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demmiblue's JournalBloomberg Is Starting His Campaign With A Big Asset--His Gun-Control Group's Email List
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg officially entered the 2020 Democratic race Sunday with a potent asset: The vast trove of email addresses amassed by Moms Demand Action, the nonpartisan gun control advocacy organization hosted under the umbrella of Everytown for Gun Safety, which Bloomberg co-founded and largely finances.
The leaders of Moms Demand Action state chapters and local groups received the news from Aimee Tavares, a senior national organizing director for the group, who sent an email roughly three and a half hours after news broke that Bloomberg would formally announce his candidacy. “Given his unique role in launching Everytown, his leadership in advancing the cause of gun safety, and the significant investments he’s made in helping to grow our movement, Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign is temporarily renting access to our list of supporters so they can communicate his plans for achieving our shared goal of a nation free from gun violence,” Tavares wrote.
Tavares added the campaign would not retain access to Moms Demand Action’s email list at the conclusion of Bloomberg’s bid. Members of the group would be “under no obligation to take any action” in response to Bloomberg’s campaign missives, and that “it is entirely up to our volunteers how they spend their volunteer time in this election and which candidates they choose to support, up and down the ballot,” she wrote.
Tavares’ email gave no endorsement of Bloomberg’s candidacy, but noted that “his participation will ensure that our issue remains at the forefront during the remainder of primary season.” In a Twitter thread announcing his candidacy, Bloomberg shared that he had “founded the largest gun safety group in history” alongside a photo of him posing with Moms Demand Action volunteers.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/11/michael-bloomberg-2020-everytown-moms-demand-action-guns-emails/
https://twitter.com/ambiej/status/1198978541574148096
The Twit tweets: I was not pleased with the way that Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher's trial was handled..
....contracting procedures were not addressed to my satisfaction. Therefore, Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer’s services have been terminated by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. I thank Richard for his service & commitment. Eddie will retire peacefully with all of the.....
....honors that he has earned, including his Trident Pin. Admiral and now Ambassador to Norway Ken Braithwaite will be nominated by me to be the new Secretary of the Navy. A man of great achievement and success, I know Ken will do an outstanding job!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1198746358091530241
Go fuck yourself.
Scoop: White House directed block of Armenian genocide resolution
Source: Axios
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What happened next, which has not been previously reported: As Graham was leaving the Oval Office, senior White House staff asked him to return to the Senate and block the Armenian genocide resolution — a measure that would have infuriated Erdoğan.
Graham confirmed this in a phone interview on Saturday.
"After the meeting, we kind of huddled up and talked about what happened," he said. A White House legislative affairs official told Graham that Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was going to bring up his Armenian genocide resolution and asked if Graham could "please object."
"I said sure," Graham said. "The only reason I did it is because he [Erdoğan] was still in town. ... That would've been poor timing. I'm trying to salvage the relationship if possible."
Read more: https://www.axios.com/white-house-lindsey-graham-armenian-genocide-b3886afb-c626-476b-8a44-6d7197acd963.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic
Rick Perry says that Trump is the "Chosen One"
https://twitter.com/CourtneyHagle/status/1198654816928579584
Very sad news. We lost another soldier fighting in Ferguson 😔 . This is Melissa Ritchey protesting
2/Melissa also suffered from seizures exacerbated by stress. Had them at Rams & highway protests. Her family urged her not to protest. She said:
“As a white ally, we can’t just say ‘Black Lives Matter’ & then not get out there. I just wish there were more white ppl out there”
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3/GREAT article by RiverFront Times after Melissa Ritchey was arrested after having seizure during highway shutdown.
“I just have to do it. Everyday you go on Twitter & it’s another Black or Brown life killed by police. We have to stand up against that”
https://m.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2015/
.https://twitter.com/ChuckModi1/status/1198657523676536833
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 'home and doing well' after hospitalization, Supreme Court says
Source: CNN
(CNN)Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital and is home after having experienced chills and a fever, the Supreme Court announced Sunday.
"She is home and doing well," A court spokeswoman said.
Ginsburg, 86, was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, before being transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Friday night for treatment of any possible infection. The high court said Saturday that Ginsburg's symptoms had abated after receiving IV antibiotics and fluids.
Her hospital trip came just days after Ginsburg returned to the bench after missing a day in court due to a stomach bug. On Friday, Ginsburg had participated in the regular closed-door conference with other justices, according to a court spokeswoman.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/24/politics/ruther-bader-ginsburg-rbg-supreme-court-hospital-discharged/index.html
Praise sweet baby jesus.
Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait just sent this note to staffers: "There is no point in..
Micklethwait says Bloomberg editorial board will be suspended.
"On News, we will write about virtually all aspects of this presidential contest...."
Micklethwait says will "continue our tradition of not investigating Mike...and we will extend the same policy to his rivals..."
https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1198639444557008896
Hunh... some members of his Editorial Board (suspended) are going to join his campaign.
"One of my favorite @sesamestreet moments of all time..."
https://twitter.com/lieberrian/status/1197371405354057728
Two police officers in Philadelphia are using karaoke to break down barriers and connect with people
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1198625094727278600Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher Accuses Official of 'Meddling' in War Crime Case, Suggests It's 'All About
Source: Newsweek
Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher mocked one of the "mean girl" witnesses to his accused 2017 war crimes for "crying," and went on to thank President Donald Trump and claimed that top military officials with "egos" are "meddling" in his case.
Gallagher appeared on Fox & Friends Sunday morning just minutes after Trump personally touted the interview on Twitter. Last week, Trump tweeted that the Navy "will NOT" be taking away Gallagher's revered trident over his failure to uphold good order and discipline after Gallagher was accused and later acquitted of several war crimes, including the killing of Iraqi civilians and the murder of an ISIS captive with a hunting knife. However, Gallagher was convicted in July of one charge after he posed in several pictures with a dead teenaged captive, The New York Times reported.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1198574811678683137
Gallagher mocked his accusers and detractors, including Navy Rear Admiral Collin Green, whom he called "insubordinate" and having too much "ego." Gallagher said he plans to expose next week how the Secretary of the Navy, Richard Spencer, was "meddling in my case and trying to get organizations not to support me."
"This is all about ego and retaliation, this has nothing to do with good order or discipline. They could have taken my trident at any time they wanted. Now they're trying to take it after the president restored my rank," Gallagher said, before threatening to expose top Navy officials of corruption.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/navy-seal-eddie-gallagher-fox-friends-accuses-secretary-meddling-thanks-trump-war-crimes-trident-1473753?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter
This is not going to end well.
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