6/24-25 News Roundup and Open Thread
Just 294 votes separate longtime Harlem leader Bill Perkins and newcomer Kristin Richardson Jordan, a democratic socialist backed by @AOC’s political action committee. https://t.co/Pat9eRW5iP
— THE CITY (@THECITYNY) June 24, 2021
More tweets, news, perspectives, etc in the comments. Sure Happy It’s Thursday!
Fire away…
Thanks to you and jcitybone and all!!
Happy Friday!
The Co-op Movement Is Taking On Big Tech
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
5 Things Congress Learned from Deb Haaland in her Recent Appearance
Top U.S. Officials Consulted With BlackRock as Markets Melted Down
part 1
“directly” carries a heavy burden here.
Part 2
I hope we vote Davis out next year! Worthless rep. Our last rep was a GOP who seldom took initiative, but he did listen to all of his consitutents when they needed some information.
https://www.thewrap.com/the-view-bernie-sanders-pushes-back-against-meghan-mccain/
Man, is she a do-nothing twit living off Daddy!💩
smack her down, Bernie! good job.
Bernie refused to answer due to her framing. Smart move.
I wish he’d (maybe teasingly) accused her of being sexist.
‘Well Meghan, that actually sounds somewhat sexist! The accomplished young women you are talking about are clearly capable of charting their own paths, and representing their constituents as they see fit.’
p.s. Meghan annoys the crap out of me.
Grrrr, that framing!
Stating opinion as fact, then “even” “to the left of you” ! (sharp intake of breath)
AFAIC Bernie kept his cool like the gentleman he is, but I would probably have not been as gracious.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/23/politics/john-roberts-conservative-california-unions/index.htmly
https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1407880690780286977?s=20
I don’t guess Chuck Schumer cares.
https://www.axios.com/jesse-jackson-arrested-protest-filibuster-manchin-84ca8f44-0b8e-45ee-9adc-10fa1a03761b.html
The Biden Administration is doing some good stuff but given the emergency likely not enough.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/22/biden-climate-change-plan-environment
He’s not committed to climate change. He’s just wanting to ensure the climate accords are put back in place. His way to throw the progressives a bone.
Good grief, SloMoJoe is a RWinger just like PBO only older. He has not done one thing surprising to me, anyway. 💩🤮
T and R x 2, Ms. Benny!! 🐋🌳☮️😊👍 Still not sure what I think regarding ranked choice voting?🙄
When the results are more visible (absentee ballots still coming in until June 29th), then we’ll see the fruits or merits.
Brazil police use teargas and rubber bullets against indigenous protesters
T & R, Benny!