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Black Governors in Connecticut
[Black residents] had their own, parallel governments in Connecticut for almost 100 years, beginning around the mid-18th century.
…The tradition began about 1750, when white Colonists believed it was a pragmatic way to handle the slaves and keep them in line. In later years, they also wanted to train African Americans to govern themselves and handle disputes.
Initially, the first black governors were either leaders of their African tribes or the slaves of wealthy officials. They were chosen in bona fide elections.
…Some black governors were chosen for having a master who was governor.
…Some of the black governors descended from African nobility.
…Some of the governors were elected by black people from throughout the state, and some were elected for their town or area.
…Eventually, the race for the black governor’s job became elaborate, with an election held a week after the white election in the spring. Qualifications to vote for blacks included owning a pig and a sty. Black women were banned from voting, as white women were from the white men’s elections.
After the vote by hand or by acclamation, the black governor came out often dressed with a military uniform and with a sword, riding a horse in a long parade that included his government. His master paid for the celebration.
…There were other black officials in New England — including five governors in Rhode Island and black kings in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. But, Connecticut had the most and longest run of black governors.
…In Connecticut, the black governor shared responsibility with a lieutenant governor, magistrates and justices of the peace and sheriffs who helped administer and enforce the law.
BLACK GOVERNORS IN CONNECTICUT? THERE WERE MANY, BUT THEY ARE … – Hartford Courant
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Jury awards $17M to 3 plaintiffs in deadly Amtrak derailment
On Dec. 18, 2017, Amtrak’s first paid passenger run on a new route from Tacoma to Portland, Oregon, plunged onto Interstate 5 near DuPont, killing three people and injuring more than 60 others. Amtrak admitted liability before trial.
…In June, the National Transportation Safety Board published its final report on the crash, with the agency’s vice chairman blasting what he described as a “Titanic-like complacency” among those charged with ensuring safe train operations.
Jury awards $17M to 3 plaintiffs in deadly Amtrak derailment – ABC News
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Woman Who Ran For US President In 1872 Was Compared To Satan, Locked Up
“Victoria did have a messianic aspect in all she did, which led her to believe she could make a major statement – that women should have the right to run for office, as well as get the vote – even if not in her lifetime,” said Myra MacPherson, author of the Woodhull biography “The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age.”
Woodhull was a contemporary of famed suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but “she was a feminist, not a suffragist,” MacPherson explained. The distinction was significant. While Anthony and Stanton primarily sought the right to vote, Woodhull espoused sexual, societal and economic liberation, concepts controversial to many suffragists.
She advocated for “free love,” a Victorian-era concept that espoused sexual and societal liberation for women and, most controversially, that women should be allowed to have sex outside marriage. Woodhull saw the institution as nothing more than a trap that robbed women of their identity, and denied them ownership not only of property but their own bodies. At that time, when women married, they were completely subsumed by their husbands, with their rights to property and their children rendered moot. Long before “domestic violence” entered the public lexicon, Woodhull was speaking before crowds about the evils of rape within marriage.
…And then, in November 1872, Woodhull and Claflin published a salacious accusation that a famous Protestant minister, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, was having an affair. (For more context on Beecher’s standing: His sister was abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”) Beecher had preached against “free love,” and Woodhull saw the affair as an example of a double standard for men.
The article ran afoul of the era’s obscenity laws and spelled doom for her political career.
“The whole thing just explodes, it becomes this national sensation,” Lemay said. “Victoria Woodhull gets arrested for spreading pornography, and put into jail for a couple months.”
Imprisoned, Woodhull could not campaign, and never actually did as a presidential candidate.
Woman Who Ran For US President In 1872 Was Compared To Satan, Locked Up
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Khanna: I ‘didn’t appreciate’ Castro’s attack on Biden
Speaking on CNN, Khanna, one of the leading supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders‘s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign, said that it was possible to make the case that Biden should not lead the Democratic Party or the nation going forward without showing disrespect for the former vice president’s “lifetime of public service.”
…”I think we have to respect his service, and so I didn’t appreciate the way Castro attacked him. But I think the argument needs to be about the future, and he is not the change agent for the future in leading the party. You can say that while still respecting his lifetime of public service.”
Khanna: I ‘didn’t appreciate’ Castro’s attack on Biden | TheHill
Go home, Julian.
Who won the Democratic debate? Here are the winners and losers
*Julián Castro: The former San Antonio mayor had a clear plan going into this debate: Go after Biden and paint himself as the true heir to the Obama legacy. Unfortunately for Castro, he went way too hard at Biden on the age issue with his “are you forgetting” line — that he repeated four times. The attack wound up making Biden look sympathetic — and the former vice president’s response, measured and in control, made Castro look small.
Who won the Democratic debate? Here are the winners and losers – CNNPolitics
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Castro needs to find a way to create a moment for himself without pulling anyone else down. It’s way past starting to make him look petty and whiny.
Andrew McCabe: prosecutors recommend charges for former FBI official
McCabe was fired from the FBI just before his retirement in March 2018 after the Justice Department’s internal watchdog concluded that he improperly authorized a leak about a federal investigation into the Clinton Foundation in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign. Investigators concluded that he displayed a lack of candor when asked about the leak.
…The recommendation that McCabe be charged is the latest fallout from the FBI’s handling of investigations around the 2016 presidential election, when agents investigated both of the major-party candidates. Those investigations – into Russian meddling to help Trump win the presidency and Democrat Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server – inserted the FBI into the center of fraught political controversies.
…McCabe’s firing came after the inspector general investigated the information behind a Wall Street Journal story about the Clinton Foundation to determine whether it was an unauthorized leak and if so, who was the source. The story appeared online Oct. 30, 2016, and in print Oct. 31, which was a week after another story reported that McCabe terminated the foundation probe under pressure from the Justice Department.
Investigators determined that McCabe, to promote his impartiality, authorized associates to disclose a call Aug. 12 between McCabe and the principal associate deputy attorney general to The Wall Street Journal. The call effectively confirmed the existence of the Clinton Foundation investigation, which Comey refused to do.
The inspector general found McCabe “lacked candor” when he said he hadn’t authorized the disclosure and didn’t know who did while talking to Comey, when questioned under oath by FBI agents, then when questioned under oath by investigators for special counsel Robert Mueller.
Andrew McCabe: prosecutors recommend charges for former FBI official
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U.S. deported a Detroit man to Iraq, where he’d never been and didn’t speak the language. He died on the streets.
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Andrew McCabe, Ex-FBI Deputy Director, Sues Justice Department Over Firing
McCabe said he was “singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey,” he said in a statement last year.
…Comey also said that the process had been infected with “corrosive doubt” because of Trump’s attacks on McCabe in the past. Trump targeted McCabe in part because his wife had unsuccessfully run for state office in Virginia with support from Democrats.
Andrew McCabe, Ex-FBI Deputy Director, Sues Justice Department Over Firing : NPR
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Patrick Crusius mother: Suspected El Paso shooter’s mother called Allen Texas police about son
…And they not only did nothing but they are pretending she wasn’t calling because was concerned and wanted them to do something.
American police forces ne ver accept responsibility for their mistakes and shortcomings. They like they were Donald Trump or something.
There will never be law and order or justice until all American police departments undergo a complete culture change.
…Perhaps they should be banned from having lobbyists or a police union to speak for them? The peanut gallery is usually prounion law enforcement talking heads are a major part of the problem.
Moulton slams DNC rules as he exits 2020 race
CloseUp: Moulton slams DNC rules as he exits 2020 race
Si’down, Seth. Stop whining and being a poor loser and start working on all of the myriad reasons no one likes you.
In the mafia, there is a name for what Pence and Barr did
The mafia uses a practice known as “kicking up” or “paying tribute” to the boss. Essentially, all members of a mafia family must make sure that some of their earnings end up in the boss’ pocket. From the member’s point of view, “kicking up” is a way to show respect, curry favor, and reinforce the hierarchical power structure. From the boss’s point of view, it’s a way to get rich.
…Apologists can nibble at the margins, but there is no escaping that Barr’s choice to patronize a Trump property, like Pence’s, will put thousands of dollars in Trump’s pocket.
…This trend of high-ranking federal officials choosing to pay thousands of dollars to use Trump’s private properties is problematic on two levels. First, the payments could violate the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, which prohibits federal government officials from accepting (1) “any present, emoluments, title or office” from any foreign country or (2) any income beyond official salary from any American state or the federal government. There already is pending litigation under the Emoluments Clause over Trump’s receipt of revenue from foreign leaders who have stayed at Trump properties. Trump’s receipt of income directly from the federal government to cover Pence’s stay at the hotel presents another potential violation of the Emoluments Clause.
…Second, the decisions by Pence and Barr to patronize Trump’s private business raise vexing precedent and serious ethical questions. Do other high-ranking federal officials need to take notice and follow suit? Will they be punished or disfavored if they don’t throw a couple bucks Trump’s way? Is there some implicit understanding that Trump will favor those who pay? Even if the answer to all of these questions is “no,” the appearance itself is terrible; the American public rightly will wonder if ethical lines have been blurred, and that in itself is problematic.
In the mafia, there is a name for what Pence and Barr did (Opinion) – CNN
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Israel bars Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering country
Israel bars Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering country – CNNPolitics
Our pal, Israel, following us backwards into the abyss.
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