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Watch Rachel's rerun for the segment on the horrific trafficking in racism, malfeasance, and abuse of power that helped to elevate Cornyn in Texas GOP politics.
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dchill
(38,429 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,160 posts).
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Skittles
(153,104 posts)compared to, er, you know, "back in the day?"
just an observation
thenelm1
(851 posts)Traildogbob
(8,670 posts)A long hauler truck driver talking about this recently. May have been a call in on Thom Hartmann show.
He has seen a dramatic decline in recent years. Especially through the farm belt where he use to have to scrap bugs off every few hours. Now, only a small fraction of splatter.
Skittles
(153,104 posts)I remember on long road trips, my dad scraped them off at stops - doesn't seem there is nearly as many these days.
niyad
(113,012 posts)talking about that same call?? it is very disturbing.
Traildogbob
(8,670 posts)Yes it is disturbing. Pollinators feed us and we are destroying them. I think Murder Hornets are just pissed off bees sick of our pollution. They are coming for us.
3catwoman3
(23,939 posts)...at dusk, and there were so many bugs hitting my car that it sounded like it was raining.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,005 posts)iluvtennis
(19,821 posts)about him making a guy lawman of the year who later went down for corruption.
Bravo Rachel!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,124 posts)He was only convicted of 1 count of perjury and got 10 years probation.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Black Lives Matter only scratches the surface.
The scab of racism covers the entire body politic.
Tbear
(486 posts)including 39 blacks, to prison due to his own personal sting with no evidence and no witnesses.
John Cornyn was TX AG then and gave the cop "TX Lawman of the Year" award.
Vanita Gupta got them all thrown out (though many did time).
Looks like John is still a little red-faced.
Gupta's confirmation is tomorrow.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)It was more than just one crooked cop.
He had help.
Zero jail for the real criminals.
iluvtennis
(19,821 posts)Hekate
(90,515 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Cornyn Belongs In Prison - I posted this right after watching Rachel's segment.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215264875
And the cop puts 46 innocent people behind bars with his lies and does no time.
This is beyond sick.
Thanks Rachel.
Klan Cops.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,558 posts)When it's done by the inimitable Rachel Maddow, it's downright delicious!
yaesu
(8,020 posts)halfulglas
(1,654 posts)The arrogant ass like Cornyn could not have left things alone. He made a mistake. The county law enforcement and judges or whatever in Texas made a mistake. But no he couldn't let pass that he was embarrassed all those years ago by a young civil rights attorney so he has to make things hard for her as well as for the Dems. Well, I hope this gets shared a lot and he is further embarrassed. I hope it trends on Twitter (I don't tweet) and it gets emphasized what an ass he is. They are slow walking anyone who needs Senate confirmation to make governing harder, but I hope this one bites him.
SunSeeker
(51,502 posts)brooklynite
(94,293 posts)...because a segment on Rachel Maddow's show today, however damning, isn't going to impact a Senator who was just re-elected and has six years before his next contest.
madamesilverspurs
(15,795 posts)he is immediately scraped off the windshield isn't the issue. The point is that he has been very publicly exposed as the vindictive racist bully he is. That he has cultivated a more cultured veneer is testimony to his awareness that decent people would find him too unsavory otherwise; cracking that veneer does him no favors. What his constituents do with the information is up to them.
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