1/ Students seeking mental health help shouldn't have to worry about reaction of their colleges & universities-Yale students Luchang Wang & Rachel Shaw Rosenbaum committed suicide 6 years apart - both feared being unable to return to college after medical leaves for mental health
20-year old Luchang Wang had withdrawn from Yale once before & feared a second withdrawal would bar her re-admission - she posted of her concerns on Facebook before flying to San Francisco where she committed suicide at Golden Gate Bridge. nwasianweekly.com/2015/02/luchan…
Rachel Shaw Rosenbaum: "dreamt of studying constitutional law and eventually sitting on the Supreme Court, like her idol, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She adored her poodle Teddy, short for Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Shaw" @ElisForRachael yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/03/2…
1. Trump's latest appeal to anti-Asian hate on Truth Social: "[Virginia Glenn Youngkin] Young Kin now that's an interesting take sounds Chinese doesn't it?" Let's break down that racism directed at the AAPI community
"Interesting take" meaning any name that sounds Asian deserves deserves suspicion. Even his specifying "Chinese" reflects Trump's grasp of racism 101 where the very word "Chinese" is used like an insulting association.
Of course today so many mainstream politicians like to hide their racism behind economic military and/or national security concerns over "China" but any Asian American who ever got made fun of beaten or ridiculed recognizes the othering racism lurking right beneath such rhetoric
1/ If Trump tries to ride what looks more like a red stain then a red wave by declaring his candidacy then AG Garland's DOJ must not worsen delay by appointing Special Counsel-the stain is deep & ruinous to democracy-timely prosecutions might have stemmed it & yet may cleanse.
It's too late for AG Garland & DOJ to appoint Special Counsel.
My eyes on Virginia tonight: watching for Representatives Elaine Luria Abigail Spanberger & Jennifer Wexton races to be supposed bellwether ones for Democrats across the country.
Democratic incumbent Jennifer Wexton wins reelection in Virginia's 10th Congressional District delivering Democratic win in first of three bellwether House races in Virginia seen as an indication whether Glenn Youngkin has turned Virginia reliably red...nbcwashington.com/decision-2022/…
So important to prosecute election law deniers who break the law - like this Wisconsin official who allegedly requested requested fake ballots to manufacturer fake voter fraud issue - she sent them to GOP lawmaker who now is suing to block counting of military ballots.
The GOP lawmaker - Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R) - is chairwoman of the State Assembly’s elections committee. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
Will Attig director/Union Veterans Council:
“These are service members defending our country that have the right to vote and their means to vote is by mail- We’ve got what to me appears to be an orchestrated plan by election deniers who do not truly support our democracy.”
I don't understand this: "So if you look at the return rate, as of (November 2), 48% of Democrats have returned their mail ballots compared with 55% of Republicans" - cnn.com/2022/11/05/pol…
But I do understand this - "Part of what's happening in Florida is a self-fulfilling prophecy that people who don't believe that the Democrats can win are not voting. And because they're not voting, the Democrats can't win."cnn.com/2022/11/05/pol…
How about we ban polling 90-days before any election? #BanPolling