Robert, every single one of your columns pushes me to try to recruit one more voter in some way each day. Here I post an excellent link to Frank Strong’s guide to Texas school board elections, which are a target for extremists. I beg anyone who has the time to send this to a Texas friend and ask them in turn to circulate. SB elections here are nonpartisan...it can be difficult to discern which candidate stands for what. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sYWeqdcJEa10JgKPG3KSOjvJzKI-bvD_Ar34n-Iac5k/edit. Things here in Texas are dark these days--thank you for your help!
The Florida surgeon general's alterations of key findings of that study mock the heroic efforts of our health care workers. He could not be more despicable.
If that's what the LA Times says was the reason, no wonder they're reduced to looking like "the neighborhood advertiser formerly known as the LA Times."
It's because of the Abby Grossman lawsuit, which charges he operated a "vile sexist work environment." When she sued them on Friday March 17, they countersued her on Monday March 20 and then without giving a reason withdrew the suit the next day. They never do that if there isn't a "credible threat." Her attorney presented them a nice thick file folder on Phucker, and aid "If you want to sue, go ahead, we'll amend with all this. You can't afford this on top of Dominion and Smartmatic." They NEVER get rid of those scumballs - Ailes, O'Lielly, etc. - unless it's a sexual "misadventure."
Couldn't happen to a nicer collection of bottom-feeding scum.
Thank you once again for calling attention to a vital topic that has been neglected in the major media, namely the Florida surgeon general's shameless falsification of the conclusions of a medical study. The man should be indicted but everybody yawns.
As a lifelong resident of the Mid-Atlantic states, I've never looked forward to the months of July/August and the sweat-dripping humidity that it brings. That said, hurry-hurry July 2023!
To be honest, it felt to me that the following statement Robert wrote was the most telling: “To state the obvious, indicting Trump after the first GOP Iowa caucus in January 2024 would be tantamount to prosecutorial malpractice.”
Garland and Smith’s timeline seems to be a nail biter. We all saw January 6 on live TV in 2021. Ever since it has been drip, drip, drip while we wait patiently (maybe impatiently) for something to happen along the road to justice.
"That certainty is a welcome relief from the ever-receding mirage of accountability that has vexed and frustrated Americans since Trump descended on the golden escalator in 2015." That sums it up quite well.
Last evening Rachel Maddow had a segment about the declining power of right wing figureheads and it puts the firing of Tucker Carlson in perspective. An interesting note is several of these figureheads were fired not for what they said on the air but for alleged sexual assaults and misbehavior. They all seem to crash and burn sometime. Maybe it’s wishful thinking but it feels to me like people finally have gotten fed up and are pushing back and most importantly the media has woke up and realized there is a lot of corruption and other unsavory things hidden under the covers and they are looking much harder at what is there. Hey if Hunter Biden is suing Majorie Taylor Greene you know things are a changing.
A belated comment on the Supreme Court re mifepristone:
I don’t see this as good jurisprudence. I see this as Amy, Brett and Neal becoming political realists as Roberts wanted with a more moderate Dobbs decision. Thomas and Alito are hopelessly radicalized to the right. But the others can now see clearly how the Dobbs decision was a grave political error. They have seen how it galvanized democrats and independents and shattered the religious right’s fever dream of a theocracy. And they have seen how this reaction has not died down. And they can see that the mifepristone decision has further enraged and energized pro democracy forces. So they saw they had to slow things down at least until after the presidential election of 2024 hoping things cool enough so that right wing forces can counter the passion that has “rolled down like waters” since the Dobbs decision. While I am grateful they have given the country a break, I see a more insidious and no less dangerous long term strategy taking root now.
Any l legal ramifications for the FL surgeon general’s lies that put the health of Floridians (if not all Americans) at risk? People died and got long Covid as a result of a so-called “experts” “scientific study.”
Apr 25, 2023·edited Apr 25, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
I heard Tucker wasn't fired . . . he just got a better offer from his good buddy, Vlad (Putin), to be CEO and National Anchor for RT News :-)
In other news not on the mass media radar, the Republican governor and legislature of the State of Mississippi passed two new laws that demonstrate that Tennessee isn't the only State where good 'ol boy racism is alive and well. See https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/23/us/naacp-mississippi-reeves-lawsuit.html.
Also, I suggest reading Joyce Vance's interview with Attorney General Eric Holder, Chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (https://joycevance.substack.com/p/five-questions-with-eric-holder/comments). Former AG Holder notes that "too many in the Republican Party have employed a series of strategies to suppress the voice of the people, from partisan and racial gerrymandering to voter suppression to outright intimidation." As he notes, Republican gerrymandering empowered the Tennessee legislature's effort to oust two democratically elected Black representatives. Now we see Republicans feel empowered to assert State control over the City of Jackson (82.47% Black, 16.19% White, World Population Review) harkening back to the darkest days of the Jim Crow era.
At the very least, Surgeon General Ladapo should be stripped of any license to practice medicine. in a just society, he would be going to jail for some fraud charge or other. In the court of world opinion, he should be judged as an accessory to many unnecessary deaths of young men who refused the vaccine on his say so. He is despicable. What do you think the chances are that DeSantis will fire him?
During this time of a massive overdose of news I think it's important to take time for your families, friends, nature, pets, gardens, fitness, music, all of you daily responsibilities and also - yourself. Some nights I find I am so wired about the day's events it's difficult to get to sleep and stay asleep. For that problem I've turned to my Audible subscriptions and downloaded books such as The Poems of Rumi, Edith Hamilton's Mythology, and other favorite topics. This news is not going away anytime soon. It's going to be ugly, divisive, and in many ways untruthful, not reported in great detail, and with no fact-checking. And of course, do what you can for GOTV. Don't believe the polls. The next presidential inauguration isn't until January 20, 2025.
Robert, every single one of your columns pushes me to try to recruit one more voter in some way each day. Here I post an excellent link to Frank Strong’s guide to Texas school board elections, which are a target for extremists. I beg anyone who has the time to send this to a Texas friend and ask them in turn to circulate. SB elections here are nonpartisan...it can be difficult to discern which candidate stands for what. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sYWeqdcJEa10JgKPG3KSOjvJzKI-bvD_Ar34n-Iac5k/edit. Things here in Texas are dark these days--thank you for your help!
The Florida surgeon general's alterations of key findings of that study mock the heroic efforts of our health care workers. He could not be more despicable.
If that's what the LA Times says was the reason, no wonder they're reduced to looking like "the neighborhood advertiser formerly known as the LA Times."
It's because of the Abby Grossman lawsuit, which charges he operated a "vile sexist work environment." When she sued them on Friday March 17, they countersued her on Monday March 20 and then without giving a reason withdrew the suit the next day. They never do that if there isn't a "credible threat." Her attorney presented them a nice thick file folder on Phucker, and aid "If you want to sue, go ahead, we'll amend with all this. You can't afford this on top of Dominion and Smartmatic." They NEVER get rid of those scumballs - Ailes, O'Lielly, etc. - unless it's a sexual "misadventure."
Couldn't happen to a nicer collection of bottom-feeding scum.
Thank you once again for calling attention to a vital topic that has been neglected in the major media, namely the Florida surgeon general's shameless falsification of the conclusions of a medical study. The man should be indicted but everybody yawns.
You got us covered today, Robert.
As a lifelong resident of the Mid-Atlantic states, I've never looked forward to the months of July/August and the sweat-dripping humidity that it brings. That said, hurry-hurry July 2023!
To be honest, it felt to me that the following statement Robert wrote was the most telling: “To state the obvious, indicting Trump after the first GOP Iowa caucus in January 2024 would be tantamount to prosecutorial malpractice.”
Garland and Smith’s timeline seems to be a nail biter. We all saw January 6 on live TV in 2021. Ever since it has been drip, drip, drip while we wait patiently (maybe impatiently) for something to happen along the road to justice.
I just love the idea of Carlson bringing his checkbook to the witness stand.
"That certainty is a welcome relief from the ever-receding mirage of accountability that has vexed and frustrated Americans since Trump descended on the golden escalator in 2015." That sums it up quite well.
Last evening Rachel Maddow had a segment about the declining power of right wing figureheads and it puts the firing of Tucker Carlson in perspective. An interesting note is several of these figureheads were fired not for what they said on the air but for alleged sexual assaults and misbehavior. They all seem to crash and burn sometime. Maybe it’s wishful thinking but it feels to me like people finally have gotten fed up and are pushing back and most importantly the media has woke up and realized there is a lot of corruption and other unsavory things hidden under the covers and they are looking much harder at what is there. Hey if Hunter Biden is suing Majorie Taylor Greene you know things are a changing.
A reminder about DeSantis. We all have a photo of him in a helmet looking exactly like Mike Dukakis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/08/23/desantis-dukakis-fighter-jet-tank/
A belated comment on the Supreme Court re mifepristone:
I don’t see this as good jurisprudence. I see this as Amy, Brett and Neal becoming political realists as Roberts wanted with a more moderate Dobbs decision. Thomas and Alito are hopelessly radicalized to the right. But the others can now see clearly how the Dobbs decision was a grave political error. They have seen how it galvanized democrats and independents and shattered the religious right’s fever dream of a theocracy. And they have seen how this reaction has not died down. And they can see that the mifepristone decision has further enraged and energized pro democracy forces. So they saw they had to slow things down at least until after the presidential election of 2024 hoping things cool enough so that right wing forces can counter the passion that has “rolled down like waters” since the Dobbs decision. While I am grateful they have given the country a break, I see a more insidious and no less dangerous long term strategy taking root now.
Any l legal ramifications for the FL surgeon general’s lies that put the health of Floridians (if not all Americans) at risk? People died and got long Covid as a result of a so-called “experts” “scientific study.”
I heard Tucker wasn't fired . . . he just got a better offer from his good buddy, Vlad (Putin), to be CEO and National Anchor for RT News :-)
In other news not on the mass media radar, the Republican governor and legislature of the State of Mississippi passed two new laws that demonstrate that Tennessee isn't the only State where good 'ol boy racism is alive and well. See https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/23/us/naacp-mississippi-reeves-lawsuit.html.
Also, I suggest reading Joyce Vance's interview with Attorney General Eric Holder, Chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (https://joycevance.substack.com/p/five-questions-with-eric-holder/comments). Former AG Holder notes that "too many in the Republican Party have employed a series of strategies to suppress the voice of the people, from partisan and racial gerrymandering to voter suppression to outright intimidation." As he notes, Republican gerrymandering empowered the Tennessee legislature's effort to oust two democratically elected Black representatives. Now we see Republicans feel empowered to assert State control over the City of Jackson (82.47% Black, 16.19% White, World Population Review) harkening back to the darkest days of the Jim Crow era.
At the very least, Surgeon General Ladapo should be stripped of any license to practice medicine. in a just society, he would be going to jail for some fraud charge or other. In the court of world opinion, he should be judged as an accessory to many unnecessary deaths of young men who refused the vaccine on his say so. He is despicable. What do you think the chances are that DeSantis will fire him?
During this time of a massive overdose of news I think it's important to take time for your families, friends, nature, pets, gardens, fitness, music, all of you daily responsibilities and also - yourself. Some nights I find I am so wired about the day's events it's difficult to get to sleep and stay asleep. For that problem I've turned to my Audible subscriptions and downloaded books such as The Poems of Rumi, Edith Hamilton's Mythology, and other favorite topics. This news is not going away anytime soon. It's going to be ugly, divisive, and in many ways untruthful, not reported in great detail, and with no fact-checking. And of course, do what you can for GOTV. Don't believe the polls. The next presidential inauguration isn't until January 20, 2025.
Thank you for this excellent analysis.