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Suspect in deadly synagogue shooting connected to Republican White Power Politics
These synagogue and mosque attacks are not the acts of isolated individuals. The Escondido synagogue shooter purposefully aligned himself with the White Power politics endorsed by President Donald Trump in an online anti-Semitic screed.
A gunman armed with a semiautomatic rifle walked into a suburban San Diego County synagogue and opened fire on the congregation Saturday, killing one person and injuring three in an attack that authorities believe was motivated by hate.
The gunman entered Chabad of Poway in the 16000 block of Chabad Way about 11:20 a.m. and started firing, authorities said. The 19-year-old suspect, identified as (NO Publicity for Murderers), of Rancho Penasquitos, was arrested a short time later.
The LA Times reports that (The murderer) appears to have written a letter posted on the Internet filled with anti-Semitic screeds, connecting his act with racist attacks in New Zealand and Pittsburg.
Highlands Bunker – E12 – Meet People Where They’re At
Megan Hart of Network Delaware joins RE Vanella to talk about the politics of Sussex County and how to organize in a place that seems beyond saving.
Can Biden “Sister Souljah” the Healthcare Industry?
Just because the Health Care Industrial complex has LOUDLY endorsed Joe Biden, that doesn’t mean Biden endorses them. He could still have his “Sister Souljah” moment and smack down this “Joe is running to kill single payer” talk, but I’d view that as a long shot, based on the fact that he needs money.
And yet, he did say that we are in a “battle for the soul of the nation” so maybe his all out pro-corporate stance on issues such as outsized guaranteed profits for insurers and BigPharma at the expense of the soul of America has softened(?)
Role of Chris Coon’s National Prayer Breakfast Highlighted in Butina Sentencing Memo
Chris Coon’s National Prayer Breakfast played an important role in Russian intelligence gathering operations. Coon’s never stepped down as the Chairman of the Chris Coons National prayer breakfast even after the events role as a Russian “back channel” was exposed.
Here is the key section from he Butina sentencing memo:
Park City Kathy Loves Her Some Fox News
I sometimes wish the DEGOP wasn’t a moribund joke so Kathy could just switch and be done with the pretending.
Grassley Makes Carper Look Spry
Delaware’s Tom Carper isn’t the only doddering old geezer blocking up the halls of the Senate. Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley showed what happens when an aged, out-of-touch political lifer holds a town hall and gets confronted by a constituent with a pointed question: Why are you threatening my life by voting seven times to repeal […]
Trump Tax Cuts Boosted GDP & Corporate Profits, So the “Economy” is Great?
Economic reporting in the US is idiotic. If you listen to TV, the “economy” is great – booming, in fact. If you walk out your front door – not so much. U.S. Economy Powers Ahead In First Quarter: 3.2% Growth
Trump Dumps on Some Old-timey Bullshit
Washington (CNN)- President Donald Trump took a literal shit on the Constitution Thursday evening at the National Archives. Preservationist working to restore the document called the President’s excrement as “terrible as you might expect.”
According to his spokesperson, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the President was motivated by a strong desire to “own Libs” which is getting more difficult by the day in the third year of his term. “It was easy to own libs two years ago,” said Sanders “Now people barely remember the old norms of behavior, and you have all these Democrats in congress who it is impossible to get a rise out of, so you have get pretty extreme to own libs.”
When asked if “owning libs” was a valuable policy pursuit for the country Sanders simply gave her “What the fuck do you think” look.
I love Joe Biden
Joe is in. I have a feeling that there are DL’ers who would prefer a different candidate, but everyone agrees that he would be better than Donald Trump. His announcement video (below the fold) is guileless and direct in its approach to what he thinks the country needs right now. I’d gladly support him if he wins the nomination.
I also love and will gladly support whoever the Democrats nominate provided that contest is fair and transparent.
LBR bill seals non-violent, weed-related federal crime records
This seems like a meritorious effort on the part of LBR, but there is a catch. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, a liberal Democrat from Delaware, and Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, a conservative Republican from Western Pennsylvania on Monday re-introduced the Clean Slate Act. If passed, the bill would automatically seal the federal criminal records of people […]
Can You Feel the Joementum?
The Democratic frontrunner for the 2020 presidential nomination reportedly will make his candidacy official tomorrow, either on video or in person, either someplace or in cyberspace. His heart is really in it — you can tell by how eager he’s been to declare himself a candidate. The public is treating it with all the enthusiasm […]
Take the Biden Challenge
It’s simple: Name something Joe Biden has been involved with that he didn’t fuck up. The Anita Hill hearings, the “new Jim Crow” crime bill, his first two presidential runs, trying to figure out where to announce he’s running for president again — fucked up, every one of them. So see if you can find […]
Supreme Court Poised To Institutionalize Rethuglican Criminality
There’s so much Trump-inspired white noise out there that the undemocratic takeover of the country continues unabated in the shadows. In this instance, buoyed by Mitch McConnell’s machinations that have yielded Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, a profoundly injudicious Supreme Court appears ready to rubber-stamp an illegitimate census count. A count that will almost assuredly […]
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