Don’t Let The Liars Win

Don’t let them define what you are. A social media post I saw yesterday, author unknown

Just a note for my right leaning family and friends from my left leaning self as we near voting day:

They say we want to disband police departments (and that we hate the police): we don’t, that’s a lie. We want to weed out racism and unnecessary police brutality and for those who abuse their power to be held accountable.

They say we want to release all prisoners: we don’t, that’s a lie. We want to weed out racism and ensure the punishments match the crimes and to deprivatize prisons.

They say we want open borders: we don’t, that’s a lie. We want asylum seekers to be given their chance to seek asylum. We want to help people who are coming from unimaginable terror and poverty help to give them the chances we have. We want to ensure children aren’t separated from their parents and that nobody is kept in cages. But we do want proper vetting.

They say we want to take away your guns: we don’t, that’s a lie. We want logical gun control to help prevent mass shootings.

They say we want to wage a war on Christianity and Christian values: we don’t, that’s a lie. We want people of all religions to be able to practice and worship freely.

They say we want to get everything for free: we don’t, that’s a lie. We want to work hard and make sure that healthcare and education are affordable for all.

They say we want a war against traditional marriage: we don’t, that’s a lie. We want people of all sexual orientations to be able to love freely, no matter who you love.

They say we want to destroy or rewrite history: we don’t, that’s a lie. We want to recognize the ugly parts of our past and do everything we can to say “that’s not okay, let’s not honor those aggressors, let’s not let those things happen again”.

They say we want to take away your constitutional rights: we don’t, that’s a lie. We choose to believe science and wear masks and try to prevent the spread of this disease.

They say we hate America: we don’t, that’s a lie. We just recognize our faults and want us to do better, be better.

Stop with the us vs. them. Stop with the straw man arguments. Stop with the fake news. Stop with fox news. Our position is one of empathy, compassion and logic. Stop believing the hype. Stop with the division. Just because we want equality for all doesn’t mean we want to take anything away from you.

Giannis wins NBA Defensive Player Of The Year. The only other Buck to do it is Sidney Moncrief who won it twice

Troy Pieper is leaving as Wausau East boys basketball coach to take the boys basketball job in Merrill. Pieper played at Merrill and still lives in the city.

Covers Of The Day (Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble played their last concert on this date in 1990 at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin before the helicopter crash the next morning)

Stevie Ray covers Jimi Hendrix

Stevie Ray covers Stevie Wonder

I see Trump signs in front of farms and wonder why. He’s not helping farmers…watch this

Quotes Of The Day

“So the Republican ratings for night one of the convention appear to be significantly lower than the Democrats. But word is that Donald Trump is holding out for the overnight numbers from Moscow.”-Dan Rather

“If an elected official refuses to denounce a group that the FBI has labeled a domestic terrorism threat then that person should not be an elected official. FULL STOP.”-Colin Hanks

“Have we ever before seen a sworn, sitting U.S. diplomat publicly conduct partisan politics on foreign soil?”-Pete Buttigeg

“Everything Mike Pompeo says & does is part of his already underway campaign for president in 2024.”-Lawrence O’Donnell

“Reminder: In 2013, the Trump Foundation gave $25,000 to Pam Bondi’s campaign for reelection as attorney general. A month later, Bondi announced that Florida would not join other states suing Trump for fraud over Trump University, even though many alleged victims lived in Florida.”-Kyle Griffin

“I have NEVER seen so many members of one party (former officials, pundits, etc.) endorse the other’s nominee. There is a reason for this.”-Jennifer Rubin

“If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.”-Dwight Eisenhower

“I’ve made this point repeatedly over the years, but cops are NOT more law abiding than the general population. They commit domestic violence at 2-4x the rate of average person. There’s no justification for them being armed & empowered to act as jury & executioner in the streets.”-Bree Newsome Bass

“Birtherism started w/ one person, Mark Meadows talked of sending “Obama back to Kenya,” the press secretary tweeted to Obama, “how I met your brother, never mind, forgot, he’s in that hut in Kenya.” All you need to know.”-Peter Gammons

Before and after her address at the #RNC2020, anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson was publicly voicing her support for head-of-household voting. This voting system would allow only the head of a household to cast a ballot.

Pam Bondi continues to accuse Joe and Hunter Biden of nepotism even as Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner serve as senior advisers to the president and sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr. profit from U.S. business ventures around the world.

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi condemned corruption in her remarks for the #RNC2020 ― in the process reminding many viewers of the high-profile accusations of corruption that have been leveled against her.

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