Federal Judge rules John Bolton’s book may be distributed
June 20, 2020
The Trump “Injustice” Department went to court on Friday trying to block the release of former national security adviser John Bolton’s book next week, “The Room Where It Happened”. While U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth on Friday castigated former Trump aide John Bolton for publishing a White House memoir without first obtaining formal government confirmation that … Read more
William Barr illegally tries to fire U.S. Attorney for SDNY to protect Trump associates (updated)
June 20, 2020
H/T Graphic: Buzzflash.com There were two “Friday night massacres” in May of Inspectors General over the past month, resulting in the firing of four Inspectors General investigating claims of corruption in the Trump administration. Friday night, the most corrupt attorney general in the history of the United States in an attempted “Friday night massacre” announced … Read more
Did You Miss the June LD9 Town Hall? Check Out the Videos (video)
June 20, 2020
The Legislative District 9 Team — Senator Victoria Steele and Reps. Randy Friese and Pamela Powers Hannley — held a virtual town hall on Thursday, June 18. In order to avoid being hacked again, this event required preregistration and other precautions. The 100 free tickets went fast. Unfortunately, the security measures created a barrier for … Read more
The latest Lincoln Project Ads depict Donald Trump as a Reincarnated George Wallace and a Chinese Dog
June 19, 2020
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The Lincoln Project released two more stellar ads the last two days that illustrate how much of a calamity KKK Endorsed-Individual One-Liar in Chief-President of Betrayal-Know Nothing-Concentration Camp-Demagogue-Popular Vote Loser Donald Trump is. The first ad called Tulsa compares the eloquent inclusive and progressive leadership styles of Martin Luther King and Robert Francis Kennedy to … Read more
Juneteenth: A Love I Cannot Share, Only Admire
June 19, 2020
Today, as a white American, I find myself wondering “What does Juneteenth mean to me?” Maybe that’s a question a lot of white Americans are asking themselves right now. I don’t presume to know or to say what Juneteenth means to Black Americans. Its meaning and expression are defined by an evolving cultural process happening … Read more
The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington this Saturday
June 19, 2020
While all of the media will focus their attention on Donald Trump’s Nuremberg-style death cult rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma tomorrow, where his disastrous failures of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic, the collapsing economy, and systemic racism in America will all collide — the media are the lookie-loos who crane their necks to check out this train … Read more
The Republican Party is the New Know Nothing Party
June 19, 2020
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Professor Erika Lee’s recent work: America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States is highly recommended reading for this moment in time. In the book, Dr. Lee gives a thorough summary of the emergence of the Know-Nothing Party (also known as the American Party and Order of the Star-Spangled Banner.) The Know-Nothing Party … Read more
‘Juneteenth’ should be a federal holiday (add two more holidays)
June 19, 2020
Most American students have been taught in their K-12 American history classes that the Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to the Union’s General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. But it would be more than 16 months before President … Read more
