White House chief of operations Daniel Walsh is leaving

Source: WaPo

The White House’s chief operations officer is leaving the administration, the White House said on Monday.

Daniel P. Walsh, whose title was deputy chief of staff, was in charge of the administration’s foreign trips, made decisions about the use of government resources by White House aides, oversaw the White House military office and played a critical role in the attempted planning of the Group of Seven summit at the president’s Doral resort, which was scuttled amid backlash over the emoluments clause.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-chief-of-operations-daniel-walsh-is-leaving/2019/11/25/e0771db6-0fe7-11ea-a533-90a7becf7713_story.html

"Some of the kids are scared to death."

[link:https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2019/09/18/active-shooter-drills-at-school-some-of-the-kids-are-scared-to-death/|

School drills designed to protect students from shootings are in and of itself scary to schoolchildren, some parents and lawmakers say, with little kids in elementary classrooms frightened to the point that they need counseling.

Now, families and politicians are wondering if the so-called “active shooter drills” are too much for vulnerable kids, and whether schools should consider ways to reduce the number of drills that have become part of the education landscape.

Law enforcement officials are now looking at recommendations for state lawmakers.

The drills have come after a series of shooting massacres, from Colorado’s Columbine, to Connecticut’s Sandy Hook to South Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 students and staff were killed by a shooter in February 2018.

In Hillsborough County schools doing active shooter drills, “Some of the kids are scared to death,” says State Sen. Janet Cruz, a Tampa Democrat who spoke about the issue at this week’s Senate Education Committee meeting.

The Chosen One. What does that remind me of?

Oh yeah: this!

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I don't see any white privilege, do you?

DOC guards fired

[link:https://www.floridaphoenix.com/blog/three-prison-guards-fired-after-video-shows-them-brutally-beating-inmate/]

Cruelty, Inc

Seth Abrams to media

Fix your sh*t!

THIS is why we need real journalists to cover what's happening, and why we need to listen to real lawyers about the rule of law, not over-paid hacks. What follows is Seth Abrams attempting, once again, to clean up the mess.

[link:https://threader.app/thread/1095355251371196416|

(cross posted from editorials ... sorry, I'm still figuring this out)

Seth Abrams to media

Fix your sh*t!

THIS is why we need real journalists to cover what's happening, and why we need to listen to real lawyers about the rule of law, not over-paid hacks. What follows is Seth Abrams attempting, once again, to clean up the mess.

[link:https://threader.app/thread/1095355251371196416|

ITMFA! a how-to guide

Back in the bad old days of Dubya, which by comparison are downright halcyon, I joined a DIY group to make our own bumper stickers out of any material that would stick.

This was back before you could google search "ITMFA" and have the urban dictionary spit out "Impeach The Mother Fucker Already" in under a second. Before iPhones and all that shit. So, people would ask what the letters stood for, and I would enjoy telling them.

I wish I had taken a picture, because that car is long gone. But hey, I can make another sticker.

It's really fun to make it out of *real* duct tape, the really shiny stuff that costs more than the cheap "Duck Tape" you can buy anywhere. The good stuff is at the hardware store, and it has removable backing so you can cut the letters out ahead of time until you figure out where & when to display. It's really easy to cut; use scissors or an x-acto knife if you want to get fancy.

Making your own is cathartic, more personal and more meaningful than buying stuff online. Any fool can do that in a couple of minutes. Plus, you're NOT BUYING ANYTHING. You're making it!

Get it?