EffieBlack
EffieBlack's JournalSo far, my friend's been right: The judiciary IS holding!
"The Judiciary branch is strong and WE. WILL. HOLD"
A few weeks ago, a dear old friend, a Republican-appointed federal judge, trying to console me during a moment of despair about the future of our country, said to me The Judiciary branch is strong and will hold. When I expressed skepticism, he leaned toward me, looked me dead in the eye, and said as firmly as he could without shouting: We are strong and WE. WILL. HOLD.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212113242
NYT: Biden's spending more than he's raising
Whats up with that?
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1188083247789596674
Blast from the past: "The Judiciary branch is strong and WE. WILL. HOLD"
I posted this several months ago.
I'm glad to see that, so far, my friend has been right.
"The Judiciary branch is strong and WE. WILL. HOLD"
A few weeks ago, a dear old friend, a Republican-appointed federal judge, trying to console me during a moment of despair about the future of our country, said to me The Judiciary branch is strong and will hold. When I expressed skepticism, he leaned toward me, looked me dead in the eye, and said as firmly as he could without shouting: We are strong and WE. WILL. HOLD.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212113242
If Russia will interfere in 2020, it's not crazy to think they'd try to split the Democratic vote
by getting one of our own to run as a third party candidate.
And if thats a possibility, why is it so hard to accept that a candidate whom theyve actively supported, who wont disavow that support, who uses Trumps talking points to go after the right wings ultimate boogeywoman and regularly accuses the Democratic Party of rigging elections is the person they have their eyes on?
If the Russians are targeting us through the party, how else would they do it and what evidence have we seen that theyre doing it this other way. If thats not what they have in mind, how else to explain their interest in one and only one Dem in the field?
Pelosi now owns Trump Tower and Melania is her wife
https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1184625169760841728One reason black folk be staying mad all the time ...
https://twitter.com/zerlinamaxwell/status/1178308909032968194Charles Blow: Joe Biden Is Problematic
No amount of growth or good intentions will change this fact.
All five of these things are simultaneously true:
Joe Biden is the Democratic front-runner and may well be the nominee. He is by far the favorite candidate among black voters. He was a loyal vice president to Barack Obama, and the two men seem to have shared a deep and true friendship. He, like the other Democratic candidates, would be a vast improvement over Donald Trump.
And, Bidens positioning on racial issues has been problematic.
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Biden could have taken responsibility for his comments and addressed the question directly, but he didnt. Instead, he gave a rambling, nonsensical answer that included a reference to a record player. But, the response ended in yet another racial offense in which he seemed to suggest that black people lack the natural capacity to be good parents
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His language belies a particular mind-set, one of a liberal of a particular vintage. On the issue of race, it is paternalistic and it pities, it sees deficiency in much the same way that the conservative does, but it responds as savior rather than with savagery. Better the former than the latter, surely, but the sensibility underlying the two positions is shockingly similar. It underscores that liberalism does not perfectly align with racial egalitarianism, regardless of rhetoric to the contrary.
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Furthermore, its not what Biden says in prepared remarks thats problematic, its what he says off the cuff and under pressure that to me reveal an antiquated view on racial matters and racial sensitivities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/opinion/joe-biden.html
Trump goes after Joy Reid this morning and DU promptly joins in with multiple threads trashing her
throughout the day for not being nice enough to one particular presidential candidate - and telling us why her opinion doesnt matter.
Coincidence? I think not.
Patterns and themes ...
NBC: Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard
A few months old, but still very relevant ...
An NBC News analysis of the main English-language news sites employed by Russia in its 2016 election meddling shows Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who is set to make her formal announcement Saturday, has become a favorite of the sites Moscow used when it interfered in 2016. Several experts who track websites and social media linked to the Kremlin have also seen what they believe may be the first stirrings of an upcoming Russian campaign of support for Gabbard.
Since Gabbard announced her intention to run on Jan. 11, there have been at least 20 Gabbard stories on three major Moscow-based English-language websites affiliated with or supportive of the Russian government: RT, the Russian-owned TV outlet; Sputnik News, a radio outlet; and Russia Insider, a blog that experts say closely follows the Kremlin line. The CIA has called RT and Sputnik part of "Russia's state-run propaganda machine."
All three sites celebrated Gabbard's announcement, defended her positions on Russia and her 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, and attacked those who have suggested she is a pawn for Moscow. The coverage devoted to Gabbard, both in news and commentary, exceeds that afforded to any of the declared or rumored Democratic candidates despite Gabbard's lack of voter recognition.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/russia-s-propaganda-machine-discovers-2020-democratic-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-n964261
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