Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
soothsayer
soothsayer's Journal
soothsayer's Journal
April 14, 2021
Keith Boykin
@keithboykin
Of all the forensic pathologists in the world, why did Derek Chauvin’s defense team pick a guy who graduated from the University of Cape Town in South Africa in 1983, when South Africa was still a racist apartheid regime?
Of all the forensic pathologists in the world, why did Derek Chauvin's defense team pick a guy who g
https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1382341235571048452?s=21Keith Boykin
@keithboykin
Of all the forensic pathologists in the world, why did Derek Chauvin’s defense team pick a guy who graduated from the University of Cape Town in South Africa in 1983, when South Africa was still a racist apartheid regime?
April 14, 2021
BrooklynDad_Defiant!
@mmpadellan
Some Presidents aren't afraid of a little bit of rain to pay their respects to our fallen soldiers.
Some Presidents aren't afraid of a little bit of rain to pay their respects to our fallen soldiers.
https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1382413454879899652?s=21BrooklynDad_Defiant!
@mmpadellan
Some Presidents aren't afraid of a little bit of rain to pay their respects to our fallen soldiers.
April 14, 2021
UPDATE: Kim Potter was booked into Hennepin County Jail at around 12:07 p.m. on probable cause of second-degree manslaughter. Here's the mugshot on its own.
More here: https://thedailybeast.com/kim-potter-veteran-brooklyn-center-cop-who-killed-daunte-wright-charged-with-xxx
Kim Potter was booked into Hennepin County Jail at around 12:07 p.m. (Mugshot)
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1382403620914745352?s=21UPDATE: Kim Potter was booked into Hennepin County Jail at around 12:07 p.m. on probable cause of second-degree manslaughter. Here's the mugshot on its own.
More here: https://thedailybeast.com/kim-potter-veteran-brooklyn-center-cop-who-killed-daunte-wright-charged-with-xxx
April 14, 2021
Jennifer Taub
@jentaub
Excellent
Axios
@axios
Senate confirms former top Wall Street regulator Gary Gensler as SEC chair https://axios.com/gary-gensler-sec-chair-4b7b95d4-3df7-454c-b3d9-1c45ff9d35e1.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=politics-sec
Senate confirms former top Wall Street regulator Gary Gensler as SEC chair
https://twitter.com/jentaub/status/1382379127597113346?s=21Jennifer Taub
@jentaub
Excellent
Axios
@axios
Senate confirms former top Wall Street regulator Gary Gensler as SEC chair https://axios.com/gary-gensler-sec-chair-4b7b95d4-3df7-454c-b3d9-1c45ff9d35e1.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=politics-sec
April 14, 2021
Rob Anderson for Louisiana
@RobAnderson2018
Literally 81 million of us voted for it
The Recount
@therecount
Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY): “What we are confronted with here is a totally left-wing administration … trying to transform America into something no one voted for last year.”
Literally 81 million of us voted for it
https://twitter.com/robanderson2018/status/1382218992912191488?s=21Rob Anderson for Louisiana
@RobAnderson2018
Literally 81 million of us voted for it
The Recount
@therecount
Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY): “What we are confronted with here is a totally left-wing administration … trying to transform America into something no one voted for last year.”
April 14, 2021
Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
A judge is hearing args on the govt's request to keep Kenneth Harrelson, charged in the 1/6 Oath Keepers conspiracy, in jail. One tidbit so far — govt says a member of the OK group was right at the door as the mob breached Rotunda entrance, but that person hasn't been charged yet
Why does this matter? The Oath Keeper indictment charges members with destroying govt property as they breached the doors, incl. under a theory of aiding/abetting as part of the larger mob. So this un-ID'd person would link the group more directly to the broken Capitol doors
Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
It's also just more confirmation that the Oath Keepers case could get bigger. As Rachel notes here, there was another reference by the govt to an unnamed member
Rachel Weiner
@rachelweinerwp
Replying to @rachelweinerwp
One member of the Oath Keeper group that was early in the Capitol was uncharged, AUSA says, and one member went further towards House chamber than Harrelson -- but neither is named in court
As an aside: This hearing has been plagued with technical difficulties and delays. The judge's connection has cut out (he warned at the start that he is somewhere with an iffy connection) and Harrelson's connection from jail has cut out several times
Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
AUSA reiterates claim made in a filing this week (https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20613856/4-12-21-us-oppo-kenneth-harrelson-release.pdf…), that the govt believes the Comfort Inn in Ballston was a "quick reaction force" site for the Oath Keepers — where members stashed weapons and were on stand-by to potentially "ferry" them into DC on Jan. 6
that they said shows Harrelson rolling what appears to be a "rifle case" out on Jan. 7. AUSA says they had evidence of other OKs carrying similar cases at the hotel, and one had an item under a sheet or linen with the "outlines" of a rifle
Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
Harrelson's lawyer is up, and she's arguing to distance him from the "stack" of Oath Keepers identified by the govt that moved towards the entrance in a line, saying images show Harrelson to the side, and yelling words of encouragement towards the crowd generally
A judge is hearing args on the govt's request to keep Kenneth Harrelson, charged in the 1/6 Oath Kee
https://twitter.com/zoetillman/status/1382345202615136256?s=21Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
A judge is hearing args on the govt's request to keep Kenneth Harrelson, charged in the 1/6 Oath Keepers conspiracy, in jail. One tidbit so far — govt says a member of the OK group was right at the door as the mob breached Rotunda entrance, but that person hasn't been charged yet
Why does this matter? The Oath Keeper indictment charges members with destroying govt property as they breached the doors, incl. under a theory of aiding/abetting as part of the larger mob. So this un-ID'd person would link the group more directly to the broken Capitol doors
Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
It's also just more confirmation that the Oath Keepers case could get bigger. As Rachel notes here, there was another reference by the govt to an unnamed member
Rachel Weiner
@rachelweinerwp
Replying to @rachelweinerwp
One member of the Oath Keeper group that was early in the Capitol was uncharged, AUSA says, and one member went further towards House chamber than Harrelson -- but neither is named in court
As an aside: This hearing has been plagued with technical difficulties and delays. The judge's connection has cut out (he warned at the start that he is somewhere with an iffy connection) and Harrelson's connection from jail has cut out several times
Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
AUSA reiterates claim made in a filing this week (https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20613856/4-12-21-us-oppo-kenneth-harrelson-release.pdf…), that the govt believes the Comfort Inn in Ballston was a "quick reaction force" site for the Oath Keepers — where members stashed weapons and were on stand-by to potentially "ferry" them into DC on Jan. 6
that they said shows Harrelson rolling what appears to be a "rifle case" out on Jan. 7. AUSA says they had evidence of other OKs carrying similar cases at the hotel, and one had an item under a sheet or linen with the "outlines" of a rifle
Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
Harrelson's lawyer is up, and she's arguing to distance him from the "stack" of Oath Keepers identified by the govt that moved towards the entrance in a line, saying images show Harrelson to the side, and yelling words of encouragement towards the crowd generally
April 14, 2021
Glenn Kirschner
@glennkirschner2
Mueller meticulously documented Trump’s several felony obstruction of justice crimes, preserving the evidence for when Trump left office. Mueller pointedly testified that Trump can be prosecuted for his crimes upon leaving office. So . . . how about some justice? #JusticeMatters
Mueller meticulously documented Trump's several felony obstruction of justice crimes, preserving the
https://twitter.com/glennkirschner2/status/1382319401010135045?s=21Glenn Kirschner
@glennkirschner2
Mueller meticulously documented Trump’s several felony obstruction of justice crimes, preserving the evidence for when Trump left office. Mueller pointedly testified that Trump can be prosecuted for his crimes upon leaving office. So . . . how about some justice? #JusticeMatters
April 14, 2021
Sara Sidner
@sarasidnerCNN
In my 25 years as a reporter I have NEVER heard police in America actually say “journalists will be arrested” during a protests. But that happened in #BrooklynCenter last night. We stayed. The citizens are why we stay. I took this moments aft the announcement #DaunteWright
In my 25 years as a reporter I have NEVER heard police in America actually say "journalists will be
https://twitter.com/sarasidnercnn/status/1382338180993716230?s=21Sara Sidner
@sarasidnerCNN
In my 25 years as a reporter I have NEVER heard police in America actually say “journalists will be arrested” during a protests. But that happened in #BrooklynCenter last night. We stayed. The citizens are why we stay. I took this moments aft the announcement #DaunteWright
April 14, 2021
@ddale8
·
Apr 13, 2021
Here’s Biden’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.)
Image
Daniel Dale
@ddale8
The White House also says the president will in the morning “accompany the First Lady to an appointment for a common medical procedure at an outpatient center in Washington, DC.”
——
Because he’s a good guy.
Joe will in the morning "accompany the First Lady to an appointment for a common medical procedure
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1382144068302606345?s=21@ddale8
·
Apr 13, 2021
Here’s Biden’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.)
Image
Daniel Dale
@ddale8
The White House also says the president will in the morning “accompany the First Lady to an appointment for a common medical procedure at an outpatient center in Washington, DC.”
——
Because he’s a good guy.
April 14, 2021
President Biden
@POTUS
United States government official
Jill and I send our warmest wishes to the South Asian and Southeast Asian communities who are celebrating Vaisakhi, Navratri, Songkran, and the incoming New Year this week. Happy Bengali, Cambodian, Lao, Myanmarese, Nepali, Sinhalese, Tamil, Thai, and Vishu New Year!
7:56 PM · Apr 13, 2021
Joe: Jill and I send our warmest wishes to the South Asian and Southeast Asian communities who are c
https://twitter.com/potus/status/1382120415456325634?s=21President Biden
@POTUS
United States government official
Jill and I send our warmest wishes to the South Asian and Southeast Asian communities who are celebrating Vaisakhi, Navratri, Songkran, and the incoming New Year this week. Happy Bengali, Cambodian, Lao, Myanmarese, Nepali, Sinhalese, Tamil, Thai, and Vishu New Year!
7:56 PM · Apr 13, 2021
Profile Information
Member since: 2002Number of posts: 38,601
