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September 10, 2018
"She's proud of her record"....sigh....granted, Rhode Island went for Secretary Clinton but still.....
On The Sidelines Of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans Don't Vote
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/10/645223716/on-the-sidelines-of-democracy-exploring-why-so-many-americans-dont-voteAmong the other 4 in 10 who did not vote was Megan Davis. The 31-year-old massage therapist in Rhode Island never votes, and she's proud of her record.
"I feel like my voice doesn't matter," she said on a recent evening at a park in East Providence, R.I. "People who suck still are in office, so it doesn't make a difference."
Davis might sound contrarian, but she's not. Although these days more Americans say they're enthusiastic about voting in a midterm election than at any point in the last two decades, come Election Day, nonvoters like Davis will still probably be the norm. For every 10 adults eligible to vote, only about four cast a ballot in the 2010 and 2014 midterm elections.
You have to go back to the turn of the 20th century to find a midterm election when a solid majority of people voted (of course, back then, the right to vote was far more limited, so the eligible voting pool was smaller, more male and more white).
"I feel like my voice doesn't matter," she said on a recent evening at a park in East Providence, R.I. "People who suck still are in office, so it doesn't make a difference."
Davis might sound contrarian, but she's not. Although these days more Americans say they're enthusiastic about voting in a midterm election than at any point in the last two decades, come Election Day, nonvoters like Davis will still probably be the norm. For every 10 adults eligible to vote, only about four cast a ballot in the 2010 and 2014 midterm elections.
You have to go back to the turn of the 20th century to find a midterm election when a solid majority of people voted (of course, back then, the right to vote was far more limited, so the eligible voting pool was smaller, more male and more white).
"She's proud of her record"....sigh....granted, Rhode Island went for Secretary Clinton but still.....
September 10, 2018
BTW, we have a Mental Health Support group at https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1151
Of course, we are not equipped for true emergencies. Hope everyone and your families are well today.
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day
https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldSuicidePreventionDay?src=trenBTW, we have a Mental Health Support group at https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1151
Of course, we are not equipped for true emergencies. Hope everyone and your families are well today.
September 10, 2018
Suicide and silence: why depressed men are dying for somebody to talk to
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50. For that to change, the stigma of mental illness must be challenged.
Nine months ago, Jake Mills texted his girlfriend one final time to tell her he loved her – and then he tried to kill himself. "I genuinely felt that I was a burden to a lot of people's lives," the 25-year-old Liverpool comedian says. "A lot of people say suicide is a selfish act but, in that frame of mind, if you're about to kill yourself, you just don't see anything better."
Although Jake had been visiting a counsellor, he was just telling her what he thought she wanted to hear. "She discharged me and told me that I was healthy and better. But actually I wasn't better, I was just better at lying."
Jake was rescued by his girlfriend and has been confronting his depression ever since. But for all too many men, there is no rescue. Last week, millions were shocked by the suicide of beloved actor Robin Williams. The aftermath has provoked a long-neglected debate about mental health and suicide.
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 (World Suicide Prevention Day)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/15/suicide-silence-depressed-menSuicide and silence: why depressed men are dying for somebody to talk to
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50. For that to change, the stigma of mental illness must be challenged.
Nine months ago, Jake Mills texted his girlfriend one final time to tell her he loved her – and then he tried to kill himself. "I genuinely felt that I was a burden to a lot of people's lives," the 25-year-old Liverpool comedian says. "A lot of people say suicide is a selfish act but, in that frame of mind, if you're about to kill yourself, you just don't see anything better."
Although Jake had been visiting a counsellor, he was just telling her what he thought she wanted to hear. "She discharged me and told me that I was healthy and better. But actually I wasn't better, I was just better at lying."
Jake was rescued by his girlfriend and has been confronting his depression ever since. But for all too many men, there is no rescue. Last week, millions were shocked by the suicide of beloved actor Robin Williams. The aftermath has provoked a long-neglected debate about mental health and suicide.
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
September 9, 2018
I'm so sick of this stupid child-in-a-72-year-old-body. Resign and leave the United States, please. Leave all your money if you have any to charity. Let Melania divorce you and keep custody of Barron. Just go fucking disappear.
eta: https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1038794490977374208
Trump slams Secretary Clinton in his latest tweet
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1038774320972095488I'm so sick of this stupid child-in-a-72-year-old-body. Resign and leave the United States, please. Leave all your money if you have any to charity. Let Melania divorce you and keep custody of Barron. Just go fucking disappear.
eta: https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1038794490977374208
September 9, 2018
Florence forecast path as of 11 AM EST per NHC
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/145023.shtml?cone#contents
September 9, 2018
FORT WORTH — More than 1,000 miles from the caustic Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Brett M. Kavanaugh, a federal judge in Texas on Wednesday listened to arguments about whether to find part or all of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, in a case that may end up before a newly right-leaning set of justices.
The case has become not simply a threat to the landmark legislation. Democrats have sought to make it both a flash point in the battle over whether to confirm Judge Kavanaugh and a crucial prong in their strategy to retake control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.
It has already made some Republicans jumpy, especially those in tight re-election contests, because the Trump administration explicitly said in a legal filing in June that it agreed with the argument of Texas and 19 other Republican-controlled states that the law’s protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions are not constitutional. The administration is refusing to defend those guarantees. In that sense, although the case threatens one of the Democrats’ proudest achievements, it is also proving to be something of an election-year gift to their party.
They have hammered away at the issue in millions of dollars of ads, at round tables with their constituents, and at this week’s confirmation hearings, where Judge Kavanaugh declined to answer a question from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, about whether he would uphold those guarantees.
eta: In case you're curious https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/Texas_Wisconsin_et_al_v._U.S._et_al_-_ACA_Complaint_(02-26-18).pdf
Legal Case to Smash Obamacare Hands the Democrats a Hammer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/health/obamacare-mandate-texas-case.htmlFORT WORTH — More than 1,000 miles from the caustic Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Brett M. Kavanaugh, a federal judge in Texas on Wednesday listened to arguments about whether to find part or all of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, in a case that may end up before a newly right-leaning set of justices.
The case has become not simply a threat to the landmark legislation. Democrats have sought to make it both a flash point in the battle over whether to confirm Judge Kavanaugh and a crucial prong in their strategy to retake control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.
It has already made some Republicans jumpy, especially those in tight re-election contests, because the Trump administration explicitly said in a legal filing in June that it agreed with the argument of Texas and 19 other Republican-controlled states that the law’s protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions are not constitutional. The administration is refusing to defend those guarantees. In that sense, although the case threatens one of the Democrats’ proudest achievements, it is also proving to be something of an election-year gift to their party.
They have hammered away at the issue in millions of dollars of ads, at round tables with their constituents, and at this week’s confirmation hearings, where Judge Kavanaugh declined to answer a question from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, about whether he would uphold those guarantees.
eta: In case you're curious https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/Texas_Wisconsin_et_al_v._U.S._et_al_-_ACA_Complaint_(02-26-18).pdf
September 9, 2018
WASHINGTON ― For all the speculation about Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and whether she’ll vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, there is an issue beyond abortion rights perhaps weighing more heavily on her as she makes her decision: protections for Alaska Natives.
Advocates for Alaska Natives, who were crucial to Murkowski’s re-election in 2010, tell HuffPost they’ve been flooding her office all week and urging her to oppose Kavanaugh.
They’re raising concerns about his record on climate change, which is already causing real damage in Alaska. As a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Kavanaugh in 2017 held that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks the authority to regulate hydrofluorocarbons, chemicals linked to global warming. They’re also unhappy with his record on voting rights. Kavanaugh voted in 2012 to uphold a South Carolina voter ID law that disenfranchised more than 80,000 minority registered voters.
The most pressing matter, however, is a case the Supreme Court is reviewing on Nov. 5 that could devastate Alaska Natives’ subsistence fishing rights. The case, Sturgeon v. Frost, raises questions about who has the authority to regulate water in national parks in the state ― the federal government or the state of Alaska. The case arose after Alaska resident John Sturgeon, who was on an annual moose-hunting trip, was riding a hovercraft on a river running through a national park when Park Service officials threatened to give him a citation. Sturgeon is arguing that his ability to use his hovercraft in this scenario is about states’ rights and that federal authority should be eliminated.
Lisa Murkowski's Biggest Reason To Oppose Brett Kavanaugh May Not Be Abortion Rights
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lisa-murkowski-brett-kavanaugh-native-alaska_us_5b92bed6e4b0511db3e20921WASHINGTON ― For all the speculation about Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and whether she’ll vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, there is an issue beyond abortion rights perhaps weighing more heavily on her as she makes her decision: protections for Alaska Natives.
Advocates for Alaska Natives, who were crucial to Murkowski’s re-election in 2010, tell HuffPost they’ve been flooding her office all week and urging her to oppose Kavanaugh.
They’re raising concerns about his record on climate change, which is already causing real damage in Alaska. As a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Kavanaugh in 2017 held that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks the authority to regulate hydrofluorocarbons, chemicals linked to global warming. They’re also unhappy with his record on voting rights. Kavanaugh voted in 2012 to uphold a South Carolina voter ID law that disenfranchised more than 80,000 minority registered voters.
The most pressing matter, however, is a case the Supreme Court is reviewing on Nov. 5 that could devastate Alaska Natives’ subsistence fishing rights. The case, Sturgeon v. Frost, raises questions about who has the authority to regulate water in national parks in the state ― the federal government or the state of Alaska. The case arose after Alaska resident John Sturgeon, who was on an annual moose-hunting trip, was riding a hovercraft on a river running through a national park when Park Service officials threatened to give him a citation. Sturgeon is arguing that his ability to use his hovercraft in this scenario is about states’ rights and that federal authority should be eliminated.
September 9, 2018
Avenatti: I have been practicing law for nearly 20 years. Never before have I seen a defendant...
I have been practicing law for nearly 20 yrs. Never before have I seen a defendant so frightened to be deposed as Donald Trump, especially for a guy that talks so tough. He is desperate and doing all he can to avoid having to answer my questions. He is all hat and no cattle.
https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1038528712885456897
September 9, 2018
AA group: White bigot in Orlando harasses pregnant black woman and gets checked by a brother
White bigot in Orlando harasses pregnant black woman and gets checked by a brother who’s packing heat
https://twitter.com/TalbertSwan/status/1038025666074169344
(refresh the page if you can't see the video)
September 8, 2018
"Perjury trap": laughable ?
FWIW, this link: https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/perjury-trap-doctrine/
To me, if Trump told the truth (extremely unlikely) to Mueller and his people, no worries on perjury. Other worries, yes lol
Alan Dershowitz says this is real for Trump. Is he wrong ? Not a lawyer, so that's why I'm asking.
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