"Trump is charging around the federal government like a giant wrecking ball made of orange feces" is the kind of reporting that I need right now. Everything is horrible. Pretending like there is anything that can be done about it now by anyone other than people in the judiciary or congress is not helping. I am counting on a real resistance being organized that we can support.
Don't forget that despite the "recinding" of the OMB order, some agencies (read NSF) are still withholding grant money in search of DEI--and in 23 states there is a TRO prohibiting this. Evidence that any agency is violating the TRO is quite likely to turn it into a full injunction.
The government also needs to DEFINE "DEI." Does it mean anything affecting, say, women only? Like research into the effects of menopause? Or anything that primarily affects Blacks (research into sickle cell anemia) or Jews (Tay Sachs syndrome?) Don't these "favor" the classes mentioned?
Trump has turned DEI into "anything that threatens the predominance of white Christian males." He should be forced to call his version that. How, of course, is the big question.
To be fair to Bernie, he doesn't have a history of supporting ideologues whose overall beliefs are anathema to Progressive/Socialist views (at least I can't think of any). But he does have a history of trying to pluck out potentially beneficial talking points and getting Democrats to actually talk about them rather than conveniently bury the whole shebang via a toxic association. Maybe that's not the best approach with Trumpian candidates, being as outlandishly toxic as they are, but I don't think there was ever any danger that Sanders might vote to confirm.
I think it’s more of a message to fellow Democrates: “WE should be talking about this and be known as the party that champions it so asshats like RFK can’t claim to be the one to ‘take on’ an actual issue and hide their more unpopular agenda behind it." Otherwise Republicans can (effectively) spin a non-confirmation as Democrats not wanting to take on Big Agra, Big Pharma, etc. etc.
It horrifies me that this regime wants us dead. Whether by slashing social safety nets so people starve or doing away with “affordable” healthcare so people die from treatable, preventable medical issues, or through violence or despair, they only care about how much they can stuff into their pockets. I think it’s time for them to understand that money is nothing but an imaginary trade agreement. The instant we decide as a whole that money isn’t worth the paper/cloth/plastic/metal it’s printed on, the rich understand that there are so many more of us than there are of them.
"Trump is charging around the federal government like a giant wrecking ball made of orange feces" is the kind of reporting that I need right now. Everything is horrible. Pretending like there is anything that can be done about it now by anyone other than people in the judiciary or congress is not helping. I am counting on a real resistance being organized that we can support.
Don't forget that despite the "recinding" of the OMB order, some agencies (read NSF) are still withholding grant money in search of DEI--and in 23 states there is a TRO prohibiting this. Evidence that any agency is violating the TRO is quite likely to turn it into a full injunction.
The government also needs to DEFINE "DEI." Does it mean anything affecting, say, women only? Like research into the effects of menopause? Or anything that primarily affects Blacks (research into sickle cell anemia) or Jews (Tay Sachs syndrome?) Don't these "favor" the classes mentioned?
Trump has turned DEI into "anything that threatens the predominance of white Christian males." He should be forced to call his version that. How, of course, is the big question.
To be fair to Bernie, he doesn't have a history of supporting ideologues whose overall beliefs are anathema to Progressive/Socialist views (at least I can't think of any). But he does have a history of trying to pluck out potentially beneficial talking points and getting Democrats to actually talk about them rather than conveniently bury the whole shebang via a toxic association. Maybe that's not the best approach with Trumpian candidates, being as outlandishly toxic as they are, but I don't think there was ever any danger that Sanders might vote to confirm.
Yeah; I think his impulse to find common ground with right populists is not so great right at the moment. But I'm glad he's not voting for RFK!
I think it’s more of a message to fellow Democrates: “WE should be talking about this and be known as the party that champions it so asshats like RFK can’t claim to be the one to ‘take on’ an actual issue and hide their more unpopular agenda behind it." Otherwise Republicans can (effectively) spin a non-confirmation as Democrats not wanting to take on Big Agra, Big Pharma, etc. etc.
It horrifies me that this regime wants us dead. Whether by slashing social safety nets so people starve or doing away with “affordable” healthcare so people die from treatable, preventable medical issues, or through violence or despair, they only care about how much they can stuff into their pockets. I think it’s time for them to understand that money is nothing but an imaginary trade agreement. The instant we decide as a whole that money isn’t worth the paper/cloth/plastic/metal it’s printed on, the rich understand that there are so many more of us than there are of them.
Sure, Bernie Sanders seemed very likely to vote for RFK, Jr. Praising him to the skies is exactly how I read that story.
I wouldn't say he seemed very likely...but he wouldn't come out against him, which seemed reason for concern since other Ds were praising him.
But! I'm glad it doesn't look like he's going to vote for him.