Tonight I spoke at an AAPI event and mentioned America's history of anti-Asian discrimination—including the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Asiatic Exclusion League, & Koramatsu & Japanese Camps.
Afterwards an older gentlemen approached me and said, "Thank you for reminding everyone the US Govt locked Japanese Americans in camps. I know—because I was born in those camps. I carry that with me til this day."
I was left in awe. A reminder—this isn't ancient history folks. It's contemporary reality.
Joe Biden's decision to focus on freedom as the theme of his 2024 campaign is quite shrewd.
By emphasizing this fundamental American value, Biden taps into a moral framework deeply embedded in the American psyche. It's about time!
https://framelab.substack.com/p/framing-freedom-bidens-2024-campaign
It truly is utterly incomprehensible that this is their response to a gun problem.
So much research shows taking away the guns greatly reduces gun related deaths.
The NRA has blood in its hands.
Ilhan Omar and Bernie Sanders to introduce free school meals legislation
The proposed bill would offer three meals and a snack to all students regardless of income
#news #USPol #politics #education #schoollunch #schoolmeal
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/may/11/free-school-meals-legislation-us-congress
Michael Cohen is about to give his unfiltered response to the disastrous Trump CNN propaganda event and much more! Join Political Beatdown LIVE at 3p ET/12p PT! https://youtube.com/live/Oxef7iLhKEI
@TonyStark
Meanwhile in colorado, parents were locked out of a board meeting. Board member had a church group fill the seats early. People need to attend their school board meetings to avoid having the fringes take over.
Good: Former DHS disinformation expert sues Fox News for defamation: Nina Jankowicz, who once led the Department of Homeland Security board, said that Fox deliberately lied about her and that she was subjected to death threats: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna83871
Go kids! Anti-#LGBTQ+ bigots in Indiana posing as "concerned parents" tried to cancel this student play, but the kids decided to defy them and produce it anyway. This generation gives me hope.https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indiana-school-cancels-lgbtq-themed-play-students-produce
Biden signs gun safety bill into law : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/25/1107626030/biden-signs-gun-safety-law
Gov. Whitmer Signs Commonsense Gun Violence Prevention Legislation to Keep Michigan Communities Safe
https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2023/04/13/whitmer-signs-commonsense-gun-violence-prevention-legislation-to-keep-michigan-communities-safe
These are the gun control laws passed in 2022 | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/us/gun-control-laws-2022/index.html 2/3
The GOP is on an all-out crusade against the trans community. Red states have weaponized their gerrymandered supermajorities to pass laws outlawing gender-affirming care. This care is considered safe, effective, and medically necessary by major professional health associations, including the American Medical Association.
We need to tell the Biden Administration to undertake every effort to block these dangerous laws. My team and I urge you to take action with us: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/transgender-youth-biden-gop-attacks
@flexghost I completely agree that CNN needs to be boycotted and is no better than Fox. Disgraceful behavior just to make a buck. Many won’t agree, but we need to move beyond President Biden’s age and make sure Orange-Guy NEVER occupies the White House. #VoteBlue #VoteBlue2024
CNN giving a sociopath more than an hour to lie on live TV in front of MAGA cheerleaders reminds me that ...
... Joe Biden cleaned up the economic mess that sociopath left behind & led the USA to the strongest post-pandemic economic comeback in the World.
• 12.7 million jobs added
• Lowest unemployment rate in 50 years
• Lowest youth unemployment in 60 years
• Lowest unemployment for Black workers on record
• Median wages outpaced inflation over past year
If you were sickened by the atrocity that happened on CNN this evening, consider helping Democrats flip the House by donating today: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/houseblue24
More on the Justice Thomas ethics problem:
Interesting that yesterday I heard from three different people, a tax practitioner (right here on Facebook), a dentist (at dinner), and a retired laborer (in a phone call), all tell me that because Justice Thomas’ contributor(s) had no cases before the Court, the Justice was not ethically obligated to report their financial ties. Obviously this is not true.
Two things are significant:
1) Fox entertainment TV is the source of misinformation? These are three people who do not regularly deal with ethics policies in their work and are not likely to be students of ethics. They do watch Fox TV. In contrast, I do regularly deal with employment ethics policies as an adviser, board member, or Form 990 preparer for nonprofit organizations. I’ve never seen or read about an employment ethics policy for a lawyer or government employee that allows employees to choose which financial relationships they disclose. (I have no experience with judicial ethics policies, but there is no indication in any credible media that an ethics policy for judges is different). Any student of ethics knows that selective disclosure is a flawed concept. So I assume that false narrative is coming from a media source like Fox entertainment network. This appears to be another effort at mass misinformation, similar to the election fraud misinformation campaign.
2) Damages? Any person who was subject to an ethics policy in their work (like government employees, lawyers and accountants) knows that you don’t get to pick and choose which financial relationships you disclose. The spreading of this false information could have negative ripple effects throughout industries subject to ethics policies. If so, this will eventually cause real world damages.
If my theory is true that this another Fox lie, are there any lawyers out there willing to suggest that Fox may be liable for damages for lying to the public again?
Just another midwest raised atheist, gay, liberal man.