TO FUTURE HISTORIANS- WE WERE NOT ALL THIS BAD.

 

  EXCERPTS BELOW FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE:

  John Cena Apologizes to China for Calling Taiwan a Country.

John Cena, the professional wrestler and a star of “F9,” the latest installment in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, apologized to fans in China on Tuesday after he referred to Taiwan as a country while giving a promotional interview.

Joining a long list of celebrities and companies that have profusely apologized after taking an errant step through China’s political minefields, Mr. Cena posted a video apology in Mandarin on Weibo, a Chinese social network.

....That list would include Gap, which in 2018 created a T-shirt that omitted Taiwan, parts of Tibet and islands in the South China Sea from a map of China on the shirt’s design. The luxury brands Versace, Givenchy and Coach said in 2019 they all made mistakes when they produced T-shirts that identified Hong Kong and Macau as countries.

“Versace reiterates that we love China deeply, and resolutely respect China’s territory and national sovereignty,” the company said in a statement at the time.

....China ordered 36 airlines to remove references to Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong as separate countries.

....The N.B.A. struggled to contain a fierce backlash when Daryl Morey, then the general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted in support of the Hong Kong protests in 2019. (LeBron James, one of basketball’s biggest stars, offered a China-friendly response, saying Mr. Morey “wasn’t educated on the situation at hand” by supporting the protesters.)

...Movie studios often preemptively ensure their content won’t run a foul of Chinese censors, a practice once mocked by “South Park.”

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

SO LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT:

RUSSIA CONTROLS THE GOP AND OUR ELECTIONS.

CHINA CONTROLS HOLLYWOOD, THE NBA, AND AD SALES.

...AND IN THE U.S. WE HAVE AMERICANS DEFENDING A U.S. REP. WHO

COMPARES COVID VACCINATIONS TO THE HOLOCAUST.

TO FUTURE GENERATIONS- "CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU MADE READ IN HISTORY BOOKS: AT THIS TIME, NOT ALL OF HUMANITY CONSISTED OF SELF-CENTERED, UNEDUCATED, FASCIST BUFFOONS WHOSE  MENTAL PROCESSES DID NOT ADVANCE AFTER THE AGE OF TWELVE."

Help us condemn the permitless carry bill. BOOT TEXAS REPUBLICANS.

 

David,

Texas Republicans just sent an outrageous permitless carry bill to Abbott's desk -- legislation that would allow people to carry guns in public with no license, no safety course, and no background check.

Pending a signature by Gov. Abbott -- this bill will become the law of the land in Texas.

Instead of working to address gun violence and the scourge of mass shootings, Abbott and the Texas GOP are eager to put Texans in harms' way just to signal their conservative values. They know that permitless carry will mean more Texans will be victims of gun violence -- they just don't care.

Add your name to our petition to condemn permitless carry and the Texas Republicans who support it.

Texas has already had 18 mass shootings in 2021 -- the most of any state. That's why, according to a recent University of Texas poll, most Texans oppose unlicensed carry.

Help us show Abbott and the Texas GOP where Texans stand on this reckless bill.

Thanks,

Boot Texas Republicans

DONATE »

NEW MEXICO SPECIAL ELECTION: DEM. CAND. MELANIE STANSBURY.

My name is Melanie Stansbury, and my friend Adam Schiff asked me to reach out. I’m running to keep Deb Haaland’s seat Blue and represent the people of New Mexico’s First Congressional District.

Our special election is just 8 days away, and Republicans are doing everything they can to flip this seat red. If we do not prevail, it would be disastrous for our Democratic House majority, passing progressive legislation, and for New Mexico’s families.

I’m a born and raised New Mexican. I grew up in the heart of this district, playing along the Rio Grande, and attended public schools K-12. I know the challenges our communities face because I grew up in a working family that often struggled to make ends meet. I am fighting to ensure those in the same situation can live a better life. My experiences working in the U.S. Senate, the White House, and now as a State Representative have prepared me to lead and fight for the issues impacting our families.

I’m running for Congress to be a champion for women’s rights, to fight for our public lands, to ensure no child goes hungry, and to make sure we address the biggest issue of our time: climate change.

But to keep this seat Blue, I need your help. With time running out before the election we need every resource possible to fend off Republican attacks. 

It would be the honor of my life to serve the people of NM-01, and I couldn’t be more grateful for your support.

Melanie Stansbury
Candidate for Congress (NM-01)

YOU REALLY DON'T SEE WHY? THAT IS SAD.

TO ALL TRUMPIANS AND REPUBLICANS, 

(SEE BELOW)

LET ME ASK THE FOLLOWING? IF THIS WAS YOUR U.S. REP, VOTED INTO OFFICE

BY YOUR COMMUNITY, WOULD YOU REALLY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY

BUSINESSES, INVESTORS, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE A

RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU? 

FURTHER, IF THE LEADER OF YOUR PARTY, (DONALD), WILL NOT CONDEMN HER, OR 

THOSE LIKE HER, EXACTLY WHAT FORM OF GOVERNMENT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

ALL  I SEE IS FASCISM, WITH THE "CULT OF THE INDIVIDUAL," AND THE DESTRUCTION

 OF CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES, AS THE RESULT OF ELECTING "CITIZENS" LIKE

 TRUMP AND GREENE.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

FROM THE ARTICLE: 'Evil lunacy': GOP lawmakers slam Marjorie Taylor Greene's comparing House mask mandate to Holocaust.

WRITTEN BY- ALAN SMITH FOR NBC NEWS.

Republican lawmakers blasted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., over the weekend for comparing the House's mask mandate to the Holocaust.

The Republicans who criticized Greene were among those who either voted to impeach President Donald Trump this year or, in addition, voted to strip Greene of her committee assignments.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who was recently ousted from GOP leadership after she continued to refute Trump's electoral falsehoods, lambasted Greene's comparison as "evil lunacy" in a tweet.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., one of three House Republicans who voted both for Trump's impeachment and to strip Greene of her committee assignments, tweeted that Greene's remarks amount to "Absolute sickness."

And Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that the comments were "beyond reprehensible."

"This is, I don't even have words to describe how disappointing it is to see this hyperbolic speech that frankly amps up and plays into a lot of the antisemitism that we've been seeing in our society today," he said.

In an appearance last week on the podcast "The Water Cooler with David Brody," Greene lamented to a nodding Brody about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to maintain a mask mandate on the House floor because of concerns many GOP members may not be vaccinated.

"This woman is mentally ill," Greene said of Pelosi, D-Calif. "You know, we can look back in a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star and they were definitely treated like second-class citizens — so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany, and this is exactly the type of abuse that Nancy Pelosi is talking about."

She was referring to the millions of Jews who were forced to wear a Star of David on their clothes, sent to concentration camps and murdered during World War II. A poll conducted this year showed an increase in antisemitism around the world, as well as a lack of awareness about the Holocaust among adults under 40, 11 percent of whom said they believed it was caused by Jewish people.

A CNN survey this month found that fewer than half of House Republicans would say they had been vaccinated, compared to 100 percent of House Democrats. Greene said recently that Pelosi "cannot force" her to be vaccinated.

The American Jewish Congress called on Greene on Twitter to apologize and retract her comments, saying "such comparisons demean the Holocaust & contaminate American political speech." A Change.org petition to have House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., expel her from Congress had attracted almost 25,000 signatures by late Sunday afternoon.

Greene has come under repeated scrutiny for her past promotion of conspiracy theories like QAnon and for having appeared to endorse violence against Pelosi before she sought office. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., condemned her for spreading "loony lies," and the Democratic-controlled House remove her from committees in February in a vote backed by 11 Republicans.

In an appearance last week on the podcast "The Water Cooler with David Brody," Greene lamented to a nodding Brody about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to maintain a mask mandate on the House floor because of concerns many GOP members may not be vaccinat"This woman is mentally ill," Greene said of Pelosi, D-Calif. "You know, we can look back in a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star and they were definitely treated like second-class citizens — so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany, and this is exactly the type of abuse that Nancy Pelosi is talking about."