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kpete's Journal"there should be no consequences for people who are, in many ways, qwhite like me."
@ClydeHaberman ---Clyde isn't just Maggie's Dad, he was at the Times forever.I confess to some ambivalence about Chris Cuomo’s suspension. It’s deserved on many levels. But wouldn’t you help your brother if he fell into trouble, even of his own making?
https://twitter.com/ClydeHaberman/status/1465853264268869633?s=20
A lot to work with here ("fell into some trouble" lol), but I would submit that most of us would not actually do what Chris Cuomo did, or anything analogous, to help our "brothers." Sure I would help my brother, but I wouldn't do *that* to help my brother. Make sure he had a good lawyer. Help him figure out how to stop abusing people. That kind of thing.
And the point here isn't simply, "oh, well, family is family, you can sympathize a bit," it's "since you can sympathize a bit, it seems a bit harsh for the man to be suspended from his job." This is "there should be no consequences for people who are, in many ways, qwhite like me."
............ Believe people when they tell you who they are.
https://www.eschatonblog.com/2021/12/ive-been-trying-to-explain-new-york.html
Hours ahead of 1/6 Attack-Trump made several calls from WH to top lieutenants at Willard Hotel
”…a direct line from the White House and the command center…”Sources have told the Guardian that just hours before the deadly attack on the US Capitol this year, Donald Trump made several calls from the White House to top lieutenants at the Willard hotel in Washington to discuss ways to stop or delay the certification of Joe Biden’s election win from taking place on 6 January.
The former president relayed that his vice-president, Mike Pence, was reluctant to go along with the plan to commandeer his largely ceremonial role at the joint session of Congress in a way that would allow Trump to retain the presidency for a second term.
He then pressed his aides about how to stop Biden’s certification from taking place, and delay the certification process to get alternate slates of electors for Trump sent to Congress.
Why is this significant? Trump’s remarks reveal a direct line from the White House and the command center at the Willard. The conversations also show Trump’s thoughts appear to be in line with the motivations of the pro-Trump mob that carried out the Capitol attack.
When did Trump make the calls? He phoned his lieutenants at the Willard sometime between the late evening on 5 January and the early hours of 6 January.....
MORE:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/30/donald-trump-called-capitol-riot-aides-first-thing
https://twitter.com/nycjim/status/1465656988784807939?s=20
UPDATED TO ADD:
https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1465679742196191234?s=20
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'Forget about the travel bans, let's go vaccinate the African people'
CNN medical analyst Dr. Peter Hotez to G7 leaders on Omicron: ‘Forget about the travel bans, let’s go vaccinate the African people’ • Today News Africa
https://twitter.com/PeterHotez/status/1464952558305398796?s=20
"If the G7 leaders are serious about stopping new variants, forget about the travel bans, let's go vaccinate the African people."
https://www.newsweek.com/forget-travel-bans-fight-omicron-variant-focus-vaccinating-africans-doctor-1653723
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Doonesbury: "Owning the Libs"
BIGGER:
https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2021/11/28
You lost me at "moderate"
CNN:
GOP being Anonymously mad at GOP ...
"A moderate House Republican is firing off a warning shot at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as he caters to his right flank in a quest for the speaker's gavel. "He's taking the middle of the conference for granted," the GOP lawmaker told CNN, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal conference dynamics. "McCarthy could have a bigger math problem with the moderates."
Specifically, the lawmaker said a number of moderates are upset with how McCarthy, of California, has embraced some of the extremists in the GOP conference and warned it could hurt the party in swing districts and undermine their chances of winning back the majority."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/27/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-race-moderates/
The Orange Noose
The orange rope used to make the noose for the gallows at the Capitol on Jan 6 is in the possession of agents at the FBI's Washington Field Office, per multiple law enforcement officials
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Raising the prospect it'll eventually be referenced in a criminal case from Jan 6
3 Yrs Late, Israeli Officials Tell Truth About TFG's Iran Policy: "It was all a big lie"
Israeli officials finally tell truth about Trump's Iran policy: 'it was all a big lie... the overall strategy... ended in failure. Iran was closer to nuclear military capability on day he left office than it was when he first entered the WH'
Netanyahu's former Mossad chief, defense minister and IDF commander are speaking out on Trump's departure from the Iran deal, years after the then-prime minister celebrated it
For many Israelis, these statements could come as a surprise. They contradict a years-long narrative crafted and promoted by a man who until recently was the most powerful politician in the country. Netanyahu presented Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal as his own personal achievement, and a mostly shallow, compliant Israeli media adopted the story with very little questioning. Commentators and analysts described it in their studios as a geopolitical victory. The man who fought against Obama’s terrible Iran deal, the story went, finally got what he always wanted – to kill the bad agreement.
https://twitter.com/ShibleyTelhami/status/1464552013514084358?s=20
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-three-years-late-israelis-finally-hear-the-truth-about-trump-1.10416718
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