Good morning residents of Gnuville!
I know many of us are itching until our skin is red to get the orange blowhard the heck out of Kansas. He had his big bigotry rally in Florida, where he is polling below a few Dem candidates BTW, so now he probably feels like his sharts are the best sharts and no other shart could possibly beat him. Whatever side of the fence you sit on for “locking him the F up”, please remember, he is not winning, no where near winning. I write this for you as much as for myself, these are trying times. I want my government back, I want the twitter fingers in zip ties to never have the ability to tap the keyboard again. I believe we will get there. I believe and I want you to believe. Because if we do not believe will not triumph then we will lose our will to fight. And we need to fight! I feel so sorry for the color orange but the narcissistic mango man child must be defeated. Our tool is not only our vote but our Dem’s using the law. And the law can take time but the justice resulting from utilizing the law will land on our side!
Onward!
Let me start with this. I know I cannot afford to subscribe to the Washington Post either but you can get three free articles, if you used yours up ask a friend if you can click the link on their computer. :)
This is Trump’s worst poll number -- and what it means
There is one poll question I keep coming back to when I think about President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign. It’s the one in which pollsters ask whether people would “definitely not” vote for him.
This is an especially bad number for Trump. National polls generally show a majority of people (51-56 percent) say they wouldn’t (Fox News polls being the exception). And now a poll also shows that number is remarkably bad for Trump in a surprising place: Texas. The University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll shows that, when asked if they would vote to reelect Trump, 43 percent responded “definitely not”, and another 7 percent say “probably not.” That’s half the state intending not to vote for a Republican president -- in Texas.
The first thing we can say is that Trump’s struggles on this poll question are unprecedented. Pollsters have asked this question dating back to Jimmy Carter, and nobody has ever seen such a high “definitely not vote for" number as Trump.
Ah, the blue tsunami will arrive.
I found this as I was researching for this post and during the unholy tangerine behemoth’s “rally to kick of his 2020 audition for Celebrity Apprentice season 12 ½ vomit edition”:
Orlando Sentinel announces endorsement for whichever Democrat takes on Trump In 2020
Hours before President Trump is set to kickoff his 2020 reelection campaign in Orlando, the city’s largest news organization announced they are endorsing whoever challenges Trump in the general election regardless of who it is.
“We’re here to announce our endorsement for president in 2020, or, at least, who we’re not endorsing: Donald Trump,” the Orlando Sentinel said in
its Tuesday staff editorial. “Because there’s no point pretending we would ever recommend that readers vote for Trump.”
After nearly three years, the paper’s editorial board said it has seen enough.
“Enough of the chaos, the division, the schoolyard insults, the self-aggrandizement, the corruption, and especially the lies,” they said. “So many lies — from white lies to whoppers — told out of ignorance, laziness, recklessness, expediency or opportunity.”
It would be much more satisfying if they stated they would support a shoe over the cantaloupe arsehole but we take what we can get and if gets under the skin of it, all the better.
Bahahaha, this (haha, cause the balloon, am I right?):
With Trump in Orlando, protesters rally to ‘win with love’
Hundreds of protesters – and one giant inflatable baby – turned out to denounce President Donald Trump on Tuesday just up the road from where he was officially launching his 2020 re-election campaign.
Anti-Trump demonstrators hoisted signs that said “Dump Trump" and “Hate Doesn’t Make Us Great" during the protest rally, which featured speakers including local activists and elected officials.
The news is just not good for the dumpster no matter where you look, and I do not care what Brad Parscale says, he is a tool.
CNBC Poll: Millionaires Say Voting Trump Out Of Office Is The Number One Priority
On June 12, CNBC released a survey of millionaires. The results were quite striking.
A solid 60% of millionaires support Elizabeth Warren's plan for taxing the wealth on those that have more than $50 million in assets.
That's astounding.
Click the link, the graphic is “astounding”.
As I have stated I go back and forth on this issue, the speed at which it is occurring, and all the other issues surrounding the topic. I try to just stay focused and let the wheels turn and believe, yet this is some good news IMO:
Cracks form in Democratic dam against impeachment
More cracks are appearing in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) dam against impeachment.
Rep. Katie Porter (Calif.) on Monday became the second Democrat representing a swing district to back the opening of an inquiry.
Porter joined Rep. Tom Malinowski (N.J.), the other freshman Democrat from a swing district to endorse the impeachment effort. Hillary Clintonwon Porter’s district by five points and she also won Malinowski’s district by one point.
After the president’s remarks about accepting foreign dirt on an election opponent, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), a Pelosi ally who's running for president, quickly endorsed impeachment.
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), a chief deputy whip, piled on a day later, saying the president's comments were “absolutely chilling.”
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), a 14-term lawmaker, joined the brigade over the weekend. She cited “numerous violations of public trust and democratic norms” in arriving at the “inescapable conclusion” that Democrats should begin the impeachment process immediately.
I believe, there is that word again, intelligent, thoughtful discussion about this topic is good for us.
Lest we think nothing is moving forward:
Schiff: ‘Time is running out’ for Mueller to testify
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said the clock is ticking for Robert Mueller to publicly testify about his investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election.
“Time is running out,” Schiff said Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day.” “With someone like Bob Mueller, making an appeal to his patriotism and a sense of duty is the right way to go.”
And this:
The House committee quietly racking up oversight wins against Trump
House Democrats are largely pursuing flashy, partisan, made-for-TV investigations targeting President Donald Trump, but one panel is taking a different approach — and getting results.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is quietly amassing documents on allegations of politically motivated retaliation at the State Department. It’s looking into whether Trump has violated foreign emoluments and conflict of interest rules, and lawmakers are working to find out more about the president's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and how Trump leads American foreign policy behind the scenes — all without the fanfare associated with the other committees’ work.
The panel has secured wins on a number of fronts, and aides and lawmakers alike attribute that to the under-the-radar support they’re getting from Republicans, many of whom have grown exasperated with the president’s decisions on foreign policy and national security issues. It’s also a historically bipartisan committee that boasts a strong relationship between the top Democrat and Republican on the panel.
“People are concerned to know the relationship between Putin and Trump,” Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said in an interview. “We’re working our way there.”
See and believe.
Mueller's report may be completed, but his work isn't done. And that's what we told Congress.
On June 10, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing that focused on allegations, documented by evidence in the Mueller report, that President Donald Trump obstructed justice by interfering with a criminal investigation into his own misconduct. We testified at this hearing, which served as another step towards helping the country understand what is actually in the Mueller report and what it means.
With the drumbeat of the 2020 primary getting louder, not to mention the myriad other news stories that assault us daily, there is an impulse to jump from story to story. But while the Mueller report itself has been completed, the work Mueller seems to have envisioned is far from over, namely, a decision as to whether there will be any consequences for obstructive conduct engaged in by the president.
The investigations are not over.
I just thought this was a cool link to include for the many ways one can read the report without having to read 448 pages:
All Of The Mueller Report's Findings In Under 30 Minutes!
So sad for the shart shifter:
Trump’s empty Cabinet
A little more than a year ago, moments after he fired former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet, President Donald Trump looked ahead optimistically to reshaping his Cabinet.
Standing on the White House driveway, the president told reporters, “I’m really at a point where we’re getting very close to having the Cabinet and other things that I want.”
It hasn’t quite worked out that way. Instead, Trump has a Cabinet-by-default, many of whose members were simply the last man — or woman — standing after others pulled out of the running, declined the president’s job offers or couldn’t get through their nomination hearings.
In just the latest instance of a Trump official going down amid the harsh glare of an invigorated Washington press corps, acting defense secretary Pat Shanahan withdrew from consideration for the top Pentagon job on Tuesday as news outlets published lurid accounts of his divorce.
“We have all the best people, only the best” I cannot think of another shade of orange at this point, let’s just say what an an idiot.
He is winning all over the place, I swear:
Trump administration cannot weaken Obama-era safety rule for miners, court says
A federal court has quashed the Trump administration's effort to relax a health and safety rule for mine workers, arguing that the changes would put miners at risk.
The Obama-era rule — finalized in 2017 in the last days of the previous administration — requires mine operators to examine workplaces before miners begin their shifts and to make a record of adverse health and safety conditions. The rule applies to workers who extract granite, stone, copper and other non-coal substances from mines.
Under Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, the Mine Safety and Health Administration modified the rule in 2018 by allowing mines to conduct inspections either "before work begins or as miners begin work," and excusing them from having to record harmful conditions that are corrected quickly.
On June 11, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that the administration's justification for relaxing the safety rule was "arbitrary and capricious." Under federal law, the MSHA is prohibited from making changes that weaken existing health and safety protections for workers.
These best people really do not give a rat’s arse about anyone, oh except the super wealthy and their own power. Yuck.
A quick music break, I just thought this was so cool:
Some NY news, love my state, elections matter, cause Coumo would not have acted this way before 2018, even though he claims to be a Dem:
NY Senate OKs bill granting driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants
The New York Senate passed a bill Monday night that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license, despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s concern that federal authorities might seek to use the information to deport recipients.
The bill narrowly passed the Democratic-controlled Senate, 33-29, after more than four hours of debate and with only two days remaining in the 2019 legislative session.
Cuomo immediately signed the measure into law…
Hope stays alive:
New York lawmakers are making a last-minute push to legalize marijuana
With just two days to go in the current legislative session, New York state lawmakers are making a last-minute push to legalize marijuana.
The effort to legalize cannabis really kicked off this year, after Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his support for marijuana legalization in 2018 and introduced a proposal to legalize soon after. But despite Cuomo’s support and Democratic control of the state’s legislature, the proposal has struggled to get through — due to political concerns and disagreements about how the money from marijuana taxes should be used.
Cuomo’s office has met with staff members from the state Assembly and Senate in recent days, for the first time since the last legalization push broke down, Vivian Wang and Jesse McKinley reported in the New York Times.
So far in New York, opponents are holding out. But state lawmakers may have something to say about that before the week ends.
Fingers crossed!
Hey, the dumpster fire is still winning on coal...not:
Renewables are winning the economics battle against new coal and gas, stunning study shows
A new study reveals just how stunningly rapid the clean energy transition is.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reported on Tuesday that renewables are now the cheapest form of new electricity generation across two thirds of the world — cheaper than both new coal and new natural gas power.
Yet just five years ago, renewables were the cheapest source of new power in only 1% of the world, explains BNEF in its New Energy Outlook 2019.
Equally remarkable, BNEF projects that by 2030, wind and solar will “undercut existing coal and gas almost everywhere.”
Hope, fighting for the future, science, will win!
Okay so boaty may not have great news, but it is so cool we have these scientific innovations to help us understand what our amazing Earth is going through:
Boaty McBoatface, Internet-Adored Sub, Makes Deep-Sea Discovery On Climate Change
Remember Boaty McBoatface? In the years since the naming snafu over a research vessel grabbed international headlines, Boaty has been off gathering crucial deep-sea data on the effects of climate change.
Now, the findings from Boaty's first mission are out — and they shed light on how Antarctic winds that are strengthening due to climate change are impacting sea levels.
But before we dive into what Boaty found, let's remember how it got here.
Back in 2016, Britain's Natural Environment Research Council asked the public for help naming a new cutting-edge polar research ship. Shackleton, Endeavor and Falcon were among the contenders put forth, as NPR reported at the time. But the Internet had another idea. Voters in the online poll overwhelmingly threw their support behind "Boaty McBoatface."
Read the whole thing, boaty is fascinating.
From Indivisible:
Your 5 weekly to-dos
- Sign up to attend a debate watch party on June 26-27.Indivisibles across the country will be gathering on June 26 and 27 in living rooms, restaurants, and bars to cheer on our candidates and push for a nominee who truly represents our values. Find an event with your local Indivisible chapter today or host your own and invite your friends!
- Record a video now telling the presidential candidates what you want to hear from the debate stage. There’s no question that the candidates have to speak to the grassroots next week (and always). Now’s your chance: record a video telling us what you want to hear from them in Miami and we’ll amplify you (and you might just end up in some pre-debate coverage).
- Keep the pressure up on your MoC to open an impeachment inquiry. We need to make it clear that the momentum from the events on June 15 isn’t going to let up; call your MoC and tell them the time is now to open an impeachment inquiry (and when you’re done calling, submit a letter to the editor, write a note to your MoC, and record a video).
- Join the National Call-In Day this Thursday, June 20 to demand that Congress pass bold legislation to reduce prescription drug prices. Drug companies have been abusing their monopolies to drive up prices, making medicine unaffordable for too many people. Rep. Lloyd Doggett’s H.R. 1046 would help to fix this problem by allowing generic manufacturers to compete with name-brand drugs if drug companies refuse to negotiate a fair price for their medicines with Medicare. Get up to speed using our resource, help us spread the word on social using these graphics, and on Thursday use our call in number (1-855-980-2355) to make some noise for H.R. 1046.
- Join Indivisible Co-Executive Directors Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin this Wednesday at 3:30pm ET for their (new!) monthly Facebook Live. The response to Leah and Ezra’s monthly email has been great, so we want to try something new! Every month, Ezra and Leah will join you on Facebook Live to talk about the latest on what’s happening at Indivisible and answer some of the questions we’re getting from folks around the movement. Be sure to like our Facebook page and you’ll get notified when we go live on Wednesday.
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That’s it for me folk’s. Discuss what I may have missed, share your own good news local or other wise, share your activism, or just share something to give us a chuckle, goats anyone?
I have a webinar in the am, so I will catch up here around 10 am or so. I have had so many webinars...sigh. See you then but you know what to do before that.
Peace!