https://warontherocks.com/2019/12/there-was-no-secret-war-on-the-truth-in-afghanistan/
Finally got around to reading this. Seems like a good counterpoint to the Washington Post‘s “Afghanistan Papers” article (or series? I don’t know; I haven’t read it/them.)
https://elizabethwarren.com/wealth-gap
Finally, in 2019, a politician uses the web (invented a generation or so ago) at something beginning to approach its full potential.
Without two libertarian security guards turning on this right-wing (not “controversial”) state politician, I wonder if his behavior would have come to light.
(He just got busted for working to support armed domestic terrorism against the U.S. — https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-state-rep-matt-shea-engaged-in-domestic-terrorism-against-the-u-s-says-state-house-inquiry/ .)
https://twitter.com/vanitaguptaCR/status/1207864234211721216?s=20
On blue slips and the attempt at comity:
«Democrats need to understand that once one side destroys a norm, it’s not a norm anymore—no matter how much we wish it were or try to reinstate it. So we must not self-impose a set of rules that will only apply to us. Blue slips are dead. ABA ratings are irrelevant. Hold hearings with multiple circuit court nominees, even if the Senate is in recess. This is the new normal.»
Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) Tweeted:
«To everyone watching the #DemDebate, we need you in the fight to save our courts.
Trump has named ZERO Black circuit court nominees in 3 years. Many of his picks have awful civil rights records. Some refused to affirm #BrownvBoard.
We deserve better, and we can’t stop fighting.»
The “pro-life” movement is racist and sexist and has nothing to do with religion (except to use it as a tool of manipulation). Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society know exactly what they are doing.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/trump-should-be-removed-from-office.html
I guess they’ve decided they’ve gotten all the judges they’re likely to get and now it’s time to start damage control.
https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/bing-search-disinformation
Interesting. Bing searches produce more disinformation than Google. I wonder about some of the search engines, like DuckDuckGo.
«Bing’s importance in the information landscape of the U.S. shouldn’t be overlooked. While its share of the search market in the U.S. might be dwarfed by that of Google, it has steadily increased over»
https://twitter.com/RussInCheshire/status/1207071961022697472?s=20
“Purity of Essence.” 🙂
Russ (@RussInCheshire) Tweeted:
«Anyway: I think I’ve made my case.
Stay where Corbyn took us: historic defeat, but Purity Of Essence.
Cos that definitely helps the country more than implementing all those terrible things I listed above. Who needs all that shit?
13/13»
https://twitter.com/keribla/status/1207165659358081029?s=20
This stems partly from the mentality that prison is for punishment.
Keri Blakinger (@keribla) Tweeted:
«Two months ago I wrote abt Frank Digges, who was beaten to death by guards in a Texas prison. His mom, of course, took it hard. She stopped watching TV & would just stare at the walls, her family said.
Her health deteriorated. This week, she died.»
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