The Episcopal bishop of DC – who oversees the DC church Trump just stopped at – tells the
@washingtonpost
she is “outraged” and that neither she nor the rector was asked or told… “that they would be clearing with tear gas so they could use one of our churches as a prop..”
..holding a bible, one that declares that God is love and when everything he has said and done is to enflame violence. I am beyond.We need moral leadership and he’s done everything to divide us and has just used one of the most sacred symbols of the Judeo-Christian tradition.”
“We so disassociate ourselves from the messages of this president. We hold the teachings of our sacred texts to be so so grounding to our lives and everything we do and it is about love of neighbor and sacrificial love and justice.”
@Mebudde
Bishop Mariann Budde
His phone call to the governors on Monday was also another look inside the poisonous mind of a man who is melting down in real time. He truly wants to be able to use the military to attack American citizens. The thought of it gets him off…like Sheriff Clark with his attack dogs and water cannons in early 60's Alabama. He wishes he could control everything like Putin, Erdogan or Dutarte. With force. With violence. With press suppression. And the Republican Party just lets him continue to bleat on. They are all accessories to the murder of America.
Gregg Popovich doesnt suffer fools gladly so you can imagine what he thinks of trump. Read it
here
This isnt new. Mayor Daley's cops went nuts in 1968 and Robert Lamm wrote a song about it.
This from former Wausau resident Rex Sikes….
“I am Antifa. I am anti-fascist. I am against these fascist forms of oppression as exemplified by the current administration. Tyranny, oligarchy, the pillaging of the people, the upward transfer of wealth from the wage slaves to the uber-rich, and the downward transfer of the burden to the taxpayer.
I am against fascism. I am against the big pharma charade, the medical and insurance ripoff that predatory capitalists force the public to accept. I am against racism and hate of any color, gender, religion et al, institutionalized or otherwise. I am against looting and arson, I am against automatic and semi-automatic guns used in mass shootings.
I am against the controls and deregulations of the current administration and the stacking of the courts in this country. I am against the death of democracy and the rape of this republic. I am against the GOP since Eisenhower, the last great republican, warned us to be wary and vigilant. Kennedy warned us too.
I am pro-people, pro-choice, pro, or for, the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. I am pro-peace, love, acceptance and compassion. I am against the lies about the middle and poorer classes, the lies about welfare and voter fraud.
I am against the lies that people are lazy and want to game the system. I am against those who obstruct and obfuscate, lie, blame, excuse and whine. I am against over-inflated egos and incompetence. I am against our incompetent administration officers.
I am against corruption wherever it is found. I am against so-called religious people who are biased, hateful, hurtful and who have no tolerance or compassion. I am for the good samaritan and the people who rise to face whatever challenges this country and world. I’d prefer to follow Jesus’ example than the impeached president’s.
I am for those who seek goodness, kindness and positive solutions to make the world a better place. I am for the example of Jesus and against the examples of many so-called politicized profiteering evangelical TV leaders. Wolves in sheep’s clothing that deceive. Stop predators. Promote love.
I am against those who deny climate change and who waste, pollute and poison the planet. I am for those who care about our beautiful planet and seek to keep it that way. I am for freedom of expression as long it doesn’t harm. I am for clarity, positivity, and looking for solutions rather than problems. So, yes, I am Antifa. And I’m many other things.
I am against white supremacy, wealth supremacy, predatory capitalism, ignorance and institutional blindness. I am against criminals in politics, religion, finance, mortgage, medical and insurance industry, and everywhere else. I am for clarity, not confusion. I am for concise, clear plans, not chaos and deception. I am not for drinking bleach.
This is not an elegant description of what I am against and what I am for. It is simply a statement that LIVES matter. ALL lives matter. BLACK lives matter. I am against bad cops. I am against bad criminals. I am for good helpful police and citizens. The good and bad co-exist.
I prefer to promote the good and seek to change the bad. The way to do this is to become aware of the problem, see what needs to be changed, and then shift focus from the problem to the solution. Then work to implement it. There’s enough to do. I am for doing it and not wasting time.
We will get through all difficult times if we will unite, work together in harmony, with a common positive vision for the good we want to create.
We can fulfill our mission if we think of ourselves, and ALL PEOPLE, as in a boat, all facing in the same direction, oars in the water rowing together at the same time to get to the destination we agreed on and look forward to getting to.
Together we rise. Divided we fall. When we all come together as one team with a positive vision and a ‘WE CAN’ attitude, we can accomplish just about anything. We don’t have to settle for the bad. We can do better and create better.
Most importantly our challenges and problems are lessons to learn from. If we are wise we will use what is happening, the pandemic, the violence and looting, the needless murder of citizens by other citizens and by the police, the needless murder of police by citizens etc. as an indication that we can’t keep going the way we have been going.
We need some positive changes and new positive direction. It isn’t good enough to return to what was normal. We need to level up. We need to upgrade. The OLD ways had been perverted by profit-seekers and haters and those who have sought to divide us. There are those who have a ‘divide the pie’ mentality. They are afraid to share because they think they will lose. So they keep others down.
We need an abundance mentality. One that says we can create more pies. There is plenty for all. Heck, they print money whenever it serves their interest. Money isn’t the issue. Access to money is the issue. We live in a cartel-like world.
Equal access is the issue. Everyone can be better off if we decide everyone can be better off. If we only think about lack and what won’t work we will perpetuate the old broken wage-slave poverty versus wealth mentality THEY want us to continue to believe.
We all can have a better standard of living, health care for all, more love, compassion and understanding. We don’t have to settle for the lies we bought into for so long. If the old system collapses, good. As long as like the Phoenix we rise from the ashes new. Resurrection is possible.
We absolutely can rise again like the Phoenix once we decide to. I am for life, not death. I am for change and improvement for everyone. We can do this.
These problems, the pandemic and unrest, financial imbalance, lack of positive medical model for all, shows us what needs to be done. If we pay attention and don’t get stuck in the blame game. You can bet politicians will use circumstances to point fingers. Enough of the madness. Let’s put a stop to what holds us all back and keeps us divided.
Let’s get clear, clean and promote goodness and what we can do. Put a stop to excuses and blames, chaos and confusion, intolerance, hate and worse. Let’s create a new better normal because we can AND because we can we will, if we do it together. Let’s act and make this world a better place for ALL people and other living creatures.
We are experiencing birth pangs as a new way struggles to be born.
Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes
He's got a book too….
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BREAKING: An independent autopsy ordered by George Floyd's family finds he was killed by “homicide caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain,” according to early findings from the examination.
Quotes Of The Day
“One lesson that other organizations of all kinds can learn from police nationwide is that it's a bad idea to recruit violent emotionally unstable white supremacists and give them military weapons and a sense of total legal impunity.”-A.R. Moxon
“Journalists attempting to report on events are being attacked by police consistently and repeatedly in multiple locations for the first time in modern American history. Trump knows what he is doing. To operate effectively, fascism needs to first turn out the light.”-David Simon
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1267132…
“If the police patrolled white communities with the same violence that they patrol poor black neighborhoods, there would be a revolution.” This is a good time to read “Chokehold,” by @LawProfButler. _Ezra Klein
https://thenewpress.com/books/chokehold
“Trump seems terribly energized by the discord of this moment, plainly eager for the storm to come. He does not know how to fight a virus, but he knows how to fight his countrymen.”-Ezra Klein
https://vox.com/2020/6/1/21275746/trump-protests-p…
“I can imagine no other president in my lifetime failing to address the nation in a prime time speech during a crisis such as this. On the other hand, I cannot imagine another president whose words would be less welcome by so many of his fellow citizens.”-Dan Rather
“You’d have to be a really sick person to want four more years of this nightmare.”-Steven Beschloss
“Denver Police Seized Assault Rifles from Rightwing White Anti-Government Gun Activists at Friday Night Protest”-Thom Hartman
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2020/05/denver-…
“I believe in a simple truth: everybody counts, and everybody is accountable. George Floyd counted. The officer who killed him, and those who stood by, must be held accountable. The same standard applies to you, me, and every American, up to and including the president.”-Val Demings
“A no quarter order is a war crime, prohibited even in actual insurrection since Abraham Lincoln's signed the Lieber Code in 1863. Such an order is banned by international law and would, if carried out, be murder under American law.”-David French
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/lieber.as…
“In the Rose Garden, Trump says he is an “ally of all peaceful protestors” as the world watched peaceful protestors being tear gassed outside of the WH gates.”-Abby Phillip
“The GOP pivot from FREEDOM! DON’T TREAD ON ME! To Bring in the ARMY TO CRUSH THEM! Is impressive.”-Charlie Sykes
https://twitter.com/sentomcotton/status/1267455323…
“It's odd, I can't seem to find examples of Tom Cotton saying anything like this when armed right-wing terrorists seized a government building in Oregon and forcibly held it for 40 days while federal authorities twiddled their thumbs. Oh wait, did I say “odd”? I meant predictable.”-Walter Schaub
https://twitter.com/schwellenbach/status/126746564…
“Trump told the governors that the general advising him has “had a lot of victories and no losses.” No current American general has ever won a war.”-Lawrence O'Donnell
” He's not asking Govs to control; he's asking them to dominate. Govs are elected by the people & are not in office to dominate (bully) them, but to protect & represent their wishes. There's nothing good in Trump's message…he doesn't know how to deliver a good message.”-Linda Bouley
“Never thought I would see the day when a POTUS deliberately incites more violence instead of more calm. Incredibly dangerous.”-David Gergen
“I will be introducing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to discontinue the program that transfers military weaponry to local police departments.”-Brian Schatz
“Worst health crisis in a century. Worst unemployment crisis ever. Worst crisis in the streets in more than 50 years. US an international pariah, rejected by the club of democracies we helped create, the global order we sought to build for 75 yrs in shambles. That's where we are.”-David Rothkopf
Front Page of Houston Chronicle Sports Section on Sunday
