civil rights
Arizona’s Santa Cruz County Sheriff, David Hathaway, Gives a Frank Inside View of ICE Operations and Practice
Here is the video of Sheriff Hathaway in conversation with Judge Napolitano. It’s highly enlightening and deeply insightful. Well worth 20 minutes of your time. Presented without comment for now. I will likely update this post with my own reactions and insights in the next day or two. In the meantime, I rely on you … Read more
President Biden Signs Proclamation Authorizing Monuments to Emmett Till
Today is Emmett Till’s eighty-second birthday. Unfortunately, because of the racists (and what we call white nationalists today) in 1955 Mississippi that kidnapped, tortured, and murdered him, he is not alive to celebrate it. Or attend with members of his family the White House Ceremony today where President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala … Read more
A Good Brief History Of The Senate Filibuster Rule
Hat tip to Jim Small at the Arizona Mirror for this Twitter thread from Max Kennerly, a trial lawyer, who has a good brief history of the Senate filibuster rule for our GQP blog trolls and Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema who clearly do not know this history. Senator Mark Kelly should also pay … Read more
The Blue Strikes Back Against Donald Trump And His MAGA/Qanon Mob For January 6
The Washington Post reports, Seven Capitol Police officers sue Trump, right-wing groups over injuries from Jan. 6 insurrection: Seven U.S. Capitol Police officers on Thursday sued former president Donald Trump and more than a dozen alleged participants in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, saying the defendants are responsible for the officers being … Read more