I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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This mask gets to the point.
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Trump should be beside himself right now. Bring on the fried chicken to soothe him with somebody. That his SC picks turned on him!! Actually, I think the point was to settle who is NOT above the law and that did get squeaked in there. It seems to me that it is still up in the air a bit about checks and balances. I hope that gets a bit clearer for me. I'll be looking for Sandy maybe. Anyway, I did read somewhere that Trump would be far more likely to be prosecuted by New York's southern district than any where else within the government. I'm glad that it will happen.
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DeVos has never set foot in a public school building in her life. Like her boss, she is a horrible person and absolutely unqualified for the job she holds.
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But this is why we need good teachers:
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This very dedicated teacher thanks you all for your support! To some who are not involved in public education, it seems as if figuring out what to do shouldn’t be so difficult. However, those in education know that there are challenges, often driven by education law/code, which drive so much of what can or can’t be. done. It’s been like opening those matryoshka dolls. Layers and layers of issues, some big some small, but all need to be handled.
I desperately want to be in the classroom. I believe that my students need to be in the classroom. Who doesn’t? But how to do this safely for all students and staff is the question.
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I can't BELIEVE Blasio got away with this! Hah! t-RUMP was beside himself! PAINT WITH A BROAD BRUSH
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio jeered as he trolls president with huge Black Lives Matter mural outside Trump Tower
- Fionnuala O'Leary, News Reporter
- New York
- 9 Jul 2020, 12:34
- Updated: 9 Jul 2020, 20:50
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio was jeered as he helped to paint the Black Lives Matter mural on Fifth Avenue outside Trump Tower.
De Blasio was heckled at Millionaire's Row on Thursday, the site of Donald Trump's building, which was closed off to traffic between 56th and 57th Street.
He was accompanied by his wife and NYC First Lady Chirlane McCrayCredit: AP:Associated Press
An aerial view of the BLM mural on Thursday
Randy Williams (L), has a debate with a man (R) protesting the painting of the words 'Black Lives Matter' on Fifth AvenueCredit: EPA
The yellow slogan he commissioned, to "send a message" to Trump, was painted by local artists from Street Corner Resources and was near completion by 11.30am.
Tension mounted between the BLM protesters on the scene and passersby who questioned the mural's location.
The mayor showed up with his wife, First Lady Chirlane McCray, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Rep. Carolyn Maloney to fill in the letter "L" – but he didn't receive a warm welcome.
Anthony Beckford (R), the president of Black Lives Matter Brooklyn, has a debate with a man about the BLM muralCredit: EPA
Trump criticized the mural before it was completedCredit: Reuters
During his brief 20-minute appearance, people shouted "douchebag de Blasio," "shame on you," and "Hitler told us all lives didn't matter, too!" according to the New York Post.
"Let's show Donald Trump what he does not understand, let's paint it right in front of his building for him," de Blasio told the crowd chanting "Black Lives Matter!"
Outside the President's building, de Blasio declared that "everyone is accountable under the law, whether they wear a business suit or a uniform."
De Blasio was heckled when he showed upCredit: Getty Images - Getty
De Blasio donned an orange CMS face covering as he helped to color in the letter 'L'Credit: AP:Associated Press
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, his wife Chirlane Irene McCray and Reverend Al Sharpton paint a "Black Lives Matter" along 5th avenue outside Trump Tower in New York CityCredit: Reuters
He vowed "to identify the institutional racism and tear it down" in the Big Apple as the mass protests continue.
The mayor's office tweeted a birds eye view of the mural, writing "from Fifth Avenue to Fulton Street to Richmond Terrace, NYC has a message for the world" followed by the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter.
But sources previously told the Post de Blasio supported the artwork primarily to "antagonize" the President.
"This is what he is concerned about while the city burns," the insider said.
"What an amateur politician."
The bright yellow logo can be seen outside the President's buildingCredit: AP:Associated Press
Trump previously described the murals as 'antagonistic'Credit: AP:Associated Press
Black Lives Matter is painted on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower, Thursday, July 9Credit: AP:Associated Press
Earlier today, a Department of Transportation spokesperson told PIX 11 that the block would be inaccessible to cars until Sunday, when traffic would be free to drive through the BLM painting.
Buses will be back operating sooner than that, however.
City officials postponed the work last Wednesday until sometime this week citing "logistics" after de Blasio said it would happen "in a matter of days."
The President slammed plans for an "antagonizing" BLM mural outside Trump's building on Wednesday, after de Blasio announced it would serve as a "message to him."
The mayor had declared his intention to create a large activist painting on this lucrative street on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
De Blasio's office echoed his statements about sending a 'message' to Trump
Trump slammed the BLM mural on Fifth Avenue recentlyCredit: AFP
Volunteers paint the NYC on July 9Credit: AP:Associated Press
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the BLM mural would be here in daysCredit: Alamy Live News
Cars wont be able to drive on that block until Sunday because of the BLM muralCredit: PIX11
But Trump lambasted the mayor's scheme, as well as his intention to defund the NYPD's $6 billion budget.
"And yet the @NYCMayor is going to paint a big, expensive, yellow Black Lives Matter sign on Fifth Avenue, denigrating this luxury Avenue," the President raged.
"This will further antagonize New York's Finest, who LOVE New York & vividly remember the horrible BLM chant, 'Pigs In A Blanket, Fry 'Em Like Bacon.'
"Maybe our GREAT Police, who have been neutralized and scorned by a mayor who hates & disrespects them, won't let this symbol of hate be affixed to New York's greatest street. Spend this money fighting crime instead!"
The block between 56th and 57th streets has been blocked offCredit: PIX11
Trump lacerated the mayor on TwitterCredit: Twitter
The tower is where Trump stays when he is in New YorkCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Trump's dig came as NYC City Council approved a $1 billion budget cut to the NYPD last week.
Elsewhere, local artists completed a Black Lives Matter mural in downtown Manhattan last Friday while the George Floyd protests continue.
The pointed message was painted on Centre Street, where just a block away, protesters were still camped out at City Hall Park.
Jon Souza of Thrive Collective, a local organization, was one of the artists working on the sizable project.
Last week, before work began on the Fifth Avenue design, Souza explained that each artist or group was assigned a letter to work on while the demonstrations continued.
De Blasio clapped back a few hours later
Jon Souza of Thrive Collective, an arts organization in NYC, stands beside the mural on Centre streetCredit: Fionnuala O'Leary
An artist called 'Key Detail' works on the letter B on the street outside the courthouseCredit: Fionnuala O'Leary
Regarding Trump's Twitter statements about the murals being a "symbol of hate", Souza said that "you have to take it with a grain of salt."
"I think what's happening now there might be some differences of opinion," he told The Sun. "Now, this is what everybody needs: we all need our own form of art therapy.
"After coronavirus, we've all kind of gone through our own collective trauma, I think that art is one of the best ways to heal, to bring people together."
Souza said these larger-than-life messages are a way to get a dialogue going about recent events and "not just putting an opinion out to argue."
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Love it!
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So DeSantis, Florida gov, said today, that if fast food places, and Home Depot were essential and open, schools should be too. Riiiiight.
And, Moscow Mitch May not show up for the convention in Jax, waiting to see how the situation is. We are the hot spot of the world.
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The block of lower Manhattan's Centre St. (home of Fed., NYS & NYC courts & HQs) today renamed "Black Lives Matter Plaza" was where my dad's office was from the 1950s-70s. Dad is no doubt smiling down.
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OK, Jackie, I'll give it the ol' college (of Law) try. The 7-2 majority (per Roberts) held that Marshall's opinion in the treason trial of Aaron Burr--in which VP Burr sought to subpoena Pres. Jefferson--that a sitting President is indeed subject to an enforceable subpoena still pertains today. The reason that the Trump case is one of "first impression" is that Jefferson, Nixon, and Bill Clinton all (ultimately) obeyed rather than resisted subpoenas. However, Gorsuch & Kavanagh, in their concurrences, stated that in the Nixon case, the prosecution had to demonstrate to the Court's satisfaction a specific need for Presidential compliance with the subpoenas--but Roberts and the liberal four didn't require that here. Today's ruling was not a personal one against Trump per se, but a positive one on the law and the facts--and an emphatic holding that nobody, not even a sitting President, is above the law.
The part of the ruling characterized by some media as making the ruling a "mixed bag"--i.e., that Congress could not yet be granted access to the Trump financials to which the NY County DA (Cyrus Vance) was granted access--is actually another win for the rule of law, or at least not one in favor of Trump or the Presidency. SCOTUS remanded the Congressional access case back to a lower Federal court, so that Congress could continue to press for access. But it is now a given that Vance can dig to his heart's content now, and a possibility (though not a lead-pipe cinch) that a NYS grand jury could at least be convened (if not return an indictment) before Election Day. The biggest danger for Trump is if his tax records don't track with the financials from various banks.
The only possible upsides of today's ruling is that the Court did not address the SDNY (Fed. trial court, whose US Atty's ofc. is now headed by Berman's deputy) investigations; nor did it expressly invoke a Federal anti-corruption law that has been on the books for years. Some are spinning this as a "shield" for Trump, but even those pundits admit it's less a "shield" than it is a fragile sheet of cellophane. There's always a chance the state grand jury would fail to indict, or that the DC Circuit would refuse to allow Congress to access the records. But even so, this will be hanging over Trump's head for a very long time. Note there is nothing in the Constitution that prevents a President from being prosecuted at all--the DOJ policy against that is only a policy and doesn't carry the force of law, and the DOJ has no jurisdiction over state and local court systems. Granted, only a Senate conviction or electoral defeat (and the march of time reaching Jan. 20) can remove a President from office; he could theoretically govern from inside a prison cell the way some Mafia dons and street gang chieftains do. But he would most likely find some way to slink off and save face first, likely with Pence pardoning him...but that pardon could not be for state law violations.
What about NYS' protection against double jeopardy? Only an acquittal on or dismissal (with prejudice) of a specific Federal charge would prevent prosecution on a state charge whose elements are substantially identical to the defunct Federal charge. A pardon on Federal charges that have yet to be decided or even brought does not trigger the Constitutional (State or Federal) protections against double jeopardy.
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And it's not just SCOTUS deciding on Federal criminal case subpoenas as in Burr & Nixon (or civil suit subpoenas in Jones v. Clinton)--it has in effect conceded it has no power over state prosecutions. Only a NYS court (whether "Supreme," which is actually the trial level which in most cases is called "Superior;" or Court of Appeals) can rule against Vance getting access...and nobody sees that happening.
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When you exclude NY and NJ the chart is even worse.
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Somehow I'm really missing the brilliance of this one.
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OMG Betty Bowers is hillarious!!!!
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JULY 9, 2020
Meyerson on TAP
One More Confederate Monument to Destroy: The Electoral College
For anyone who still wonders why Confederate monuments need to come down, let me refer you to a famous line from the great bard of the white South, William Faulkner. In the white Southern universe—that is, in matters of white racism—Faulkner wrote, "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
The statues of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and their traitorous ilk were erected to perpetuate and reinforce white supremacy, and hence are completely valid targets for teardowns. But America suffers from one particular legacy of racism more damaging than the monuments, and the great Black Lives Matter movement that is seeking to create a more egalitarian nation needs to target that legacy, too.
I refer to the Electoral College.
As I discussed in my On TAP on Tuesday, the Supreme Court, by striking down earlier this week the ability of a presidential elector to vote for a candidate other than the one that their state's voters supported, affirmed that popular majorities determine whom a state will support for president—but not whom the nation will support. Al Gore received half a million more votes than George W. Bush in 2000 but lost the Electoral College vote to him. Hillary Clinton received nearly three million more votes than Donald Trump, but also lost in the Electoral College.
Though I've been writing about the racist origins of the Electoral College for several decades, beginning during the weeks of the 2000 election's long count, I didn't discuss it in my Tuesday blog post. My friend Karen D'Arc pointed out that omission to me (her normally dulcet tones rising to unusually high decibels during the phone call), and she was right to do so.
The Electoral College was one of the last particulars that the Constitution's drafters settled upon. Two factors led to its creation. The first was the pre-democratic belief that only a handful of men drawn from the nation's elite had the brains and dispositions to select a president. The second was the insistence of the drafters from slave states that the presidency should not be determined by popular vote, as the eligible electorate (at that time, white men of property) in Northern, non-slave states exceeded and would likely continue to exceed the eligible electorate in the South. Their fear, of course, was that under a popular-vote system, an anti-slavery candidate might one day win the presidency. Hence, they created the Electoral College, which benefited slavery and the South by giving every state, no matter its population, two extra votes (reflective of its Senate representation) and by lumping slaves into their population count by tallying them as three-fifths of a person.
From a Southern perspective, the system worked brilliantly. Had the Democratic Party not split in two (into a Northern indifferent-to-slavery wing and a Southern rabidly pro-slavery wing) in 1860, the Electoral College would have perpetuated slavery until God knows when. Once slavery was abolished and the 15th Amendment to the Constitution ratified in 1870, the South had to find other ways to suppress Black voting, and with its current Republican friends on the Supreme Court, it has managed to do so to this very day.
But as the United States becomes more racially diverse, and as the governing principle of the Republican Party has overtly become white supremacy, that racist Republican right can only cling to power through its reliance on the Electoral College, which stands athwart the principle and reality of majority rule. (Having long favored suppressing minority rights, Republicans have also come to favor suppressing majority rule, now that it's clear they can't win majority support among the nation's voters.)
In short, the Electoral College reflects and perpetuates the same values that those Confederate monuments reflected and perpetuated. Those who believe that Black Lives Matter need to topple this deeply undemocratic monstrosity, too.~ HAROLD MEYERSON
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When I was young, I admired clever people.
Now that I am old, I admire kind people. -Abraham Joshua Heschel0 -
Ruth.
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Ruth
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I read the RNC is considering holding the convention outdoors in a stadium in Jacksonville. In August. I would watch just to see him melt.
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Serenity, like the wicked witch of the west! I'd pay good money to see that!
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When I was young, I admired clever people.
Now that I am old, I admire kind people. -Abraham Joshua Heschel0 -
Reps. seem a bit adverse to kindness and empathy these days. I to would watch the convention under the above circumstances and likely enjoy to an extent. I've not been home but Dh said Trump is fuming at what has had to be cancelled just lately -- never mind a month from now and convention. Well, too bad, so sad. People are dying and you want to waste money on a plane, endanger secret service and their families and all in the hopes that some of your adoring fans will show up -- and then who knows for sure if it is their last rally or not. You are a pathetic, sick, joke and normal people with brain cells no longer find you amusing and we can't wait to get rid of you. You are an insane fool.
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It’s only 90 here today. Yes, he is considering moving it to a smallish soccer stadium in Jax. Very small place. The mayor of Jax has put a 50% cap on large gatherings so less than 3000 dummies could go in. And since Florida is a worldwide hot spot, I doubt it will be better here in a few weeks.
Also just saw he canceled his Talley in New Hampshire for tomorrow. Reason? A tropical storm is going to rain on New Jersey. Since he’s lousy at geography too, it’s canceled.
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