Thursday, January 10, 2019

And another day where decent people must continue to stand against the GOP Southern Strategy because that is NOT who we are as a country comes to a close:

“Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues.” -- Harry Belafonte

Before 1980 the federal government did not shut down. Ronald Reagan’s attorney-general changed how America is governed.

McConnell blocks Senate Democrats' move to reopen government. Mitch McConnell is a horrible person.

Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, to testify publicly before Congress.

Trump said he knows a border wall will work because wheels work, and the Secret Service uses 'really expensive' cars with wheels. Because I can’t make this shit up.

'If there's a concrete wall in front of you, go through it,' Trump said in unearthed 2004 commencement speech. People who vote Republican are suckers.

U.S. official Rod Rosenstein, overseeing Russia probe, set to leave.

Miami International Airport will close a terminal early for three days because of a shortage of TSA screeners, an airport spokesman says.

Trump today on the Border Patrol: "When you meet 'em, it's different. When you meet these people. They're a great group of people. They happen to be very good-looking. I have to say that. They're good-looking people. They're smart, they're tough. They've got the whole package." Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the President of the United States. Ugh.

Texas Republicans defend county GOP leader as group pushes to oust him because he is Muslim. Hateful Texans. Hateful Republicans.

Republican Steve King wonders how "white supremacist" became offensive. Steve King is a horrible person.

Iran just admitted it’s holding a US Navy veteran hostage. He may have been arrested months ago.

Evangelical group says it's getting 'death threats' after leader's lynching bill remarks. A month after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill that would explicitly make lynching a federal crime, the leader of an evangelical nonprofit criticized the bill’s inclusion of LGBTQ people. Stop the threats against him. Yes, he’s a horrible fucking person, but don’t stoop to his level.

The Joshua Tree fiasco is why national parks should be shutdown. Because, quite frankly, a large number of Americans are horrible people.

A Kentucky elementary school teacher has been removed from her school and faces charges of assault after she was seen on video dragging a student with autism down a hallway. "He needed a break and they kept pushing him to do more," said the boy's mother.

For autistic people, the more faddish weighted blankets become, the better.

'Right to be forgotten' by Google should apply only in EU, says court opinion.

“Racism is the greatest cancer in my lifetime.” -- Charles Barkley

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.