NEW: The state says the DougCo Sheriff illegally spent $100,000+ in taxpayer money in an attempt to keep his deputies from unionizing. @marcsallinger reports for @nexton9news. #copolitics
So North Carolina went blue across the board except for president. Dem Governor, Dem Lt Governor, Dem school superintendent, Dem AG, and 2 dem reps. And Trump. Do I have that right?
When our grandchildren read about this era of American politics they will be baffled as to how so many of their ancestors aligned themselves with this kind of ideology.
Everyone looks back at the 1960s and says they would have behaved differently yet…here we are.
Russia calling in bomb threats to polling places in liberal districts across the country should be bigger news right now. They’re interfering for Trump right in the open, right in front of our faces
Five more polling places in DeKalb County have received bomb threats. Voting has been suspended at those precincts. This is a deliberate attempt to prevent Americans from casting ballots. FBI has linked today’s previous threats to Russians. Official release below
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the white moderate:
“I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.”
Riot fencing is being installed in DC ahead of the election. This isn’t normal and the press needs to be clear why. Trump incited a violent insurrection and continues to present an ongoing threat to our democracy. The security measures are entirely due to the danger he presents.
McConnell made a crucial decision on impeachment after Jan. 6 that reverberates today. Senate Rs were spooked and he had influence; some believed his support could’ve led to 67 votes to convict AND bar Trump from running for office again. He voted to acquit. The rest is history.