And if we hit back with actual, proven facts, all they will do is shrug and say, "So what?".  Truth doesn't matter anymore in this country.  This is what we have to celebrate tomorrow.  It's disgusting.

Like approximately 60-70% of the country, I will be watching Stranger Things 3.

 

It is to my endless delight that this debacle with tanks, etc. may end up being rained out or flooded due to gale winds and storms. That's my hometown!

 

On 7/2/2019 at 8:29 AM, Khan said:

Agree.  When the Democrats regained the House, many probably felt the Trump administration FINALLY had someone, or someones, to keep them in check and make them accountable. 

 

But they have done a lot of that, within their power. They broke him on the shutdown. And Trump just failed on the census issue. Is it perfect, of course not. But there has been a real fight. It's far from hopeless, but it's a marathon, not a sprint. You can't be shocked and demoralized day after day, because that's how they wear you down. But there has been real movement in terms of Trump's numbers eroding, and the endless investigations driving him mad. I'd like impeachment too, but it's not time yet and in the meantime, it's important to keep grinding him down.

 

Meanwhile, in a moment of national pride:

 

 

Two Missouri boys have set up a lemonade stand to raise money to help migrant children at the border.

"I would want them to legally be able to come to America or be able to live in America without being forced into these places away from their parents."https://t.co/kTlbi2O8q5

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 3, 2019

Edited July 3, 20196 yr by Vee

 

4 hours ago, Khan said:

And if we hit back with actual, proven facts, all they will do is shrug and say, "So what?".  Truth doesn't matter anymore in this country.  This is what we have to celebrate tomorrow.  It's disgusting.

 

It's more than disgusting. It's frightening. How can you reason with someone who just doesn't care about truth and/or facts? It's virtually impossible.

Rebecca Traister controversial yet one of my favorites nails the male punditry class. An over the hill wasteland of Chuck Todds and Joe Scarboroughs. These people have been wasteland for years.

 

https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/politics-is-changing-why-arent-the-pundits-who-cover-it.html

Some bad — and some even worse — poll news for Bernie Sanders https://t.co/5rRJ1TT5wu

— Post Politics (@postpolitics) July 3, 2019

Leah Daughtry told me: "For grass-roots activists especially, to get a personal call, it’s a rare thing to happen but when it does people take note. The personal outreach is really remarkable in my opinion“

— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) July 3, 2019

Jesse Jackson was very optimistic that Warren could win black voters, calling her “magnetic.“
“Jimmy Carter did it from Plains, Georgia. Bill Clinton did it from Hope, Arkansas. Blacks voting for whites isn’t new, whites voting for blacks is new,” he told me.

— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) July 3, 2019

 

The news about Bernie's drop in the polls doesn't surprise me.  With the Democratic Party co-opting more and more of his ideas (such as they are, lol), the luster that surrounded "Bernie, the Outsider" three years ago is starting to fade.  Plus, I'm hoping that voters on the left are catching onto the idea that maybe, just maybe, there isn't much difference between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump after all.

 

But, as always, it's still early, and it's still anyone's ballgame.

 

5 hours ago, Juliajms said:

 

 

Make no mistake, the Trump administration WILL get its' precious citizenship question on the Census.  They'll just have to be more...creative about it.  I'm as certain of that as I am about anything else.

Edited July 4, 20196 yr by Khan

I watched a very glib and incredibly smug video from the New York Times about how America isn't anything that good. You could feel the sneer through your monitor, as well as the classism (in ranking a "#1" lists that we're meant to be alarmed by, they have "watching TV" right between drug abuse and school shootings).

 

They don't get to give lectures about how much they hate America. A racist, anti-gay, sexist paper that led us to war with big grins on their faces, headed up by someone who still enables Trump and his family and cohorts at every turn. No. They are the worst of America. I don't want to see them wag their finger in judgment. They are a stain on this country, and always have been.

 

If Trump does one thing of value while he is in office, it will be if he drives these papers into the dust. 

Edited July 4, 20196 yr by DRW50

Justin Amash, Trump critic and impeachment advocate, is quitting the GOP. He likely knew he was going to lose a primary anyway, so I assume this is for attention and he won't be running for reelection. Either way, get ready for our "liberal" media friends to hump their desks as they can dust off old scripts about Principled Republicans.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/04/politics/justin-amash-leaving-gop/index.html

3 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I watched a very glib and incredibly smug video from the New York Times about how America isn't anything that good. You could feel the sneer through your monitor, as well as the classism (in ranking a "#1" lists that we're meant to be alarmed by, they have "watching TV" right between drug abuse and school shootings).

 

They don't get to give lectures about how much they hate America. A racist, anti-gay, sexist paper that led us to war with big grins on their faces, headed up by someone who still enables Trump and his family and cohorts at every turn. No. They are the worst of America. I don't want to see them wag their finger in judgment. They are a stain on this country, and always have been.

 

If Trump does one thing of value while he is in office, it will be if he drives these papers into the dust. 

 

ICAM.  It always makes me laugh when I read or hear the media complain that the administration is attacking their institution.  "Well, of course, he is," I think, "but you wouldn't BE in the position that you're in if you hadn't legitimized and normalized his campaign!".  They dug this hole for America, but they forgot to dig one for themselves as well.

9 hours ago, Khan said:

 

 

Make no mistake, the Trump administration WILL get its' precious citizenship question on the Census.  They'll just have to be more...creative about it.  I'm as certain of that as I am about anything else.

I find EW's "I have a plan for that" shtick  oddly comforting. I guess because she always backs it up and explains the plan.  Harris and Warren continue to be the candidates I have the most confidence in. 

Jeb Bush out here trying to sneaky lay curses. Not a fan of Trump at all, but this is just disturbing and inappropriate.

 

 

I know a few people had some questions on busing and what it meant culturally to integrate schools.  This late 70s documentary (that shows up every few years on PBS) narrated by Bill Moyers about a black family integrating a Queens, NY neighborhood might shed further light on what this entails. 

Second clip from from Bill Moyer's 1978 report on a middle-class black family, the Spencers, integrating Rosedale in Queens, NY. Full vid on youtube here: https://t.co/BZ8RV6eJ6K pic.twitter.com/LTvQCExbkN

— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) July 4, 2019

1 hour ago, ReddFoxx said:

Jeb Bush out here trying to sneaky lay curses. Not a fan of Trump at all, but this is just disturbing and inappropriate.

 

 

I'm good with it.