Friday Open Thread | Congressman Castro Took It To ThemšŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘

Posted on August 9, 2019 by rikyrah

Congressman Joaquin Castro had enough. So, he did a tweet telling folks ā€“ just in case you didnā€™t know, here are folks MAXXED OUT IN THEIR DONATIONS TO DOLT45.
Like, maybe, you ought to have this list, next time you decide to go out and purchase something.

The tweets that started it:

 

Well, wouldnā€™t you knowā€¦..the MAGAites went a little crazy.
HOW DARE the Congressman ā€˜revealā€™ what is already sitting there, in a public database for anyone to see.
They try to muddy up the waters, and say that Castro is ā€˜ doxxingā€™ people.

Complete and utter bullshyt.

This is in a public database for everyone to know. Most people donā€™t bother to look in the database. He did. He put it out there ā€“ who donated the MAXIMUM AMOUNT TO DOLT45.

Folks are done. There is no middle of the road. There canā€™t be. You stand with Dolt45, you stand for all that he does. Thatā€™s it. Not that there were any excuses before, but, folks are pretty much done with Dolt45 Supporters. Iā€™ve said from the beginning, that they mean us harmā€¦.Black folks were pretty clear with thatā€¦we knew what that hate-filled rhetoric that heā€™s been peddling in would get usā€¦.folks finally coming around to where we have been since 2015.

Remember, right wingers are all about ā€˜freedom of speechā€™. Canā€™t have anything limiting their ā€˜ freedom of speechā€™. Everything is ā€˜speechā€™. They needed Citizens United, because money donations were SPEECH and how dare you try and limit it.

 

 

Hereā€™s the thing. Just like when they say that they want FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
Folks have to point out, you donā€™t want Freedom of Speech.
You have Freedom of Speech. You can say what you want.
What you want is FREEDOM FROM CONSEQUENCES of said speech.
You want to party like itā€™s 1939.

Thatā€™s what the whining is about what Congressman Castro did.
They wanted to have their hate on ā€“ donating to Dolt45.
And, get paid too, by those that Dolt45 hates.

Itā€™s that simple. Itā€™s not like the old days, where, in the Jim Crow South, they could proudly display their participation in the White Citizens Council, and we werenā€™t able to do anything, because in many towns, they literally controlled ALL the stores for people to shop.

Nope. This is 2019. And, if I see a list of those donating to the man fostering the hate that brought the slaughter of people that look like meā€¦.
The least I can do is NOT patronize you anymore.
El Paso is 82% Hispanic.
And, you donā€™t think there should be repercussions for you donating to a man who peddles in White Supremacy and White Nationalism?
Well, isnā€™t that peak caucasity.

Nothing but TRUTH:

Wakandan War Dog (@Kennymack1971) Tweeted:
RWers who have had no issue throwing up problematic Democratic donors (because you know…this information is public) in the faces of Democratic political figures are now up in arms about MAGA donors names being published.
The hypocrisy man….
https://t.co/417NUxQ0tx https://twitter.com/Kennymack1971/status/1159111000303579138?s=17

Some thoughts on it:

MsKitty
They’re used to the left cowering in the corner. Based on what I’ve been seeing I think this weekend’s carnage was the last straw for a lot of people, and they have collectively snapped. I think it is finally take no prisoners time (thank God).

skeptical brotha šŸŒˆ (@skepticalbrotha) Tweeted:
Trump donors have blood on their hands. No wonder they’re so touchy that their publicly disclosed donations are now being scrutinized. I could give less than a damn about their feelings. #ElPasoShooting #WhiteSupremacistTerrorism https://twitter.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1159062949975252992?s=17

Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) Tweeted:
All these white reporters and white folks big mad that Joaquin Castro shared what is public information.
Marginalized folks lives are in danger due to Trump & GOP policies, so if you’re supporting white supremacist agenda then you better be loud & proud.
Screw your feelings. https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/1159111933812977664?s=17

Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) Tweeted:
All the fainting couches over Joaquin Castro tweeting public information is just reporters attempting to meet their ā€œpox on both their housesā€ quota for the week after several days of ā€œPresident inspires mass shooterā€ coverage. You know, for ā€œbalance.ā€

Nkemjika’s Child (@SpectNScript) Tweeted:
I mean, if you’re going to donate to the Bloated Tangerine, you should be prepared to stand publicly by that decision. No one is attacking you for being a “conservative”. You’re being exposed for supporting an unabashed racist. https://twitter.com/SpectNScript/status/1158941654591692800?s=17

YEPā€¦WHAT LIE TOLD?
David Nir (@DavidNir) Tweeted:
I think part of this feigned hysteria on the right about Castroā€™s (totally legitimate) use of public donor info is also part of a ploy to attack campaign finance disclosure laws. Theyā€™d like nothing more than for all money to be dark money https://twitter.com/DavidNir/status/1158919590132375552?s=17

And the Trump Stenographer, Maggie Haberman, tried to come for Joy Reid:

#ListenToBlackWomenKamalaHarris2020 (@psddluva4evah) Tweeted:
Maggie Haberman…should have just sat and ate her food, instead of trying to play Miss Ann to Joy Reid. All these other GOPers and journos crying outrage, have just amplified the list for even more people to see…what are ya’ll scared of exactly? Maybe seeing your name? https://t.co/sh3mvrLQl7 https://twitter.com/psddluva4evah/status/1158940704867004420?s=17

I found this thread on Twitter. It will enrage and break your heart. When folks try to separate what Dolt45 has been doing from the uptick in hate crimesā€¦uh uh..they are joined at the hip. And, what Iā€™m about to post isnā€™t hate crimes..just the spread of hate and harassment. Itā€™s all related. All in the same cesspool of hatred and White Supremacy that wound up in El Paso and Dayton this past weekend.

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70 Responses to Friday Open Thread | Congressman Castro Took It To ThemšŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘

  6. SouthernGirl2 says:
    August 9, 2019 at 5:32 pm

    Check your email ladies.

    Reply
    • Liza says:
      August 9, 2019 at 4:11 pm

      ChuckModi
      @ChuckModi1

      2/ā€œAfter killing my son, they showed my mom and my brothers a photo of the person they were looking for. My mom stated: ā€˜thatā€™s not my grandsonā€™ā€

      Monteria Robinson on police after executing #JamarionRobinson as part of mistaken identity by federal marshals

      Reply
  12. Liza says:
    August 9, 2019 at 4:00 pm

    Another kind of toxic supremacy. My advice to this mtherfcker is to stand outside one night and look up at the stars. Think about the universe for a few minutes and maybe you’ll realize that your achievements, whatever they are, are not much. And certainly not justification for mistreating other human beings like yourself.
    https://twitter.com/Mondoweiss/status/1159902286522531840

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  13. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 3:42 pm

    THREAD

    This is Cynthia (9), Diego (6) and Esau (5). Their Mom, and only parent, was detained in Wednesdayā€™s #ICERaids #ICERaidsMs. Theyā€™re staying with their Aunt (whose husband was also detained and has 6 kids of her own). They donā€™t know where their Mom is or if sheā€™s ever coming back pic.twitter.com/mgbtrRmmEiā€” Annie Rose Ramos (@Annie_Rose23) August 9, 2019

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  16. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 2:06 pm

    Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Names Powerful Men in Alleged Sex Ring
    In newly unsealed documents, Virginia Giuffre claims that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked her to politicians, princes, and a high-flying financier, among others.

    Updated 08.09.19 2:10PM ET / Published 08.09.19 12:49PM ET

    A young woman who says financier Jeffrey Epstein and socialite Ghislaine Maxwell kept her as a sex slave also accused a host of high-powered men of being involved in Epsteinā€™s alleged sex-trafficking ring, according to court records unsealed Friday.

    Virginia Giuffre, who says that Epstein and Maxwell trafficked her to powerful people for erotic massages and sex, claimed in a 2016 deposition that Maxwell directed her to have sex with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Britainā€™s Prince Andrew (whom she has accused before), wealthy financier Glenn Dubin, former senator George Mitchell, now-deceased MIT scientist Marvin Minsky, and modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, as well as ā€œanother prince,ā€ a “foreign president,” and the owner of a ā€œlarge hotel chainā€ in France.

    None of the men named in the deposition have been charged with a crime or even sued in civil court in connection with the Epstein case. The deposition represents accuser Giuffreā€™s allegations, and the court documents unsealed on Friday did not contain any corroboration or further details, though many documents remain sealed.

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  17. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 1:46 pm

    Jeffrey Epstein ordered books on Amazon about how to use sex slaves, court documents allege

    Michelle Mark
    ā€¢August 9, 2019

    Jeffrey Epstein ordered books on Amazon about sadomasochism and how to use sex slaves, court documents unsealed Friday alleged.

    The documents included a photo of an Amazon receipt for the titles “SM 101: A Realistic Introduction,” “SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude,” and “Training with Miss Abernathy: A Workbook for Erotic Slaves and Their Owners.”

    Giuffre’s attorneys alleged in the filing that the “disturbing 2005 purchase” from Amazon corroborated Giuffre’s ā€” and other victims’ ā€” accounts of being sexually exploited by Maxwell and Epstein.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-ordered-books-amazon-152418460.html?.tsrc=fauxdal

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  25. SouthernGirl2 says:
    August 9, 2019 at 11:06 am

    I’m exhausted, y’all. Cruelty thrills these goons.

    https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1159570171620671488?s=20

    Reply
  26. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 11:01 am

    Trump defends deportation raids at Mississippi food processing plants that left children abandoned because it’s “a very good deterrent,” again floats idea of using white supremacist mass shooting & need for stronger background checks as leverage for hardline immigration reform pic.twitter.com/VshDSE8WEG

    ā€” Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 9, 2019

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  27. SouthernGirl2 says:
    August 9, 2019 at 11:00 am

    OMG! We are living in a war zone. The United States is a scary place. It’s unsafe! Y’all own this
    @GOP

    https://twitter.com/amnesty/status/1159193528787963905?s=20

    Reply
  33. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 9:38 am

    Former FBI officials file separate lawsuits against Trump

    Rachel Maddow reports on lawsuits filed by Andrew McCabe, former acting FBI director, and Peter Strzok, former senior counterintelligence agent at the FBI, over the way they were dismissed from their jobs by the Trump administration. Aitan Goelman, attorney for Peter Strzok, discusses the elements of his case.

    Reply
  34. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 9:35 am

    Court filing makes impeachment inquiry into Trump explicit

    Rachel Maddow explains that any ambiguity about whether the House Judiciary Committee was truly engaged in an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump was put to rest in the committee’s court filing to compel testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn.

    Reply
  35. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 9:32 am

    Trump impeachment inquiry to look at broad range of offenses

    Rep. Jerry Nadler talks with Rachel Maddow about the Judiciary Committee’s inquiry into whether to consider articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, his estimated timeline of the process, and the grounds on which such articles might be considered.

    Reply
  36. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 9:32 am

    cjtown (@ladyc10) Tweeted:
    Black folks have been ran out of cities, black towns have burned down, their homes burned, raped, hung, shot, black balled, discriminated against, etc, etc, but the racism and white nationalists conversation is ignoring all of that damn history. https://twitter.com/ladyc10/status/1159088356522942465?s=17

    Reply
  37. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 9:29 am

    Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) Tweeted:
    The @NRCC is taunting @lucymcbath because she cares deeply about gun violence. Her son was murdered by a white man who told him to turn down his music then shot him dead at a gas station. https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1159212245890535425?s=17

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  41. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 9:22 am

    Trump losing fight to keep finances private from investigation

    Rachel Maddow shares new reports of banks giving thousands of documents related to Donald Trump, his company, and his associates, to congressional and state investigators, even as Trump is engaged in a pitched legal battle to prevent document disclosures.

    Reply
  43. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 9:15 am

    ICE raid speaks louder than Trump platitudes on El Paso shooting

    Rachel Maddow reports on the Trump administration’s launch of the biggest anti-immigrant ICE raid in U.S. history on the same day that Donald Trump was in El Paso ostensibly offering consolation for the largest anti-Latino, anti-immigrant terror attack in U.S. history.

    Reply
  45. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 9:08 am

    Lindsey Graham vows to repeal Obamacare if GOP takes control in 2020 https://t.co/2UWx84tuUO

    ā€” Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) August 8, 2019

    Reply
  49. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 7:26 am

    cjtown (@ladyc10) Tweeted:
    When black people, and people of color punch back, the white media, the gop and racist blame them, what we need to do is punch back even harder. The shit show media is on some supremacy bullshit, they think they get to drive the narrative and think for us. https://twitter.com/ladyc10/status/1159123751910424576?s=17

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  50. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 7:20 am

    Tell it

    Adam SerweršŸ (@AdamSerwer) Tweeted:
    ā€œIā€™m voting for the tax cuts not the racismā€ isnā€™t a thing. Itā€™s a package deal. https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1159249935595921410?s=17

    Reply
  54. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 7:12 am

    Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) Tweeted:
    @JoyAnnReid @neeratanden @ChristianDem47 I hear you both @neeratanden and @JoyAnnReid and deeply feel this. What is also disturbing is that he showed us who he was during the campaign yet over and over many in the media keep pressing reset pretending he never incited violence or expressed racist and misogynist beliefs. https://twitter.com/jentaub/status/1159106774559068160?s=17

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  55. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 6:48 am

    About those medical professionals shinning and grinning with Dolt45 šŸ˜ šŸ˜ 

    Pragmatic Obots (@PragmaticObot) Tweeted:
    I have to wonder about the level of care that people of color would receive from medical staff that wanted to smile for the cameras with trump. Studies have already shown a racial bias in medical diagnosis and treatment. https://twitter.com/PragmaticObot/status/1159450338593779714?s=17

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  56. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 6:46 am

    Zach Dorfman (@zachsdorfman) Tweeted:
    They deported a schizophrenic diabetic who came to the US as a child, didn’t speak any Arabic, and was a member of a threatened religious minority and he died homeless on the streets of Iraq. I don’t know where to even begin.

    https://t.co/kaQm9tunjw https://twitter.com/zachsdorfman/status/1159250289720877056?s=17

    Reply
  57. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 6:44 am

    Sandra Gordon (@sylvrfox1) Tweeted:
    U.S. Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan deported to Mexico – CBS News https://t.co/ielGtRdJ7O https://twitter.com/sylvrfox1/status/1159609299963801600?s=17

    Reply
  60. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 6:35 am

    Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) Tweeted:
    .@EricTrump just started following Gab’s twitter account.

    Gab is a fringe social media site that caters to white supremacists

    The white supremacist who murdered 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue used Gab https://t.co/rKB6QmteI8 https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1159475707434717187?s=17

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  63. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 6:32 am

    Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) Tweeted:
    Five days after a white supremacist opened fire at a Texas Walmart, a 20-year-old white man was arrested at a Missouri @Walmart with a loaded rifle, tactical gear and more than 100 rounds of ammo. Missouri law allows open carry, and so does Walmart policy. https://t.co/qhpHhY1dh3 https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1159624008570040320?s=17

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  66. rikyrah says:
    August 9, 2019 at 1:48 am

    Good Morning, Everyone šŸ˜„ šŸ˜„šŸ˜„

    Reply

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