Algernon Moncrieff
Algernon Moncrieff's JournalGavin Newsom says Democrats need to 'organize with more ferocity of focus,' put GOP 'on the defense'
KOSBut, Newson added, “You have to recognize what you’re up against, and right now, we're up against the ruthlessness of the Republican Party.
"That's not a cheap shot. You see what's happening to all the progress we've made in the 21st century, all of the rights that we in many ways have taken for granted that had been afforded since the ‘60s, are being rolled back in real-time," Newsom said. "This is a totally different moment." He adds that the Democratic Party needs to "wake up with a different mindset" and go beyond “advancing the collective cause.”
"That's where the party comes in. Democrats need the Democratic Party—not the president, not a speaker … the party, the infrastructure, I think, has to organize with more ferocity of focus, more determination to set the agenda, set the course, and put the other party on the defense," Newsom said. “They are dominating the narrative. The facts are not on their side, but they’re dominating the narrative. And in this world, right now, you dominate the narrative. You win. And that’s what I’m worried about,” he said.
GBI releases new video of Georgia Guidestones bombing
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Read more: AJC
The Stonehenge-like structure was built in 1980 and has come under fire for being Satanic. This NPR article touches on it
Reposted in GD after being locked in LBN.
GBI releases new video of Georgia Guidestones bombing
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Thursday tweeted out additional video of the Georgia Guidestones showing a dark figure sprinting to and from the monument shortly before an explosion destroyed one of its four pillars.
Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/gbi-releases-new-video-of-georgia-guidestones-bombing/MTYOUF6PTBEKRI35KM73S5O2DU/
The Stonehenge-like structure was built in 1980 and has come under fire for being Satanic.
How do you allocate your political money?
This is a no-wrong-answer question. In general, if you have any disposable income to dedicate to politics, in general terms, how do you principally spend it?
Bad news tonight, but a glimmer of hope.
Mike Flood defeated Patty Pansing Brooks in the Special Election for NE 1 - the seat vacated after Jeff Fortenbury was forced to resign.But the margin in this traditionally safe R district was 52 - 48. We get to do this again in November. We need 3 points.
If abortion is going to be illegal, then dads need to pay
- If women are forced to carry unintended pregnancies to term, then we need laws putting dad (or dad's parents, if dad is a minor) on the hook for at least half of all expenses. Including, but not limited to: Prenatal. Delivery Expenses (including but not limited to: doctor, anesthesia, hospitalization, NICU, ambulance - you get the idea). Child Support. Secondary education funding. Medical and dental insurance.
- Neither Dad nor Dad Family get any say in Mom's choice of doctor or hospital.
- Financial responsibility does not entitle dad to visitation rights. That's a separate issue.
If you work for a company contemplating a move out of CA, IL, or NY
...think very carefully. No state income tax is nice and all, but red state America is looking to become more authoritarian than many third world dictatorships.
6 takeaways from primaries in California, Mississippi and other states
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/08/4-takeaways-primaries-california-new-jersey-etc/1. Voters in blue cities send a message on crime — again
It’s become apparent that voters even in blue cities are willing to punish Democrats who are perceived as too soft on crime. Tuesday resulted in some particularly pronounced examples of that trend.
In San Francisco, voters made the historic decision to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who won office in 2019 while running on the idea of a less punitive criminal justice system, including ending cash bail and sending fewer people to prison. The latest results show voters recalling him by a strong margin, 60 percent to 40 percent, with an estimated 61 percent of votes counted.
In Los Angeles, Rick Caruso and Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), who was once considered a contender to be President Biden’s vice president, look to be headed for a runoff in the mayor’s race. But Caruso, a former longtime Republican who made fighting crime the centerpiece of his campaign, led Bass by 42 to 37 percent early on.
The results come after voters delivered similar verdicts in the 2021 elections. In Minneapolis, Buffalo, Seattle and on Long Island in New York, they voted against candidates and measures related to the “defund the police” movement and cash bail. But Boudin might now be the chief example, given his policies and San Francisco’s reputation as one of the most liberal cities in the country.
Repeal and replace the second amendment
We didn't do anything after Newtown, Columbine, Va. Tech, Parkland, Mandalay Bay, or countless other mass shootings. We won't do anything now.
The only way is to play a long game:repeal and replace the second amendment.
The second amendment gives the right to keep and bear arms but does so in the context of the need for a well-regulated militia. Somehow, "well-regulated" has been lost in translation.
The founding fathers considered enslaved Black people to be 3/5 of a person; did not grant suffrage to women; tolerated slavery; and thought that whoever came in second in the election should be Vice President. They made mistakes. They weren't perfect. The Constitution was not graven on stone tablets by the hand of God, nor was it ever designed to be a suicide pact. It needs to be changed.
Modifying the second amendment to regulate firearms sales and ownership makes sense in modern society. I would point to the Pro-Life/Pro-Forced Birth movement that has made itself a persistent, constant pain in the ass for 50 years. This issue can be won with the same level of commitment. It's a national security issue; a crime issue; a terrorism issue; a suicide issue; a domestic violence issue; an education issue. Mostly, it's a life issue. I've lost a family member and a coworker to gun violence. If America can tell a woman she's not free to use her uterus as she pleases, and America can tell us we can't say "gay", then America can damn well tell people they don't have the God-given right to blow children's heads off.
Thank you for reading this. Pray for our nation.
Fox News deals in Kremlin propaganda. So why not freeze Rupert Murdoch's assets?
The GuardianOn Russian state news, as on Fox, bawling ideologues scream threats then whine about their victimhood as they incite anger and self-pity in equal measures. Its arguments range from the appropriation of anti-fascism by Greater Russian imperialists – the 40 countries supporting Ukraine were “today’s collective Hitler”, viewers were told last week – to the apocalyptic delirium of the boss of RT (Russia Today) Margarita Simonyan. Nuclear war is my “horror”, she shuddered, “but we will go to heaven, while they will simply croak”.
Russia would never give genuine western journalists airtime. But it can always find a slot for its favourite quisling: Fox News’s Tucker Carlson. He pushes out Russian propaganda lines or perhaps creates his own lies for Russia to use. Ukraine, not Russia, is the real tyranny. Nato provoked poor Vladimir Putin. The west is plotting to use biological weapons. Last week, he floated the theory that the war was not the result of an unprovoked invasion by a colonialist dictatorship but of the Biden administration’s desire to avenge Donald Trump’s victory in 2016.
It was a big hit in Moscow, reported BuzzFeed’s Julia Davis. “State TV propagandists loved it so much, Russia’s 60 Minutes included it not once, but twice in their evening broadcast – neatly bookended by the Kremlin’s war propaganda.”
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