I was surprised to see that the BLM movement has been targeting elements of the eugenics movement. August Vollmer, the first police chief of Berkeley, actually made a show of appointing African Americans, while advocating for sterilizing the disabled and disproportionately policing African Americans. BLM supporters want to rename a park named after him:
There was a lot of hype about Pope Francis, all of which suddenly and abruptly dropped off. He came on to the scene speaking about income inequality, an issue largely neglected before the so called "populist revolution" broke out, and promised to vindicate the legacy of Oscar Romero and others who fought for equity. People like Bill Maher bought the hype of the new tone, saying he thought Francis was really "an atheist" when he was really fully prepared to protect the institution he spent his whole life in.
It's a big mistake for Democrats to write off Asian or Pacific Islander candidates who don't quite fit in with their program. It's not written in stone that they will be Democrats.
I once wrote here obsessively about SSRIs and their dangers. The dangers of those drugs has became mainstream talk and no longer on the fringe - Joe Rogan has talked about it regularly in regards to mass shooters. People are also very worried about the opiate crisis and drugs like Fentanyl. Meanwhile, all sorts of recreational drugs are being legalized. Is it possible that drugs much closer to nature could provide what we grew to depend on chemicals for?
Dag readers no doubt heard about Trump's offensive comments toward female Democratic congresswomen. I thought it'd be prescient to remember when a similar man was in the White House (Nixon even personally told Trump once that he would "make a great president"). Just imagine if he had had a Twitter account:
On this score, Warren may be a bigger economic nationalist than even Trump himself. She promises that her new federal department will be responsible for drawing up a “national jobs strategy,” with an eye towards revitalizing regions that have been struggling to compete within the global economy. This national strategy will “establish clear goals for American jobs and American industry that will guide how the Department of Economic Development prioritizes its investments and direct its programs.”
