Glenn Kirschner – House Investigation of 1/6 Insurrection Issues 4 Subpoenas. Here’s an Overview of the Legal Issues
Meidas Touch – Rep. Dingell on Standing Up to “Hateful Bully” Marjorie Taylor Greene
Really American – Republicans Opposing Paid Sick Leave In Infrastructure
Liberal Redneck – Review of Kyrsten Sinema (Excerpt)
“Mangy Fetlocks” – A Message for Trumpsters About Their Car’s Warranty
Beau – Let’s talk about how white people should respond to racism they see….
Glenn Kirschner – Bannon’s Attempt to Justify His Seditious “Crib” Statement Produces Deeply Incriminating Admission
Chris Hayes: Tucker Carlson ‘A Lot More Overt’ With His Bigotry Than David Duke
Thom Hartmann – Trump Inspired Bullies Mobilize Authoritarian Psychopaths
Armageddon Update | Dogs, Bruh!
Liberal Redneck – Review of Louie Gohmert Excerpt)
Couple Finds A Tiny Calico Kitten Outside of Starbucks
Beau – Let’s talk about Rudy being banned from Fox….
Glenn Kirschner – Evidence Against Bannon for Seditious Conspiracy Mounts, Superseding Indictments Coming Per Wray
Meidas Touch – John Heilemann DESTROYS Republicans who sold their soul for Trump
Really American – Republicans Try And Block Voting Rights
politicsrus – Debt Ceiling HD
Rocky Mountain Mike – Hidden Valley DNA
Cat Welcomes Home Soldier (awesome)
Beau – Let’s talk about our man in Haiti, Daniel Foote…. EXACTLY!
Glenn Kirschner – More Indictments Coming From NY DA Vance, Per Today’s Hearing in Weisselberg/Trump Org. Court Case
The Lincoln Project – Brian Kemp Laugh Track
politicsrus – Afghanistan Truth HD
RepresentUs – The Freedom to Vote Act Summary and Explanation. This is not the JohnLewis Act – it is the one which originates in the Senate … and therefore has a chance of passing. And it’s likely the best we are going to get. Ask yourself would we be better off with it or without it before picking at what it doesn’t do.
Robert Reich – 10 Years Since Occupy – What Did We Learn?
Armageddon Update – 9-11: We Forgot to Never Forget
Founders Sing – Here They Come Again
Beau – Let’s talk about Biden, mistakes, and the 1950s…. I rest my case (I’m blue in the face from repeating it myself, though nit as well as this presentation.)
Yesterday, I slept in a couple of hours – no cool dreams, but I awoke to a day cool enough to shut off all the fans again. Of course. I surely could have used that kind of weather Sunday. Today is supposed to stay cool-ish, and then back to the fans for another week. Of course that’s not carved in stone. Incidentally, today is the day the US celebrates the Chinese Moon Festival (China celebrates for 3 days). If there is an Asian grocery near you, you might want to see whether they have any extra Mooncakes. Yum.
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Crooks and Liars – Eric Trump Has A Fit On Fox News Over Getting Subpoenas ‘Every Single Day’
Quote – Eric Trump complained on Sunday that the Trump Organization and the Trump family is facing an onslaught of investigations and that they are forced to respond to subpoenas “every single day.”
Click through for complete whine. No extra charge for projection. But, if he’s telling the truth about receiving tham, that os good news indeed.
The Hill – Drug companies on verge of sinking longtime Democratic priority
Quote – The bill at the center of the fight, H.R. 3, would allow Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs by tying them to the lower prices paid by other high-income countries. The measure is projected to free up around $700 billion through the money it saves on drug purchases — covering a big chunk of the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan.
CLick through for background. This is the kind of story that often geets overlooked, but shouldn’t.
The 19th – ‘We’re seeing shock.’ Texas abortion clinics are now operating as trauma centers
Quote – When patients arrive at [Whole Woman’s Health in Fort Worth], she said, they are aware of the realities of the new law: Abortion past six weeks is now illegal, with no exceptions for rape and incest. Still, they can hardly process that there’s little the clinic can do to help them…. For patients they can’t treat, clinic staff offer to schedule appointments with providers out of state. To date, not a single patient at Whole Woman’s Health in Fort Worth has taken them up on it. Most are taken aback by the offer, Sadler said. They’ve already had to take time off of work, find child care and transportation, even leave meals for family at home just to make it through the door at her clin
Click through for more. The 19th is (as you might guess by reading the 19th Amendment) woman-centered, and this article puts a face on the issue which most publications don’t.
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Glenn Kirschner – If the J6 Rally on 9/18 is Relatively Peaceful, What Will That Tell Us About the Violence of 1/6?
Meidas Touch – Governor Newsom gives his victory speech after defeating the recall.
The Lincoln Project – The Fox Virus
MSNBC – State Republicans Seek Voters’ Personal Info As GOP Vote Count Stunts Threaten Security
Don Winslow Films – #TexasWarOnWomen
Parody Project – WITH THIS CREW
Beau – Let’s talk about General Milley’s actions….
Glenn Kirschner – FBI/Chris Wray Failed to Investigate 4500 Tips about Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS nomination. INVESTIGATE NOW!
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party – Sept 14, 2021
Josh Remillard – A Ruck (running against Cawthorn)
Really American – GOP Science Deniers
MSNBC – Rachel – On Concerns Of Trump Instability, Gen. Milley Built Shadow Authority Claims Book
Corey Ryan Forrester – Acclaimed British actor Nigel Davies on why British actors are cast as southerners /S
Beau – Let’s talk about problems big and small…. (This really touched me)
Yesterday, I discovered that Bob Woodward’s new book, “Peril” (co-written with Robert Costa), is so packed with bombshells that I’m not going to be able to cover it properly. And it’s not even out until next week. I’m sure to be making allusions to it from time to time, though. Especially in the video thread. But the high point of the day was seeing a dear friend who picks up for me the one prescription I can’t get delivered. Thanks to the pandemic, including now Delta, that’s the only way I get to see her.
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HuffPost – QAnon Followers Threaten Hospital After Outspoken COVID Denier Dies Of COVID
Quote – Lin Wood — a far-right attorney Twitter permanently banned earlier this year after he predicted the execution of then-Vice President Mike Pence by firing squad — seized upon [Veronica] Wolski’s hospitalization to boost his own publicity. He used social media to urge his followers to contact staff at the hospital and demand Wolski be treated with ivermectin. Hundreds of people have since called and emailed the hospital, according to NBC Chicago. Some have threatened violence. In a post on Telegram after Wolski’s death, Wood told his followers they had a “responsibility” to stop “medical murders” and to “go to war.” Hospital staff reportedly called the police in response to bomb threats.
Click through for details. Sigh. “The party of personal responsibility” strikes again.
Crooks and Liars – Alabama Man Dies After 43 Hospitals With Full ICUs Turned Him Away
Quote – A reminder, if one were even needed at this point, that with all these COVID patients in ICU beds across the country resources are stretched to their limit. In Alabama things are especially dire, as they no longer have any ICU beds. When Ray DeMonia suffered his cardiac event they searched in vain for an ICU bed for him, finally finding one in Mississippi. But it was too late.
Click through for story. It’s a little cooloer as I type this, but it’s not cold enough for me to be cool with my blood boiling.
The Hill – Trump’s 2020 gains in rural America offset by Biden’s urban dominance
Quote – “We’re becoming more diverse, we’re becoming more urban, and most of that is happening outside of places Trump won,” said William Frey, a senior demographer at the Brookings Institution. “Even though Trump did better than he did in 2016 in some of those bigger places, the groups he was getting are shrinking parts of those populations.”
Click through for more. I would point out, first, that this data is based on the last election, and secondly, that if we don’t have voting laws in place nationwide that provide for actual majority rule, it doesn’t much matter.
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Also, for those observing Yo Kippur, may the fast be easy and the day blessed.