justhappentobewhite

mother of 3, GiGi of 1. He is my King #BLACKLIVESMATTER lover of love, hater of hate. It's the lips for me.

[justhappentobewhite @HarberJennie]

If you have multiple numbers in your handle, I will block you. Don't bother following me.

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

I want to be clear where I stand on this. This is inhumane, sadistic, and a violation of the power and authority the police are given by our government.
It is wrong.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Wow — Active duty Air Force Major Jason Watson. Arrested for protesting Trump.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

VARGAS: In the middle of this affordability crisis, Trump revealed that he and family raked in $2 billion in his first year in office. Does that make it harder for Republicans like you to argue that he has their affordability in mind?

MIKE LAWLER: I can tell you one-party Democratic rule in NY has not resulted in affordability

VARGAS: You didn't answer my question

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

"The Treatment of Iran’s World Cup Team Exposed the West's and FIFA's Double Standards"

Iran’s captain was asked about LGBT rights. So, why then wasn’t the U.S. team captain asked about the U.S. bombing of the girls' school in Minab, asks @fbhutto ?
https://t.co/68qnQgYoTI

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

What this means is that the jury verdict that determined that @realDonaldTrump had sexually abused my friend E. Jean Carroll by penetrating her vagina with his fingers, and therefore had defamed her by denying that he had done so, will stand as a final and conclusive judgment.

The highly respected district judge who tried the case, the Hon. Lewis A. Kaplan, correctly stated multiple times that the jury's finding of sexual abuse under New York law meant that, in common parlance and under the law of most jurisdictions, Donald Trump was found to have raped E. Jean.

So henceforth and forever more, it will be completely accurate—and utterly inactionable under the common and constitutional law of defamation—to state the following fact:

DONALD J. TRUMP IS AN ADJUDICATED RAPIST.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Roberta Kaplan, attorney for E. Jean Carroll:

"Today's Supreme Court decision affirms once and for all the jury's unanimous verdict that President Donald J. Trump sexually assaulted and defamed E. Jean Carroll. His multiple efforts to appeal that verdict have all failed and today's ruling ends his quest to avoid accountability for his actions."

[justhappentobewhite @HarberJennie]

@TheTNHoller @GovRonDeSantis @RepJeffries He's trying to be like trump with the racist impressions

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH: “HOLY SHIT.”

John Oliver reacts to Republican @GovRonDeSantis’ wildly obviously racist impression of @RepJeffries.

(met with no condemnation by his party, largely ignored by the media)

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Lmao Dr. Oz and Dean Cain are on stage at Trump’s dumpster fire state fair talking about the "tons of people" there and then the camera does a 360 🤣💀

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: In the Chicago suburbs, an ICE agent assaults a teenager for filming his vehicle, and pointing out that it illegally has no license plate.

In the video, a U.S. citizen is peacefully filming an ICE vehicle, that is sitting in a parking lot. He walks to the back of the SUV to document that it has no license plate.

That’s when the ICE agent jumps out, screaming, “Get away from my vehicle!” while aggressively charging toward the teenager.

The teenager immediately backs away, but the ICE agent keeps walking at him, tries to trip the teenager , and continues yelling… even though neither of them are anywhere near the vehicle anymore.

Filming government officials performing their duties, in public, is protected by the First Amendment. That protection doesn’t disappear just because the official doesn’t like being recorded.

An officer also can’t lawfully use physical force simply because someone is filming them. Using force, to stop someone from recording, is a violation of that person’s constitutional rights.

And let’s not ignore the reason the ICE agent got out of his car in the first place...

Illinois law requires vehicles, driven on public roads, to display valid registration plates. This ICE vehicle is not following that law.

So, if your first instinct, when someone records your conduct, is to assault them… you’re proving exactly why the public is recording in the first place.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

The name of the Kennedy Center remains covered by a tarp and scaffolding. Two guards are standing in front of it.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Hey @KenPaxtonTX that's not your wife

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Let me tell you what just got reported, because you will not believe it until you see it laid out.

The Trump administration cut a billion-dollar tungsten deal with Kazakhstan. Tungsten is the metal we need for missile warheads, fighter jets, and computer chips. Trump himself got on the phone to close it. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick worked it from the inside, sending letters, leaning on the Kazakh president, lining up as much as $1.6 billion in federal financing.

Within weeks of those negotiations, investors tied to a firm partly owned by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump took a 20% stake in an entity connected to the very same Kazakhstan project their father was negotiating. Around that same time, Cantor Fitzgerald, the firm run by Lutnick’s own sons, raised $210 million for a partner in the deal and pocketed the fees.

The fathers set the policy. The sons cashed in.

Six days after the Trump sons and their partners moved their money, Lutnick signed the final deal.

The reporting found one or both families have financial ties to at least 14 companies working with the government on critical mining deals.

The total federal funding flowing toward those companies tops $8.9 billion.

This is your tax money.

It is supposed to secure our supply chains and protect our troops, not pad the portfolios of the President’s children and the Commerce Secretary’s children.

This is the most corrupt administration in American history. It is not close.

We must keep digging, and keep asking the questions they do not want asked. Republicans in Congress are unwilling to lift a finger. Mike Johnson is running a protection racket.

Either we will end the corruption, or the corruption will be the end of us.

https://t.co/yFOl7zvOhC

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Meet the Press host Ryan Nobles exposed Sen. Roger Marshall's BS about "election fraud" and the need for the SAVE America Act, pressing him to provide evidence (Marshall had none) and leaving him stammering when he asked, "Are you trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist?"

Here's the full exchange:

[justhappentobewhite @HarberJennie]

@HQNewsNow Did he feel the same way when Obama and Biden were president?

[justhappentobewhite @HarberJennie]

Absofuckinglutely right!!!

[Acyn @Acyn]

Johnson: If we lose the midterms, these Democrats will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the cabinet, his donors, friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Johnson: If we lose the midterms, these Democrats will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the cabinet, his donors, friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Will this be part of Texas's Bible study?

Leviticus 19:33–34: “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself.”

https://t.co/0W4e3OjhPT

[Martín Dandach @MartinDandach]

El capitán de la Selección de Irán, Mehdi Taremi, explotó contra la FIFA y la organización de Estados Unidos.

“Esta es una Copa del Mundo desastrosa. Como jugadores profesionales no podemos jugar una competición en estas condiciones, no está bien ni es justo. Si la FIFA piensa que esto es justo, tema de ellos, pero no lo es. ¿Quién debería solucionar este problema por nosotros? ¿La FIFA? ¿EE.UU.? ¡No sé! Díganme un nombre. El presidente de la FIFA, Gianni Infantino, vino a nuestro vestuario después del primer partido contra Nueva Zelanda y dijo que iba a resolver todos los problemas, pero en realidad, la FIFA no hizo nada. Respondiendo la pregunta de: "¿Sienten que los organizadores de la Copa del Mundo, incluidos la FIFA y los funcionarios estadounidenses, prefieren que Irán sea eliminado de la competencia?", digo: Tenemos que luchar contra absolutamente todo. No podemos quedarnos en el país, viajamos y nos sometemos a controles migratorios cada vez que queremos jugar, ahora no podemos quedarnos en Seattle y tenemos que volver a Tijuana. Han hecho todo lo posible para eliminarnos, entonces desde nuestra perspectiva, sí, creo que lo quieren así, nos quieren afuera”.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Paigelynne Gonyea, the Syracuse poll worker who federal immigration agents recently confronted at her voting site as she worked an election, said in an interview with Democracy Docket that she’s exploring legal options, including free speech violations. https://t.co/lowmA2GfWC