Look, the opponents suing to stop my plan are the only thing standing between millions of Americans’ crushing student debt and relief. It’s frustrating, and I won’t stop fighting to get it done in the courts.
First woman elected Speaker of the Navajo Nation
From Miss Navajo Nation to policy analyst, to the Nez-Lizer administration’s public information officer, 37-year-old Crystalyne Curley takes on one of the most influential roles in Navajo politics
Five Indigenous mushers set to compete in 2023 Iditarod despite rising costs
First climate change and now financial worries are forcing some competitors to stay off the trail this year
“It felt surreal that such extraordinary violence could happen at the same intersection where my family picked up herbs, where the SUPERCO where I got Piggy once stood. In the days since, all I’ve been thinking about is how much I want to go back to the city, fill my favorite restaurants with the people I love most, and help the victims’ families and Star Ballroom and get back on their feet. Monterey Park has done so much to lift me up over the years. Now it’s time for me to do the same for this community.”
— The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center (@TheKingCenter) January 28, 2023
I am disgusted by the grotesquely inhumane treatment of #TyreNichols.
I want elected officials, civic leaders, corporations & faith leaders to invest the same [even more] energy in preventing police brutality as they did in preparing for responses to a video of police brutality.
On Saturday, Rev. Sharpton will address Nichols’ death at the weekly NAN Saturday rally at the House of Justice in Harlem. He will then host Nichols’ parents and attorney Ben Crump on PoliticsNation at 5 p.m. on MSNBC. Rev. Sharpton will then deliver the eulogy for Nichols in Memphis on Wednesday morning.
“Once again, we are forced to watch another horrific video of cops using brutal force to kill a Black man. Nearly three years after the murder of George Floyd shook the world, here we are. This video should be all a jury needs to convict each of the five officers who relentlessly beat Tyre Nichols to death. Justice needs to be delivered for Tyre and his family. I don’t think anyone who could stomach getting through this footage would disagree.
Those who go out to protest tonight must respect the family’s wishes to remain non-violent. We are all outraged, but anyone who turns violent only helps the defendants. The more you act up, the more these cops will only use it as an excuse for their despicable actions.
The sad reality is police brutality will be an ever-present threat for Black and Brown Americans unless cops continually see that those who use blunt force will go to jail. They need to understand that a badge isn’t a shield that lets them kill someone during a traffic stop. And the only way to do that is through convictions and legislation. I thank the Justice Department for opening a civil rights investigation and urge its lawyers to be swift and transparent. Our entire nation must come together to condemn this grotesque violation of human rights.”
What words in this universe for Tyre’s loving Mom and Dad, or for his child.
How profound their strength and compassionate wish for the safety of others…at this moment.
My heart goes out to Tyre Nichols’ family and to Americans in Memphis and across the country who are grieving this tremendously painful loss. There are no words to describe the heartbreak and grief of losing a beloved child and young father.⁰⁰Here's my full statement. pic.twitter.com/ghROhSGtao
Last night, I proudly joined @MomsRising to celebrate our work to create jobs, lower health costs and advance family care initiatives such as equal pay, paid leave, child and family care, pre-K and more.
I could not be more grateful and humbled to work with a White House team that is talented, diverse, devoted, and determined. Amazing people who deliver every day. pic.twitter.com/pSbJC5EIrf
Today, we honor Hadiya Pendleton—a beautiful life lost to the tragedy of gun violence ten years ago today. Barack and I hope that, through the Hadiya Pendleton Winter Garden at the Obama Presidential Center, we can honor her legacy and inspire others. pic.twitter.com/aUd3nbmKzr
I am so grateful for these kind (too kind) words from @RepJayapal and @USProgressives. Their leadership has been invaluable to the success of the Biden-Harris administration — and our progress as a country! https://t.co/MUm8wKdNJ5
Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy at funeral services for Tyre Nichols
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Funeral services for Tyre Nichols are set for Feb. 1, 2023, at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, with Rev. Al Sharpton set to deliver the eulogy, according to Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN).
Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Nichols’ family, is set to deliver the call to action.
The funeral is set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the church at 70 N Bellevue Blvd.
Crump: Family wants world to see how Tyre Nichols was ‘brutalized’ in video
Attorney Ben Crump on why the family of Tyre Nichols wanted the Memphis police video released: “They think it’s important that America, that the world see how [officers] brutalized Tyre, how they killed Tyre so unnecessarily.”
Joy Reid:
“We live in an era where we have drones! I’ve gotten traffic tickets when I got home because a robot in the sky saw that…you can literally send them the ticket in the mail.
So why are we stopping cars because there’s something wrong with their tail light when you can photograph that fact, send them a ticket…why are they pulling people over at all?”
Frank Figluzzi:
“You’re asking…goes to the larger the issue of re-imagining the police and what the community wants and needs.”
“You’re asking a larger question which is what is it really that we need to deploy armed people for…we keep hearing about the Scorpion unit. So don’t let anybody tell you these people were out looking for traffic violations. These crime suppression units, these jumpout squads as some cities call them, they’re about suppression people in an aggressive way and that’s what needs to be looked at here. These people were not looking for a traffic violation.”
NEWS ALERT: @AttorneyCrump and @TonyRomanucci have issued a statement following the announcement that Memphis Police will eliminate its SCORPION Squad — the unit that included the five officers who brutally beat and killed Tyre Nichols. pic.twitter.com/HwNID4XzIo
“Nichols worked second shift at FedEx with his stepfather.
Every day, they’d come home together on their break at 7 p.m., and his mother would have a meal waiting for them.”
“When he wasn’t working, he went to the park to skateboard and take pictures. His website, called This California Kid, starts with an invitation:
“Welcome to the world through my eyes.”
“He included a gallery of what he considered his masterpieces: bridges and railroad tracks rendered in black and white, the neon lights of Beale Street at night. He took pictures of pink flowers, sunsets over the Mississippi River, fields of grass, statues of Elvis.
He highlights a quote from another photographer:
“A good photographer must love life,” it begins.
(crossroads today.com)
This is how we should remember Tyre Nichols. As we seek justice for his brutal death, the heartfelt words of his family members will drive us forward and be a CONSTANT reminder of why we have to prevent this from ever happening again. #CallOutTheCulture 🎥: @WashingtonPostpic.twitter.com/777nhDzWkZ
Memphis police officers unleashed at least 71 commands at Tyre Nichols. Many were contradictory or impossible. When he couldn’t comply — and even when he managed to — officers responded with escalating force.
Plus looks like the officers said things for the voice recording that didn’t match their actions – in preparation for their future defense – as the murder of Mr. Nichols was taking place. How often has THAT happened?
Joy Reid on Tyre Nichols death: It’s not the race of the officer–it’s the design of the system
Tyre Nichols’ death after a deadly police beating is renewing the debate on policing in America. Police brutality dating back to the very origins of America is discussed by Joy Reid and her panel of experts.
Planters invented police..and the violence was the point”. Ms. Reid gives historical context to policing profession “in a policing culture” (Marq Claxton). Control…police put Tyre into the position that he couldn’t comply, a lynching. Black officers engaged in subjugation of Tyre, discussion.
Initial Police Report on Tyre Nichols Arrest Is Contradicted by Videos
The police report was the latest instance in which video evidence offered a starkly different account of police violence than what officers had reported themselves.
Tyre Nichols giving a young girl a flower at a Sacramento skatepark 💛
His friend, Dezmond Sinclair, says this picture sums up Tyre. Always the 1st one to make you feel welcome, protected the kids, and was always hyping you up as you learned a new trick.
Clyburn: GOP’s “Weaponization Of Government” Committee Will Be A Waste Of Time And Money Like Benghazi
CHRIS HAYES: Congressman, having been through this a number of times now, having gone for the majority of the minority, having watched Republicans launch a series of investigations when they get the gavel, what is your expectation and posture towards these various investigations that they are — they’re gearing up to do?
REP. JIM CLYBURN: Well, I think there are very, very unnecessary. They are really a waste of time. I think they proved that with Benghazi. We know what the result of that was. Two and a half years, I don’t know how much money was spent, and it was all for naught. It may have been of some detriment to Hillary Clinton, but that’s not what we run government for. The government is here to really address the things that are really responsible and things that really get the country moving, get people lives in order, not to score political points.
So, if we are going to run this government to score political appoints, I think that the result is going to be the same. We saw that time and time again when they were in power before and I think that will be the end result this time as well. But then a lot of money will have been spent and wasted and a lot of time when it could be devoted to improving people’s lives.
Happening Now: President Biden discusses infrastructure funding for the Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project which will improve reliability for the 200,000 passenger trips per weekday on Amtrak and New Jersey Transit. https://t.co/5OFUBpwR2z
Rachel Maddow showed how Trump committed a crime then had everyone bend over backward to protect him from prosecution, and the damage he has done to the DOJ and the rule of law.
Maddow said:
“So this is a crime that was committed in 2016. The last time it was in court was in 2018. The last time someone went to jail for this crime was in 2019. Federal prosecutors bobbled it and they simultaneously blocked state prosecutors from pursuing it themselves for a long time. There was also a weird interlude where one Manhattan D.A., one New York state prosecutor started an investigation into this matter, and then a new prosecutor came into office and stopped that investigation and then the new prosecutor restarted it a few months later after some of the lawyers who had been working on Trump-related investigations quit in protest and did so loudly.
This has been a weird saga. This has been an on-again, off-again criminal case. At its core it is a simple crime. It is a very understandable crime. One in which the evidence is really clear. And for years now, I mean we’re going on seven years since the crime, five years since people started going to prison for it, for years people have been doing backflips to make sure there are no consequences for the guy who committed the crime and was the only one to benefit from it. The purpose was to help Donald Trump’s campaign for president.
He did become the president. Which apparently does give you carte Blanche to stay out of handcuffs for four years while occupying the oval office. But not after. It doesn’t last once you’re out, once you are out of the oval office you’re supposed to go back to being the kind of person who isn’t allowed to get caught committing crimes without having to pay. It has taken alt of these years, I am happy to say Stormy Daniels is doing fine. She’s doing better than fine. We’re about to find out if we can say the same about the rule of law and the justice system which they royally screwed up.”
Jason Easley: “The case itself is not complicated. It is fairly open and shut. Donald Trump broke the law by paying Stormy Daniels hush money during the 2016 presidential campaign. We know that Donald Trump is the man behind the crime. Donald Trump benefitted from the crime, but because he made it to the White House, Trump was able to use the power of the presidency to cover up his crime and block investigations.”
Wow, amazing, the grace and strength. I, like my mother used to, loved watching ice skaters, even hockey players skill. Sorry she missed seeing Breonna Taylor. Don’t care what the judges say, she is awesome.
Fallout continues for responders tied to Tyre Nichols killing
Vickie Terry, executive director of the Memphis branch of the NAACP, talks with Rachel Maddow about more people being disciplined in connection with the police beating death of Tyre Nichols, and how the Nichols case has prompted a closer look at policing in Memphis and other potential abuses by the Scorpion unit.
Mom, mechanic, & Democrat ‘thrilled’ with new roles in the U.S House
Freshman Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto mechanic shop owner who became the first Democrat elected in Washington’s rural third district in 12 years, joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss her plans to make the federal government “more effective and more accessible” through her assignments on the House Small Business & Agriculture Committees.
In my book #TheLightWeCarry, I share some of the tools and practices that have helped me along my journey. I recently had some friends share what uplifts them. Here are their reflections! pic.twitter.com/ealL3Yjh71
For me, the practice I’ve had—and the effort I make—in finding and appreciating the light inside of other people has become one of my most valuable tools for overcoming uncertainty and keeping my hopefulness intact. #TheLightWeCarry
Today is the start of #BlackHistoryMonth in the US. It begins today to commemorate the civil rights sit-ins which began #OtD 1 Feb 1960 in Greensboro, North Carolina, when four Black college students refused to move from a Woolworth's lunch counter after they were denied service pic.twitter.com/OosaYbFFfC
In 1955, 9 months before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman. Her courageous act of defiance changed US history. She was only 15 years old. #BlackHistoryMonthpic.twitter.com/vXV58pZXfg
I’m thrilled to share that my new @HGMedia podcast, The Light, will be available on @audible_com on March 7! I can't wait for you to hear some of the stories and conversations I’ve been having with some of my close friends about so many of the issues we’re all navigating. pic.twitter.com/IFzNxei4D1
12 years ago, Cary Shaw left her office job and never looked back. Now she's one of the talented people helping us build the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side of Chicago.
I used to not share pictures of my family especially my mother to avoid haters and Islamophobic! But today is World Hijab Day alongside World Interfaith Harmony Week and l'm so tired of people running around with a heart full of hate! So if you don't mind, HAPPY WORLD HIJAB DAY. pic.twitter.com/rf8dG5jTPO
Happening Now: President Biden convenes a meeting of his Competition Council to receive an update on progress his Administration has made to increase competition in the American economy and lower prices for the American people. https://t.co/ChgLGnXTvm
Happening Now: President Biden hosts an official transition event to thank Chief of Staff Ron Klain for his tireless work and officially welcome Jeff Zients back to the White House in this role. https://t.co/NJeCzPJ5T8
Ronald Klain is a marvelous human being and someone has to detain him on the premises. Through tears and hilarity, he walks us through some of the giant Himalayan accomplishments made by this Administration at such a difficult moment.
(even i cried…pushover)
Welcome Jeff Zients!
I’ve been warming up more and more to watching Alex Wagner on MSNBC in the evening. Although I was extremely glad she took over most of the week for Rachel, I hadn’t heard much about her before. She’s had a long career and now I’m wondering where was I? Ha. She’s got what it takes, for sure.
Checked out her page on Wiki and found another tidbit y’all may have known but I didn’t:
“On August 30, 2014, Wagner married former White House nutrition policy advisor and assistant chef Sam Kass in a ceremony held at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a restaurant in Pocantico Hills, New York … The wedding was attended by then U.S. President Barack Obama and his family, as Kass had been the Obama family personal chef since Chicago … Wagner and Kass’s first child, Cyrus, was born in 2017.[28] On April 16, 2019, she gave birth to their second child, Rafael.”
Hi J! I knew she’d married my crush Sam. I’ve still not forgiven her for taking him away from me.😆
I remember her on MSNBC back when PBO was still in office. In fact, I saw her in Charlotte when she was there covering the 2012 Dem convention. Anyway, I always thought she was a good journalist and I’m glad to see she’s back on air. She doesn’t have the same gravitas as Rachel IMO, a little too giddy at inappropriate times for me, but hopefully she’ll grow into it better over time.
When she came back on MSNBC, I instantly remembered she was married to Sam Kass. How I remembered that I have no idea. LOL Definitely, she is NOT Rachel, but then, no one is. We watch her every night.
Truly disgraceful! Lawsuits should be flying right now!
A disgrace. Moms and Dads should be marching on Tallahassee in protest against this intrusion into the privacy and dignity of girls. https://t.co/Xa1bSzskhf
517K jobs created last month.
strongest job growth in Am history last 2 years.
3.4% lowest 54 years (last May 1969)
(Pres. Biden reporting)
inflation fallen for 6 straight months
take home pay going up
2.9% e growth last quarter
manufacturing rebounding at faster rate than last 40 years.
= Biden economic plan working.
imo,
want to thank hospital personnel everywhere in the world. Received 3 am call from closest family member yesterday. Weeks after a series of accidental blows to the head, he suddenly went missing. Is barely coherent, and is post-surgery. Don’t know the full story yet. But after this chronic time of not knowing…there he is…again thank you.
.@SecBlinken: "We concluded that conditions were not conducive for a constructive visit at this time. In my call today with Dir. Wang Yi, I made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in U.S. airspace is a clear violation of U.S. sovereignty and international law." pic.twitter.com/mRH80Sowrg
The Obama Diary 
Happy Friday NW.
love, strength to the Tyre family and their community.
the Tyre Nichols family…video soon.
Timothy Snyder: “Why the world needs Ukrainian victory. Fifteen reasons.”
(snyder.substack.com)
Jennifer Coolidge Worried About Mispronouncing Names at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards
—had everyone in the stitches.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4wahYaVp_E)
—Jennifer Coolidge Wins Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series | 2023 Golden Globe Awards
First woman elected Speaker of the Navajo Nation
From Miss Navajo Nation to policy analyst, to the Nez-Lizer administration’s public information officer, 37-year-old Crystalyne Curley takes on one of the most influential roles in Navajo politics
Pauly Denetclaw: (https://ictnews.org/news/first-woman-elected-speaker-of-the-navajo-nation)
Five Indigenous mushers set to compete in 2023 Iditarod despite rising costs
First climate change and now financial worries are forcing some competitors to stay off the trail this year
(https://ictnews.org/news/five-indigenous-mushers-set-to-compete-in-2023-iditarod-despite-rising-costs)
Elaine Chao responds to Trump’s racist attacks on her Asian American heritage
Azi Paybarah:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/25/trump-elaine-chao-asian-americans-mcconnell/
New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html
How to Watch the ‘Green Comet’ in Night Skies
(https://www.nytimes.com/article/green-comet-watch.html)
How Ballroom Dance Became a ‘Social Safe Space’ for Asian American Elders
(https://time.com/6250552/ballroom-dancing-asian-immigrant-elders-monterey-park/)
The Monterey Park I Remember
By Eda Yu
“It felt surreal that such extraordinary violence could happen at the same intersection where my family picked up herbs, where the SUPERCO where I got Piggy once stood. In the days since, all I’ve been thinking about is how much I want to go back to the city, fill my favorite restaurants with the people I love most, and help the victims’ families and Star Ballroom and get back on their feet. Monterey Park has done so much to lift me up over the years. Now it’s time for me to do the same for this community.”
(https://www.thecut.com/2023/01/monterey-park-asian-american-identity.html)
—beautiful autobiographical piece.
Hi Nerdy! Thanks for keeping the lights on in the village. I hope all fabulous in your world! 😘❤️
I’m a little late arriving, but I share your sentiments, Dudette!
Thanks for all the great shares brp! You rock! 😘❤️
너도 you too, in Korean !! And thanks for your fun post this morn Dudette.
😘
I share in that thanks to brp! ❤
🙏🏾😔
On Saturday, Rev. Sharpton will address Nichols’ death at the weekly NAN Saturday rally at the House of Justice in Harlem. He will then host Nichols’ parents and attorney Ben Crump on PoliticsNation at 5 p.m. on MSNBC. Rev. Sharpton will then deliver the eulogy for Nichols in Memphis on Wednesday morning.
“Once again, we are forced to watch another horrific video of cops using brutal force to kill a Black man. Nearly three years after the murder of George Floyd shook the world, here we are. This video should be all a jury needs to convict each of the five officers who relentlessly beat Tyre Nichols to death. Justice needs to be delivered for Tyre and his family. I don’t think anyone who could stomach getting through this footage would disagree.
Those who go out to protest tonight must respect the family’s wishes to remain non-violent. We are all outraged, but anyone who turns violent only helps the defendants. The more you act up, the more these cops will only use it as an excuse for their despicable actions.
The sad reality is police brutality will be an ever-present threat for Black and Brown Americans unless cops continually see that those who use blunt force will go to jail. They need to understand that a badge isn’t a shield that lets them kill someone during a traffic stop. And the only way to do that is through convictions and legislation. I thank the Justice Department for opening a civil rights investigation and urge its lawyers to be swift and transparent. Our entire nation must come together to condemn this grotesque violation of human rights.”
Details of rally:
(https://nationalactionnetwork.net/newnews/rev-al-sharpton-responds-to-tyre-nichols-footage-will-address-police-killing-at-nan-saturday-rally/)
What words in this universe for Tyre’s loving Mom and Dad, or for his child.
How profound their strength and compassionate wish for the safety of others…at this moment.
Professor Eddie Glaude: “There’s nothing I can do to protect my child from organized state violence.”
Happy Saturday Y’all! Wanna see something magical? 😍
delightful !
Yes it is!
Minus 10 degrees F and not cloud in the sky. Car may not start, but gorgeous sunshine.
Enamored of Ronald Klain and the tremendous outpouring of his work in the WH.
–leaving, pls say it ain’t so!
lovely about Hadiya.
There’s a slip in the sound, wonder if video can be re-newed.
wonderful, so loved.
-thx pkayden
Good Monday morning everyone. Hope you all have a glorious day today:)
Hope you’ve been having a glorious week!
Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy at funeral services for Tyre Nichols
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Funeral services for Tyre Nichols are set for Feb. 1, 2023, at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, with Rev. Al Sharpton set to deliver the eulogy, according to Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN).
Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Nichols’ family, is set to deliver the call to action.
The funeral is set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the church at 70 N Bellevue Blvd.
(localmemphis.com)
Crump: Family wants world to see how Tyre Nichols was ‘brutalized’ in video
Attorney Ben Crump on why the family of Tyre Nichols wanted the Memphis police video released: “They think it’s important that America, that the world see how [officers] brutalized Tyre, how they killed Tyre so unnecessarily.”
(https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/crump-family-wants-world-to-see-how-tyre-nichols-was-brutalized-in-video-162033733559)
Memphis Police Disband Unit Whose Officers Were Charged in Tyre Nichols’s Death
Mr. Nichols’s family and activists had demanded the scuttling of the group, the Scorpion unit, which patrolled high-crime areas of the city.
(https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/us/scorpion-memphis-police-tyre-nichols.html)
Joy Reid:
“We live in an era where we have drones! I’ve gotten traffic tickets when I got home because a robot in the sky saw that…you can literally send them the ticket in the mail.
So why are we stopping cars because there’s something wrong with their tail light when you can photograph that fact, send them a ticket…why are they pulling people over at all?”
Frank Figluzzi:
“You’re asking…goes to the larger the issue of re-imagining the police and what the community wants and needs.”
“You’re asking a larger question which is what is it really that we need to deploy armed people for…we keep hearing about the Scorpion unit. So don’t let anybody tell you these people were out looking for traffic violations. These crime suppression units, these jumpout squads as some cities call them, they’re about suppression people in an aggressive way and that’s what needs to be looked at here. These people were not looking for a traffic violation.”
5 officers convicted less than 20 days after murdering a beautiful young man on the way to his Mother’s house, minutes away.
Ben Crump to Andrea Mitchell: “We want to see the same swiftness going forward.”
“Nichols worked second shift at FedEx with his stepfather.
Every day, they’d come home together on their break at 7 p.m., and his mother would have a meal waiting for them.”
“When he wasn’t working, he went to the park to skateboard and take pictures. His website, called This California Kid, starts with an invitation:
“Welcome to the world through my eyes.”
“He included a gallery of what he considered his masterpieces: bridges and railroad tracks rendered in black and white, the neon lights of Beale Street at night. He took pictures of pink flowers, sunsets over the Mississippi River, fields of grass, statues of Elvis.
He highlights a quote from another photographer:
“A good photographer must love life,” it begins.
(crossroads today.com)
Oh my goodness. So glad I saw that! Thanks so much for posting.
TYRE, photographer
The NBA photo was mixed in with Tyre’s photos, so not sure.
imo meeting someone with this kind of smile, this kind of goodness, there’s no coming back from that.
Plus looks like the officers said things for the voice recording that didn’t match their actions – in preparation for their future defense – as the murder of Mr. Nichols was taking place. How often has THAT happened?
I know, right?
Joy Reid on Tyre Nichols death: It’s not the race of the officer–it’s the design of the system
Tyre Nichols’ death after a deadly police beating is renewing the debate on policing in America. Police brutality dating back to the very origins of America is discussed by Joy Reid and her panel of experts.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM0IqNJRJmI)
Planters invented police..and the violence was the point”. Ms. Reid gives historical context to policing profession “in a policing culture” (Marq Claxton). Control…police put Tyre into the position that he couldn’t comply, a lynching. Black officers engaged in subjugation of Tyre, discussion.
The History of Policing in the US and its impact on Americans today
Kala Battar: (https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2021/12/08/the-history-of-policing-in-the-us-and-its-impact-on-americans-today/)
Q&A With Nikole Hannah-Jones on The 1619 Project
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09q49bzxJm8)
Initial Police Report on Tyre Nichols Arrest Is Contradicted by Videos
The police report was the latest instance in which video evidence offered a starkly different account of police violence than what officers had reported themselves.
By Jessica Jaglois, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Mitch Smith
(https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/30/us/tyre-nichols-arrest-videos.html)
Tyre Nichols’s Death Proves Yet Again That ‘Elite’ Police Units Are a Disaster
Radley Balko: (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/opinion/tyre-nichols-police-scorpion.html
Congressman Clyburn
Clyburn: GOP’s “Weaponization Of Government” Committee Will Be A Waste Of Time And Money Like Benghazi
CHRIS HAYES: Congressman, having been through this a number of times now, having gone for the majority of the minority, having watched Republicans launch a series of investigations when they get the gavel, what is your expectation and posture towards these various investigations that they are — they’re gearing up to do?
REP. JIM CLYBURN: Well, I think there are very, very unnecessary. They are really a waste of time. I think they proved that with Benghazi. We know what the result of that was. Two and a half years, I don’t know how much money was spent, and it was all for naught. It may have been of some detriment to Hillary Clinton, but that’s not what we run government for. The government is here to really address the things that are really responsible and things that really get the country moving, get people lives in order, not to score political points.
So, if we are going to run this government to score political appoints, I think that the result is going to be the same. We saw that time and time again when they were in power before and I think that will be the end result this time as well. But then a lot of money will have been spent and wasted and a lot of time when it could be devoted to improving people’s lives.
(https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/01/31/clyburn_gops_weaponization_of_government_committee_will_be_a_waste_of_time_and_money_like_benghazi.html)
A Proclamation on National Black History Month, 2023
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/01/31/a-proclamation-on-national-black-history-month-2023/)
Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Moderated Conversation on CDFIs and Small Businesses
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/01/30/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-in-a-moderated-conversation-on-cdfis-and-small-businesses/)
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill Biden at U.S. Army Fort Drum
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/01/30/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-u-s-army-fort-drum/)
Rachel Maddow showed how Trump committed a crime then had everyone bend over backward to protect him from prosecution, and the damage he has done to the DOJ and the rule of law.
Maddow said:
“So this is a crime that was committed in 2016. The last time it was in court was in 2018. The last time someone went to jail for this crime was in 2019. Federal prosecutors bobbled it and they simultaneously blocked state prosecutors from pursuing it themselves for a long time. There was also a weird interlude where one Manhattan D.A., one New York state prosecutor started an investigation into this matter, and then a new prosecutor came into office and stopped that investigation and then the new prosecutor restarted it a few months later after some of the lawyers who had been working on Trump-related investigations quit in protest and did so loudly.
This has been a weird saga. This has been an on-again, off-again criminal case. At its core it is a simple crime. It is a very understandable crime. One in which the evidence is really clear. And for years now, I mean we’re going on seven years since the crime, five years since people started going to prison for it, for years people have been doing backflips to make sure there are no consequences for the guy who committed the crime and was the only one to benefit from it. The purpose was to help Donald Trump’s campaign for president.
He did become the president. Which apparently does give you carte Blanche to stay out of handcuffs for four years while occupying the oval office. But not after. It doesn’t last once you’re out, once you are out of the oval office you’re supposed to go back to being the kind of person who isn’t allowed to get caught committing crimes without having to pay. It has taken alt of these years, I am happy to say Stormy Daniels is doing fine. She’s doing better than fine. We’re about to find out if we can say the same about the rule of law and the justice system which they royally screwed up.”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2023/01/30/rachel-maddow-trump-stormy-daniels.html)
Jason Easley: “The case itself is not complicated. It is fairly open and shut. Donald Trump broke the law by paying Stormy Daniels hush money during the 2016 presidential campaign. We know that Donald Trump is the man behind the crime. Donald Trump benefitted from the crime, but because he made it to the White House, Trump was able to use the power of the presidency to cover up his crime and block investigations.”
fearless!!! thx ggail44.
Wow, amazing, the grace and strength. I, like my mother used to, loved watching ice skaters, even hockey players skill. Sorry she missed seeing Breonna Taylor. Don’t care what the judges say, she is awesome.
Thanks, ggail. I watched both of them. Rascism S—-!!!!!
Rachel Maddow reports on Russia’s new ban on Russian-language independent news outlet Meduza, which is already based outside of Russia, but is now illegal for Russians to contribute to or even speak to.
(https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-outlaws-independent-journalism-outlet-meduza-162186309528)
Fallout continues for responders tied to Tyre Nichols killing
Vickie Terry, executive director of the Memphis branch of the NAACP, talks with Rachel Maddow about more people being disciplined in connection with the police beating death of Tyre Nichols, and how the Nichols case has prompted a closer look at policing in Memphis and other potential abuses by the Scorpion unit.
People vs. Donald Trump
An Inside Account,
author,
Mark Pomerantz
‘Hostile takeover’: the tiny Florida university targeted by Ron DeSantis
Governor’s latest shot in his war on woke is the shock appointment of rightwing trustees to progressive New College
(https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/29/ron-desantis-florida-university-new-college-woke-war)
imo, expose to the nth the autocrat DeSantis and his ‘I/we are coming for you message’.
Rep Perez
Mom, mechanic, & Democrat ‘thrilled’ with new roles in the U.S House
Freshman Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto mechanic shop owner who became the first Democrat elected in Washington’s rural third district in 12 years, joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss her plans to make the federal government “more effective and more accessible” through her assignments on the House Small Business & Agriculture Committees.
Thx forever MO!! Answer: well…dance, dance dance, go for walks, say hi to every person and dog who passes me by, come rain, snow or shine.
Good morning:)
https://post.news/article/2L5yUAgJitsGs8MAYwXmJfNJdds
Hi Jer! Looks like that one was deleted.
Was this the message?
She gets more gorgeous by the minute – inside and out!
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley with VP Kamala Harris.
–stunning story of accomplishment and co-operation.
Rev. Al Sharpton and Tyre Nichols’ family speak out ahead of Tyre’s funeral
Wow! That’s gorgeous!
pls rock the scarf Congressman Raskin !
euh, l’écharpe c’est la bombe.
💯🔥
The White House
As of January 1, big corporations are starting to pay their fair share – with a 15% corporate minimum tax.
Ronald Klain
test
Ronald Klain is a marvelous human being and someone has to detain him on the premises. Through tears and hilarity, he walks us through some of the giant Himalayan accomplishments made by this Administration at such a difficult moment.
(even i cried…pushover)
Welcome Jeff Zients!
Remarks by President Biden at White House Chief of Staff Transition Event
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/02/remarks-by-president-biden-at-white-house-chief-of-staff-transition-event/)
Tyre Nichols’ funeral held in Memphis.
All across the sky,
A star has burned itself out
Above the cold sea.
(Ryokan)
Everything, everything to the Nichols family, such peace they are giving us all.
Remarks by President Biden at the National Prayer Breakfast
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/02/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-national-prayer-breakfast-2/)
So frightening!
I’ve been warming up more and more to watching Alex Wagner on MSNBC in the evening. Although I was extremely glad she took over most of the week for Rachel, I hadn’t heard much about her before. She’s had a long career and now I’m wondering where was I? Ha. She’s got what it takes, for sure.
Checked out her page on Wiki and found another tidbit y’all may have known but I didn’t:
“On August 30, 2014, Wagner married former White House nutrition policy advisor and assistant chef Sam Kass in a ceremony held at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a restaurant in Pocantico Hills, New York … The wedding was attended by then U.S. President Barack Obama and his family, as Kass had been the Obama family personal chef since Chicago … Wagner and Kass’s first child, Cyrus, was born in 2017.[28] On April 16, 2019, she gave birth to their second child, Rafael.”
I’m sure we all remember Sam Kass! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kass
Hi J! I knew she’d married my crush Sam. I’ve still not forgiven her for taking him away from me.😆
I remember her on MSNBC back when PBO was still in office. In fact, I saw her in Charlotte when she was there covering the 2012 Dem convention. Anyway, I always thought she was a good journalist and I’m glad to see she’s back on air. She doesn’t have the same gravitas as Rachel IMO, a little too giddy at inappropriate times for me, but hopefully she’ll grow into it better over time.
hi jo’b, Dudette, jer44, sun is out here!
When she came back on MSNBC, I instantly remembered she was married to Sam Kass. How I remembered that I have no idea. LOL Definitely, she is NOT Rachel, but then, no one is. We watch her every night.
Your “my crush Sam” made me smile, big time!
Truly disgraceful! Lawsuits should be flying right now!
@Forbes
Labor Market Added 517,000 Jobs In January—Unemployment Rate Falls To 54-Year Low Of 3.4%
https://forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2023/02/03/jobs-report-january/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
517K jobs created last month.
strongest job growth in Am history last 2 years.
3.4% lowest 54 years (last May 1969)
(Pres. Biden reporting)
inflation fallen for 6 straight months
take home pay going up
2.9% e growth last quarter
manufacturing rebounding at faster rate than last 40 years.
= Biden economic plan working.
(more above…eh remember what the economy was doing when this President arrived on the scene?)
imo,
want to thank hospital personnel everywhere in the world. Received 3 am call from closest family member yesterday. Weeks after a series of accidental blows to the head, he suddenly went missing. Is barely coherent, and is post-surgery. Don’t know the full story yet. But after this chronic time of not knowing…there he is…again thank you.
Hope your closest family member will be okay soon. 🙏🏻
yes it’s my brother! thanks for your kindness sjterrid.
You’re very welcome!
Beautiful moments of Amma’s Europe Tour in 2018
–was a member of Amma’s crew on this same wonderful tour in 2017.
New post.