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Oh, is that another "Liberals are too politically correct" thinkpiece? Cute. Yeah, I'm sure that's why we lost. It's nothing to do with the upwelling of white nationalism, Clinton's weaknesses as a candidate, the Left's abandonment of economic justice, and clumsily 'balanced' media coverage. It's all because a few progressives criticized the most "precious snowflakes" of them all: comedians who can't take what they dish out.
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most of the activists I've spoken to here are huge wimps who see blocking roads as "too radical".If they're still saying that after the Muslim ban, you need new activists to talk to. Get in touch with your local Black Lives Matter group and become an activist ally with themPlease don't.
Id give it more thought if the argument was more intelligent than the average youtube comment section.
And we're not even two weeks into this Presidency. Hm.
Something probably worth keeping in mind is that the current President doesn't seem to have any ability to expand his base of support - excluding certain elected officials, people who oppose him now are not likely to change their minds given what's been happening, and even some of his supporters are feeling betrayed by the travel ban. He can really only go down from an already low position unless something truly unexpected happens - which is something of an issue, given the apparent need to always be perceived as winning, even if that means telling outright lies right to people's faces.
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I, um, don't really see any situation in which this ends without significant trouble for a lot of people. v.v I wish it were otherwise, but yeah.
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They don't even have a damn replacement and they fired her. As of now, we have no Attorney General.
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Something probably worth keeping in mind is that the current President doesn't seem to have any ability to expand his base of support - excluding certain elected officials, people who oppose him now are not likely to change their minds given what's been happening, and even some of his supporters are feeling betrayed by the travel ban.
It really won't matter.
His supporters are the only ones that matter, pretty soon they'll be all thats in the government (or enough of the government to do anything, which is close enough)
republicans are looking at a mid term election: oppose trump and you oppose his voters, who are the only ones energized enough to vote in the primaries in an off year election . America and the world may be against stuff like this but the voters aren't half the population the republicans aren't half the voters and the ones voting in the primary aren't half of those... whats left is estatic about a "muslim travel ban" and don't care about the asterix * doesn't actually apply to oil drilling places that actually HAVE sent us terrorists.
They don't even have a damn replacement and they fired her. As of now, we have no Attorney General.
We've got one. He appointed a Federal Attorney\
He is naming Dana Boente, U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, to serve in her place.
And it's only for a couple days anyway
I'm not sure we have a local BLM group, though there are sometimes pro-BLM protests. Might be because I live in Corvallis, Oregon, one of the whitest "liberal" cities in the US.Here you go
Corvallis BLM ResourcesIf nothing else, go talk to the folks at that church
Thanks for this, KC and CS. I've family up in Albany who were wondering about this. And I may be moving to that area later in the year, so it's helpful for me as well.
They don't even have a damn replacement and they fired her. As of now, we have no Attorney General.We've got one. He appointed a Federal Attorney\
He is naming Dana Boente, U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, to serve in her place.
And it's only for a couple days anyway
That's an acting Attorney General.
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We must remember that we are not alone. Hopefully, Paizo will do something in response to this good act by Wizards of the Coast.
Wizards of the Coast is having a Magic: The Gathering card auction to benefit the ACLU. The auction will continue until 8 PM Pacific on Tuesday.
As for myself, I am going to do something tonight in Northwest Indiana. My rabbi sent the following out on Facebook last night.
Tomorrow evening clergy and lay leaders of the Islamic Center of Highland IN will gather at Munster Town Hall at 6 PM for a vigil of solidarity and unity for peace and justice in light of the recent travel ban. We invite you to bring a candle or flashlight as we bring light against darkness. We ask you to bring signs that celebrate our mission of solidarity and unity. Then we ask that you act by contacting elected officials to let them know that we gathered in solidarity and in peace. This is our message and our eternal hope for our country.I am the grandchild of immigrants. My maternal grandfather left an unjust Russian Empire, where he was forced to hide as a child from Cossacks after throwing coal at a horse.
I fear that the Trump administration is sparking a Constitutional crisis. I chose not to be afraid. I believe that if we do not stand up for the rights of others, that Pastor Niemoller's warning can come to pass. We should also remember these words from Benjamin Franklin:
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
It's a Crisis that will be resolved when Trump's Yes-Man is appointed to the Supreme Court. And the Republicans WILL appoint him because of the promise of getting everything they've ever wanted... especially the abolition of Roe V. Wade. Because then the new Court will simply order those lower courts to toe the line.
On the other hand we might get a new one if CalExit passes... and other states start thinking of the same...the beginning of the end of the Republic.
]That's an acting Attorney General.
Well, that's all that she was. There hasn't been an Attorney General since Jan 20.
Sessions is likely to be approved on Thursday
Dana was appointed according to standard procedure. Boente was dropped in out of convenience, with no oversight or accountability from Congress. Doesn't that concern you a little?
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Doesn't that concern you a little?
In this week's list of things to be outraged about, the fact that she left 72 hours early is very much lower than the fact that all the senior staff in the State department were fired.
Or that 'religious freedom to remove LGBT people from their federal government jobs, and refuse them service everywhere else' will be implemented in a few days.
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Doesn't that concern you a little?
In this week's list of things to be outraged about, the fact that she left 72 hours early is very much lower than the fact that all the senior staff in the State department were fired.
Or that 'religious freedom to remove LGBT people from their federal government jobs, and refuse them service everywhere else' will be implemented in a few days.
Reversing LGBT protections
Right now, it includes overturning a directive that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the federal workforce and those who contract with the government.
That might mean anything, such as a federal employee refusing to serve a gay person due to a religious objection.
And here's my favorite legal blog explainging why the appointment is perfectly legal and well within the President's powers
New Acting Attorney General
*Makes a drink for self*
So... I wonder if it's actually legal to make House staff do work for you and sign NDA's about it, including to not tell their employers what they were doing... they work for the Legislative Branch, don't they?
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*Makes a drink for self*
So... I wonder if it's actually legal to make House staff do work for you and sign NDA's about it, including to not tell their employers what they were doing... they work for the Legislative Branch, don't they?
Constitution/Schmonstitution, it don' mean nuthin', right?
*Makes a drink for self*
So... I wonder if it's actually legal to make House staff do work for you and sign NDA's about it, including to not tell their employers what they were doing... they work for the Legislative Branch, don't they?
Not really any different than corporations... or PFS requiring NDA's.
Id give it more thought if the argument was more intelligent than the average youtube comment section.most of the activists I've spoken to here are huge wimps who see blocking roads as "too radical".If they're still saying that after the Muslim ban, you need new activists to talk to. Get in touch with your local Black Lives Matter group and become an activist ally with themPlease don't.
Not that I necessarily disagree with you, but could you provide links to a good counter-argument for those of us who aren't as informed on these things as we should be, want to learn, and have no idea where to start?
Not that I necessarily disagree with you, but could you provide links to a good counter-argument for those of us who aren't as informed on these things as we should be, want to learn, and have no idea where to start?
You can start with this link
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most of the activists I've spoken to here are huge wimps who see blocking roads as "too radical".If they're still saying that after the Muslim ban, you need new activists to talk to. Get in touch with your local Black Lives Matter group and become an activist ally with themPlease don't.
It should be noted that the first article was published under the auspices of the AWC Family Foundation, which counts among it's sponsors the right-wing Heritage Foundation.
So yeah, right wing white bread woman considers the Black Lives Matter movement dangerous. That's exactly what her kind said about Dr. Martin Luther King, despite the fact that all of his marches were non-violent. So she writes with cherry-picked statistics that ignore the greater reality.
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Not really any different than corporations... or PFS requiring NDA's.*Makes a drink for self*
So... I wonder if it's actually legal to make House staff do work for you and sign NDA's about it, including to not tell their employers what they were doing... they work for the Legislative Branch, don't they?
It is significantly different. They are employed by the office of the congressperson. They were ordered to provide the service of their position to a 3rd party who has significant influence over their futures, while still on the congressperson's dime, and then required to not tell their actual employer about the interaction at all, not just the contents of that interaction.
*Turns whole country upside down* *takes vacation*
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I'm not sure i'll be able to make it trough this, it feels like the world is falling apart.
As long as we avoid nuclear war I think we will be OK in the end.
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As long as we avoid nuclear war I think we will be OK in the end.
Germany circa 1930 was "OK in the end". That isn't exactly reassuring.
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BARBARIAN HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WHY AM ENTIRE WORLD FAILING WILL SAVE AGAINST STUPID LATELY? AM LIKE, DC 5.
NORMALLY BARBARIAN ONLY SEE THIS STUFF IN BARBARIAN/NOT-BARBARIAN DESTRUCITY THREADS. ENTIRE WORLD AM ON FIRE, BARBARIAN AM ONLY ABLE SUNDER SO MUCH, AM NOW HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT DELICATE ACTION ECONOMY GOING CRASH AS CFO OF BARBARIAN FINANCIAL?
THIS AM WHY BARBARIAN NEVER LET TALKY FACES TALK MORE THAN 50 SECONDS. FREAKIN DIPLOMACY AM SO BROKEN, FOR REAL.
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As long as we avoid nuclear war I think we will be OK in the end.
setting the bar that low is just inviting the universe to make you disappointed.
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As long as we avoid nuclear war I think we will be OK in the end.Germany circa 1930 was "OK in the end". That isn't exactly reassuring.
well you got me there.
Fortunately I think this time around people seem to be aware and willing to go out and do something about it.
As long as we avoid nuclear war I think we will be OK in the end.setting the bar that low is just inviting the universe to make you disappointed.
I mean its hard to keep optimistic at this point. trying to look on the positive side. apparently the side has gotten real thin to where I'm just like well as long as all life on earth isn't extinguished it has to get a bit better right?
Edit: word was changed
As long as we avoid nuclear war I think we will be OK in the end.Germany circa 1930 was "OK in the end". That isn't exactly reassuring.well you got me there.
Fortunately I think this time around people seem to be aware and willing to go out and do something about it.
Cool! Hope you'll be among us, instead of among the many who trust "people" to do it for them. ;D
Cool! Hope you'll be among us, instead of among the many who trust "people" to do it for them. ;DAs long as we avoid nuclear war I think we will be OK in the end.Germany circa 1930 was "OK in the end". That isn't exactly reassuring.well you got me there.
Fortunately I think this time around people seem to be aware and willing to go out and do something about it.
Just got to dust off my +2 full plate of heavy fortification and remember where i put my +3 battle ax. >.> now where did I leave that thing...
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Pence is a lich. Bring the +1 warhammer. I'll wheel the golf cart around...
Solely a joke about Pence being a lich (which he actually isn't, but he's almost got the rituals wrapped up now). Kobold Cleaver does not in any way condone violence, except the punching of Richard Spencer.
Pence is a lich. Bring the +1 warhammer, just in case. I'll wheel the golf cart around...
Just like a good little kobold!
^what KC said
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BARBARIAN HAVE SECONDARY QUESTION.
AM EVERYONE COOL WITH RAGELANCEPOUNCE IF TARGET AM NAZI?
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Frankly as long as its not me on other end of RAGELANCEPOUNCE I will just keep my mouth shut.
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BARBARIAN HAVE SECONDARY QUESTION.
AM EVERYONE COOL WITH RAGELANCEPOUNCE IF TARGET AM NAZI?
Actually, no. Because it means they don't have to deal with cleaning up the mess they're responsible for.
Well.... unless Am Barbarian can do it 'non-lethally'?
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In other news of staggering cluelessness;
Trump has bragged about how CIA officers gave him 'one continuous standing ovation' because they never sat down the entire time he was speaking to them... apparently unaware that government protocol dictates that you rise when the president enters the room and only sit when he tells you to... which Trump never did.
Over at the State Department, more than 100 of the non-fired employees had signed on to a dissent letter which has been circulating about Trump's immigration order. The White House has said that anyone taking such a position does not belong in the government and should leave... apparently unaware that State Department dissent letters are a time honored tradition and signatories are protected by law against retaliation. Still, many department members are apparently now reconsidering publicly including their names because they don't trust this administration to follow that law.
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BARBARIAN HAVE SECONDARY QUESTION.
AM EVERYONE COOL WITH RAGELANCEPOUNCE IF TARGET AM NAZI?
NOOOO! IF DO THAT, AM BARBARIAN BECOME AM NAZI
ALL MAKE SENSE IN THINKPIECES AM WRITE
ALSO, AM NAZI TURN INTO AM BARBARIAN, AM VERY CONFUSING
AM SIMILAR TO AM CONTRARIAN #1 FAVORITE MOVIE, AM SANTA CLAUSE
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In other news of staggering cluelessness;
Trump has bragged about how CIA officers gave him 'one continuous standing ovation' because they never sat down the entire time he was speaking to them... apparently unaware that government protocol dictates that you rise when the president enters the room and only sit when he tells you to... which Trump never did.
Over at the State Department, more than 100 of the non-fired employees had signed on to a dissent letter which has been circulating about Trump's immigration order. The White House has said that anyone taking such a position does not belong in the government and should leave... apparently unaware that State Department dissent letters are a time honored tradition and signatories are protected by law against retaliation. Still, many department members are apparently now reconsidering publicly including their names because they don't trust this administration to follow that law.
And here I thought Cheliax had a messed-up legal system...
BARBARIAN HAVE SECONDARY QUESTION.
AM EVERYONE COOL WITH RAGELANCEPOUNCE IF TARGET AM NAZI?
Actually, no. Because it means they don't have to deal with cleaning up the mess they're responsible for.
Well.... unless Am Barbarian can do it 'non-lethally'?
IT COOL, OBSERVED STATE HAVE MERCIFUL. AM PUTTING ON LANCE EVER SINCE DESTROYER BLESSING AM INVENTED FEET, SINCE SUNDER OBJECT WITH MERCIFUL AM GREAT FOR EXTENDING RAGE LIKE WHOA. BUT WHERE AM BARBARIAN GOING TO STORE THAT MANY UNCONSCIOUS NAZIS THIS EARLY ON TOILDAY?
BARBARIAN HAVE SECONDARY QUESTION.
AM EVERYONE COOL WITH RAGELANCEPOUNCE IF TARGET AM NAZI?
NOOOO! IF DO THAT, AM BARBARIAN BECOME AM NAZI
ALL MAKE SENSE IN THINKPIECES AM WRITE
ALSO, AM NAZI TURN INTO AM BARBARIAN, AM VERY CONFUSING
IF BARBARIAN HIT NAZI HARD ENOUGH TO TURN NAZI INTO AM BARBARIAN, BARBARIAN OK WITH THAT. AM PRETTY SURE NOBODY HAVE PROBLEM WITH CASTY HATERS, THEY AM ALL OVER BOARD.
PLUS, AM HAVING ANOTHER BARBARIAN TRYING TO STEP WITH NON-CRAPPY BARBARIAN.
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Can I just take this moment to say that every thread is enhanced so much by the presence of AM BARBARIAN
AM AM BARBARIAN ACTUALLY CRAPPY BARBARIAN?
AM WORTH DISCUSSING