Glenn Kirschner – WAPO Cites Kevin McCarthy’s “Downward Spiral” Culminating in Obstructing Congressional Investigation
Now This News – Remembering the Founder of the Black Panthers
Thom Hartmann – Abortion: Is the Texas GOP the Dog that Caught the Car? (We can hope he’s right – but I personally doubt it.)
Rob Rogers – Exit Strategy
Cat Keeps Stealing Things From The Neighbors
Beau – Let’s talk about a message to Australia from Florida Man….
Yesterday, I dealt with the package from saturday which contained crafting supplies.. No, I didn’t make all the crafts, but I did get stuff put awaw. The other package was a small electronic with which I am still dealing. And rested.
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Crooks and Liars – Democrats Should Be Fighting The Next War, Not The Last One
Quote – Here’s my unpopular opinion: Getting angry at Susan Collins now is a waste of time. Okay, sure, get angry. But don’t fight the last war. We had a chance to defeat Collins in 2020, and we blew it, badly. She won by 9 points. She’s not up for reelection for another five years.
Click through for what do do instead. At least some of it. There’s probebly something in your own state which is also more constructive.
Washington Post – One tactic to stop abortion bounty hunters from demolishing women’s constitutional rights
Quote – When thinking about Texas’s nefarious scheme to deprive women of their constitutional right to seek an abortion, I am reminded of the tactics White segregationists used in the years following the Brown v. Board of Education decision…. In the case of Texas’s antiabortion law, state lawmakers know that Roe v. Wade remains the law of the land, establishing a woman’s right under the 14th Amendment to control her own reproduction. So they came up with the idea to enlist private citizens to rat out women exercising their constitutional rights. They offered these people a bounty of $10,000. Think of them as hiring every Texas resident (and residents outside the state!) on a contract basis to make abortion services virtually impossible to obtain.
Click through to the Washington Post for the full editorial, or click through to Democratic Underground for a larger excerpt. I was paywalled out of the Post myself, so I’m supplying both links.
Law & Crime – Biden Will Declassify FBI Documents on Saudi Arabia’s Role in 9/11 Terrorist Attacks — Here’s What the Order Says
Quote – “When I ran for president, I made a commitment to ensuring transparency regarding the declassification of documents on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America,” a press release announcing the executive order notes. “As we approach the 20th anniversary of that tragic day, I am honoring that commitment.”
Click through for details and context. Another step in the direction of transparency – and something to look forward to.
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Meidas Touch – Jaime Harrison DESTROYS ‘Criminal’ Kevin McCarthy
MSNBC – Deadline White House
“There is a huge strategic learning from this, which is an old one… you cannot send, in a democracy, the army to war without taking the country to war along with the army… Indeed this was the forgotten war” – @SteveSchmidtSES w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/BKY8QEjU4r
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) September 1, 2021
MSNBC – Figliuzzi: Senate Asked All Wrong Questions About The Pro-Trump Attack On Capitol
Lakota Peoples Law Project – NoDAPL: Ruby Montoya is Not a Terrorist
Really American – Hillary Proven Right Again
Corey Ryan Forrester – Anti Vaxxer Defends the Children at City Council Meeting
Beau – Let’s talk about that law in Texas and tattoos….
Yesterday, I got to see Virgil and we had as good a visit as you can have under the conditions. A couple of non-visitation staff members passed through the lobby while I was checking in said hi to me, and one actually came to the visitation room to say hi to me. Well, I must be doing something right. (So must Virgil.) I appreciate them too. I depend on them to keep Virgil safe and healthy and even in some semblance of good spirits. Of course I was exhausted when I got home. So this may be a bit skimpy.
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Dem Underground – Elie Mystal, a legal expert, says . . .
Quote – Biden would be entirely within his rights to deputize doctors in Texas and make them federal employees with immunity. That’s a great idea. Make all clinic employees federal officers and untouchable.
Click through. The quote is all there is, and no link is provided, but the discussion is most interesting (Don’t believe everything. Not everyone is a lawyer.)
Her Husband Was in Jail When Ida Hit. She Hasn’t Heard From Him Since.
Click through. The quote is all there is, and no link is provided, but the discussion is most interesting (Don’t believe everything. Not everyone is a lawyer.)
Mother Jones – Her Husband Was in Jail When Ida Hit. She Hasn’t Heard From Him Since.
Quote – Yet despite a mandatory evacuation order for parish residents, Sheriff Greg Champagne did not evacuate people in the jail ahead of the storm. By Monday, the 911 system in the parish wasn’t working, according to Nola.com; on Thursday, repeated calls to the sheriff’s office and jail still failed to connect. For Davis, who has not received any word of her husband’s safety since the storm, the silence is frightening. She is planning to travel to the jail herself, along with her husband’s mother, to get answers.
Click through for story. I believe you “catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar” in any case. But this is another reason to be nice to the good staff.
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Glenn Kirschner – Rep. Kevin McCarthy Obstructs the Congressional Investigation into 1/6 Attack; DOJ Must Act
MSNBC – Vets Group Leader Praises Biden Strength For Afghanistan Exit; Pushes Back On Critics
Meidas Touch – Better With Biden
Now This News – January 6 Select Committee Wants These Questions Answered
Really American – Republicans Impose AlQaeda Laws on Texas Women
Liberal Redneck – Texas Abortion Law Ramblings (Another Patreon Excerpt)
Beau – Let’s talk about foreign policy, American vs Soviet style….
Yesterday, I got serious about getting ready to go see Virgil tomorrow. Even though I’ve done it once recently, it still requires thought and preparation. But I think I have it pretty much together. As the weather cools down, which I assume it will eventually, it will be easier … there are things I cannot put into the car a day ahead without risking heat damage to them at this point – unless I do so after dark, whidh has its own downsides.
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The New Yorker (Borowitz) – New Law Requires Texans to Have Counselling Before Being Allowed to Vote
Quote – “Sometimes, a person is upset with their situation and thinks that voting is the only answer,” the Governor said. “A counsellor can sit with them, pray with them, and help them make the right choice.”
Click thgough for deets. For a split second I believed this was straight news.
The Hill – Colorado officers, paramedics charged in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
Quote – An independent probe submitted to the Aurora City Council in February determined that the police and paramedics involved were were at fault in McClain’s death, saying there was no reason to stop McClain, who was walking home from a convenience store. That report also concluded that no crime had been reported when McClain was stopped and he wasn’t exhibiting any threatening behavior.
Click through for a little more. Democratic AG + grand jury = results (sometimes.) You may remember that Elijah used to play the violing in animal shelters. As an animal lover and a former violinist, I took this personally.
The 19th – Even if Texas’ six-week abortion ban is overturned, clinics will close
Quote – “This law will end legal abortion in Texas. Allowing the state to do that and effectively close all abortion clinics — even if the law is ultimately struck down — will give the state what it wants,” said Leah Litman, an assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan and expert in constitutional law. “Just allowing this law to go into effect is ending abortion in Texas.”
Click through for story. In case you missed this (and had no idea what Andy was satirizing) this is it.
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Lona remoarked in connection with my computer being down that if it would help me manage better I should maybe stop putting up Sam every week – and I think she is right. Sam doesn’t have a lot of viewership here. However, she does have some, and I do not want to make anyone else go through what I went through searching for the videos when I started doing this.
So if you are a fan, please click through to copy and save this link, either as a bookmark or as a shortcut, or both.\:
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Video Page
I recommend the videos page rather than the home page, because the home page shows onlt the very newest ones, but the video page shows all. And all the videos have a notation of how long they have been up, making it very easy to see what is actually new. The two reruns featured this week went up, as I type, 5 days ago and 1 hour ago respectively. The newest one before that went up two weeks ago.
Full Frontal Rewind: Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights
Full Frontal Rewind: The Best of Amy Hoggart
You won’t recognize Amy’s name, but you will recognize her face and voice, as she is one of Sam’s regular sidekicks and has been for some time.
Each Wednesday night that the show is on, videos start to post at 11 pm Eastern (10 pm Central, 9 pm Mountain, 8 pm Pacific.) That’s also 3 am Thursday GMT, which may make the calculation a tiny bit easier for anyone not in the US. If you can’t see her in your country, you probably can’t see her here either, but a VPN should solve that, and there are free ones, including the fact that some browsers have their own built in.
Glenn Kirschner – YouTube Suspends Sen. Ron Johnson’s Account for Policy Violation
Meidas Touch – MeidasTouch Exploring Legal Action Against Fox News
The Damage Report – Ed Markey EXPOSES What Bipartisan Really Means
Now This News – Jennifer O’Mara Speaks Out Against PA Bill – major hanky alert
Rocky Mountain Mike – It’s The Backside Of Your Pants We View
Beau – Let’s talk about acceptance and reaching rural Americans….