Failure to Appear: Update! Bannon Charged With Crimnal Contempt
Subsequent to a contempt citation, the presiding officer of the chamber can be instructed to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Politics
Abortion
there are a lot of politicians and judges…not really trying to reduce the number of abortions in America by the most logical means, which would be reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies, putting the lie to what this issue is really about.
Here’s a Question or Two
Would the country be able to withstand the aftermath of a Trump guilty verdict?
The Evil That Men Do
In short, government mandates re public education and public health are as American as apple pie and the flag.
The State of the Political Union
When lies and hypocrisy are treated as the rhetorical and moral equivalents of truth and fact In public discourse, reason and reasonableness no longer matter.
Bill Baird: The Forgotten Pro-Choice Hero
Bill Baird gave a single condom and some contraceptive foam to a female Boston University undergraduate. He was promptly arrested for violating the Massachusetts Crimes Against Chastity law in 1967. In 1972, SCOTUS overturned the law.
Incentivizing Oppression, Then and Now
Like its 1850 precursor re slavery, this law is not as much about abortion as it is about oppression.
Democracy Is Going Down The Tubes…Again
The top House Republican said his party would retaliate against any company that cooperated with an order to preserve the phone and social media records of G.O.P. lawmakers
Biden is Having a Hard Day’s Night
Defending democracy is not one man's job. Defending democracy is not a spectator sport.
One sentence post: what defines conservatives
It’s a one sentence post
Voter ID: White Folks Can’t Leave Home Without It
The Republican message to nonwhite people who wish to exercise the right to vote:
What's in your wallet?
A single sentence and a question about voting rights
Why isn't this enough?
The Alamo Myth:Texas and Slavery
It's virtually impossible to get people to stop lying to you, when they won't stop lying to themselves and each other.
Joy Reid is Spot On: Reprise
If America doesn't continue to evolve toward a multiracial, multicultural egalitarian democracy it must surely devolve into a plutocratic autocracy predicated on white supremacy....
Critical Race Theory: Two Views
It doesn't seem possible that both Barack Obama and Ted Cruz. graduated from Harvard Law School.
Understanding American wealth distribution
The problem with looking at wealth is that we don’t have a sense of scale.
Is Manchin Preparing to ‘Bait & Switch’ His Way to the Presidency?
It may well be that his long range plan is to wait until Trump himself becomes politically irrelevant due to federal and state prosecutions.
The End of the American Experiment?
A small diatribe on the subject of what is happening to the American experiment in self-government.
Bipartisanship Through the Looking Glass
Legislative bipartisanship is little more than a rabbit hole the exploration of which will accomplish nothing more than the waste of the time remaining on the legislative clock that will run out by the end of July.
4,000 attempted murders that somehow don’t count
That’s over 4,000 attempts to kill civilians. If this was being done on the ground we’d call it terrorism, which is of course what it is.
It’s Been A Year
Since testimony began on March 29, at least 64 people have died at the hands of law enforcement nationwide, with Black and Latino people representing more than half of the dead. The average was more than three killings a day.
Guest Post: We hold all of these truths
In case you’re wondering what liberal Zionism looks like outside of me
Jessica Anderson Personifies the Case for Passage of HR1
"We did it in Iowa and nobody noticed." ----Jessica Anderson
If You Missed It: Liz Cheney Speaks Truth In Defence of Democracy
"Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar."
---- Liz Cheney
A Midterm (Civics Exam) Question
We know what happened on January 6th, 2021.
East Jerusalem and what’s happening in Sheikh Jarrah
If Israel wants East Jerusalem to be considered other than occupied territory, it is incumbent on the Israeli government to treat the Arab population there like they are treated within Israel’s borders and not like they are treated in occupied territories.
Let’s Flip This
It’s 2020, President Hillary Clinton runs for reelection and loses. She does not, however, accept her loss.
One sentence post: Fringes
One sentence post, you don’t need an exerpt
Why Trump? A Question and Answer
In short, Trump is the composite face of the white people who fear becoming the numerical, political, and social minority in America.
Strategy and Tactics
Losing to people who would destroy American Democracy and establish an Americanized version of apartheid, rule by the white minority, is not an option.
Fact v Truth
To this day you would be hard pressed to find a Yankee fan who would relent and accept the fact of the umpire's call at the plate.
One and Done!
Given the current political climate, proof of vaccination may well become an element of exercising the right to vote, travel, see a movie, or a ball game.
Biden’s Speech: Historical in Speaking Truth Unto the People Update
Narry a word about the colonials taking over the ramparts and the airports!
A Step Toward Economic, Racial, and Social Justice
"It is an important step toward economic, social, and racial justice, and an economy that works for all Americans.”
Guilty On Alll Counts! (Update)
Has anything changed?
Pat Robertson, when you’re right, you’re right!
I have often asked: When, oh when will white people put a stop to this shit?!
Pat Robertson and I may be on common ground here.
The Invention of the Police
Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.
Europe 1348
Art thou more afeared of side effects than of death?
Scene from a Georgia voting line
see attached clip from Ben-Hur
Accountability – one sentence post
It’s a one sentence post. There’s no sense in reading an excerpt, particularly given that this excerpt contains one more sentence than the post does.
You said you want numbers
The poll — which was conducted July 9-12, before the death of civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis — found that a majority of voters, 56 percent, say that American society is racist, while 40 percent disagree.
53 years ago today, March 31st, 1968
A Democratic president from Texas--a Democratic president who had been a segregationist for most of his career--finally and firmly embraced civil rights.
LBJ, The Ides of March, and Voting Rights
In a 'whites only' America, the votes of nonwhite citizens are fraudulent by definition.
Attacking 15th Amendment now, 19th later
“Because it puts us at a disadvantage relative to Democrats.”
Texas, Take 3
You’d think that with all that weather-related power grid crap that the Texas government wouldn’t do anything else stupid.
You’d think.
Texas, Take 2
On August 29, 2011, I published a post on Open Salon called “Governor Perry’s Flirtation With Secession.” I’m reprinting it here, with an epilogue.
Re Domestic Terrorism: There Ought to Be a Law
Domestic terrorism is a national problem. It should also be a federal crime.
It’s Official….Take Note!
Without accountability, there can be no decency. Without decency, there can be no democracy.
Seeing the Capitol
Seeing it was jarring. I’ve never had a negative reaction to it before. It means something different now.
A Question About Election Fraud in Georgia
a) (1) A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct.
Let’s Play ‘What If’ with a False Equivalence
What if Farrakhan and the event organizers had chosen to ignore and violate the terms and parameters of the permits issued and march up Pennsylvania Avenue with the expressed intention to storm the Capitol?
Impeachment Video Case & Summary of Team Trump Legal Defense
Resolved, the Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:
Don’t Put That in a Precarious Position
The idea of bipartisanship is exactly what we all know it to be...unless it isn’t. To the point, I think this recent Tango with the GOP over governance, and the desire to do so in a bipartisan manner, is a litmus test for how committed they are to the United States
Here’s a Rich Fact
U.S. Billionaires Could Give $3,400 Stimulus Checks To 331 Million Americans Using Only Their Increase In Wealth Since March 2020...
One Sentence Post: A Message to Democrats
We ran the table and won the government in a clean sweep...
Are SOME People Really Buying US Currency with Trump’s Signature?
If this ripoff tells us anything, it is telling us that the people who support Donald Trump believe that other people who support Donald Trump are so stupid that they will believe this drivel, and they might be right.
The Sum of Their Fears
"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; ... if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle."
------Sun Tzu
A Funny Thing Happened…
Sure enough, the zombie rose again. Watching this process repeat with this concept and others over the past couple of decades, I began to wonder about the capacities of human intellect broadly.
Memes for the First Post Inaugural Sunday Afternoon
He was gone at 6AM on Inauguration Day!
Dear Evangelical Christian, You really do not trust God
You do not trust the God you claim to worship in ANYTHING and it is painfully obvious.
“How Long? Not Long!”
In honoring his legacy, it should be noted that his method and approach to making an accusatory case for equality and justice, ensconced in the effectiveness of rhetorical lamentation, is sorely missed...
Reductio Ad Racism
The fascist ideology of Trumpism and the minions of Trump must be crushed and eradicated from American public life...
Washington, We Have a Problem
The thing we need to address right now is that it appears that people within government are at least sympathetic to the insurrectionist’s position, if not totally aligned.
The Seven ‘A’s of National Unity and Healing
Unless all or most of these conditions are met, there can be no National unity or healing, and we can look forward to nationwide repetitions of what took place in the Nation's Capitol last week...
Only Trump stands between us and the Tooth Fairy
She buys up teeth for a pittance, then sells them on the lucrative International Tooth Market.
Do Unto Others, Before They Do Unto You
McConnell was one of the establishment Republicans who didn't want Trump to win the Republican nomination at the outset....
One Sentence post: on Fake News
Fake News is what cowards say when they’re afraid of facing something.
Stop! Children, What’s that Sound?
Hawley does not fit the profile of an insurgent, a rebel, or an insurrectionist. Why in the world would Hawley sacrifice a comfortable future within the establishment to raise a fist in front of an angry mob
HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE. THE GREAT IS THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD
Now that the Democrats have somehow managed to grab onto the reins of power by their fingernails, some of us are already writing off the Biden administration by declaring that they will blow this chance to remake reality. Shame on US.
Help the Bombardier! I’m the Bombardier!
Once the news showed the attempt at breaching the Speaker’s suite of offices, I began to think of the riots in Los Angeles when I was a police officer. Back then, I was closer to Nately’s age, but had a dual perspective between Nately’s and the old man’s. Not only was it my job to keep the peace, but I was also a young Black man.
HOLY COW – LIKE WOW – & WHAT NOW?
And now I read Guiliani and Dershowitz repping tr-mp in impeachment
Bogey Bait
While it is true that BLM would have been met with a different response, the comparison is not apt. What results from such comparisons is that movements like BLM are considered to be complementary opposites of groups like Q-anon, or even broad, enthusiastic Trump support
So, Where Were They?
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the District has six local law enforcement agencies employing 4,262 sworn police officers, about 722 for each 100,000 residents. This is the highest proportion of police officers to citizens of any state or territory.
January 6, 2021
And now I’ll say something I never expected to say in my lifetime: How the police have treated Black protesters would have been more appropriate yesterday than how they treated those White protestors. They are terrorists and traitors.
By Delivering Ossoff and Warnock, She has Delivered Us from Evil
The double defeat of the Republican incumbents in deep red Georgia is the political miracle upset of the era.
Joy Reid: If the rioters were supporters of BLM…
There’s nothing I can add to this explanation of why there was little or no fear of a police presence or a police response to this seditious riot at the capitol today…
A Single Sentence on Where We Stand: Update
Doors and windows were smashed and shots were fired resulting in the death of a woman caught in the melee...
On Tape: Trump Begs Georgia Secretary to Commit Election Fraud
You can't make this stuff up...
Gohmert Says Street Violence Is only Recourse
A typical white male, "law & order", Republican is now suggesting that street violence is a legitimate response to failure at the polls and in the courts....
Gohmert v Pence: The 12th Amendment: Update
The judge said Gohmert’s argument relied on entirely speculative circumstances.
Gohmert v Pence: The 12th Amendment
This farce of a lawsuit hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding...
A Question About the Presidential Power to Pardon
In light of the recent spate of presidential pardons, it should be apparent to most conscientious Americans that something must be done about excessive and/or abusive use of the Presidential power to pardon.
$600.00 Is An Insult!
If we don’t straighten this wealth and income disparity shit out, American Democracy won’t be worth shit, and it will be gone by the end of the century….
Income Disparities? Something’s Inherently Wrong
"It is difficult to get a man (or woman) to understand something, when his or her) salary depends on his (or her) not understanding it."
Upton Sinclair
A Single Sentence on Where We Stand
Trump won't be satisfied unless and until somehow, some way, some where he precipitates and armed confrontation...
Grasping at Straws: The Last Gasp of Republican Angst
Quite a few people are questioning whether the continued refusal of the Republican party to accept the results of the recent election might not constitute sedition. I did some extensive research on this subject some years ago and I do not believe that anything has changed since then but, No, it is NOT sedition.
Update: The Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election
The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of
complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of
the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially
cognizable interest in the manner in which another State
conducts its elections.
The Court of Original Jurisdiction Will Say No
Despite the Court packing efforts of Trump and McConnell, the Supreme Court is likely to unanimously vote against the Texas suit, thus snuffing out the last remaining chance of a favorable legal outcome for Trump and his supporters...
Operation Warp Speed: Cutting Corners and Red Tape?
Operation Warp Speed (OWS) is a public–private partnership initiated by the U.S. government to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.
Me and Slobodan Milosevic Down by the Schoolyard
Was feeling about half past dead. Just need some place where I could lay my head. Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed. He just grinned and shook my hand, “genocide” was all he said...
Disenfranchising Native Americans a cautionary tale
This occurred in North Dakota however the reality is that it can, and most likely will, occur in any state where there are large rural areas without street addresses designated by 911 administrators. Interestingly, the entire problem goes back to 911 enabling legislation.
Social Security is Already Under Attack Again
Now that the Republican party has lost the presidency and failed to recapture the House of Representatives, Republicans and the more stupid Democrats in Congress, along with the chattering classes, will immediately resume their "National Debt" hawkishness.
The National Review Joins the Fight Against Mail-In Ballots
There is an editorial currently running on the National Review's website that begins with the following statement: “There are legitimate issues to consider after the 2020 vote about the security of mail-in ballots and the process of counting votes..."
Going missing and catching up
I need a damn vacation.
DONALD TRUMP VOTED ILLEGALLY IN 2020
With all of the speculation about the illegal things Donald Trump may have done, he did this right out in the open and we never even blinked: he voted illegally in the 2020 presidential election.
Giuliani’s Case and Giuliani’s Message
Black and Brown people must not be permitted to overturn the will of White people, and determine who should be president of this country....
Ohio Curfew Starts November 19th
I find this interesting because I am not entirely sure what their angle is. There is already a 10pm closing time for bars and restaurants. Maybe this is to avoid closing other businesses, and allow citizens to make essential errands without necessarily weighing on businesses directly.
On the Second Amendment – one sentence post
No excerpt necessary for a one sentence post.
55 Percent of White Women Voted for Trump…
During the Women's Suffrage Convention In 1851 white women were expected to choose between the Abolitionist movement and the Women's Rights Movement.....
Racism was on the ballot in 2020, but the majority of white women chose Trump anyway.
A Legal Remedy for the Stonewalling of the Presidential Transition
Emily W. Murphy, the administrator of the General Services Administration, has yet to recognize President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. for the transfer of power to begin.
Kayleigh McEnany on The Legality of Voting While Black
White supremacist and white nationalist ideology holds that only votes cast by white people are legitimate and legal.
Didn’t Want to Rain on the Parade but I’ve got Georgia on my Mind.
This isn't over yet...and it won't be over until the fate of the two Senate seats from Georgia are decided when Georgians go back to the polls on January 5, 2021. Joe Biden's very slender margin of victory in Georgia should not encourage us to expect these races to go in our favor.
The Affirmative Action Hire Fallacy
The assumption being made here, and it’s a surprisingly common one, is that in the workplace the choice is between Merit hiring and Affirmative Action hiring.
A post election message to Trump and his followers…
From Ron Powell's 'Sunday Funnies'.
President Elect: Joe Biden!
Pennsylvania, the state of his birth, has given Joe Biden and Kamala Harris their moment in history.
Proposition 16 and unexpected consequences
What? You didn’t think that all college admissions policies favored women and minorities, did you?
I Have An Election Question
After all that has been revealed and all that has occurred, nearly half of the electorate remains solidly in support of the individual who appears to be hell-bent on the ‘deconstruction of the administrative state’, the dismantling of the democratic process, and the outright destruction of American Democracy.
Tim Wise: On The Myth of Meritocracy: Listen to Black People
"We should have been listening to Black people..."
----Tim Wise
All Voting is Personal: The Politics of Humiliation and Racism
As Nelson Mandela said: “There is nobody more dangerous than one who has been humiliated.”
The Pathology of Trumpism
At a time when a would-be dictator must be defeated by an overwhelming margin, most polls show the race for the presidency is within the statistical margin of error or simply too close to call.
Color-blindness & Journalistic Objectivity
What’s phony about colorblindness is that it involves consciousness of discrimination in only one direction."
----Koshersalaami
A better image than a rising tide and boats
A while ago I thought of a way to illustrate the difference between injecting money into an economy at the bottom and at the top.
Trump’s Corona Calculus
In his mind, he determined that since the virus would do the most harm to people of color who lived in 'blue state' cities, there was no real need to declare a national emergency and react and respond accordingly...
A pair of one-sentence posts:Republicans, Have-nots, & Rising Tides
Not necessary for this short a post
How will you address civil unrest in South Carolina, Take 2
So what he was actually saying was:
You cannot be elected to public office in South Carolina if you’re a liberal young African-American or immigrant.
How will you address civil unrest in South Carolina?
Under review. Context of this post may be wrong. ks
Answer: “If you are a young African-American, an immigrant, you can go anywhere in this state. You just need to be conservative, not liberal.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, 10/9/20
The strange stupidity of the Supreme Court nomination
I don’t understand the Republican calculation here. The math doesn’t work.
Typhoid Mary and Covid Donald
Donald Trump is at the epicenter of a severe outbreak and cluster of COVID19 infection at the White House.
Donald Trump: The Incarnation of White Privilege
What white Privilege Looks and Sounds Like
Reckless Endangerment
I understood that he wouldn’t care if people he didn’t know got sick with COVID-19. I didn’t know that not caring would extend to people he interacts with all the time personally.
The Mystery of Trump’s Anti-Mask Stance SOLVED
On February 7, 2020, Donald J. Trump told reporter Bob Woodward that COVID-19 could be transmitted through the air, that it was very dangerous and that it would be difficult to contain, saying, “This is deadly stuff,” Why, then, did Donald Trump - having admitted to knowing this - launch an anti-mask crusade that is largely responsible for the spread of the epidemic throughout the United States.
The Biggest October Surprise Ever
Now that DJT has contracted COVID-19, reality has taken some strange twists. If DJT becomes incapacitated, he would have to turn the presidency over to Pence, who would become acting president,...unless or until Pence comes down with it. At that point, Nancy Pelosi becomes Acting President.
The October Surprise: The Trumps Test Positive
The 'official' narrative is that the Trump's got the virus from Hope Hicks.
Renounce Cannibalism
When you think about renouncing cannibalism, I can’t believe they have not renounced it already