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https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/936613651502510080Somewhere, Hillary Clinton is raising a glass and laughing. 499 Days from Chant to Plea.
499 days ago, Flynn did this:
https://twitter.com/IsabellaCigno/status/936603377034776576
Today, we have this:
https://twitter.com/axios/status/936611539582373888
499 days for the worm to turn:
https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/936608734767349760
https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/936607563331919874
https://twitter.com/gabrielsnyder/status/936602839106949120
https://twitter.com/theresagibson72/status/936663851642130432
Fuck Susan Sarandon: If she'd (Hillary) won, we'd be at war
Susan Sarandon at 71 is bright-eyed and airy, and perhaps shyer than she can publicly seem. When I walk into the room a private members club in downtown New York, where she sits with a small dog at her feet she doesnt say hello or make eye-contact, giving what I suspect is a false impression of rudeness. It may also be that she is uncertain of her reception. For a long time Sarandon was despised by the right, her protests against the Vietnam war and US aggression in Nicaragua and Iraq making her the kind of target that, for progressives, is an affirmation of sorts. Her latest unpopularity, by contrast, comes exclusively from the left and is much tougher on Sarandon. Im not attacked from the right at all, she will tell me. Instead, she is accused of not checking her white privilege, of throwing away her vote on a third-party candidate (the independent Jill Stein) during the US presidential election, and of recklessly espousing a political cause that let Trump in through the backdoor. Liberals in the US, it seems, can summon more hatred for Sarandon right now than they can for Paul Ryan.
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And then suddenly it became OK to say feminist, she says now. Thats been very recent. There was a period when that wasnt really happening. So now theres been an opportunity to include men as allies. And I have to say, I remember going to the ERA [Equal Rights Amendment] march where there were 100,000 women and we were going around talking to senators for this vote and I got on the elevator, and the women were like: Were going to show them what the fuck we want. And I kept saying: Calm down, thats not the way were going to get things done.
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Not exactly, but I dont mind that quote, she says. I did think she was very, very dangerous. We would still be fracking, we would be at war [if she was president]. It wouldnt be much smoother. Look what happened under Obama that we didnt notice.
It seems absurd to argue that healthcare, childcare, taxation for the non-rich wouldnt be better now under President Clinton, and thats before we get to the threat of deportation hanging over millions of immigrants. She wouldve done it the way Obama did it, says Sarandon, which was sneakily. He deported more people than have been deported now. How he got the Nobel peace prize I dont know. I think it was very important to have a black family in the White House and I think some of the stuff he did was good. He tried really hard about healthcare. But he didnt go all the way because of big pharma.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/26/susan-sarandon-i-thought-hillary-was-very-dangerous-if-shed-won-wed-be-at-war
Bashing Democrats, pulling for a third party. Did she have any supporters here?
Looks like Queen Bravenak was right:
https://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2017/09/28/susan-sarandon.html
Franken: Accusers 3 and 4.
The first woman, who spoke to HuffPost on condition of anonymity because shes worried shell be harassed online for making the allegation, said Franken groped her when they posed for a photo after a June 25, 2007, event hosted by the Minnesota Womens Political Caucus in Minneapolis.
My story is eerily similar to Lindsay Menzs story, the first woman said. He grabbed my buttocks during a photo op.
The second woman told HuffPost that Franken cupped her butt with his hand at a 2008 Democratic fundraiser in Minneapolis, then suggested the two visit the bathroom together. She spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear that the allegation could affect her position at work.
My immediate reaction was disgust, the second woman said. But my secondary reaction was disappointment. I was excited to be there and to meet him. And so to have that happen really deflated me. It felt like: Is this really the person who is going to be in a position of power to represent our community?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/al-franken-two-more-women-groping_us_5a15a455e4b09650540ec295?b9q
I suggest clicking and reading the whole story. Accusers 3 and 4 are, well, they don't sound conservative. I suggested last week Franken resign. Why?
Because this kind of thing is kind of like an iceberg.
More remains of Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger
The Department of Defense said additional remains of Miami Gardens husband and father Sgt. La David Johnson were found in Niger, where Johnson and three other sergeants were killed in an Oct. 4 ambush.
A statement from DOD Chief Spokesperson Dana White read, On Nov. 12, 2017, a joint U.S Africa Command military investigation team discovered additional human remains at the site where Sgt. La David T. Johnson's body was recovered following the Oct. 4 attack. Today, we can confirm that the Armed Forces Medical Examiner has positively identified these remains as those of Sgt. Johnson.
The department continues to conduct a detailed and thorough investigation into the deaths of Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright, and Sgt. La David T. Johnson. We extend our deepest condolences to all of the families of the fallen.
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, a longtime friend of Johnsons family, wondered Tuesday why the White House doesnt issue a full report on the attack instead of the information dripping out to the media: He left a gold star family. And to learn about his final moments on TV and in the newspaper is a shame for this nation.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-gardens/article185814158.html
I cannot imagine what this poor family must be going through.
BREAKING: Roy Moore Banned From Gadsen Mall for Trolling Teens:
This past weekend, I spoke or messaged with more than a dozen peopleincluding a major political figure in the statewho told me that they had heard, over the years, that Moore had been banned from the mall because he repeatedly badgered teen-age girls. Some say that they heard this at the time, others in the years since. These people include five members of the local legal community, two cops who worked in the town, several people who hung out at the mall in the early eighties, and a number of former mall employees. (A request for comment from the Moore campaign was not answered.) Several of them asked that I leave their names out of this piece. The stories that they say theyve heard for years have been swirling online in the days since the Post published its report. Sources tell me Moore was actually banned from the Gadsden Mall and the YMCA for his inappropriate behavior of soliciting sex from young girls, the independent Alabama journalist Glynn Wilson wrote on his Web site on Sunday. (Wilson declined to divulge his sources.) Teresa Jones, a deputy district attorney for Etowah County in the early eighties, told CNN last week that it was common knowledge that Roy dated high-school girls. Jones told me that she couldnt confirm the alleged mall banning, but said, Its a rumor Ive heard for years.
Greg Legat, who is now fifty-nine and living in East Gadsden, was, from 1981 to 1985, an employee at the Record Bar, a store that was in the Gadsden Mall. By the early eighties, Legat told me, the mall was the place to be. There were no empty stores. And lots of kids came around. Lots of teen-agers. You went there to see and be seen. Legat met his wife, Jo Anne, there. She worked at a restaurant called Orange Bowl. Legat remembers that parents dropped their kids off at the mall, typically unchaperoned. Teens filled the place.
Legat says that he saw Moore there a few times, even though his understanding then was that he had already been banned. It started around 1979, I think, Legat said. I know the ban was still in place when I got there. Legat recalled a Gadsden police officer named J. D. Thomas, now retired, who worked security at the mall. J. D. was a fixture there, when I was working at the store, Legat said. He really looked after the kids there. He was a good guy. J. D. told me, If you see Roy, let me know. Hes banned from the mall. Legat recalled Thomas telling him, If you see Moore here, tell me. Ill take care of him. Legat said that his boss, Eddie Hill, also told him to look for Moore. A phone call to Hills number was not returned.
Reached by phone on Saturday, Thomas, who lives in the nearby town of Southside, declined to discuss the existence of a ban on Moore at the Gadsden Mall. I dont have anything to say about that, he said. A former manager of the mall, who began working there in the late eighties, confirmed the existence of a ban list, but did not recall Moore being on the list during the managers tenure there. Barnes Boyle, who is eighty-six, also managed the mall, from 1981 to 1998. His wife, Brenda, told me that Moore was a longtime acquaintance of histhey went to the Y.M.C.A. together oftenand that he planned to vote for him. The recent allegations against Moore, the Boyles thought, are likely liberal propaganda and, as Brenda put it, a sign of the times.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/locals-were-troubled-by-roy-moores-interactions-with-teen-girls-at-the-gadsden-mall?mbid=social_twitter
BREAKING: Mitch McConnell "I believe the women." Moore should step down. UPDATED
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/930109363498504192That means this little press conference is a doozy:
https://articles.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/11/roy_moore_alabama_sex_claims.amp
UPDATED:
MOORE RESPONDS:
https://twitter.com/MooreSenate/status/930128259035082756
Well, Katha Pollitt NAILED IT! "I Hate People Now."
The other day, a friend of mine, a liberal Democrat, said that he had to admit his life hadnt changed since Trump was elected. Well, I said, Its only been eight months. Give him time!
What I wanted to say was, How nice for you. Tell it to that undocumented teenage girl who was blocked for a month from getting an abortion while held in a Texas detention center. Tell it to the Muslim family that a Connecticut neighbor of mine saw a white guy shouting at in the Big Y supermarket parking lot: Go back to your own country! Tell it to my daughter-in-law who got the hairy eyeball from a passerby for speaking Spanish on the street to her little girl. (And this was in Bloomington, Indiana, a large and pleasant university town.) Tell it to Myeshia Johnson, widow of one of the soldiers killed in Niger, who was dragged through the mud because Trump couldnt make a sympathy call sound sympathetic. Tell it to the Puerto Ricans and Virgin Islanders still waiting for power and clean water more than a month after Hurricane Maria.
I didnt say any of that, of course. Im working on suppressing my rage.
Unlike my friends, my life has changed a lot in the year since Trump was elected. Not materially, except for the fact that my stepson and daughter-in-law moved to Canada partly because, as non-citizens, they worried for their futures here in the US. I mean psychologically. I sometimes feel like Im a different person now. Im fidgety and irritable and have trouble concentrating. For months after the election, I could hardly read, except for books about Roman history, which turns out to be full of Trumps: fantastically rich sociopaths obsessed with crushing their enemies.
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But the main difference is that I hate people now. Well, not all people, of course. Just people who voted for Trump. People who do their own research on the Internet and discover there that President Obama is a Muslim and Michelle Obama is a man. People who use the n-word and cant even spell it right, becausehave you noticed?Trump supporters cant spell. Well-off people who only care about lowering their taxes. People who said they couldnt vote for Hillary because of her emails. Excuse me, sir or madam, can you explain to me what an email server even is? People who didnt believe Trump would bring back coal or build the wall or Make America Great Again, but just wanted to blow things up. Congratulations! We are all living in the minefield you have made.
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/11/07/year-one-my-anger-management/
Yeah, she nails it. I hate the Trumpsters. And I hate the "After Hitler, our turn" crowd even more.
So Tell Me, FUCKING AGAIN, How The Democratic Party Has To Change.
Tell me again some shit about Nancy Pelosi being too old.
Tell me again about Tom Perez being lackluster.
Tell me again you don't know what we stand for.
Tell me again how we've got to change to suit you to vote for us.
Tell me, as I kept the poll open last night and threatened the Republican watcher with a judge's order as every voter voted.
Tell me again. Please.
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