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soldierant's Journal"Scream Church"
https://denverite.com/2024/11/13/denver-scream-church-trump-election-reaction/So many people are looking for something to do to help decrease anxiety. I came across this - mentioned it in a comment - and niyad replied it should be an OP. Well, that's an opinion I respect.
The link is to Denverite magazine, which is respectable. It was passed to me by Colorado Public Radio, which has not steered me to a dangerous link yet.
Anyone for whom this would be helpful, or even thinks it might be helpful, you don't have to live in Denver. All the procedures are here, even a photo.
It's not for me, but I'm vividly aware that there are tons of things in the world which do nothing for me, but can be incredibly helpful to many people. I would recommend reaching out to Candice if you intend to use her name - her personal one or the name "Scream Church." Also if you are looking for advice.
Photographs from Nazi occupied Paris
This is from NPR - Idid check to make sure no one else hd posted it (and was kind of surprised no one had.)
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5157701/france-wwii-war-photos-mystery
But there was no indication of who had taken the pictures, and with good reason.
During the German Occupation of France, the Nazis strictly prohibited outdoor photography; taking pictures without an official permit was punishable by imprisonment or death.
Just one example of many - the link works, but the photo is too big for the page , sorry.
https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/949x603+0+0/resize/1200/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F95%2F8b%2F3f991cbb46c8a849bf59cbbc7210%2Fleduc-681-01-r-copy.jpg
I couldn't help wondering whether anyone will do somethng like this for us and,, if they do, will the work survive - and will there b anyone to care?
What will it take for a woman to be president? by Errin Haines, the 19th
Originally published by The 19th
This column first appeared in The Amendment, a biweekly newsletter by Errin Haines, The 19th’s editor-at-large. Subscribe today to get early access to Election 2024 analysis.
In 2016, America couldn't vote for that woman. In 2020, the country couldn't vote for those women.
In 2024, the same answer: Not her, either.
I have said this election would be about who we are as much as it was about both of the candidates running for president. So who are we?
The democracy that still has not put a woman in the White House.
Will we ever be ready? What will it take?
The first woman to run for president seeking a major party nomination, Shirley Chisholm, died in 2005. She did not live to see Hillary Clinton make history as the Democratic Party's first woman nominee, who won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College. Four years later, Kamala Harris became the first woman vice president, giving the country a chance to normalize the leadership of a woman of color at the highest levels.
Harris was a worthy, capable and qualified adversary who put together a remarkable campaign in only 107 days. Much will be written about her shortcomings and the mistakes of the Democratic Party. But this is less an outcome about what Harris did wrong and more about Donald Trump’s strength and enduring power within the Republican Party, which I don't know that any candidate could've overcome.
This raises questions about electability and the barriers that remain for women seeking our nation's highest office.
Who will try again after the country has twice rejected the woman at the top of the ticket? Adding insult to injury, voters both times chose instead the same man, one with a history of racism and misogyny, who has been credibly accused of sexual assault, who admitted to groping women without their permission and who kept his vow to end federal protections for abortion.
To win, he relentlessly and repeatedly insulted his women opponents -- a strategy that resonated with far too many of his supporters. In some cases, they encouraged him; in others, they looked away.
For the second time in eight years, his behavior has been reaffirmed by half of the American electorate, and we are faced with a reality: that much of the country still wants to be who we have always been, incapable of putting a woman in power.
Trump’s campaign was based on appeals to masculinity. He went on podcasts whose audiences are overwhelmingly men, and largely young men. Wrestling and mixed martial arts appeared at his convention and at his victory night party. His Make America Great Again movement hearkens to a time when women held less power.
Trump lost — but felt empowered to run again. After losing the Democratic primary in 2008, Hillary Clinton ran again in 2016, winning the popular vote but losing the Electoral College and the presidency. It is unclear whether Harris, who pledged in her concession speech to keep fighting, and who ran unsuccessfully in 2020, will run again in four years — or ever.
To be a first is to be a pioneer; to come up short is to be a pariah. For the women who have come achingly close to the presidency, to lose is not just about one race; it is about the door closing for the next person, the next cycle, indefinitely.
Willie Mays died yesterday...
https://theconversation.com/saying-a-final-goodbye-to-willie-mays-baseballs-say-hey-kid-220173I seldom follow sports, but as a native of San Francisco, I did note this.
Short quot from link:
Mays, who died on June 18, 2024, at the age of 93, was not only the greatest baseball player of the last 80 years, and quite possibly ever, but he was an enormously important figure in American sports, culture and history. His journey from the segregated Deep South of his childhood to being honored by President Barack Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom spans much of America’s racial history in the 20th and early 21st century.
How to understand next week's Trump criminal felony trial
(or "Don't call it the hush money case." )
by Robert Reich
Although this case is commonly called the “hush money” case and referred to as Trump’s “coverup of a sex scandal,” this way of describing it minimizes its importance.
This case is really an election interference case — just as are the criminal cases charging him with seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Together, they establish an ongoing pattern: Trump will do anything to gain and keep power, even if his actions violate the nation’s laws.
This case alleges that in 2016 Trump arranged to pay off an adult entertainer in order to hide his affair with her from the public. The important thing to keep in mind is that the money was given to protect Trump’s campaign for the presidency — not to protect his marriage or protect him from personal embarrassment.
The entire purpose of the payoff was to help Trump become president.
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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dont-call-it-the-hush-money-case
"AG Garland Had No Choice But To Release Hur's Political Report"
IANAL not am I an archivist. I was in the miltary for 10 years, but the author of this article for PolitiZoom served longer and more recently than I did, and in fields more closely related to law than I did. I had wondered whether something like this was in the background but, not being qualified, I didn't write anything about it. But Denis Elliott has, and I have to agree.
https://politizoom.com/ag-garland-had-no-choice-but-to-release-hurs-political-report/
Just the first paragraph:
If you find it surprising that I’d defend Attorney General Merrick Garland I can understand. If you read my stuff you’ve seen me rip him to shreds almost every time. Even I’M surprised to find myself writing this. Still, for all the ugly and inappropriate statements Special Counsel Robert Hur included AG Garland had not choice but to release what Hur handed in. Yes, it was in my opinion (and lots of others) a political hit job geared at trashing the President and providing ammunition for his fellow GOPers in the 2024 campaign. Yes, it ignored longstanding DOJ policy (I’ll get to that) in “style” and Hur damn well knew it. But despite all that Garland had no choice but to release it as written.
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance: About Merrick Garland
[I'm generally slow to read Joyce, so I checked with the search tool before posting. If this is a duplcate, I apologize]
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“The American people must protect each other.” That’s what Attorney General Merrick Garland said on 60 Minutes Sunday night. He choked up saying it, perhaps because it’s so out of reach these days, or perhaps because he has relatives who died in the Holocaust simply because they were Jews and that’s an integral part of who he is. Let’s not fault anyone who’s emotional on occasion about the fate of our country—we should all be at this point.
Other important things happened in Merrick Garland’s wide ranging interview. Although it’s easy to set him aside as the Attorney General who was too slow to act when it came to Trump, we now know that it’s complicated. Garland walked a careful balance on a knife’s edge and only history will be able to assess whether he got it right. But there is much to like about his commitment to democracy and his willingness to give the type of interview few attorneys general do—it’s easier, given the nature of the work, to stay cloistered on Pennsylvania Avenue, giving talks only at carefully chosen venues. This interview was an effort to reach out beyond that and to speak to people who might not otherwise hear from him.
Asked about his objective as Attorney General, Garland said it was to “pass our democracy on, in working order, to the next generation.” That would have been mere pleasantry from any of his predecessors. For Garland, it’s serious business, and it’s important to hear him say it out loud.
Joe Biden’s Attorney General was always going to be in a tight spot, no matter who he chose for the job. The weightiest of choices, whether to indict a former president, was always going to rest on their shoulders. And that decision was going to be made in the context of a Justice Department that had lost much of its credibility with the public despite the diligence of its employees, due in no small part to the deliberate efforts of Donald Trump to undermine the country’s confidence in the Department.
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PoliticsGirl: Please Don't Move
There's been a fair amount of discussion on this topic here. This video is one opinion (certainly a passinate one.) To me, such a decisin is so personal I won't take a side - at least not today.
Al Franken
I know there are a lor of people her who miss him. So when I found his email in my inbox that he is hosting The Daily Show this week, I thought I would post.
Dear Person Who Still Opens My Emails,
I wanted to call your attention to something I’ll be doing this coming week: hosting The Daily Show. Since Trevor Noah left the show after seven excellent years, they’ve been having guest hosts filling in. Hosts like Leslie Jones, Wanda Sykes, D.L. Hughley, Chelsea Handler, Sarah Silverman, Hasan Minhaj, Marlon Wayans, and Kal Penn.
Now, it’s me! The first white male host! Exciting! Huh!?
Hugh McKean, Colorado's House Minority Leader, dead at 55
Source: Colorado Public Radio
Hugh McKean, Colorado’s Republican House Minority Leader, died Sunday morning at the age of 55.
The Republican from Larimer County leaves behind two children, Aiden and Hanna McKean, and his partner, Amy Parks.
McKean’s cause of death has not yet been determined, however state Republicans described his passing as “sudden and tragic.” A public funeral is being planned and details will be released when finalized.
McKean was first elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2016. He was elected state House minority leader in November 2020. Before his death, McKean was running for reelection to represent District 51.
Read more: https://www.cpr.org/2022/10/30/hugh-mckean-colorados-house-minority-leader-dead-at-55/
My first thought was "nine days before the election ... cue conspiracy theories in 3... 2... 1... An d that may well happen, But reading the full article, he may have been appreciated more by Democrats than by his own party. This is sad news.
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