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StarfishSaver's JournalElie Mystal: Marianne Williamson is the white girlfriend some black guy brings home . . .
https://twitter.com/ElieNYC/status/1156393521781325824 He nailed it!Marianne Williamson won't get anywhere near the nomination, but I hope her voice keeps ringing out
She speaking important truths that we need to hear.
People keep saying if impeachment doesn't start by Labor Day, end of the year, etc., it's dead
But what does that mean?
What do they mean by "start impeachment"?
What would happen once "impeachment starts" that isn't happening now?
Michelle Goldberg just made an excellent point about impeachment inquiries
In response to the claim that, absent a formal impeachment resolution passed by the full House, the Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry isn't official and/or doesn't carry the same weight, she explained that previous impeachment resolutions simply authorized the Judiciary Committee to begin conducting an imoeachment inquiry. In this instance, the committee is simply conducting that inquiry.
I hadn't thought about that, but she's absolutely right. And unless anyone's planning to argue that the Judiciary Committee's inquiry is somehow improper or violates any law or House rule (which it isn't and doesn't), the claim that it doesn't carry the same weight or is not "official" without a full House resolution is a non-starter.
NAACP Report: President Trump's Judicial Playbook: Weaponizing the Bench to Suppress The VotePreside
This an excellent well-researched report. Please read!
From the Intro:
The egregious consequences of this ruling quickly came to pass. The ink was barely dry on the decision before jurisdictions began enacting oppressive voting measures which no longer required pre-approval.
Since Shelby County, twenty-three states have enacted newly restrictive statewide voter laws, which impose voter ID requirements, require proof of citizenship to register to vote, allow voter purging, reduce or close polling places, and eliminate early voting. New democracy-suppressing tactics are springing up such as Floridas nullification of a ballot measure to re-enfranchise formerly incarcerated persons and aTennessee law penalizing voter registration efforts with criminal charges and fines. It is no wonder that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights reported that discriminatory voter laws have surged in the years since Shelby County.
Because the right to vote is preservative of all rights, civil rights in the areas of education, housing, employment, the environment, and the criminal justice system are all in jeopardy.
Compounding this crisis is the Trump administrations frontal assault on voting rights. The Justice Department, which is charged with enforcing civil rights laws, has completely abandoned its duty to protect voting rights. Because the Shelby County ruling eliminated safeguards under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, litigation under Section 2 is all the more important, but the Justice Department has filed no such cases. Instead, it reversed positions to support voter suppression measures and purge voters from voting rolls.
As the nation experienced rampant voter suppression during the 2018 mid-term elections, the Justice Department stood by silently as communities of color were denied access to the polls. The Trump administration created a sham voting commission to propagate the voter fraud myth in support of voter suppression, only to be shamed into disbanding it. Motivated by a desire to maximize white political power, the administration engaged in deceit at the highest levels to add a citizenship question to the Census that constitutes the greatest attack on representational democracy since the Three-Fifths Compromise and that was rejected as fraudulent by this Supreme Court.
The Trump administration is engaged in another form of voter suppression that is equally harmful and will have lasting consequences for our democracy. Donald Trump has appointed an alarming number of nominees to the federal bench who have appalling records of enabling or defending voter suppression. These nominees are appointed to the very courts that rule on challenges under the Constitution and federal voting rights laws, involving issues of voter suppression, racial gerrymandering, and redistricting. If past is prologue, we fully expect these appointees to wield their Article III power to restrict communities of color from fully participating in the democratic political process.
https://naacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/WeaponizingTheBench.pdf
Jerry Nadler just made a great point on MSNBC
He said that, far from opposing an impeachment inquiry, Speaker Pelosi has been very supportive.
And, as an example, he said that Friday's court filings requesting the grand jury materials were drafted and filed by House Counsel, which operates under the direction of the Speaker, and could not have been submitted without her express approval.
So much for the anonymous sources claiming that Nadler wants to move forward on impeachment but Pelosi won't let him.
How can anyone claim Mueller testimony was a "dud" when the number of Members supporting impeachment
increased by 20% in the first five days after his testimony?
That's hardly a failure. In fact, it was pretty successful.
Speaker Pelosi, John Lewis and CBC Members send Rep. Cummings a shout-out from Ghana
https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1155595722626084869To @RepCummings with love from Ghana, where were solemnly observing 400 yrs since the first enslaved Africans arrived in America. Thank you Elijah for fearlessly speaking truth. https://t.co/tEz266LI3U
Great point about who Trump's racism appeals to
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