Today’s comic by Mark Fiore is America’s worst idea:
What’s coming up on Sunday Kos …
- ' ... we are the hard-boiled sons of Emmett Till,’ by Denise Oliver Velez
- Trump campaign hopes for reverse ‘Bradley Effect,’ by Jon Perr
- Mothers’ fighting Chicago violence one block at a time, by Sher Watts Spooner
- New con man Trump v2.0 is the same phony racialist pandering grifter as the old Trump v1.0, by Frank Vyan Walton
- Apple is right: Patriotism has nothing to do with taxes, and it is wrong about avoiding them, by Mark E Andersen
- If fascism ever does come to America, the media will be goosestepping right in line, by Laurence Lewis
- It’s time to stop criminalizing a medical issue, by Susan Grigsby
- Recent headlines signal need for single-payer Medicare for All—now, by Egberto Willies
- King snakes and duck eggs: How social media giants are impacting indie site owners, by DarkSyde
Good:
The judge who sentenced former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman will no longer preside over criminal cases.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky became the subject of protests and a recall campaign after sentencing Turner in June. Sentencing guidelines suggested a minimum of two years and up to 14 years in prison; Turner was sentenced to six months in jail and is expected to serve half that time.
Kind of gives you hope:
On Sunday, an ordinary C-SPAN segment quickly transformed into a rare and moving conversation about racial attitudes in America, when a white man called in to admit he is prejudiced and wanted to change to "be a better American." [...]
"What can I do to change? You know, to be a better American?"
McGhee paused, visibly touched by the powerful display of honesty. She thanked Gary for having the courage to share his concerns, which could spark a much-needed dialogue for all Americans of every race and ethnicity to challenge deeply rooted biases. McGhee then outlined several ways that he and all Americans could try to overcome prejudice, such as considering to get to know black families, attending a diverse church, and turning off the news, which creates an image of African Americans at odds with reality.
That this was even a thing is disgusting:
France's highest administrative court has suspended a ban on full-body "burkini" swimsuits that was imposed in a town on the Mediterranean coast.
The ban in Villeneuve-Loubet "seriously and clearly illegally breached fundamental freedoms to come and go, freedom of beliefs and individual freedom", it found.
The ruling could set a precedent for up to 30 other towns that imposed bans.
On today’s Kagro in the Morning show: Your weekend vagenda: Paul “Dick” LePage leaves a message after the beep. Greg Dworkin reviews Clinton’s speech. Bannon’s got a voter fraud problem, but is a just a “regular Joe” living in an Egyptian politician’s house & holding levitating CPAC orgies.
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