Whoopi Goldberg: “You have to work with people you don’t like, and if you are in an entire environment where there is lots of different people that you don’t like, you have to figure out what to do. Listen, beat Biden in the debates, you know? If you can beat him, beat him. Don’t try to make him out a racist. You don’t like some of the stuff he has done? Say that, but you can’t say he’s racist. He sat for eight years with a black guy. Did he have a noose in the background? Come on! There are real racists out there…Nobody who’s running has a perfect record. There’s something to find on everybody.”
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/whoopi-goldberg-defends-biden-over-segregationist-comments-you-cant-say-hes-racist/
Trump said he would veto this: Senate Blocks Trump Administration’s Arms Sales to Gulf Nations in Bipartisan Rebuke. The Senate voted to block the sale of billions of dollars of munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, in a sharp and bipartisan rebuke of the Trump administration’s attempt to circumvent Congress to allow the exports by declaring an emergency over Iran. In three back-to-back votes, Republicans joined Democrats to register their growing anger with the administration’s use of emergency power to cut lawmakers out of national security decisions, as well as the White House’s unflagging support for the Saudis despite congressional pressure to punish Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after the killing in October of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/us/politics/saudi-arms-sales.html
Oregon Senate Republicans leave the state building to avoid landmark climate bill vote
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/06/oregon-senate-republicans-leave-the-state-to-avoid-climate-bill-vote.html
Police confirm two German mayors who had already been stabbed over their pro-refugee stance receive renewed death threats weeks after another German politician was murdered in what authorities believe was a "right-wing extremist" attack
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-death-threats-sent-to-pro-refugee-politicians/a-49273273
AT&T Lays Off Thousands After Nabbing Billions In Tax Breaks And Regulatory Favors
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190618/07430842417/att-lays-off-thousands-after-nabbing-billions-tax-breaks-regulatory-favors.shtml
Horns are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests. | What we have not yet grasped is the way the tiny machines in front of us are remolding our skeletons, possibly altering not just the behaviors we exhibit but the bodies we inhabit. New research in biomechanics suggests that young people are developing hornlike spikes at the back of their skulls — bone spurs caused by the forward tilt of the head, which shifts weight from the spine to the muscles at the back of the head, causing bone growth in the connecting tendons and ligaments. The weight transfer that causes the buildup can be compared to the way the skin thickens into a callus as a response to pressure or abrasion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/20/horns-are-growing-young-peoples-skulls-phone-use-is-blame-research-suggests/
Walmart received a $2.2 billion tax cut. Now it's laying off workers
https://www.salon.com/2019/06/20/walmart-got-a-2-2-billion-tax-cut-now-its-laying-off-workers/
State Dept. official Andrea Thompson failed to disclose ties to Russian agent Maria Butina's boyfriend
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/06/19/politics/state-department-official-ties-maria-butina/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/19/state-department-official-didnt-disclose-ties-boyfriend-russian-agent-maria-butina/
Republican DOJ Lawyer: Sanitary Conditions for Detained Migrant Children Doesn't Necessarily Mean Providing 'Toothbrush and Soap'
https://www.kqed.org/news/11755713/doj-lawyer-sanitary-conditions-for-detained-migrant-children-doesnt-necessarily-mean-providing-toothbrush-and-soap
The government attorney, Sarah Fabian, who doesn't think this children need soap or toothbrushes, is the same attorney who refused to work over a weekend to address the crisis: "“I have dog-sitting responsibilities that require me to go back to Colorado but I will be back Monday”
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1141682274959843328
Robert De Niro, Martin Sheen, Stephen King, Laurence Fishburne and More Break Down Mueller Report — The stars participated in the video because "virtually no one has read" the report, Rosie Perez said in the clip.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-de-niro-sophia-bush-stephen-king-break-down-mueller-report-1220030
Ilhan Omar introduces bill to end school lunch debt shaming. Rep. Ilhan Omar and Sen. Tina Smith, both Democrats from Minnesota, introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to combat school lunch debt shaming after a string of incidents that caused outrage this year. "Across this country, students whose families are struggling to afford school meals are being singled out and humiliated at lunchtime," Omar said in a news conference Wednesday.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/19/politics/ilhan-omar-school-lunch-shaming/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/17/us/unpaid-school-lunch-debt-trnd/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/12/politics/school-lunch-shaming-children-debt/index.html
Betsy Sweet, a progressive Democrat who ran for governor of Maine last year, has announced her bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. The former State House lobbyist announced her candidacy Thursday at Sebago Lake Distillery. In a statement, she criticized “the wealth, monied interests who gain from division” for sowing discord among Americans. Her campaign website touts policy priorities such as “Medicare for All” and the Green New Deal, and pledges to avoid PAC and corporate money in the 2020 race.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/progressive-announces-bid-to-challenge-susan-collins-in-2020/2019/06/13/875923ea-8e51-11e9-b6f4-033356502dce_story.html
We are excited to announce our 2019 investments! These 11 cutting-edge political tech companies can help Democrats win in 2020. Meet our new startups here: https://highergroundlabs.com/announcing-our-2019-cohort/ …
https://twitter.com/highergroundlab/status/1141685163757379585
https://highergroundlabs.com/announcing-our-2019-cohort/
Max Scherzer one day after breaking his nose: 7IP 4H 0ER 2BB 10K (vs. Philly)
https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=401075839
http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/28976
Scherzer’s fastball tonight averaged 96.2mph, the hardest he’s thrown in a game since September 2012.
https://twitter.com/JamalCollier/status/1141517466939666433
Plans to construct a sprawling “Chinese colony” complete with factories, homes and holiday resorts across a pristine marine reserve in Antigua have ignited a storm of controversy on the Caribbean island.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/20/antigua-yida-project-chinese-colony-controversy
Do you think Israel meets international standards of human rights? “I know that Israel attempts to meet international standards of human rights. I know that they could do a better job.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/beto-o-rourke-2020-campaign.html#israel
72 Philadelphia Officers Benched After Offensive Social Media Posts
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/us/philly-cops-plain-view-project.html
Nigel Farage will speak in Fairhope, Alabama on Monday night, in support of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. The Guardian has learned that the former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip) will join former White House advisor Steve Bannon and Duck Dynasty TV star Phil Robertson at an election eve rally.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/24/nigel-farage-alabama-roy-moore-donald-trump
Doug! He should announce his candidacy at the Gadsden Mall, and make the point that unlike his opponent, he's welcome there.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fightbackfordoug
How come Howard Dean and John Edwards and Al Franken and once upon a time Gary Hart other Democrats have to go away forever - and Democrats are literally screaming for Hillary to die - but the Republican can keep recycling Newt Gingrich through Roy Moore?
Never Forget Roy Moore's batshit 24 hours before the last election:
(1) His wife makes a Jew Lawyer comment
(2) The Bonkers Vietnam Child Brothel Morality Tale
(3) Bannon insults U of Alabama by mistake
(4) Nearly dies in stunt trying to ride horse to vote
https://twitter.com/Jake_Sperling/status/1141813669430538240
Lawyers say 250 children are locked in a Customs and Border Protection station in Texas without adequate food, water and sanitation, and some have been there for as long as 27 days. @viacedar, @garanceburke @mendozamartha
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1141794128801468416
Lebanese authorities are making their most aggressive campaign yet for Syrian refugees to return home and are taking action to ensure they can’t put down roots. Mirroring the rise of anti-migrant sentiment in Europe and around the world, some in Lebanon say that after eight years of war in neighboring Syria they have had enough of the burden of hosting the highest concentration of refugees per capita in the world — 1 million amid a Lebanese population of nearly 5 million — especially at a time when they are facing austerity measures and a weakened economy. Anti-refugee sentiment in Lebanon has waxed and waned in the past. It’s been persistent but limited among a public torn by conflicting feelings — resentment over past domination by Syria and worry over the refugees’ impact on their country’s delicate sectarian balance, but also sympathy for the refugees amid memories of their own displacement during Lebanon’s long civil war. But this time a rising star in the country’s politics has latched onto the issue. Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil leads the campaign, saying Syrians should return home and using nationalist language, like saying the “genetic distinction” of Lebanese will unite them to confront the refugee issue. During one rally organized by Bassil’s party this month — held under the slogan of “Employ a Lebanese” — protesters chanted, “Syria get out.” Some attempted to storm a shop run by a Syrian, sparking a scuffle. Posters have popped up in streets and online calling on residents to report any Syrian working without a permit.
https://apnews.com/0a77b3506e6d4c12a877ef059fdc4f4a
Reminder to braindead idiot Democrats who think Doug Jones won easily because Republican voters did not want a possible sex offender, racist, hateful, pure evil terrorist anti-LGBT/Q person elected: Roy Moore lost by a margin that was smaller than the number of write-in votes, he almost won:
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/alabama-senate-special-election-roy-moore-doug-jones
For the record, Cory Booker does *not* owe Joe Biden an apology for pointing out that waxing nostalgic about working with segregationists is insensitive. “He knows better?” Really? What is “better?” To stay quiet about it?
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1141764984445296641
Republican lawmaker suggests he would shoot state troopers if sent to get him for climate vote
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/449566-republican-lawmaker-suggests-he-would-shoot-state-troopers-if-sent-to
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown deployed the state police Thursday to try to round up Republican lawmakers who fled the Capitol to block a vote on a landmark economy-wide climate plan that would be the second of its kind in the nation. Minority Republicans want the cap-and-trade proposal, which is aimed at dramatically lowering the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, to be sent to voters instead of being instituted by lawmakers — but negotiations with Democrats collapsed, leading to the walkout, Kate Gillem, a spokeswoman for Senate Republicans said Thursday. Brown had warned a day earlier that she was in “close communication with Oregon State Police” and “prepared to use all resources and tools available.”
https://apnews.com/1a3dd1c7c6424a4f9b71226e3d5c7e32
Oregon governor authorizes state police to bring GOP lawmakers back to capital for climate vote
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/449583-oregon-gov-allows-state-police-to-bring-republican-lawmakers-back-to
Oregon Republicans Literally Fled the State Rather Than Vote on a Climate Bill
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/nea558/oregon-republicans-literally-fled-the-state-rather-than-vote-on-a-climate-bill
In a Colony of 40,000, Just Two Penguin Chicks Survived This Year: ‘All over the world, for the past few years, birds have been starving to death.’
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a28067879/two-penguin-chicks-40-000-colony-climate-change-birds/
Roger Stone violated gag order with social media posts again, prosecutors say
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/20/politics/roger-stone-gag-order-challenge/
Prosecutors cited 8 recent examples of Stone allegedly violating the terms of the order forbidding him from discussing his criminal case or the special counsel's probe.
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1141828068748795904
America Is 'Decades Behind The Curve On Technology,' 2020 Candidate Andrew Yang Says
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/06/19/andrew-yang-2020-presidential-candidate
House Judiciary Cmte releases transcript of Hope Hicks closed-door Wednesday interview (273 pages). White House lawyers blocked Hicks from answering questions 155 times during congressional testimony on Wednesday.
https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/democrats.judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/HJU170550%20Hicks%20interview.pdf
Trump lied about Iran violating the JCPOA, unilaterally left the deal, isolated the US, piled on sanctions and provocations and threats. It's utterly predictable that this resulted in Iran escalating. Trump's Iran policy is an incoherent mess that risks a very real war.
https://twitter.com/brhodes/status/1141793847036563456
Obama’s compromise was designed to head off exactly the kind of crisis we face now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/whats-the-best-way-to-deal-with-iran-the-nuclear-agreement-trump-ditched/2019/06/20/9483c1b6-9378-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html
Trump Prepares to Open New 'Captured Children' Facility in Texas as Hundreds of Rights Groups Call for Decriminalizing Migration
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/20/trump-prepares-open-new-captured-children-facility-texas-hundreds-rights-groups-call
Massachusetts federal judge blocks ICE from making civil immigration arrests inside state's courthouses
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/20/politics/federal-judge-blocks-ice-immigration-arrests-courthouses-massachusetts/index.html
U.S. human trafficking report drops child separation warning
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-humantrafficking-idUSKCN1TL2IV
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