Category Archives: Politics
Terrorism today
Starts here. These are the flags of racist nations that made war on the US and were defeated. Being carried on the campus founded by Thomas Jefferson. pic.twitter.com/P5I0vJD7DG — Seth Masket (@smotus) August 12, 2017
Continue reading →Truth about Trump
Holy smokes. Australian journalist provides one of the most brutal takedowns of Trump I've heard in a while. 👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/MPoDJXATlM — Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) July 8, 2017 It’s worth noting that Chris Uhlmann, the ABC reporter seen above, has some anti-semitic views on world history.
Continue reading →Too much peacekeeping
"Just 5 months into our time here, we've cut over half a billion $$$ from the UN peacekeeping budget & we’re only getting started.” pic.twitter.com/LA7IKqupff — Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) June 29, 2017
Continue reading →Missing Obama, Missing Sanity
Also interesting to watch today: Obama presser from June 23 2009, as he took 30 min of questions on his health plan. pic.twitter.com/5SDHiFmTUa — Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) June 24, 2017
Continue reading →This is important
From Talking Points Memo, quoting James Comey at today’s Senate Intelligence hearing: “There should be no fuzz on this whatsoever. The Russians interfered in our election during the 2016 cycle. They did it with purpose. They did it with sophistication. They did it with overwhelming technical efforts. And it was an active measures campaign driven from the top of the government. There is no fuzz on that,” Comey said. “It is a high confidence judgment of the entire intelligence community — and the members of this committee have seen the intelligence — it’s not a close call,” he continued. “That … Continue reading →
Still with her
Continuing resistance
For Freedom of Speech: Writers Resist Protest Brings Thousands to NYPL, Trump Tower More than 2,000 artists, writers, and readers gathered at the steps of the New York Public Library on January 15 in the name of defending free expression and the free press. The Writers Resist protest was launched by poet and Vida co-founder Erin Belieu and was co-sponsored in New York by PEN America…. The protest, one of more than 90 simultaneous Writers Resist events held across the country and abroad, reflects the worry among many in the media and book industries that the incoming Trump administration intends … Continue reading →
#Resistance
Around the country, groups and individuals are coming together in #Resistance to the gathering authoritarian threat our country faces. If you’re looking to connect with others in your area, to take action to defend our rights and the rights of those around us, the #Resistance is already forming and you can join in. First, the Indivisible Project, a group of former Congressional staffers who have published a useful guide which explains how to contact your Member of Congress and apply political pressure as a countervailing force to the right-wing pressure they get. Tactics are partially inspired by what worked for … Continue reading →
“There is no way out but through”
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