Cause, the Devil ALWAYS WINS.
This has bothered me ever since I read it on Monday.
I still come back to the same question:
ARE.THESE.PEOPLE.SERIOUS.?
DA PHUQ?
ICYMI:
; For Black Lives Activists, Engaging in Trump’s Pardon Politics Feels Like a Deal With the Devil
Is it “worth boosting the reputation of a racist, misogynist, and dangerously authoritarian administration?”
Brandon E. PattersonJun. 11, 2018 3:24 PM
…………………….“It’s clear that this is a PR stunt,” says Malkia Cyril, executive director and co-founder of the Center for Media Justice,
an Oakland-based group focused on the role of surveillance technology in incarcerating people of color. “That said, even a PR stunt can get some of our people free.”
“We have to make a decision,” she adds, “as to whether getting one or two, or three or four, or 10 people released from prison is worth
boosting the reputation of a racist, misogynist, and dangerously
authoritarian administration.”
The ONLY answer to whether or not you will even try to deal with Dolt45 is NO.
NO. NO. NO.
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THIS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE?
We LITERALLY have a man who was TOO RACIST DURING THE REAGAN YEARS now as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of this country.
EVEN IF….you could look past the pure, unadulterated evil that is being done by this DOJ with regards to Immigration and Immigrants – ‘ because that’s not your issue’.
EVEN IF…you could look past the full frontal assault on Voting Rights – ‘ because that’s not your issue’.
Well, how about this? THIS, which is supposed to be’ your issue’.
From POU yesterday:
JojoRaze
PBO pardoned or commuted the sentences of 1927 people from federal prison, and left the federal prison population at its lowest level since the Carter presidency. He did the work but these jokers did no engagement with the administration to get sentencing reform passed.
Jeff Sessions is at DOJ bringing back civil asset forfeiture, aka taking people’s stuff before they are convicted of a crime, giving excess military gear to cities to use against BLM if they protest, which Obama’s DOJ stopped, and wanting to renew the war on drugs and these people think this commutation is in good faith? 45 said the Central Park 5 should still be in jail even though they were innocent. The administration is using slaveholder and Nazi trickery to separate asylum seekers from their children as policy. They don’t care about us. How are these people so blind?
Let’s add to this….
This bullshyt from Dolt45 about hearing from protesting NFL players only happened AFTER KAEPERNICK’S ATTORNEYS SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SUBPOENA HIM!
If you can’t see that this is an attempt to not have to set foot in that deposition, then you are a fool.
I also believe that these folks realize that they played themselves, and are desperate to stay relevant. They had, and squandered, opportunities during 44’s Administration, even while they denied that they got said opportunities. They look at the Parkland kids, taking their moment, seizing it, and building something more with it everyday.
But, just because you have regrets, you don’t go around making deals with the Devil. Charles Blow, just this week, wrote that Trump was Modern Day Bull Connor. I love the comparison, because it’s apt and clarifying. The ridiculousness of these folks talking about ‘common ground’ with Dolt45, would be no different than if MLK said , ‘ we should sit down with Bull Connor and see what we have in common.’
It.is.that.RIDICULOUS.
The David Hogg tweet made me think of something. That he connected voting with the disenfranchised because of incarceration – don’t tell me that the kids aren’t getting guidance.
If the BLM Hoteps want to get back in the game and mean something – why not take on ex-felon enfranchisement. These are people who have served their time. Taken their punishment. Why should they be denied their right to vote for a past mistake that they’ve already done the time in prison for? What kind of rehabilitation is tht?
There is nothing on the ballot more important than the referendum on restoring ex-felon voting rights in Florida. Taking away the power from the Governor at a whim, and setting in place solid rules for ex-felons, IS A MUST.
That referendum would change EVERYTHING with regards to Florida. It would slide from purple to lean blue within a night’s election.
I know…but, that’s the pragmatic part of me. The one that actually knows what voting means.
November 2018 — if we can get the Puerto Rican transplants in Florida to vote…they could help change Florida for a generation.
That referendum passes, and the GOP won’t be able to count on Florida in their Electoral College column , beginning in 2020.
But, this would take hard work..hard, on the ground work, where nobody’s going to praise you, or put you on television, or invite you to parties.
But, the end result of this kind of work could change the game in American politics.
THE EASY thing to do…would be to take crumbs from Dolt45 and pretend that what you got wasn’t 10% of what you gave up….
Stop thinking about the EASY WAY…
Do the hard work. Do the foundation work that takes time.
Stop even thinking about Making Deals With the Devil.
Ha ha, this is funny…
https://twitter.com/CaptainsLog2O18/status/1007739337495142400
These Border Patrols are fucking animals. Border Patrol runs over a man and keeps going. OMG!
https://twitter.com/hasanthehun/status/1007695981444411392
New gif
Just back from Ocean’s 8- TOTALLY worth a matinee ticket.
Peanut was bummed that Incredibles 2 was sold out, but she told me- that was a good movie 😄
Glad you and Peanut enjoyed the movie.
Peanut knows what she likes, Auntie Rikyrah. I want to see Incredibles 2!
https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1007668864304500741
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/1007670885371797504
Tribute to Paulie Manafort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HNWhVXcjV8
Extended version, because
David Hogg’s case in POINT
5 fucking years for voting?!!! And just so we’re all clear, this was aired to deter future incarcerated voters from VOTING.
Absolutely. We see them.
https://twitter.com/NewYorkStateAG/status/1007657076708073472
but will they spend 5 years in jail THO? Unlike Crystal for voting.
JUST SAYIN’
OMG The gifs in this thread are GOLDEN!
https://twitter.com/AxiomAmnesia/status/1007655756068339712
check email ladies
Great way to honor your family, SG2. Fun times abound!
Breaking News: Judge revokes Paul Manafort’s bail….he’s going to jail.
Hey PAULIE!
Don’t drop the soap 😄😄
Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort ordered to jail over witness-tampering charges while awaiting trial in Mueller probe
Manafort will be jailed after being accused of witness tampering while awaiting trial on federal conspiracy and money laundering charges brought by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
The order to imprison President Trump’s former campaign manager came in a federal court hearing after Manafort had been asking to post a $10 million bond and end seven months of home detention.
Read more » https://s2.washingtonpost.com/7861d0/5b23def0fe1ff66463925e06/YXdhcmVvZjQxMUBnbWFpbC5jb20%3D/2/10/3a569220054ddfca9b49a25bb24a75b5
BWA HA HA HAH
Twitter Is Having A Hard Time Believing This Study Showing God Looking Like Every White Actor Whose Name We Don’t Know
God can’t be that basic.
https://blavity.com/twitter-is-having-hard-time-believing-this-study-showing-god-looking-like-every-white-actor-whose-name-we-dont-know
Word of the Day : June 15, 2018
Pugnaciousplay
adjective pug-NAY-shus
Definition: having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/pugnacious-2018-06-15?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=p&file=pugnac01&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wotd&utm_content=pron
Great read
The Myth of the “Cool Black Girl”
And why she’s dangerous for us
https://medium.com/@acupoftee/the-myth-of-the-cool-black-girl-82e7b6906e7f
https://twitter.com/vanitaguptaCR/status/1007359819290955776
The Department of Justice is morphing into the White Citizens Council under Jeff Sessions.
https://twitter.com/tonyschwartz/status/1007008165655789568
https://twitter.com/counterchekist/status/1006903806435708928
A deranged mofo
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1007611199591206913
OMG!
Nazi salute
The salute was executed by extending the right arm to neck height and then straightening the hand so that it is parallel to the arm.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_salute
JESUS TAKE THE wheel! Did this MOFO just do the nazi salute?
GOD HELP US
Sorry, dotard, but you can sh*t in one hand and endlessly wave the other and fan yourself before I will give anything you say any credence. As far as I’m concerned all you need to do for me is sit down and STFU.
https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/1007263076553457666
https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/1007263970967932928
https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1007520992632164353
https://twitter.com/tedstgodard/status/1007377630730031105
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1007437662725296130
https://twitter.com/Sifill_LDF/status/1007415871302787072
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1007406896242884609
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1007319355212918785
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1007438280986693632
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/1007596013677371392
This incident is very, very disturbing.
It’s hard to determine if these people have been emboldened by the racist “president” and his cronies or if social media just makes it possible to document what has been going on forever and we didn’t hear about so many of these incidents. Perhaps it is most likely some combination of both.
I’ll take
“social media just makes it possible to document what has been going on forever and we didn’t hear about so many of these incidents” ALEX!
I was reared under Jim Crow in GA, so I can tell you from long experience that this sh*t has always happened. The difference today is that cell phones can record and share this BS on social media. My dad was a hardworking man who worked for the federal government and took care of my mom and his six children, and it used to hurt me to the bottom of my heart to see the way he was forced to defer to whites in our Middle GA city. It’s something one never forgets. My dad was smarter than all of them together, but because he was black, they thought that gave them the right to disparage him. Some white persons in America have always had a race-based sense of entitlement.
https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1007325480620617729
Good Morning,Everyone 😄😄😄
TGIF, Beautiful 3Chcis Family!
Good morning, everyone. I’m trying to get things together for the 4th of July. We’re having a family cookout. I’ll have about 25 people over for a BBQ. I’ve already ordered a snow cone machine for the kiddos cuz it will be hot. Adults will enjoy it too. Lots of work to do…cleaning, dusting etc.
SG2,
Sounds like you are planning a fabulous 4th!😄😄
SG2, if the cookout is outside, just don’t let them in the house except to go to the bathroom. Then you only have to clean one bathroom. Here’s another trick. Leave the vacuum out where people can see it. They’ll think you’ve been cleaning and the will perceive everything is clean. :) (I’m not the world’s best housekeeper so I had to think of this stuff).
LOL @ LIZA
HA HA HA HA Liza, I am sooo stealing that vacum idea, lady.
Rikyrah, I bought a new BBQ pit for this. My son in law is bringing his pit too. We have shirts made too. They’re ready.