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Pogo
11 months ago

The do harm Congress. (Thank you Ed Luce) I like the sound of that. Start putting Joe and Kamala out there beating that drum loudly and often. 

Jamie
11 months ago

Interesting article about how music can bridge a gap between segments of a society by using the Grammys performance of Fast Car.

Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs made the writer cry.

 

Pogo
11 months ago

Shouldn’t Dumbass be sitting there nude as well?

craigcrawford
11 months ago

Thomas Friedman’s suggestion in his column today for a GOP bumper sticker:

Trump First. Putin Second. America Third

Bink
11 months ago

Trump First. Putin Second. America Third

…literally “America last” with that guy

blueINdallas
11 months ago

Once more, with feeling: Can POTUS Joe EO any of the things that a bi-partisan group of Senators wanted to do with regard to the border?  

That way, he’s done everything he can do, and it forces the hand of Republican critters to come to the table with funding or to continue to display their shameful fealty to Orange Adolf for the world to see.

craigcrawford
11 months ago

DC Appeals court firmly rejects Trump’s immunity claim: “For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant.”

craigcrawford
11 months ago

“At bottom, former President Trump’s stance would collapse our system of separated powers by placing the President beyond the reach of all three Branches.” — DC Appeals court

RebelliousRenee
11 months ago

Thanks Craig…  finally!

Sturgeone
11 months ago

GOP…..Pigs at the trough. 

IvyGreen
11 months ago

republicans don’t care about the border except for the opportunities it affords them to display their cruelty and blood-lust. Sadly, their people vote for that. 

Sturgeone
11 months ago

I got no use for republicans who want to make suggestions about what democrats ought to do.  
Eff them.  

Pogo
11 months ago

So Dumbass has another issue to try and take to SCOTUS through the DC Circuit en banc, delay being the name of the game.

blueINdallas
11 months ago

https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e “Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands” “A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison.” “The former 19th-century antebellum plantation once was owned by one of the largest slave traders in the U.S. Today, it houses some 3,800 men behind its razor-wire walls, about 65 percent of them Black. Within days of arrival, they typically head to the fields, sometimes using hoes and shovels or picking crops by hand. They initially work for free, but then can earn between 2 cents and 40 cents an hour.” “I was in a field with a hoe in my hand with maybe like a hundred other women. We were standing in a line very closely together, and we had to raise our hoes up at the exact same time and count ‘One, two, three, chop!’” said Faye Jacobs, who worked on prison farms in Arkansas. Jacobs, who was released in 2018 after more than 26 years, said the only pay she received was two rolls of toilet paper a week, toothpaste and a few menstrual pads each month.” “The AP met women in Mississippi locked up at restitution centers, the equivalent of debtors’ prisons, to pay off court-mandated expenses. They worked at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and other fast-food chains and also have been hired out to individuals for work like lawn mowing or home repairs.” “Some people arrested in Alabama are put to work even before they’ve been convicted. An unusual work-release program accepts pre-trial defendants, allowing them to avoid jail while earning bond money. But with multiple fees deducted from their salaries, that can take time.” Guys, I think we may live in one of those “sh/thole” countries. “If they refuse to work, some can jeopardize their chances of parole or face punishment like being sent to solitary confinement. They also are often excluded from protections guaranteed to almost all other full-time workers, even when they are seriously injured or killed on… Read more »

blueINdallas
11 months ago

The article is massive.  Did you know we still have debtor’s prisons?  They are called restitution centers.  

Guys, I think we might live in one of those “sh/thole” countries.

IvyGreen
11 months ago

True, BID. Slavery by another name. 
 

IvyGreen
11 months ago

“New claims that Alabama is quietly running a labor-trafficking scheme, using prisoners to farm out for fast food and factory jobs, took Darrell Latham back to his time in state custody, when he once sued for similar claims.”

 
https://www.al.com/news/2023/12/former-prisoners-recognize-slave-labor-allegations-against-alabama-prisons.html
 
 

blueINdallas
11 months ago

Orange Adolf doesn’t have presidential immunity?  Maybe RFK, Jr. should run as his VP. The no immunity ticket.   

blueINdallas
11 months ago

Ivy – There was a graphic of the US in that article with regard to revenue from prison labor.  It was surprising that even liberal California is heavily in the mix.

blueINdallas
11 months ago

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/26/texas-abortion-fertility-rate-increase/
 
“More Texas women had babies after the state banned nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, leading the state’s fertility rate to increase for the first time since 2014.”
 
“Nationally, fertility rates declined slightly last year, in line with a yearslong trend. A big driver of that national decline is a 67% drop in teen birth rates over the last 15 years.  But now, Texas reversed that trend, documenting a 0.4% increase in its teen birth rates.”
 

“…the number of abortions plummeted — from 50,000 in 2021, to 17,000 in 2022 to just 40 in 2023…”

“Hispanic women saw the greatest increases, while fertility rates among Asian women increased just slightly and Black and white women saw small declines. Gregory noted that the declines might have been larger for those groups if it wasn’t for the abortion bans.”

“A second study released this week on the impact of new abortion restrictions has caught widespread attention, including from Vice President Kamala Harris.”

“Texas, which does not allow abortions in cases of rape or incest, had the largest estimate of rape-related pregnancies of the 14 states included in the analysis.”

“Based on this analysis, researchers estimated 519,981 rapes resulted in 64,565 pregnancies in 14 states that have banned abortion.”

“We hope it’s going to draw attention to the fact that people’s lives are being impacted by sexual violence,” she said. “Survivors need our support, regardless of the personal decision that they decide to make about their pregnancy. But for those folks who do make a decision to have an abortion, they need access to safe and legal abortion care.”

“When the ban on nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy went into effect in 2021, Gov. Greg Abbott said there was no need for a rape exception, because Texas was going to focus on making sure “we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas.”

Pogo
11 months ago

Well, apparently the abortion ban was more effective than Governor Abbott’s rapist elimination project. I;m guessing that an increase in Texas’ Hispanic population wasn’t ol’ Greg’s goal.

Bink
11 months ago

The no immunity ticket.   

🥁 

blueINdallas
11 months ago

I mean, I had to say it.  It was right there; low-hanging fruit. 

IvyGreen
11 months ago

“There was a graphic of the US in that article with regard to revenue from prison labor.  It was surprising that even liberal California is heavily in the mix.”

BID, not inherently bad for them to have jobs to do as part of rehabilitaion, as opposed to them laying around banging on the bars. The problem lies in the deliberate exploitation of their labor to enrich the jailors. 
 

blueINdallas
11 months ago

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/border-bill-mayorkas-impeachment-vote/index.html

“House GOP fails to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas”

“…a stunning defeat and embarrassment for Republican leadership. The vote was 214-216, with several Republicans joining Democrats in voting against the resolution.”

To paraphrase an anti-war ad, what if Republicans held an impeachment and no one came?

“GOP Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas said it was unwise of leadership to put the bill on the floor not knowing for sure whether it would pass, adding to the perception that House Republicans can’t govern.”

“Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina also criticized GOP leadership’s strategy on the Mayorkas vote. “I would have thought they would have known that. I would have thought that would have been basic,” Norman said of the whip count. “They’re good on the other side of knowing that. Is it that hard?”

Ha!

“Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas, who has been absent recovering from surgery, was expected to miss the vote, which would have given House Republicans the margins they needed to impeach the Homeland Security secretary. But, sources said, Green was wheeled onto the House floor at the last minute with no shoes, to vote against impeaching Mayorkas and deliver a stunning defeat to Republicans.”

Surprise! It’s Al no-shoes Green! (Speedy recovery, good sir.)

“Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene disputed that it was a miscalculation to put the bill on the floor, telling CNN, “I don’t think it’s a failure at all,” and warning that the Republicans who voted to sink the impeachment articles would be hearing from voters.”

Even reading her words is like nails on a chalkboard.

blueINdallas
11 months ago

Ivy – Agreed. A job, fair wages, OSHA protection, training/certifications for those getting out. However, I don’t like the idea of corporations profiting from their labor, and getting tax breaks on top of it all.

craigcrawford
11 months ago

Goofy ‘God’s Army’ convoy on Texas border shows Trump’s MAGA movement is just one long con

The “God’s Army” convoy was supposed to be a mighty force of 700,000 or more people from every corner of America. It wound up being maybe a couple hundred vehicles parked at a rural ranch in Quemado, Texas – basically a Trump rally without a Trump, but with plenty of hucksters selling MAGA merch and grifting the easily grifted.
 

 

blueINdallas
11 months ago

When is the SOTU?   Biden can really hammer the GQP on licking Orange Adolf’s boots by not sending him an immigration bill to sign.  I’d like to see him bring up Social Security and Medicare, again, too.   It’s still on the chopping block as long as there’s a seated Republican.  
Any word on LP or others doing a Super Bowl ad?   I suppose POTUS Joe will do a live remote  spot, as is the norm for a POTUS. 
 
Craig – Yes, they interviewed one woman who was surprised the border wasn’t as bad as she thought it would be.  She was probably underwhelmed by the turnout, too.

blueINdallas
11 months ago

Nikki had a rough night, not that any delegates were up for grabs.
 
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/haley-loses-nevada-republican-primary-without-trump-rcna137367
 
 
 

“Nevada voters in the state-run primary had a choice to reject all the candidates on the ballot, and they did just that — with more people choosing to vote for “none of these candidates” than for Haley.”

“Even Donald Trump knows that when you play penny slots, the house wins. We didn’t bother to play a game rigged for Trump. We’re full steam ahead in South Carolina and beyond,” spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas said.

“The state Republican Party decided that only candidates who take part in the caucuses can win delegates. Trump is the only candidate set to participate in Thursday’s caucuses, putting him on a path to claim all of Nevada’s 26 delegates.”