Friday, August 9, 2019

Friday, August 9, 2019

And another day of reports, documents, explanations, extremism, a new Party, normalization, and video games comes to a close:

“Charles Manson never shot anyone either.” — Anonymous

“Aligning with Trump is a faustian bargain, and the bill will come due. But by demolishing useful, deflective GOP myths, Trump is accelerating that reckoning.” — Robert E. Kelly, former adviser to the Ohio Republican Party.

It’s the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

Change food production and stop abusing land, major climate report warns. Humans have damaged around a quarter of ice-free land on Earth, United Nations scientists warned in a major report Thursday, stressing that further degradation must be stopped to prevent catastrophic global warming.

Alaska's hottest month portends transformation into 'unfrozen state'.

Powerful Men, Disturbing New Details in Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Documents.

What Ails the Right Isn’t (Just) Racism. An authoritarian fear of difference best explains the intolerance sweeping the Republican Party.

White Supremacist Attacks Have Grown Deadlier During Trump’s Presidency.

Democrats and the FBI say white extremism is a huge problem. Trump disagrees. Because Trump is a white supremacist.

Texas Republican calls for "American Nationalist party," says "let's finish what Trump started". A Texas Republican is calling for fellow party members to become politically intolerant amid concerns that Tarrant County, the largest Republican county in the state, could turn blue during the 2020 election. Just in case you thought this was all just a blip in the Republican Party.

Hundreds of mayors urge Senate to return for gun bill vote. Get Moscow Mitch out of there and maybe something could happen.

El Paso massacre upends white nationalists' normalization strategy. Yes, they have a normalization strategy. Stand against it.

Mass shootings so far this year almost reach 2018 levels. And still more than four months to go!

Walmart removing violent video game displays following mass shootings. It’s really a meaningless gesture considering video games aren’t the problem. Oh, but they’ll continue to sell guns and ammo.

Immigration: Nearly half of those arrested in raid released. Because the cruelty was the point.

Trump’s Anti-Obamacare Insurance Plans Are Ripping People Off. “Short-term plans can deny coverage to people with pre-existing health conditions and charge more based on health status. They are not required to and often don’t cover the 10 essential health benefits, including maternity care and prescription drugs.” You know you’re healthy, until you’re not. Healthcare is a right, not a privilege.

Adam Fannin of the Stedfast Baptist Church in Florida is an absolutely horrible person.

Trump eliminates job of national cybersecurity coordinator.

Andrew McCabe suing Justice Department, FBI over firing.

Trump says he may commute the prison sentence of Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor convicted of corruption charges including efforts to sell Barack Obama's old Senate seat. Blagojevich, also a former Celebrity Apprentice contestant, entered federal prison in 2012, and is in the middle of a 14-year sentence after being convicted on federal charges of using his powers as governor to extract campaign money and other political favors. But why should corruption be punished?

Detroit man who lived his life in the US dies after deportation to Iraq.

Twitter users are changing their location setting to Germany to clear their feed of white supremacist tweets.

White House drafting executive order to tackle Silicon Valley’s alleged anti-conservative bias. What a load of crap.

FDA advisory panel on Wednesday votes in favor of Gilead's combination drug to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV infection in men and transgender women who have sex with men.

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

Until next time, my friends. Good night.

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