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StarfishSaver's JournalKarma is real: GOP Senator Who Walked Out To Stop Climate Vote Loses House To Wildfire
As Wikipedia states:
“From June 20, 2019, all 11 Republican state senators for Oregon, including Girod, refused to show up for work at the Oregon State Capitol, instead going into hiding, some even fleeing the state. Their aim was to push the vote on a cap-and-trade proposal that would dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to combat climate change to voters instead of being instituted by lawmakers. The Senate holds 30 seats, but 1 is vacant due to a death. Without the Republican senators, the remaining 18 Democratic state senators could not reach a quorum of 20 to hold a vote. Although several Republican state senators returned to the Senate chamber on June 29, 2019, leading to the cap-and-trade bill being sent back to committee, while other bills were passed, Girod was missing, and it was stated that he would not return for the month’s legislative session.”
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“Fred Girod stood near the edge of a steep drop between what remained of his house and the Santiam River, grasping the destruction days after the Beachie Creek wildfire destroyed homes, businesses and landmarks along the canyon.
http://labor411.org/411-blog/gop-senator-who-walked-out-to-stop-climate-vote-loses-house-to-wildfire/
Black church leaders demand apology for racist Trump ad
The Rev. Silvester S. Beaman, pastor of Bethel AME Church, which is featured in the digital spot released Wednesday (Sept. 9), said it encourages viewers to see Black church leaders and their flocks as “thuggish rule breakers.”
“The ad is overtly racist and offensive on numerous levels,” Beaman told Religion News Service on Saturday (Sept. 12). “It is a racist attack on the African American church, and because it was an attack on the Christian church, it should be offensive to every Christian and person of faith.”
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The advertisement mostly featured scenes from protests against police killings that roiled several American cities this spring and summer, emphasizing violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police.
But as the advertisement ended, it cut to slow-motion footage of former Vice President Biden kneeling at Bethel in front of a group of Black leaders, including Beaman. It was followed by a slide that read “Stop Joe Biden and his rioters” before an audio clip of Vice President Mike Pence that said “you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America” accompanied by the sound of cackling.
https://religionnews.com/2020/09/13/ame-church-leaders-demand-apology-for-trump-ad/
I dare you not to smile at this priest getting down with his bad self
I definitely needed this today. I hope it tickles your hearts, too
Biden takes down all ads today: "I'm not gonna make any news today"
https://twitter.com/ajjaffe/status/1304374771782750209There are acceptable ways to protest:
1. On our own time (never during work hours, either ours or anyone else's)
2. In our own private spaces (never on anyone else's property or even on public property since public property is meant to be occupied and enjoyed by white people without any disturbance they do not cause)
3. Not in any way that inconveniences, delays, interferes with the everyday comings and goings of any white person.
4. Not loudly (meaning not loud enough to be heard by anyone not protesting with us)
5. Definitely not with any words that might make white people uncomfortable (like "black" or "white" or "racism" or "police" or "brutality" or "black lives" or any combination thereof)
6. Not in any way that might make white people feel like they have any responsibility for helping to address the issue being protested
7. Not in any way that white people who aren't interested in the protest might actually see us
As long as we follow those few simple rules, we're free to protest all we like ... inside our houses, very, very quietly
Why most black folk are sick and tired of some white folk
https://twitter.com/Toure/status/1304255231073677314https://twitter.com/Toure/status/1304255437605343245
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@Toure
To recap: Kaepernick protested peacefully and white people excommunicated him. This year’s street protests sometimes got violence and white people condemned that. Tonight NFL players demonstrated peacefully and... white people booed. I’m really tired.
Touré
@Toure
There is no way of protesting racism that white people won’t criticize.
A Tale of Two Front Pages
https://twitter.com/DaytimeDan/status/1304020650340872192When members of your base jump up and down and cry because your running mate's car drove by
it's really time for people to stop asking "where's the enthusiasm"?
https://twitter.com/olivesolivesol1/status/1303056664698875905
And can we for a moment think about how awesome it is to see a BLACK WOMAN with that level of security, surrounded by federal agents who will, if necessary, kill anyone who tries to hurt her and would literally give their lives for hers ?
Goosebumps ...
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