Wednesday Reads: Never Gonna Give
Posted: October 28, 2020 | Author: JJ Lopez aka Minkoff Minx | Filed under: 2020 Elections, abortion rights, fundamentalist Christians, GLBT Rights, Injustice system, morning reads, open thread, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, War on Women, We are so F'd, Women's Healthcare, Women's Rights |15 Comments
The last 24 hours have been so disappointing. I’ve lost myself in classic and campy horror movies…but even that cannot remove the anxiety that weighs on me…especially when I see something like this:
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That smacks hard. People have to prepare for a completely new life, just because of the bigotry and hatred of the fucking Republicans.
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Pay attention, because this may be the US in a few months:
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After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time. pic.twitter.com/HR14vY27Ty
— Guy Walters (@guywalters) October 28, 2020
In other news:
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A life-threatening storm surge is expected late Wednesday as #Zeta impacts the Northern Gulf Coast. Here is the latest peak storm surge forecast. pic.twitter.com/eFpcaz2xtK
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) October 28, 2020
A tale of 2 Americas:
Walter Wallace was shot multiple times and killed by Philly PD yesterday.
He allegedly had a knife and suffered from mental illness.
Now compare his shooting to the way police responded to a mentally ill knife wielding white man…pic.twitter.com/H2EyebD6x0
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) October 27, 2020
The Pennsylvania National Guard is headed to Philly, with “several hundred” troops expected to pour into the city “within the next 24 to 48 hours.” Fucking hell. #RIPWalterWallace https://t.co/DAM5qICRdr
— Kim Kelly (@GrimKim) October 27, 2020
From our Editorial Board: "If the officers who shot Walter Wallace Jr. indeed did nothing wrong according to police use of force protocol, then the state of policing is even more dire than we thought." https://t.co/146sO4YSxt
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) October 27, 2020
WOW. Trump sued Deutsche Bank and got $270M of a loan made to him in part by JUSTIN KENNEDY forgiven, and he never paid taxes on the cancelled debt (which is considered income). All part of Trump Tower Chicago. Trump claims the financial crisis was an “act of god”. https://t.co/qXYTu67xIE
— Mueller, She Wrote Podcast (@MuellerSheWrote) October 27, 2020
Given Supreme Court rulings on mail ballots and Trump's effort to undermine the Postal Service, I strongly suggest that you now vote in person – try early voting or find a drop box. Protect your health but don’t let anyone deprive you of your most precious right. Have a plan.
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) October 27, 2020
The fight to 'EndSars' in Nigeria https://t.co/xpOVUKItyV
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 28, 2020
A #TrumpTaxReturns mystery:
when they left the retirement announcement that would give Donald Trump a Supreme Court pick, what did the heavily indebted president say to his banker’s father, outgoing Justice Kennedy, to stop him in his tracks? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/ZyCHPyE2QZ
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) September 28, 2020
Donald Trump waxing poetic about Joe Biden’s murder if he’s elected: “Three weeks and Joe's shot. Let’s go Kamala.”
Police wouldn’t tolerate this kind of threat from a citizen. They shouldn’t tolerate it from the President.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 27, 2020
#dangertohimselfandothers #Trumpziism https://t.co/gzA0KY1BuF
— Juliana L'Heureux (@julianawriter) October 28, 2020
Follow the events of last night here:
Officer 1: "The Park and Go North lot is the last one open. After that there is no other contingency plan that the White House staff has made for parking."
Officer 2: "After that are we just turning people away?"— Omaha Scanner (@omaha_scanner) October 27, 2020
Eppley Police Chief and the Secret Service are having a pissing match.
— Omaha Scanner (@omaha_scanner) October 28, 2020
More at the thread.
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Consider, if you will, what Trump will do if he wins the election:
1. End USPS
2. End Social Security
3. End Medicare
4. End Healthcare
5. Lock up political AdversariesWhat else? pic.twitter.com/2c0liD8SQW
— GeeGee (@GeeGeeAkili) October 27, 2020
Hope you have a pleasant day, well…as good of day that can be expected.
Here is a link to NHC website for the latest on #Zeta
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I’m with you, Rick Astley is the one. Good but sad roundup. I was surprised to feel bad for the stranded nebraskans, still have some empathy I guess.
I wish I could but they’ll be the first ones to give him a pass for the poor planning.
Great roundup JJ. They are saying you will get quite the punch from Zeta, up in the higher elevations of North Georgia. At least it should go by quickly.
Dak – stay safe! Hope the power holds.
Good wrap up of the latest insanity. Thanks, JJ!
Agree, really good wrap up and safe passage through Zeta, Dak.
Waiting for Trump to condemn this group of white terrorists. …
Hope the FBI is on them like they were on the terrorists planning to kidnap Governor Whitmer..
For anyone thinking Pope Francis is enlightened in any way:
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/maskless-pope-blames-lady-called-covid-distance-73874622?cid=clicksource_4380645_10_heads_posts_headlines_hed
Maybe he thinks his belief in a deity will protect him from viruses. He’s also shown woman-hating behavior before this — I remember that clip of him jerking his arm away instantly after a woman reached out to touch his arm. He looked as if he feared infection then.
Hillary is a NY state elector.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/28/politics/hillary-clinton-electoral-college-elector/index.html
Cool!
The video in Christine Pelosi’s tweet shows interesting body language of Kennedy & Trump. Kennedy was obviously taken aback — shocked? Furious? Afraid?
Glad to see the NYT continues to investigate Trump’s taxes.
@kous’s tweet — too bad the author doesn’t know what “literally” means.
Dakinikat, hope you’re OK after Zeta!
Zeta slammed into New Orleans, its eye moving directly over the city, cutting power to more than 80 percent of its residents.
Zeta is heading for GA. JJ, I hope you’re OK too.