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MAGA v Fani Willis: I am incensed!
I wrote this before Judge McAfee’s decision — “appearance of impropriety”? His decision states there was no impropriety, no conflict of interests, so WTF! McAfee only serves to make my furious point below. McAfee has Comey-fied Fani Wallis. ⇓ Rumors, … Continue reading
Posted in Judiciary, Law, suits and order, political campaigns, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting rights, War on women
Tagged civil rights legislation, election inteference, false voter fraud claims, Fani Willis, FBI, FBI secret files, J. Edgar Hoover, Judge McAfee, Koch Brothers, MAGA, Martin Luther King, Michael Roman, Nathan Wade, oppo research, Trump, Wikipedia
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The problem with heroes
They are human; ergo, they are imperfect. Last week, my cousin Janet and I found ourselves talking about Woodrow Wilson who, when we studied American history, was a political and intellectual hero to many people, and our dismay to learn … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life
Tagged Andrei Sakharov, Attorney General of the State of New York, Eric Schneiderman, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Woodrow Wilson
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The power of nonviolent protest
A few years ago I visited Birmingham, Alabama for the wedding of two friends. One day, I spent some hours in Birmingham’s Civil Rights Institute, and the arboreal, stunning square across the street, Kelly Ingram Park, now part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Anne Schwerner, Birmingham Alabama, Birmingham Children's March, Brimingham Civil Rights Institute, Charlottesville, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Gandhi, Kelly Ingram Park, march to Selma, Martin Luther King, Mickey Schwerner, neo-Nazis, New Rochelle High School, passive resistance, racism, The Children's March, Voting Rights Act of 1965, white supremacists
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