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Post by domeplease on Dec 13, 2020 14:54:37 GMT -5
DO ME'S PREDICTION: AS i have stated before & bet on Donald will leave Office before his term is finished with a Pardon from Pence (???) and he will flee the country top AVOID the State Criminal Charges awaiting him.
Also, after Monday there will be a major increase in violence by Donald's Fringed Cult Like Followers, Proud Boys, Militia Groups, QA, White Supremacist Groups, Racists, Segregation Groups, etc. And the BLAME will FALL on Donald & The Majority of the GOP.
QUOTE OF DAY:
--"And the statement goes on to suggest that maybe some states should just form their own union. Yes, really: This decision will have far reaching ramifications for the future of our constitutional republic. Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution” Texas GOP chairman Allen West -- “My guy Abraham Lincoln and the Union soldiers already told you no”. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois QUESTION OF THE DAY – WILL THERE BE VIOLENCE INCITED BY DONALD & GOP?…By doing so, the politicians are “inflaming the public,” French noted, causing many voters to believe — wrongly — that a presidential election was unfair. And that belief is fueling an outbreak of violent threats against elections officials, including: --Dozens of Trump supporters, some armed, went to the home of Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s Democratic secretary of state, and began shouting obscenities.
-- On Twitter, Trump supporters have posted photographs of the home of Ann Jacobs, a Wisconsin official, and mentioned her children. As Trump Rails Against Loss, His Supporters Become More Threatening. The president’s baseless claims of voting fraud have prompted outrage among his loyalists and led to behavior th... -- In Phoenix, about 100 Trump supporters, some armed, protested at the building where officials were counting votes. --In Vermont, officials received a voice message threatening them with “execution by firing squad.” --Seth Bluestein, a Philadelphia official, received anti-Semitic and violent threats after Pam Bondi, a Trump ally, publicly mentioned him. -- A Georgia poll worker went into hiding after a viral video falsely claimed he had discarded ballots. --Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, and his wife have received death threats, including by text message, and caravans have circled their house. --Gabriel Sterling, another Georgia official, received a message wishing him a happy birthday and saying it would be his last.
PIC OF THE DAY:
PROUD IDIOTS (Sorry, I meant to say PROUD BOYS) IN DC:
***AND: --12-13-20: slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/people-stabbed-shot-trump-protests-violent-proud-boys.html MAGA Marchers and Proud Boys Descend on D.C., Setting Fire to Churches' Black Lives Matter Signs and Getting into Stabbing Fights
Roaming bands of white supremacists trawled the streets of Washington D.C. on Saturday, setting fires to Black Lives Matter banners and getting into stabbing fights in what appeared to be a free-for all outpouring of racist rage.
Earlier in the day, MAGA supporters gathered in the nation’s capital for a rally to protest the election results, where the Washington Post reports they heard from Alex Jones and Michael Flynn (who was recently pardoned by Trump for lying to the FBI).
Videos posted on social media show a band of diminutive, pinch-faced, red-hatted white men chanting that they will “destroy the GOP” because the party has not ensured Trump stays in office—though he has absolutely no valid claim to do so because he undeniably lost the election.
By that evening, members of the white nationalist Proud Boys group began spreading out across the D.C., pulling Black Lives Matter signs off of churches and destroying them—including setting the signs afire:
SCARY & CRAZY ARTICLES:--12-12-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/they-were-in-on-it-mypillow-guy-accuses-fox-news-of-rigging-election-against-trump-in-bonkers-rally-speech/ar-BB1bSCAn?li=BBnbfcL ‘THEY WERE IN ON IT!’ MyPillow Guy Accuses Fox News of Rigging Election Against Trump in Bonkers Rally Speech
CEO of MyPillow Mike Lindell spoke to the crowd at a pro-Trump march in D.C. on Saturday, and singled out Fox News Channel as being “in on” a major conspiracy to overthrow the Donald Trump because of their having called Arizona for Joe Biden.
“We cannot give up ever on this,” said Lindell to the crowd, which in no way was giving up, being as they were in D.C. marching under the banner of “Stop the Steal” and in protest of the election results and, more recently the Supreme Court. “This is a spiritual warfare in our country and in the world.”
“This fraud is real,” he said. “It’s of epic proportions that this election was stolen.”
After several more statements along the same lines, including his frequent line about having “broken” some mysterious “algorithms,” he pointed the finger at Fox News.
“They were going for everything. They were going to take everything we had,” he said. “Why do you think Fox declared Arizona with only 14% of the vote in? They already knew what they did! They were in on it!”
As the crowd cheered he continued. “I’m serious, they had to be on it!”
He also said “they should all go to prison when they are found out.”
At the conclusion of his remarks, he delivered another line that is going viral on social media. Lindell was saying that the fraud will be proven, and that Trump will somehow still be elected.
Then Lindell suggested we might already be in the Biblical “end times” just as the crowd was chanting “four more years” of Trump.--12-13-20: us.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/12/12/colorado-family-devastated-kafanov-coronavirus-pkg-ctn-vpx.cnn GOP Congressman-Elect Praises Maskless Trump Supporters: 'This Is A Phony Pandemic'
Looking out at the largely maskless throng of attendees at a pro-Trump rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Republican Congressman-elect Bob Good dismissed the coronavirus pandemic as “phony” and lauded the crowd as “a group of people that gets it.”
“I can’t tell you how great it is to look out there and see your faces,” said Good, who won Virginia’s 5th Congressional District seat last month. “This looks like a group of people that gets it. This is a phony pandemic.”
“It’s a serious virus, but it’s a virus, it’s not a pandemic,” continued Good, who was wearing a Trump 2020 hat but no mask.
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
--12-13-20: us.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/12/12/colorado-family-devastated-kafanov-coronavirus-pkg-ctn-vpx.cnn Woman who lost mother to coronavirus has message for Trump. --12-13-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fox-host-melts-down-over-election-results/vi-BB1bKkV5 Fox Host Melts Down Over Election Results Fox Business host Lou Dobbs had a meltdown while talking with White House adviser Stephen Miller about the fate of the Republican Party. ARTICLES OF THE DAY:
*** MUST READ--12-11-20 BRAVO—BRAVO—BRAVO!!!: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/manhattan-da-interviews-deutsche-bank-employees-in-trump-investigation-nyt/ar-BB1bQR5V?li=BBnb7Kz Manhattan DA interviews Deutsche Bank employees in Trump investigation: NYT
The Manhattan district attorney's office has interviewed several employees of President Trump's bank and insurance brokerage in recent weeks as part of its investigation of the president and his business, The New York Times reported Friday, citing people with knowledge of the situation.
Donald Trump wearing a suit and tie: Manhattan DA interviews Deutsche Bank employees in Trump investigation: NYT © Getty Images Manhattan DA interviews Deutsche Bank employees in Trump investigation: NYT
State prosecutors have interviewed employees of Deutsche Bank and insurance brokerage Aon. The Times reported that there's no indication prosecutors suspect either company of wrongdoing.
Two Deutsche Bank employees were asked by prosecutors about how the bank makes lending decisions. The employees were experts in the bank's underwriting process rather than people who worked with the Trump Organization.
Bank officials expect prosecutors to ask them more specific questions in the near future, the Times reported, citing a person familiar with the interviews.
The interviews mark an escalation of prosecutors' investigation of Trump and his business, dating back to 2018. Prosecutors have recently issued subpoenas and questioned witnesses, including some who have been questioned before a grand jury, the Times reported.
The newspaper reported earlier this month that Trump has discussed with advisers whether to issue preemptive pardons to his children. The president has also claimed he can pardon himself, though it's unclear whether that would stand up to legal scrutiny in the courts.
Trump's pardon power, however, only applies to federal crimes, not state crimes.
The Manhattan district attorney's office, led by Cyrus Vance Jr. (D), and Trump's lawyers have been fighting in court over prosecutors' subpoena to Trump's accounting firm, Mazars USA, for the president's personal and business tax returns. A federal appeals court ruled in October that Trump cannot block enforcement of the subpoena. Trump's lawyers then filed a motion to stay with the Supreme Court that has yet to be decided.
The district attorney's office has indicated in court filings that it is investigating potentially extensive criminal conduct at the Trump Organization. Prosecutors have suggested that Trump and his businesses could be investigated for tax and insurance fraud.AND –12-12-20 BRAVO: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-congressman-rips-texas-gop-for-suggesting-secession-and-says-my-guy-abraham-lincoln-and-the-union-soldiers-already-told-you-no/ar-BB1bRHlk?li=BBnb7Kz Republican congressman rips Texas GOP for suggesting secession and says 'my guy Abraham Lincoln and the Union soldiers already told you no'.
READ TO SEE HOW STUPID SOME GOP ARE:
--12-12-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-rep-who-backed-tx-lawsuit-goes-off-the-rails-when-chris-cuomo-confronts-him-on-voter-fraud-claims-i-dont-have-proof-that-men-landed-on-the-moon/ar-BB1bRr08?li=BBnbfcL
AWFUL ARTICLES:
--12-13-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-allies-eye-long-shot-election-reversal-in-congress-testing-pence/ar-BB1bT3Cp?li=BBnb7Kz Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Reversal in Congress, Testing Pence
President Trump lost key swing states by clear margins. His barrage of lawsuits claiming widespread voting fraud has been almost universally dismissed, most recently by the Supreme Court. And on Monday, the Electoral College will formally cast a majority of its votes for President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.
But as the president continues to refuse to concede, a small group of his most loyal backers in Congress are plotting a final-stage challenge on the floor of the House of Representatives in early January to try to reverse Mr. Biden’s victory.
Constitutional scholars and even members of the president’s own party say the effort is all but certain to fail. But the looming battle on Jan. 6 is likely to culminate in a messy and deeply divisive spectacle that could thrust Vice President Mike Pence into the excruciating position of having to declare once and for all that Mr. Trump has indeed lost the election.--12-11-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/these-are-the-capitol-hill-republicans-more-interested-in-placating-trump-than-protecting-democracy/ar-BB1bQDcH?li=BBnb7Kz These are the Capitol Hill Republicans more interested in placating Trump than protecting democracy.--12-11-20: us.yahoo.com/news/slap-face-arizona-hospital-fires-160537298.html
'A slap in the face': Arizona ER doctor fired after talking about severity of COVID-19 pandemic
PHOENIX — Dr. Cleavon Gilman, a well-known emergency-medicine physician, has been asked not to return to work at a hospital in Yuma, Arizona for his social media posts about the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, according to him and his staffing agency.
"What I don't understand about this is I have been advocating for Arizona; I have been calling for a mask mandate, the closure of schools and indoor dining," Gilman told The Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network. "I did all of this because we are seeing an unprecedented number of cases. This is my third surge — I know how this ends."
The hospital, Yuma Regional Medical Center, said in a statement late Thursday night that "there has been a misunderstanding" and Gilman is scheduled to work this weekend.
"News to me," Gilman tweeted.
In June, Gilman moved his fiancé and two kids from New York to work in Yuma, near the U.S.-Mexico border, and "serve the small community during the pandemic." But he has not been to work since Nov. 23.--12-12-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/texas-gop-flirts-with-secession-after-supreme-court-smackdown-suggests-law-abiding-states-should-bond-together-and-form-a-union/ar-BB1bRpYy?li=BBnbfcL Texas GOP Flirts With Secession After Supreme Court Smackdown, Suggests ‘Law-Abiding States Should Bond Together and Form a Union’.--12-12-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/after-bidens-win-in-georgia-the-states-gop-house-speaker-wants-to-strip-voters-from-choosing-the-secretary-of-state/ar-BB1bSj60?li=BBnbfcL After Biden's win in Georgia, the state's GOP House Speaker wants to strip voters from choosing the Secretary of State
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston on Thursday called for a constitutional amendment to allow state legislators to choose the Secretary of State, which would take away the responsibility from voters.
The proposal is seen as a response to lingering Republican dissatisfaction with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and President-elect Joe Biden's statewide victory in Georgia.
Voters would have to approve the constitutional amendment for the drastic change to be made.
"In a clear power grab, Ralston and the Trump campaign want to give the General Assembly the power to select winners of elections and violate the will of the people," Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs said in a statement.--12-12-20: edition.cnn.com/2020/12/12/politics/kfile-douglas-macgregor-west-point-board/index.html Pentagon official who spread conspiracies, disparaged immigrants and refugees gets spot on influential West Point advisory board.
A senior adviser at the Pentagon with a history of disparaging refugees and immigrants, spreading conspiracies, and other controversial rhetoric was nominated by President Donald Trump on Tuesday for a spot on West Point's advisory board.
Since his appointment, CNN has uncovered comments by the retired colonel claiming an "entitled" "underclass" concentrated in "large urban areas" poses a threat to society and that there were more White, mostly Irish "slaves" than African slaves in America in the late 1700s.
CNN's KFile previously reported on some of Macgregor's views on minorities, including a claim that Muslim refugees were "unwanted invaders" coming to Europe "with the goal of eventually turning Europe into an Islamic state."
In other comments, he repeatedly advocated to institute martial law at the US-Mexico border and "shoot people" if necessary. He also said the United States' support for Israel was the result of "Israeli lobby" money, and questioned US involvement in World War II.HATE EVENTS/POLICE EVENTS/STUPID-IDIOTIC EVENTS:
--12-12-20 THE HATE: us.cnn.com/2020/12/11/us/mi-ag-appeals-state-same-sex-ruling-trnd/index.html A Michigan judge rules companies don't have to serve gay customers. The attorney general says she'll appeal
Judge Christopher Murray ruled Monday that discrimination against people on the basis of their gender identity was unlawful, but he concurrently ruled that a refusal, on religious freedom grounds, to serve customers based on their sexual orientation was permissible.
The lawsuits came after two companies barred serving a same-sex couple and a transgender individual "on religious grounds," the opinion states. One of the two businesses is an event center, while the other is a business specializing in permanent hair removal for women, according to state licensing records.
--12-11-12: slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/republican-senator-mike-lee-blocks-smithsonian-latino-womens-museums.html A Lone White Male Republican Senator Blocks Creation of National Latino and Women’s Museums. |
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Post by domeplease on Dec 15, 2020 13:07:33 GMT -5
DO ME’S THOUGHTS:
--"Second Amendment = A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
About 1.8 million people have died from firearms in the U.S. between 1968 and 2018. This number includes all deaths resulting from a firearm, including suicides, homicides, and accidents.
THESE RESULTS SHOW = THAT THIS IS NOT A WELL-REGULATED MILITIA!!! AND that New SMART Gun Laws are needed.”
--“I have seen & read about White Folks that will ONLY let A white Doctor/Nurse to examine/touch them. Since a Black Female Scientist was key in the development of the Vaccine (see below) and since the first person vaccinated in America was a Black Female Nurse –Will this mean the White Racists, White Supremacists etc. will refuse to take get the vaccine and catch COVID and maybe DIE?”
-- Kizzmekia Corbett praised as key scientist behind COVID-19 vaccine
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert and a constant presence on TV during the coronavirus pandemic, was asked a blunt question during a forum hosted last week by the National Urban League: "Can you talk about the input of African American scientists in the vaccine process?"
Fauci did not hesitate when giving his answer.
"The very vaccine that's one of the two that has absolutely exquisite levels -- 94 to 95% efficacy against clinical disease and almost 100% efficacy against serious disease that are shown to be clearly safe -- that vaccine was actually developed in my institute's vaccine research center by a team of scientists led by Dr. Barney Graham and his close colleague, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, or Kizzy Corbett," Fauci told the forum. "Kizzy is an African American scientist who is right at the forefront of the development of the vaccine."
ARTICLES OF THE DAY: --12-14-20 DISGUSTING VILE & EVIL: us.yahoo.com/news/michigan-state-house-senate-closed-130833241.html Michigan State House, Senate close over 'threats of violence' during Electoral College meeting LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State House and Senate office buildings will all be closed Monday during the meeting of the Electoral College due to security concerns, an official said Monday.
The Capitol will also be closed to the public, as was announced earlier.
Amber McCann, a spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, said the Senate closed its facilities for Monday "based on recommendations from law enforcement."
"The decision was not made because of anticipated protests, but based on credible threats of violence," McCann said late Sunday.
Gideon D'Assandro, a spokesman for House Speaker Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, would not specify the potential threat.
"I can't get into the nature of the concern," D'Assandro said. "Have to refer you to the MSP (Michigan State Police) on that."--12-13-20 BRAVO TO JUDGE BUT SHAME ON DONALD, PENCE LAWYERS ETC.www.huffpost.com/entry/wisconsin-state-supreme-court-trump-lawsuit-racism_n_5fd54981c5b6218b42e99e88THE IDIOTS TRIED THE SAME IN MI WITH BLACK COUNTIES:
A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice came right out and said it Saturday when she blasted Donald Trump’s attorney over a lawsuit challenging state election results that “smacks of racism.”
Liberal Justice Jill Karofsky also slammed the legal action as “not normal,” and as an assault on a “legitimate election” that has failed to produce a single case of fraud.
“What you want is for us to overturn this election so that your king can stay in power,” said Karofsky. “That is so un-American.”
Karofsky attacked lawyer James Troupis in a virtual hearing on a case filed by the lame-duck president and Vice President Mike Pence seeking to jettison all absentee ballots in two counties — Dane and Milwaukee — that voted for Joe Biden.
The counties are the “most urban, nonwhite, largest counties” in the state that “voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden,” Karofsky’s colleague Justice Rebecca Dallet said.
Karofsky said to Troupis that the lawsuit has singled out two counties of 72 in the state, “targeted because of their diverse populations, because they’re urban, I presume, because they vote Democratic. This lawsuit, Mr. Troupis, smacks of racism.”
She added: “I do not know how you can come before this court and possibly ask us for a remedy that is unheard of ... to say to 227,000 of our fellow Wisconsinites: ‘Your vote doesn’t matter.***--12-14-20: us.yahoo.com/huffpost/donald-trump-joe-biden-prosecute-104500542.html Donald Trump Has Hidden Evidence Of His Crimes For Years. Joe Biden Can Expose It.
VIDEO OF DAY:--12-13-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us-turned-down-more-covid-vaccines-as-recently-as-nov-2020-pfizer-board-member/vi-BB1bURHw U.S. turned down more Covid vaccines as recently as Nov. 2020: Pfizer board member
ELECTION/VOTING NEWS:--12-14-20: us.yahoo.com/news/alex-jones-faces-calls-arrest-154331613.html Alex Jones faces calls for arrest after apparent Biden threat
Alex Jones is facing calls for his arrest after the conspiracy theorist told a Donald Trump rally that president-elect Joe Biden will be removed "one way or the other".
The InfoWars host has been accused of attempting to incite violence during his speech at the “Million MAGA march” which was held to drum up support for Mr Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud.
"So I don't know who's going to the White House in 38 days but I sure know this - Joe Biden is a globalist and Joe Biden will be removed one way or another,” Mr Jones said during his appearance at the event.
The speech quickly drew backlash on social media, with some critics demanding Mr Jones be arrested in light of the comments.
Race author and activist Tim Wise tweeted: “Time to arrest Alex Jones. This was a threat against the president-elect. It is not protected speech. Arrest him.”
Members of the anti-Trump Republican political action committee The Lincoln Project also lashed out at the conspiracy theory and called for his arrest.
David Weissman, a Steering Committee member of the group, said: "This antisemitic trope should also be considered a threat and Alex Jones should be arrested for incitement."
Fred Wellman, who is Senior Advisor for Veterans Affairs at the PAC, tweeted: "Hi @secretservice just you know...saying hello,” alongside a link to Mr Jones’ remarks.
During the speech Mr Jones pushed unfounded claims of election fraud and referenced the QAnon conspiracy theory, which promoted the belief that the president is secretly working to save the world from a satanic cult of paedophiles and cannibal--12-14-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-two-remaining-points-of-leverage-on-the-election-and-how-he-may-use-them-a-faq/ar-BB1bURUw?li=BBnb7Kz Trump’s two remaining points of leverage on the election and how he may use them: A FAQ.
--12-14-20: U.S. Supreme Court rejects bid to revive Kansas voting restriction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Kansas to revive a restrictive Republican-backed law that required documentation of citizenship for voter registration - a measure struck down by lower courts for disenfranchising qualified voters.The justices turned away the state's appeal of an April ruling by the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that threw out the law, which was championed by Republican former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an ally of President Donald Trump. The law, which took effect in 2013, required people seeking to register to vote in Kansas to present a U.S. passport, birth certificate or other proof of citizenship. Critics of the law described it as a voter-suppression measure. Kobach is a prominent supporter of measures aimed at making it more difficult for people to vote. Kobach, like Trump, has pressed unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in U.S. elections such as non-citizens casting ballots. --12-14-20: us.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-supreme-court-tosses-trump-170055723.html MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A narrowly divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his election loss in the battleground state about an hour before the Electoral College cast Wisconsin's 10 votes for Democrat Joe Biden.
In the 4-3 ruling, the court's three liberal justices were joined by conservative swing Justice Brian Hagedorn who said three of Trump's four claims were filed too late and the other was without merit. The ruling ends Trump's legal challenges in state court.
THE STUPID—IDIOTIC EVENTS/POLICE EVENTS/HATE EVENTS:
--12-14-20: slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/poll-trump-voters-biden-win-not-legitimate.html Poll: 82% of Trump Voters Say Biden’s Win Isn’t Legitimate.
--12-14-20 IT NEVER ENDS: www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-14/california-police-racial-profiling-complaints-rejected?utm_source=sfmc_100035609&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=35973+Essential+California+12%2f14%2f20&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.latimes.com%2fcalifornia%2fstory%2f2020-12-14%2fcalifornia-police-racial-profiling-complaints-rejected&utm_id=19200&sfmc_id=3384599 For years, California police agencies have rejected almost every racial profiling complaint they received Police agencies across California upheld 49 racial profiling complaints from 2016 to 2019, less than 2% of the roughly 3,500 allegations filed, a Times analysis found. The more time attorney Chris Martin spent in handcuffs on a February night in South L.A. earlier this year, the more it became obvious to him why he was being detained. Martin — the 32-year-old director of legal services for Black Lives Matter Los Angeles — was driving to a mentoring program when he came upon what he described as a “police perimeter.” He asked if he could go through. Instead, he said, officers asked him to exit his vehicle. Within minutes, Martin said, he was frisked and handcuffed. The officers said they were looking for a shooting suspect described only as a “Black man in dark clothing.” They offered no further reason for the stop, Martin said. Eventually, Martin was released. He filed a complaint alleging officers detained him only because he was Black. But he already knew how the investigation would end. “I still have to file the complaint, even though I know that it’s highly likely to be futile, at least as far as whether or not the department is going to hold itself accountable,” he said. “We know that they won’t.” Martin’s assumption is almost always right. Police agencies across the state upheld just 49 racial profiling complaints from 2016 to 2019, less than 2% of the roughly 3,500 allegations filed, a Times analysis of California Department of Justice statistics found. Of the 250 law enforcement agencies that received at least one racial profiling complaint in that time frame, 92% of them upheld none of them, according to the analysis.
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 15, 2020 13:23:59 GMT -5
I usually only see female doctors. Why would I want a prostate exam from some hairy-knuckled goon with big sausage-making hands? No thank you.  |
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Post by inger on Dec 15, 2020 13:38:38 GMT -5
“I have seen & read about White Folks that will ONLY let A white Doctor/Nurse to examine/touch them. Since a Black Female Scientist was key in the development of the Vaccine (see below) and since the first person vaccinated in America was a Black Female Nurse –Will this mean the White Racists, White Supremacists etc. will refuse to take get the vaccine and catch COVID and maybe DIE?”
I hope this to be a small percentage of white folks. I think there ARE some who would rather have a white doctor or nurse for reasons of stupidity and ignorance. I think only a few of those would be so extreme that they would risk their lives to avoid other ethnicities touching, feeding, or medicating them.
I remember hearing someone I know speaking of her husband’s nurse and saying, “She was black, but she was nice”. I’m always alert to those phrases, which to me quickly reveal that person as at the very least. a closet racist, more likely out in the open racist around family and close friends.
The encouraging thing for the future is that I find most youthful people detest racism and will speak up, even to their parents in objection to racist language. A change IS gonna come...
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 15, 2020 16:24:31 GMT -5
Scathing reporting from Matt Taibbi regarding the new relief bill. Now, it’s the Democratic Party’s turn to remind us that real people in need just do not matter, while rewarding political cronies:
"Amazing" Hypocrisy: Democrats Make Wreck of Covid-19 Relief Negotiations
Democrats stonewalled all year on a new pandemic relief package. Now they're proposing a new plan that undercuts even Republican proposals, and screws everyone but - get this - defense contractors
Matt Taibbi
Dec 15
A senior Democratic congressional aide is irate tonight.
“The Democrats,” the aide seethed, “have just done the worst negotiating in modern history.”
At issue: a pair of new Covid-19 relief bills, just submitted by a bipartisan group of Senators. Republican Senator Susan Collins gushed that a“Christmas Miracle” allowed the two parties came together on the twin bills, which the press describes as totaling $748 billion and $160 billion, respectively. “Bipartisanship and compromise is [sic] alive and well in Washington,” clucked West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin.
It sure is. With the election over, the Democratic leadership in the space of a few weeks somehow negotiated against themselves, working with Republicans to push the total amount of a Covid-19 relief deal further and further downward, to the point where previous plans offered by the likes of Mitch McConnell and Steve Mnuchin now look like LBJ’s Great Society.
Democrats ultimately settled for less than a third of what they had set as a baseline for state and local aid, accepted a package without any $1,200 direct payments, and signed off on a plan that, after offsets, includes less than $350 billion in new money, well below a slew of pre-election proposals rejected by Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer as being too low.
“They totally caved,” the aide says.
Back in May, the Democrat-led House passed the HEROES Act, a $3.4 trillion relief package that was pitched as the bill Democrats really wanted. It contained $413 billion new dollars for $1,200 direct payments to citizens, as well as $437 billion in additional unemployment benefits, and a whopping $1.13 trillion for state and local governments.
Trump said the bill was “dead on arrival,” McConnell blasted it as a “$3 trillion left-wing wish list,” and the anti-spending group Taxpayers for Common Sense seethed that Democrats unrealistically put “everything they could think of” in the bill. Still, Democrats insisted this was the right amount, at the right time, a moral necessity.
“The House has passed a major bill dealing with COVID,” Schumer said in May, blasting his Senate Republican colleagues for a “pause” in negotiations. “We have done nothing.”
Republicans, via McConnell, countered in July with the unfortunately named HEALS Act, reported as a roughly $1 trillion aid deal. The bill included another round of $1,200 relief checks. Pelosi in August ripped the plan as “meager measures,” and said Republicans were refusing to take action to feed hungry children:
Nancy Pelosi
@speakerpelosi
Republicans refused to take action to feed hungry children nationwide during this pandemic – but they did make sure to give business a massive tax break for corporate lunches. #TheReidOut
August 11th 2020
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When Republicans ended up backing a so-called “Skinny” $650 billion deal, it was reported as a signal that the GOP opposition was determined not to budge above what the Trump administration was willing to offer, at the time rumored to be somewhere between $1-$1.5 trillion.
In September, as time wound down toward Election Day, the bipartisan “Problem Solvers” group released a $1.5 trillion aid plan which they pitched as a version of that theoretical compromise between Democratic and Republican positions. Though the group contained some Democrats, it was dismissed by Party leadership.
A group of Democratic Committee chairs, including Maxine Waters, Carolyn Maloney, and Frank Pallone, released an “unusual” statement denouncing the “Problem Solvers” plan, saying it “falls short of what is needed to save lives and boost the economy.”
Democrats countered soon after by passing an updated version of the HEROES Act that offered $2.2 trillion in relief. The Republicans, this time led by Steve Mnuchin and an increasingly desperate-seeming Donald Trump, came back on October 9th with a $1.8 trillion proposal. Reeling as he stumbled toward Election Day thanks to a series of missteps and scandals, Trump seemed anxious to go beyond his previous numbers, if it meant he’d get to sign more checks before Election Day:
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This time, even some prominent Democrats were insisting the time was right to strike. “We’re in a place where we should be able to do a deal,” said California’s Ro Khanna. “We have a moral obligation to do something.”
The Democratic leadership disagreed. It was reported that Pelosi was now insisting on at least $436 billion in state and local aid, and the Mnuchin plan of $300 billion for states and localities just wouldn’t cut it. In a “Dear Colleagues” letter on October 10th, Pelosi described Trump as more interested in taking credit than passing an aid plan:
When the President talks about wanting a bigger relief package, his proposal appears to mean that he wants more money at his discretion to grant or withhold, rather than agreeing on language prescribing how we honor our workers, crush the virus and put money in the pockets of workers.
Ultimately, of course, no deal got done before the election. After the election, the Democrats put two of their most conservative members — Manchin and Virginia’s Mark Warner — in charge of negotiating the Covid-19 relief bill.
Manchin is the guy who just responded to reports that Trump wanted to give out “more money” in direct payments by saying he thought it was a “bad idea” to give out stimulus checks and not supplemental unemployment relief.
Manchin and Warner repped the Democrats in the bipartisan group that included Republicans Collins from Maine, Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, and Bill Cassidy from Louisiana. Their new deal unveiled today makes little sense, in the context of all of those prior negotiations.
Remember all of that state and local funding that Democrats insisted was so crucial to the aid package?
Today, the state and local aid package signed off on by Manchin and Warner is down to $160 billion, appropriated as part of a separate bill that may or may not pass at all, with the main $748 billion plan. In other words, Democrats just agreed to take seven times less than the $1.13 trillion they asked for in the HEROES Act, and about half of Mnuchin’s $300 billion offer in October that Pelosi rejected as “sadly inadequate.”
As for that $748 billion bill? According to the senior Democratic aide, who pointed to comments made by Mitt Romney, it includes $560 billion in offsets, “repurposed from March’s CARES Act.”
In other words, the aide says, “The $748 billion deal is really just $188 billion in new money.” Given all the high-flown rhetoric the Party devoted before Election Day to rejecting aid packages they deemed heartlessly small, the hypocrisy, he says, is “amazing.”
If you include the $160 billion package for state and local aid, the new deal offers a maximum of $348 billion in new money, well below some of the better offers they received from Republicans over the summer and fall, and on par instead with the very worst GOP proposals, like that “Skinny” bill passed in September, which netted out to $300 billion after offsets.
Conspicuously absent? As CNBC put it, the deal “lacks one key area of aid,” the $1,200 direct payment checks that seemingly everyone on the Hill claimed to want, from Trump to McConnell to Pelosi. Those are gone from the “Christmas Miracle,” but fear not, because the bill didn’t screw over everyone heading into the holidays. You can find this little nugget on the last line of the summary of the Bipartisan Covid-19 Relief Act of 2020:
“There are no direct payments for regular working people, people living off tips,” the aide says. “But they made sure there’s a provision in there to help defense contractors who aren’t working right now. They get what they’re looking for.”
With the Orange One on his way out of the White House, denying the president a political win is no longer even theoretically important. Because of this, there’s a school of thought that this deal is revealing something important about how Democrats want to lead under Biden, i.e. willing and/or anxious to work with Republicans on programs signaling fiscal restraint, and away from aggressive social programming ideas of the type favored by the Party’s progressive base. Maybe that’s not the case, and this is an aberration. But it sure seems like the Democratic leadership went out of its way to take less.“
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Post by inger on Dec 16, 2020 0:35:13 GMT -5
I think the post-Trump days are going to be extremely “busy”. I don’t look for Trump to go low key. I believe he’s going to keep digging for evidence to discredit the election. I have no idea if he’ll have any success or not, but he’ll remember all of the energy democrats put into his impeachment. It will be returned in kind.
The democrats are talking about one country. About working together in a bi-partisan way, but if Trump finds anything that even slightly cracks the door open the legislation will certainly nail the door shut on progressing in a bi-partisan direction.
Will we see the violence return to the streets. I wouldn’t be at all surprise if we see an uptick violence, with increased gunfire.
I’m not saying what I condone. I’m just thinking this is the direction that our current direction seem to lead us soon...
This is all going to get much worse before it gets better...
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Post by domeplease on Dec 16, 2020 13:51:28 GMT -5
INGER: SADLY I agree with your thoughts below, it has already begun with some acts of violence.
Will we see the violence return to the streets. I wouldn’t be at all surprise if we see an uptick violence, with increased gunfire.
I’m not saying what I condone. I’m just thinking this is the direction that our current direction seem to lead us soon...
This is all going to get much worse before it gets better...
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It never ends with the Out-Of-Control Police:
WHAT DONALD'S WORLD MUST CURRENTLY LOOK/FEEL LIKE:
ARTICLES OF THE DAY: Bill Barr Quit. What Finally Spooked Him?
The attorney general’s sudden departure raises alarms about what Trump might do next.… Another option is that Barr realizes that Trump plans to continue challenging the election outcome. Barr has been willing to tolerate Trump’s arguments thus far, even if he himself has refused to say that Justice has evidence of meaningful fraud.
Yet the prospect of increasingly wild claims of conspiracy and an inauguration without Trump in attendance might perhaps be enough for Barr to prefer to be out of town — and out of the administration — for the next few weeks.--12-15-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/carl-hiaasen-to-what-depths-has-gov-desantis-sunk-to-please-president-trump-secrecy-deception-and-even-a-raid/ar-BB1bVnbr?li=BBnbfcL Carl Hiaasen: To what depths has Gov. DeSantis sunk to please President Trump? Secrecy, deception and even a raid
From the beginning, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ handling of the COVID-19 crisis has been a course of secrecy, cold-blooded deception and negligence.
Now comes the raid by Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents on the home of Rebekah Jones, the ex-state health data analyst who started her own COVID dashboard after complaining that the DeSantis administration was twisting statistics to underplay the severity of the pandemic.
The governor initially said he didn’t know about the investigation or raid. On Friday, he admitted he did, fumed about the term “raid," and then huffed out of a press conference. Look for him soon on Fox News.
Seizing Jones’ computer — ostensibly to investigate a “hacking” incident — has all the appearance of clumsy retribution for embarrassing DeSantis. So spongy was the state’s search warrant that it prompted the resignation of former prosecutor Ron Filipowski from the 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, to which DeSantis had recently reappointed him.
Filipowski, a Marine veteran and lifelong Republican, said that DeSantis has been “reckless and irresponsible” in dealing with the pandemic, and that Floridians “are not being told the truth about COVID.”
A recent investigative series in the Sun-Sentinel provided sickening details about the depths to which DeSantis sunk to please President Trump, his super-spreader idol.
In late September, for instance, the Florida Department of Health — DeSantis’ pliant Ministry of Propaganda — told county officials to stop making public statements about COVID-19 until after the Nov. 3 election.
News releases or media posts must not mention the virus, the order stated. It came from Alberto Moscoso, communications chief of the state health department. He left his job Nov. 6.
The motive for muzzling local health departments was obvious. Florida being a key state for Trump, DeSantis didn’t want voters to be reminded that COVID-19 was on a deadly surge.
On Sept. 25, DeSantis himself ordered a full reopening of bars and restaurants, and sought to stop local governments from enforcing mask mandates. Between Sept. 30 and Election Day, at least 2,526 Floridians died of COVID-related causes.
That number, which came from the state, is probably higher. Real experts believe the state’s death toll has already passed 20,000. Many of those victims could have avoided getting sick, but we have a governor who has shunned medical warnings in favor of “blue sky messaging.”
*** A MUST READ –12-15-20: us.cnn.com/2020/12/15/politics/voter-fraud-urban-myth/index.html The 'urban myth' behind the GOP claims of voter fraud.
BRAVO TIME: --12-15-20 BRAVO: www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/fox-news-geraldo-rivera-demands-end-to-election-conspiracies-stop-this-video/ar-BB1bWPhq?li=BBnbfcLFox News' Geraldo Rivera Demands End to Election Conspiracies: 'Stop This!" (Video).--12-15-20 BRAVO: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/read-rep-paul-mitchells-letter-quitting-the-gop-fearing-long-term-harm-to-our-democracy-with-its-support-for-trumps-actions/ar-BB1bVrPu?li=BBnb7Kz READ: Rep. Paul Mitchell's letter quitting the GOP, fearing 'long-term harm to our democracy' with its support for Trump's actions.--12-15-20 BRAVO: www.yahoo.com/news/senior-republicans-reject-talk-overturning-230638239.html Senior Republicans accept Biden as president-elect, reject talk of overturning election.
CONCERNING NEWS:--12-16-20: us.cnn.com/2020/12/16/us/former-houston-captain-vigilante-voter-fraud-incident/index.html Former Houston police captain charged with pointing gun at air-conditioner repairman, believing he was a voter fraud 'mastermind' (CNN)A former police captain who was part of a private citizens group investigating still unsubstantiated 2020 election fraud claims was charged Tuesday with running a man off the road and pointing a gun to his head two weeks before the election, the Harris County district attorney said in a statement.
Prosecutors say former Houston Police captain Mark Anthony Aguirre said he believed the man was transporting fraudulent ballots.
"I believe it's a political prosecution," Terry Yates, Aguirre's attorney, told CNN affiliate KTRK.
Prosecutors say Aguirre was paid over a quarter million dollars by a private group called "Liberty Center for God and Country" to investigate alleged ballot schemes in the Houston area.
Jared Woodfill, the center's president, told CNN the group and Republican activist Steve Hotze hired a private firm that included "Aguirre, a former FBI investigator and about 20 investigators that investigated reports of voter fraud," reports that were sent to Hotze.
The Republican activist was also one of the plaintiffs who filed a petition prior to Election Day seeking to invalidate 127,000 ballots cast in drive-thru early voting. A federal judge rejected that request.
CNN has reached out to Hotze for comment.
According to the district attorney's news release, Aguirre, 63, told authorities he had conducted surveillance for four days on an unidentified man driving a truck that he suspected had 750,000 fraudulent ballots inside. The release said Aguirre believed the man was "the mastermind of a giant (voter) fraud."
Instead, prosecutors say the victim was an "innocent and ordinary" air-conditioner repairman.
"Aguirre ran his SUV into the back of the truck to get the technician to stop and get out," the news release said, describing the October 19 incident.
"When the technician got out of the truck, Aguirre, pointed a handgun at the technician, forced him to the ground and put his knee on the man's back -- an image captured on the body-worn camera of a police officer."
Responding authorities found no ballots inside the vehicle, only air conditioner parts and tools, prosecutors said.
After an investigation, Houston police said they found the allegations of election fraud "unfounded" and referred the case to the district attorney's office.
Aguirre had been paid more than $260,000 by the "Liberty Center" group, prosecutors alleged, and received about $211,400 the day following the incident.
He was arrested Tuesday and is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison, prosecutors said. He is currently at a Harris County jail facility with bond set at $30,000.
"He crossed the line from dirty politics to commission of a violent crime and we are lucky no one was killed," Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement. "His alleged investigation was backward from the start -- first alleging a crime had occurred and then trying to prove it happened."
--12-15-20: us.yahoo.com/news/watching-newsmax-fox-news-challenger-203002767.html Watching Newsmax, the Fox News challenger: Like home shopping TV for dangerous far-right fantasies.--12-16-20: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-face-charges-after-renting-party-bus-their-child-s-n1251303 Parents face charges after renting party bus for their child's 14th birthday, police say Several fights broke out after the group of kids were dropped off at a shopping center in Mount Healthy, Ohio, police said. --12-15-20: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/driver-yells-anti-semitic-slurs-assaults-man-during-hanukkah-celebration- n1251217 Driver yells anti-Semitic slurs, assaults man during Hanukkah celebration in Kentucky.
"That this attack occurred on the third night of Hanukkah, during menorah-lighting celebrations, makes it all the more hateful," Kentucky's governor said.
A man was injured Saturday during a menorah lighting in Kentucky when a driver yelling anti-Semitic slurs assaulted him, officials and police said.
The assault occurred at the University of Kentucky Jewish Center in Lexington, according to the Chabad of the Bluegrass.
In a Facebook post, the Chabad said the driver pulled up to the university center Saturday night and began shouting abusive language when a community member "heroically" stepped in front of the car.
“The attacker grabbed the man and held his arm, dragging him for a block, and running over his leg,” the group's post said. “The car then sped off.”--12-16-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/trump-20-spray-painted-on-family-s-garage-after-someone-set-their-cars-on-fire-police-now-investigating/ar-BB1bXSUc?ocid=hplocalnews 'Trump 20' spray-painted on family's garage after someone set their cars on fire, police now investigating
A Black couple in Little Elm woke up in horror last Wednesday morning, finding two of their cars on fire in their driveway and a political taunt left behind.
Just after midnight, fire crews raced to the home of Jayla Gipson and Charles Crawford to extinguish the blazes.
a car parked in a parking lot © Provided by WFAA-TV Dallas-Ft. Worth
Luckily, Gipson's young son got up to use the restroom in the middle of the night and noticed the fires outside
"If he hadn't done that, my house might be burned down," Gipson said.
"My daughter's bedroom is towards the front of the house, so this could have been really bad."
The couple had no idea why the vehicles, a 2020 Nissan Optima and 2020 Kia Forte, were on fire.
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But when the smoke cleared, the two noticed the phrase 'Trump 20' spray-patined on their garage door. Something that wasn't there the day before.
Suddenly, the possibility of an "accident" started to fade away.
"That escalated things quickly," Gipson said. "We felt like we were targeted."--12-15-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-promotes-tweet-warning-that-gov-brian-kemp-and-sec-of-state-raffensberger-will-soon-be-going-to-jail/ar-BB1bWU7b?li=BBnb7Kz Trump Promotes Tweet Warning That Gov. Brian Kemp and Sec of State Raffensberger ‘Will Soon Be Going to Jail’.--12-15-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tucker-carlson-mocks-dr-jill-biden-compares-her-degree-to-dr-pepper/ar-BB1bWJap?li=BBnb7Kz Tucker Carlson Mocks Dr. Jill Biden, Compares Her Degree to Dr. Pepper.
--12-15-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/arizona-trump-fans-posed-as-electors-to-submit-a-document-trying-to-seize-the-states-11-votes-for-him-instead-of-biden-report-says/ar-BB1bWN0O?li=BBnbfcL Arizona Trump fans posed as electors to submit a document trying to seize the state's 11 votes for him instead of Biden, report says.--12-16-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/virginia-county-republicans-condemn-gop-congressman-for-considering-vote-for-biden/ar-BB1bWO7s?li=BBnbfcL …In its censure, the Appomattox County Republican Committee cited a multitude of issues they believe resulted in Riggleman "betraying the very morals, principals, and values of the Republican Party."The censure lists Riggleman's officiating of a same-sex wedding, disagreeing with President Trump's claims of voter fraud and publicly acknowledging President-elect Joe Biden beat Trump.
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Post by inger on Dec 17, 2020 19:53:36 GMT -5
www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arizona-state-senator-subpoenas-maricopa-county-election-audits%3f_amp=trueSo there is a subpoena to confiscate and investigate some of those Dominion voting machines. Good decision? Bad decision? Either way it should prove an interesting exercise. It may be that fraudulent practices are revealed. It may be that this is the final gasp of claims of fraud and will shut Trump’s attempts to claim fraud down permanently. Since the answer may hang in the outcome, for now I’ll applaud this one, simply to get the proof on one side or the other... If it’s all honest, there’s your proof that our system is sound. If not... uh-oh...
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Post by inger on Dec 17, 2020 20:08:44 GMT -5
Tucker Carlson Mocks Dr. Jill Biden, Compares Her Degree to Dr. Pepper.
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I got to read her dissertation today. It was, as dissertations go, representative of a document written very painfully while likely reading a document of instructions like a “How To” guide or “Dissetations for Dummies”.
The objective to improve the continuation of education rate at community colleges, hers in particular. It was a document like many of the sort, written with all of the excitement of drying paint. The subject itself would never lead to controversy. As far as being a convincing vehicle to prove her superior expertise in the subject, it was unsuccessful. Not only will it fail to change the world, but it was particularly uninspiring. I doubt anyone in her class was inspired to continue with their education at her school after reading this paper.
My impression was that the project was undertaken in a robotic manner by a bored housewife in order to elevate her standing for the mail carrier and within the pecking order of her household. At least, if she paid for the “education” out of the family coffers (always doubtful in the political world) she helped the University make some funds. Congratulations. You’re a doctor. But not THAT kind of doctor. Be a peach and go back to “Mrs.”...
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Post by domeplease on Dec 17, 2020 20:34:46 GMT -5
Tucker Carlson Mocks Dr. Jill Biden, Compares Her Degree to Dr. Pepper. ******************** I got to read her dissertation today. It was, as dissertations go, representative of a document written very painfully while likely reading a document of instructions like a “How To” guide or “Dissetations for Dummies”. The objective to improve the continuation of education rate at community colleges, hers in particular. It was a document like many of the sort, written with all of the excitement of drying paint. The subject itself would never lead to controversy. As far as being a convincing vehicle to prove her superior expertise in the subject, it was unsuccessful. Not only will it fail to change the world, but it was particularly uninspiring. I doubt anyone in her class was inspired to continue with their education at her school after reading this paper. My impression was that the project was undertaken in a robotic manner by a bored housewife in order to elevate her standing for the mail carrier and within the pecking order of her household. At least, if she paid for the “education” out of the family coffers (always doubtful in the political world) she helped the University make some funds. Congratulations. You’re a doctor. But not THAT kind of doctor. Be a peach and go back to “Mrs.”... NO SURPRISES HERE = IT IS TUCKER/FOX = WHAT ELSE DID YOU EXPECT???
ARTICLES OF THE DAY: --12-17-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-scarborough-buries-rand-paul-in-epic-rant-over-voter-fraud-scam-why-do-you-want-to-spread-violence-across-america/ar-BB1c0np0?li=BBnbfcLJoe Scarborough Buries Rand Paul In Epic Rant Over Voter Fraud Scam: ‘Why Do You Want To Spread Violence Across America?’
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough took aim at Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s performance at a Senate hearing that promoted false claims about election fraud.
On Thursday morning’s edition of Morning Joe, Scarborough punctuated a segment about Wednesday’s Senate Homeland Security hearing on election “irregularities” by absolutely torching Paul for spreading “lies” about the election even though he knows they are false and the consequences of those lies.
“Hello, Rand Paul! Why are you lying to the American people? Why are you purposely inspiring people like the Proud Boys to go around and yell ‘Stop the Steal!’ and beating the hell out of people in the streets?” Scarborough said, his voice rising.
“Rand, why are you doing that? What, see I don’t get it, what’s in it for you, Rand?” an apoplectic Scarborough continued. “To be a liar. To your people. To your constituents! Why do you want to spread violence across America by spreading this lie? Why do you want to undermine American democracy? Why do you want to undermine faith in our system, Rand?”
“Because I’ve got to say, I don’t get it. Because you know it’s a lie!” Scarborough said. “You know there’s no widespread voter fraud, and yet you keep stirring the lie up!
So I’m just curious, what’s in it for you? Is this a 90-10 issue in Kentucky? No, I think people in Kentucky like American democracy. So who are you playing to? Who is this for? Donald Trump, he’s leaving the White House in a couple of weeks. You can’t go golfing with him anymore.”***--12-16-20: edition.cnn.com/2020/12/15/us/qanon-trump-twitter-invs/index.htmlThe example highlights a little-known facet of QAnon, experts at the NCRI said. Rather than being a nebulous group that amplifies messages organically at the grassroots level, QAnon appears to also be an occasional architect of messages that, through coordinated behavior, make their way to the most powerful factions of the Republican Party. "QAnon is a disinformation network (that) has grown like a virus to attack the pillars of our democracy -- systematically with specific forms of disinformation that are strategic," said Joel Finkelstein, cofounder of the NCRI, which has produced a newly released report -- which it provided to CNN -- about QAnon that includes the finding about the #SubpoenaObama hashtag. "Working with the highest levels of power in our country, they've found ways to hijack our national conversation," Finkelstein added. The influence of QAnon swelled this year despite the ludicrous -- some would say cult-like -- contention at its core: that Trump is fighting a cabal of Satan-worshiping elites that engages in pedophilia and child sacrifice. So substantial is QAnon's following that many Republican elected officials have been loath to condemn it. The most vocal Republican critic of the group, Rep. Denver Riggleman of Virginia -- who is an adviser to the NCRI -- is serving the final days of his term. This week, as one of his last acts, he plans to deliver a rebuke of the movement on the floor of the House. "A lot of people scoff at QAnon -- think it's just a bunch of, let's face it, a bunch of idiots who believe anything on the internet," Riggleman told CNN. "But there is something sinister. It's something much more dangerous going on here." --12-16-20: us.yahoo.com/news/white-house-counsels-office-warned-100008160.htmlWhite House counsel's office warned Trump not to fire Chris Wray WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has come so close to firing FBI Director Christopher Wray in recent months that the White House counsel’s office has warned him not to do so because it could put him in potential legal jeopardy, according to a senior administration official with direct knowledge of the discussion and a U.S. official familiar with the discussion. White House lawyers “strongly” advised Trump against firing another FBI director out of concern that doing so would risk creating the perception that a “loyalty test” was being imposed on a position that traditionally has maintained independence from the White House, according to the senior administration official. The lawyers, led by White House counsel Pat Cipollone, specifically said that firing Wray could spark legal issues similar to those raised after Trump ousted James Comey as FBI director in 2017 in the midst of the Russia investigation, the officials said. Their concern was that firing Wray could be seen as retaliation because the president has publicly pressured him to take specific actions on certain investigations — such as announcing a probe into President-elect Joe Biden’s son — and then expressed frustration that Wray has not followed his suggestions.
VIDEOS OF DAY:--*** A MUST READ –12-16-20 BIG TIME BRAVO TO HER: us.cnn.com/2020/12/15/business/mackenzie-scott-charity-donations-trnd/index.htmlMacKenzie Scott donates $4.2 billion to 384 organizationsNew York (CNN Business)MacKenzie Scott announced on Tuesday her second major charitable contribution of the year, giving away nearly $4.2 billion to 384 organizations as part of a plan to donate a majority of her fortune. The announcement comes just four months after Scott donated $1.7 billion to 116 organizations, including four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), in July. The latest round of philanthropic gifts total more than $4.16 billion donated by Scott to organizations nationwide in the past four months. "The pandemic has been a wrecking ball in the lives of Americans already struggling," Scott wrote in a Medium post. "Economic losses and health outcomes alike have been worse for women, for people of color, and for people living in poverty. Meanwhile, it has substantially increased the wealth of billionaires." Scott's post included a list of the hundreds of organizations that received funds, including financial service providers for under-resourced communities, education for historically marginalized and underserved individuals, civil rights advocacy groups and legal defense funds that take on institutional discrimination. Scott, who is a philanthropist and author as well as the ex-wife of Amazon (AMZN)founder Jeff Bezos, noted that her team examined more than 6,490 organizations to determine which groups would receive the donations following her decision to accelerate the pace of her giving this year. The process combined data with the "suggestions and perspectives of field experts, funders and non-profit leader and volunteers with decades of experience." In the latest round of giving, Scott donated $40 million to Morgan State University, an HBCU in Baltimore. The gift is the largest single private donation in the university's history, and roughly doubles the school's endowment. Scott gave $50 million to Prairie View A&M University in Texas — the school's largest donation ever, and nearly doubling its endowment, according to the university. Other HBCUs including Claflin, Virginia State and Dillard University also received donations. Endowments for HBCUs tend to be smaller in comparison to other institutions due to a history of inequitable funding. Other organizations on the list included the local chapters of Goodwill, Meals on Wheels, YMCA and United Way; the NAACP; Global Fund for Women; and ACE (Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs), which provides affordable loans to underserved small businesses. "We do this research and deeper diligence not only to identify organizations with high potential for impact, but also to pave the way for unsolicited and unexpected gifts given with full trust and no strings attached," Scott said in the post. "Because our research is data-driven and rigorous, our giving process can be human and soft. --12-17-20 BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO: us.yahoo.com/news/fate-winslow-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-selling-20-worth-of-pot-is-released-after-serving-12-years-182853098.htmlExclusive: Fate Winslow, sentenced to life in prison for selling $20 worth of pot, is released after serving 12 yearsTwelve years after being sentenced to life for selling $20 worth of marijuana to an undercover cop, Fate Vincent Winslow will walk out of Louisiana State Penitentiary on Wednesday a free man. “Today is a day of redemption,” the 53-year-old wrote to Yahoo News following his resentencing hearing on Tuesday. “I get my freedom back, I get my life back. There are no words that can really explain my feelings right now.” Winslow’s release comes through the work of the Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO) and specifically Jee Park, its executive director, who felt confident that there was a path to freedom for Winslow as soon as she found his case. “You read the transcript of his trial and you’re just horrified about what happened,” Park told Yahoo News. “[His attorney] doesn’t object when he gets sentenced to life. He doesn’t file a motion to reconsider … he doesn’t do anything. He just says, ‘Sorry, you got a guilty verdict, you’re going to prison for the rest of your life.’” On behalf of Winslow, IPNO filed an application for post-conviction relief to Caddo Parish District Attorney James Stewart in June 2019, arguing that Winslow was not given the right to a fair trial. His defense attorney, Alex Rubenstein (whom I interviewed for a 2015 Daily Beast story on Winslow — which, coincidentally, led Park to his case), hardly mentioned Winslow by name in the trial. He gave an opening statement 30 seconds long, called no witnesses and presented no evidence. Park said that had Rubenstein emphasized that Winslow was homeless at the time of arrest, or that he was merely acting as a “runner” for a white dealer who — despite pocketing the majority of money — was never arrested, the jury might have ruled differently. Had Rubenstein, then a public defender, flagged to the judge that Winslow’s three prior convictions were all for nonviolent offenses, the judge might have decided that a life sentence was excessive. --12-17-20 BRAVO!!!: www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/palm-beach-neighbor-seeks-to-enforce-1990s-agreement-barring-trump-from-living-at-mar-a-lago-club/ar-BB1c1tyM?li=BBnb7KzPalm Beach neighbor seeks to enforce 1990s agreement barring Trump from living at Mar-a-Lago club FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s expected move to his Mar-a-Lago club after he leaves office next month is being challenged by a lawyer who says a 1990s agreement allowing Trump to convert the Florida property into a business prohibits anyone from living there, including him. Attorney Reginald Stambaugh sent a letter this week to the Town of Palm Beach saying he represents a neighbor who doesn’t want the president to take up residence at the 17-acre property because it would decrease the area’s property values. He also asserts that a microwave security barrier operated by the Secret Service is harming his client, who he says is exhibiting symptoms of microwave exposure. He did not give the client’s name. AND 12-17-20: us.yahoo.com/news/mar-lago-neighbors-trump-forfeited-113447652.html--12-17-20 BRAVO: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-denies-request-to-block-covid-restrictions-at-kentucky-schools/ar-BB1c1gdO?li=BBnbfcLSupreme Court denies request to block Covid restrictions at Kentucky schools --12-17-20 BRAVO: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrat-rips-sackler-family-purdue-doctors-during-house-questioning/ar-BB1c1fEt?li=BBnbfcL#image=1Democrat rips Sackler family, Purdue doctors during House questioning Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sharply criticized members of the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, during a virtual hearing of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday that examined the company's involvement in the opioid addiction crisis. CONCERNING ARTICLES:--12-16-20 IT NEVER ENDS: www.huffpost.com/entry/chicago-lori-lightfoot-tries-block-footage-cops-raiding-wrong-home-handcuffing-naked-woman_n_5fd95215c5b62f31c201550f?ri18n=true&ncid=newsltushpmgnewsLori Lightfoot Tried To Block Video Of Cops Raiding Wrong Home, Cuffing Naked Woman. “I truly believe they would have shot me,” said Anjanette Young, a social worker who was handcuffed when Chicago police raided her home nearly two years ago. The city of Chicago attempted to block a local news station from airing recently obtained body camera footage of police mistakenly raiding the wrong home with guns drawn and handcuffing a distressed, naked woman. CBS2-TV released body camera footage on Monday night of officers forcing their way into the home of Anjanette Young nearly two years ago. The 50-year-old clinical social worker, who helps victims of violence and mentors people of color going into her profession, had just finished her work shift at a hospital and was undressing in her bedroom when a group of male officers broke down her door with a battering ram. “It was so traumatic to hear the thing that was hitting the door,” she told CBS2 in a televised interview as part of Monday’s report. “And it happened so fast, I didn’t have time to put on clothes.” In the disturbing Feb. 21, 2019, footage, officers appear to have their guns drawn while they yell for Young to put her hands up. She can then be seen in the video fully naked with her hands raised, looking terrified and confused (CBS2 blurred parts of the video in which Young was shown naked). One officer puts Young’s hands behind her back and handcuffs her, leaving her with no way to cover herself as police search her home. An officer can be seen attempting to drape a short coat around Young’s shoulders, which still leaves her front fully exposed while police surround her. Someone puts a blanket on her that keeps sliding open because she can’t hold it closed. Eventually, an officer holds the blanket closed on her. Young becomes increasingly and understandably distressed in the footage as officers refuse to tell her why they have raided her home. She asks them repeatedly to let her put clothes on and tells them she believes they have the wrong information. According to CBS2, Young told police at least 43 times that they were in the wrong home. She said that officers responded to her distress in a way that amplified it, telling her not to shout when she’d ask questions. “When I asked them to show me, when I asked them to tell me what they are doing in my house, and their response to me was just ‘shut up and calm down,’” Young told the station, “that’s so disrespectful.” ADVERTISEMENT CBS2 found that the officers involved failed to check if they had the correct address before getting their search warrant approved. A confidential informant had told the raid’s lead officer that he’d recently seen a known felon with guns and ammunition at the address, according to the police department’s complaint for a search warrant, which the news station obtained. The informant reportedly gave police the wrong address, and there’s no evidence that officers independently verified the informant’s claim.
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Post by inger on Dec 17, 2020 20:48:53 GMT -5
NO SURPRISES HERE = IT IS TUCKER/FOX = WHAT ELSE DID YOU EXPECT???
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This has nothing to do with Tucker. This is me, personally reading and assessing Jill Biden’s paper. No big deal, but it was written at about an eighth grade level (more typical than exceptional). She did the required work to the best of her ability and got a generous pass from her professor.
I felt the subject matter was not impactful, and failed to show that she had expertise to solve the issue. Not knowing the grading policies of this professor, I have no idea what it took for the other students to pass. I know it didn’t take much for this student to pass...
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Post by domeplease on Dec 18, 2020 15:44:46 GMT -5
NO SURPRISES HERE = IT IS TUCKER/FOX = WHAT ELSE DID YOU EXPECT??? ******************** This has nothing to do with Tucker. This is me, personally reading and assessing Jill Biden’s paper. No big deal, but it was written at about an eighth grade level (more typical than exceptional). She did the required work to the best of her ability and got a generous pass from her professor. I felt the subject matter was not impactful, and failed to show that she had expertise to solve the issue. Not knowing the grading policies of this professor, I have no idea what it took for the other students to pass. I know it didn’t take much for this student to pass...
So, let us get this RIGHT:--As the Virus surges in Infections & DEATHS across America – YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis? --As our Country just got hit by the most the worst Cyber Hack ever (by Russia & Donald has said nothing about such) -- YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis? --As our ICUS are running out of beds and Donald has said nothing-- YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis? --As Americans are going hungry and getting evicted -- YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis? --As millions of more vaccines are NOT being shipped because the Govt. hasn’t told PFE where to send them YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis? --As Police across America CONTINUE to Harass, Beat, Shoot & Kill unarmed Black Men -- YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis? (SEE ARTICLES BELOW)
“Yes, Tequila INGER lives in a Different World. Give it a Name Tequila”
TEQUILA: “Fox World, GOP World, Donald World…”
“You are one Smart Parrot!!!”--12-18-20: edition.cnn.com/2020/12/17/politics/trump-silence-cyber-hack/index.html Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses 'grave risk' to government
When President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet at the White House Wednesday as Washington absorbed news of a massive data breach, the heads of most agencies relevant to the intrusion — including the Department of Defense, the State Department, the Justice Department, the director of national intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency — were absent.
After the meeting, Trump said nothing about the attack, which went undetected by his administration's intelligence agencies for months. As those agencies now mobilize to assess the damage — which the government said Thursday could be more widespread than initially thought, posing a "grave risk to the federal government" — the President himself remains silent on the matter, preoccupied instead with his election loss and his invented claims of widespread voter fraud.-12-18-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fbi-scrambles-to-assess-damage-from-russia-linked-us-government-hack/ar-BB1c1gGp?li=BBnb7Kz FBI scrambles to assess damage from Russia-linked US government hackU.S. officials have been scrambling to assess the damage from a potentially devastating breach across multiple U.S. government computer networks, include those at the State, Commerce and Treasury departments, and the nation's cybersecurity agency on Thursday issued an alert saying the threat posed "a grave risk to the Federal Government and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments as well as critical infrastructure entities and other private sector organizations." --12-18-20 SO DAMN SAD & AWFUL: www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-banned-evictions-those-affected-100018370.html The CDC banned evictions for those affected by Covid. Why are tenants being thrown out on the street? --12-18-20: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/southern-californias-icu-capacity-falls-to-zero-as-state-sets-new-records/ar-BB1c1xAD?li=BBnb7Kz Southern California's ICU capacity falls to zero as state sets new recordsCalifornia reported a record number of COVID-19 deaths on Thursday as the virus continues to surge in the state and health officials warn of dwindling hospital beds. There were 379 new deaths reported, surpassing the previous day's record of 293. There were 52,281 newly recorded confirmed cases -- the second-highest yet after Wednesday's record -- and the seven-day positivity rate is 12.8%, health officials said. --12-18-20: us.yahoo.com/news/pfizer-says-millions-vaccine-doses-190400512.html Pfizer says 'millions' of vaccine doses are waiting to be shipped — but the government hasn't told them where to go.
CONCERNING ARTICLES: --12-18-20 STUPID—EVIL—VILE & DISGUSTING: www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-coronavirus-vaccine-monologue-backlash_n_5fdc61c7c5b650b99adb6be8 ‘Truly, Truly Evil’: Tucker Carlson Slammed For Sowing Doubt About COVID-19 Vaccines. The Fox News host faced fierce backlash on social media for saying people should react “nervously” to the “glitzy entrance” of the coronavirus vaccine. --12-18-20: us.yahoo.com/news/gun-industry-killing-black-america-194707151.html The gun industry is killing Black America. It’s time we do something about it
OPINION: NY Sen. Zellnor Y. Myrie says manufacturers are profiting from the gun violence in Black and Brown communities and should be held accountable
Last month, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the indictment of an alleged gun trafficking ring that sought to illegally sell weapons in Brownsville.
According to the indictment, the defendants purchased guns legally from dealers in Virginia and South Carolina and trafficked them to Brooklyn along the so-called “Iron Pipeline,” the well-worn route from the legal gun market in Southern states to the streets of New York.--12-18-20: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/homeless-doubled-families-living-other-households-may-fall-aid-blind-n1251446 Homeless and doubled up, families living with other households may fall into aid blind spot. Vital housing assistance, such as rapid rehousing, may not be available to families that don’t meet the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s definition of homeless, including those who have had to move in with other households. --12-18-20: us.yahoo.com/news/lawsuit-teacher-dumped-special-ed-130000190.html ‘It was torture’: NC teacher dumped special-ed students in trash can, lawsuit says Robin Johnson had a favorite technique for disciplining some of her special-education students: According to a new federal lawsuit, she would drop the first- and second-graders into a trash can or recycling bin, then forcibly keep them there when they struggled to escape. The Statesville teacher singled out one boy in particular, Gage Andrews, based on the complaint filed by the child’s mother: “If he acted ‘like trash,’” Johnson would say, she “would treat him like trash.” The verbal and physical abuse of Gage and other special-needs students under Johnson’s care at Cloverleaf Elementary School lasted for at least two years before the teacher’s October 2019 arrest, the lawsuit claims. Throughout, according to the complaint, school administrators from Cloverleaf’s principals to the superintendent of Iredell-Statesville Schools failed to act on warnings they received from Johnson’s fellow faculty members. --12-18-20 IT NEVER ENDS: us.yahoo.com/news/running-away-independent-autopsy-shows-173742376.html ‘Running Away’: Independent Autopsy Shows Texas Black Man Killed by Police Was Shot in Back
An independent autopsy found a 22-year-old Black man killed by Texas police last week was shot in the back—and now his family is demanding a federal investigation into his death.
Joshua Feast, who was allegedly wanted on multiple warrants, was fatally shot by La Marque police officer Jose H. Santos Jr. across the street from his Galveston house on Dec. 9. Police allege the 22-year-old pointed a firearm at Santos, who responded by firing several gunshots.
But Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney representing the Feast family, insisted the father-of-two posed no threat and was actually fleeing the scene when he was fatally shot. His death, which was captured on video that has yet to be released, has since spurred protests across Texas against police brutality. |
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Post by inger on Dec 18, 2020 16:35:46 GMT -5
INGER: Tequila & I are rolling in laughter about your post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis.
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If you would read it, you’d see what I mean. I could have done that well in 7th grade...
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Post by inger on Dec 18, 2020 16:38:13 GMT -5
As the Virus surges in Infections & DEATHS across America – YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis?
--As our Country just got hit by the most the worst Cyber Hack ever (by Russia & Donald has said nothing about such) -- YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis?
--As our ICUS are running out of beds and Donald has said nothing-- YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis?
--As Americans are going hungry and getting evicted -- YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis?
--As millions of more vaccines are NOT being shipped because the Govt. hasn’t told PFE where to send them YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis?
--As Police across America CONTINUE to Harass, Beat, Shoot & Kill unarmed Black Men -- YOU felt it was critical to post about Mrs. Biden’s Thesis?
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To be fair, it was in reply to your post about it, so ditto all of your critiques...
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 19, 2020 13:55:19 GMT -5
NO SURPRISES HERE = IT IS TUCKER/FOX = WHAT ELSE DID YOU EXPECT??? ******************** This has nothing to do with Tucker. This is me, personally reading and assessing Jill Biden’s paper. No big deal, but it was written at about an eighth grade level (more typical than exceptional). She did the required work to the best of her ability and got a generous pass from her professor. I felt the subject matter was not impactful, and failed to show that she had expertise to solve the issue. Not knowing the grading policies of this professor, I have no idea what it took for the other students to pass. I know it didn’t take much for this student to pass... Actually, I believe it has something to do with Tucker Carlson, as I doubt you would have searched to read it without his Fox News show negativity and castigation over a politician’s wife’s doctoral degree. Every professor with a doctoral degree at Tucker Carlson‘s La Jolla Country Day School, St. George’s Boarding School in Rhode Island, and Trinity College in Connecticut, I guarantee you he called Dr. (insert last name). Anyone who attended a university knows the difference between a physician and a professor, both of whom it is customary and correct to honor them with the title they earned. It happens every single day. |
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