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Yo, Yo, Yo, trouble in River City.
What, a 66-year-old high-level state employee can't send Tupac-related emails to 4,300 colleagues and bring 'Thug Life' cookies to his birthday?
(T) here’s intrigue over the fact that his resignation took...
by annieli
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on Wed Jul 17, 2019 at 07:20 PM PDT
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In all of the ridiculousness on display from House Republicans over calling Donald Trump's racist tweets "racist," with squishy journalism gatekeepers (Keith Woods, NPR's vice president for newsroom training and diversity!) arguing that we shouldn't...
by Joan McCarter
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on Wed Jul 17, 2019 at 10:05 AM PDT
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Déjà vu.
There’s a diary on the Rec List announcing that “Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Tweet Broke the Law.” The diary quotes the following text from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) website:
Harassment Based on National Origin
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by GrafZeppelin127
104 comments
on Tue Jul 16, 2019 at 10:54 AM PDT
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Remember when conservatives called Obama a racist for expressing empathy for Trayvon Martin? I’m on vacation this week, but thought this cartoon would be a good reminder.
Help sustain these ...
by Jen Sorensen
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on Tue Jul 16, 2019 at 04:50 AM PDT
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Chicago, 1963: When black parents and their allies (including Bernie Sanders) used civil disobedience tactics to fight for their children’s safety and dignity, “as many as 800 children were saved from spending two years in an educational trailer park,...
by Rob in Vermont
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on Sun Jul 14, 2019 at 09:59 AM PDT
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Per state law, the Tennessee governor is tasked with issuing proclamations for six separate days of special observation, three of which, including the July 13 Forrest Day, pertain to the Confederacy.
Lee — and governors who have come before him —...
by annieli
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on Fri Jul 12, 2019 at 03:09 PM PDT
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The latest episode of “Cops Behaving Badly—And Illegally” comes from Jackson County, Florida, north of Panama City. A now-former sheriff’s deputy there, Zachary Wester, was arrested yesterday after a yearlong investigation revealed that he had planted...
by Christian Dem in NC
54 comments
on Thu Jul 11, 2019 at 04:39 PM PDT
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ICE Raids Across The US; On Undocumented Families and Individuals, Weekend Of July 14th.
♥En Resistencia♥
Updated
I have many good links and important information, in this post.
The more I researched, wrote, edited, the more I...
by rebel ga
26 comments
on Fri Jul 12, 2019 at 12:00 PM PDT
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You know, if you go back far enough, most people today probably have ancestors who “owned” slaves. Slavery was rampant in the ancient world, after all.
But with regard to reparations, here’s what’s important: Some people ***cough, cough, white...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
48 comments
on Tue Jul 09, 2019 at 02:10 PM PDT
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After spending a short tenure as one of the front page writers here I moved over to Salon where, for the most part, I write exclusively. I also host a podcast which has become a type of informal Trump University—except that folks are not scammed...
by Chauncey DeVega
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on Tue Jul 09, 2019 at 11:57 AM PDT
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Discrimination against LGBT Americans is bad for business. That's the emphatic message more than 200 U.S. companies are delivering to the Supreme Court as it prepares to weigh in on the question ...
by Hunter
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on Wed Jul 03, 2019 at 05:00 PM PDT
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“Nike pulled a sneaker featuring an early version of the U.S. flag off shelves after endorser Colin Kaepernick reached out to the company and expressed concerns about the design, The Wall Street Journal reports.”
It's not going to be about the...
by annieli
47 comments
on Mon Jul 01, 2019 at 11:09 PM PDT
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We’re actually now in charted territory from the 20th Century. CBP supporters discuss GoFundMe to harm members of Congress.
Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants,...
by annieli
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on Mon Jul 01, 2019 at 01:52 PM PDT
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Prior to this weekend, I was unaware of Andy Ngo, a Portland-based writer for the intentionally tedious right-wing journal Quillette. The journal is perhaps most memorably described by Mike Stuchbery as “a finishing school for crypto-fascist bores.”
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by BlueSkySomewhere
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on Mon Jul 01, 2019 at 05:43 PM PDT
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RW demonstrations in Portland OR today. with minor injuries and confrontations from counter-protestors who outnumbered demonstrators. Police maintained order and used riot-control agents including pepper-spray.
The usual disinformation...
by annieli
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on Sat Jun 29, 2019 at 06:04 PM PDT
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"I never opposed voluntary busing."
Joseph Biden, June 27, 2019
Biden insisted Thursday night and again Friday that he has always supported school integration policies like those that brought a young Kamala Harris to school in Berkeley,...
by rufe
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on Sat Jun 29, 2019 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Jim Benvie is a make-believe border patrol officer. In real life, he is a dangerous do-it-yourself xenophobic militia man. His belief system consists of the idea that asylum seekers at our country’s southern border should be rounded up with guns and...
by Walter Einenkel
57 comments
on Mon Jun 24, 2019 at 09:10 AM PDT
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The idea of monetary reparations for the descendants of American slaves is being bandied about by many current Democratic 2020 presidential candidates. I personally don’t think this should be considered at this time.
Please hear me out.
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by 40ford
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on Sun Jun 23, 2019 at 03:40 PM PDT
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Everyone with reparations anxiety, please...take a breath.
H.R. 40, the 30 year old bill at the heart of last week’s historic Congressional Hearings, is not reparations. It’s merely an authorization to have a conversation about reparations.
As...
by agmedia
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on Mon Jun 24, 2019 at 11:02 AM PDT
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I wrote this for all my friends from NJ, NYC and everyone. ♥Pride ♥ 2019 NYC March, 50th Anniversary Of Stonewall. 50+ Pictures Of Pride♥ And More.
Kind of a PSA. Public Service Announcement.
For anyone who wants information, about...
by rebel ga
4 comments
on Sat Jun 22, 2019 at 08:00 AM PDT
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- Hermitage, Tennessee community members rushed to a neighbor’s home to protect him and his son from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents early Monday morning, Nashville Scene reports, at one point forming a human chain around the van where the...63 comments 210 Recs
- Gretna, Louisiana police officer Charlie Rispoli who posted a fake news story about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and commented she "needs a round"...and I don't mean the kind she used to serve.” has been fired, along with a fellow office who “liked” the...44 comments 73 Recs
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- I fully admit to enjoying some snarky Mean Girl-isms when they are aimed at a deserving target. If you don’t, collect your halo on the way out. And anyone named Trump is about as richly deserving a target as there is. This week Vogue...20 comments 50 Recs
- On Wednesday the Congress will finally hear from special counsel Robert Mueller. His first-hand account of the conclusions from the investigation he led should settle the debate on whether Donald Trump's tedious mantra of "no collusion, no obstruction"...99 comments 104 Recs
- Believe me, I wish I could sleep through the Trump years, too — and I don’t even work at the White House. But if you’re a cabinet member, maybe you should stay awake for this? I mean, at any moment Trump could unilaterally declare that we’re...66 comments 144 Recs
- A rant ‘cause folk got their fee fees hurt on FB when I called a racist a racist…..aww… My father — a combat veteran of WWII. Korea and ‘Nam — was NOT a paradigm of progressive values. He had that racist bone. We could rarely talk politics. ...244 comments 289 Recs
- Anti-racism activist and writer Tim Wise (bio here) was Associate Director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism And Nazism, an organization that, in coordination with other orgs, successfully waged a campaign to prevent infamous racist David Duke...464 comments 664 Recs
- Jane Mayer is out with a story: The Case of Al Franken in the New Yorker. This is going to throw huge bomb in to the campaign, but it will be a dirty bomb not an explosion. The clear demonstration of the RW hit job nature of the Tweeden photo and...835 comments 171 Recs
- Humans have been eating salmon in Alaska for 11,000 years. The cold-water fish is a protein powerhouse and Alaskan wild salmon is beyond delicious. In a heating Arctic, the consequences of our fossil fuel emissions are coming under intense scrutiny....35 comments 198 Recs
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- For the next little while, we’re going through Ann Swinfen’s In Defence of Fantasy (1), taking it chapter by chapter, as promised. This week, we start with the introductory chapter, “Fantasy ...2 comments 3 Recs
- As a proud previously apathetic member of Generation X, I grew up watching the classic violent, political charged undertones Mel Blanc, Tex Avery and other brilliant creators far ahead of their time crafted to life. As every generation before us, we...5 comments 1 Recs
- I keep coming across opinions using strong language such as “If Dems blow this election...” Noam Chomsky has argued that the Republican Party is the most dangerous organisation in human history — 'Has there ever been an organisation in human...5 comments 1 Recs
- Wednesday’s Mueller testimony will have more theatrical implications, but one hopes for key moments that will define what will likely be the move to further impeachment inquiries, even if they are not yet declared a bill of impeachment. Recalling...5 comments 16 Recs
- I fully admit to enjoying some snarky Mean Girl-isms when they are aimed at a deserving target. If you don’t, collect your halo on the way out. And anyone named Trump is about as richly deserving a target as there is. This week Vogue...20 comments 50 Recs
- Gretna, Louisiana police officer Charlie Rispoli who posted a fake news story about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and commented she "needs a round"...and I don't mean the kind she used to serve.” has been fired, along with a fellow office who “liked” the...44 comments 73 Recs
- Continue chatting into the evening! Here are some conversation starters. Luckily Mueller is no longer a DOJ employee. Hopefully this instruction is ignored.22 comments 12 Recs
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- Critical reading. ICE is empowered to demand papers. Read all the way to the end of the post. This was signed July 19th and published July 23 (?). Time to protect what you have and members of your family. If you have white privilege of stability and a...2 comments 1 Recs
- With Bob Mueller prepared to testify in less than 48 hours, Bill Barr’s Justice Department (or, more appropriately, Donald Trump’s personal attorneys in the Justice Department) have fired a shot across the bow to Mueller. The DOJ and the White House...12 comments 4 Recs
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The Mueller Report is the Summer reading page-turner. It speaks for itself! If Robert Mueller does nothing but quote from it on Wednesday, his testimony will be revelatory to the masses who tube out, but don’t know from books.
- On Monday, The New York Times published a list of questions they’d like to see Robert Mueller address during his testimony this week. We may never hear these questions asked during the hearings, and we most definitely will never know everything Mueller...17 comments 10 Recs
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- Former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, a far-right social conservative who almost beat then-Gov. Bruce Rauner in last year’s GOP primary, announced that she would challenge Democratic freshman Rep. Sean ...9 comments 2 Recs
- Let's face the fact right here and now that Trump will be on the ballot in 2020 and that defeating him is the only thing that will end his wannabe dictatorship. Despite growing pressure to file an impeachment inquiry (with 95 Democratic Reps in...10 comments 0 Recs
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- With less than three months to go before Louisiana’s Oct. 12 all-party primary for governor, wealthy businessman Eddie Rispone is putting more than $1 million behind his opening TV ad. Rispone’s commercial doesn’t mention either Democratic Gov. John...3 comments 3 Recs
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- Hermitage, Tennessee community members rushed to a neighbor’s home to protect him and his son from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents early Monday morning, Nashville Scene reports, at one point forming a human chain around the van where the...63 comments 210 Recs
