TRANSCRIPT: Good evening. Ella Baker, a giant of the civil rights movement, left us with this wisdom: Give people light and they will find a way. Give people light. Those are words for our time. The current president has cloaked America in darkness for much too long. Too much anger. Too much fear. Too much […]
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Saying, “We will choose hope over fear, facts over fiction, fairness over privilege,” Joe Biden accepts the nomination for President of the United States
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, Affordable Care Act, anti-science, corruption, COVID-19, darkness, decency, DNC, Donald Trump, Ella Baker, fairness, FDR, George Floyd, Gianna Floyd, Great Depression, health insurance, infrastructure, jobs, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, light, Medicaid, New Deal, pandemic, race, racism, recession, Republican lies, Russia, social security, tax cuts, Trump tax cuts 103 Comments
Can we at least agree on this much?
I know we don’t agree on much, but I’d like to think that most of us can at least agree on the following two points. 1. Leaving aside to what extent it helped Donald Trump, or whether or not members of the Trump campaign encouraged its happening, I’d like to think that we can all […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2016, 2020, Asha Rangappa, CIA, Defending the Integrity of Voting Systems Act, Deter Act, disinformation, Donald Trump, election hacking, election integrity, election reform, electronic voting, Facebook, FBI, FIRE Act, Foreign Influence Reporting in Elections, hoax, leverage, Mark Warner, Marsha Blackburn, Mitch McConnell, Presidential politics, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, social media, Wikileaks 281 Comments
The New Yorker enthusiastically endorses Obama, saying his reelection is “a matter of great urgency”
God, I love the New Yorker. Their endorsement of Obama is one of the very best things that I’ve read over the course of this past year. It’s thoughtful, comprehensive, and brilliantly written. Following are two brief clips. One pertains to Obama. The other pertains to Romney. I’d highly recommend following the link, though, and […]
Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 47%, Affordable Care Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, AmeriCorps, Ayn Rand, Bush, civil rights, class warfare, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Elena Kagan, equal pay for equal work, FDR, Freeloading 47, gay rights, Global Warming, Guantánamo, gun control, infrastructure, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, marriage equality, New Deal, Obama, Obama is a Socialist, Obamacare, Pell grants, predator drones, Republican lies, Republican obstructionism, right-wing extremism, Romney, Sonia Sotomayor, stimulus, Supreme Court, women's rights 17 Comments