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Watch Rachel's rerun for the segment on the horrific trafficking in racism, malfeasance, and abuse of power that helped to elevate Cornyn in Texas GOP politics.
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dchill
(38,505 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
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Skittles
(153,169 posts)compared to, er, you know, "back in the day?"
just an observation
thenelm1
(854 posts)Traildogbob
(8,756 posts)A long hauler truck driver talking about this recently. May have been a call in on Thom Hartmann show.
He has seen a dramatic decline in recent years. Especially through the farm belt where he use to have to scrap bugs off every few hours. Now, only a small fraction of splatter.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)I remember on long road trips, my dad scraped them off at stops - doesn't seem there is nearly as many these days.
niyad
(113,344 posts)talking about that same call?? it is very disturbing.
Traildogbob
(8,756 posts)Yes it is disturbing. Pollinators feed us and we are destroying them. I think Murder Hornets are just pissed off bees sick of our pollution. They are coming for us.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...at dusk, and there were so many bugs hitting my car that it sounded like it was raining.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)iluvtennis
(19,863 posts)about him making a guy lawman of the year who later went down for corruption.
Bravo Rachel!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)He was only convicted of 1 count of perjury and got 10 years probation.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Black Lives Matter only scratches the surface.
The scab of racism covers the entire body politic.
Tbear
(488 posts)including 39 blacks, to prison due to his own personal sting with no evidence and no witnesses.
John Cornyn was TX AG then and gave the cop "TX Lawman of the Year" award.
Vanita Gupta got them all thrown out (though many did time).
Looks like John is still a little red-faced.
Gupta's confirmation is tomorrow.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)It was more than just one crooked cop.
He had help.
Zero jail for the real criminals.
iluvtennis
(19,863 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Cornyn Belongs In Prison - I posted this right after watching Rachel's segment.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215264875
And the cop puts 46 innocent people behind bars with his lies and does no time.
This is beyond sick.
Thanks Rachel.
Klan Cops.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)When it's done by the inimitable Rachel Maddow, it's downright delicious!
yaesu
(8,020 posts)halfulglas
(1,654 posts)The arrogant ass like Cornyn could not have left things alone. He made a mistake. The county law enforcement and judges or whatever in Texas made a mistake. But no he couldn't let pass that he was embarrassed all those years ago by a young civil rights attorney so he has to make things hard for her as well as for the Dems. Well, I hope this gets shared a lot and he is further embarrassed. I hope it trends on Twitter (I don't tweet) and it gets emphasized what an ass he is. They are slow walking anyone who needs Senate confirmation to make governing harder, but I hope this one bites him.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)brooklynite
(94,598 posts)...because a segment on Rachel Maddow's show today, however damning, isn't going to impact a Senator who was just re-elected and has six years before his next contest.
madamesilverspurs
(15,805 posts)he is immediately scraped off the windshield isn't the issue. The point is that he has been very publicly exposed as the vindictive racist bully he is. That he has cultivated a more cultured veneer is testimony to his awareness that decent people would find him too unsavory otherwise; cracking that veneer does him no favors. What his constituents do with the information is up to them.
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