Al Franken Reads Mean Tweets About His Support For Hillary Clinton
Hilarious
Category: Domestic Affairs,
How America Made Trump Unstoppable
He’s no ordinary con man. He’s way above average — and the American political system is his easiest mark ever.
Court: No First Amendment right to videorecord police unless you are challenging the police at the time
But that can’t be right — recording in public is protected because of what you could say later using the recording, not because of what you’re saying while you’re recording.
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Buy This ‘Ted Cruz Was the Zodiac Killer’ Shirt and Fund Abortions
We would never say definitively that presidential candidate and absolute charmer Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer. That’s just a silly internet joke, children, one that’s gaining traction this election cycle and is in no way substantiated by Cruz’s cold dead eyes or his evident lack of human feeling. Stare into those flat, lightless features, behold those awkwardly-held arms, then try to sleep.
Buy This ‘Ted Cruz Was the Zodiac Killer’ Shirt and Fund Abortions
heh
Whose fault is mass incarceration?
Whose fault is mass incarceration?
Wait… Bernie voted for the 1994 Crime Bill????!
Hillary Clinton Calls for an End to ‘Mass Incarceration’
She called for a re-evaluation of prison sentences and trust between police and communities
Hillary Clinton Calls for an End to ‘Mass Incarceration’ | TIME
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‘Black Lives Matter’ Activist Interrupts Clinton Event: “Apologize For Mass Incarceration… I Am Not A Super-Predator”
A “Black Lives Matter” activist, …youth activist Ashley Williams, hoped to draw attention to statements made in 1996 by then-first lady Hillary Clinton about bringing black criminals “to heel” by holding up a large sign.
HILLARY CLINTON: I think we’ve got somebody saying [something] here, have you? “Bring them to heel?”
ASHLEY WILLIAMS, BLACK LIVES MATTER: We want you to apologize for mass incarceration. I’m not a super-predator, Hillary Clinton.
CLINTON: okay fine, we’ll talk about it.
WILLIAMS: Will you apologize to black people for mass incarceration?CLINTON: Well, can I talk, and then maybe you can listen to what I say. Fine. Thank you very much. There are a lot of issues in this campaign. The very first speech that I gave back in April was about criminal justice reform.
WILLIAMS: You called black people “Super-Predators.”
CROWD: You’re being inappropriate, that’s rude.
WILLIAMS: She called black people “super predators,” that is rude. CLINTON: Do you want to hear the facts or do you just want to talk?WILLIAMS: I know that you called black people “super predators” in 1994, please explain it to us. You owe black people an apology.
CROWD: That is inappropriate.
CLINTON: If you give me a chance to talk, I’ll come to your side… You know what! Nobody’s every asked me [this] before. You’re the first person to ask me and I am happy to address it.
At that point, Williams is gently removed from the building.
‘Black Lives Matter’ Activist Interrupts Clinton Event: “Apologize For Mass Incarceration… I Am Not A Super-Predator” | Video | RealClearPolitics
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The Map Of Native American Tribes You’ve Never Seen Before : Code Switch : NPR
Aaron Carapella couldn’t find a map showing the original names and locations of Native American tribes as they existed before contact with Europeans. That’s why the Oklahoma man designed his own map.
The Map Of Native American Tribes You’ve Never Seen Before : Code Switch : NPR
Amazingly cool.
How We Failed to Protect Kesha
Kesha, a 28-year-old woman who’s been working in the music industry for a full decade, might think she knows what’s best for her. She might think it’s in her best interest to sever all ties with the man who allegedly raped and continually hurt her, but—really—what does she know? Sony’s invested $60 million in her career, their attorneys reminded the judge—what’s an emotional and physical violation compared to that?“
Our interest is in her success,” claimed a Sony lawyer. “Our interest is in Dr. Luke’s success. They are not in the least bit mutually exclusive.” In other words, we know what’s good for her. And what’s good for her is recording six more albums with a company that heard her claims of abuse and said, “Your story means nothing.”
How We Failed to Protect Kesha
Yup.
Confused Why Women Don’t Report Sexual Assault? Ask Kesha.
Being put through the legal and emotional wringer doesn’t guarantee justice.
Confused Why Women Don’t Report Sexual Assault? Ask Kesha.
Yup.
Courageous To The End
Twelve-year-old Josefa Tumura’s request was for his family was to get to safety.
Cyclone Winston claimed his life during its fury last Saturday night.
Courageous To The End | Fiji Sun
So sad
Dear Bernie: I Like You, But These Red Flags Are Too Frequent to Ignore
The problem is that you’re talking to people who sense that something is wrong, are angry about it and want to know where to place the blame. You are giving them a cabal of boogeyman bankers, corporations and allegedly bought politicians to bear the brunt of that resentment. You’re doing this through a fair degree of dishonesty, and the response of your supporters and campaign to any kind of reality check has thus far been to impugn the motives of impartial observers.
Senator, you are forming a mob of angry, misinformed people and then turning it on the likely Democratic nominee. That, Senator, is a dangerous and destructive game. Does your campaign honestly wonder why it has become synonymous with nasty online invective? If you mention the Bernie Bros online, fifty people fitting the profile pop up with abusive comments informing you that they don’t exist. On the eve of the Nevada caucus, one of your supporters attempted to place an obituary for Secretary Clinton in the Las Vegas Sun-Journal. Don’t you think this all might have a little something to do with your “me against the corrupt establishment” bluster?
Dear Bernie: I Like You, But These Red Flags Are Too Frequent to Ignore
Yup.
Leaked Audio Catches Mika and Joe Chatting With Trump During Break: ‘Nothing Too Hard, Mika’
Comedian and voice actor Harry Shearer somehow got his hands on audio of Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough chatting behind-the-scenes with Donald Trump in between breaks of their MSNBC town hall, playing it on his weekly radio show Le Show.
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40 years ago Alabama’s AG sent a legendary, three-word response to KKK threats
40 years ago Alabama’s AG sent a legendary, three-word response to KKK threats – Yellowhammer News
Good on you, Bill Baxley! Nicely done. Good on ya!
“Late-breaking sexism”: why younger women aren’t excited about electing a woman president – Vox
Looking around in college or grad school, it’s easy to believe that, in the United States at least, gender equality has largely been achieved. …Women enroll in and finish college at higher rates than men. And these days, no one tells you to give up on your dreams of medical school, find a husband, and settle down.
These dynamics can be a rude awakening for young women who have excelled all their lives, often at institutions that have invested resources, time, and attention into recruiting promising women. They’re experiencing something we call “late-breaking sexism.” It’s the sudden realization that you don’t have the same opportunities as a man, that you will struggle to have both a family and a career, that your participation in the public sphere will always be caveated by your gender.
In short, that although latter-day feminist icons encourage women to “lean in,” they will be met at every step of the way by someone telling them, implicitly or explicitly, to “get back.”
Women in their late 20s and early 30s face a double reckoning — they’re confronted with gendered expectations about family on the one hand, and sexist barriers to their career advancement on the other.
“Late-breaking sexism”: why younger women aren’t excited about electing a woman president – Vox
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CANADA for President 2016 – YouTube
Love this!
Schoolwork, advocacy place strain on student activists at Brown University
“There are people breaking down, dropping out of classes and failing classes because of the activism work they are taking on,” said David.
Schoolwork, advocacy place strain on student activists
An article more sympathetic to the students.
…Which I am. I just think they need to learn how to balance out work and passion to succeed in either. …And that isn’t a point of view that seems to pervade higher education right now. I think the students are missing out on some life skills and perspective which might enable them to accomplish more and that is shame.
I understand the need to want to follow your heart but there is nothing dishonorable in getting more mundane things done as well.
Students at Brown Failing Classes Due To The Stress of Activism
…And these are the Ivy League kids.
Brown Students Failing Classes Due To Activism, Details
<facepalm on the original title>
It is wonderful that they want to change the world. IT’s wonderful that they care but it seems like they are missing a does of perspective to balance out their passions. How do these student expect accomplish change and balance in the world around them if they can’t maintain balance in their own lives? It seems like keeping your own shit together would better enable you to have more energy to put into the cause. What’s the phrase, live to fight another day?
Here are the Actual Facts about Super Delegates
Here are the Actual Facts about Super Delegates — Medium
Provided for the conspiracy theorists and woe-is-me their is a conspiracy out to put down my candidate dipshits in the group.
How Trump Did It
It looks improvisational, but he planned this run for years, making a pipe dream look like a prophecy.
An immensely better article on the same subject from Polititco.
Donald Trump is a fraud: Report confirms the billionaire’s presidential bid is a long and calculated con job
Everything Trump has done during the campaign is designed to dupe the media into funding his marketing strategy
Oh, Salon…. Can you go a day without making the huge leap from theory to fact with nothing to support you?
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