The GOP embarrassed itself today. Their nominee was blustery and belligerent, refusing to answer questions directly.
An innocent person would welcome an FBI investigation to clear his name. The GOP does not believe him, evading such calls with trumpery.
A tale told by an idiot..
“The FBI doesn’t come to conclusions.”
Of course they don’t, but it is not credible that a Judge would deny the necessity of a professional investigation. Does any Judge conduct investigations during trial? No. The RESULTS of an investigation are reported on to get at the truth.
I believe Dr. Ford. She endured excruciating questions, answering candidly. She stood to gain nothing.
In contrast, Kavanaugh has lied repeatedly, about the contents of his yearbook, drinking, & his involvement with the theft of Senate documents in 2003. amp.slate.com/news-and-polit…
If you are not calling your Senators, the time is now. We likely have only till SATURDAY!
Constituents of the following Senators MUST call and tell them to vote no. We REALLY need you!
Born in 1944, Felice (pronounced “feliz”) Picano grew up around NYC. He was an extremely gifted student, graduating Cum Laude from Queens College in 1964, at the age of 20, with English Dept Honors.
He had some notion of becoming an author, but wouldn’t begin writing for 10 yrs.
Felice became a published author in the mid 70s. His first novel “Smart as the Devil,” met with acclaim and was a PEN/Ernest Hemmingway Award nomination.
By 1980, Picano’s career was transitioning from main stream popular literature to pioneering the genre of gay literature.
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FIFTY YEARS OF PRIDE
Today: How to Survive a Plague
By the end of the 20th century, 33 million people were living with HIV, and 14 million had died world wide.
Today, 1 in 7 infected are unaware of their status.
HIV is still a killer. #Pride 1)
HIV appears to have originated with the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), and jumped to human infection through the consumption of wild chimpanzees. It mutated to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus by the early 20th century.
By the early 70’s, infections were global. 2)
The earliest well documented case of HIV originates from the Congo in 1959, the earliest retrospective case of AIDS was in Norway in 1966.
The vast majority of none sub-saharan infections can be traced to one carrier who brought it to the US in 1969. 3)
Some say that elections aren’t as important as other issues.
This attitude led many not to vote for Hillary out of ideological purity. 2 GOP additions to SCOTUS later, and Roe v. wade is in jeopardy.
Remember that when someone says impeachment is more important than elections.
While 70% of Dems favor impeachment, 2/3rds of Americans are against. Most importantly, independents, whose votes we need, are narrowly against, more so in swing states like PA, MI, and WI.
We worked hard to build a Dem majority in the House, including many hard fought red districts, put in peril if Dems start impeachment now.
When facing real electoral consequences, why insist on impeachment now if we have no chance of removing Trump without the Senate? 1)
3 mos of House control, televised hearings continue to expose Trump’s lawlessness. Dems prepare for hard court fights over subpoenas, particularly the full Mueller report.
The narrative that Dems are idle, not using every practical tool available to them, is false. 2)
There may come a time when impeachment is the only way. The courts may deny the Mueller report subpoena, and impeachment may be the only way to get access to grand jury testimony.
Why put our hard fought red district seats in jeopardy by putting the cart before the horse? 3)
I’m worried about some tweets I’m seeing. #Resisters attacking blue candidates or insisting on only support candidates of a certain identity.
I’m not saying discussion about privilege is invalid. But for god’s sake, where do you think this rhetoric comes from? Who benefits? 1)
In 2016, Russia stoked divisions between the left and center flanks of our party. We all took the bait, myself included. In the end, enough people in 3 states voted 3rd party, or stayed home to sink a close race.
In 2018, we united and won. That is our way to victory in 2020. 2)
Don’t begrudge a candidate’s turn in the sun.
Be aware that most of your favorite candidates are going to lose. That’s democracy. We need to unite around the winner with as little baggage as possible.
The GOP will pile plenty of dirt on the winner, we shouldn’t add to it. 3)