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Total Members Voted: 11

Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM

[LarryBnDC]

Wary of changing the filibuster rules?


A few things to worry about if Dems DON'T change the filibuster rules.

1. Dems losing the Senate in 2022 because of voter suppression.

2. Dems losing the Senate in 2022 because they fail to get anything big done.

3. The GOP then ending the filibuster.

[LarryBnDC]

King James


https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/lebron-james-becomes-part-owner-of-boston-red-sox-what-to-know-about-partnership-with-fenway-sports-group/

[kidcarter8]

'Howard'' was the name of Jonah's teddy bear in 'Sleepless in Seattle'.
Mrs bambu is thrilled to have visited the Empire State Building.

It's HORACE - my bad.


https://nationalcenter.org/project21/2020/11/17/horace-cooper-roasts-hypocritical-liberal-politicians-caviar-for-me-limits-for-thee/

[LarryBnDC]

These senseless acts of anti-Asian violence have finally garnered the national attention they deserve, but they have also invoked anti-Black sentiment and reignited the trope of Black-Asian conflict. Because some of the video-taped perpetrators appear to have been Black, some observers immediately reduced anti-Asian violence to Black-Asian conflict. This is not the first time that the trope has been weaponized. Black-Asian conflict—and Black-Korean conflict more specifically—became the popular frame of the LA riots in 1992.

The trope failed to capture the reality of Black-Korean relations three decades ago, and it fails to capture the reality of anti-Asian bias today. A recent study finds that in fact, Christian nationalism is the strongest predictor of xenophobic views of COVID-19, and the effect of Christian nationalism is greater among white respondents, compared to Black respondents. Moreover, Black Americans have also experienced high levels of racial discrimination since the pandemic began. Hence, not only does the frame of two minoritized groups in conflict ignore the role of white national populism, but it also absolves the history and systems of inequality that positioned them there.



https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/03/11/why-the-trope-of-black-asian-conflict-in-the-face-of-anti-asian-violence-dismisses-solidarity/

[Oi!]

As Hairy pointed out, it's nothing but a racist talking point.  (btw, why does "Hairy Lime" make me think of a kiwifruit?) (I know I should be conjuring Orson Welles in The Third Man)

Meanwhile, Greg Sargent points out that Biden's baby steps on the filibuster are likely to end up with the nuclear option.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/17/biden-filibuster-reform-abc-interview/

First, Biden plainly believed that Republicans would be responsive in some sense to a popular majority electing Democrats and their agenda. Second, he also seemed to believe that as a result, Republicans would end up being motivated by a good faith desire to find common ground in the public interest, rather than responding to that majority repudiation by doubling down on anti-majoritarian tactics and revanchism.

Everything we’re seeing now confirms that Republicans are radicalizing in that latter direction. So if Biden is rethinking those original expectations, that would really constitute the sort of warning shot that Republicans should worry about....

[FlyingVProd]

One thing with the bad neighborhoods, we need to teach the people how to do honest business instead of doing illegal things. It is fun to make honest money, and instead of going to prison they get to go on lavish vacations, and they get to drive nice cars, and they get to live in nice houses. 

Even selling hamburgers, you can get rich from selling hamburgers and you do not have to worry about going to prison for it. 

Our cities also need redevelopment money, investments in infrastructure, and business grants and business loans, and the people of Compton can build electric cars, or whatever, they can make solar panels, or something. 

We also need to build more colleges, and medical schools.

And as we have fewer criminals then we need to start bull-dozing prisons, we can knock down the prison in Lancaster, etc. 

And we can have more drug treatment camps, the camp in Acton saved many lives. 

As we rise out of this crisis, we need for all of us to rise together, we cannot leave anyone behind. 

We also need to get the homeless people into housing. We can have Homeboy Industries, Habitat for Humanity, Chrysalis, and other groups, build retirement housing for the homeless people who are of retirement age, etc, and for the homeless veterans, etc. And then we can have bowling alleys for the retired people, and movie theatres, and book stores, and restaurants, and golf, etc. As housing is built for the retired people, then there needs to be healthy activities for the retired people to do.

We also need to make our immigrants legal, and then we need to put them all to work. And they can join unions, and the unions can tell the people where the jobs are.

Of note too, we need to help the Native American Indians. The Native American Indians need to have the first chance to take advantage of the bountiful natural resources of the USA, including gold, oil, timber, seafood, etc, the Natives will do it clean and safe, and they deserve to be able to earn the money first before any foreign nation, etc. And we need to allow Americans to own the gold mines before the Canadians, etc. The Americans need to come first in America.

There are many things that we can do as we rise out of this horrible crisis.

Salute,

Tony V.

[facilitatorn]

http://www.vice.com/en/article/5dpxkz/australian-government-spend-15m-on-psychedelic-trials

[REDSTATEWARD]

First, Biden plainly believed that Republicans would be responsive in some sense to a popular majority electing Democrats and their agenda. Second, he also seemed to believe that as a result, Republicans would end up being motivated by a good faith desire to find common ground in the public interest, rather than responding to that majority repudiation by doubling down on anti-majoritarian tactics and revanchism.

Everything we’re seeing now confirms that Republicans are radicalizing in that latter direction. So if Biden is rethinking those original expectations, that would really constitute the sort of warning shot that Republicans should worry about....

That gibberish brings out a head slap.
Did he miss the election results, all of them?

[Hamilton Samuels]

These senseless acts of anti-Asian violence have finally garnered the national attention they deserve, but they have also invoked anti-Black sentiment and reignited the trope of Black-Asian conflict. Because some of the video-taped perpetrators appear to have been Black, some observers immediately reduced anti-Asian violence to Black-Asian conflict. This is not the first time that the trope has been weaponized. Black-Asian conflict—and Black-Korean conflict more specifically—became the popular frame of the LA riots in 1992.

The trope failed to capture the reality of Black-Korean relations three decades ago, and it fails to capture the reality of anti-Asian bias today. A recent study finds that in fact, Christian nationalism is the strongest predictor of xenophobic views of COVID-19, and the effect of Christian nationalism is greater among white respondents, compared to Black respondents. Moreover, Black Americans have also experienced high levels of racial discrimination since the pandemic began. Hence, not only does the frame of two minoritized groups in conflict ignore the role of white national populism, but it also absolves the history and systems of inequality that positioned them there.



https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/03/11/why-the-trope-of-black-asian-conflict-in-the-face-of-anti-asian-violence-dismisses-solidarity/

So factual reports are "tropes".

Got it.

[facilitatorn]

First, Biden plainly believed that Republicans would be responsive in some sense to a popular majority electing Democrats and their agenda. Second, he also seemed to believe that as a result, Republicans would end up being motivated by a good faith desire to find common ground in the public interest, rather than responding to that majority repudiation by doubling down on anti-majoritarian tactics and revanchism.

Everything we’re seeing now confirms that Republicans are radicalizing in that latter direction. So if Biden is rethinking those original expectations, that would really constitute the sort of warning shot that Republicans should worry about....

That gibberish brings out a head slap.
Did he miss the election results, all of them?

I don’t think he’s planning to help Russia pad the republican score in future elections. 2020 was the high water mark for the dying GOP.

[facilitatorn]

http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2021/3/17/2021491/-Finally-sinking-in-for-Republicans-that-they-blew-the-first-major-battle-of-Biden-s-presidency

[LarryBnDC]

These senseless acts of anti-Asian violence have finally garnered the national attention they deserve, but they have also invoked anti-Black sentiment and reignited the trope of Black-Asian conflict. Because some of the video-taped perpetrators appear to have been Black, some observers immediately reduced anti-Asian violence to Black-Asian conflict. This is not the first time that the trope has been weaponized. Black-Asian conflict—and Black-Korean conflict more specifically—became the popular frame of the LA riots in 1992.

The trope failed to capture the reality of Black-Korean relations three decades ago, and it fails to capture the reality of anti-Asian bias today. A recent study finds that in fact, Christian nationalism is the strongest predictor of xenophobic views of COVID-19, and the effect of Christian nationalism is greater among white respondents, compared to Black respondents. Moreover, Black Americans have also experienced high levels of racial discrimination since the pandemic began. Hence, not only does the frame of two minoritized groups in conflict ignore the role of white national populism, but it also absolves the history and systems of inequality that positioned them there.



https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/03/11/why-the-trope-of-black-asian-conflict-in-the-face-of-anti-asian-violence-dismisses-solidarity/

So factual reports are "tropes".

Got it.

Talk to Brookings

[facilitatorn]

http://www.salon.com/2021/03/17/mcconnells-filibuster-threats-are-already-backfiring-biden-signals-support-for-major-senate-reform/

[Hairy Lime]

First, Biden plainly believed that Republicans would be responsive in some sense to a popular majority electing Democrats and their agenda. Second, he also seemed to believe that as a result, Republicans would end up being motivated by a good faith desire to find common ground in the public interest, rather than responding to that majority repudiation by doubling down on anti-majoritarian tactics and revanchism.

Everything we’re seeing now confirms that Republicans are radicalizing in that latter direction. So if Biden is rethinking those original expectations, that would really constitute the sort of warning shot that Republicans should worry about....

That gibberish brings out a head slap.
Did he miss the election results, all of them?

You mean the election results that left the democrats in control of the presidency, the House and the Senate? The results where he beat the incumbent by 7 million votes? Those results?

[Hairy Lime]

These senseless acts of anti-Asian violence have finally garnered the national attention they deserve, but they have also invoked anti-Black sentiment and reignited the trope of Black-Asian conflict. Because some of the video-taped perpetrators appear to have been Black, some observers immediately reduced anti-Asian violence to Black-Asian conflict. This is not the first time that the trope has been weaponized. Black-Asian conflict—and Black-Korean conflict more specifically—became the popular frame of the LA riots in 1992.

The trope failed to capture the reality of Black-Korean relations three decades ago, and it fails to capture the reality of anti-Asian bias today. A recent study finds that in fact, Christian nationalism is the strongest predictor of xenophobic views of COVID-19, and the effect of Christian nationalism is greater among white respondents, compared to Black respondents. Moreover, Black Americans have also experienced high levels of racial discrimination since the pandemic began. Hence, not only does the frame of two minoritized groups in conflict ignore the role of white national populism, but it also absolves the history and systems of inequality that positioned them there.



https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/03/11/why-the-trope-of-black-asian-conflict-in-the-face-of-anti-asian-violence-dismisses-solidarity/

So factual reports are "tropes".

Theracistsaysgotit?

Got it.