Your newsletter today along with Dr. Richardson’s are both special. It took me a minute or two to determine why I felt this way. I think it is because each piece is packed with information that requires recognition of the importance of dogged persistence. Persistence towards an ideal is not easy, and you pointed out what Biden, Lewis, King and others have done for their whole lives. They kept moving forward against terrible adversity towards the goal of democracy. This is what you and Dr. Richardson do everyday. You sort through the noise and explain what is important to us clearly. That is what is valuable about words and their presentation. You do what you do well. It is not a flashy speech created by a room full of speech writers. It is the quiet organization of a mess of information and sorting the mess into a message that is skillfully delivered. Thanks for doing this for us.
Robert Hubbell's comment "the call for “eradication” should be the clarion signal that if we do not stop the hate against the transgender community, similar calls against the broader LGBTQ community will be next, followed by other religious, ethnic, and racial groups that have been the traditional targets of white supremacists. We must draw the line here" evokes the famous Martin Niemoller statement: "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
The idea that transgender people, arguably THE most vulnerable members of our society, are being placed on the front lines for "eradication" by these crazy CPAC/MAGA crowd is disgusting and indefensible. It only shows their weakness in attacking the most vulnerable, like cowardly, blustering schoolyard bullies who will run away crying at the first one who stands against them and bloodies their noses. We must ALL place ourselves in front, and be willing to say, "you'll have to come through me first." 🏳️⚧️ Because you're correct, Rob, if we don't, then they'll be empowered to attack every other marginalized group, leaving only cis, white men in power.
Your newsletter is the first thing I read in the morning, but I’m struggling to absorb your message. I live in Florida and am a political and social activist. Last night I listened to a preview of bills filed in the Florida legislature for the session starting tomorrow given by Anna Eskamani. The GOP won a supermajority in both houses and the bills are horrendous, including one that will be filed today: most likely a 6 week abortion ban. Being an activist in Florida is like playing a never ending game of “whack-a-mole”.
These days nothing ticks me off more than some person like Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis ranting about “wokeness” or people bring “woke” - either aloud or in a written comment. So I looked up the definition of “woke” in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, & here’s what it said: “woke: Aware and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially the issues of racial and social justice).”
That short definition sure sounds like an admirable character trait to me!
I’ve memorized that definition, & when I read ignorant comments about being “woke”, I respond by giving them the definition of the word. We need to be proactive on this & stop allowing conservative politicians & their followers to define “woke” as a negative character trait. The opposite of “woke” would be “closed minded, bigoted, unempathetic.”
The head goobers at the CPAC hatealong, i.e., Steven Bannon and the other pieces of crap I scrape off my shoes were attacking Faux Propaganda all weekend, telling the goober-goobers how much "those people really hate you."
The whole collection of them - from semi-literate Paul Ryan - denounced as a RINO by the goobers - to the ultra-goobers - are nothing but scum. Ryan defended his association with Faux Propaganda Channel by saying "at least it's anti-woke" when interviewed by former friend and ally Charlie Sykes. None of these mental defectives can tell you what "woke" is - one of them once accused me of "writing woke history" for pointing out in a history I wrote of the Korean War that the air interdiction campaign "didn't interdict" in the words of the military leaders.
The Edmund Pettus Bridge needs a new name... after all that history. He was a racist pig. It should be named the John Lewis Bridge....Thank you for a great newsletter and keeping us informed.
I'd love to see the DNC or others put up highway billboards in critical "red" states with quotes from Fox News hosts deliberately about lying about the 2020 elections. That way the public could learn the facts even if conservative media won't discuss it.
Running as the "Retribution" candidate and putting the Queen of "Anti-Woke" on the ballot shows what a dumb, "unawake" fool Donald J. Trump really is. I predict that the GOP's quest to recapture the presidency with these two hate-driven jackals on the bill is doomed to fail spectacularly. By choosing these cretins to carry their banner, the Grand Old Party has written its own epitaph as it is swept away into the dust bin of history. My gut tells me that we, the majority of the American people, men and women of all races, nationalities and sexual preferences, standing together, shoulder to shoulder, will not put up with anymore of this racist, fascist stupidity, having decided long ago at the level of heart and soul, that "all men are created equal" and we fought and prevailed in a bloody civil war to establish that agreement, based on an existential, universal validity that will never die. As the Constitution holds and as Hubbell has clarified in his eloquent writings, allegiance to this noble principle is what binds us together and comprises the essence of what it means to be an American.
In the final analysis, this truth is the foundation of the only political platform from which a government "of the people, by the people and for the people" can be sustained in this lying, blood-drenched world. I also believe that for most Americans, and especially for most veterans who formally swore a sacred oath to defend and protect this ideal, it is a principle worth living for, and if necessary, dying for. Narcissistic, close-minded sociopaths who seek vengeance against Democracy because it is a system based on justice and equality rather than the whims of a dictator, and who deny the validity of being "woke," i.e., "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination," are indeed, as Hubbell suggests, nothing but "chumps," depraved, incognizant ones at that.
As a non lgbtq person, I don’t really understand how they are but all human beings are different so that’s fine. I don’t always understand my family. But these efforts to discriminate and persecute these people because their religion doesn’t know what to make of them makes my blood boil. As I understand from my long ago American history classes, this is a country founded by people of different religious beliefs who fled their homes to cross an ocean to find a place where they could practice their religions freely. In my mind, people trying to force the whole country to follow their evangelical beliefs are un American and should be roundly condemned as such.
What’s driving this is the blurring of the line between church and state. The most obvious example is the Supreme Court.
May I suggest the word "conservative" be exchanged with "corrupt"? In no sense of the word is this faction of Americans "conservative." From the Wall Street big shots to the Proud Boys, the word conceals extremes of greed, fanaticism, racism, negligence, and ignorance. If we are called "woke" it seems, at the very least, that faction be called "willful."
I hadn't heard of Loving Day, and I don't think Robert posted the date, but one of my mottos is "the more love in the world, the better." Loving Day sounds like a good day to celebrate. It's June 12th.
Remember Rupert Murdoch is not American, he's British. For him, America is just low-hanging fruit, ripe for the plucking. He see us a chumps and naive consumers who are all-too-anxious to pay for and gobble up what he peddles to the deer-in-the-headlights masses. Murdoch and Trump both sing Fagan's song: "In this world, one thing counts, in the Bank large amount. Large amounts don't grow on trees.You have to pick a pocket or two."
I hope we haven't heard the last about CPAC and its parade of horrors organized by Matt Schlapp and featuring tfg, Gym Jordan, MJT. They kicked Nick Fuentes out about 72 hours before the show started --- but Fuentes' biases have been known for years.
Morning Mr. Hubbell,
Your newsletter today along with Dr. Richardson’s are both special. It took me a minute or two to determine why I felt this way. I think it is because each piece is packed with information that requires recognition of the importance of dogged persistence. Persistence towards an ideal is not easy, and you pointed out what Biden, Lewis, King and others have done for their whole lives. They kept moving forward against terrible adversity towards the goal of democracy. This is what you and Dr. Richardson do everyday. You sort through the noise and explain what is important to us clearly. That is what is valuable about words and their presentation. You do what you do well. It is not a flashy speech created by a room full of speech writers. It is the quiet organization of a mess of information and sorting the mess into a message that is skillfully delivered. Thanks for doing this for us.
Robert Hubbell's comment "the call for “eradication” should be the clarion signal that if we do not stop the hate against the transgender community, similar calls against the broader LGBTQ community will be next, followed by other religious, ethnic, and racial groups that have been the traditional targets of white supremacists. We must draw the line here" evokes the famous Martin Niemoller statement: "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
The idea that transgender people, arguably THE most vulnerable members of our society, are being placed on the front lines for "eradication" by these crazy CPAC/MAGA crowd is disgusting and indefensible. It only shows their weakness in attacking the most vulnerable, like cowardly, blustering schoolyard bullies who will run away crying at the first one who stands against them and bloodies their noses. We must ALL place ourselves in front, and be willing to say, "you'll have to come through me first." 🏳️⚧️ Because you're correct, Rob, if we don't, then they'll be empowered to attack every other marginalized group, leaving only cis, white men in power.
Your newsletter is the first thing I read in the morning, but I’m struggling to absorb your message. I live in Florida and am a political and social activist. Last night I listened to a preview of bills filed in the Florida legislature for the session starting tomorrow given by Anna Eskamani. The GOP won a supermajority in both houses and the bills are horrendous, including one that will be filed today: most likely a 6 week abortion ban. Being an activist in Florida is like playing a never ending game of “whack-a-mole”.
These days nothing ticks me off more than some person like Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis ranting about “wokeness” or people bring “woke” - either aloud or in a written comment. So I looked up the definition of “woke” in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, & here’s what it said: “woke: Aware and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially the issues of racial and social justice).”
That short definition sure sounds like an admirable character trait to me!
I’ve memorized that definition, & when I read ignorant comments about being “woke”, I respond by giving them the definition of the word. We need to be proactive on this & stop allowing conservative politicians & their followers to define “woke” as a negative character trait. The opposite of “woke” would be “closed minded, bigoted, unempathetic.”
The head goobers at the CPAC hatealong, i.e., Steven Bannon and the other pieces of crap I scrape off my shoes were attacking Faux Propaganda all weekend, telling the goober-goobers how much "those people really hate you."
The whole collection of them - from semi-literate Paul Ryan - denounced as a RINO by the goobers - to the ultra-goobers - are nothing but scum. Ryan defended his association with Faux Propaganda Channel by saying "at least it's anti-woke" when interviewed by former friend and ally Charlie Sykes. None of these mental defectives can tell you what "woke" is - one of them once accused me of "writing woke history" for pointing out in a history I wrote of the Korean War that the air interdiction campaign "didn't interdict" in the words of the military leaders.
The Edmund Pettus Bridge needs a new name... after all that history. He was a racist pig. It should be named the John Lewis Bridge....Thank you for a great newsletter and keeping us informed.
I'd love to see the DNC or others put up highway billboards in critical "red" states with quotes from Fox News hosts deliberately about lying about the 2020 elections. That way the public could learn the facts even if conservative media won't discuss it.
Running as the "Retribution" candidate and putting the Queen of "Anti-Woke" on the ballot shows what a dumb, "unawake" fool Donald J. Trump really is. I predict that the GOP's quest to recapture the presidency with these two hate-driven jackals on the bill is doomed to fail spectacularly. By choosing these cretins to carry their banner, the Grand Old Party has written its own epitaph as it is swept away into the dust bin of history. My gut tells me that we, the majority of the American people, men and women of all races, nationalities and sexual preferences, standing together, shoulder to shoulder, will not put up with anymore of this racist, fascist stupidity, having decided long ago at the level of heart and soul, that "all men are created equal" and we fought and prevailed in a bloody civil war to establish that agreement, based on an existential, universal validity that will never die. As the Constitution holds and as Hubbell has clarified in his eloquent writings, allegiance to this noble principle is what binds us together and comprises the essence of what it means to be an American.
In the final analysis, this truth is the foundation of the only political platform from which a government "of the people, by the people and for the people" can be sustained in this lying, blood-drenched world. I also believe that for most Americans, and especially for most veterans who formally swore a sacred oath to defend and protect this ideal, it is a principle worth living for, and if necessary, dying for. Narcissistic, close-minded sociopaths who seek vengeance against Democracy because it is a system based on justice and equality rather than the whims of a dictator, and who deny the validity of being "woke," i.e., "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination," are indeed, as Hubbell suggests, nothing but "chumps," depraved, incognizant ones at that.
I 'sense' renewed strength and hope in today's post! It coincides with my day 6 of covid isolation ... and i'm 'pumped up and ready to roll!' xx's
As a non lgbtq person, I don’t really understand how they are but all human beings are different so that’s fine. I don’t always understand my family. But these efforts to discriminate and persecute these people because their religion doesn’t know what to make of them makes my blood boil. As I understand from my long ago American history classes, this is a country founded by people of different religious beliefs who fled their homes to cross an ocean to find a place where they could practice their religions freely. In my mind, people trying to force the whole country to follow their evangelical beliefs are un American and should be roundly condemned as such.
What’s driving this is the blurring of the line between church and state. The most obvious example is the Supreme Court.
Thank you for letting me rant.
May I suggest the word "conservative" be exchanged with "corrupt"? In no sense of the word is this faction of Americans "conservative." From the Wall Street big shots to the Proud Boys, the word conceals extremes of greed, fanaticism, racism, negligence, and ignorance. If we are called "woke" it seems, at the very least, that faction be called "willful."
I hadn't heard of Loving Day, and I don't think Robert posted the date, but one of my mottos is "the more love in the world, the better." Loving Day sounds like a good day to celebrate. It's June 12th.
The Emperor Has No Clothes must be the headline after CPAC and the previous seven years. Jennifer Rubin got it right: https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596aa0c6ae7e8a0ef34126e4&s=6405e2d8d8b4d1607541a52a&linknum=1&linktot=19
Remember Rupert Murdoch is not American, he's British. For him, America is just low-hanging fruit, ripe for the plucking. He see us a chumps and naive consumers who are all-too-anxious to pay for and gobble up what he peddles to the deer-in-the-headlights masses. Murdoch and Trump both sing Fagan's song: "In this world, one thing counts, in the Bank large amount. Large amounts don't grow on trees.You have to pick a pocket or two."
I hope we haven't heard the last about CPAC and its parade of horrors organized by Matt Schlapp and featuring tfg, Gym Jordan, MJT. They kicked Nick Fuentes out about 72 hours before the show started --- but Fuentes' biases have been known for years.