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All depends on how and where you play the game? Here one example; the link is to trending topic on Twitter. Trump again proved that there's no such thing as bad publicity?
The evidence shows we all lose when society’s overwhelmed by white resentment and win when we organize across our differences.
even if you've been vaccinated, wear your masks & keep your distance, or we may never get out of this mess!
LAST COVID NEWS THREAD IS HERE, covers 2/9 thru 2/14 at 7:51 pm; includes a lot of new about vaccine availability, among other things.
I found this quite juicy with info. from congressional anonymice with what's been going on.
Allies laud Brian Deese's leadership on the stimulus negotiations, but he's rubbed some the wrong way.
By Megan Casella, Tyler Pager and Marianne Levine @ Politico.com, Feb. 14
The success of Joe Biden's presidency will be defined by his ability to end the Covid-19 pandemic and rescue the American economy. And that’s thrust the man at the center of the initial response — Brian Deese — into the spotlight, drawing plaudits from allies but making him a target for critics who question whether he’s up for the task.
The 42-year-old head of the National Economic Council, Deese has emerged as a major player in the early days of the administration, holding the ear of the president as he shuttles between the White House and Congress [....]
THANK THE LORD, IT'S A MIRACLE! Talking and planning with allies! (I definitely have learned the bigotry of low expectations lesson.)
... The ex-president owns the Republican party. ... What was once the proud party of Lincoln and Reagan is now a Trump family rag – something to be used and abused by the 45th president like his bankrupt companies, namesake university and hapless vice-president, Mike Pence.
If the impeachment trial established anything, it is that Trump risked turning Pence into a corpse and ultimately went unpunished. That hangman’s noose was built to be used. ...
By Joe Marino & Jessie O'Neil @ NYPost.com, Feb. 13 WITH VIDEO
Police arrested 11 people — one who allegedly bit a cop’s leg — when an anti-cop protest turned violent in Manhattan, authorities said Saturday.
About 100 people converged on Midtown for Friday night’s “Defund the Police” demonstration organized by Black Lives Matter, cops said.
Six women and four men were charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing governmental administration, unlawful assembly and assault, an NYPD spokeswoman said. The 10 were given desk appearance tickets and released, the spokeswoman said. Angel Rivera, 19, of Manhattan, was arrested for kicking one officer in the foot and biting another officer on his thigh during the 9:15 p.m. fracas, the spokeswoman said [....]
yeah, it's a big problem-as their whole existence is to enforce rule of law.
Mr. Barr, then the attorney general, rejected a plea deal days after Mr. Floyd died, worried in part of protesters calling it lenient. Derek Chauvin was set to plead guilty to third-degree murder.
By Tim Arango @ NYTimes.com, Feb. 11
MINNEAPOLIS — It was three days after George Floyd died in police custody last May, and businesses in the Twin Cities were on fire. Police officers were shooting rubber bullets and tear gas to hold back protesters, their anger fueled by a cellphone video of Mr. Floyd, a Black man, gasping for breath under the knee of a white officer.
As soldiers prepared to take to the streets, the officer, Derek Chauvin, believed that the case against him was so devastating that he agreed to plead guilty to third-degree murder. As part of the deal, officials now say, he was willing to go to prison for more than 10 years. Local officials, scrambling to end the community’s swelling anger, scheduled a news conference to announce the deal.
But at the last minute, according to new details laid out by three law enforcement officials, the deal fell apart after William P. Barr, the attorney general at the time, rejected the arrangement. The deal was contingent on the federal government’s approval because Mr. Chauvin, who had asked to serve his time in a federal prison, wanted assurance he would not face federal civil rights charges.
An official said Mr. Barr worried that a plea deal, so early in the process and before a full investigation had concluded, would be perceived as too lenient by the growing number of protesters across America. At the same time, Mr. Barr wanted to allow state officials, who were about to take over the case from the county prosecutor who has had tense relations with Minneapolis’s Black community, to make their own decisions about how to proceed [....]
the rewards you get when you follow the instructions of Jim Clyburn and other political experts to STFU with the "defund" and "socialism" words a least until after the Georgia special election is over:
