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by Rachel Sadon in News on Feb 8, 2017 3:50 pm
As the news keeps pouring out of the Donald Trump administration, Ruth Eisenberg deleted Twitter.
"There are so many outrages every day with this administration that one is in a constant state of outrage," says Eisenberg. "I want to be able to live my life, and choose my outrages. I don't want to be outraged constantly."
But when she came home from a meeting last night, turned on the TV, and saw what happened on the Senate floor, Eisenberg swelled with anger. "The combination of the sexism of silencing one of the few female senators, and the fact that she was reading Coretta Scott King's words, outraged me."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) invoked a rarely used rule to silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) as she read aloud from a letter that King wrote in opposition to Jeff Sessions' nomination for a federal judgeship.
"Senator Warren was giving a lengthy speech, McConnell said. She had appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted."
Tonight, Eisenberg and a small group of friends will take up the mantle and read King's speech on C Street NE, right outside McConnell's home.
more at the link: http://dcist.com/2017/02/washingtonians_will_read_coretta_sc.php
[font size = 4] I hope they had a great turnout.
We need to start bothering them everywhere they go. Where they live, where they eat, where they try to go on enjoying their lives as we suffer. They need to feel us and fear having to answer to us EVERYWHERE. [/font]
Cha
(297,224 posts)and all these pubs voted for it..
Link to tweet
And, yet Senator Merkley was allowed to read Coretta's speech.. why is that?
Mahalo for this great news, Maru!
Words to live by~
Link to tweet
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)It's so SHAMEFUL!!!
Cha
(297,224 posts)forever.. wanting a fellow Senator Silenced for reading Coretta Scott King's Letter to the Senate during Black History Month
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)my youngest, I think two more.
They need to know WE ARE WATCHING them.
Cha
(297,224 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)The guy sitting in for Lawrence O'Donnell.
Cha
(297,224 posts)MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)Fucking loser. I've got his ass on speed dial anyway.
Cha
(297,224 posts)Thank you!
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)prominently featured.
MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)Senator Daines is reportedly more responsive to calls and letters from certain parts of our state than others, say for example, Missoula which is very blue. I am hearing that he has locked down his offices phones of late and you can't even get a human to answer. There may be some truth to that rumor because I have written and called at least 5 times since January 21st and I have not gotten one follow up email or letter from Daines. Senator Tester (D) on the other hand has emailed AND written a letter each time I've called him. Daines knows that most of us in Missoula didn't vote for him. We're apparently easy to ignore. Wrong!
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Some parts of the Flathead are very red while others lean pretty strongly blue.
MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)I can't ell you how happy it makes me to know how many DUers are from MT! Sometimes I feel all alone - I know it isn't true - hell there were 10,000 of us at the women's march in Helena. I should know better, but still.
Give him hell MK!! I'm taking a cue from you and sending a hand written letter instead of a call.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)I'll bet we all feel alone fairly often. I know Mr. Maru and I do!
bigtree
(85,996 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,926 posts)WONDERFUL - and he didn't have the "Good-ole'-boys" club there to stop you!!!!!!!!!
This is my 1000th post - and I couldn't have picked a better posting to share my support!
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)bdamomma
(63,849 posts)that is despicable, Senator Warren was on the floor for about 1 hr. She even read what her great predecessor Senator Ted Kennedy wrote about Jeff Sessions. The repig Caines who was the Chairman was being coached by a staffer regarding what to say. McConnell was called to come in the Senate from home when he silenced Senator Warren. I heard that on Randi Rhodes this afternoon. What a scum bucket he is.
Senator Ted Kennedy (The Lion) I am glad he is not around to see this crap.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Resistance at its finest.
ismnotwasm
(41,980 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)if it was really awake.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)So must we.
tclambert
(11,086 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts){font size = 4} insert the type you wish to enlarge {/font}
but use the lowercase brackets instead
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you can use different values and make it
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Give it a try!
Raster
(20,998 posts)[font size = 5]Nice! Thank you!
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)"end font" command or your
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moonscape
(4,673 posts)if only I weren't
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to remember how to do this without your cheat sheet right above!
Maybe I'll surprise myself
Hekate
(90,686 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)I'm hoping to get one going locally.
Hekate
(90,686 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)and is covered on all news stations. Should be headline news tomorrow!
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Beartracks
(12,814 posts)... that McConnell used to silence her.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8617348
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Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)In literally ANY OTHER administration they would have the sense to try and HIDE their white-supremacist leanings, instead they've gone mainstream, loud and proud.
manicraven
(901 posts)bluedigger
(17,086 posts)I have a friend who is a neighbor. Came home to this tonight.
mucifer
(23,542 posts)over and over again on the senate floor to hear it would have been awesome.