BREAKING: Jerry Lewis, Comedy Legend, Has Died at 91 https://t.co/xlII4DRGsc
— Variety (@Variety) August 20, 2017
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@realDonaldTrump is hiring people of color actors to support his PHX rally to pardon #SheriffJoe. Here's the jobs he is bragging about. pic.twitter.com/SBeYoXfBFh
— Marcus Ferrell (@Marcus4America) August 20, 2017
I've protested my whole life. Protests have real power. But realism and long-term thinking about linking them to deeper organizing is key.
— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) August 20, 2017
The deplorable demographic https://t.co/2xPf0HOj8Y
— Ken Ashford (@KenAshford) August 20, 2017
"Ladies and gentlemen, I've looked into the future and you will not believe this shit." pic.twitter.com/MRhKWgXAYI
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) August 20, 2017
Props to the woman who carried this in Boston. Wanted to give it a signal boost on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/lxliNL0dEo
— Kristi Winters (@KWintie) August 19, 2017
Yes, we'll come together when to leave office. https://t.co/Lm9sNn6rLq
— Ken Ashford (@KenAshford) August 19, 2017
totally normal free speech rally pic.twitter.com/bAILrd8lZZ
— Sara Byrella (@umbyrella) August 19, 2017
It's almost like the United States has no President – we are a rudderless ship heading for a major disaster. Good luck everyone!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 20, 2014
Overlook Hotel, July 4, 1921 pic.twitter.com/Tyw7i69bFI
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) August 19, 2017
Member of Trump's Evangelical Advisory Board resigns over 'conflict in values' https://t.co/ReoPumlc5X
— Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd) August 19, 2017
Trump, who says he doesn't watch CNN, gets mad when @JoshuaGreen is on CNN discussing Bannon as a strategist https://t.co/FInDn22yWv pic.twitter.com/XpOxvkeQic
— Mark Berman (@markberman) August 18, 2017
Saw his Time interview. In my book, any 18 year old who talks about "his brand" is an automatic douche who deserves everything he gets. https://t.co/lpfIcLWn1u
— Ken Ashford (@KenAshford) August 18, 2017
Unbelievable. He actually did bring the Middle East together. pic.twitter.com/miP9MyVLsS
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 17, 2017
This was quite a segment from @CNN that will be shared far and wide pic.twitter.com/AK7dznQku5
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) August 18, 2017
— IDIOCRACY (@buzzbuzz7987) August 18, 2017
Well…. yes. Especially if you count email forwards as "media" https://t.co/vXRhgeqbZe
— Ken Ashford (@KenAshford) August 18, 2017
I don't even know what this even means https://t.co/qALkVswyrr
— Ken Ashford (@KenAshford) August 18, 2017
Whoa. The new cover of @DerSPIEGEL. pic.twitter.com/bSwybrJPRi
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 18, 2017
DNC minces no words — "one less white supremacist in the White House" pic.twitter.com/OjSl4VMIal
— Ken Ashford (@KenAshford) August 18, 2017
i cant believe this worked lol pic.twitter.com/BO3jfpodwB
— Hippo (@InternetHippo) August 18, 2017
Steve Bannon just told me he resigned from the White House two weeks ago @POTUS #Bannon
— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) August 18, 2017
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Fallout From Charlottesville – White Supramacists: Where Are The Now?
by Ken Ashford •
In the week since “Unite the Right” protest in Charlottesville on Monday:
- Four of the men who marched in defense of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s statue no longer have jobs: a roofer, a pizza shop employee, a supermarket employee, and a hot dog shop employee.
- 18 year old white supremacist Boston College sophomore-to-be, who marched in Charlottesville, is dropping out of BC after blowback, claiming it would hurt his “brand” to remain
- Last we heard from Christopher Cantwell—the lead subject of Vice‘s chilling report from Charlottesville—he was holed up in a hotel and weeping into his cell phone. The dating site OKCupid has apparently “banned him for life.”
- The Daily Stormer no longer has a home on the open internet: GoDaddy and Google, as well as Cloudflare, have all severed their ties with the site.
- VDare, a more thinky group that advocates racial separatism in order to preserve white civilization/culture, had its Paypal account suspended and lost its booking at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, where it planned to hold its annual conference.
- Milo Yiannopoulos had his MailChimp account shut down.
- In an interview with The American Prospect (of all places), former Breitbart CEO Steve Bannon–the alt right’s paladin in the White House— described the marchers in Charlottesville as “a collection of clowns” and “losers”
- All of this is probably insult heaped on injury for the National Policy Institute’s Richard Spencer, whose gym cancelled his membership back in May.
Please note the imagery is explicitly derived from Nazi Party poster design and the birds in the air are Nazi eagles. pic.twitter.com/3MmyNHAQZ6
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 16, 2017
BREAKING: U.S. State Department is experiencing system-wide unclassified email outage, State Dept. official tells @Abs_NBC
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 18, 2017
News
Breaking News, Rightwing Extremism/Violence, Trump & Administration
Day’s Unfolding Events
by Ken Ashford •
(1) Protest in Durham NC: Scheduled for noon and 4 pm. I’m following live feeds and the anti-protesters seem to have taken over downtown Durham. Not much of a fascist presence. Looks peaceful at the moment — some minor vandalism…
Congress, Democrats, Local Interest, Polls, Republicans, Trump & Administration, Voter Suppression
Interesting Poll Numbers From North Carolina — Trump Underwater
by Ken Ashford •
From PPP: PPP’s new North Carolina poll finds strong, bipartisan opposition to cuts the General Assembly has made to the budget of the North Carolina Department of Justice. Only 18% of voters support the 10 million dollars in cuts that…
Clinton Email Faux Scandal, Fake News, Trump & Administration, Trump-Russian Collusion
The “Fake News” Is Coming From Inside The (White) House
by Ken Ashford •
I have avoided writing about the Seth Rich conspiracy theory being propped up by Fox. It was just too disgusting. But now it has political, rather than journalistic, implications. Seth Rich was murdered in Washington, D.C. in July 2016 in what police…
Breaking News, Trump & Administration
Breaking: Sean Spicer Resigns
by Ken Ashford •
The same morning that Anthony Scaramucci is appointed as White House Communications Director, Sean Spicer resigns. Reports are that he vehemently opposed Scaramucci’s appointment. Trump offered Scaramucci the job at 10 a.m. Trump requested that Spicer stay on, but Spicer…
Politics
Trump & Administration
Trump: A CNN Review Of His Last Four Weeks
by Ken Ashford •
Breaking News, Rightwing Extremism/Violence, Trump & Administration
Day’s Unfolding Events
by Ken Ashford •
(1) Protest in Durham NC: Scheduled for noon and 4 pm. I’m following live feeds and the anti-protesters seem to have taken over downtown Durham. Not much of a fascist presence. Looks peaceful at the moment — some minor vandalism…
Rightwing Extremism/Violence, Trump & Administration
Our Bigoted President: An Historical Week of Shame
by Ken Ashford •
It’s Friday, and it’s still difficult for me to comment on the fallout from Trump’s moral equivalence press conference on Tuesday. Having tucked into his pocket some notes about what he was SUPPOSED to say… Trump “went rogue” (i.e., was…
Rightwing Extremism/Violence, Trump & Administration
Charlottesville
by Ken Ashford •
I did not know it was even going on. I should have been paying attention to social media. But I woke up on Saturday to news of skirmishes in Charlottesville. White nationalists gathered for a “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, ostensibly…
Culture & Education & Religion
Culture & Education & Religion, Random Musings
You Say You Want A Revolution?
by Ken Ashford •
Well, what do you even MEAN by the word “revolution”? It’s often said that reformists are former revolutionaries who simply got old, tired and beaten down. Maybe. But reformists get things done and actually bring about social change. After all,…
Military Issues, Transgender Issues
Document Dump: Complaint In Transgender Military Personnel Lawsuit Against Trump Et Al
by Ken Ashford •
Godstuff, Right Wing Punditry/Idiocy, Trump & Administration
Trumpers See Whatever They Want To See In Trump – Exhibit A
by Ken Ashford •
“He is unashamed in standing up for increasing an awareness of God in the United States. He recognizes how important that is and that that is a basis of Western civilization. As a believer in Jesus Christ, I could not…
Cybersecurity, Republicans, Sex/Morality/Family Values
Trust The GOP, Do You?
by Ken Ashford •
Well, read this: Political data gathered on more than 198 million US citizens was exposed this month after a marketing firm contracted by the Republican National Committee stored internal documents on a publicly accessible Amazon server. The data leak contains…
Idiocracy
North Korea, Right Wing and Inept Media, Trump & Administration, White House Secrecy
Will The Attorney General’s Investigation Into Leaks Snare Trump And Fox News?
by Ken Ashford •
Here is a tweet from Fox News this morning at 5:30 a.m.: U.S. spy satellites detect North Korea moving anti-ship…
Godstuff, Right Wing Punditry/Idiocy, Trump & Administration
Trumpers See Whatever They Want To See In Trump – Exhibit A
by Ken Ashford •
“He is unashamed in standing up for increasing an awareness of God in the United States. He recognizes how important…
World
North Korea, Trump & Administration
Locked And Loaded? Really?
by Ken Ashford •
“Locked and loaded”? This macho shit is insane. I don’t even know what that means. LATE UPDATE FROM AN AFTERNOON…
North Korea, Trump & Administration
Don’t Let Trump Read This
by Ken Ashford •
It’s now becoming routine — Trump’s advisers have to walk back his off-the-cuff statements… this time to avert war. From…
Law
Breaking News, Rightwing Extremism/Violence, Trump & Administration
Day’s Unfolding Events
by Ken Ashford •
(1) Protest in Durham NC: Scheduled for noon and 4 pm. I’m following live feeds and the anti-protesters seem to…
Rightwing Extremism/Violence, Trump & Administration
Our Bigoted President: An Historical Week of Shame
by Ken Ashford •
It’s Friday, and it’s still difficult for me to comment on the fallout from Trump’s moral equivalence press conference on…
Health
Health Care, Trump & Administration
It Happened Last Night
by Ken Ashford •
It was dramatic. Even for 1 a.m. But…. …it appears that any chance of repealing (and replacing?) the Affordable Care…
Congress, Health Care, Trump & Administration
BIG Vote Today On Something That Nobody Knows What It Is
by Ken Ashford •
In a few hours, Senate Republicans will vote whether to start debate on a plan to overhaul American health care, without knowing…