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April 6, 2021
Bezos supports a rise in corporate tax rate to help pay for infrastructure investments
https://twitter.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1379528104713060356
April 6, 2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/06/us-considering-joining-boycott-of-2022-beijing-olympics.html
WASHINGTON The United States and its allies are considering a joint boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the State Department said Tuesday.
It [a joint boycott] is something that we certainly wish to discuss, State spokesman Ned Price told reporters when asked about the Biden administrations plans ahead of the international games.
A coordinated approach will not only be in our interest but also in the interest of our allies and partners, he added.
Price said that the United States has not yet made a decision but was concerned about Chinas egregious human rights abuses. The Olympic Games are due to take place between Feb. 4 to Feb. 20.
The potential diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games comes as the Biden administration works to rally allies to mount international pushback on China.
Last month, the United States sanctioned two Chinese officials, citing their roles in serious human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. The sanctions by the Biden administration complement actions also taken by the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada.
*snip*
U.S. considering joining boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics
https://twitter.com/cnbc/status/1379514633514577927https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/06/us-considering-joining-boycott-of-2022-beijing-olympics.html
WASHINGTON The United States and its allies are considering a joint boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the State Department said Tuesday.
It [a joint boycott] is something that we certainly wish to discuss, State spokesman Ned Price told reporters when asked about the Biden administrations plans ahead of the international games.
A coordinated approach will not only be in our interest but also in the interest of our allies and partners, he added.
Price said that the United States has not yet made a decision but was concerned about Chinas egregious human rights abuses. The Olympic Games are due to take place between Feb. 4 to Feb. 20.
The potential diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games comes as the Biden administration works to rally allies to mount international pushback on China.
Last month, the United States sanctioned two Chinese officials, citing their roles in serious human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. The sanctions by the Biden administration complement actions also taken by the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada.
*snip*
April 6, 2021
https://www.salon.com/2015/05/08/vegas_mayor_couldnt_figure_out_why_his_ipad_is_full_of_child_porn_so_he_had_police_wipe_it_clean/
Former North Las Vegas police chief Joseph Chronister retired on Thursday -- so, naturally, he's decided to spend his new free time disclosing stories of widespread municipal corruption.
One such story involves North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee, who allegedly received special treatment from law enforcement when he reported that some child pornography mysteriously appeared on his iPad last year. According to Chronister and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Lee contacted the police for help after receiving (he claims) an email containing "kiddie porn," which he wanted to make go away. So, it seems the police helped the mayor do just that -- despite the fact that, after a day-long investigation, a detective could find no evidence of the email in question.
Via the Review-Journal:
Former FBI agent and computer crimes expert Joseph Dooley, who spoke with the Review-Journal, was baffled by the series of events, and basically called bullshit on the detective's report. "If he thinks its child porn, its child porn," Dooley said. "It doesnt matter what country its in. That sentence makes no sense to me."
*snip*
North Las Vegas mayor couldn't figure out why his iPad is full of child porn -- so he had police...
https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1379480012047351810Tweet text:
PatriotTakes 🇺🇸
@patriottakes
So today, @MayorJohnLee switched from being a Democrat to a Republican. Interesting.
North Las Vegas mayor couldn't figure out why his iPad is full of child porn -- so he had police...
Former North Las Vegas police chief comes clean about corruption, and it doesn't look good for Mayor John Lee
salon.com
10:03 AM · Apr 6, 2021
PatriotTakes 🇺🇸
@patriottakes
So today, @MayorJohnLee switched from being a Democrat to a Republican. Interesting.
North Las Vegas mayor couldn't figure out why his iPad is full of child porn -- so he had police...
Former North Las Vegas police chief comes clean about corruption, and it doesn't look good for Mayor John Lee
salon.com
10:03 AM · Apr 6, 2021
https://www.salon.com/2015/05/08/vegas_mayor_couldnt_figure_out_why_his_ipad_is_full_of_child_porn_so_he_had_police_wipe_it_clean/
Former North Las Vegas police chief Joseph Chronister retired on Thursday -- so, naturally, he's decided to spend his new free time disclosing stories of widespread municipal corruption.
One such story involves North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee, who allegedly received special treatment from law enforcement when he reported that some child pornography mysteriously appeared on his iPad last year. According to Chronister and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Lee contacted the police for help after receiving (he claims) an email containing "kiddie porn," which he wanted to make go away. So, it seems the police helped the mayor do just that -- despite the fact that, after a day-long investigation, a detective could find no evidence of the email in question.
Via the Review-Journal:
In his report, the detective said he found no emails having to do with pornography of any kind but did find links to three pornographic websites in the iPads browser history. Two of the sites were not illegal, the detective determined, but the third showed pornography organized by the country where the images originated. He said the site looked illegal.
I did locate several possible photos that could be considered child pornography, but since they were in a different country, I could not verify the age of the people pictured, the detective wrote. [...]
Chronister said his understanding, based on conversations with the detective, is that the mayors explanation about pornography associated with an email couldnt have happened as the mayor described.
Finding nothing he could prove illegal on the iPad, the detective took it to an Apple Store and had it wiped clean the next day, according to the report. In his report, the detective said an Apple employee told him that a deleted email would no longer be on the device.
Former FBI agent and computer crimes expert Joseph Dooley, who spoke with the Review-Journal, was baffled by the series of events, and basically called bullshit on the detective's report. "If he thinks its child porn, its child porn," Dooley said. "It doesnt matter what country its in. That sentence makes no sense to me."
*snip*
April 6, 2021
Middle Age Riot FTW
https://twitter.com/middleageriot/status/1379519455982665740Tweet text:
Middle Age Riot
@middleageriot
"You are what you eat" is a myth.
Otherwise, Jen Psaki would be a Fox News reporter because of how many she has eaten for lunch.
12:40 PM · Apr 6, 2021
Middle Age Riot
@middleageriot
"You are what you eat" is a myth.
Otherwise, Jen Psaki would be a Fox News reporter because of how many she has eaten for lunch.
12:40 PM · Apr 6, 2021
April 6, 2021
Unrolled thread here
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1378458660297441281.html
Law Really Is That Bad.
Each reason is cited by line so feel free to follow along with the actual text here: legis.ga.gov/legislation/59
#gapol #SB202 1/13
HYPERCRIMINALIZATION: Georgia's new law codifies mass disenfranchisement and further expands criminalization policy in the voting process. 2/13
POWER GRAB: Georgia's new law removes significant power from the Secretary of State and gives the GOP-led, gerrymandered state legislature majority control of the State Election Board 3/13
COUNTY ELECTION TAKEOVERS: GA's new law removes judicial oversight from the county intervention process & grants a GOP-controlled body the power to replace county BOEs & local elections officials w/ significant voter access & election certification responsibilities. 4/13
SANCTION POWER: Georgia's new voting law allows the State Election Board to sanction counties that don't accept unlimited challenges or fail to hold mass challenge hearings within 10/days. 5/13
PROVISIONAL BALLOTS: Georgia's new voting law bans most out-of-precinct provisional ballots. Over 20k provisional ballots were counted in the general & runoff elections and these were nearly 70% dem voters 6/13
DROP BOXES: Georgia's new law completely eliminates over 300 hours of drop box availability relative to 2020. The law also significantly reduces the total number of drop boxes, using "uniformity" as an excuse to race to the bottom in voter access. 7/13
VOTE-BY-MAIL: Georgia's new law adds several new VBM burdens including: restrictions to absentee ballot applications that would have impacted 75K voters in 2020/2021 elections and new ID requirements that could impact over 200K Georgians. 8/13
RUNOFFS: Georgia's new law cuts runoff elections by 5 weeks, reduces minimum early vote required for federal runoffs, & likely eliminates vbm options.
[Note: Reducing participation in already racist Jim Crow relic runoff elections is next level. See vox.com/21551855/georg ] 9/13
Why Georgia has runoff elections
Racist lawmakers built Georgias election system, and now its affecting the balance of the Senate.
https://www.vox.com/21551855/georgia-ossoff-perdue-loeffler-warnock-runoff-election-2020-results
MORE BAD: GA's new voting law also bans counties from accepting grant $$ to fund elections, limits voting resources, & more. While I'm sure there are provisions I missed, these 50 clearly show that SB202, at its core, is a bill meant to restrict access & criminalize voting. 10/13
why do some claim its not all bad? it allows early tabulation, ends signature match, +1 Sat early vote day (no diff 4 larger counties) & lets more ppl be poll workers (precinct splitting is complicated tf w/holding here).
So while the full text shows SB202s true IMPACT... 11/13
The actual INTENT of this bill is clear from its origins. The same lies that fueled an insurrection. The same policies first introduced at disinfo filled hearings held by the GA senate (12/3) & GA house (12/23) that led to death threats & doxxing of black election workers. 12/13
In Summary: Georgia's new voting law is bad. This is not hard. Fight back here: StopJimCrow2.com END/
- Stop Jim Crow 2
http://StopJimCrow2.com
THREAD: 50 Reasons Why Georgia's New Voting Law Really Is That Bad.
https://twitter.com/esosa_osa/status/1378458660297441281Tweet text:
Esosa Osa
@Esosa_Osa
THREAD: 50 Reasons Why Georgia's New Voting Law Really Is That Bad.
Each reason is cited by line so feel free to follow along with the actual text here: https://legis.ga.gov/legislation/59827
#gapol #SB202 1/13
2:25 PM · Apr 3, 2021
Esosa Osa
@Esosa_Osa
THREAD: 50 Reasons Why Georgia's New Voting Law Really Is That Bad.
Each reason is cited by line so feel free to follow along with the actual text here: https://legis.ga.gov/legislation/59827
#gapol #SB202 1/13
2:25 PM · Apr 3, 2021
Unrolled thread here
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1378458660297441281.html
Law Really Is That Bad.
Each reason is cited by line so feel free to follow along with the actual text here: legis.ga.gov/legislation/59
#gapol #SB202 1/13
HYPERCRIMINALIZATION: Georgia's new law codifies mass disenfranchisement and further expands criminalization policy in the voting process. 2/13
POWER GRAB: Georgia's new law removes significant power from the Secretary of State and gives the GOP-led, gerrymandered state legislature majority control of the State Election Board 3/13
COUNTY ELECTION TAKEOVERS: GA's new law removes judicial oversight from the county intervention process & grants a GOP-controlled body the power to replace county BOEs & local elections officials w/ significant voter access & election certification responsibilities. 4/13
SANCTION POWER: Georgia's new voting law allows the State Election Board to sanction counties that don't accept unlimited challenges or fail to hold mass challenge hearings within 10/days. 5/13
PROVISIONAL BALLOTS: Georgia's new voting law bans most out-of-precinct provisional ballots. Over 20k provisional ballots were counted in the general & runoff elections and these were nearly 70% dem voters 6/13
DROP BOXES: Georgia's new law completely eliminates over 300 hours of drop box availability relative to 2020. The law also significantly reduces the total number of drop boxes, using "uniformity" as an excuse to race to the bottom in voter access. 7/13
VOTE-BY-MAIL: Georgia's new law adds several new VBM burdens including: restrictions to absentee ballot applications that would have impacted 75K voters in 2020/2021 elections and new ID requirements that could impact over 200K Georgians. 8/13
RUNOFFS: Georgia's new law cuts runoff elections by 5 weeks, reduces minimum early vote required for federal runoffs, & likely eliminates vbm options.
[Note: Reducing participation in already racist Jim Crow relic runoff elections is next level. See vox.com/21551855/georg ] 9/13
Why Georgia has runoff elections
Racist lawmakers built Georgias election system, and now its affecting the balance of the Senate.
https://www.vox.com/21551855/georgia-ossoff-perdue-loeffler-warnock-runoff-election-2020-results
MORE BAD: GA's new voting law also bans counties from accepting grant $$ to fund elections, limits voting resources, & more. While I'm sure there are provisions I missed, these 50 clearly show that SB202, at its core, is a bill meant to restrict access & criminalize voting. 10/13
why do some claim its not all bad? it allows early tabulation, ends signature match, +1 Sat early vote day (no diff 4 larger counties) & lets more ppl be poll workers (precinct splitting is complicated tf w/holding here).
So while the full text shows SB202s true IMPACT... 11/13
The actual INTENT of this bill is clear from its origins. The same lies that fueled an insurrection. The same policies first introduced at disinfo filled hearings held by the GA senate (12/3) & GA house (12/23) that led to death threats & doxxing of black election workers. 12/13
In Summary: Georgia's new voting law is bad. This is not hard. Fight back here: StopJimCrow2.com END/
- Stop Jim Crow 2
http://StopJimCrow2.com
April 6, 2021
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/filibuster-s-future-arizona-s-sinema-makes-flawed-case-n1263172
When it comes to efforts to reform the Senate's filibuster rules, proponents of institutional changes clearly have plenty of momentum. Many senators who, as recently as a few years ago, wanted to leave the chamber's status quo in place indefinitely have changed their minds.
But in the Senate Democratic conference, support for an overhaul is not yet universal. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) receives the bulk of the attention in this debate, in part because he's Congress' most conservative Democrat, and in part because he's been quite vocal in his opposition to major institutional changes.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), however, is every bit as opposed to filibuster reforms as Manchin -- and by some measures, more so. She just tends not to talk about it as much.
In early March, the Arizonan wrote a relatively long letter to a constituent, making the case for leaving the filibuster alone. It was good to see the senator tackle the issue in some detail, but Sinema's letter included suspect historical claims.
This week, the Democratic senator elaborated on her perspective to the Wall Street Journal.
*snip*
On the filibuster's future, Arizona's Sinema makes a flawed case
https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1379514373526421510Tweet text:
Rachel Maddow MSNBC
@maddow
"I read this paragraph several times, trying to better understand where Senator Sinema is coming from, but it's a difficult perspective to understand..."
On the filibuster's future, Arizona's Sinema makes a flawed case
What should happen when Republican senators are asked to "change their behavior," and they respond, "No"?
msnbc.com
12:20 PM · Apr 6, 2021
Rachel Maddow MSNBC
@maddow
"I read this paragraph several times, trying to better understand where Senator Sinema is coming from, but it's a difficult perspective to understand..."
On the filibuster's future, Arizona's Sinema makes a flawed case
What should happen when Republican senators are asked to "change their behavior," and they respond, "No"?
msnbc.com
12:20 PM · Apr 6, 2021
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/filibuster-s-future-arizona-s-sinema-makes-flawed-case-n1263172
When it comes to efforts to reform the Senate's filibuster rules, proponents of institutional changes clearly have plenty of momentum. Many senators who, as recently as a few years ago, wanted to leave the chamber's status quo in place indefinitely have changed their minds.
But in the Senate Democratic conference, support for an overhaul is not yet universal. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) receives the bulk of the attention in this debate, in part because he's Congress' most conservative Democrat, and in part because he's been quite vocal in his opposition to major institutional changes.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), however, is every bit as opposed to filibuster reforms as Manchin -- and by some measures, more so. She just tends not to talk about it as much.
In early March, the Arizonan wrote a relatively long letter to a constituent, making the case for leaving the filibuster alone. It was good to see the senator tackle the issue in some detail, but Sinema's letter included suspect historical claims.
This week, the Democratic senator elaborated on her perspective to the Wall Street Journal.
"When you have a place that's broken and not working, and many would say that's the Senate today, I don't think the solution is to erode the rules," she said in an interview after two constituent events in Phoenix. "I think the solution is for senators to change their behavior and begin to work together, which is what the country wants us to do."
*snip*
April 6, 2021
Unrolled thread here (best viewed at link for pictures)
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1379501786873102338.html
So this newly discovered image from Jan. 6 might not look very important. But it is.
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1379501786873102338Tweet text:
Ryan J. Reilly
@ryanjreilly
So this newly discovered image from Jan. 6 might not look very important. But it is. Let me explain why.
(Thread warning.)
Image
Ryan J. Reilly
@ryanjreilly
So this newly discovered image from Jan. 6 might not look very important. But it is. Let me explain why.
(Thread warning.)
Image
Unrolled thread here (best viewed at link for pictures)
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1379501786873102338.html
April 6, 2021
Brown University and Northeastern University will require Covid-19 vaccines for all students...
https://twitter.com/anacabrera/status/1379506973834625026Tweet text:
Ana Cabrera
@AnaCabrera
NEW: Brown University and Northeastern University will require Covid-19 vaccines for all students returning to campus in the fall
11:51 AM · Apr 6, 2021
Ana Cabrera
@AnaCabrera
NEW: Brown University and Northeastern University will require Covid-19 vaccines for all students returning to campus in the fall
11:51 AM · Apr 6, 2021
April 6, 2021
I'm actually pretty confident we all think Cotton is a fascist......
Still think Tom Cotton isn't a fascist?
https://twitter.com/will_bunch/status/1379506791504084995Tweet text:
Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter
@Will_Bunch
Remember when Tom Cotton wrote that thing about using troops to crush Black Lives Matter and people insisted that he wasn't a fascist? Well...
Tom Cotton
@TomCottonAR
We have a major under-incarceration problem in America.
And it's only getting worse.
https://cnn.com/2021/04/03/us/us-crime-rate-rise-2020/index.html
11:50 AM · Apr 6, 2021
Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter
@Will_Bunch
Remember when Tom Cotton wrote that thing about using troops to crush Black Lives Matter and people insisted that he wasn't a fascist? Well...
Tom Cotton
@TomCottonAR
We have a major under-incarceration problem in America.
And it's only getting worse.
https://cnn.com/2021/04/03/us/us-crime-rate-rise-2020/index.html
11:50 AM · Apr 6, 2021
I'm actually pretty confident we all think Cotton is a fascist......
April 6, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-04/bystander-intervene-derek-chauvin-asian-attacks
In the last week, we saw another horrific anti-Asian assault on video. A 65-year-old woman was walking to church in New York City when she was brutally attacked by a man on a street near Times Square. The assailant said, You dont belong here, as he kicked her in the chest and stomped on her while she was on the ground.
The footage from an apartment building captured the vicious attack, allowing authorities to identify and arrest a suspect. The video also caught the behavior of security guards who witnessed the assault from inside the building. Stunningly, rather than intervening to help, one of the guards slowly walked toward the woman. Then he closed the door, leaving her alone on the sidewalk a few feet away.
Reacting on Twitter, Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, wrote, I have seen similar scenes from history of bystanders who turned away. It is a sign of danger for our society We need to understand, what did these security guards think they were securing in that moment?
This is exactly the right question. We think part of the answer is about identity.
Since the 1960s, social psychologists have been studying why bystanders fail to intervene when strangers need help. Among other factors, people are significantly more likely to assist victims if they believe that they share an identity a common group membership with them.
*snip*
Why do bystanders fail to intervene when they see others in pain?
https://twitter.com/naacp_ldf/status/1379456417229324300Tweet text:
Legal Defense Fund
@NAACP_LDF
I have seen similar scenes from history of bystanders who turned away. It is a sign of danger for our society We need to understand, what did these security guards think they were securing in that moment? - @Sifill_LDF
People attend an Asian American anti-violence press conference outside the building were a 65-year-old Asian woman was attacked in New York on March 30, 2021. - New York police were searching Tuesday for a man who violently attacked an Asian-American woman as bystanders seemingly looked on without intervening, the latest incident of anti-Asian violence in the United States. The attack, which took place on a sidewalk...
Op-Ed: Why do bystanders fail to intervene when they see others in pain?
Social identities can cause us to extend care to people within our boundaries but withhold our concern from people we think are on the outside.
latimes.com
8:30 AM · Apr 6, 2021
Legal Defense Fund
@NAACP_LDF
I have seen similar scenes from history of bystanders who turned away. It is a sign of danger for our society We need to understand, what did these security guards think they were securing in that moment? - @Sifill_LDF
People attend an Asian American anti-violence press conference outside the building were a 65-year-old Asian woman was attacked in New York on March 30, 2021. - New York police were searching Tuesday for a man who violently attacked an Asian-American woman as bystanders seemingly looked on without intervening, the latest incident of anti-Asian violence in the United States. The attack, which took place on a sidewalk...
Op-Ed: Why do bystanders fail to intervene when they see others in pain?
Social identities can cause us to extend care to people within our boundaries but withhold our concern from people we think are on the outside.
latimes.com
8:30 AM · Apr 6, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-04/bystander-intervene-derek-chauvin-asian-attacks
In the last week, we saw another horrific anti-Asian assault on video. A 65-year-old woman was walking to church in New York City when she was brutally attacked by a man on a street near Times Square. The assailant said, You dont belong here, as he kicked her in the chest and stomped on her while she was on the ground.
The footage from an apartment building captured the vicious attack, allowing authorities to identify and arrest a suspect. The video also caught the behavior of security guards who witnessed the assault from inside the building. Stunningly, rather than intervening to help, one of the guards slowly walked toward the woman. Then he closed the door, leaving her alone on the sidewalk a few feet away.
Reacting on Twitter, Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, wrote, I have seen similar scenes from history of bystanders who turned away. It is a sign of danger for our society We need to understand, what did these security guards think they were securing in that moment?
This is exactly the right question. We think part of the answer is about identity.
Since the 1960s, social psychologists have been studying why bystanders fail to intervene when strangers need help. Among other factors, people are significantly more likely to assist victims if they believe that they share an identity a common group membership with them.
*snip*
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