My book w/ @JoshuaMatz8, “To End A Presidency: The Power of Impeachment,” likewise shows why Andrew Johnson’s impeachment was worth the effort despite his acquittal by the Senate. So too with Trump. It’s time to begin impeachment proceedings NOW ⬇️https://t.co/e8B7MsbDKC
Stunning. A little girl takes #HarrietTubman’s hand. This new mural is on the side of the Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center on the @Tubman_Byway in Cambridge, Maryland. pic.twitter.com/c8czh6exCj
Here’s three things anyone can do RIGHT NOW to support abortion rights nationwide: 1️⃣ Support our lawsuits against state bans: https://t.co/QwN1mdbNBD 2️⃣ Donate to local abortion funds: https://t.co/GGZ9SiCTvo 3️⃣ Sign up for a protest near you: https://t.co/uFU6wJQWMj
If you can, swing by your local abortion clinic and maybe bring coffee and/or bagels to their clinic escort team. I’m hearing reports from several escorts and staff that harassment and aggression have increased today in response to Alabama and other bans. Your support is needed.
YAYYYY!!
On Climate Crisis and Global Heating.
Movement to use the terms ‘climate crisis’ and ‘global heating’.
“Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment”: (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/17/why-the-guardian-is-changing-the-language-it-uses-about-the-environment)
“The phrase ‘climate change’, for example, sounds rather passive and gentle when what scientists are talking about is a catastrophe for humanity.” (editor-in-chief Katharine VIner)
Prof Richard Betts, who leads the Met Office’s climate research, said “global heating” was a more accurate term than “global warming” to describe the changes taking place to the world’s climate. In the political world, U.K. MPs recently endorsed the Labour party’s declaration of a “climate emergency”.
-Cimate crisis and global heating is settled science. Happening now.
-And BBC yes, yes, thank you: “You do not need a ‘denier’ to (fake) balance the debate.” (npr take note)
Thank you for this post and this happy place, Nerdy, and a good Saturday to all!
Haven’t seen a clip to post yet, but highly recommend viewing Raskin’s impassioned take on where Congress stands, which he delivered on Joy’s show. I was practically standing up, screaming yeehaw back at him through the teevee. In my view, it’s not helping when we Democrats stop listening and only point fingers at each other. We need to have faith in the fact that our reps in Congress have brains and are just as dedicated to taking down trump as we all are. Raskin, I think, yelled it to the rooftops. And, yes, we must continue to remind them we are watching, every single day - I’m for that, as well!
We all have and are entitled to our own views on the process … but he showed the fighting spirit we must all retain, while being unified against the demon (meant literally) in the WH. Nancy Pelosi’s caucus is on it, and they’re following the course that the Constitution has given us. Nothing worth fighting for is ever easy. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for … we are the change that we seek.
Start your day by watching or re-watching Congressman Raskin's impassioned words on where and how we Democrats should be united at this stage! He spelled it out magnificently, better than I've heard before, all in one package. Bravo, Congressman! Please have him back soon, Joy!❤️
“THERE WILL BE NO WAR.” (Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.)
Fact: “The 2015 deal aimed to cut sanctions on Iran in exchange for an end to its nuclear programme, but (Trump) withdrew from it last year and imposed new sanctions.” Fact: Trump-Bolton have “deployed warships and planes to the Gulf and ordered the departure of “non-emergency employees” from Iraq, citing intelligence about a potential threat to US forces by Iran.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48321768
-Ben Rhodes: Bolton is “trying to goad Iran into giving him a pretext for this war.”
-Again Zarif: “There will be no war”.
As I sit back and think about my ancestors’ arrival to this country, and all the way up to present day I can’t help but also think about this country’s present predicament. Almost every right is under attack from this administration. Here in America there are some communities that have never known peace, that have never experienced the full breadth and width of what America has to offer, goddamnit. I’ll try to finish my thoughts on this some other time.
I don’t know, I’m just pissed that this shit has gotten this far, all because a whole lotta people felt some kind of way that a Black man dared to run this motherfucker. And now we find ourselves running full steam ahead into certain oblivion. The current occupant at 1600 fucked everything that moved, bankrupted every company that his racist father gave him, and beyond a doubt colluded with the Russians to steal an election. But the thing is, he didn’t do it in the dark, he did it in broad daylight. And they had help, they had help from the ever gullible American.
Sometimes when you are surrounded my madness, laughter is the only thing that will get you through. And you are so right, some sort of combination of Joe, K, or Warren must happen.
-WIN! WIN! against big oil!!
Major precedent for indigenous rights and respect:
“Millions of acres of rainforest saved: A tiny Amazon tribe just defeated big oil in a historic lawsuit.”
The Ecuadorian government wanted to drill for oil through seven million acres of land in the Amazon. However, their efforts were stopped thanks to the Waorani people of Pastaza, who won a historic court ruling against the government. The lawsuit represented 16 Waorani communities who live inside the Ecudorian jungle…The ruling immediately protects have a million acres from government-sanctioned drilling but also puts a stop to a planned auctioning seven million additional acres of land that would have gone to private companies who wanted to set up oil exploration operations.” (https://www.upworthy.com/millions-of-acres-of-rainforest-saved-a-tiny-amazon-tribe-just-defeated-big-oil-in-a-historic-lawsuit)
…heard leo dicaprio helped. proud of his work…
“Our territory is our decision,
and now, since we are owners,
we are not going to let oil enter and destroy our natural surroundings and kill our culture.”
(Waorani leader Nemonte Nenquimo)
I wanted to see if anyone from our industry would speak out about the abortion bill, but I guess people are too scared. This isn't just an issue for women, it's one for every human being. We fight for equality and this is something men should fight for and not hide away from.
— Héctor Bellerín (@HectorBellerin) May 17, 2025
TW: Rape, all terrible things
So I need to tell a story.
It's about a day I lied to a very nice professional at Planned Parenthood.
I told her that a man I did not want to have sex with had locked me in a room and forced me to take off my clothes. 1/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
I told her I knew he had done things to me, but I was so scared I didn't remember exactly what.
No, I didn't want to file a police report.
I just needed emergency contraception.
Because in my state at the time, you couldn't just buy it at the pharmacy.
2/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
She was horrified and kept pressing me to contact the police, let her try to salvage some evidence, did I know the man? Could I identify where it happened?
I stonewalled her but I left with the emergency contraception.
And then I did the most illegal act of that day… 3/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
I went straight home and gave it to my 12yo neighbor.
It was her story I told.
See, when her father found out she had 'fucked around with' (been raped by) a 26yo he worked with, who was drinking and doing drugs at his house, he did what any good father would do…
4/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
He told her she was a whore like her mother and threatened to pimp her out. Because if she likes fucking so much, at least she could pay some bills.
When she came limping down the street I asked her if she was okay.
He had literally kicked her out of the house.
5/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
So I sat there on my front porch, furious, looking at this baby girl who just blindly accepted that this is how men treat her, and this is what a father's love feels like.
I still remember watching the bruises come out in the shape of a vibram work boot sole. 6/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
At first she said her dad was 'just mad' but the more I assured her nothing could justify this, the more I got of the real story.
Then she showed me the other bruises. On her arms.
On her thighs.
On her breasts.
She had been brutalized.
She wasn't on birth control.
7/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
I wanted I murder both men.
She just wanted a safe place to sleep.
So I went to Planned Parenthood.
And I lied.
And for two full days she was nauseous on my couch playing computer games and eating Vietnamese food.
Weirdly, I wonder if she remembers that as a happy time.
8/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
Eventually her dad was riding around looking for her and saw her walking my dog.
My dog wouldn't let him anywhere near her, so he showed up angry on my porch talking about kidnapping and animal control.
(GOOD BOY, ZEKE)
So she went back to his home.
9/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
I tried to p her by getting her into a good local math & science school. Her dad was threatening her with homeschooling.
I tried to talk to the police, and I guess they just send someone from family services over.
Then she and her dad and little brother disappeared.
10/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
One day I hadn't seen her in a few days so I decided to walk past.
A crew was gutting the house.
That's what you have to do when your tenant suddenly disappears and you find a still fully assembled meth lab in the kitchen.
11/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
So I don't want to hear your clever, nuanced takes on abortion. I don't give a fuck if you only care about instances of rape or incest.
THIS GIRL HAD NOBODY ON HER SIDE.
Her own father knew and punished her for being a 12 year old child that evil men wanted to fuck.
12/
— Yes, I'm A Fire Sign (@KateAllDay) May 17, 2025
So this is my final word.
Abortion needs to be free everywhere, at all ages, without a parent's knowledge or permission.
-Thanks NW-
my sister (2 children) took her life 13 years after being duped by an abuser who initially played Prince Charming. An extraordinary and down-to-earth person, for some reason she was in denial. Though her Dad and siblings saw this guy clearly right away. I’ve known others get married after only a short time because they were pregnant and same thing happened…wishing women would take time and be willing to know more before involving children.
I had an aunt in the same situation, the abused always thinks that the abuser just needs to be loved a little more, or needs more attention, or needs to be understood more. And then you add children to the mix, the entire situation becomes unavoidable. It is almost like a slow motion accident, all of the witnesses know what’s going to happen except the abused.
something i haven’t said out loud is that just before she died my sister told me she suspected her young daughter was being abused by him. Also that he had threatened to take my life. My mind couldn’t go there at first. The Coroner said his behavior reminded him of his own father. I got nowhere because the father shipped the children out of the country, probably silenced with threats. We always wonder how the mother allows these things to go on, but I found out later that she tried many times to leave. He even held on to the ashes and took the photos. In his only call to me after my precious sister died, he said he had somehow “seen me naked” as a teen. Denegration is a power strategy.
(And incidentally the key to what is being done to the American people right now.)
-thx.
Thanks for everything Dudette! Truly.
This stuff really happens…wrote this thinking it might help someone who wonders if they’re imagining things.
-Can say it now that he is dead.
Yes and it is weeks past time for the House Democrats to hold #AGBarr & @stevenmnuchin1 in "inherent" CRIMINAL CONTEMPT and JAIL them until they comply.
Without enforcement the lawless laugh and accelerate their criminality.
“Joe Biden’s got his groove back.” Sounds like a good (borrowed) book title. Been waitin’ for it, and he delivered today.
@JoeBiden is back!! @DrBiden is with him - love her. Resounding call to arms in Philly, Joe! Unity! Hope over fear, truth over lies! I'm with President @BarackObama's VP. #BFD #Biden2020 #RidinWithBiden
Unlike Comrade minus, President Obama never used his office on Air Force One to publicly attack and bully a political opponent. Today, minus posted a 30-second video of himself on his official twitter account trashing the Mayor of NYC, who is running against him for president. There are no longer any boundaries in the current administration even if his/their actions are unethical, immoral and/or illegal.
You must enforce the law @SpeakerPelosi @RepAdamSchiff @RepJerryNadler @RepRichardNeal violation of subpoena means immediate fine of $25K per day COLLECTED daily. Failure to pay means immediate arrest. After 7 days, fine is automatically replaced with imprisonment. Do your job.
— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) May 18, 2025
Without enforcement it’s all just gesture and folly before the inevitable collapse of order and civil society.
Joe Biden: "President Trump inherited an economy from Obama-Biden administration that was given to him, just like he inherited everything else in his life." Via CBS pic.twitter.com/ssX3poMCGa
CC: #maga — your bone spur boy landed between 3rd and home, than ran back to first (lost all his money), then his Daddy stepped in and punched the pitcher, then Don finally made it to home base, and convinced you suckers he hit a home run 🙄 https://t.co/ZOWti0vLdt
Final 4 mins:
“…that challenge has been handed to us…
will we be the ones to let the government of, by and for the people perish from the face of the Earth? are we going to let that happen? dare we let that happen? Absolutely not! We will not! I will not! You will not! …the United States is a beacon of hope for the world…will not be extinguished on my watch or yours…here’s the amazing thing about this moment in history, on the one hand we’re facing the biggest threat…in our entire lifetime. On the other hand we’ve never had a future that’s more promising…I’ve said many times I am more optimistic about America’s future today than when I got elected. (I’m not young enough to be sworn in as a United States senator at age 29). Here’s why. Folks we are better positioned than any nation in the world to lead the 21st century and I’ve traveled the world and met most of the world’s leaders. They know without us they can’t lead. Our workers are 3 times as productive as workers in Asia and that’s a fact. Number one we have the biggest economy in the world, we have the strongest military in the history of the world. We have the most innovative entrepreneurs. We are virtually energy independent and we have more great research universities in the city, this state, this country than all the world combined. Fact! No other nation, no other nation can match us. If we step up! We lead by the power of our example, not by the example of our power. The only thing that can tear America apart is America itself, and we can not let that happen. Everybody knows who Donald Trump is - even his supporters know who he is. But I have to let you know. Here’s the deal. We have to let them know who WE are, what we stand for. We choose hope over fear. Truth over lies. And yes unity over division. It’s time for us to lift our heads up, open our hearts and remember who we are. We are the United States of America. There’s not a single thing we cannot do together.
God bless you all and may God protect our troops!”
Joe was on fire. And he was the first Democrat to rave about President Obama, and he meant it. Who knows where this is all going, but I definitely enjoyed seeing Joe today.
Republican Congressman from Michigan, Justin Amash, is the first crack in the armor. If all Republicans in Congress would take the time to actually read the Mueller report, they’d be hard pressed to turn away from Trump’s mountain of criminality.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) May 18, 2025
Here are my principal conclusions: 1. Attorney General Barr has deliberately misrepresented Mueller’s report. 2. President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct. 3. Partisanship has eroded our system of checks and balances. 4. Few members of Congress have read the report.
Thank you for being the ONLY Member of @HouseGOP to demonstrate that #RuleOfLaw tumps partisan support of the Republican Criminal currently occupying @WhiteHouse.
Please support 'inherent contempt' charges against #AGBarr, @stevenmnuchin1. & other Trumpians who defile the law.
Absolutely. All his points are ‘spot on.’ Don’t you wonder if his ‘coming out’ will break the damn? I’m guessing the answer to that is no. At least right now. If the Dems would begin playing hardball—fining and if necessary, jailing these people and if they would begin hearings getting the truth and information out to the citizens, I do think a few Rs like this guy would begin a bigger ‘stream’ of folks.
Here are my principal conclusions: 1. Attorney General Barr has deliberately misrepresented Mueller’s report. 2. President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct. 3. Partisanship has eroded our system of checks and balances. 4. Few members of Congress have read the report.
While impeachment should be undertaken only in extraordinary circumstances, the risk we face in an environment of extreme partisanship is not that Congress will employ it as a remedy too often but rather that Congress will employ it so rarely that it cannot deter misconduct.
“The media landscape today deprives us of an agreed set of facts. Viewers of MSNBC see different facts than those who watch Fox. Without a common base for discussion, we can never reach consensus, but a public hearing could change that by letting the American people observe witnesses’ words and demeanors for themselves. The bubbles we all live in can be penetrated by such evidence, just as it was in the Manafort trial and the Watergate Senate and impeachment hearings.
This is why we must have public hearings. With the testimony of witnesses who can be evaluated by all Americans, I fully anticipate Trump’s support will further erode. Public hearings made a difference in the case of Nixon. As Blumenthal says, “the more the public knew of Nixon’s crimes through public televised hearings, the more rapidly Nixon’s poll numbers crumbled.” And, I’d add, the more bipartisan support for impeachment grew.
Not only will impeachment of Trump not hurt Democrats in 2020, it is essential to preserving Congress as a co-equal branch of government as our Founders intended and is essential to Congress fulfilling its constitutional and moral obligations.”
Spot on with this comment from JWB….Also, this from Amash thread, also spot on
America’s institutions depend on officials to uphold both the rules and spirit of our constitutional system even when to do so is personally inconvenient or yields a politically unfavorable outcome. Our Constitution is brilliant and awesome; it deserves a government to match it.
As it happens, Congressman Amash is on the House Oversight Committee, this my request to the truly Distinguished Chair of that Committee …
Dear @RepCummings I hope you will congratulate Congressman @justinamash for his defense of the #RuleOfLaw rather than adhering to the #Trumpian criminality embraced by @HouseGOP. Let’s hope his courage is infectious, including among any House Dem unwilling to enforce the law. Ty
New Hampshire school cafeteria worker fired for giving food to student who couldn't pay - WHBQ! The hero is Bonnie Kimball! If she needs a job we have openings at @thinkfoodgroup if you know her, let her know! @NewHampJournal https://t.co/o7JHXgRtn6
The Trump admin has removed references to the Affordable Care Act from Health and Human Services websites at least 26 times since Trump took office in January 2017, according to a report released by the Sunlight Foundation.https://t.co/ok5fS3KJDr
I very much admire these journalists who’ve been following this forever, and are now personally involved (as some have expressed). It’s not something you can forget, I’m sure, once you’ve witnessed it. We can’t get it out of our minds, either, but most of us haven’t seen it up close.
Plus it will show all of America who REALLY believes in the Rule of Law!
Why can't House Democrats see that impeaching Trump, whether or not it leads to his conviction and removal in the Senate, gives tens of millions of Americans hope that truth, decency, integrity, rule of law, and democracy still mean something?
If the #RuleOfLaw is not equitably, vigorously enforced by law abiding citizens it becomes an instrument wielded by tyrants like Trump & Putin to destroy any person & institution refusing to bow to them. Thus, Inherent Contempt & Impeachment are mandatory actions Dems must take.
“Joe Biden Hits Trump Right Between His Racist Eyes.”
““Let me ask you, are we a nation that believes there is a moral equivalence between white supremacist and neo-nazi and the Ku Klux Klan and those with the courage to stand against them. No, we don’t. But Trump does. Trump said there is a moral equivalence. Are we a nation that believes ripping children from the arms of their parents at the border? No, we don’t. But Trump does. Are we a nation that embraces dictators and tyrants like Putin and Kim Jong-un? We don’t, but trump does. Look, every day we’re reminded about this — in this election about we have to remember who we are and what we stand for and what we believe. And every day we’re reminded there is nothing guaranteed about our democracy. We have to fight for it. We have to defend it. We have to earn it. We have to earn it.” (Jason Easley)
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/18/joe-biden-hits-trump-right-between-his-racist-eyes.html
As AG Holder noted upon departing the DOJ, the carrier folk were going to be tested, mightily. They have been. We need to do everything possible to encourage them to remain loyal to the impartial service of Justice.
Dear @TheJusticeDept & @FBI Professionals.
Remain true to yourselves & #RuleOfLaw.
Today history was made. #RepAmash, a Lone Republican, nailed #AGBarr & #Trump for precisely what they are - ENEMIES of the US Constitution & the Republic that you serve. #TrumpRussia.
AG Barr has deliberately misrepresented the Mueller report. He has started examinations of the conduct of Intell/FBI personnel without a predicate-for political reasons. He is protecting the President. He does not stand up for the good people he leads. He is not fit to lead DOJ.
Yep. So that just happened. Looking forward to this!! @Canada2020 A Conversation with President @BarackObama!!!! pic.twitter.com/Ljuu7Y1RC8
— Geoffrey Crowe 🇨🇦 (@GeoffreyMBCrowe) May 17, 2025
The last time Obama was in Ottawa, he got a standing ovation in the House of Commons https://t.co/Ard91OqNLV
— HuffPost Canada (@HuffPostCanada) April 23, 2025
A generation-defining political leader: join Canada 2020 as we host President Barack Obama live in Ottawa on May 31st 2019. You can reserve your seat starting Friday, April 26th at 12 PM EST. Details here: https://t.co/tzrdzzcmUY Reserve your seat here: https://t.co/Gue3s96cW3 pic.twitter.com/7ag6MJ1jhf
Let's focus on delivering an incessant message to every House Dem AND Republican.
ENFORCE the Law.
Deploy Inherent Contempt and Impeachment as if you're on the front lines of a war with an internal enemy supported by a foreign adversary - because YOU ARE.
Watching Joe Biden political address today very reassuring. He is AMERICAN values. Knows and respects how our gov operates. Needs a younger but talented Vice President like Sen Kamala Harris or Sen Amy Klobuchar. The solution to our dangerous situation.
Orange dollhands is illegitimate, as are all his fraud choices for the courts. You don’t get to pack the courts when you got your position in a fraudulent way!
This must be #WhoOwnsKavanaugh https://t.co/1MGACvfsjc
A just-published report by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics’ award-winning OpenSecrets.org reveals the Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative secretive dark money group received $22 million from anonymous donors in the year leading up to the Tump administration and conservatives’ push to place Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court.
$17 million of that $22 million came from one anonymous donor.
This thread (worth reading it all) from an honest Republican (who is an attorney) looking at conspicuous facts, and calling them accordingly. How rare! May Justin Amash’s candor become contagious… https://t.co/AJYnqPbPSL
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) May 18, 2025
"Our Constitution is brilliant and awesome; it deserves a government to match it." - Justin Amash, a Republican Congressman from Michigan, breaks ranks with the GOP to call out the actions of the GOP Congress, Barr and Trump and calls for Impeachment. Here's the thread. 👇🏻 https://t.co/hT7sm3Uo4P
Trump is doing precisely what Putin tells him to do and you know, better than most, how Putin must be freaking that the Ukrainian People are robustly courageous and refuse to be subjugated by him or any other Russian kleptocrat (Czar) ever again.
I'm pretty sure that if @JoeBiden gets the nomination, he will beat @RealDonaldTrump, but I'm 1000% certain that if we voted separately, @DrBiden would crush https://t.co/mme67Hnnrs
Dear whoever is listening, We are so tired. Tired of hearing you talk on and on about his crimes then doing almost nothing about it. We are tired of twitter platitudes that lack substance, heart, or a plan. We are tired of hearing the same thing on the news every night only to /1
Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, is running for office.
“I have advocated tirelessly to empower our communities & make them safer, but the work is not done. I am proud to announce that I will run to represent District 1 on the county commission.”https://t.co/LvhniJUGF9
I believe that Putin must’ve told him this would be a good idea… and framed it in such a way that orange doll hands on thought he just one upped everyone with this idea. Did you bring the handcuffs, indeed.
There will be outrage at this. Rightfully so.
But unless those who comment have commanded in combat - and had responsibility for standards, morale & adhering to rule of law - they won’t understand how dangerous & disastrous this is to military cohesion and discipline. https://t.co/IwUik7mR7l
Great, remember all the men and women that died serving their country with honor to show boat pardons for war criminals. These men are a disgrace to the uniform and don’t deserve a pardon. https://t.co/rkx76pS6Wu
1. As a former career prosecutor, including 6 years as an Army JAG, this makes me sick. Please bear with me as this will take a minute: Our military criminal justice system protects the rights of soldiers accused of crimes as well as, if not better then, many civilian systems… https://t.co/dtJMOZ6Elg
Amoral coward and psychopath Trump who said he wanted to bring back waterboarding and "a hell of a lot worse" is now looking to pardon grotesque war criminals on Memorial Day, a day of honor and remembrance of those who sacrificed for our country. The days are growing darker.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan have shared a video of wedding memories and behind the scenes moments for their first anniversary. “This Little Light of Mine” plays in the background of the Instagram clip — the song they chose for their recessional💞 pic.twitter.com/YrvlmHFLEC
I was gonna post something, but all I can do is 😃😃😃😃😃😘😘😘😘
iconic, our past and future heroes.
-thanks Sheila.
The child reaching out to Harriet gives the mural even more meaningful. Touchingly beautiful.
As time goes by it will be interesting to see which names will be exalted, and which names will be cursed.
You can bet Obama and Trump will be at the opposite ends of that scale!
Precisely!
Oh so sweet! Love that man and his family. Well deserved honour.
YAYYYY!!
On Climate Crisis and Global Heating.
Movement to use the terms ‘climate crisis’ and ‘global heating’.
“Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment”: (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/17/why-the-guardian-is-changing-the-language-it-uses-about-the-environment)
“The phrase ‘climate change’, for example, sounds rather passive and gentle when what scientists are talking about is a catastrophe for humanity.” (editor-in-chief Katharine VIner)
Prof Richard Betts, who leads the Met Office’s climate research, said “global heating” was a more accurate term than “global warming” to describe the changes taking place to the world’s climate. In the political world, U.K. MPs recently endorsed the Labour party’s declaration of a “climate emergency”.
-Cimate crisis and global heating is settled science. Happening now.
-And BBC yes, yes, thank you: “You do not need a ‘denier’ to (fake) balance the debate.” (npr take note)
Thank you for this post and this happy place, Nerdy, and a good Saturday to all!
Haven’t seen a clip to post yet, but highly recommend viewing Raskin’s impassioned take on where Congress stands, which he delivered on Joy’s show. I was practically standing up, screaming yeehaw back at him through the teevee. In my view, it’s not helping when we Democrats stop listening and only point fingers at each other. We need to have faith in the fact that our reps in Congress have brains and are just as dedicated to taking down trump as we all are. Raskin, I think, yelled it to the rooftops. And, yes, we must continue to remind them we are watching, every single day - I’m for that, as well!
We all have and are entitled to our own views on the process … but he showed the fighting spirit we must all retain, while being unified against the demon (meant literally) in the WH. Nancy Pelosi’s caucus is on it, and they’re following the course that the Constitution has given us. Nothing worth fighting for is ever easy. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for … we are the change that we seek.
Excellent suggestion J’OB, thanks! ❤
Is this it, JO’B? I’m listening to it now even as I post. Hope it works it this is it.
https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/legal-conflicts-between-trump-and-house-democrats-escalate-58868293506?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_jy
Hi, VC - This one looks like an old one, from earlier in the month. My reference was to today’s - haven’t seen the video yet. 🙂
“THERE WILL BE NO WAR.” (Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.)
Fact: “The 2015 deal aimed to cut sanctions on Iran in exchange for an end to its nuclear programme, but (Trump) withdrew from it last year and imposed new sanctions.” Fact: Trump-Bolton have “deployed warships and planes to the Gulf and ordered the departure of “non-emergency employees” from Iraq, citing intelligence about a potential threat to US forces by Iran.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48321768
-Ben Rhodes: Bolton is “trying to goad Iran into giving him a pretext for this war.”
-Again Zarif: “There will be no war”.
As I sit back and think about my ancestors’ arrival to this country, and all the way up to present day I can’t help but also think about this country’s present predicament. Almost every right is under attack from this administration. Here in America there are some communities that have never known peace, that have never experienced the full breadth and width of what America has to offer, goddamnit. I’ll try to finish my thoughts on this some other time.
I don’t know, I’m just pissed that this shit has gotten this far, all because a whole lotta people felt some kind of way that a Black man dared to run this motherfucker. And now we find ourselves running full steam ahead into certain oblivion. The current occupant at 1600 fucked everything that moved, bankrupted every company that his racist father gave him, and beyond a doubt colluded with the Russians to steal an election. But the thing is, he didn’t do it in the dark, he did it in broad daylight. And they had help, they had help from the ever gullible American.
Ok Don, turn that anger into energy to elect Joe Biden & Kamala Harris in 2020
Amen
I’m kinda leaning towards Bernie, he’s a man of the people.
I see you still got jokes LOL
Sometimes when you are surrounded my madness, laughter is the only thing that will get you through. And you are so right, some sort of combination of Joe, K, or Warren must happen.
Right on!
-WIN! WIN! against big oil!!
Major precedent for indigenous rights and respect:
“Millions of acres of rainforest saved: A tiny Amazon tribe just defeated big oil in a historic lawsuit.”
The Ecuadorian government wanted to drill for oil through seven million acres of land in the Amazon. However, their efforts were stopped thanks to the Waorani people of Pastaza, who won a historic court ruling against the government. The lawsuit represented 16 Waorani communities who live inside the Ecudorian jungle…The ruling immediately protects have a million acres from government-sanctioned drilling but also puts a stop to a planned auctioning seven million additional acres of land that would have gone to private companies who wanted to set up oil exploration operations.” (https://www.upworthy.com/millions-of-acres-of-rainforest-saved-a-tiny-amazon-tribe-just-defeated-big-oil-in-a-historic-lawsuit)
…heard leo dicaprio helped. proud of his work…
“Our territory is our decision,
and now, since we are owners,
we are not going to let oil enter and destroy our natural surroundings and kill our culture.”
(Waorani leader Nemonte Nenquimo)
-thanks NW and best wishes to all for a good day!
Thank you for posting that, Nerdy, horrific as the story was. This is real life, people, and we must never forget it.
-Thanks NW-
my sister (2 children) took her life 13 years after being duped by an abuser who initially played Prince Charming. An extraordinary and down-to-earth person, for some reason she was in denial. Though her Dad and siblings saw this guy clearly right away. I’ve known others get married after only a short time because they were pregnant and same thing happened…wishing women would take time and be willing to know more before involving children.
I had an aunt in the same situation, the abused always thinks that the abuser just needs to be loved a little more, or needs more attention, or needs to be understood more. And then you add children to the mix, the entire situation becomes unavoidable. It is almost like a slow motion accident, all of the witnesses know what’s going to happen except the abused.
wow that fits Don. I thought hey she likes him and as a loving person I supported her choice for a long time, not knowing the real story.
something i haven’t said out loud is that just before she died my sister told me she suspected her young daughter was being abused by him. Also that he had threatened to take my life. My mind couldn’t go there at first. The Coroner said his behavior reminded him of his own father. I got nowhere because the father shipped the children out of the country, probably silenced with threats. We always wonder how the mother allows these things to go on, but I found out later that she tried many times to leave. He even held on to the ashes and took the photos. In his only call to me after my precious sister died, he said he had somehow “seen me naked” as a teen. Denegration is a power strategy.
(And incidentally the key to what is being done to the American people right now.)
-thx.
(((((( bridgeriverpass )))))
Thanks for everything Dudette! Truly.
This stuff really happens…wrote this thinking it might help someone who wonders if they’re imagining things.
-Can say it now that he is dead.
❤️❤️❤️
“Joe Biden’s got his groove back.” Sounds like a good (borrowed) book title. Been waitin’ for it, and he delivered today.
I almost feel like turning off politics for the day, because we need at least one fine day of promise and hope.
And I see it’s catching:
I really enjoyed the Biden kickoff rally also Jacqueline. Dr. Jill was good also.
I’m so glad he did so well, because I was waiting for the Joe we remembered!
Joe Biden holds official campaign kickoff rally in Philadelphia
JER, you’re awesome ❤
❤
Pete calls the WH idiot; “Comrade minus”
I Love It LOL!!!!
As I listened to Joe Biden, I kept thinking how uplifting and encouraging and positive and hopeful I felt. Just sayin’. 🙂😍
I did, too. It was the calmest I felt all day!
Without enforcement it’s all just gesture and folly before the inevitable collapse of order and civil society.
Exactly!!!
Final 4 mins:
“…that challenge has been handed to us…
will we be the ones to let the government of, by and for the people perish from the face of the Earth? are we going to let that happen? dare we let that happen? Absolutely not! We will not! I will not! You will not! …the United States is a beacon of hope for the world…will not be extinguished on my watch or yours…here’s the amazing thing about this moment in history, on the one hand we’re facing the biggest threat…in our entire lifetime. On the other hand we’ve never had a future that’s more promising…I’ve said many times I am more optimistic about America’s future today than when I got elected. (I’m not young enough to be sworn in as a United States senator at age 29). Here’s why. Folks we are better positioned than any nation in the world to lead the 21st century and I’ve traveled the world and met most of the world’s leaders. They know without us they can’t lead. Our workers are 3 times as productive as workers in Asia and that’s a fact. Number one we have the biggest economy in the world, we have the strongest military in the history of the world. We have the most innovative entrepreneurs. We are virtually energy independent and we have more great research universities in the city, this state, this country than all the world combined. Fact! No other nation, no other nation can match us. If we step up! We lead by the power of our example, not by the example of our power. The only thing that can tear America apart is America itself, and we can not let that happen. Everybody knows who Donald Trump is - even his supporters know who he is. But I have to let you know. Here’s the deal. We have to let them know who WE are, what we stand for. We choose hope over fear. Truth over lies. And yes unity over division. It’s time for us to lift our heads up, open our hearts and remember who we are. We are the United States of America. There’s not a single thing we cannot do together.
God bless you all and may God protect our troops!”
Joe was on fire. And he was the first Democrat to rave about President Obama, and he meant it. Who knows where this is all going, but I definitely enjoyed seeing Joe today.
The ‘crack’ heard round the world …
He needs to be the first of many
Absolutely. All his points are ‘spot on.’ Don’t you wonder if his ‘coming out’ will break the damn? I’m guessing the answer to that is no. At least right now. If the Dems would begin playing hardball—fining and if necessary, jailing these people and if they would begin hearings getting the truth and information out to the citizens, I do think a few Rs like this guy would begin a bigger ‘stream’ of folks.
The thread
Part of his excellent thread:
Thank you df for expanding the thread.
Following from Jill Wine-Banks is relevant:
“The media landscape today deprives us of an agreed set of facts. Viewers of MSNBC see different facts than those who watch Fox. Without a common base for discussion, we can never reach consensus, but a public hearing could change that by letting the American people observe witnesses’ words and demeanors for themselves. The bubbles we all live in can be penetrated by such evidence, just as it was in the Manafort trial and the Watergate Senate and impeachment hearings.
This is why we must have public hearings. With the testimony of witnesses who can be evaluated by all Americans, I fully anticipate Trump’s support will further erode. Public hearings made a difference in the case of Nixon. As Blumenthal says, “the more the public knew of Nixon’s crimes through public televised hearings, the more rapidly Nixon’s poll numbers crumbled.” And, I’d add, the more bipartisan support for impeachment grew.
Not only will impeachment of Trump not hurt Democrats in 2020, it is essential to preserving Congress as a co-equal branch of government as our Founders intended and is essential to Congress fulfilling its constitutional and moral obligations.”
https://www.justsecurity.org/64173/the-balance-has-shifted-the-data-on-impeachment-favor-moving-ahead/
Spot on with this comment from JWB….Also, this from Amash thread, also spot on
Agree, df!! Thank you for expanding the thread.
As it happens, Congressman Amash is on the House Oversight Committee, this my request to the truly Distinguished Chair of that Committee …
Sure do love when a window or sliding door opens wide:)
He’s a cancer
Like I said, he’s a cancer that needs to be removed so that we may heal
I very much admire these journalists who’ve been following this forever, and are now personally involved (as some have expressed). It’s not something you can forget, I’m sure, once you’ve witnessed it. We can’t get it out of our minds, either, but most of us haven’t seen it up close.
Plus it will show all of America who REALLY believes in the Rule of Law!
Exactly ….
“Joe Biden Hits Trump Right Between His Racist Eyes.”
““Let me ask you, are we a nation that believes there is a moral equivalence between white supremacist and neo-nazi and the Ku Klux Klan and those with the courage to stand against them. No, we don’t. But Trump does. Trump said there is a moral equivalence. Are we a nation that believes ripping children from the arms of their parents at the border? No, we don’t. But Trump does. Are we a nation that embraces dictators and tyrants like Putin and Kim Jong-un? We don’t, but trump does. Look, every day we’re reminded about this — in this election about we have to remember who we are and what we stand for and what we believe. And every day we’re reminded there is nothing guaranteed about our democracy. We have to fight for it. We have to defend it. We have to earn it. We have to earn it.” (Jason Easley)
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/18/joe-biden-hits-trump-right-between-his-racist-eyes.html
As AG Holder noted upon departing the DOJ, the carrier folk were going to be tested, mightily. They have been. We need to do everything possible to encourage them to remain loyal to the impartial service of Justice.
YUP.
Thanks for the info, JER. I love that man!
❤❤❤
bbl …
I can’t imagine
Another effing international scandal, just so he could look like he “measured up” (he doesn’t) to President Obama.
Thank you Dr. Jill ❤
LOVE THIS!
I’ll go with Kamala Harris, thank you.
I’m definitely with Kamala Harris, too. Even though I wouldn’t write it anywhere but here, I’m totally turned off by Amy K.
Orange dollhands is illegitimate, as are all his fraud choices for the courts. You don’t get to pack the courts when you got your position in a fraudulent way!
A just-published report by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics’ award-winning OpenSecrets.org reveals the Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative secretive dark money group received $22 million from anonymous donors in the year leading up to the Tump administration and conservatives’ push to place Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court.
$17 million of that $22 million came from one anonymous donor.
There it is
The cult is butthurt when they see someone break from the rest of the sheeple and do the right thing
The cult is butthurt when they see someone break from the rest of the sheeple and do the right thing
I blocked that Moss a-hole a while back, so thanks for posting his utterly disgusting, yet not unexpected, words. Ugh.
I think you got confused about who posted the disgusting words, job… it wasn’t Mr. Moss.
Oh, okay - I’ll take another look! 🙂
Truth …
Yes, I enjoyed that one!
Nice. And goodnight, TODville!
Goodnight TOD …
Morning everyone. Thread
Yes, you should share
I believe that Putin must’ve told him this would be a good idea… and framed it in such a way that orange doll hands on thought he just one upped everyone with this idea. Did you bring the handcuffs, indeed.
Thread
Important thread…..Blackwater = Eric Prince
https://mobile.twitter.com/choo_ek/status/1129938254998822912/photo/1
Sweetness break. ENJOY the choir:
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2019/05/19/abortion-saves-lives/