No article, just opinions

Since we’ve once again been discussing popular reaction to police killings, I’m curious to know what you all think in general, rather than about the specific cases of late. At what point is resistance–including and beyond destruction of property–an appropriate (if not morally necessary) response to repeated police abuses? How far could you be pushed before you safety and dignity demanded a direct response?

The Right Created Boot Camps for Destroying Democracy and Voting Rights

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/03/wallbuilders-alec-gerrymandering-south-dakota-voting

I guess we shouldn’t be surprised but it’s ALEC and a Christian Nationalist group who are funding most of these seminars.

How Small A Minority Should Be Allowed To Rule?

This article has been written a thousand times, but this one is a bit unique in that it acknowledges that minority rule in the Senate is by design, rather than a recent bug.

https://www.dailyposter.com/p/how-small-a-minority-should-be-allowed?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4NzQzMjM0LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNDE4OTAzNCwiXyI6InFwQ2FYIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE2NTg3ODI2LCJleHAiOjE2MTY1OTE0MjYsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zNzc3OCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.dD_gmiN0apxHj7qBJiBK9VSYN9wFGTkkZQ4HXwnKusg

The Barack Obama Memoir: Don’t Trust the Process

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/02/dont-trust-the-process

This is a critique of the memoir. Some of you may find this interesting, if not a little off-putting. I think it succinctly illustrates the left-of-center criticism of his administration, and his hubris.

Biden will send Mexico surplus vaccines, as U.S. seeks help on immigration enforcement

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-mexico-immigration-coronavirus-vaccine/2021/03/18/a63a3426-8791-11eb-8a67-f314e5fcf88d_story.html

In which Biden, who we’re told is beckoning immigrants to come to the US, is trading vaccines for migrant roundups in Mexico.

Inside Jared Kushner’s coronavirus research: a wide net on a giant Facebook group

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/13/jared-kushner-combat-coronavirus-facebook-127941

Is this good?

CORONAVIRUS MATTERS, THE STOCK MARKET DOESN’T, AND THINKING IT DOES MAY LITERALLY KILL US

https://theintercept.com/2020/03/06/coronavirus-covid-19-stock-market-economy/

Some perspective as we all see hysterical accounts of the trading stoppage this morning.

Liz Just Dropped Out

Her choice of endorsement will be *very* interesting.

Super Tuesday

Seems we jumped the gun a bit with the last thread about who we’d be voting for. Since the field has narrowed considerably since then, where do we all stand now? I’m obviously still for Bernie, but I’m curious to know where the Amy/Pete contingency landed. And why.

Democratic Leaders Willing to Risk Party Damage to Stop Bernie Sanders

My suspicion is that they’re not afraid he’d lose to Trump, but that he’d win. They’d rather hand Trump 4 more years than risk the very public spectacle of their increasingly undeniable irrelevance.