Great Moments in Peaceful Protest History by Matt Lubchansky on The Nib
Great Moments in Peaceful Protest History – by Matt Lubchansky
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Liberal Redneck Trae Crowder: ‘I’m Thrilled’ FBI is done with Hillary’s emails
The Daily News Hillbilly-in-Chief Trae Crowder is thrilled the FBI has decided to drop this whole business of charging Hillary over her emails because it ‘means this bullsh– is not going to be the mechanism through which Donald Trump walks away with the presidency.
VIDEO: Liberal Redneck Trae Crowder: ‘I’m Thrilled’ FBI is done with Hillary’s emails
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Turnipseed on Wallace’s appeal to the working class
Yeah, he appealed to the working man to the exclusion of black people, he did that. I mean, …it would be fine if the blacks joined along if they wanted to keep things the way they were. And that is segregated schools and all the other things that he fought so long and hard for in his career as Governor of Alabama. Fighting desegregation, fighting civil rights, was the center point of what he did. He appealed to the blue collar constituency, the working class that really have more in common with blacks than they have divisions. But he was a master at driving that division, you know, like us and them. He knew how to do us and them politics, the old southern politics.
Wallace’s appeal to the working class
Striking parallels to current events.
Interview with Tom Turnipseed
When I met him he told me a version of the story about the rally in Mass.
The PostScript : Tom Turnipseed Turned Around
Turnipseed is a board member of the Carolina Peace Resource Center, which advances peace through research and education, and the S.C. Hispanic Leadership Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for the Hispanic community. He is former Chairman of the Board of the Center for Democratic Renewal, formerly the National Anti-Klan Network which is an Atlanta-based civil rights organization. He is the 2005 honorary Co-Chair of the NAACP.
These achievements seem incompatible with a man who was once a spokesman for former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, one of the South’s most notorious segregationists.
Turnipseed did not simply change his mind. He grew. He opened his eyes to civil unrest and injustice and took active steps to change the world around him. Turnipseed’s story is a story of evolution.
The PostScript : Tom Turnipseed Turned Around – The PostScript
Ahhhh… OK, I feel better now.
Tom Turnipseed on War
Tom Turnipseed on war and the military.
I’m about to go on a Tom Turnipseed binge
I’m about to go on a Tom Turnipseed binge up in here… I just want to swim in the notion of people turning from hate and division and becoming open and woke. So bear with me y’all.
The Senator on Dixie iconography.
For The Record
Far be it from me to pass on celeb opinions as if they matter more than any else’s but this is spot on.
Jeb Bush: I think people are going to really feel betrayed
“The tragedy of this though is that there isn’t going to be a wall built. And Mexico’s not going to pay for it,” he said. “And there’s not going to be a ban on Muslims. None of that. This was all, like, a alternative universe that he created. The reality is — that’s not going to happen, and people are going to be deeply frustrated and the divides will grow in our country.
“…That’s the heartbreaking part of this is, I think people are going to really feel betrayed.”
Jeb Bush: I think people are going to really feel betrayed – CBS News
Oh Jeb, really?!
That’s not actually the tragedy part of this. …And people who expect Mexico to build a wall for us being disappointed is not at the heartbreaking thing going on here. Do you really find those people’s disappointment more heartbreaking than the fact that they wanted to build it in the first place? Seriously? Really?
Minneapolis police leave security posts at Minnesota Lynx game over protest shirts
Four Minnesota police officers left their security posts at Saturday’s Lynx game after players wore shirts protesting the deaths of two men at the hands of police.
The black warmup shirts worn said “Change Starts With Us — Justice and Accountability” on the front. (Accountability is a Lynx team mantra.)
The back of the shirt featured the names of Castile and Sterling, the Dallas Police Department shield and, at the bottom, “Black Lives Matter.” Castile was killed by a suburban St. Paul police officer during a traffic stop.
“If we take this time to see that this is a human issue and speak out together, we can greatly decrease fear and create change,” the Lynx’s Maya Moore said prior to Saturday’s game. “Tonight we will be wearing shirts to honor and mourn the losses of precious American citizens and to plead for change in all of us.”
Minneapolis police leave security posts at Minnesota Lynx game over protest shirts
Even though it was off-duty, that is super unprofessional.
Beverly officers recognized for work at overdose scene
A Beverly officer was called out for his great work Monday.
Beverly officers recognized for how they handled overdose case | FOX25
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In the Turmoil Over Race and Policing, Children Pay a Steep Emotional Price
Young people are reeling from their losses and harboring pent-up depression that often comes pouring out in panic attacks and breakdowns, relatives say.
In the Turmoil Over Race and Policing, Children Pay a Steep Emotional Price – The New York Times
Sigh…
Why Bernie Sanders is backing a $1.5 trillion military boondoggle
“People don’t think of Vermont as an aerospace state; they think we’re all cheese, maple syrup and skiing,” said Patricia Moulton, secretary of Vermont’s Agency of Commerce and Community Development. “We have a very robust aerospace sector, and we have a number of advanced tech firms that find Vermont a great place to do business.”
Why Bernie Sanders is backing a $1.5 trillion military boondoggle
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Marco Rubio’s Statement On The Dallas Shooting Shows That Police Brutality Isn’t Partisan
There’s still a palpable, political wake from the shooting in Dallas, Texas,f on Tuesday night. Republicans and Democrats alike were quick to offer opinions, admonishments, and spin. But, there were some who spoke out against politicizing the event. Surprisingly, former presidential candidate Marco
Marco Rubio’s Statement On The Dallas Shooting Shows That Police Brutality Isn’t Partisan | Romper
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In Dallas response, Marco Rubio shows why he may be future of GOP
During a press conference on July 8, Rubio said that anyone who is not black will “never fully understand the experience of being black in America, but we should all understand why our fellow Americans in the African American community are angry.” Rubio acknowledged that much progress has been made in race relations over the last few decades, but that “millions of our fellow Americans feel they are treated differently, and they are scared.”
In Dallas response, Marco Rubio shows why he may be future of GOP | Washington Examiner
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Oldest Non-Human Stone Tools Outside Africa Created by Monkeys
Archaeologists excavate cashew-crunching tool sets that have been used by capuchin monkeys in Brazil for a hundred generations.
Oldest Non-Human Stone Tools Outside Africa Created by Monkeys
Wild.
South China Sea: China defiant as tribunal backs Philippines
China is defiant after an international tribunal rejects its claims to parts of the South China Sea, but pledges to resolve tensions with neighbours.
South China Sea: China defiant as tribunal backs Philippines – BBC News
Oy!
Full Transcript of Bernie Sanders’ Speech Endorsing Hillary Clinton
That future will be shaped more by what happens on November 8 in voting booths across our nation than by any other event in the world. I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president.
…Hillary Clinton understands that we must fix an economy in America that is rigged and that sends almost all new wealth and income to the top one percent. Hillary Clinton understands that if someone in America works 40 hours a week, that person should not be living in poverty. She believes that we should raise the minimum wage to a living wage. And she wants to create millions of new jobs by rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. – our roads, bridges, water systems and wastewater plants.
…If you don’t believe this election is important, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump [would] nominate, and what that [would mean] to civil liberties, equal rights and the future of our country.
…Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here today.
Full Transcript of Bernie Sanders’ Speech Endorsing Hillary Clinton – Fortune
Enough with the tsimmes already, onward together!
Sanders: Clinton ‘must become our next president’
Bernie Sanders officially endorsed Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid here Tuesday, ending a primary campaign that defied expectations and tested the notion that Clinton’s claim to the Democratic nomination was inevitable.
Sanders: Clinton ‘must become our next president’
Well that took fucking long enough.
Brexit and the South China Sea: Why Politicians Lie
Why the cost of lying in domestic and international politics should not be underestimated.
The principle issue with leaders and politicians consciously lying to their constituents is that it prohibits people from making informed and rational choices. In the case of China, this is specifically the reason why they are being lied to, since an informed and rational Chinese public, in all likelihood, would not support Xi Jinping’s brinkmanship over a few rocks in the Western Pacific (“Mourir Pour Scarborough Shoal?” Anyone?).
In the case of the United Kingdom, a Western democracy, the fact that Boris Johnson’s acolytes got away with lying to the public without serious repercussions not only spreads mistrust between those who govern and the governed, but more importantly, and alas more troublesome to a democracy, it is poised to undermine the rule of law—the lifeblood of the democratic experiment—since trust in elected leaders and the law is the sinew that holds any democratic system together.
Brexit and the South China Sea: Why Politicians Lie | The Diplomat
Hmmm…
South China Sea: Philippines and Beijing await court ruling
An international tribunal is set to give a long-awaited ruling, with implications for China’s controversial claims in the disputed South China Sea.
South China Sea: Philippines and Beijing await court ruling – BBC News
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The South China Sea is a powder keg with disturbing echoes of 1914
And the doleful 1914 analogy works at another analytical level. The US resembles 1913 Britain, still the dominant power in the world, even if it is in relative decline as others gain on it. China approximates the Kaiser’s bumptious Germany, determined to secure its place in the sun, and is the global rising power most making the rest of the world nervous. Japan is Third Republic France, in decline and painfully aware of it, even as its hated rival – for the French Germany and for the Japanese the Chinese – gains in power almost by the day. India is even an alright stand-in for Tsarist Russia, powerful, slightly geographically removed from the situation, yet capable of playing a pivotal role. The aptness of the analogy leaves little room for strategic comfort.
Like pre-1914 Wilhelmine Germany, China is on the strategic march, especially throwing its weight around the South China Sea, where more than $5 trillion in trade passes through its waters each year. Beijing ridiculously claims the lion’s share of the waterway for itself, through the use of the nine-dash line that it says validates these excessive claims. The problem is that Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan also have competing claims, and they increasingly chafe at China’s high-handed treatment there, where Beijing is constructing military bases. At last bearing it no longer, the Philippines took Beijing to the international court, with The Hague set to rule on the conflicting welter of claims in the next few days.
Almost certainly The Hague will rule in the Philippines’ favour, and equally certainly China, to the horror of its neighbours, will simply ignore the court’s decision. Then the mask will have well and truly slipped, revealing China’s naked power grab in this most dangerous region in the world.
The South China Sea is a powder keg with disturbing echoes of 1914 | City A.M.
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