People should contact Speaker Pelosi, Senator Min. Leader Chuck Schummer (NY) & YOUR OWN Congress-member & Senator (202)224-3121 & DEMAND that they LOUDLY OPPOSE Trump giving aide & comfort to DEATH THREATS. Post on their FACEBOOK pages. And also let Rep.Ilham Omar (D-MN)—-who’s my Congress-member—-and offer your…
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Your description of Herr Dump perfectly echoes the definition of a SOCIOPATH (don’t insult toddlers! with nurturing parents, they GROW out of being self-centered). Highly recommend anthology“The Dangerous Cse of Donald Trump” edited by psychiatrist Dr. Bandy Lee. The contributors are psychiatrists, historians, ethics…
They mentioned “Mental Health Court” in the story—but, WHAT facility would he be sent to & for jhow long? So, often people in serous mental health crisis get less than a month (often FAR LESS—like a “72 hour hold”) in the county hospitals’ psychiatric ward. They give them a prescription and that’s it. Even…
The daily newspaper in my town The Minneapolis Star Tribune that was cited actually used the term “mentally ill” to describe this African-American man.
PROPERTY is SO much MORE important than PEOPLE, right? Fact is, prosecutors have DISCRETION when it comes to making charges (which ought to be damn obvious given that RARELY are police charged, no matter how outrageous the assault BY police on un-armed/obvious vulnerable people (including children). Glad Dallas DA…
Everything you said was my FIRST thought to seeing CPD Chief & Mayor Rahmn”Scumbag” Emmanuel raging about Smollett having charges dismissed. It was MADNESS to charge him with 16 FELONIES even IF he actually lied.
OUTRAGEOUS. It would be fair (if there’s evidence) to make ONE charge, ask for a guilty plea and then, make Smollett pay fine and do 1,000 hours of (REAL) Community Service. But, 16 charges Makes No Sense On Any Level. VIOLENT offenders get pled down (especially when it comes to sexual assault & domestic violence). Is…
Affluenza kid KILLED people and had a history of misconduct and a REFUSAL to obey any limits put on him by the court. He DESERVED to get the book thrown at him since 5 PEOPLE DIED. This kid getting 5 years for stealing $100 sneakers with NO ONE HURT is a gross injustice
This is INSANE. A 15 year old steals an item worth no more than $100 should be a Misdemeanor and as a JUVENILE at the time, his sentence should be, frankly, a LOT LESS than 5 years. His friend had the gun—but, they were both JUVENILES and no one was hurt. Just wrong wrong wrong—-especially, when this young man has…
Another CRUCIAL reason to secure VOTIONG RIGHTS & REGISTER TO VOTE: jury pools are made up from the VOTER ROLLS. I think that’s another (not talked about) reason for the “purges” of Black & Latino voters
What really burned me was the judge saying Manafort had previously had a “blameless life”. WTF? This is a guy who in the 1980s—along with Roger Stone & Lee “Willie Horton ad” Attwater— INVENTED the way lobbying works today. Manafort took it international by representing hideous DICTATORS in Angola, Nigeria, eastern…
Such a powerful response to the “all lives matter” reaction.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for making these points & dong so with a such CLARITY.
It’s both unfair & INACCRATE to keep blaming Bernie Sanders for “putting Trump in office”. There are SO many reasons that Hillary Clinton didn’t push it over the victory line that have NOTHING to do with Sanders:1.the antiquated, ANTI-one person-one vote ELECTORAL COLLEGE 2. the “I’m-Entitled-to-be-President-so-that-Bu…
WHO do you feel will more accurately represent communities of color with a progressive vision? Kamala Harris—who as former DA and CA. AG too often CONTINUED the “war on drugs”? Cory Booker—who is a showboat & caves to Big Pharma? Should we go back to the future with Biden—based on “electability”? or Sen. Amy Klobuchar…
Similarly, should Christian Americans apologize for the Ku Klux Klan—world’s OLDEST, ONGOING Terrorist group? If NOT, then, it’s NOT fair to hjold all members of any religion for the actions of a FEW Extremists.
Rep. Omar (D-MN) represents my district in Minneapolis, MN. I voted for her and continue to be glad that I did, as she is far exceeding my expectations. (High point so far: grilling WAR CRIMINAL Elliot Abrams about the horrors of torture, death squads, assassinations and war in Central American countries in the `980s,…
PERFECT response!
It’s ALL White Men you named throwing “adult” TANTRUMS. Every time I see Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) on one of his rants, the word HYSTERICAL comes to mind (one ususally reserved for women expressing anger for being treated badly). It seems like these emotional meltdowns by white men might be another symptom of their…
“Not A Racist” merit badge!!! As a former Girl Scout—LOL— & activist, I think that’s wonderful send -up of this sort of bs. Should be POPULARIZED. Says it all.