Week of March 19

[elle]

Mar 19, 2018 21:43:13 GMT -6 shadesofgold said:

Mar 19, 2018 21:41:50 GMT -6 elle said:

Jfc those lyrics.

Did you listen to the track? Because it gets better.

I got about 20 seconds in and had to stop. Awful doesn't even begin to cover it.

[cakewench]

Krugman shares Vox article that posits the only thing keeping Trump from firing Mueller is the midterms and the threat of a Dem takeover. If Repubs keep control, Mueller’s gone.

Makes sense to me. Voting feels like it’s never been so important.

[mb3]

Mar 19, 2018 21:50:43 GMT -6 cakewench said:

Voting feels like it’s never been so important.

Hope I handled that snip correctly but I 100% agree with this. I’m really keyed up for our primary tomorrow.

[elle]

Mar 19, 2018 21:58:17 GMT -6 mb3 said:

Mar 19, 2018 21:50:43 GMT -6 cakewench said:

Voting feels like it’s never been so important.

Hope I handled that snip correctly but I 100% agree with this. I’m really keyed up for our primary tomorrow.

I also agree but I worry that we won't have a free and clear election (Russian interference).

[roseinbloom]

Mar 19, 2018 21:50:43 GMT -6 cakewench said:

Krugman shares Vox article that posits the only thing keeping Trump from firing Mueller is the midterms and the threat of a Dem takeover. If Repubs keep control, Mueller’s gone.

Makes sense to me. Voting feels like it’s never been so important.

This was an interesting article, but I don't think there was anything in it to suggest that Republican control would permit a carte-blanche dismissal. Mueller's dismissal would be time-consuming, difficult, and extremely round-about if and whenever he might attempt to go about it, making 45 look suspicious. Furthermore, it would not actually close the investigation but would increase the likelihood of leaks. Trying not to count chickens here, but this article actually gave me a bit of hope.

[sherminator]

Did anyone see that Mark Pocan (D-Wis) offered Andrew McCabe a job until his retirement can begin?

[Taitai]

Mar 19, 2018 21:10:24 GMT -6 shadesofgold said:

Y'all must check out this story in The Upshot about a study done by Harvard and Stanford: "Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys nyti.ms/2tYGuMu

"The study, based on anonymous earnings and demographic data for virtually all Americans now in their late 30s, debunks a number of other widely held hypotheses about income inequality. Gaps persisted even when black and white boys grew up in families with the same income, similar family structures, similar education levels and even similar levels of accumulated wealth."

The findings, survey design and the visualizations are all just jaw-dropping.

Thanks for highlighting. This is very important research and more needs to be done to educate all Americans about the realities of what POC face today, particularly black males. I am going to share this with others. I get so disturbed by the post-racial narrative I hear often from friends and family.

[Uncaripswife]

Mar 19, 2018 21:28:54 GMT -6 shadesofgold said:

And on a totally different note, apparently Don Jr. and that singer from that one girl group had an affair in 2012 and wrote a truly terrible song about it. Ew.

jezebel.com/did-aubrey-oday-write-a-song-about-trump-jr-1823908653/amp?__twitter_impression=true

Blaaaaahhhh those lyrics whhhyyyyy

[byjove]

Mar 20, 2018 2:05:13 GMT -6 Taitai said:

Mar 19, 2018 21:10:24 GMT -6 shadesofgold said:

Y'all must check out this story in The Upshot about a study done by Harvard and Stanford: "Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys nyti.ms/2tYGuMu

"The study, based on anonymous earnings and demographic data for virtually all Americans now in their late 30s, debunks a number of other widely held hypotheses about income inequality. Gaps persisted even when black and white boys grew up in families with the same income, similar family structures, similar education levels and even similar levels of accumulated wealth."

The findings, survey design and the visualizations are all just jaw-dropping.

Thanks for highlighting. This is very important research and more needs to be done to educate all Americans about the realities of what POC face today, particularly black males. I am going to share this with others. I get so disturbed by the post-racial narrative I hear often from friends and family.

The rates of incarceration by income % made my jaw drop. Incredible.

[lea]

I don’t think Trump has the discipline to wait until November. I think at the first rumblings that an indictment for Kushner or someone else close to him is imminent that he will end it.

[JukEboX]

Morning Everyone

Corporate Greed alive and well

http://instagram.com/p/BggxyExD38B

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[byjove]

Another bomb was sent by mail to an Austin address. It detonated prematurely at a FedEx facility outside San Antonio. Injuries appear to be minimal (the article says the explosion would have been much more serious jf the box had reached its intended target).

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/20/595136020/bomb-destined-for-austin-explodes-at-fedex-hub-near-san-antonio?

[blurnette989]

Mar 20, 2018 5:42:07 GMT -6 byjove said:

Another bomb was sent by mail to an Austin address. It detonated prematurely at a FedEx facility outside San Antonio. Injuries appear to be minimal (the article says the explosion would have been much more serious jf the box had reached its intended target).

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/20/595136020/bomb-destined-for-austin-explodes-at-fedex-hub-near-san-antonio?

Fuck.

[dc2london]

DeVos is on the Hill today 🍿🍿🍿🍿

[dc2london]

Also, Senate Intel is holding a press conference at 12:15 Eastern

[dc2london]

I want to delete FB but that's where BOTB is and I've been posting with those ladies since 2008. I can't quit them.

[silverspoon]

I'm not going to delete Facebook, not yet at least.

This is a good reminder to me to download the pics of my kid from the first year of his life. I never backed them up anywhere and lost everything that was on my phone. Everything is on Facebook and I should probably back those up at some point soon.

[blurnette989]

Here is a good read for Joe to protect yourselves a bit more if you want to continue to use Facebook:

www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/how-change-your-facebook-settings-opt-out-platform-api-sharing

[shadesofgold]

Kamala's social media has felt very "I'm running for president" lately.

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Mar 20, 2018 6:53:46 GMT -6 shadesofgold said:

Kamala's social media has felt very "I'm running for president" lately.

I agree. I am sooooooo here for it. I love her.

[shadesofgold]

A school shooting this morning at a high school in Maryland. Apparently it has been contained and some people have left in ambulances. Not much more known.

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I love listening to Kamala talk. She is SO SMART and it's politicians like her that get me excited. Her background and expertise IMO would lend itself to being POTUS. I would love to see her run one day and omg does she have my vote.

Plain and simple, Kamala's got it.

[jkjacq]

Mar 20, 2018 6:14:01 GMT -6 dc2london said:

I want to delete FB but that's where BOTB is and I've been posting with those ladies since 2008. I can't quit them.

I said this morning on my political FB group.  I can't quit because thats where most of my friends live.   We've been posting together since 2010.

Also I figure its the internet.  I'm well aware that there is not an expectation of privacy on the internet and I'm mostly careful what I post.   It makes me wonder though if this next generation of digital natives is even going to care about privacy.

[silverspoon]

Mar 20, 2018 7:18:15 GMT -6 jkjacq said:

Mar 20, 2018 6:14:01 GMT -6 dc2london said:

I want to delete FB but that's where BOTB is and I've been posting with those ladies since 2008. I can't quit them.

I said this morning on my political FB group.  I can't quit because thats where most of my friends live.   We've been posting together since 2010.

Also I figure its the internet.  I'm well aware that there is not an expectation of privacy on the internet and I'm mostly careful what I post.   It makes me wonder though if this next generation of digital natives is even going to care about privacy.

It's definitely going to evolve to something different.

I remember when you were told to NEVER EVER give your name out on the internet. Now we've got pages with our first and last name and maybe our locations. 

[bubblehape]

*poof*

[charlotte]

I’ve hated Facebook for a long time and will never trust them. I still have a Facebook acct for certain groups, but it’s been years since I posted anything personal. I’ve also gone back and deleted anything personal I previously posted, but that’s like trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube, I know.

[Dr. Cox]

Mar 20, 2018 6:53:46 GMT -6 shadesofgold said:

Kamala's social media has felt very "I'm running for president" lately.

Yesss. I was just telling MH this.

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Hugs bubblehape

[blurnette989]

So many hugs bubblehape

[fatpony]

I feel the same re: FB.

I followed the advice in this article though.

www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/how-change-your-facebook-settings-opt-out-platform-api-sharing

ETA: I see that this has been covered.