Update on the 2021 APA Eastern and Central Division Meetings. AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION.

Dear DAVID, Over the past several months, the APA leadership, including the board of officers and the executive committees of all three divisions, have been closely monitoring developments related to the coronavirus pandemic and its potential impact on divisional meetings planned for 2021. Regrettably, it has now become clear that the pandemic’s effects will not have sufficiently abated for us to hold in-person meetings early in 2021. We have therefore decided that the Eastern Division meeting planned for January 2021 and the Central Division meeting planned for February 2021 will not be held in person. We are now developing plans to hold these meetings virtually. We expect that the virtual meetings will be held on approximately the same dates scheduled for the in-person meetings, and all or nearly all the sessions planned for the in-person meetings will go forward in virtual format. Program participants for each of these meetings will soon receive additional information related to scheduling and planning their sessions for the new virtual format. We will announce further details about the virtual meetings as they become available, both by email and on the meeting pages on the APA website. We will share additional information about the Pacific Division meeting, currently planned for March 31 through April 3, 2021, in Portland, OR, as it becomes available. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we navigate these challenging circumstances. We hope you are healthy and safe, and we look forward to gathering with you (virtually or in-person) soon. All the best, Amy Ferrer, Executive Director Jeff Dunn, Eastern Division Secretary-Treasurer Elyse Purcell, Central Division Secretary-Treasurer Becko Copenhaver, Pacific Division Secretary-Treasurer

We need these reproductive rights champions in Congress. PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCACY FUND OF MASS.

Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts www.searchingforreason.net Since 2016, Donald Trump and Mike Pence have made it their mission to control our bodies, take away our health care, and deny us our rights. Although our country will be dealing with the ramifications of these attacks for years to come, we’ve been able to thwart many of their plans because of direct action by activists like you and the leadership of members of Congress who champion reproductive rights and freedoms. As a national leader, Massachusetts must elect and re-elect members of Congress who fight back whenever reproductive and sexual health care are attacked and who prioritize bold solutions to improve the health and wellbeing of every person. That’s why I couldn’t be happier that the Planned Parenthood Action Fund has endorsed the following candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives: Ed Markey - U.S. Senate Jim McGovern - MA 2nd Congressional District Lori Trahan - MA 3rd Congressional District Jesse Mermell - MA 4th Congressional District Katherine Clark - MA 5th Congressional District Seth Moulton - MA 6th Congressional District Ayanna Pressley - MA 8th Congressional District Our health, our rights, and our freedoms are on the line, and the decisions we make this election season will shape our futures. With so much at stake, we need to elect leaders who will not only work to undo that damage the Trump administration has wreaked but work to build a more equitable future. If you requested a mail in ballot, make a plan to return it, safely vote early, or vote on September 1st to send these champions to Congress. These candidates are not only committed to dismantling racist bans on abortion coverage and stopping the “defunding” of Planned Parenthood, they are committed to strengthening our rights and improving our access to care. They know that true reproductive freedom can only be achieved by fighting for racial justice, economic justice, and climate justice. I hope you’ll cast your ballot for each of the proven leaders representing your district. We need them in Congress now more than ever. In solidarity,   Jennifer Childs-Roshak, MD, MBA President Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts @DrJenCR P.S. Want to help Planned Parenthood elect local champions for reproductive and sexual health? Sign up to volunteer here! Visit our website. Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts 1055 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 United States

REMEMBERING TRUMPS DISGRACE: ARTICLES AND POSTS FROM HIS IMPEACHMENT. BREAKING DOWN THE MUELLER REPORT: DISHONESTY AND CORRUPTION CAN BE FOUND ANYWHERE.

Sometimes it is amazing to see the degree of desperation that is used to RESCUE OR BAILOUT PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS FROM THE "REALITY" OF A GIVEN SITUATION. It could be creating "FACTS" or "TRUTHS" that can easily be refuted, or ignoring information that contradicts a desired or pre-determined conclusion. 

If you have visited this site on a regular basis, my articles and posts on DONALD TRUMP MAKE CLEAR THAT HE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF SAYING OR DOING JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO IGNORE THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS ACTIONS, BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. In addition, at least in Donald Trumps case, It is beneficial to have Allies who are willing to ignore Logic, Reason, or Duty in order to protect him from the Legal Consequences of his actions. 

What do I mean? Well, the current controversy regarding the MUELLER REPORT is a perfect example. 

When we discuss the Findings and Conclusions in the Special Counsels Report, it is necessary to set up Universal Guidelines that are applicable to all parts, and are not left to the Whims and Prejudices of whoever happens to be the Media Darling of the day, able to blurt out entertaining one-liners that are of little value, unless undermining the strength of our CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC is your goal. 


Make sure all Terms are properly defined, especially when it comes to possible allegations of criminal activity or actions that interfered with the LEGAL OPERATION OF THE 2016 ELECTION. There is no way to properly assess conclusions, if one, both, or all sides are playing "SEMANTIC" Games. 

THE SOURCE AND THE QUALITY OF EVIDENCE, EITHER PROVIDED TO, OR UNCOVERED BY, the Office of the Special Counsels Investigation, must be assessed properly and openly. NO INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, CAN BE ALLOWED TO PASS JUDGMENT AND FORM PUBLIC POLICY FROM SUCH JUDGMENTS,WITHOUT PROPER JUSTIFICATION. 
(AND NO...TAKING THE PRESIDENTS OR THE ATTORNEY GENERALS WORD IS NOT PROPER JUSTIFICATION.)

IT'S TIME FOR CONGRESS TO REMEMBER WHERE ITS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES LIE: ANY AND ALL  COMMITTEES OR AGENCIES, RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING AND SAFEGUARDING THE PUBLIC INTEREST, MUST MAKE A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. FURTHER, THIS PROCESS MUST BE FREE OF INTERFERENCE FROM ANY OFFICIAL(S), ELECTED OR APPOINTED.

ALL OFFICIALS; FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL AND ALL RELEVANT INDIVIDUALS OR AGENCIES MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR DECISIONS MADE. NO POLITICAL OFFICE HAS A CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED "GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD," WHERE ANY ACTIONS THEY TAKE ARE BEYOND SCRUTINY OR OVERSIGHT. This seems to be Donald Trumps and William Barrs way of thinking, but I don't buy into it, and hopefully neither will the majority of Americans. 

TO BE CONTINUED...

YOU MEAN THERE IS A LINE THAT SOME PROMINENT GOP POLITICIANS WON'T CROSS, WHEN IT COMES TO DONALD TRUMP?

Trump's QAnon embrace draws GOP backlash

By Ben Kesslen

NBC NEWS.

President Donald Trump’s embrace of QAnon is drawing backlash from some prominent Republicans, who say his comments Wednesday on the group that believes he is saving the world from a satanic cult of pedophiles and cannibals have "no place" in the party.

Trump declined Wednesday to disavow the QAnon movement, saying that the followers of the extreme conspiracy theory are “people who love our country."

QAnon, once thought of as fringe, has emerged in recent months as a sort of centralized hub for utterly false conspiracy and alternative health communities, researchers and experts say.

The group, linked to several violent, criminal incidents, including a train hijacking, kidnappings, a police chase and a murder, sees Trump as their hero in a secret war against pedophiles. When asked about this part of the theory specifically by an NBC News reporter, Trump said, "Is that supposed to be a bad thing?"

Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and primary opponent of the president in 2016, tweeted his displeasure with Trump's remarks on the group, whose conspiracy theories the FBI said in 2019 "very likely motivate some domestic extremists."

“Why in the world would the President not kick Q’anon supporters’ butts? Nut jobs, rascists, haters have no place in either Party,* he wrote, misspelling "racists."

*NUT JOBS, RASCISTS, HATERS- HOW IS THIS NOT A DESCRIPTION OF THE AVERAGE DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTER.- David.

Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska told NBC News in a statement, "Q-Anon is nuts — and real leaders call conspiracy theories conspiracy theories. Republicans should consider the possible electoral consequences of Trump’s comments, he said.

On a Fox News panel, GOP strategist and former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove said Trump “ought to disavow” QAnon, which he called “a group of nuts and kooks.”

“They may like him, but they like him because they think he is fighting an incredible war against forces of ‘pedographic’ evil, and it’s just ridiculous,” Rove said, referring to the group's pedophilia conspiracy theory. “Disavow them, get done with it.”

On Thursday, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the No. 3 Republican in the House and the highest ranking GOP woman in Washington, added her name to the growing chorus of critics.

“QAnon is dangerous lunacy that should have no place in American politics,” Cheney said in a statement.

Trump's embrace comes as the Republican Party has become further entangled with the group.

Before running for office, Georgia Republican congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote dozens of articles published on a now-defunct website that were favorable to the QAnon conspiracy theory, NBC News has found. In the posts, Greene also suggested Hillary Clinton murdered her political enemies and ruminated on whether mass shootings were orchestrated to dismantle the Second Amendment.