“They’re not protesters. You know, these are thugs, they’re rioters. And yeah, I’m calling out the media, saying quit claiming that these rioters are people. They’re stomping on a flag — figuratively and literally — shouting ‘death to cops’, celebrating violence.” – Sarah Palin on Black Lives Matter Protesters
More and More, It Looks Like The Dallas Cop Killer Was A Nut
Dallas police now believe that Micah Johnson, who shot and killed 5 Dallas police following a Black Lives Matter march, was actually planning some sort of mass attack, but advanced his plans to take advantage of the BLM march. His house was full of bomb making equipment, far too much to have put together in recent days. He had received … Read More
Two Deadly Police Shootings In Two Days
Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was standing in the parking lot selling CDs as he had for years when two white cops arrived on Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning he was dead and protesters were in the city’s streets. Calls erupted from Congress and the NAACP for an independent investigation into the shooting, which the Justice Department announced within … Read More
Breaking: Scotus Decisions
Three big cases remain outstanding on the SCOTUS docket: one on abortion, one on immigration, and one on affirmative action. The last one was just handed down moments ago. FISHER v UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS Facts of the case In 1997, the Texas legislature enacted a law requiring the University of Texas to admit all high school seniors who ranked in … Read More
Lord Gets Served
For nearly a 20 minutes Tuesday night, CNN political commentator and Donald Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord tried to defend the presumptive GOP nominee’s racist rant against a federal judge. It didn’t go well at all. Instead, seven other panelists raked Lord over the coals. Asked whether he would denounce what Trump said as racism, Lord said, “It wasn’t racism. He is calling attention … Read More
Meet Another Trump Delegate
…. with a perfectly innocent Twitter handle. .She is Chicago mortgage banker Lori Gayne: “With all the racism going on today, I’m very proud to be white. Just like black people are proud to be black and now, as white people, whenever we say something critical we’re punished as if we’re racists. I’m tired of it. I’m very proud,” Gayne … Read More
Trump Supporters Are Really Really Ugly
On Thursday evening, New York Times Washington editor, Jonathan Weisman tweeted out a link to a Robert Kagan editorial in the Washington Post. Kagan’s editorial explained the relationship between what’s happening with Trump and fascism. It’s a common — and common sense — argument, i.e.., that patriotism becomes nationalism becomes fascism, with the rise of a charismatic figure with no regard for laws or … Read More
Trump And “Apprentice: Race War”
Buzzfeed has the audio: In early 2005, Donald Trump explained to radio host Howard Stern that he had considered hosting a version of his show The Apprentice pitting black contestants vs. white ones. Trump thought the concept, which BuzzFeed News reported Thursday Trump pushed the idea on his syndicated radio show, would be the highest rated show on television. “On … Read More
Trump’s Awkward Outreach To Hispanics
Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2016 Because when one thinks of Hispanics, of course, one thinks of tacos. That’s what their culture is all about, right? Tacos? The number of things wrong with this tweet is astounding. Cinco de Mayo is … Read More
The Tubman Freakout
Seriously? That’s Fox’s Greta Van Susteren saying that Obama is needlessly “dividing the country” by replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20, with Harriet Tubman. Has this woman lost her mind? Dividing the country between who and who? Or is it personal (she does resemble Jackson)? Then, Van Susteren had a suggestion as to how the Obama administration could have avoided “dividing the country”: … Read More
Trump Shouldn’t Talk About Things
He took questions on the Today show today: Q: Tell us your views of LGBT and how you plan to be inclusive. Please speak about the North Carolina bathroom law. A: ”North Carolina did something that was very strong and they’re paying a big price and there’s a lot of problems,” said Trump, who would have left things as they were. “There have … Read More
Trump The Unifier
At last night’s Super Tuesday presser, Trump insisted that he was a “unifier”, adding that being a unifier to his resume may surprise some people, and “believe me”. But… VALDOSTA, Ga. — There are different accounts of who made the decision to eject approximately 30 black students who say they were standing silently at the top of the bleachers at Donald Trump’s … Read More
Oh, Give It A Rest, White People
The Guardian reports: The NFL has been accused of various misdemeanours down the years, from ignoring head trauma to failing to control its players’ off the field activities. Now we can add another problem to the list: allowing hate speech to be disseminated during the Super Bowl via the medium of song and dance. That, at least, is the view … Read More
What The Tamir Rice Incident Reveals About Open Carry Gun Laws
So much yes from Charles Pierce in Esquire: There certainly is no point in emphasizing the damn irony that Ohio is an “open carry” state so, even if the cops assumed Rice was 18, and they also assumed his gun was real, they had no cause even to stop him, let alone open fire. Listen to the spiel that Wayne … Read More
Does Being White Make You A Racist?
Professor George Yancy of Emory University thinks so. Here’s his New York Times Editorial, an open letter to White America. I print it in full below the fold. But here is my response: Dear Mr. Yancy: You speak undeniable truths about the world we live in, and about how white people like me benefit (almost instinctively) from white privilege. That’s true. But … Read More