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Hello good people! I have been sick as everything. Stayed in bed all day yesterday. Everyone in the house was sick. I didn’t eat anything all day. Just slept. Bro made soup but couldn’t eat it. I’m headed back to bed in a minute. I got up and took a hot bath, drank some Dr Pepper. About all I can take right now.
I am so sorry to hear that you are so sick, SG2. I hope you can get a lot of comfortable rest and get well real soon!
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Thanks Yahtc. I’m tolerating a little jello not much tho. Still feeling weak.
Feel better, Southern. Is it sinus?
No, not sinus. I think we picked up a bug from my brother’s grand baby. Everyone in the house got sick. Little DJ had it and missed school one day. Then we all came down with it.
https://youtu.be/fl7B4EQKTow
Go on ‘had, D.L.
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1039509816765440000
https://twitter.com/profgabrielle/status/1039490255261499392
Nearly 1,000 people incarcerated in South Carolina — and the staff who guard them — will not be evacuated for #HurricaneFlorence, despite Gov. Henry McMaster’s evacuation orders. It is unacceptable for a state to gamble with the lives of those in its care. https://t.co/bdLJAM7kR6
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) September 11, 2018
CRIMINAL
Murkowski gets local pressure to vote against Kavanaugh
Rachel Maddow reports on how Brett Kavanaugh’s record on indigenous people’s rights is of particular concern to Senator Lisa Murkowski’s constituents in Alaska.
Trump, GOP look to weaponize declassification, again: Axios
Rep. Jim Himes talks with Rachel Maddow about reports that Republicans are looking to declassify documents from DoJ Russia investigator Bruce Ohr, and why he is hopeful for the release of Ohr’s testimony to the House Intelligence Committee.
Woodward on Trump White House operations: Be afraid
Rachel Maddow points out that while the title of Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear,” is meant to describe the motivating force within the Donald Trump administration, it also describes what Woodward seems to think Americans should be feeling about Trump’s competence.
Republicans confront a significant gender gap ahead of midterm elections
09/11/18 10:06 AM—UPDATED 09/11/18 10:43 AM
By Steve Benen
When the latest Quinnipiac poll asked respondents whether Donald Trump is mentally stable or not, the president didn’t fare especially well: only 48% of Americans said yes. But the gender breakdown pointed to an interesting result: while a narrow majority of men said they consider Trump mentally stable, 50% of women said the opposite.
The result was emblematic of the significant gender gap Republicans are confronting this year. Indeed, the same Quinnipiac poll showed the president with a weak 38% approval rating, but Trump fared even worse among women, with whom he has 34% support.
The new CNN poll, released yesterday, offered even more dramatic results.
…BUT.YA’LL VOTED FOR HIM
Republicans move forward with ‘Phase 2’ of their tax plan
09/11/18 10:42 AM
By Steve Benen
After Republicans rushed through their massive, regressive tax plan late last year, many assumed the GOP majority would turn its attention to other issues, such as infrastructure or immigration. What we didn’t realize is that Republicans would instead keep their focus on … more tax cuts.
As we discussed in the spring, Donald Trump told a selected group of supporters in St. Louis, in reference to his tax plans for 2018, “We’re now going for a Phase 2.” Pointing to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), the president added, “It’s going to be something very special. Kevin Brady’s working on it with me.”
In this case, Trump apparently wasn’t making stuff up. Brady told Fox Business at the time that Republicans believe “even more can be done” on taxes.
We’re now getting a look at what they have in mind. Reuters reported overnight:
“There’s nothing particularly civil about taking away people’s rights to bodily autonomy, and there’s nothing particularly hysterical about wanting to keep them.” On hysteria, civility, and the Kavanaugh hearings. Must read. #StopKavanaugh https://t.co/V0LFXXLXAs
— ilyse hogue (@ilyseh) September 11, 201
It wasn’t that long ago that some Black voters had to pass a test and pay a discriminatory poll tax in order to cast their ballot. Marian Haslem was one of those voters — and she’s now working to ensure more Americans head to the polls this November. pic.twitter.com/KvWiWcogCP
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 11, 2018
The reporter who broke Watergate says he’s never seen anything like the Trump administration | Analysis by @CillizzaCNN https://t.co/gt5C7lxrta pic.twitter.com/i024uS5ITa
— CNN (@CNN) September 11, 2018
Once again, we only had somewhat of an inkling of what Marilyn Mosby was up against.
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Baltimore Cops Carried Toy Guns to Plant on People They Shot, Trial Reveals https://t.co/jnUGfN6uYb
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) September 10, 2018
Trump’s painted himself into a corner where the response to #HurricaneFlorence has to be disastrously incompetent or else everyone will know the inaction that killed 2800 people in Puerto Rico was straight up racism.
— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) September 10, 2018
Yep. Can’t wait to see him go to there and throw paper towels to a crowd of scared, helpless, survivors of a hurricane.
but then this MOFO doesn’t even consider Puerto Rico a part of AMERICA.
#HurricaneFlorence
RT?
DO NOT LEAVE PETS/ANIMALS BEHIND
Don’t leave them tied up.
Evac shelters take pets.
Have: leash, crate/kennel, food, water, litter box.
Pets didn’t choose us, we chose them
Don’t leave ‘em to die!
Let’s form an add’l rescue team! @PattyArquette & all tagged pic.twitter.com/2nhu8qh27n
— Dawn Young-McDaniel ♿️🎬 (@justdawn_) September 10, 2018
Uh huh
Uh huh 😒 😒
https://twitter.com/SorayaMcDonald/status/1038774325279707136
Good Morning, Everyone 😄😄😄
Tuesday’s Headlines: More than 1.5 million people evacuated as Hurricane Florence aims at Carolinas\
States and counties from Maryland to Georgia are bracing for the impact of what forecasters warned could be a “life-threatening storm surge” along the coast, and “freshwater flooding from a prolonged and exceptionally heavy rainfall” in areas much further inland.
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/a394b2/5b979236fe1ff65504f012af/YXdhcmVvZjQxMUBnbWFpbC5jb20%3D/7/72/3a569220054ddfca9b49a25bb24a75b5
Word of the Day : September 11, 2018
Deportment: noun dih-PORT-ment
Definition: the manner in which one conducts oneself : behavior
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/deportment-2018-09-11?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=d&file=deport05&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wotd&utm_content=pron