Yesterday, more than one newsletter was so hot, I found myself overwhelmed. Just some samples – Headlines from Crooks and Liars: “Indictment of Rand Paul In-Law May Lead to Even Bigger Fish” “Trolling Putin: Street Renamed ‘President Zelensky [sic] Way in Front of Russian Embassy” “FINALLY: Senate Passes Anti-Lynching Bill, 67 Years Later” “Irishman Plows His Truck into Russian Embassy: ‘I’ve Done My Bit, Lads'” Headlines from The 19th: “Raising a transgender child in Texas has been one long political emergency” “2022 elections are important, women say — but a poll suggests they may be too overwhelmed to prioritize politics” Headlines from Wonkette: “You Want A Fugitive Uterus Act? Missouri Will Give You A Fugitive Uterus Act” “Michigan GOP Nominee, World’s Worst Dad Says Truly Vile Sh*t About Rape” “Grisly Murderer Goes All Mean Girls On Joe Biden” Not to mention the breaking news from Colorado Public Radio (i did put this in a comment on yesterday’s Open Thread, but in case you missed it) “Election security breach leads to charges for Mesa Clerk Tina Peters.”
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NM Political Report – A small Texas-based group urges New Mexico counties to oppose 30×30
Quote – It didn’t take long for a small group founded by the daughter of a couple involved in the 1990s Sagebrush Rebellion to mobilize after President Joe Biden released an executive order in January 2021 that called for conserving 30 percent of the country’s lands and water by 2030. Since then, American Stewards of Liberty have successfully led counties across the United States to pass resolutions opposing the initiative, including five New Mexico counties—Chaves, Otero, Catron, Quay, Lea and Sandoval. San Juan County may pass such a resolution in the future.
Click through for details. Funny how right wing “grassroots” seem to alwats turn out to be well funded PACs.
ProPublica – Billionaire-Backed Group Enlists Trump-Supporting Citizens to Hunt for Voter Fraud Using Discredited Techniques
Quote – “Voter rolls are very, very important to the process,” Florida software and database engineer Jeff O’Donnell told the gathering of 300 in late January in Chippewa Falls, deeming the rolls “the ground zero” of what he called Democratic plots to steal elections. The only way former President Donald Trump could have lost his reelection campaign in 2020, O’Donnell said in an interview, was if voter rolls had been inflated with people who shouldn’t have been able to cast ballots.
Click through for full story. This is so deluded it would be laughable, were it not so dangerous.
Women’s History – The 19th – The only all-Black women’s unit sent to Europe during WWII is awarded a Congressional medal
Quote – Led by Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley, the highest-ranking Black woman officer at the time, the 850-woman battalion departed from New York in 1945 for England and later France. The unit included medics, dining hall workers, police, transportation, administrative and other support service members. Their mission: processing millions of letters and packages that had been backlogged, unopened and collecting dust for months and even years, a crucial task that kept soldiers connected to their families.
Click through for story. I had not known this. Now that I do, I can only say “:About G-D- time.”
Food For Thought:
Joan Baez outside her house with one of her recent painting portraits. pic.twitter.com/5Gf1TpPa56
— Greg Mitchell (@GregMitch) March 8, 2022
(If you click on the link, you can see more of Joan)
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