Wednesday Reads: The Last Civil War Pensioner
Posted: June 3, 2020 | Author: JJ Lopez aka Minkoff Minx | Filed under: just because |19 Comments
The protests continue…
There was some elections yesterday…
And the last Civil War pensioner has died.
In 1862, Mose Triplett enlisted in a North Carolina infantry regiment. He later deserted, and in 1864 joined a Union regiment. Due to his service, he got a veteran’s pension, which passed to his daughter, Irene. Irene died—this past Sunday, at 90. RIP. https://t.co/dwUDoZXO94
— Ajit Pai (@AjitPaiFCC) June 3, 2020
Irene Triplett collected $73.13 from Department of Veterans Affairs, benefit for her father’s military service in Civil War
Here we are, still fighting the battle for equality for poc… it is disgusting to see the things that brought us to this latest boiling point.
Just a few moments from yesterday’s worldwide outcry for justice for George Floyd.
My latest for @NewsHour: Pres Trump has said over & over again that the protesters are largely domestic terrorists who don't want to see democracy in America, when, in fact, what I have seen mostly is Americans who are demanding change & equality for all. https://t.co/PbwVFkz3fG
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 3, 2020
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA9HHNHJQm0/?igshid=1pm09orejm00z
wild, nobody is beating the shit out of them https://t.co/4MlPdlMWaF
— Dave Gershgorn (@davegershgorn) June 2, 2020
This photo by @MarthaRaddatz at the Lincoln Memorial is deeply disturbing. pic.twitter.com/4cUgxQKh2p
— Eli Clifton (@EliClifton) June 2, 2020
Lincoln Memorial tonight, photographed by @MarthaRaddatz : pic.twitter.com/LON4bo6R23
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 3, 2020
View this post on InstagramDonald Trump was elected to serve us all — but he only looks out for himself.
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Thousands of protesters marched at a Black Lives Matter rally in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with crowds chanting "black lives matter" in solidarity with U.S. demonstrations following the death of George Floyd. https://t.co/5r89Vc4Xrp pic.twitter.com/qCuN7zFIig
— ABC News (@ABC) June 2, 2020
If these are Erik Prince's Blackwater private troops and Trump has given Betsy DeVos' brother a lucrative contract, we need to know because we're footing the bill. https://t.co/vGzLjAryhC
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) June 3, 2020
Protestors are now chanting Ludacris’ “Move bitch” pic.twitter.com/T3aJ8TXew3
— Catherina Gioino (@CatGioino) June 3, 2020
Fixed it pic.twitter.com/1kSwl40uy1
— Meena Harris (@meenaharris) June 2, 2020
"Ultimately, it was Attorney General William Barr who ordered the move to clear protestors, according to a Justice Department official."
IMPEACH BARR NOW!https://t.co/Gy8b0BPp2C
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) June 3, 2020
Also: 700 members of the 82nd are at Joint Base Andrews and Fort Belvoir. 1,400 more soldiers are ready to be mobilized within an hour. Soldiers are armed and have riot gear. They also were issued bayonets—standard issue but some feel could be inflammatory https://t.co/Ieo86bc4yF
— James LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) June 2, 2020
We are in trouble: The DEA Has Been Given Permission To Investigate People Protesting George Floyd’s Death #protesters https://t.co/29kUY1Cx6c
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) June 3, 2020
For those of you who don't live in DC, we are not under siege by rioters here. The protests have been peaceful. We are under some sort of military occupation because this is the only place in the country Trump can bring out the military without running into major legal problems.
— Josh Dorner (@JoshDorner) June 2, 2020
Has there been an official statement from @kcpolice to explain/defend/condemn what occurs in this video? pic.twitter.com/DrkKzitwqE
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) June 2, 2020
Tonight, we light #Houston’s City Hall in crimson and gold in memory of our own #GeorgeFloyd who graduated from @HoustonISD’s @JackYatesHigh. pic.twitter.com/xi1kcaJNMC
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) June 3, 2020
If Bill Barr is expanding the DEA’s jurisdiction to all federal crimes for the specific purpose of surveilling protestors for two weeks, why exactly? We have several federal police forces, including one called the FBI.
FBI isn’t up to the challenge? What’s up here?
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 3, 2020
6 Atlanta police officers were charged over the violent arrest of two Black college students during protests.
The officers smashed their car window and tased them, claiming the driver "got a gun." No gun was found.
5 of the officers face assault charges and 2 have been fired. pic.twitter.com/xA3zo5d7Z6
— AJ+ (@ajplus) June 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/dinfowars/status/1268015918774435843?s=21
A Republican Senator called for the mass slaughter of American citizens yesterday and not one elected member of his party has condemned him.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) June 2, 2020
Wow. This clip of MSNBC asking GOP senators if what the president did last night clearing the protestors was appropriate is something else. pic.twitter.com/TSBW82C4rb
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) June 3, 2020
Comedy Central ran this for 8 minutes and 46 seconds uninterrupted with a timer ticking down pic.twitter.com/7KRsOvEoBc
— Stone (@stonecold2050) June 3, 2020
excellent attention to factual details https://t.co/Av1ocKuYfr pic.twitter.com/tEdlqapW5o
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 3, 2020
The Minneapolis school board just voted to terminate the school district's contract with the city's police department, and to end the use of police officers as "school resource officers."
The vote was unanimous.https://t.co/bvjuIowfZN
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) June 2, 2020
Can we talk about this white woman carrying trash bags full of stolen merchandise where a news reporter hopes she’s an “employee” 🙄 I f*cking cannot. @AkilahObviously I need your thoughts and input. #WADSquad https://t.co/mvSj6XDt3c
— Anthony (@Anfurnny) June 3, 2020
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View this post on InstagramYou could have done the only right thing.
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At the time that I wrote this post…the final results were still unknown. So these are just a couple comments:
History made in Ferguson! Congratulations, Ella Jones. Voting matters. https://t.co/wV9L3nI8iE
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) June 3, 2020
Republican Steve King, a White Supremacist, is about to lose #IA04.
— Wajahat "Social Distance Yourself" Ali (@WajahatAli) June 3, 2020
This would be so good, right here, right now. https://t.co/0Dyol8iT7D
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) June 3, 2020
Racist Congressman Steve King lost his primary election https://t.co/16qSglgG9h via @RyanBrooks
— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) June 3, 2020
You can catch all the latest updates at this link:
Live primary election results: Iowa, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and more races to watchhttps://t.co/d9QhjCXn2c
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 3, 2020
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I’m thrilled about Steve King losing the primary!!
I know. That’s really good news and may it be an omen of what’s to come !!
Oh my effing–, I–, I mean–.
Anyway. Apparently we’re all wrong. The only reason for all these protests is because nasty people want to damage the Dump.
Did you know it’s about him? It’s about him. There’s the formless void of the universe, and floating in it, the one inhabitant, the orange blob.
There’s some serious personality disorder right there!
I don’t remember which jurisdiction it was. I do remember it was a woman who ran it. She said right from the beginning any abuse of police power on her watch would be prosecuted. She improved police training so it was clear what was abuse and what was necessary restraint when it was needed. And if I remember that article correctly, it was a few years ago, this hypermacho BS stopped happening.
We (humans) actually know how to do this. For a while, and maybe only in some situations?, the UK police were a model for the world. The Germans, with their history, were dead serious about anti-authoritarian training for their cops, and in my experience when I lived there eons ago, it worked very well.
Goons believe might makes right. If their superiors tell them clearly that abuse of power isn’t tolerated, they find ways to keep their impulses under control. Or they don’t go into police work.
I know I keep saying this, but Jesus H. Christ, what part of “divide-and-bully-what-remains” do these people not understand?
It’s the ONLY way he’s ever operated. It’s always the way he operates. He doesn’t even understand what “Pretend to care” means.
How can the Mattises of the world not see this? They got their eyes in their pockets and their noses on the ground?
It’s too little too late. He could have spoken out during impeachment and chose not to.
People on Twitter commenting that these troops are all white.
I think the troops would have to be very carefully selected. It would be embarrassing if a few men of conscience snuck in (they’re all men, as well as all white). There they’d be, refusing to gas people. Next thing you know they’d be kneeling with the protestors. It would totally ruin the optics the Dump wants.
That is an important point…geez.
We are moving to the new house so I am completely off line now. But this is clearly something that should be pointed out.
Moving is awful always. But now? My sympathies! I’m at the tail end of my last move and so fed up with the whole process I’ve stalled on unpacking most of the boxes. Once I found the plates and pots it was like, do I need anything else? no. I don’t even want to see that stuff.