Glenn Kirschner – Day 1 of Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress trial: jury selection. Many jurors voice their disdain
Meidas Touch – (NSFW) Texas Paul REACTS to Republican Obsession with TRAITORS
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party July 19
Robert Reich – Why Joe Manchin is Wrong About Inflation and Why We Need a Windfall Profits Tax
Puppet Regime – The Newsletter the PUPPET REGIME Wants You To Read
Beau – Let’s talk about systemic failures in Uvalde….
Glenn Kirschner- Lindsey Graham desperate to avoid testifying about Trump’s Georgia election crimes
Meidas Touch – Angry Tennessee Brando gives EPIC REACTION to Jan 6 Hearings
CBS News – Jan. 6 committee member Rep. Adam Schiff expresses concern over witness safety
White Supremacy (A Rebuttal) | Christopher Titus | Zero Side Effects
John Fugelsang “Caffeinated” – The US Has a Joe Manchin & Krysten Sinema Problem. Here is a Solution for you Biden! (a re-re;ease – but still accurate)
Beau – Let’s talk about benefits and Republicans telling you who they are….
Glenn Kirschner on Fire! DOJ Needs a Backbone Now! Thoughts on Bannon & Trump w/ Stephanie Miller.
Meidas Touch – Texas Paul REACTS to Sarah Palin’s INSANE Speech at Trump Rally
The Lincoln Project – Part of the Plan
Twitter – Trigger warning –
“The sound of children screaming has been removed” https://t.co/H0p4FNfMJe pic.twitter.com/83s22tEt8h
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 15, 2022
MSNBC – Senators Close To Releasing Bill Preventing Candidates From Stealing Elections
Liberal Redneck – Uvalde Footage
Beau – Let’s talk about Jefferson, Monticello, and Fox….
Glenn – J6 hearing: more evidence of Trump’s crimes AND more evidence of persistent unfairness & injustice
Meidas Touch – BREAKING: Trump caught WITNESS TAMPERING by Jan 6 committee, referred to Justice Department
The Lincoln Project – Herschel Walker’s Green New Deal
The Ring of Fire – Majority Of Republicans Side With Mike Pence Over Trump In Election Feud
Ojeda Live – Ojeda BLASTS Republicans for Rooting for Suffering as an Election Strategy
Beau – Let’s talk about Trump, Biden, and baby formula….
Yesterday, having done the research on who picks up donations and who doesn’t, I scheduled a pickup with the Vietnam Veterans of America. The earliest date I could get was August 25, but that will work out actually – I can add to it in bits and pieces. It’ll be the first pickup but I’m sure it will not be the last.
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CPR News – A 150-year-old San Luis Valley farm stops growing food to save a shrinking water supply. It might be the first deal of its kind in the country
Quote – Farmers and ranchers across the San Luis Valley face a deadline: Their underground water source is drying up from a combination of overuse and a decades-long drought driven by climate change. To restore a balance of supply and demand, farmers and ranchers across the valley need to drastically cut how much water they pump out of the ground, according to the Colorado Division of Water Resources. If they don’t, the state has threatened to step in and shut off hundreds of wells, which local water managers say would devastate the valley’s agriculture-driven economy.
Click through to understand the dilemma. When I first came to Colorado in 1976, it was to Alamosa in the San Luis VAlley. That is where Virgil and I met and got married. We only left because we couldn’t find work there. CPR says this story is “hopeful and heartbreaking.” I concur.
Robert Reich – How to handle radical Republicans
Quote – Can we get real? There is nothing conservative about these so-called “conservatives.” They don’t want to preserve or protect our governing institutions — the core idea of conservatism extending from Edmund Burke to William F. Buckley and Barry Goldwater. They are radicals, intent on wrecking these institutions to impose their ideology on everyone else. The Supreme Court’s Republican appointees have all but obliterated stare decisis — the conservative principle that the Court must follow its precedents and not change or reverse them unless clearly necessary, and with near unanimity…. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, are abusing the filibuster and undermining the legitimacy of the Senate.
Clickt through for suggestions. I agree there is nothing conservative about “conservatives” – and there hasn’t been for decades. “Radical” is certainly more adequate, refernceing the “roots” of government and society (which they want to completely tear up.) But radical slao has a positive meaning – wanting to reform government and society from the roots up – so I’, loath to give that th them. “Reactionary” may be the most accurate. Or “extremist” – except that they like that one.
Food For Thought
Glenn – Georgia DA Willis’ subpoena-palooza: John Eastman, Rudy G., Jenna Ellis, Lindsey Graham & others.
Meidas Touch – Reenactment of Don Jr. DRUNK DIALING friend after Cassidy Hutchinson Humiliated Dad
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party – July 5, 2022
MSNBC – Could Pat Cipollone Be The John Dean Of The Jan. 6 Case?
Ojeda Live – WATCH Richard Ojeda Explain the Top 5 Republican Motivators
Beau – Let’s talk about Texas and teaching history….
Yesterday, I had not slept terribly well, but I got by with a few yawns. Virgil called, and, as promised, I told him about those of y’all who commented you are praying for him, and he was deeply appreciative, as predicted. Quite touched, in fact.
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Democratic Underground [maxrandb] – Hey MSM! Maybe the “story” isn’t 2 Dem Senators that won’t kill the filibuster
Quote – Just like they publish thousands of stories of “Dems need to reach out to rural America bullshit” and ZERO “Retrumplicans need to reach out to urban America” stories. They report thousands of time that 2 Dems Senators don’t want to kill the filibuster. When is the last time you saw a story concentrating on the 50 Retrumplican Senators that couldn’t give one fuck if women die, or if teens need to carry their Uncles baby to term?
Click through for full rant. I am SO over RWNJs babbling about the “liberal media.” Sometimes I just need to express it..
The 19th – 10 anti-LGBTQ+ bills impacting students go into effect across six states
Quote – It is already hard enough for transgender and LGBTQ+ youth to see themselves reflected in the culture or in the academic materials they’re learning from, Topping said — and harder still for LGBTQ+ youth to simply go to school if they are getting bullied. Taking away the ability for students to talk with teachers about their identity or learn about queer communities in school may hamper their ability to dream of a future with people like them in it.
Click Through for states and details. As usual, the cruelty is the point – at least the immediate point. The long-term point is genocide.
Food For Thought
Glenn Kirschner – Unrestricted guns + unrestricted hate speech = today’s American. Our government CAN tackle this
Meidas Touch – Francis EXPOSES Tucker Carlson’s influence on Buffalo Hate Crime
MSNBC – Garland Signals Criminal Case That May Involve Donald Trump Is Not Out Of Bounds (just in case you missed those magical, musical words “Grand Jury”)
No Dem Left Behind – No Dem Left Behind Endorses John Fetterman for U.S. Senate (PA)
San Francisco DA Recall – Dr. Angela Davis Opposes Prop H (I know everyone remebers her.)
CNN – ‘Millions of people absorb this garbage’: Acosta calls out Carlson for dangerous rhetoric (Acosta can usually be counted on to speak out … but one Acosta is not enough. We also have Lawrence, Ari, Mehdi, Chris, and Rachel – whom too few people watch.)
Beau- Let’s talk about why I look left and expectations….