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
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Trumpcare for all
THIS PHOTO IS ALL ANYBODY RUNNING AGAINST REPUBLICANS NEED for any election in this country… forever #AHCAKillspic.twitter.com/y4BFHFVVEw — Liza Sabater 🇵🇷👸🏾 (@blogdiva) June 22, 2017 Via ThinkProgress Wheelchair users dragged away from McConnell’s office for protesting health care bill Dozens of disability rights activists were arrested.
Continue reading →Mikel Jollett tells the truth about Republicans
[View the story “Thread of truth” on Storify]
Continue reading →A worry
I’m afraid this story: Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats …is taking attention away from this story: NATO Frantically Tries to Trump-Proof President’s First Visit A ‘freaked-out’ NATO braces for Donald Trump’s first meeting of the transatlantic alliance. Because that second story deserves some attention too. And can only be worse now.
Continue reading →40 Years of Sexism
Honestly, I don’t know how she stands it. I would have screamed at someone, or everyone maybe.
Continue reading →The war drums pound loud today
Don’t let them stampede you. In the midst of our grief at the Paris attacks, take time to think. [View the story “US foreign policy” on Storify]
Continue reading →Shameful
That in the richest country on earth we refuse to feed poor, hungry children. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports that SNAP benefits will be cut automatically in November of this year, as the additional funding that had been allocated to feeding people will not be renewed by this Congress. The amount this saves is miniscule, as you can see in the graphic below. But these small amounts make a lot of difference in the lives and the nutrition of the families who need them. I know, because my mother raised us on welfare (AFDC it was, back … Continue reading →
Twenty-two
Yes, the Violence Against Women Act passed, and only eighteen months late! Good that it did, but it’s important that we never forget the Senators who voted against it.
Continue reading →Who gets a mandate?
My friend, Peter Meuleners, pulled this info together. Posted here with permission. I think his point is clear. “I think the real story here is that Obama won, but he’s got no mandate.” – Charles Krauthammer, 2012 “And now that he’s been elected with a large majority, or a significant majority, and with a mandate, I think part of that mandate is to get the right judges, by his likes.” – Charles Krauthammer, 2004 “I earned capital in this campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it.” – George W. Bush, 2004 “When you win, there is … … Continue reading →