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Next Federal Holiday – Juneteenth

Another step forward for the United States.

The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.

The House voted 415-14 Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk, and he is expected to sign it into law.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered. That was also about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Southern states.

It’s the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983.

“Our federal holidays are purposely few in number and recognize the most important milestones,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. “I cannot think of a more important milestone to commemorate than the end of slavery in the United States.”

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Trump Says He’ll Be Reinstated By August

When you have people who are easily fooled and willing to be mislead, then why stop? Give the people what they want. Donald Trump realizes the nature of the sheep he leads so he has gone past pushing the Big Lie. He is now pushing August of this year as the time he’ll be reinstated into the White House.

After former President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser Michael Flynn appeared to express support for a coup in the United States, The New York Times‘ Maggie Haberman reports Trump himself has been baselessly asserting he will be back in the White House this year.

Haberman tweeted on Tuesday, in response to reporting about Flynn’s comments about a coup in the United States, that Trump “has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August” — confirming in a subsequent tweet she means reinstated as president.

“No that isn’t how it works,” Haberman added, “but simply sharing the information.”

The reporting comes after Flynn at a QAnon conference over the weekend was asked why there can’t be a coup in the United States like in Myanmar, and he said, “No reason, I mean, it should happen.” He later claimed he was misquoted and said there is “NO reason whatsoever for any coup in America, and I do not and have not at any time called for any action of that sort.”

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Liz Cheney Out as Leader in House Republican

Well that was quick. Donald Trump must be smiling ear to ear. He is no longer in office, but his lies are still costing people their jobs and roles in office. Donald Trump is the anvil around the neck of the Republican party, and they have just proven that they are more concerned about upholding his lies, than defending the truth.

Although there are absolutely no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, Trump has spread his lies and spineless Republicans fell in line, even stumbled over themselves to propagate Trump’s lies to the best of their ability.

Liz Cheney was different. She stood up and spoke the truth about that happened in the 2020 elections and the Trump inspired insurrection that happened on January 6th, and for that, Republicans have kicked her out of her leadership role in Congress. And they did it in almost record time.

It took the fractured GOP Conference fewer than 20 minutes to remove Cheney from her role as the No. 3 House Republican, including time spent on prayer and the pledge of allegiance.

House Republicans made the decision to remove her by voice vote rather than a full tally, which means it is not yet clear the exact degree of support for her ouster. Cheney was steadfast exiting the closed meeting where her colleagues voted her out of leadership, maintaining her stance on Trump’s lies. 

“I will do everything I can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office,” she told reporters. She said Wednesday’s vote is a clear indication of the path that the GOP is on as a party, tethered to Trump, and sent a warning to Republicans “we cannot be dragged backward by the very dangerous lies of a former president.” 

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Will Smith – “I’m in the worst shape of my life”

The actor shared a picture of himself in shorts, slippers and an unzipped hoody exposing his gut and chest in an instagram post on Sunday. The 52-year-old Smith simply posted, “I’m gonna be real wit yall – I’m in the worst shape of my life.”

His post was well received, with some commenting that getting back in shape would not be a problem for Will Smith. “You’re Will Smith!!, musician Sonna Rele said, “you can be in whatever shape you want.”

Others had fun with Smith. “It’s just a Dad bod! It’s not a grandpa bod!! cateyes_3 wrote. And ka51 wrote, “worst shape?!!! …some of us love a bit of squish!!!! Perfect”

See the Instagram post here

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Arrested for Riding his Bike…? Video

This is apparently a crime in Perth Amboy New Jersey. Four bikes were seized by cops and a black teenager was arrested. Prosecutors are looking into the incident.

“Every juvenile being taken into custody by law enforcement in Middlesex County is of the utmost concern to Prosecutor (Yolanda) Ciccone and this young person is no different,” Ciccone said in a statement. “What occurred before, during and after the incident depicted is under review.”

The office was reviewing the video and the circumstances of the stop with Perth Amboy Police Chief Roman McKeon and other Perth Amboy police officials, the statement said.

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Missouri Republican Sexually and Physically Abused His Kids

The shocking revelations were made before the Missouri House Ethics Committee, revelations that included recollections from his daughter about an incident she suffered when she was 9 years old.

In 1990, Rick Roeber’s 9-year-old daughter was tucked in bed wearing a long Simpsons T-shirt when he allegedly picked her up, took her into the living room, laid her on his bare chest and placed her hand on his genitals, the now-adult woman told lawmakers earlier this year in testimony against Roeber, 65, now a Republican member of the Missouri House.

“I didn’t know what to do. I just froze there. I was 9,” she said in her testimony before the Missouri House Ethics Committee.

The incident was one of several disturbing stories recounted to the committee by Roeber’s ex-wife and three of his four children, who accused the freshman lawmaker of terrorizing them while on alcoholic benders and regularly whipping his children with a belt. His ex-wife also said that he once “drowned several puppies” in a pond.

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Georgia Looses Another…

Since Governor Kemp signed a restrictive voting bill geared a limiting the votes of blacks in Georgia, advertisers and those with commercial interest in the state have steadily removed their business in protest. Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua are among the latest.

Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith will move production on their big-budget, runaway slave thriller “Emancipation” out of Georgia in protest over the state’s controversial new voting restrictions.

The announcement continues the economic fallout from Gov. Brian Kemp and the state legislature’s decision to pass new regulations that critics maintain amount to voter suppression, aimed at reducing the turnout of people of color. The new laws were passed in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, and after Georgia voted for a Democrat for president for the first time in decades. The rules shorten the duration of absentee voting, require absentee voters to produce identification, limit the use of drop boxes and make it a crime to hand out free food or water to voters standing in line.

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DMX on Life Support

According to reports, The rapper was admitted to a White Plains hospital on Sunday after suffering a heart attack. Buzzfeed reports that the 50-year-old rapper, born Earl Simmons, is in a “vegetative state” with “lung and brain failure.”

“He’s still in the same condition — in a vegetative state, [with] lung and brain failure and no brain activity,” said Nakia Walker, DMX’s former manager. “We’re just praying and waiting. Praying and waiting.”

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Dr Fauci Wants Trump to tell Republicans to get Vaccinated

In an interview on Fox News today, Dr Fauci warns that based on what’s happening in Europe, another Covid surge could come to America. And he wants Trump to step up and allow his Republicans to get vaccinated.

Asked by Chris Wallace what could be done to combat vaccine skepticism in the U.S., particularly among Republicans, Fauci urged Trump to tell his supporters to get vaccinated.

“It would be very helpful for the effort for that to happen. I’m very surprised by the number of Republicans who say they won’t get vaccinated,” he said.

“I think it would make all the difference in the world” if Trump were to express support for vaccines, Fauci said. “He’s a widely popular person among Republicans.”

“I just don’t get it, Chris, why they don’t want to get vaccinated,” he added.

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Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70

Radio host Rush Limbaugh is pictured on the set of the public affairs television show "Meet The Press," March 1993. (AP Photo)

I would argue that Rush Limbaugh is singlehandedly responsible for our political divide today. While Not too long ago while Democrats and Republicans found ways to work together, Limbaugh was busy on his radio show recruiting an army of far-right conservatives willing to take his message of division, exclusion, and yes, even racism.

Today, Rush Limbaugh died of lung cancer at the age of 70 years old, and he left behind the fruits of his labor – a failed president, a failed insurrection of the nation’s capitol and a completely failed and divided Republican party. Limbaugh never apologized to his audience for misleading them. He never told them that this was how he made his living, that it was all for entertainment.

My condolences to his wife and the rest of family.

 

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In Which I Say Farewell to Donald Trump

No.

Donald Trump will not be a major force in Republican politics for the next four years. He still has his fans, and they number in the tens of millions, but he’s done. The rest of the country has moved on to solving some of our most pressing problems. 

The Biden Administration will be focusing on cleaning up the environment and transitioning the country from one based on fossil fuels to one that increasingly uses renewable energy. It will create programs that address the terrible consequences of poverty, especially on children. The Affordable Care Act will get major upgrades, most of which will focus on affordability, access, and preventive care. Taxes on the wealthy will increase, mostly to fund infrastructure projects including making sure that all Americans have access to affordable broadband Internet service, reliable public transportation, and bridges, tunnels and roads that, well, function appropriately. Our allies will begin to trust us again, though that will take some time. Joe Biden will not proclaim his love for dictators.

Donald Trump would run against every one of those policies. He’s done.

And, of course, we haven’t even mentioned the insurrection at the Capitol, which was predicated on a lie. Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. By a lot. But, of course, he couldn’t lose, so he created a lie and millions of people believe it still.

Americans, including police officers, died because of the lie. Some were injured. Others were traumatized. But it was a lie. Told by a liar. Whose political career is over.

Donald Trump might still have some influence in conservative and fringe-right circles, and we know he’s uber-popular with the white supremacists, fascists, racists, and anti-Semites. This might translate into victories in Senate and House races in some states, but Democrats will run commercials using the attack on the Capitol to remind Americans that it was all the result of the lie that Donald Trump just cannot let go. 

Yes, he was acquitted in the Senate, but the fact that ten Republican Representatives and seven Republican Senators voted against him is a beginning. The trial laid bare what President Trump did as the mob began its attack. Nothing, for almost two hours. Yes, he did mention that he wanted his followers to be peaceful, but a responsible president would have said it immediately and would have repeated it. He did not do that. And did I mention that it was all based on a lie? I want to make sure I mention that.

I’m sure the press will continue to publish stories about Donald Trump’s influence in the GOP and how he will support candidates who support his lie, and who label the Russia investigation a witch hunt and fake news (Have you noticed that we haven’t heard these words much lately? Refreshing.), and I’m not against reporters and others having jobs and being paid, but Donald Trump’s political career is over.

And I am done writing about him.

Here’s to better days ahead.

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Trump’s Lawyers Misspell ‘United States’

Now I should be the last to talk. Any frequent reader of this blog would definitely recall times when the wrong word was used, or a word was misspelled, or a case of minor grammatical infractions, or punctuation misuse/overuse. Sometimes I may not use punctuations at all.

But I am not a lawyer representing a former President, and I’m absolutely sure I’ve never misspelled the United States! But I guess when the former President is Donald Trump, then misspelling the United States is okay. It’s acceptable. It’s probably even expected.  

On Tuesday, attorneys David Schoen and Bruce Castor responded to the House’s filing that Trump incited the January 6 Capitol insurrection and argued he shouldn’t face impeachment now that he is out of office.

However, it was a raft of typos that became a major talking point after astute readers were quick to notice an error in the first few lines of the documents’ address to the U.S. Senate.

The filing, which intends to address members of the United States Senate, instead misspells the recipients as members of the “Unites States.”

 

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