Unacceptable.

"History Hurts My Feelings"

MAGA rioter gave House committee evidence of contacts with 'state-level GOP officials'

A MAGA rioter has reportedly told the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th riots at the United States Capitol that they had contacts ahead of the riot with "state-level GOP officials who worked with former President Donald Trump as he attempted to overturn the 2020 election."


According to Politico, the rioter has interviewed with the committee twice within the last week and "described knowledge of contacts between GOP officials in a key state Trump lost and allies of the former president in the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6 attack."

The rioter is scheduled to talk with the committee again in the coming days and Politico's sources say they have already been asked questions that "ranged from the defendant's knowledge of those who organized travel to Washington for the Jan. 6 event as well as details about the preparation of legal affidavits in support of Trump's false claims of voter fraud."

The Capitol riot committee so far has interviewed more than 150 people in its efforts to uncover the full picture about what led up to the deadly events on January 6th.


https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-riot-committee-testimony-2655498095/
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/04/january-6-committee-rioter-interview-519580

DOJ Files Lawsuit Against TX Over Restrictive Voting Procedures

Reuters: U.S. DOJ SAYS FILED LAWSUIT AGAINST STATE OF TEXAS OVER CERTAIN RESTRICTIVE VOTING PROCEDURES IMPOSED BY TEXAS SENATE BILL SIGNED INTO LAW IN SEPT 2021

"Our democracy depends on the right of eligible voters to cast a ballot and to have that ballot counted," said Attorney General Garland. "The Justice Department will continue to use all the authorities at its disposal to protect this fundamental pillar of our society."

Make them defend the opposite view.

Perhaps the response to CRT should simply be “We will never waiver from teaching kids that slavery was evil.”

NOT this bullcrap:
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Published in 1956 and used in Virginia classrooms through the late 1970’s, Virginia: History, Government, Geography by Francis B. Simkins and Spotswood H. Jones, and Sidman P. Poole describes the life of a Virginia slave as “happy”, “cheerful”, and “prosperous.”

“.…The Negroes learned also to enjoy the work and play of the plantations…Virginia offered a better life for the Negroes than did Africa…”

https://civilrightsheritage.com/2019/10/03/happy-slaves-described-in-7th-grade-virginia-textbook-used-for-20-yrs/

"They chose not to get vaccinated, sometimes even defiant. They died by anti-science"

Today we hit 750,000 Americans lost to COVID19. We’re on trajectory to hit 800,0000 by year’s end. Those last 100,000+ maybe even 200,000 died unnecessarily because vaccines were widely available. They chose not to get vaccinated, sometimes even defiant. They died by antiscience

Abstract
Anti-science kills: From Soviet embrace of pseudoscience to accelerated attacks on US biomedicine
Peter J. Hotez
Published: January 28, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001068

The United States witnessed an unprecedented politicization of biomedical science starting in 2015 that has exploded into a complex, multimodal anti-science empire operating through mass media, political elections, legislation, and even health systems. Anti-science activities now pervade the daily lives of many Americans, and threaten to infect other parts of the world. We can attribute the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans from COVID-19, measles, and other vaccine-preventable diseases to anti-science. The acceleration of anti-science activities demands not only new responses and approaches but also international coordination. Vaccines and other biomedical advances will not be sufficient to halt COVID-19 or future potentially catastrophic illnesses, unless we simultaneously counter anti-science aggression.

Manchin Agrees to Bigger Reconciliation Bill

“After months of strenuously stating he wouldn’t budge from a $1.5 trillion maximum price tag for Democrats’ climate and safety net plan, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) acknowledged he had, in fact, agreed to a $1.75 trillion figure during an appearance on MSNBC,” Politico report.

https://politicalwire.com/2021/11/04/manchin-agrees-to-bigger-reconciliation-bill/

We are the goddam majority in America and it's time we started governing like it.

The lesson from Virginia is this:

We are the goddam majority in America and it’s time we started governing like it.

The fatigue of seeing meaningful progress get stymied by a weaponized filibuster, while toxic disinformation and white supremacy grow unchecked…is real.

Rep Swalwell: "Good Morning in America"

@RepSwalwell
Good morning in America, where Republicans accept their winning election results in Democratic-led states but still don’t accept their 2020 losses in Republican-led states.

https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1455882605375762441?s=20

When do I get to wake up from this bad dream?