Damn law and order say is killing it. Tonight 2 hour has ICE, Illegal brown, gay illegal Muslim Syrian, hate crime, white trash. Vvvveerrryyyy topical, all season
Outgoing head of CA Dem party telling nurses voicing support for single payer to "STFU and go outside"
Good thing he's outgoing. Hasn't DSA essentially taken over the CA Democratic party since the election?
Thursday, May 25 2017 • 11 a.m. (ET) Confronting the Legacy of Racism in America Live Confronting the Legacy of Racism in America Related Links Twitter FB Discuss Richard Collins III's graduation gown is draped over an empty front row chair at Bowie State University's graduation ceremony. Courtesy of Bowie State University “Lynching is back in America’s headlines.” That’s how a recent op-ed in The Guardian put it, alluding to Shitty AMC Show of Richard Collins III, a black college student and newly commissioned Army lieutenant who was stabbed to death last week on the campus of the University of Maryland. Officials are investigating the fatal stabbing as a possible hate crime. Sean Urbanski, the University of Maryland student charged with killing Collins, was a member of the white supremacist Facebook group, “Alt-Reich: Nation.” Shitty AMC Show has echoes of past racial crimes, and it has many Americans asking: How does this still happen in 2017? Ibram X. Kendi looks to the nation’s violent past for answers. He’s the author of “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America,” which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2016. Guests Brakkton Booker Reporter, WAMU Ibram X. Kendi Professor of African American History, the University of Florida; author of "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America". In August, he'll join American University as a professor and as the Founding Director of the new Anti-Racist Research and Policy Center at the university Related Links "A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters", By Ibram X Kendi for the New York Times Book Review
Welp, looks like it's time for another argument: everyone here should register D and try to become active in the party. Remaining independent is an ineffective and pointless strategy. You don't change shit operating outside of the two party structure. How much has the green party ever accomplished? You change shit by operating within the party structure. The GOP is now openly a white nationalist party, and Bernie dragged the Dems left on a lot of issues, and that was just one cycle. If all these social democrats start coalescing power within the Democratic party, then the actual change we want can start to happen.
I agree with you But At this point in my life, getting involved (outside of donating money and voting) isn't on my priority list. I see little benefit to registering.
President Trump's 2018 budget proposal expected to hit Arkansas with cuts by Matthew Mershon Spoiler LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget – while it includes increased funding for the military, tax cuts for the wealthy and funding to begin building a border wall with Mexico, also includes deep cuts to countless programs that have a major effect on Arkansas. Several low-income assistance programs, referred to as “entitlements,” will either see the axe completely or have their budgets slashed. Medicaid would see $610 billion in cuts over the next 10 years, in addition to the $880 billion in cuts included in the American Health Care Act that passed out of the House. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, better known as welfare, would see $21.6 billion in cuts over the next decade. LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget – while it includes increased funding for the military, tax cuts for the wealthy and funding to begin building a border wall with Mexico, also includes deep cuts to countless programs that have a major effect on Arkansas. Several low-income assistance programs, referred to as “entitlements,” will either see the axe completely or have their budgets slashed. Medicaid would see $610 billion in cuts over the next 10 years, in addition to the $880 billion in cuts included in the American Health Care Act that passed out of the House. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, better known as welfare, would see $21.6 billion in cuts over the next decade. “There is going to be no area of the state, I mean there’s going to be no sector of the state that is going to go unscathed because of this budget,” said Rich Huddleston, executive director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. Huddleston calls Trump’s budget “Robin Hood in reverse” – taking from the poor and giving to the rich. He notes the extreme cuts to SNAP, formerly known as food stamps - $191 billion dollar cut over the next 10 years. According to statistics from the US Census Bureau, in 2015 nearly 470,000 Arkansans received SNAP benefits on a monthly basis. Trump’s budget would gut the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP. Nearly 34,000 Arkansans applied for assistance in heating and cooling their homes in 2016, according to the Central Arkansas Development Council. “Many of these cuts will also hurt middle income families as well,” said Huddleston. LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget – while it includes increased funding for the military, tax cuts for the wealthy and funding to begin building a border wall with Mexico, also includes deep cuts to countless programs that have a major effect on Arkansas. Several low-income assistance programs, referred to as “entitlements,” will either see the axe completely or have their budgets slashed. Medicaid would see $610 billion in cuts over the next 10 years, in addition to the $880 billion in cuts included in the American Health Care Act that passed out of the House. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, better known as welfare, would see $21.6 billion in cuts over the next decade. ADVERTISING “There is going to be no area of the state, I mean there’s going to be no sector of the state that is going to go unscathed because of this budget,” said Rich Huddleston, executive director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. Huddleston calls Trump’s budget “Robin Hood in reverse” – taking from the poor and giving to the rich. He notes the extreme cuts to SNAP, formerly known as food stamps - $191 billion dollar cut over the next 10 years. According to statistics from the US Census Bureau, in 2015 nearly 470,000 Arkansans received SNAP benefits on a monthly basis. Trump’s budget would gut the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP. Nearly 34,000 Arkansans applied for assistance in heating and cooling their homes in 2016, according to the Central Arkansas Development Council. “Many of these cuts will also hurt middle income families as well,” said Huddleston. Cuts in education and medical research, as well as cuts to college loan subsidies will have a direct effect on middle-income families. Proposed budget cuts will significantly affect the Arkansas Delta – the budget suggesting getting rid of the Delta Regional Authority altogether – a state/federal partnership that helps to spur economic growth in one of the nation’s poorest regions. Chris Masingill, chairman of the Delta Regional Authority, said in a statement: “You cannot advocate for infrastructure development and economic security in rural America without also supporting the mechanisms, such as DRA, that make those projects a reality.” Randy Veach, president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, said while he acknowledges the need to tighten the nation’s budget and decrease the deficit, the cuts proposed to farm subsidies and other safety-net programs for farmers are on top of cuts farmers took in the last farm bill passed in Washington. LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget – while it includes increased funding for the military, tax cuts for the wealthy and funding to begin building a border wall with Mexico, also includes deep cuts to countless programs that have a major effect on Arkansas. Several low-income assistance programs, referred to as “entitlements,” will either see the axe completely or have their budgets slashed. Medicaid would see $610 billion in cuts over the next 10 years, in addition to the $880 billion in cuts included in the American Health Care Act that passed out of the House. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, better known as welfare, would see $21.6 billion in cuts over the next decade. ADVERTISING “There is going to be no area of the state, I mean there’s going to be no sector of the state that is going to go unscathed because of this budget,” said Rich Huddleston, executive director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. Huddleston calls Trump’s budget “Robin Hood in reverse” – taking from the poor and giving to the rich. He notes the extreme cuts to SNAP, formerly known as food stamps - $191 billion dollar cut over the next 10 years. According to statistics from the US Census Bureau, in 2015 nearly 470,000 Arkansans received SNAP benefits on a monthly basis. Trump’s budget would gut the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP. Nearly 34,000 Arkansans applied for assistance in heating and cooling their homes in 2016, according to the Central Arkansas Development Council. “Many of these cuts will also hurt middle income families as well,” said Huddleston. Cuts in education and medical research, as well as cuts to college loan subsidies will have a direct effect on middle-income families. Proposed budget cuts will significantly affect the Arkansas Delta – the budget suggesting getting rid of the Delta Regional Authority altogether – a state/federal partnership that helps to spur economic growth in one of the nation’s poorest regions. Chris Masingill, chairman of the Delta Regional Authority, said in a statement: “You cannot advocate for infrastructure development and economic security in rural America without also supporting the mechanisms, such as DRA, that make those projects a reality.” Randy Veach, president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, said while he acknowledges the need to tighten the nation’s budget and decrease the deficit, the cuts proposed to farm subsidies and other safety-net programs for farmers are on top of cuts farmers took in the last farm bill passed in Washington. Veach said the combination of low-commodity prices, flooding and these proposed cuts, would be the “perfect storm.” “The bottom line is, we’re going to have some really good farmers and ranchers out there that are going to go out of business and that’s going to reduce our ability to provide that safe affordable supply of food, fiber and shelter that we do every day,” said Veach. Statements from Arkansas’s Washington delegation: Statement from Rep. Rick Crawford (AR-1) “President Trump’s budget proposal finally addresses our growing national debt while still prioritizing our armed forces, which currently face a readiness crisis after years of neglect. However, the severe cuts to USDA programs don’t fully consider the current state of rural economies and the significant savings already generated by the last farm bill. As the House of Representatives builds upon the Administration’s budget blueprint, I will work with my colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee to advocate for producers and other programs vitally important to rural economies and a safe, reliable food source in the United States.” LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget – while it includes increased funding for the military, tax cuts for the wealthy and funding to begin building a border wall with Mexico, also includes deep cuts to countless programs that have a major effect on Arkansas. Several low-income assistance programs, referred to as “entitlements,” will either see the axe completely or have their budgets slashed. Medicaid would see $610 billion in cuts over the next 10 years, in addition to the $880 billion in cuts included in the American Health Care Act that passed out of the House. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, better known as welfare, would see $21.6 billion in cuts over the next decade. ADVERTISING “There is going to be no area of the state, I mean there’s going to be no sector of the state that is going to go unscathed because of this budget,” said Rich Huddleston, executive director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. Huddleston calls Trump’s budget “Robin Hood in reverse” – taking from the poor and giving to the rich. He notes the extreme cuts to SNAP, formerly known as food stamps - $191 billion dollar cut over the next 10 years. According to statistics from the US Census Bureau, in 2015 nearly 470,000 Arkansans received SNAP benefits on a monthly basis. Trump’s budget would gut the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP. Nearly 34,000 Arkansans applied for assistance in heating and cooling their homes in 2016, according to the Central Arkansas Development Council. “Many of these cuts will also hurt middle income families as well,” said Huddleston. Cuts in education and medical research, as well as cuts to college loan subsidies will have a direct effect on middle-income families. Proposed budget cuts will significantly affect the Arkansas Delta – the budget suggesting getting rid of the Delta Regional Authority altogether – a state/federal partnership that helps to spur economic growth in one of the nation’s poorest regions. Chris Masingill, chairman of the Delta Regional Authority, said in a statement: “You cannot advocate for infrastructure development and economic security in rural America without also supporting the mechanisms, such as DRA, that make those projects a reality.” Randy Veach, president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, said while he acknowledges the need to tighten the nation’s budget and decrease the deficit, the cuts proposed to farm subsidies and other safety-net programs for farmers are on top of cuts farmers took in the last farm bill passed in Washington. Veach said the combination of low-commodity prices, flooding and these proposed cuts, would be the “perfect storm.” “The bottom line is, we’re going to have some really good farmers and ranchers out there that are going to go out of business and that’s going to reduce our ability to provide that safe affordable supply of food, fiber and shelter that we do every day,” said Veach. Statements from Arkansas’s Washington delegation: Statement from Rep. Rick Crawford (AR-1) “President Trump’s budget proposal finally addresses our growing national debt while still prioritizing our armed forces, which currently face a readiness crisis after years of neglect. However, the severe cuts to USDA programs don’t fully consider the current state of rural economies and the significant savings already generated by the last farm bill. As the House of Representatives builds upon the Administration’s budget blueprint, I will work with my colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee to advocate for producers and other programs vitally important to rural economies and a safe, reliable food source in the United States.” Statement from Rep. French Hill (AR-2) “I appreciate the president and his team for their hard work and commitment to tackling our Nation’s spending problems. Arkansans and people across the country have made it clear they want Congress and our president to work together to produce a balanced budget. While this proposal provides some guidance on how the president wants to accomplish this, it is ultimately Congress that decides the federal spending priorities. As we work through the budget process in the House, I remain committed to limited government that spurs innovation and economic growth, aids the most vulnerable parts of our population, and most importantly strengthens our national security.” Statement from Rep. Steve Womack (AR-3) “The budget signals a desire to make needed reforms to major programs like SNAP and Medicaid, but ignores the primary drivers of the deficit and debt—runaway entitlement programs. Any attempt to balance the books of the Federal Government without addressing entitlement reform is unrealistic. Plus, banking on a sustained growth rate of 3% in the economy is a dangerous assumption.”
While I am not a fan of UBI, it can be used as a beautiful retort to corporations. Oh, you wanna move X amount of jobs overseas? Sounds great, you now will pay an import tax that will fund a modified UNI or long term unemployment that will pay those affected a salary that will rise with inflation until max retirement age when they will swap to Social Security..
For those that don't visit the SEC thread. Nothing bad could happen here right? http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-concealed-guns-ok-georgia-bulldogs-tailgates
Its stupid. Supposedly its turning away strong professors from the University too, hurting business, etc. Last year (an election year) our GOP puppet Governor vetoed both a Religious 'Freedom' bill + a Campus Carry bill at the same damn time. It was a dose of fresh hair that he had a beating heart. Now, as a lame duck, the guy suddenly has an about face on the gun legislation? Srs? I dont get it. And they wont consider a bill to allow Carry at the Capitol + Governor's Mansion. And our home opener is a Night kickoff. Somebody will get shot.
Nobel Prize economist on Trump's budget: 'You could say it’s a collection of lies put together' dk omg dk Spoiler Nobel Prizer winning economist and former World Bank Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz, who has studied market inequalities more intensely than Donald Trump has studied his hair follicles, was interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! Asked about what he thought of the newly released White House budget, he had this to say. It’s like everything else: It’s made up. You could say it’s a collection of lies put together. It doesn’t make any economic sense. I don’t think anybody who’s looked at it has—can fathom the economics. I mean, you mentioned one thing, the 3 percent growth rate, which is the largest deviation in estimate relative to the CBO on record. You know, when I was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, we wanted to be responsible, and we always were conservative and were very careful, getting the views of everybody, wanted to make sure that our numbers were reasonable. He’s made no pretense to be reasonable. In fact, what’s striking is, while he assumes that there’s going to be more growth, if you look at the budget, it’s designed to reduce growth. He cuts out support for science, for R&D, which is the basis of productivity growth. He cuts out support for job retraining, so when people leave one job, they can be trained for the next job. He cuts out support for Pell grants, so those who have low income can get the education so they can live up to their potential. All these are things that actually lower economic growth. So I would say this is not a growth budget, this is a no-growth budget. Stiglitz, never short on words, continues to explain how the “numbers” in the budget are “mind-bending,” and clearly bullshit. To top it off, Stiglitz explains that every single thing Trump and Mulvaney says they’re going to do with this budget is contradicted by what this proposed budget wants to enact. The interview begins around the 4 min. mark.
I don't know how the South expects to win the 2nd Civil War if they shoot themselves before the war even starts. I look forward to that UGA vs GT game at the end of the season.
74, but I don't feel too bad about it. I definitely had some friends that would score in the 80s. I'd also guess that a huge majority of those folks voted trump. That I feel bad about.
You know anything about this new Dem entrant into the governor's race? Seems like an outsider-ish candidate. http://news.wabe.org/post/democratic-rep-stacey-evans-joins-georgia-governors-race
Just what was shared since she announced. Champions Hope and public transit. I'm for sure interested in learning more...
I know this is been covered, but I couldn't find it with my best Google fu. Are there any suggestions in where to start with the reading list in the OP?
Iron Mickey although hes been somewhat scarce lately think hes written up his recs when someone asked this questions in the past but its probably lost
The one on the left is a woman-hating youtube nazi. The one on the right, I'm guessing, is also some approximation of such