Friday Open Thread

Posted on May 17, 2019 by rikyrah

TGIF, Everyone.

MOTHER AFRICA!

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69 Responses to Friday Open Thread

  1. rikyrah says:
    May 17, 2019 at 9:59 pm

    Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) Tweeted:
    .@DrJasonJohnson⁩ on the subtext of so many white guys running: “What they’re really saying is-Lots of Americans think we went too far with a black president then a woman running for president. As a white guy I’ll be able to bring things back to normal” https://t.co/REjb7tcdCG https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1129407935396884483?s=17

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  2. rikyrah says:
    May 17, 2019 at 9:53 pm

    For those interested in the Gayle King Royal special,
    Follow the hashtag

    #MeghanandHarryPlusOne

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  8. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 17, 2019 at 2:25 pm

    🎵🎤So act like you know, are you trying to
    get this dough, or what? 🎵🎤
    https://twitter.com/TheDemocrats/status/1129423917695864832

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  10. rikyrah says:
    May 17, 2019 at 1:59 pm

    Archie’s birth certificate is out:

    Son of the Princess of the United Kingdom! Baby Archie’s birth certificate confirms that he was born at private Portland Hospital after overdue Meghan’s home birth dream was dashed

    Birth certificate for Harry and Meghan’s baby Archie was revealed today more than a week after he was born
    Meghan titled ‘Rachel Meghan Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex’ when document was registered
    She listed her occupation as ‘Princess of the United Kingdom’ on certificate, the same as Kate for her children
    It confirmed place of birth as private Portland Hospital in London – despite Meghan’s wishes for a home birth
    The former Suits actress had wanted the couple’s baby to be born at home at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor
    Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is now the seventh in line to the throne after being born on May 6

    By MARK DUELL FOR MAILONLINE

    PUBLISHED: 10:10 EDT, 17 May 2019 | UPDATED: 14:22 EDT, 17 May 2019

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    • eliihass says:
      May 17, 2019 at 1:43 pm

      Hopefully, fingers crossed, the neighboring town doesn’t elevate him to police chief.. they always manage to racist-murder up the ladder..

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  18. rikyrah says:
    May 17, 2019 at 1:06 pm

    These mofos here!

    Trump plans to release thousands of migrants in two Democratic strongholds, Florida officials say

    Florida officials are raising alarm and pressing for details about the purported intention of the Trump administration to send hundreds of immigrants a week to two heavily Democratic counties in South Florida.

    Customs and Border Protection has not publicly disclosed its plans. But a partial picture of a new approach to managing a record influx of immigrants at the southern border came into view on Thursday based on the accounts of local leaders in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

    Even allies of the president were nonplussed. The state’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, joined federal lawmakers from Florida — Republicans and Democrats alike — in questioning the apparent effort to foist the immigration and asylum burden on two local jurisdictions without equipping them with the resources to house, feed, educate and protect new arrivals.

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    • eliihass says:
      May 17, 2019 at 12:43 pm

      Oy vey.. this is getting to be just so incredibly silly … and ridiculous in its inconsistency and obvious attempt at pathetic slickness..

      You can’t endlessly scream about ‘black’ women being the backbone of the party and the most reliable voting bloc for the party … hiss about how there’d better be a ‘black woman’ on the ticket … endlessly harangue every prospective male candidate about picking a female candidate – and get mad when they dither about choosing a ‘black’ one specifically..

      Then get mad when it’s said that Biden is floating a black woman as running mate …but just not the fluffed-up one you’ve been pushing for..

      This is all just so glaringly desperate and manipulative and ridiculous..

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  32. rikyrah says:
    May 17, 2019 at 10:05 am

    Questions about missing Trump-Russia counterintel probe intensify
    Ryan Goodman, co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, talks with Rachel Maddow about the counterintelligence investigation into Donald Trump that was known to exist at the start of the Trump administration but has since gone unmentioned, even to the House Intelligence Committee.

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  33. rikyrah says:
    May 17, 2019 at 10:04 am

    Revealed: the fringe rightwing group changing the UN agenda on abortion rights

    Anti-abortion lobbying group using its influence in the Trump administration to help shape policy on the world stage

    Last spring, Laurie Shestack Phipps, a diplomat at the US mission to the UN, received a set of talking points from the state department before an international women’s conference, setting out clear red lines against mention of “sexual and reproductive health” care.

    This had become the norm in the Trump administration, where the once uncontroversial phrase was seen as code for abortion. Use of the word “gender” was also strongly discouraged, as it was viewed as a stalking horse for LGBT rights.

    It was no surprise that Phipps’ colleague, Bethany Kozma, a political appointee at the US agency for international development, had the same text. What was shocking was that she heard exactly the same words coming from the Yemeni spokesman for the Arab Group.

    Most striking of all – the shared script was already familiar. It had been circulated before the conference by an anti-abortion lobbying group called the Center for Family and Human Rights, or C-Fam.

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  34. rikyrah says:
    May 17, 2019 at 9:56 am

    Judge orders Flynn-related redactions removed from Mueller report
    Rachel Maddow reports on an order by the judge in the Mike Flynn case, Judge Emmet Sullivan, ordering the Flynn-related redactions in the Mueller report to be removed, even as the Trump administration continues to fight Congress to keep further details of the investigation concealed.

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  35. rikyrah says:
    May 17, 2019 at 9:39 am

    Unsealed court docs in Flynn case add detail to Trump obstruction
    Rachel Maddow shares new details from newly unsealed court documents in the Michael Flynn case which show new details about what help Flynn gave to prosecutors, including with the investigation of

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    • eliihass says:
      May 17, 2019 at 12:52 pm

      Good for her..

      That’s how you do it when you are elected to represent folks..

      You roll up your sleeves and get to work actually delivering in tangible ways for your constituents .. not preening and peacocking and auditioning for the next more profitable vanity gig..

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    • eliihass says:
      May 17, 2019 at 1:19 pm

      They know who and what Hugh Hewitt is and stands for… yet they keep him on a contract and wheel him out as ‘contributor’ … even after he’s shown himself again and again..

      Just like Stephanie Ruhle has tax-scam Gary Cohn on as she’s already fired-up and firmly on-board and hard at work for treasonous buffoon 2020 re-election … and jigging and twisting on behalf of her Wall Street pals…

      Stephanie Ruhle is not only trying to help normalise and rehab Gary Cohn, but also is helping him talk up the treasonous buffoon and pushing hard for the interests of the 1% and their various corrupt financial schemes…

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  59. rikyrah says:
    May 17, 2019 at 6:23 am

    Good Morning, Everyone 😄😄😄

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