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This post is in: Civil Rights, Something Good Open Thread
Yes, Deggans favors ‘detachment’ because he works for NPR, but he’s correct about how long sessions of watching the same horrifying news videos on a endless loop can be personally corrosive. For your own good, and the good you’ll be able to do in the future, take care of yourself, too. Unplug when your heart …
Tuesday Evening Stay Safe Open Thread: A Marathon, Not A SprintPost + Comments (225)
This post is in: Civil Rights, Live Blogging, Open Threads, Political Action
Peaceful demonstrations are starting. There are a lot of military in DC and more on the way. Let’s hope it remains peaceful. Other cities too San Diego Open thread
This post is in: Open Threads, Republican Venality, Trump Crime Cartel
Is there a reward? https://t.co/2tAGLGPUm9 pic.twitter.com/WB1UIl3Cu9 — Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) June 2, 2020 CNN just confirmed that this was the thinking behind the photo op https://t.co/ssGrSMA1eA — Amy Mackinnon?? (@ak_mack) June 2, 2020 this is a guy who feasts like a vampire on adulation and screaming crowds and now he needs a battalion of goons …
Repub Venality Open Thread: <em>“Individuals Inciting Violence” </em>Post + Comments (79)
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This post is in: Open Threads
To get you in the mood for a cocktail, this should be the new Lincoln Project ad (via my daughter): Second, I think it’s about time invent a new cocktail, called the “Karen“, after the woman who would call the bar manager to complain about her drink. It should be, in the words of the …
This post is in: Nature & Respite, Something Good Open Thread, I Will Cut You If You Muddy This Thread
So imagine walking into your garage and finding this under your car?! And how many of you actually check under your car before you back out. This happened in my little town yesterday. He was just a young’un – probably under two – and he was safely tranquilized and relocated. You can see how …
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This post is in: Shitty Cops
I just watched Cuomo’s press conference and it’s open war between him and de Blasio. Cuomo spent a long time entertaining the hypothetical of what it would take to remove de Blasio from office so the National Guard could be used to help police New York City. He began with these comments: Cuomo was referring …
This post is in: Biden For President, Open Threads, Politics, Joe Biden: President Mr. Rogers
Just got this alert. It’s live, but you can rewind to the beginning. In case you want to hear some common sense, no malarky talk. Open thread
Real Leadership: Joe Biden Addresses The NationPost + Comments (218)
by David Anderson| 13 Comments
This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Information As Power, Shitty Cops
Dr. Ellie Murray is an epidemiologist at the Boston University School of Public Health. She has been quite active and effective in communicating complex epidemiological concepts on Twitter and in the general press since COVID began to spread. She has an excellent set of tweets on how to protest in a way that minimizes the …
Harm reduction strategies for protesting in a pandemicPost + Comments (13)
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This post is in: Open Threads
The Post has a good story about one white kid who was arrested for his role in the rioting in Pittsburgh: Police identified Brian Jordan Bartels, 20, of Allison Park, Pa., as having “kicked off” the escalation in Pittsburgh, one of several examples of peaceful assemblies against police violence creating opportunities for pandemonium. […] In …
This post is in: Biden For President, Music, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Racial Justice
Joe Biden meets black community leaders, promises to create a police oversight board within his first 100 days in the White House pic.twitter.com/GcIiHSDVrF — Reuters (@Reuters) June 2, 2020 Joe Biden is meeting with community leaders at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delaware this morning. There are 14 leaders, including Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, …
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This post is in: On The Road, Photo Blogging
I am captivated by the photo of the staircase below, covered with the pink petals of spring, an invitation to climb the stairs and see the pale pink flowering tree at the top. To capture that view, you must have sitting down on the ground, with your camera aimed up? However you managed that, …
On The Road – Robert Sneddon – ‘Japan’s Home Town’, OnomichiPost + Comments (15)
This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Foreign Affairs
Our masked identities: Cartoons of India's new normal https://t.co/n49Oywts20 — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 31, 2020 Take a close look at this #COVID19 cumulative caseloads by country:1.) There is NO downturn in the USA. It's a long burn, at best, a plateau2.) #Brazil is soaring & could eclipse the USA in 2 weeks3.) India …
COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Monday / Tuesday, June 1-2Post + Comments (14)
by John Cole| 57 Comments
This post is in: Artists In Our Midst
As you know, I am at heart either a bougie bitch or a hippie, or some odd mix of the two, and I buy the majority of the soap I use at the farmer’s market from people who handcraft it. Well, I don’t know what the status of those will be this summer, and I …
This post is in: Goddamned Traitors, Open Threads, Republican Venality, Trumpery
📺 NEW VIDEO The White House is the Hate House. #VoteOutHate pic.twitter.com/9yIAU4343x — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) May 31, 2020 Mr. Malamud is a Soviet immigrant… Occupying force? https://t.co/zu7RL0k0OZ pic.twitter.com/Y2tqgVZquQ — Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) June 1, 2020 Always check in with the head office before rolling out the new campaign: The Kremlin has confirmed Pres Trump and …
This post is in: Open Threads, Trump Crime Cartel, Trumpery
BunkerBoy emerged to tell us that he’s going to send the military if governors won’t shut down protests in their states. As with all Trump statements, it’s worth waiting to see how this plays out, but there’s danger in his words and actions so far. The governors are primarily responsible for law and order in …