Sunday Reads: Move On Up
Posted: March 1, 2020 | Author: JJ Lopez aka Minkoff Minx | Filed under: just because, morning reads |18 Comments
See that?
Last night #BidenHaris2020 was trending on the Twitter…
Last week Bernie was the nominee and Democrats lost everything to Republicans. Or, Bernie won the Presidency and transformed the USA into a socialist state. Tonight, Biden-Kamala have won the Presidency. Awesome.
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) March 1, 2020
VP picks rarely help is the CW, but it's a wild card with historic candidacies. Kamala Harris would turn people out, and set her up to be the 47th POTUS. https://t.co/VyQQZVHzSL
— Tommy X-TrumpIsARacist-opher (@tommyxtopher) March 1, 2020
I wonder if Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are talking on the phone this evening. #BidenHarris2020 is trending at the very top. The voters are shouting out to @JoeBiden & @SenKamalaHarris!!
All those in favor of a #BidenHarris2020 ticket, say AYE!! https://t.co/fRVatXowge
— Stephanie Kennedy (@WordswithSteph) March 1, 2020
So Biden won South Carolina, and gave a moving speech. (See video below.)
BREAKING: Joe Biden wins the South Carolina Democratic Primary, @NBCNews projects. #SCPrimary https://t.co/H3uCBAQVbG pic.twitter.com/WNYiFVcne7
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 1, 2020
Biden has over 51% of the vote in the #SCPrimary2020 as of 8:47 P.M. pic.twitter.com/83xf1Og5w7
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 1, 2020
@JoeBiden now takes the lead in the National Popular vote. Delegate count is almost nearly even with Bernie. 52-44 delegates.
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) March 1, 2020
Here is Biden’s SC victory speech in full:
Bernie Bros and Bernices are having a different time with the Biden win.
Bernie’s supporters are not handling the news well. #SCprimary2020 pic.twitter.com/hizStN9hpc
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) March 1, 2020
And they’re offended we call them Berniebros: https://t.co/vKpbnzfbvH
— Trinity’s Dreaming of Spring 🌼 (@TrinityMustache) March 1, 2020
Ya know, insulting southern black people because your preferred candidate didn’t win today is a tell.
— Bev Gooden (@bevtgooden) March 1, 2020
For everyone who needs to hear this, white people should be a little less obnoxious about black people exercising rheir right to vote. It frankly is unseemly.#SCprimary2020
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) March 1, 2020
Hillary Doubles Down On #Sanders: "He has tolerated and even approved of sexist attacks against women, both myself and others." [Fyi Sanders PAC group used NDA to silence racial discrimination claim by black woman fired]. #SandersIsTrump #WeWantJoe
https://t.co/Kx6szR5iLS…— Shirley Adams🌍 (@ShirlsAdams) February 29, 2020
And did y’all hear?
Tom Steyer ended his presidential campaign after spending about $200 million on campaign advertising. https://t.co/pOHg1nc4GR
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 1, 2020
And…
Finally https://t.co/7DuuAr23p2
— rabia O'chaudry (@rabiasquared) March 1, 2020
Virus updates:
During today’s coronavirus presser, Dr. Fauci announced that elderly, obese individuals are at higher risk of falling ill to coronavirus and, tragically, failing to recover. Donald Trump seemed unusually attentive. #CoronavirusUpdate pic.twitter.com/rKXTeU3Oio
— Stephanie Kennedy (@WordswithSteph) February 29, 2020
Coronavirus shuts down two public schools as districts race to contain the spread https://t.co/Eo4HS4Ldm3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 1, 2020
Pelosi in letter to colleagues: "Any emergency funding supplemental the Congress approves must be entirely new funding, not stolen from other accounts. This package must also ensure that the President cannot use these new funds for anything other than fighting coronavirus."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 1, 2020
View this post on Instagram#Repost @themsmaven ・・・ Next week’s New Yorker cover, “Under Control,” by Brian Stauffer.
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“It’s complete chaos,” a senior administration official said. “Everyone is just trying to get a handle on what the [expletive] is going on.” https://t.co/cmujKslowh
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) March 1, 2020
A third confirmed case of coronavirus has been announced in Illinois, according to the state's Department of Public Health https://t.co/ohmY3xo1SI
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) March 1, 2020
The pollution changes in China seems to suggest things are worse than reported, this is pretty dramatic. https://t.co/T00SiQIsWJ
— Jonathan Williams (@j2dubyas) February 29, 2020
Pollution levels have plummeted over China and it's "partly related to the economic slowdown following the outbreak of coronavirus," NASA has said in a statement as it released satellite images showing the nitrogen dioxide changes https://t.co/JgSZxEQJrC
— Axios (@axios) March 1, 2020
Chinese #manufacturing hits record low amid #coronavirus outbreak: Factory activity in #China fell at a record rate in February, as manufacturers closed their operations to contain the spread of the #virus. https://t.co/dwxpJRLnEf #business #covid19 #economy
— OriginalBADYOGAKITTYⓋ (@minamaya13) March 1, 2020
After a long day of painstaking work believing they are keeping America safe from the coronavirus by praying it away, this crack team of anti-science experts returned to worshipping their golden cow in the White House. https://t.co/l6NTlZcWGL
— James Morrison (@JamesPMorrison) March 1, 2020
‘It’s the last nail in the coffin’: Venice empties as coronavirus spreads https://t.co/fq8mkqxZbD
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 1, 2020
Other bits of worldly news:
This Hindu brother – Premkant Baghel – saw his Muslim neighbor’s home set on fire by a right-wing mob.
Premkant went into their burning home and saved six lives — burning 70% of his own body in the process.
This is what it means to love your neighbor.❤️pic.twitter.com/jco0LDj5oN
— Simran Jeet Singh (@SikhProf) February 29, 2020
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9K9IvynwAI/?igshid=xr3x8f1zfion
The guy making out with the American flag here is the same one who drove entire news cycles in 2017 by relentlessly attacking NFL players for not respecting it pic.twitter.com/vQJWTX3Y2O
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 29, 2020
Wow. Trump agrees to release 5,000 terrorists and no one blinks an eye. https://t.co/o3yoj27aQC
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) March 1, 2020
This is not Peace but a unilateral US withdrawal. Bush-Obama-Trump pursued a military option but built no US domestic support for a changing strategy. There is ZERO INCENTIVE for the Taliban to not open all out war. IMPLOSION likely. https://t.co/rxWgSZNb9M
— Barry R McCaffrey (@mccaffreyr3) February 29, 2020
Flying under the radar today: Trump’s people just bought Twitter. https://t.co/L1sFuXJp9B
— Josh Shepperd (@joshshepperd) February 29, 2020
View this post on InstagramTrump Claims Responsibility For Longest Black History Month In 4 Years
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#blackhistorymonth: 34 black female cadets were part of the most diverse graduating class in West Point’s history.
"I want these little black girls to say hey, I can do it too. I have the strength to defy the odds," one cadet says. #NBCBLKIgnite https://t.co/L5TjJaqd01
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 1, 2020
This is an open thread.
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Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)
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Notice which candidate got the “Income inequality” issue vote.
Did you see that a lot of the vote Bernie got was basically cross over republicans?
I can’t figure that out from this data. Where do you see it? Or do you mean that the Repubs mounted a real campaign to mess around with the Dem primary?
yes they did … the entry poll said 12% were republicans coming to polls to vote for bernie … it was called operation chaos
This is the WaPo article which has the info on all the other candidates and characteristics of the voters: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/exit-polls-2020-south-carolina-primary/ Not sure how well other than polling one can tell who’s Dem or R. The absentee ballot requests for white voters were double that of the previous election, whereas for black voters the increase was small. The white increase could indeed mean it’s from Rs.
I think the ‘economic inequality’ issue doesn’t really drive Bernie v non-Bernie voters that much. Maybe the voters are smart enough to know Bernie can’t deliver. For example, in ’16 the voters most concerned about the economy went for Hillary, not Trump, though that was the general, not a primary.
That graphic of the change in pollution over China — Whoa!
Good in one sense. Deeply disturbing for its short term implications for where the world economy is headed!
Some good news:
Some judges still understand the rule of law!
Elizabeth warren just raised 29 million for the Quarter and she’s running in second in both texas and california …
There’s definitely no way there’s a plurality and this might be convention strategy time …
just what I can see right now …
Excellent news! The more I see of him, the less I can stand him. Maybe now we’ll see less of him.