22 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

Well, when people suggest that the state motto change to "Virginia is for lovers...of blackface", you know you've got a problem.

I admit, I did giggle at this but the state is...eesh.

 

Virginia is a red state turning blue. It's going to be messy.

Speaking of Virginia

"GOP state senator in Va. oversaw yearbook with racial slurs, blackface photos"

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/428975-gop-virginia-senator-oversaw-yearbook-with-racial-slurs-blackface-photos

 

He's a Republican so no one will care.

America needs a serious history lesson on what actually constitutes blackface.  Unfortunately, the education system has clearly failed many people.  

I can't believe there are people who don't know that it takes cork or shoe polish as well as people exaggerating features-- what they believe a black person looks like, of course to a caricature level.  There are essays and documentaries that detail exactly what constitutes blackface and why many see it as offensive.  

I see several people, blogs, media outlets that are supposedly knowledgeable get the most basic facts completely wrong.  In 2019.  It's sad to witness.

NBC NEWS: Paul Manafort continued his political work in Ukraine into 2018 while he was under federal indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Office, prosecutors say.

More on what a transcript from a sealed hearing held this week reveals: https://t.co/7P3pXrBwAY pic.twitter.com/Zqt9bXnom4

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) February 7, 2019

Boy, that Paul Manafort just does not get it.

David Pecker picked a pack of pickled Bezos...

And has likely scuttled his immunity deal to hell and back again!

 

Never extort the richest man in America. (REAL wealth!) It will not end well. And do not tell me Donnie is not somehow mixed up in this.
 

Jeff Bezos detonates his own bomb and turns the tables on David Pecker and the National Enquirer/AMI.

RIP John Dingell.

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/07/john-dingell-the-longest-serving-member-of-congress-dies-at-93-1154038

Roberts voted with the Dems.

 

 

Breaking News: The Supreme Court signaled continuity in its stance on abortion, blocking a law that could leave only one provider in Louisiana https://t.co/SAkGkK7nlJ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 8, 2019

 

I was just going to post this @Faulkner thanks. This is SHOCKING. And yeah a HUGE HUGE change there is coming. It's actually  a good development. This will be a case where the monarchy, who are still revered in Thailand and carry power,  can  help unify the country. It will be interesting to watch.

 

Trump cornered on border wall - POLITICO https://t.co/KVet6vuk7I

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 8, 2019

Not to be lost in the Jeff Bezos story is the fact that the publisher of the National Enquirer is very very afraid of the information that Bezos’s investigator had uncovered. https://t.co/neX0lAAIE4

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 8, 2019

New: Washington Post reporter just said that Bezos’ investigator suspects that “a government agency” intercepted Bezos’ text messages.

— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) February 8, 2019

Bezos's response is actually a textbook example of how to respond to extortion. His consultant, Gavin de Becker, literally did write the textbook - here's the section on extortion from his book "The Gift of Fear": pic.twitter.com/Wt7JDNhBCl

— Leigh Honeywell (@hypatiadotca) February 8, 2019

2/ enterprise which has gone beyond mere extortion to involving itself in extortion to manipulate national elections and weaponize extortion to serve as a tool of the sitting president. This is a big [!@#$%^&*] deal as Joe Biden once put it. And whatever other shortcomings he ...

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 8, 2019

3/ may in terms of Amazons role in the economy, I give him huge credit for taking this step. As he says, if the richest man in the world can stand up to AMI’s criminal activities, who can?

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 8, 2019

AMI is awfully worried about something Bezos’s investigation might uncover. What? It can’t be just generalized sleaze. That’s not news. I’ve got to think AMI is panicked about something particular. Odds that it’s Trump-related?

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 8, 2019

"In the process of reporting those stories, The Beast and a member of its staff were threatened by AMI’s attorneys." https://t.co/BuaoenHGJe

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) February 8, 2019

The non-prosecution agreement AMI has with SDNY prosecutors is contingent upon, among other things, them not committing any crimes. pic.twitter.com/WPH7JdRyWJ

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) February 8, 2019

We were warned explicitly by insiders that AMI had hired private investigators to dig into backgrounds of @AP journalists looking into the tabloid’s efforts on behalf of Trump. Never saw evidence of this either way, and it didn’t stop our reporting.

— Ted Bridis (@tbridis) February 8, 2019

Remember when Peter Thiel destroyed Gawker?

The destruction Jeff Bezos is going to rain down on AMI and David Pecker will make World War 2 look a seniors badminton competition.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 8, 2019

Bezos said the Enquirer wanted him to make a false statement to the media that he and a security consultant “have no knowledge or basis for suggesting that AMI’s coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces.” He declined to do so. https://t.co/6aHu0GpP5Q

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 8, 2019

The first thing that I thought of when reading that Thai news is that this may pave the way for the Shinawatras to return from exile.  I cannot imagine that not happening in the near future.

 

You're right @Faulkner and @JaneAusten this is big news.  Thai politics has been characterized by one big upheaval after another for nearly twenty years, so I have to say, it's big news but it doesn't come as that much of a surprise, tbh.

 

 

It's especially interesting how many people are giving salt to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Markey's Green New Deal blueprint without acknowledging that the Republicans generally go big with their proposals-- look at the enormous, deficit-busting tax "reform" that they slid through.  At least the Green New Deal proposal is meant to benefit people across economic spectrum, not just the wealthy.  The proposal is pie in the sky, yes, but it is a blueprint, subject to amendment.

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

It's especially interesting how many people are giving salt to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Markey's Green New Deal blueprint without acknowledging that the Republicans generally go big with their proposals-- look at the enormous, deficit-busting tax "reform" that they slid through.  At least the Green New Deal proposal is meant to benefit people across economic spectrum, not just the wealthy.  The proposal is pie in the sky, yes, but it is a blueprint, subject to amendment.

 

The media loves Republicans and wants them to win at any cost. Democrats, not so much.

But why does the media love the GOP so much?  Is it just because they generate the most drama?