the political and economic disruptions—which are deadly, inimical to human life—of one man’s idiosyncratic whims.
And yet we hear how inflation worries may cause Americans to vote for autocracy,
for Republican control of Congress (see here and here),
which means less rights,
less ability to vote and have a say in the political process,
and less economic democracy,
given Republicans have shown no tendency or desire to pass legislation to serve working-class and middle-class Americans.
During World War II, Americans endured rationing and made sacrifices for both the national and global good—
for global democracy. If we want to end inflation,
we have to recognize how this dynamic is bound up in assaults on democracy around the globe and at home.”
Libretti: (https://www.politicususa.com/2022/05/22/opinion-want-to-stop-inflation-fighting-for-global-democracy-is-the-answer.html )
Kushner’s and Mnuchin’s Quick Pivots to Business With the Gulf
Weeks before the Trump administration ended, Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin met with future investors on official trips to the Middle East.
By Kate Kelly and David D. Kirkpatrick:
(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/22/business/jared-kushner-steven-mnuchin-gulf-investments.html
New reporting shows shameless self-dealing by Trump admin’s Jared Kushner, Steve Mnuchin
“Rachel Maddow highlights the latest installment in a series of reports from the New York Times
about how Donald Trump’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner,
and Trump Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin,
used their positions in the U.S. government to develop relationships with foreign governments,
and then made massive private financial deals with those governments
once Trump was out of office.”
(https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-reporting-shows-shameless-self-dealing-by-trump-admin-s-jared-kushner-steve-mnuchin-140677701705)
“part of dehumanizing your foe is to say that their cultural/ linguistic identity is not real.”
(hari sreenivasan)
Liz Cheney urges voters and her party not to ‘enable the liar’
“While accepting a Profile In Courage Award, Liz Cheney made the case that Donald Trump is “attempting to unravel our constitutional republic.”
Steve Benen: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/liz-cheney-urges-voters-party-not-enable-liar-rcna30279)
Former AG Eric Holder, Chairman NDRC, with Sam Koppelman,
“Our Unfinished March”
Of course. I don’t understand why dems are not hitting back the thugs when they scream voter fraud by citing these crimes.
Rachel Maddow Shreds Rep. Barry Loudermilk And His Story On Leading Capitol Tours
Maddow said:
“Congressman Barry Loudermilk got caught out by the investigation on Thursday.
He copped to it on that video on Friday. And guess what happened on Saturday.
Guess what happened next? You probably guessed this too.
Statement from Donald J. Trump, quote, Barry Loudermilk, has my complete and total endorsement. So, this very serious-minded congresswoman came forward with this blood-curdling allegation over a year ago.
This particular congressman has not just been denying that allegation.
He says that he’s seen the proof that this definitely never happened. He’s been mounting an attack on the congresswoman ever since, trying to get her in trouble for making this allegation.
But now, it turns out it was him. At least it was him.
It might have been him plus others, but at least him.
He did it despite all his denials.
He has been caught.”
See video: (https://www.politicususa.com/2022/05/23/rachel-maddow-barry-loudermilk.html)
“Loudermilk has since admitted that some of the people that he gave a tour to showed up at the Capitol on 1/6.
Given the knowledge
and the level of detail that the attackers had,
Loudermilk wasn’t the only House Republican giving tours.
He’s just the House Republican that we know about.” (Jason Easley)
Another 18 YO…
Lord have mercy on us
Dear God! Make it Stop!
effing ‘founding fathers’ sure did a number on their own country by inserting 1st and 2nd poison pills. From assassination of their own presidents to callous cowardly murder of their own innocent kids in schools i s on basically them.
President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Horrific Elementary School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas
President Biden:
“Why are we willing to live with this carnage?”
“Time to turn this pain into action.”
GA turnout for the rethug uncle tom & co is twice as that of dem turnout for Warnock. The usual dem fucking apathy?
She couldn’t have picked a better photograph to celebrate with!
https://www.stonekettle.com/2022/05/the-gun-posts.html
❤️🩹
Go Steve. Not to forget the deplorables who keep electing these corrupt thugs to power over and over and over.
Back in the 1950s when I was in 5th grade in elementary school (yep, I’m that old), we had air raid drills where we’d take our leather book bags with us into the hallway and get on the floor hugging the wall with the book bag over our faces, in case “the dirty rotten commies” were shelling our school from the air. Like that would have saved us, but it was our only option.
I have never forgotten that, to this day. And neither will today’s school kids, having to go through any of these shootings, ever forget their trauma.
Horrible politicians on both sides of the aisle.
#ETTD applies to this thug too.
Fingers crossed that it happens. More importantly, dems better turnout in huge numbers like they did two years ago so that these motherfuckers don’t have a chance to yell voter fraud.
So effing dems didn’t turnout in big numbers in 2018 which could have ensured a Stacey double term by now? Dems are their own worst enemies. We are still half a mil votes short in 2022.
The vote was stolen!!!!
–love the photo, she is GREAT.
Ms Abrams 2019: “800,000 voters is emblematic of who wasn’t speaking up before. But what we call attention to are the 1.4 million-plus who were purged and the 53,000 who weren’t processed and the thousands who were given provisional ballots.”
Voter roll purges were just the start of the Kemp corruption. I remember voting machines missing, not working, long lines in non-white areas, you name it. She clearly won that race.
They wake up and speak out when it hits in their backyard
Surprised to see Canada in there.
they won’t be assault rifles, more about sports. The background checking system is very comprehensive.
A waiting period and literally someone you know has to sign off on your mental state. My only concern is the nuts here who migrate up there.
Aren’t people tired of the same rethugs rhetoric over and over again?
Horrible.
No where in the world this happens.
May Tia’s family survive this…and all who survived who will live with this specter, love to them all.
Many of us have children and relatives who teach in school. Let them live.
Dumb insane haters cannot be allowed to create for us the Everywhere War future they seek.
The constant nagging fear. How is this freedom?
What a terrible way to live.
Number one cause of childhood death in America is by the gun.
Indeed.
Bobfr’s point.
How can one guy so much deathly weapons and ammo in such a short time. In India, you apply to local police citing valid reasons, no, hunting isn’t one and it’s illegal to hunt, it goes to distinct police, who will again question your motives and then it goes to a district judge, who will start all over again. After a few years, you will be denied the permit. A sane system.
imo,
How is Governor Abbottt not to blame? He had the balls to call this massacre “inconceivable”.
How is it inconceivable when he personally signed off on:
expanded access to guns,
lowered the age,
don’t need a license,
don’t need training,
or background checks.
Hold Abbott accountable for 21 years olds walking around with open carry without permits in his state.
Why do we let people like Abbot brainwash our kids to live in fear, as if guns are the answer to your problems. What is the big plan for our young people? Every gun is a hazard. Stop defending guns. You don’t think something can happen with your gun? Our peer nations value life. Let our children have a childhood.
Especially, the latter.
America: 4% of world population with 42% of its firearms.
Apparently comes with the right to threaten to get whatever it is you want.
Yup. Make a promise and fulfill it.
https://www.stonekettle.com/2022/05/the-gun-posts.html
Posting this again, as Jim recovers the last 10 years of his long-form commentaries and views on gun violence in America. Here it all is, well set out and impossible to NOT read, every word, then spread it, because too many have become hardened and accepting of the inexcusable and unforgivable deaths, we CAN change this, Yes We Can
And we had better do it NOW
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imho,
Paraphrasing Michael Moore to Chris Hayes:
“We have to admit that we love our guns more than we love our children.”
“Those who say and do nothing…those more concerned about preserving the filibuster so we can’t get anything passed.”
“These were legally purchased guns by a legal adult….i don’t think we want to fix it.”
“We refuse to acknowledge the violence, the genocide of native peoples, the guns to the backs of slaves who built this country. The original sins have a gun behind them.”
“We need drastic action here, a moratorium on gun sales. But who will say it is time to repeal the 2nd amendment?”
“How could the Founding Fathers know about the bullet?
It was invented later, and did not exist in 1830s.”
“We need hard core gun reform, (too late) for the “sensible stuff” now.”
“A massacre happened the day after Buffalo in Orange County.
There is no way to stop next week’s mass murder.”
“But 75 years after Germans were the most violent killers, they are the most peaceful. Same with Japan.
Make guns the (successful action we took on) cigarettes of the 21st century.”
New post.