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steve2470's JournalDem senator: 'No question' Trump's 's---hole countries' comment is racist
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/368962-bennett-theres-no-question-trumps-shithole-countries-comment-is-racist“I was raised not to call people racist on the theory that it was hard for them to be rehabilitated once you said that,” Bennet told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“But there’s no question what he said was racist. There’s no question what he said was un-American and completely unmoored from the facts.”
Trump has faced intense scrutiny and accusations of racism after The Washington Post reported that Trump disparaged several nations during a Thursday meeting with lawmakers at the White House.
Global climate change: are people starting to realize that extreme COLD swings are part of it too?
I get so sick of those (including a few TV weatherpeople) who always say there's no "global warming" because of a huge uncommon snowstorm or sharp uncommonly cold snap. I'm not talking about normal events to be expected in winter, but the really cold snaps and really large snowstorms/blizzards.
how's all my recluse brothers and sisters doing ?
I'm ok overall. How are you? Fending off the despair that Trump is STILL in office? Sigh.
"Your annual reminder that some senators who voted AGAINST making #MLKDay a national holiday...."
https://twitter.com/VABVOX/status/952856142404825088Only McCain has apologized for his vote.
BTW, my sincere apologies for not including the text of tweets in the past. I know some on DU have trouble reading tweets for various reasons.
Ashampoo software now has a Meltdown/Spectre checker for your processor
I have no clue how good it is, but Ashampoo is a reputable firm as far as I know.
https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/1304/security-software/Ashampoo-Spectre-Meltdown-CPU-Checker
I checked mine, said I was vulnerable to Spectre. AFAIK, MS is putting out a patch for Spectre soon for my beta version. I'll go check again.
Trending on Twitter, #LivingWithDepressionIs
https://twitter.com/hashtag/LivingWithDepressionIs?src=hashChime in please. I have.
Charles M. Blow (NYT): "Trump Is a Racist. Period."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/opinion/trump-racist-shithole.htmlAs the brilliant James Baldwin once put it: “I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.” When I see that in poll after poll a portion of Trump’s base continues to support his behavior, including on race, I can only conclude that there is no real daylight between Trump and his base. They are part of his racism.
When I see the extraordinary hypocrisy of elected officials who either remain silent in the wake of Trump’s continued racist outbursts or who obliquely condemn him, only to in short order return to defending and praising him and supporting his agenda, I see that there is no real daylight between Trump and them either. They too are part of his racism.
When you see it this way, you understand the enormity and the profundity of what we are facing. There were enough Americans who were willing to accept Trump’s racism to elect him. There are enough people in Washington willing to accept Trump’s racism to defend him. Not only is Trump racist, the entire architecture of his support is suffused with that racism. Racism is a fundamental component of the Trump presidency.
eta and off-topic but....
https://twitter.com/progressivenurd/status/952606694735073280
Erick Erickson: "Its weird that people in the room dont remember Trump using that word"
Again, stopped clock
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/952569551450976257
Sarah Silverman's response to a Twitter troll is a master class in compassion
This is the Mental Health Support Group. Nasty and uncalled-for comments are not welcome here. Thank you.http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog/sarah-silverman-s-response-to-a-twitter-troll-is-a-master-class-in-compassion-1.4471337
Sarah Silverman may be known for her biting comedy, but her recent exchange with a Twitter troll is being held up as a model of compassion.
A few days ago, Silverman sent out a tweet, and a total stranger replied cruelly with nothing but the "c" word.
But instead of lashing back or blocking the user, Silverman opted for a compassionate response.
"I believe in you. I read ur timeline & I see what ur doing & your rage is thinly veiled pain," she tweeted back. "But u know that. I know this feeling. Ps My back F--king sux too," she added, referring to the back troubles the user mentioned in his Twitter feed. "See what happens when u choose love. I see it in you."
Ok, Sarah, I never thought I would get inspiration from a comedian, but she does inspire me. Her skin is far thicker than mine, I'm sure.
Meet the 24 y/o Trump campaign worker appointed to help lead the governments drug policy office
(yes that is the official title)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/meet-the-24-year-old-trump-campaign-worker-appointed-to-help-lead-the-governments-drug-policy-office/2018/01/13/abdada34-f64e-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.18394b6673ba&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
In May 2016, Taylor Weyeneth was an undergraduate at St. John’s University in New York, a legal studies student and fraternity member who organized a golf tournament and other events to raise money for veterans and their families.
Less than a year later, at 23, Weyeneth, was a political appointee and rising star at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the White House office responsible for coordinating the federal government’s multibillion dollar anti-drug initiatives and supporting President Trump’s efforts to curb the opioid epidemic. Weyeneth would soon become deputy chief of staff.
His brief biography offers few clues that he would so quickly assume a leading role in the drug policy office, a job recently occupied by a lawyer and a veteran government official. Weyeneth’s only professional experience after college and before becoming an appointee was working on Trump’s presidential campaign.
Weyeneth’s ascent from a low-level post to deputy chief of staff is the result, in large part, of staff turnover and vacancies. The story of his appointment and remarkable rise provides insight into the Trump administration’s political appointments and the troubled state of the drug policy office.
video at link
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