Sunday, August 11, 2019

Politics related links 081119


Joe Sestak for President

THE PECULIAR, SURPRISINGLY EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN OF JOE SESTAK

Nancy Pelosi is failing her party

Does Trump know what it means to be an American

Iowa Caucus First Impressions: Joe Sestak's life of public service extends from Navy to Congress to Des Moines' Econo Lodge

Trump’s message to US intelligence officials: Be loyal or leave?

The party of peace: Why I joined the Libertarian Party

How Democrats and Republicans rig the rules against Independents

The immorality of Mike Pence

Reports: Comey team covertly spied on new president; FBI ‘slow-rolling’ release of Strzok messages

Lobbyist Sam Patten Pleads Guilty to Steering Foreign Funds to Trump Inaugural

Mueller is wisely playing the long game

2020 election at risk of enemy attack

This Robotic Trump Head Spits Out Ibuprofen Every Time He Tweets

STATE OF THE RACE

Watch Tulsi Gabbard's interview with Anderson Cooper

How to Spot a Sociopath: 16 key behavioral characteristics that define sociopaths/psychopaths and others with antisocial disorders.

Rantin' Randy's Rant 8-1-19

Moderates debate, mug the harder lefties

Would support for Trump increase if he apologized?

Optics aside, Mueller’s testimony was damning

Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard: Experts who track websites and social media linked to Russia have seen stirrings of a possible campaign of support for Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard.

Fortenberry confronted about Trump at Lincoln town hall

Trump drops his choice for U.S. spy chief after scrutiny over resume

‘Deeply troubling’: Lawmakers react to PFAS investigation

Majority of House Democrats now say they support starting an impeachment inquiry

Money from a retirement program for the US military is set to be diverted to pay for Trump's border wall

'Unprecedented': Democrats slam Lindsey Graham's move

Census 2020: Philly’s preparing, and we need your help | Opinion

Trump supporter instantly wilts after reporter confronts him for telling young protester to shoot herself

'California is a disgrace to our country': President Donald Trump references homeless tents in attack against Golden State

'SHE DID IT AGAIN': KELLYANNE CONWAY VIOLATED HATCH ACT WITH NIKKI HALEY TWEET, WATCHDOG SAYS

Moscow Mitch, The Musical (Theme Song)

Ben Folds - Moscow Mitch- LIVE on NYC Rooftop 1AUG2019

Meet MOSCOW MITCH! (Likes-Russia, Putin, Treason. Dislikes-Poor People, Fair Elections, Democracy).

Jim Jefferies - Donald Trump - Full Length Official Clip -- From Freedumb Netflix Special

Rantin' Randy's Rant 8-3-19 Another mass shooting

The View’s Meghan McCain rages after Pete Buttigieg masterfully calls out conservatives

Marco Rubio ripped to shreds for posting Bible quote about an ‘abomination’ that describes Trump to a T

Attacking Sen. Kamala Harris, Fox host Tomi Lahren claims Democratic women are “dating their way to the top”  Lahren: “Isn't it a little hypocritcal for them to use their affiars with powerful men to bolster their own careers?”

Tomi Lahren pushed a 4chan lie about Elizabeth Warren, and Fox News hasn't done a thing about it

Exclusive: FBI document warns conspiracy theories are a new domestic terrorism threat

The FBI calls QAnon a domestic terror threat. Trump has amplified QAnon supporters on Twitter more than 20 times.

Cable news applies “far-left” framing 6 times more often than “far-right” framing

Mass Shooter in El Paso - You’ll Never Guess Who

Russian police make hundreds of arrests at Moscow protest: More than 800 detained in protest triggered by refusal to let opposition candidates stand in elections

Warren and Sanders still 1-2 after second debate, Harris loses half her support

Trump preparing to run on—get this—health care

This post on Republican House retirements might be out of date by the time you read it

Planned Parenthood, et al., sue Missouri over its unconstitutional eight-week abortion ban

7 Gun Control Ideas You Should Be Demanding, But Aren't...Yet

Tulsi Shuts Down MSNBC Host Mid-Smear

Amanpour clashes with Conway over Trump's rhetoric

CNN panelist unloads on Trump supporter over racist tweets

Let's talk about how we can stop the shootings....

AOC rips McConnell over pic of young men in ‘Team Mitch’ shirts ‘groping & choking’ cutout of her

Donor to Clinton Foundation, McAuliffe caught up in Chinese cash for votes scandal

US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman resigns

Moscow Mitch gets an unfriendly welcome at Fancy Farm

The Loneliest Booth at the Ohio State Fair

North Carolina Republican's response to shootings: Embrace 'clown' slur pushed by white supremacists

Ohio Republican facing calls from party to resign after blaming gay marriage, Obama for shootings

The Baltimore Sun Slaps Trump Again - "a jerk, a clod, a dolt, a schmuck."

Hours after El Paso shooting, Mitch McConnell tweeted photo of a graveyard with name of his opponent

Stunning cowardice: CNN says 49 of 50 Republicans contacted refused to discuss mass shootings on-air

Trump campaign still owes El Paso $470,000 for his February anti-immigration rally

Dayton mass shooter suspended over 'hit list' and 'rape list' in high school, say former classmates

Battleground TX: GOP freak-out now public; Texodus; The chart scaring GOP; NYT-GOP sirens going off!

Rantin' Randy's Rant 8-6-19

Let's talk about it happening here....

New York Times... Shame, Shame, Shame

Overtime with Bill Maher: Marianne Williamson, Jennifer Granholm, Buck Sexton, Josh Barro | HBO

Link Found Between Gun Violence and Cowardly Politicians

ASSAULT WEAPONS MUST BE TAKEN OFF OF OUR STREETS

Letters From the August 12-19, 2019, Issue.  Forgotten history… Debating Biden…

The Distraction Distraction: We can’t ignore a president who spews Ku Klux Klan–level rhetoric, but neither can we allow him to colonize our collective imagination.

Trump Has Brought Back ‘Conditional Citizenship’: What does citizenship mean if only white people belong in Donald Trump’s America?

Marie Newman Could Shape the Future of the Democratic Party: The congressional candidate in Illinois is challenging incumbent Dan Lipinski’s betrayals—and her party’s conservative tendencies.

Right-Wing Troika: The Republican Party’s 50-state strategy.

Call It Fascism

The Mad Corruptions of Trump Inc.: We have a president who's clearly out of his mind

Letters to the Editor: Diamonds in the Grass

The Rural Vote is About Abortion, Not Immigration

That Oath was Trump’s First Lie in Office

The Best Friend of North Carolina Fire Breathers

Gerrymandering and the Supreme Court

How the Sunday morning network shows became willing Trump enablers

Trump Campaign Trying To Rebrand Racist Attacks As Clever ‘Strategy’: But watching Fox News and rage-tweeting is not a good strategy when the president needs to win back college-educated voters, GOP consultants said.

Robert B. Reich: The old ‘left’ and ‘right’ labels have become obsolete

Little-Known Democratic Presidential Contenders Deserve a Look, Too

The Battle Continues

American Conservatism’s China Dolls

Top 4 Ways the Squad of Young Congresswomen Represent More Americans Than Trump: Trump’s constituency is disproportionately old white people, who are no longer a majority in the US

Pluralism, Partnerships and Prosecutions: Church and State in Contemporary Mexico

Who Hates America?

Trump's 2 Darkest Sides Are Talking Against Congresswomen

Pelosi, AOC, Trump, Bannon—and the Stakes

Highly Recommended Books for 2019 Summer Reading

It's Up to Nancy Pelosi to Cave In

Dana Milbank: Trump has done the impossible. He has united the Democrats.

The DNC Debate Rules Are Turning Small Donors Into a Racket: The new rules are an invitation—and maybe even a requirement—for candidates to buy their way onto the stage.

In 2008, Democratic Socialists Endorsed Him. Now, a DSA Member Is Primarying Him.  Backed by Brand New Congress, Anthony Clark is challenging Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.), in a sign of how far left politics have moved.

How a Sewer Socialist City May Push Democrats Left in 2020: When presidential hopefuls arrive in Milwaukee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, they must choose whether to embrace the city’s socialist history, or run from it.

The Case for Enthusiasm Over “Electability”—Or, Why We Don’t Need Another John Kerry.  “Electability” didn’t work in 2004 and it won’t work now.

The racist visits his crime scenes. Todos Somos Familia. We are all family. Take 4

Obama FIRE BACK Trump's Attacks by EXPOSE He Pretending to Condemn and Call for ‘Unity’

Keep “God” and Theocrats Out of Our Wombs

Why Are These Facts So Stubbornly Forbidden?

CHURCH & STATE | If You Want Social Justice, Work For Church-State Separation

A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism

Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court

Rep. Jerry Nadler Says ‘Formal Impeachment Proceedings’ Are Already Underway: “That’s exactly the process we’re in right now,” the House Judiciary chairman said.

Obama's latest tweets consoled a grieving nation in a way that Trump never could

Slow, expensive, or nonexistent broadband dragging you down? Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that

Prison Labor: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Trump Picks Political Fights as He Visits Dayton, El Paso: A Closer Look

Russians feel the pain of Vladimir Putin’s regime: The police’s violent response to protesters’ demands in Moscow has intensified anger over a flatlining economy

Mitch McConnell campaign essentially says boys will be boys after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasts disturbing groping pic

"Acting" officials common throughout Trump Administration

The Belief That Trump Is a Messiah Is Rampant and Dangerous: When a leader is seen as infallible, supporters can become disciples.

State and Community Leaders in 17 States and Washington, D.C., Will Call on Congress to Pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act

New Hampshire Is 20th State to Call for Overturning Citizens United: Vote Shows Momentum to Get Money Out of Politics

Mueller Book Club

Tracking deregulation in the Trump era

Lost Safeguards: Popular Public Protections Repealed in the Trump Era

The War on Regulation: A Guide to the Ongoing Assault on Public Protections to Boost Corporate Profits

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

A key cog in Charles Koch’s master plan: How the purportedly unbiased George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center advances an agenda to deregulate America

Trump threatens to retaliate against countries like Japan, Canada, Uruguay that issued travel warnings

Tariff blowback: Is Trump Country leaving Trump? Donald Trump arrived in Iowa to locals protesting his trade policies, and recent polling shows that support for the President in some areas that voted for him may be dropping. Katy is joined by Progressive pollster Cornell Belcher and GOP pollster Chris Wilson for their analysis.

Prison experts are stunned and angry that Jeffrey Epstein was taken off suicide watch: 'For them to pull him off suicide watch is shocking,' one former federal prison warden told NBC News.

Editor's Note: Adding Links.  The struggle is always changing, never ending. And ‘The Progressive’ is proudly part of it.

Comment: Picking the Next President.  Honestly, it’s hard to see how any of the current contenders would not come across looking better in a debate against the Prevaricator-In-Chief. The question will be whether it matters.

The Scapegoat and the Victim: When the next shooting happens, people with mental illness diagnoses will probably feel like hiding, but for the wrong reasons.

Eyes on the Prize: How anti-abortionists in Georgia and elsewhere are building on a long-range plan.

Supremely Conservative: Chief Justice John Roberts rules the roost—and while he may be a swing vote, make no mistake: Roberts is no liberal.

One Question: What should we know about the far right wing?

"Fighting" Bob La Follette: Governor and Progressive

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls: A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they've been trained to avoid.

Why Does Patriarchy Persist?

Oregon governor signs bill granting state's electoral votes to national popular vote winner

Save Your Coin: Here Are The Companies You Should Boycott If You Don't Support Donald Trump's 2020 Re-Election.  These businesses put money directly in Donald Trump’s pockets.

Scaramucci says Trump will turn on everyone 'eventually,' then 'entire country'

The Shame and Disgrace Will Linger: On Saturday, President Trump spread a conspiracy theory accusing the Clintons of murdering Jeffrey Epstein.

The administration said it was moving these agencies for efficiency. Now the truth comes out.

NRA Funded LaPierre’s Search for $6 Million Mansion, Document Shows: The gun group’s lawyer said “not a cent” of the nonprofit’s money was spent on helping executive Wayne LaPierre’s house hunt. But accountants flagged a $70,000 payment for doing just that.

RUSSIA Collusion: 'Morning Joe' Suggests Russia Behind Epstein Suicide

Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Tips for Spotting and Coping with a Narcissist

'In God We Trust' signs to greet Louisiana students in new school year

Amy McGrath calls out Sen. Mitch McConnell for posting a photo of her name on a tombstone

McConnell continues blocking bill 90% of Americans want

Former mobster says Bill Barr made a secret visit to jail before Epstein’s death: ‘Something’s not right there’
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/bill-barr-allegedly-made-secret-visit-to-jail-before-epsteins-death-when-does-that-happen/?fbclid=IwAR21nzcoI0V4YqcuwLEpFwDaphIZesYdCoKNGWjzG8knB78BkWdqOeWicDg

Terrorism related links 081119



US grapples with the lure of its borders

You'll never believe what Donald Trump just said about 9/11

US soldiers now stationed inside migrant detention camp as ‘prison guards’: Presence of troops teeters ‘on the edge of the Posse Comitatus law’, congressman says

Criticizing our country freely – for now

Jeers for Trump, a cheer for the ‘squad’

If there is an 'immigrant' who has failed to integrate in America, it's Donald Trump: People like Trump hate our freedoms so much they want to turn us into some kind of dictatorship like they had back home – in Europe

Jamal Khashoggi and Azory Gwanda remain atop the latest one free press coalition most urgent list

US can’t keep turning a blind eye to  Saudi-Arabia’s murderous prince

US troops definitely want to keep deploying to Afghanistan, enlisted leaders say

Osama bin Laden’s son — and potential al Qaeda heir — believed dead: report

Study Asks If War Makes A Person More ... Or Less ... Religious

GUNS IN AMERICA: Investigators 'reasonably confident' Texas suspect left anti-immigrant screed, tipped off before attack.  The document is being considered a "nexus to a potential hate crime," officials said.

The El Paso Shooting and the Gamification of Terror

Alleged Gilroy shooter promoted a favorite book of far-right message boards

Minutes Before El Paso Killing, Hate-Filled Manifesto Appears Online

How Fox News tries to mainstream a white supremacist conspiracy theory

Clues to Gilroy shooting found in remote Nevada town: Ammo, gas mask, extremist writings

The Gilroy Garlic Fest Shooter Plugged a White Power Manifesto on Instagram: ‘Might Is Right’ book dates from the late 1890s, but it’s become a staple in the white supremacist canon

Conservative media use Gilroy festival shooting to push dishonest “gun-free zone” talking points

New wave of terrorist attacks possible before end of year, UN says: UN report warns threat from Islamist extremist groups remains high

Migrants at the Border Have Lost Their Dignity: We can help them find it by treating them as people again, with all the messiness that entails.

Russian Spy Planes Enter Alaskan Air Defense Zone

Afghanistan Loses 42,000 Troops in Crackdown on 'Ghost Soldiers'

Afghan Civilian Death Toll Spikes as Another Round of Withdrawal Talks Begin

Two moms and members of 'Mothers Against Senseless Killings' shot and killed in Chicago

Walmart worker's son threatened to 'shoot up' a Florida Walmart store and said he was inspired by recent deadly shootings

Democrats increase pressure on McConnell to end recess, bring Senate back to vote on gun safety

Hong Kong Protesters, Inspired By the Late Great Martial Artist Bruce Lee, Stun Beijing: Groups of “front line” protesters have adopted tactics and strategies of their own to express their dissent in ways that resemble guerrilla warfare rather than planned rallies.

The Dream of Open Borders Is Real—in the High Arctic: The Norwegian territory of Svalbard has been open to citizens of the world since 1920. But don’t call it a utopia.

Family Matters: Chia-Chia Lin’s dreamlike immigrant novel.

ICE Holds Activist After Poetry Reading

The True Demons

Imperial Borders and Mythical Frontiers: The Cruel Truth of Immigration and American Empire

Refugee rescuers to be fined up to €1m under new Italian law promoted by far-right Salvini
Charity says security decree ‘will inflict useless suffering ... putting at risk the lives of vulnerable people’

Trump laughs after audience member suggests shooting migrants – video

Was Trump’s El Paso Visit a Turning Point?

Trump’s Response to Two Gun Massacres Was a Full Week of Disasters: A photo of the president flashing a thumbs-up as he posed with an orphaned baby is being widely condemned.

Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence

Traumatic Loss in Children and Adolescents

A Vegas Man Was Arrested For Plotting A White Supremacist Attack On An LGBTQ Bar And Synagogue
Conor Climo told FBI agents he hated blacks, Jewish people, and members of the LGBTQ community, and was planning attacks that involved explosives or snipers.

Turkey, US Appear Closer to Establishing Safe Zone in Syria

'We have a problem': Federal agencies scramble to fight domestic terror with limited resources.  The Department of Homeland Security has cut resources that were once devoted to fighting domestic terror, while the FBI assigns more agents to fight jihadis than white supremacists.

Trump again appears to take North Korea's side against his own military, allies

Elizabeth Warren has a new plan to reduce gun violence by 80 percent: Warren’s plan combines various policies, from universal background checks to licensing to police reform, to bring down US gun violence.

Let's talk about money in politics and San Antonio....

Kamala Harris: Trump Was ‘Tweeting Out The Ammunition’ For El Paso Shooter. The California senator slammed the president’s history of racist rhetoric, linking it again to the Texas Walmart massacre.

Comment: This Land Is Whose Land? Just as surely as migrants are inhumanely deterred at our borders, national identity is tyrannically policed inside them.

Sheriffs Collude with Anti-Immigrant Group: How Florida has become a testing ground for law enforcement attacks on noncitizens.

American Gulags: Communities across the country push back on immigration prisons.

Maeve in America: With all this talk about wall building, bad hombres and refugees as Skittles, comedian Maeve Higgins is beyond ready to change the conversation around immigration. She's traveled all the way here from Ireland to bring you funny, beautiful and sometimes maddening immigration stories, told by the people who’ve lived them.

Trump administration mulls decertifying immigration judges' union

Trump Administration Moves to Decertify Outspoken Immigration Judges’ Union

ICE Air: Shackled deportees, air freshener, and cheers.  America’s one way trip out

Military related links 081119



Call of duty

"Fake Marine In Reno, Gets Called Out By Female - Claims He Is On High Alert"

Man horrified to learn his mother’s body was sold to military and detonated

NewsBytes August 2, 2019
The Senate passed (67-28) the two-year budget deal (H.R.3877) that in effect repeals the Budget Control Act spending caps, known as sequestration.
Several VSOs have dispatched a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) to request adequate funding to ensure a smooth implementation of disability benefits for Blue Water Navy Veterans.
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) held a hearing for Vice Adm. Mike Gilday to become the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO).

Hero Fort Bliss Soldier Carried Children Away from Gunfire in Walmart Shooting

Navy Rear Admiral Removed from Job Over Inappropriate Relationship

Only a Handful of the Air Force's B-1 Bombers Are Ready to Deploy

Navy Identifies 'Incredible' Super Hornet Pilot Killed in 'Star Wars Canyon' Crash

Navy SEAL’s Fate Is Now in the Hands of the Service's Top Admiral

Ex-Bragg Soldiers Sentenced for Embezzling Funds During Afghan Deployment

Trump Signs Bipartisan Budget to Increase Defense Spending into Law

Male nominees to service academies outnumber women 3 to 1

Can a New Think Tank Put a Stop to Endless War?  The Quincy Institute will attempt to radically rewrite the DC foreign policy playbook.

The U.S. Army in the Iraq War – Volume 1: Invasion – Insurgency – Civil War, 2003-2006

THE U.S. ARMY IN THE IRAQ WAR - VOLUME 2: SURGE AND WITHDRAWAL, 2007-2011

Meet the first female Marine assigned to fly the F-35C

How the Navy's Next CNO Earned a Combat Award During Desert Storm

Top Enlisted Airman Eyeing No-Fail Trial PT Tests to Help Improve Fitness

Navy Drops Afghanistan Detainee Abuse Charges Against 4 SEALs

Russia's Military Drone Makes Successful Maiden Flight

People Over Pentagon

Trump’s Military Drops a Bomb Every 12 Minutes, and No One Is Talking About It

General and Miscellaneous related links 081119



World Tribune: Voice of Courage and Hope

CAESAR'S MESSIAH: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus - OFFICIAL VERSION

From A Distance ( Bette Midler - Lyrics)

“We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically. We are not figuratively, but literally stardust.” ~ Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Everything Is Interconnected

Luther Vandross The impossible dream with lyrics

INTERDEPENDENCE

All things are interdependent

THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JULY 25, 2019

Caster Semenya BLOCKED From Competition

The Fog of Faith: Surviving My Impotent God

Healing Voices – Personal Stories

Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely

How Long

Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (lyrics and history)

Jew of the Week: Isaac Rice

JJ Cale and Leon Russell Same Old Blues

What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self

Send In The Clowns

Cicret Bracelet UPDATE

Jefferson Starship - Find Your Way Back (Official Music Video)

I Can't Help Myself-Peter Green

Territory of Dreams: The world of Bruno Schulz.

Theocracy Watch: A Christian 51st State?

This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom

Procol Harum - Simple Sister (1971) HQ

Clint Black - Put Yourself In My Shoes

Pantsuit Flash Mob in NYC for HRC