TGIF, Everyone.
ICYMI
And yes, Black-ish is BACK & BLACK
TGIF, Everyone.
ICYMI
And yes, Black-ish is BACK & BLACK
Even though 3Chics Politico is written and curated by three women: Ametia, Rikyrah, and SouthernGirl2, I must nominate this as one of the most engaging blogs I've found. Devoted to politics and culture, these three shine a light on contemporary life with humor and spirit.
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Thank You, Massa Bernie: How Our Revolution’s Birmingham “Victory” Reeks of Racism and Sexism
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Despite the narrative clearly being false as demonstrated by Our
Revolution’s abysmal track record, it also damages Randall Woodfin
himself. It’s saying that Woodfin cannot win in the South without Bernie Sanders’ help. It’s saying that Woodfin cannot win without an Ohio State Senator like Nina Turner coming to stump for him. It’s saying that Woodfin would not have won had it not been for the “hundreds” of calls made by Our Revolution, an organization with a base largely made up of affluent, suburban White members. It’s saying that Woodfin cannot win on his own charisma and his own organizing in his very own backyard. It’s saying that a Black progressive like Woodfin cannot win based on his
merits alone.
Because his merits are not enough. It’s not enough
to be a Black progressive in the South. It’s not enough to be an
attorney and School Board member in the state’s largest city. It’s not
enough to have worked 80+ hour weeks for half a year to serve as a state campaign director for Hillary Clinton. It’s not enough to have
campaigned for over a year and assembled a dedicated and committed volunteer base on your own. No, you need help to be successful. You need Our Revolution and you need Bernie Sanders.
Nowhere over the past two days has there been a single substantial article about Woodfin’s campaign experience. It’s as if being Hillary Clinton’s state director in no way prepared him for his mayoral bid. Nothing about identifying leaders. Nothing about finding organizers. Nothing about recruiting volunteers. Nothing about canvassing and Get Out The Vote efforts. Apparently, none of what he learned from his experience as a paid member of Hillary Clinton’s staff helped him in any way unseat a two-term incumbent Democratic Mayor who had been a staple in Birmingham politics over the past quarter-century. But Nina Turner showed up twice,
Bernie Sanders recorded a single robo-call, and Our Revolution made a few hundred calls. Clearly, Woodfin would have lost had it not been for them.
And that is why Our Revolution and our media cannot be
trusted. They are looking for victories, real or imagined. Rather than
delving into Woodfin’s experiences as a state director, the media and Our Revolution are instead proclaiming Bernie Sanders to be the White, male savior of the South. Let’s be clear: Sanders had as much to do with Woodfin’s victory as you or I. He is not popular in Alabama. He lost the primary by a whopping 58%. There’s a reason he stayed up north rather than campaigning with Woodfin. Hillary Clinton actually did have something to do with Woodfin’s victory, but she knows this race wasn’t about her. It was about Randall Woodfin and Randall Woodfin alone.
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/916422069763608577
LOL
https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/916417143511666689
HMMMPH
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/916416570460688385
THREAD
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/916396179331731456
heifer
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/916398444998041600
lips pursed
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/916307636425056259
uh huh
https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/916333349429420033
what a title.
https://twitter.com/JohnWDean/status/916382473558179840
https://twitter.com/MikeDelMoro/status/916381519643586561
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/916383025893650434
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
https://twitter.com/annalecta/status/915989154609160197
LMBAO Guess the king will have to walk on GOLD.
we are getting closer to the crazyfication factor:
https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/916410000347750400
SMH I GOTS NOTHING
lips pursed
https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/916342609253163008
LET’S SEE NOW, RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR vs risky STOCKPILING GUNS BEHAVIOR
How about ROLLING BACK THOSE AUTOMATIC GUN LAWS AND DO SOME MANDATORY BACKGROUND CHECKING, MOFOS!
https://twitter.com/RadioJoe1530/status/915370247665868800
Bless those old boys. They look like Vietnam era vets.
Emmy Bengtson @EmmyA2
No abortion. No birth control. No maternity leave. No health care for your kids. No care for you.
This is what a war on women looks like.
Disappointing GOP leaders, Blackburn launches Senate campaign
10/06/17 11:20 AM—Updated 10/06/17 03:31 PM
By Steve Benen
Last Wednesday morning, Senate Republican leaders received two
pieces of bad news. The first came by way of Alabama, where the GOP’s preferred candidate, Luther Strange, lost a Senate primary to Roy Moore,a fringe radical who believes he isn’t bound by the American legal system.
The second was a retirement announcement from Senate Foreign
Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). Not only are Senate Republican leaders sorry to see him leave – Corker is a popular figure on Capitol Hill – but GOP officials realized his departure would open the door to him being replaced by someone from the party’s crackpot wing.
Almost immediately, several Republican senators reached out directly to Tennessee Bill Gov. Haslam (R), who’s wrapping up his second and final term, urging him to run. Yesterday, he officially declined…….
Soon after, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), while attacking her party’s Senate leadership, announced she’s running for the open Senate seat. The Tennessean reported:
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And why would anyone call the congresswoman “a wingnut or a
knuckle-dragging conservative”? Because Blackburn has gone out of her way to position herself as something of a far-right extremist.
In 2009, for example, a small group of 11 House Republicans unveiled a“birther” bill in Congress, requiring presidential candidates to prove they’re native-born citizens. Blackburn was one of the 11.
Lawmakers, Facebook in standoff over lifting veil on Russian ads
Facebook is refusing to let the public see 3,000 election-related ads the Kremlin placed on its network during the 2016 presidential race – including posts suspected to have been part of what many U.S. lawmakers and the American intelligence community now agree was a campaign to drive voters to choose Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.
Despite increasing pressure from Democrats, the Silicon Valley giant is holding firm to its line that company policy allows Facebook to disclose “user content” only in response to a court-ordered warrant.
Given the unprecedented nature of the Kremlin’s interference in the U.S. election – and the still-open investigations into whether Trump’s team colluded with Moscow – Democrats’ patience is running out.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article177316546.html
uh huh
uh huh
https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/916275757705564160
FACEBOOK RULE # 1 YOU MUST PAY THOUSANDS FOR ADS
uh huh
uh huh
https://twitter.com/ranman09/status/916254111141593088
nothing like facts to get in the way of the Sociopaths’ tax cuts.
https://twitter.com/BruceBartlett/status/913811365294411781
https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/916287123799625728
https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/916258368389550080
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/916398357991399424
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/916273667608317953
https://twitter.com/MikeDelMoro/status/916381519643586561
RIDDLE ME THIS.
Who owns the most guns in America? white folks
Who is the biggest threat? White folks
Why are black folks considered a threat? BLACK SKIN is seen a weapon.
FUCKED UP, isn’t it?
https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/916337377496272896
https://twitter.com/SInow/status/916333496997519360
I’oin’t know, Emmitt. Maybe Cam should grab pussy, then he will be at the same level as #45
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/916329158858498049
https://twitter.com/milesjreed/status/916179971458109440
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/916374199240986628
Black students threatened with lynching after Alabama teen punished for swearing at girl protesting pledge
06 OCT 2017 AT 14:01 ET
Alabama teens threatened to lynch their black classmates after a white student was punished for abusive language toward a girl who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
The girl remained seated last week during the pledge recitation to show her support for ongoing NFL protests against racism and police brutality, and a white boy was suspended for using profanity during an argument with her, reported AL.com.
Kyler Ogden and the black student began arguing over the NFL protests in history class, and their discussion continued for several days on social media.
“I said some things I probably should not have said, mainly the language that I used,” Ogden told WBMA-TV. “I was in no way trying to be offensive towards anyone.”
It’s not clear what the teen said to the black girl, but many of their classmates showed up at Pell City High School flying American flags from their cars and trucks.
That prompted a black student to post a photo of himself on social media burning an American flag, but police said that took place off school grounds, and the teen’s parents reportedly disciplined him.
That then prompted a student to post a racist threat Wednesday on social media against black classmates.
“Attention: All n—–s in pellcity (sic) we are warning you tomorrow is not a good day to come we are hanging everyone that comes our way tomorrow after school so I advice (sic) all of you to stay away from us or leave pellcity we can’t deal with you’re a–,” the post read.
https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWaters/status/916360772850200576
UH HUH
https://twitter.com/onekade/status/916345685678673921
WTF
https://twitter.com/Quantanamo/status/916360653509726208
Folks said that there was MORE to the story:
https://twitter.com/fawfulfan/status/916314919389290497
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/916336263405428738
https://twitter.com/EmoNegro1/status/916360680571318272
LOL@president pussy
The Doctor and her demeanor are scary. She’s truly worried.
The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell 10/5/17
‘The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump’:
27 psychiatrists assess
In a new book, 27 psychiatrists and mental health experts asses President Donald Trump’s behavior. Do his impulses explain his decisions? The book’s editor Dr. Bandy Lee and Tony Schwartz, co-author of Trump’s “The Art of the Deal,” join Lawrence O’Donnell.
https://twitter.com/BirdsGetStarted/status/915989129304952832
Yep, AMERICA: gun-toting, second amendment-whining, cold, dead hands fanatics!
https://twitter.com/funder/status/916332511415947264
and Pompeo will be out in 4, 3, 2, 1…………..just like the rest of the fools who latch on to the orange POS.
yep
I hate unexpected purchases. Had to buy a new battery last night. Looked at the AAA man like he was a carnival Barker, – side eye and lips pursed – even though I knew that he was telling the truth about the battery.😠
I know the feeling. I had to replace one a month ago.
Yes, I feel you, Rikyrah. It’s those moments when folks think you’re vulnerable, desperate to be up and running. price gouging is very REAL.
I know how you feel. I’ve had to have three tires replaced in the last two months. I had to replace one tire a couple months ago, another a month before then, and I had one tire repaired and bought another one today. The tire I had to purchase today was to replace one that got destroyed as a result of debris from Irma. I had a “donut” tire on one side when a nail created a slow leak in another tire on Wednesday, leaving me stranded. It seems that when it comes to tires lately, I can’t win. One thing that has helped me with this tire problem is that I had purchased hazard insurance on them and didn’t end up having to pay all of the total amount of the replacement costs.
Always always trying to either dismiss or take away black culture
https://twitter.com/Blavity/status/916324834266767360
uh huh
uh huh
https://twitter.com/Marshall_Cohen/status/916132013207445509
The Chairman of the Intelligence Committee in the Senate trying to be slick in saying that they haven’t been able to get in touch with Christopher Steele.
Then, BOOM, last night we find out that Steele don’t have a problem talking to Americans interested in his dossier –
CAUSE HE’S BEEN TALKING TO BOBBY THREE STICKS!
Not only did he talk to him and tell it all – HE DID IT MONTHS AGO,
This means to me, that STEELE DON’T TRUST NOBODY IN CONGRESS.
Don’t trust them to do right, so he went to the folks he thought were genuinely interested in the truth.
Another bomb that dropped, and it seems only Maddow and LarryO caught it –
The intelligence community, in their report about Russian interference – LEFT OUT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE STEELE DOSSIER..
BECAUSE…
They didn’t want ‘ certain people’ to know how serious they took it, or to reveal the sources.
Senator Richard Burr is FULL OF SHIT! He can’t be trusted. He straight up lied to the American people. Rachel exposed his lying ass!
A group of Democrats in Congress traveled to the UK and met with Christopher Steele a few months ago. This has largely been ignored because GOPers in Congress don’t want to know what Steele has to say about the information he gathered. Their game is based on getting the opportunity to discredit him and the info he gathered. They already know Steele has worked with the FBI and our intelligence agencies in the past. They know he’s a credible source of information, BUT they want to pretend they don’t because they want to protect Trump and keep more Americans from discovering he’s a thug, a crook, a thief, and a BIG liar. I don’t blame Steele for not wanting to take part in their partisan effort to protect Trump when they know he’s dirty.
@ametia
WATCH: Minnesota mayoral candidate unleashes unbelievably racist rant about trains and ‘coloreds’
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/watch-minnesota-mayoral-candidate-unleashes-unbelievably-racist-rant-about-trains-and-coloreds/#.Wdefh8vHXC8.twitter
A candidate running to be mayor of Hopkins, MN let fly with a mind-bogglingly racist rant during a debate about light rail lines that has to be seen to be believed.
Candidate Bob Ivers said a rail line his suburban town to Minneapolis would be “nothing but a tube that’s going to bring riffraff and trash” from “Welfare-opolis” who will shoot and kill the white children of Hopkins, reported the Minneapolis City Pages.
“As seen at a recent mayoral debate, Ivers has a delivery style that combines the worst elements of Jesse Ventura, Donald Trump, Archie Bunker, and the least likable a**hole taking up a stool at a suburban bar,” wrote City Pages’ Mike Mullen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=98&v=pktyJpWbcKA
“You listen, and you listen real close,” Ivers said during a candidate forum with incumbent mayor Molly Cummings.
“It’s another socialist ruination of a town,” he went on. “And this is what’s going to happen, and everybody be forewarned, and you listen, and you listen real close. All the Chicago and Detroit riffraff that’s moved into ‘Welfare-apolis,’ they’re going to get on that train. And you know where they’re going to end up? They’re going to end up down at the depot. And they’re going to end up with yours, and yours, and yours granddaughters, and daughters, and grandsons. And I predict within two months of that coming through here, there’s going to be a shooting down at that kid’s depot. So everybody think about that.”
Later in the forum, Ivers described the population of Hopkins as “90 percent white,” with “10 percent coloreds and Mexicans and Asians that are here.”
But, he warned, if the light rail line is built, “you’re going to have all the ethnics you want.”
Ivers ran for mayor against Cummings in 2015 and received a total of 71 votes, a total take of 7 percent, which was lower than the number of write-in candidates, reported Mullen.
Ivers’ self-penned candidate profile in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune describes him as “62 years old, single, & retired. I am experienced in promotions, music, & small business. I am also an inventor.”
Among the planks in his mayoral platform, Ivers listed, “Prosecute businesses that knowingly sell pull tabs to mentally handicapped patrons” and a weekly citywide variety showcase called “Hopkins Has Talent.”
Guess he is trying to explain why he is a loser in mayoral contests.
Another RACIST LOSER.
NIMBY is REAL THO! The scary coloreds are coming!
Light rail issue is all about (NOT IN MY BACKYARD)
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/916315130413056001
https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/916296943281852418
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/916314147310260224
Let’s keep it REAL
10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down
Fact-checking some of the gun lobby’s favorite arguments shows they’re full of holes.
DAVE GILSONJAN. 31, 2013 11:01 AM
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/pro-gun-myths-fact-check/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoAEp5A-arY
https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/916286403545325569
https://twitter.com/MadddWWWorld/status/916287753238786049
https://twitter.com/TheDailyEdge/status/916286442959196161
https://twitter.com/AP/status/916279619338276866
https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/916281757317648384
Good Morning, Everyone 😐😐😐