This is actually super wrong.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...licans/598243/
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Never mind that not everyone was on the same page when it came to that instance...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/polit...rnd/index.html
Congressional Democrats criticized for wearing Kente cloth at event honoring George FloydThe wearing of the Kente cloths drew criticism from a University of Oxford researcher who saw the move as performative.
"My ancestors did not invent Kente cloth for them to be worn by publicity (obsessed) politicians as 'activism' in 2020," Jade Bentil, a Ghanaian-Nigerian researcher at University of Oxford, tweeted.Other observers from the journalism and entertainment worlds added to Bentil's criticism, arguing that the lawmakers were just using the cloth as a political prop.
"Standing in front of a church and holding up a bible you never read for a photo op is no different than kneeling in kente cloth you never wear for a photo op," Charles Robinson, a sports reporter for Yahoo tweeted, referring to the now infamous moment when President Donald Trump held up a Bible at St. John's Episcopal Church for a photo-op last week.
"What if they, like, just passed some laws instead of dressing up like a Wakandan chess set?" screenwriter Eric Haywood tweeted.
SCOTUS Guts Protections Against Sentencing Kids To Die In Prison
The court’s conservatives said there is no need to prove a minor who commits murder is “permanently incorrigible” in order to sentence them to life in prison without parole. Considering most kids who go to prison are usually black or brown, no wonder this Court voted the way it did. Heinous!
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Senate Passes Bill Seeking To Address Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans
Progressives were watching closely to see whether the bill would become the first to fall to the filibuster under the new Democratic-controlled Senate. Meanwhile....
Josh Hawley Pummeled For Being Sole Vote Against Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Bill
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3 Other Ex-Cops Face Charges In George Floyd’s Murder. Here’s What’s Next For Them.
Legal experts predict how Derek Chauvin’s conviction could impact the cases of J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao.
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Massachusetts Police Department Facebook Post Attacks George Floyd After Chauvin Verdict
The Fall River Police Department apologized for the post, blaming an officer who intended to share it on his personal account. Racism is alive and well in police departments, and everyone knows it.
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Kevin McCarthy Says Capitol Riot Commission Should Look At Unrelated Riots
The top House Republican doesn’t want too much focus on that time Donald Trump and his supporters tried to overturn the 2020 election. Yo, Kev, that's NOT how it works, homeslice.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Admits She Hasn’t Even Read The Proposal She Keeps Attacking
Greene was ridiculed online for saying she would read “all 14 pages” of the Green New Deal. I'm sure Qpublicans are damn proud of their standard bearer.
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I know the GOP still feel like they can court Asian voters, but good luck with that for the next election cycle if they go in lockstep to block this.
"Whataboutism" remains the favorite tool of fascists.Kevin McCarthy Says Capitol Riot Commission Should Look At Unrelated Riots
The top House Republican doesn’t want too much focus on that time Donald Trump and his supporters tried to overturn the 2020 election. Yo, Kev, that's NOT how it works, homeslice.
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She should have been expelled weeks ago.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Admits She Hasn’t Even Read The Proposal She Keeps Attacking
Greene was ridiculed online for saying she would read “all 14 pages” of the Green New Deal. I'm sure Qpublicans are damn proud of their standard bearer.
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C'mon, WBE, you just KNOW they will. When it comes to rampant racism, the Qpublican Party can't help itself.
Hell, it's the ONLY tool in the GQP's shed.
In a perfect world, that harridan would NEVER have made it to Washington.
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If people outside China are concerned about China's treatment of Uighyurs, then they should boycott Chinese made goods.
If you want to protest the actions of the Chinese government, then don't buy anything from China.
Chinese government is profiting from the sales of their products to the world market. Where do you think a portion of their profits will end up? It is used to fund the construction and maintenance of the Xinjiang internment camps.
They absolutely should agree to look at the unrelated riots ...
...and the way the people involved in the capitol riot, in the cases of Boogaloo Boys and Proud Boys, were involved in them and how the hands-off nature of policing right-wing extremists in these scenarios empowered them to take the capitol.
Really depressing, but worth pointing out...
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/...man-shootings/
Trans woman dead after 2 separate West Pullman shootings less than a mile from each otherKim Fountain, Chief Administrative Officer at the Center on Halsted, said this marks the third murder of a transgender women in Chicago in the last four months.
“It’s just absolutely tragic to see the level of violence that particularly Black trans women are exposed to,” Fountain said.
Police said they don’t know of anyone who witnessed either of the shootings. CPD is looking into if gender was a motive for her killing.
Democrats outnumber Republican by a good amount in Maryland, with 55% of residents affiliated with the party, compared to 31% of residents leaning Republican and 14% who do not lean either way.
https://www.pewforum.org/religious-l...y-affiliation/
The breakdown of the state in the last presidential elections was 65% for Joe Biden (VS 32% for Trump), 60% for Hillary Clinton (VS 34% for Trump), 62% for Obama in 2012 (VS 36% for Romney), 62% for Obama in 2008 (VS 36.5%), 56% for Kerry (VS 43% for Bush- still good enough to be Kerry's 6th best state), and 56.5% for Gore, compared to 40% for Bush.
While it currently has a Republican Governor, Republicans have won the Governor's race in the state three times since 1970. I'll note Republicans often overperform in gubernatorial elections which aren't about national control.
The Senators have been Democratic since 1987, and Democrats outnumber Republicans in the US House 7 to 1. In the state legislature, Democrats outnumber Republicans 32 to 15 in the state senate, and 99 to 42 in the assembly.
The state is pretty damn Democratic-leaning.
That's an interesting question on what should be done with former areas of DC if it were to become a state.
It would make sense for the areas that went to Virginia to go back to DC proper. A big part of the reason Democrats wouldn't want to do that is that it wouldn't be to their advantage.
Parties have learned to be more careful since 1889.
In the period you mention, the initial plan was for states to come in in a way that doesn't provide a partisan advantage (Democrats wanting New Mexico and Montana, and Republicans hoping for Washington and Dakota) but Republicans were able to exploit divisions for partisan advantage. At this point, if Democrats had enough of a majority in the House and Senate, I think we'd see DC statehood because it gives the party an advantage.
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