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Randy Mayeux
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Accomplished Speaker; presents synopses of books on business & social justice for serious lifelong learners. Feminist & antiracist. Read more books!
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When I read what Laura Ingraham and Brit Hume and others have said after this morning’s hearings, one despairs at finding any kind of common ground. Ever.
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“Police said they have not determined Foreman’s motive.” - But they know that this guy, with no apparent motive, had access to a deadly gun.
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Ms. Loesch, please find a Democratic office holder who did not condemn that horrible moment when Steve Scalise was shot. -- Not a parallel.
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Of the 3 woman-the accuser, & the 2 women she told-not one of them is known for perpetual dishonesty. The man accused is known for being a liar; about so very many things; so very often. So, who should we believe? He says the woman is lying. I think he is the one who is lying.
The NFL could advance social justice by fully acknowledging how wrong they were, and still are, about Colin Kaepernick.
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Good for Ron Highland. - A note: there were other parents in his state who also had LGBTQ children. He was supposed to represent them all along. What a shame that he was only open to listening to his own child.
“And no consequences means that they condone it. It means that that silence is acceptance, and they want it because they know that it is a core animating political energy for them ― and this is an extremely dangerous threshold that we have crossed.” huffpost.com/entry/ocasio-c
You know, when people say that we should ignore or accept or overlook racism back then, because times were different? Well, here’s Betty White who took a stand in 1954. One year before Emmett Till was killed and Rosa Parks was arrested. She took a stand against racism.
Peter Thiel recommends that people just skip university…but he has a Stanford law degree.
Thiel says California is awful; especially Newsome. And yet, he was educated in Ca., & started his fortune there.
Thiel supports DeSantis, who would condemn Thiel’s marriage.
Explain this!
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I received the Polio vaccine as a school boy in Harlingen, TX. I had classmates (plural) who walked with crutches because of polio. Today, no polio. That vaccine absolutely made life better for many!
Question: if, say, Rachel Maddow, was sending multiple strategy text messages to a Democratic President’s chief of staff in the midst of a genuine crisis, is it possible that Fox News would call that…inappropriate?
What is the thinking here? We see Al Roker hit by incoming water. We could see the water without Mr. Roker getting hit. Why are these weather people not inside?
Donald Trump spread the lie about Obama’s birth. Melania repeated it on live television. Rick Perry basically endorsed it publicly. Not one Republican of prominence called it out. It all started with that lie.
When things went wrong at Apple, the Board fired the CEO, brought Steve Jobs back, and saved the company. - Could we fire the president, and bring Obama back?
I look up from my reading, and Nicole Wallace is interviewing Chris Christie. Until Mr. Christie says that of course he will definitely vote for the Democratic nominee in 2024 if Trump is the Republican nominee, he should not be given 5 seconds of further time on MSNBC.
“For contrary to common newspaper usage, I am not the Catholic candidate for President.
I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President who happens also to be a Catholic.”
John F. Kennedy, to the Houston Ministerial Alliance, September, 1960
americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkho
I never watch Meet the Press; because Chuck Todd.
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These threads by Mr. Rothkopf are the most substantive, coherent arguments I read on Twitter. He has mastered this form; maybe invented it. Read THIS thread. And…be worried.
Just heard Jake Tapper interview . Yes, she is progressive. But she is clear; focused. Absolutely worth listening to. I am a supporter.
I’m just one guy-but...I do make purchasing decisions based on my conscience. For example, I haven’t purchased Exxon gas since Exxon Valdez disaster, based on Exxon’s response. And I have not bought Snapple since I learned they sponsored Rush Limbaugh. What decisions do you make?
Do people who condemn Jane Fonda for her Hanoi Jane days also support Trump who refuses to fully condemn Putin for his unlawful, immoral, evil war against Ukraine?
So…George Will thinks that Biden-Harris should bow out.
That implies that the next Democratic ticket will not be pummeled, from day one, and then every single day, by: Fox, Talk Radio, Trump, and all the rest.
Willful blindness!
The problem is NOT Biden-Harris.
Pay attention!
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And here she is with President Obama, looking at the famous Norman Rockwell painting of her courage as a young girl.
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I am so weary of your disdain for Hillary; and, at times, seemingly, your disdain for practically everyone.
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I remember when Obama's first wife and third wife got into a row...oh, wait...
If the Democratic leader of the House had met with Barack Obama in early 2017, and Obama pledged to do all he could to elect Democrats in 2018, what would the Republican response have been to former President Obama’s active participation?
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As long as their “circle” (tribe; friends) is pro-Trump, for them to be anti-Trump would jeopardize their place and standing. Until it becomes acceptable in their circle to be anti-Trump, they will remain...
Thread!
This is Timothy Snyder. Frequent guest on .
Author of On Tyranny.
He knows his stuff.
Horrifying; disturbing.
It does not matter how many documents they provided. It’s what they hid that matters. Something small can be VERY revealing. Remember the 18.5 minute gap?
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Nothing this man says or does surprises me. Disgusts me; yes. Surprises me; nope,
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Mr. Hume, the original promise was that Mexico would pay for the wall - “guaranteed.” Seriously, that should be the beginning and ending of the matter. That was Mr. Trump’s personal guarantee. Do you remember? Were you not paying attention?
Nikki Haley, and some other Republicans, are practically already acting like there never was a Donald Trump. We need to find a way to not let them get away with this. Like: “Nikki Haley, who fully supported the Donald Trump presidency, now says________________.”
Yes.
The voters who voted McConnell, and Trump, and Abbott into office.
We can criticize and reject Mark Levin all we want. I think he is despicable. But he is on a Dallas Talk Radio station five days a week. Earlier in the day, that station gives us Dan Bongino. We underestimate the hate and ugliness of 5-day a week Talk Radio in this country.
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Rush Limbaugh
The Southern Strategy
Fox News
Talk Radio
There is no reverse racism. Do not let that “lie” stand. Racism requires superiority and structural exclusion. White people do not experience such in the United States. - gleaned from the book White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
They somehow want Biden to nominate only conservative Republicans to the Cabinet.
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And here is the Dallas Morning News front page headline today, 6/5/2022:
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And people wonder why some women are reluctant to come forward...
“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.”
Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have a Dream, Aug. 28, 1963
Sorry. Let me fix this.
People who do not use the Oxford comma deserve a hefty fine, a 90 day jail sentence, and a day and night listening to lectures by Alan Greenspan.
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Hey, Gov. Abbott, you bemoaned that fact, a few years ago, that TX was not leading the nation in gun sales. Well, I think we have more than enough guns in Texas.
Did I object to the George W. Bush presidency. Yes, I did. But today, on this day, without reserve or hesitation, I applaud him for the words he spoke today.
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We know what he thought of John McCain; he said it for all to hear. Anyone who doubts the veracity of the rest of what this article reports has not been paying attention.
“The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.” - Fred Astaire
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The phrase to just save on auto-paste: “In any other administration, it would be newsworthy that...”
This is a good and decent and incredibly hard working man, . And look at his books!
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From Cronkite telling us we had been misled/lied to about Vietnam, and pretty much all wars after, we have not been told the truth.
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Republicans have cheated, & gone against the rules, for years; Watergate, Iran Contra, Trumpism squared... They just assume the Democrats have done the same. They are wrong about that. Oh, some Democrats have done wrong. But, systemically, the GOP takes the gold medal in this.
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Any American can stand on a street corner and exercise his/her freedom of speech, standing on a soap box. No company or person has to provide or pay for the soap box.
It’s hardly worth the effort. Whatever he says is inaccurate; wrong; untruthful; he traffics in intentional lies.
Agree. - He was killed in June, 1968, right after winning the California Primary. In November, Nixon was elected. Think of how our world would have been different, and better, if Bobby had been elected.
Why in the world does anyone give an ounce of attention to Megyn Kelly…or Tucker Carlson, or Sean Hannity, or Fox News and/or Talk Radio?
There has been a shooting at an outlet mall in Allen this afternoon. I’ve shopped there. John Cornyn was correct; there’s nothing more that could have been done. At least, not with h in office. - For our health; for our very lives; vote every Republican out of office.
No...not quite. His followers don’t necessarily disbelieve the report. They simply don’t care about the inhuman and inhumane treatment of human beings in need.
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We are so very divided. These nominees should be 95+ votes to confirm.
This is a tweet from the actual, official Trump campaign account. Unbelievable. Deplorable.
I would rather see that Chuck Todd no longer has any show, any time, on any channel. I NEVER watch Chuck Todd.
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Time to acknowledge that the young leadership of Harris County, like , and , are really on top of things. They are a force for today, and for tomorrow.
And, he really didn’t yell that loudly. It was the way the microphone captured the moment... but, yes, sigh... I remember.
Note that the Epilogue is written by George T. Conway III - Yes, that George Conway. - “If the Mueller report demonstrates one thing, it is that President Trump utterly failed to carry out his duties under the Constitution—that indeed, he shamelessly abjured them....”
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There has never been a time when a dumb move, a selfish move, a foolish move, has looked as dumb & selfish & foolish as this time.
Just heard say, on MSNBC “So, when are the guns going to make us safer? The answer is…never.”
She is correct about this. - She was referring to the increase in guns in TX over recent years, along with the increase in gun deaths.
Peter Baker, and other journalists, should spend more time asking Jim Crow Republicans why they are making it so hard to vote; why they are rolling back easy-to-vote measures. Name a Republican denouncing these moves. They’re too busy initiating and applauding them.
Mr. Trump has never had such a look of focus during his entire time in office - not that we have seen.
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I do agree with this.
Except for one omission:
The greatest Batman of all; one Batman to rule them all, was Adam West.
I do supect that Dr. Fauci is truly past exhausted. He deserves all of our thanks.
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Not surprising. But the numbers of people who still support him: utterly inexplicable.
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Yes.
A fair criticism.
But, to also be fair, going from country to country within Europe is much easier.
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People who do not use the Oxford Comma deserve a 90 day jail sentence, minimum.
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I have read All The President’s Men. I have seen the movie multiple times. It is still tense and gripping every single time I watch it. And, I know how it ends.
Anyone who says “I am the least racist person in this room” is never the least racist person in the room.
The fact is that Bill Clinton was wrong to pardon Rich. I admit that I pay better attention now, but I don’t remember Democrats defending him for that. And, it really was as he was leaving office. - Where are the Republican critics of Trump’s indefensible pardons?
Michelle Obama - “voluntarily inactive” which is not the same as disbarred.
Jill Biden - earned her Ed D, and in academic circles they use the word “Dr.” in addressing one another with that degree.
You — have a problem with the truth.
They have zero interest in getting it right.
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The entire free world is United on the side of Ukraine and against Russia. The not-free world - China, Russia, and most of Fox News - are on Russia’s side. Real kudos to Jennifer Griffin for her refusal to join in with the majority of Fox News folks.
Pelley: President Trump replies, "I would like you to do us a favor though."
McCarthy: You just added another word.
Pelley: No, it's in the transcript.
McCarthy: He said- "I'd like you to do a favor though"?
Pelley: Yes, it's in the White House transcript cbsnews.com/news/nancy-pel
Here’s the sad thing about this. If Trump had let the science lead on the pandemic; if he had dropped his election insanity; he should have still lost, because he has never done the job of a president. It’s very bothersome that it came to this.
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Aren’t you one of the ones who voted to “borrow money from our children and grandchildren” to give tax cuts to the wealthy, which did, in fact, increase the deficit?
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We’ve had a substantial Republican majority in Texas since Jan., 1995, when George W. Bush was inaugurated after defeating Ann Richards. Just under 3 full decades of Republican “leadership.” They care nothing about what really matters. Look at this ranking:
Studies show that men are not very good listeners. At least Mr. Graham is honest: he is stating that he has no intention of listening to this woman. - Mr. Graham, the rest of us will be listening to Dr. Ford.
Let’s start here: I will not watch a program with Peggy Noonan appearing on the panel.
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And…I do not watch Chuck Todd. Not ever. NEVER! I never watch Chuck Todd.
1954 - one year before Emmett Till was killed and Rosa Parks was arrested…
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This is practically unbelievable. How in the world do 33% approve of the job he is doing in race relations? Doesn’t seem possible.
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I voted on the first Thursday of early voting, in Richardson, TX.
I have never missed voting, since my first experience in 1972.
I’m wearing my “I voted” button after casting my vote.
Michelle Obama on stage with The Boss.
Barack Obama eating dinner with Spielberg and The Boss.
Michelle Obama, Jill Biden and Joe Biden offered tributes to Carol Burnett on her 90th Birthday Tribute.
Kind of a good week for normalcy and cool!
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And, remember, Bork argued against the Civil Rights Act. This was a rather legitimate reason to not vote for confirmation.
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My wife’s father served in WWII in the Navy. His ship was hit by a kamikaze. He read nine languages; taught at college level. Late in his life, he would have had trouble seeing his license clearly; and could have made that mistake. A little empathy, please.
CNN, you had pretty much lost me anyway. But I am so tired of divisive politics, and so much news coverage, that I had become a pretty big convert to Headline News on most mornings. It was uniquely "calm." You have blown it!
Lisa Murkowski, on Jake Tapper’s program, asking Biden to name a nominee that would gain true bipartisan support. If only! - And, did she ask the same of Trump with his nominations?
For every Trump supporter, you have never dealt with this:
Trump promised an announcement about Obama’s birth from lawyers who had found the truth.
That announcement never came.
Cohen says no lawyer was ever sent to look for anything. It was all a fabrication.
#Maddow
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Do yourself, and everyone, a favor and invest the minutes it takes to read this article. Ed Yong, the author, won the Pulitzer for his reporting. This is the best “this is where we are now, and why we are here now” article I have read.
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It wasn’t close. Joe Biden has won a convincing Electoral College victory, and an especially impressive popular vote victory in these divided times. Congratulations, President Elect Biden. — Take a breath, America. Then...back to work!
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So not a story. I regularly make $25,000 contributions I can’t remember. — just kidding. I remember every candidate I have ever contributed to, and can come close to the dollar amount. (I am not wealthy, and my contributions have all been modest).