AG Keith Ellison vs AG Daniel Cameron

This is why we cannot let up when it comes to GOTV. We should have non stop effort for people to vote in every election. Not just generals. We must continue to inform the electorate why these local elections matter.

‘We Are Not a Match’: Bumble Date Turns Capitol Rioter In to the FBI

“I made it all the way to Statuary Hall,” he said. “We are not a match,” she responded

The FBI arrested a man in connection to the January 6 Capitol riots after a prospective Bumble date turned him in. A man calling himself Robert Chapman matched with the date a week after the riots and bragged about going to the Capitol early in the conversation. “I did storm the capitol,” Chapman said in a Bumble message included in court documents. “I made it all the way into Statuary Hall!”

“We are not a match,” the Bumble date replied.

“I suppose not,” Chapman said.

Then the Bumble date began looking at Chapman’s social media presence. They found profiles for a man named Robert Erick who looked exactly like Chapman. “In addition to Complainant-1’s direct communication with Chapman wherein he admitted to entering the U.S. Capitol Building, Complainant-1 informed the FBI that he/she observed a Facebook post on a Facebook page with account profile name “funkyvunky’” court documents said.
[link:https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7eg5a/we-are-not-a-match-bumble-date-turns-capitol-rioter-into-the-fbi|

Lonng, but.a really good read.

A body of political science research finds that our criminal justice system suppresses the votes of Black people — in ways beyond the obvious.

[link:https://www.npr.org/2021/04/24/990536193/maryland-to-probe-cases-handled-by-ex-medical-examiner-who-testified-in-chauvin-|

through a supernatural lens. Just watched the 1st episode of Amazon Prime's Them. Many folks learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre in the HBO Series Watchmen.
Love Craft Country, another horror series blending the supernatural monsters and real life racist monsters. Don't want to give away what happens in Them, but it follows the same trend of Watchmen and Love Craft Country. I guess you could even add Falcon and The Winter Soldier where The Falcon is racially profiled and there is conversation about the black super soldiers who were experimented on, went to war but didn't get the same heroes' welcome as Captain America.

My question is, I know this is Hollywood exercising artistic license- but is it because this is the only way the general public can stomach the horrors of racism? The actual brutality of it? Not a sugar coated version. I guess it can be seen a few ways, artistic license to actually show that this was and still is terrorism. Or, people still are not ready to accept the brutality and cruelty. They can only view it through the lens of a supernatural story or movie. OR if told as a true life story, perhaps people would just look away?

You could add Jordan Peele's Get Out and Us to the list of supernatural movies about racism as well.

This is chilling.
The LAPD fought to not have the video released because "it would have a chilling effect on future investigations".

How about stop harassing and arresting black people ? That's the chilling effect of all this.
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They just keep saying the quiet part out loud.

They just played a clip on MSNBC of Lt. Gov of Texas - Dan Patrick saying that. This is what he is saying in defense of voter suppression tactics.

SMDH

They need to STFU!
The women of the office of Matt Gaetz have released a statement saying he treated them with respect. Whoopdefuckingdo!
I am sure Camille Cosby, Harvey Weinstein's wife, The wife of BTK, Herb Baumeister's wife, Gary Ridgeway's wife, RKelly's former wife and I could go on about serial killers and rapists, would say the same. He never raped or brutalized me. He never took advantage of me.
So Gaetz treated you nice by not raping you, dehumanizing you, big whoop! Means diddly squat. That is not proof that he would not do the things that he is being accused of.

I can attest to my own personal experience of a former good friend, who was like a brother to me. Meanwhile he was taking advantage of vulnerable women he was entrusted to care for. The first 2 accusers, like many others, I said no way. He is not like that, these women have problems. I had blinders on because he was my friend. Those women are exactly the type of women that predators like to go after. In Gaetz' case, no different, young women who are probably vulnerable psychologically, even if they don't realize that's what is going on.
Sadly, it wasn't until video evidence surfaced, that we realized what a horror my former friend was. This was after a 3rd accuser. I still think about that. What if we had believed the 1st accuser?
So for those women defending Gaetz, they should just stop. Predators do not go after every woman, or man. So the fact that he was able to not violate you doesn't mean shit.

Rant over.

Really good. Will make you happy and cry all at the same time. Get your tissues.
Its a fantastic film. Based on the lives of modern day black cowboys in Philadelphia.