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November 6, 2020

Its not fraud. Its math and democracy. John King CNN

LOL- I don't think trumpers understand math - they sure as heck don't understand democracy.

John King was sure to mention that GA is run by a Republican gov who is former Sec State( who we know stole his election - those are my words) GA Still has a republican Sec State. If they thought something was amiss - they of all people would be saying something about it.

November 6, 2020

Pastor Paula White calls on angels from Africa and South America to bring Trump victory

Pastor Paula White calls on angels from Africa and South America to bring Trump victory

Megachurch pastor and televangelist Paula White-Cain who is spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, delivered a prayer service Wednesday night in an effort to secure Trump's reelection.

During the service, which was streamed on Facebook Live, White-Cain called on "angelic reinforcement" from the continents of Africa and South America.

"I hear a sound of victory, the Lord says it is done," she said. "For angels have even been dispatched from Africa right now... In the name of Jesus from South America, they're coming here."

In her prayer, White-Cain is also heard speaking in tongues — an occurrence in which a speaker talks in a language they do not know, usually during an intense religious experience. Speaking in tongues has been practiced in multiple Christian denominations, as well as other religions.
[link:https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/05/paula-white-trumps-spiritual-adviser-african-south-american-angels/6173576002/|




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November 5, 2020

Trump's clampdown on 'divisive' race training could weaken sexual harassment training, too

Thankfully this order will be nonexistent soon.

An executive order by President Trump designed to prevent white people from feeling uncomfortable during workplace racial sensitivity classes could also hamper employers' ability to stave off sexual harassment lawsuits, opponents of the order say

Taking a cue from a Fox News segment, last month Trump cracked down on federally funded employers pushing beliefs that “America is an irredeemably racist and sexist country” and “that some people, simply on account of their race or sex, are oppressors.” The president has said he was rankled by taxpayer dollars being used to promote critical race theory, a school of thought that racism runs deep in the American legal system and its institutions.

His broadly worded order, however, appears to forbid any training that could cause a white male to think he bears responsibility for past oppression or that he may be unconsciously racist or sexist.

[link:https://www.ajc.com/news/investigations/trumps-clampdown-on-divisive-race-training-could-weaken-sexual-harassment-training-too/EHCEIKMDCBFPTFVRQMMQD3SVUQ/|

November 2, 2020

Who the heck is the trump rally dj or who chooses the playlist?

Everybody hurts?
The titanic theme song?

And why the hell do they keep playing YMCA?

November 1, 2020

My dad just said he's staying home on Tuesday. He said he never thought he would see this day

He's already voted. As they are showing images on tv of businesses boarding up bracing for violence, he said he was expecting trump to lose and he expects violence from trumpers when he loses. Therefore, he has no intention of leaving home on Tuesday or the rest of this week in case there is violence .

One of the reasons, my family migrated to the USA in the 1980's, was to escape violent elections. I was a little girl then, but I remember the terror people would feel when it was time for election.
Here we are in America, thinking about the same possibilities. It's surreal. I doubt it will get to that level of election violence of the 70's and 80's in Jamaica.

However
I hope enough Americans understand what is truly at stake. You see this in other places, not America. This is not normal. One of many things that trump has broken.

November 1, 2020

Rural U.S. Hospitals Are on Life Support as a Third Wave of COVID-19 Strikes

Meanwhile trump lies about doctors inflating covid #s for profit. I'm sure some of these rural areas probably lean republican.



Rural U.S. Hospitals Are on Life Support as a Third Wave of COVID-19 Strikes


The middle of a pandemic is a bad time for a hospital to close. Yet Southwest Georgia Regional isn’t unique. Hospitals in St. Paul, Minn., Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia have recently closed or are set to do so soon. And in rural areas of the country, where hospitals often have enough beds for just a few dozen patients, 15 facilities have shuttered this year as of Oct. 20, including 11 since March, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There may be as many as 18 such closures in 2020, topping last year’s record high. The hospitals in the worst financial shape generally have one thing in common: they serve the country’s most vulnerable people, who rely on Medicare and Medicaid or who are poor and uninsured.

When the pandemic struck, just about all hospitals took a financial hit. Cash-cow elective surgeries were suspended for weeks to curb viral spread. Hospitals that weren’t treating many COVID-19 patients simply ate that loss, while expenses skyrocketed at those that were, due to high demand for personal protective equipment and labor costs. A September report from hospital insights firm Kaufman Hall found that operating margins for U.S. hospitals were down 89% in the first eight months of the year, excluding federal relief funds.


Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama are among a dozen states that have not expanded Medicaid, despite having the highest percentage of financially at-risk hospitals among all states with five or more rural hospitals. The reluctance largely stems from the ACA’s unpopularity among Republicans. To make the idea more palatable, the Mississippi Hospital Association has proposed an ACA-style expansion plan like the one passed in Indiana under then-governor Mike Pence, who’s now the vice president. Still, the topic remains politically fraught.

[link:https://time.com/5901656/coronavirus-hospital-closures/|
November 1, 2020

I love Jonathan Capehart. I hope he gets the AM Joy spot

I've always loved JC. Of all the people that have been guest hosting, I've enjoyed his presence the most. I love all of them, but JC has the right balance of seriousness and humor at times to take the edge off.

November 1, 2020

745,000 people held in local jails can vote, but few do. Advocates say it's voter suppression

Unlocking The Vote In Jails
The majority of the 745,000 people held in local jails can vote, but few do. Advocates say it’s voter suppression on a national scale.

There’s been a groundswell of support for laws restoring voting rights to people coming out of prison. But the vast majority of the 745,000 people held in local jails never lost the right to vote, since they are awaiting trial or are convicted of misdemeanors. Still, voting from jail is rare. Felony disenfranchisement laws and misinformation lead many people in jail to believe they cannot vote. Most jails don’t actively provide the necessary information to get people registered, voting rights advocates say. Logistical challenges abound. And this year, with some courts closed due to COVID-19, many more people could find themselves sitting in jail on Election Day.

Many of the people working to unlock the vote in jails say the result amounts to voter suppression on a national scale. People in jail also disproportionately come from communities of color that are heavily policed. The overexposure to the criminal justice system weakens these communities’ political power and makes people less likely to vote, now and in the future, research shows.“We do start to think about those neighborhoods losing more voters than others,” said Ariel White, a political science professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “And that concentration really starts to matter in, for example, local elections,” which can sometimes hinge on a few hundred votes.
[link:https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/26/unlocking-the-vote-in-jails|

October 31, 2020

NJ Folks: Thoughts on Amy Kennedy vs trump boot licker traitor Van Drew

Reading in some places that she's leading in the polls, other places its a dead heat.

October 30, 2020

LMAO, So Republicans are now Lil Wayne fans and Mrs.Officer is their favorite song -

Maybe they should listen to the lyrics.....


Dozens of Republican candidates and conservatives lauded Wayne for announcing himself as a Trump supporter, claiming they were fans of the Grammy-winning rapper's work.

Noted journalist and former politician Bakari Sellers specifically called out controversial Georgia House candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene for her professed love of Wayne albums.

Greene faced backlash in August when videos were unearthed showing her expressing racist views about Black people and immigrants, according to NBC News. And despite her newfound love of Wayne, it quickly became clear that she and many of his brand new Republican fans had not listened very closely to his lyrics.

Many conservatives specifically cited "Mrs. Officer" as their favorite Wayne song, believing it to be in support of police. As most know, however, the song has nothing to do with supporting police officers and is simply allegories for Wayne's desire to have sex with a woman officer.

"She know I'm raw, she know I'm from the streets and all she want me to do is f**k the police," Wayne raps in the song, according to RapGenius.


[link:https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1321953307452125184

Too damn funny at Taylor Greene's hashtag Back The Blue. Yeah, Wayne was talking about backing the blue alright

[link:https://blavity.com/a-conservative-touted-mrs-officer-as-her-fave-lil-wayne-song-so-a-black-journalist-got-twitter-to-school-her?category1=news&category2=politics&item=6|

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