One year after the 2021 insurrectionist assault on Congress this letter was published in the Times Journal. The Chairman of the Schoharie County Board of Supervisors, Wm Federice, was personally invited to respond.
As of 21 January he has not responded.
Wayne
10 January 2022
To the Editor
The Times Journal
Last fall, preceding the local elections, I posted two letters on these pages, recommending that:
“No candidate... identified with the Republican Party should have... your vote, unless they disavow and condemn the 6 January insurrectionist assault on Congress...” Posted 8/1/2021.
“... a Republican candidate [who] expects... our vote... must reject fascism and condemn the attempted insurrection along with those who promoted it.” Posted 9/20/2021.
I am not aware of any official who has issued such a disavowal statement.
Then, this past December, our Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution #96 declaring their intent to oppose Governor Hochul’s guidance requiring face masks in public places. I wrote then: “[Their action]...likely... motivated by fealty to the anti-government, anti-democracy, and denial of community, insurrectionist insanity which plagues our society.” Posted 12/26/2021.
In light of the above action by the Supervisors, and considering all we have learned about the 6 January 2021 coup attempt over the past year, it is critically important for our local Republican officials to condemn and disavow the insurrectionists’ actions. They must affirm their commitment to democratic governance and the people of Schoharie County.
Failing such a repudiation of the insurrectionists’ actions we must assume our local officials endorse that nefarious behavior.
Unless the citizens of Schoharie County receive such assurances we can not have confidence our local officials represent our best interests above those of the national fascist movement.
Wayne Stinson
Summit, NY
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Friday, March 5, 2021
INSURRECTION
Friends, some thoughts regarding insurrection,
Some correspondents have expressed skepticism or disagreement regarding use of “insurrection” to describe what happened at the 6 January joint congressional assembly convened to accept the Electoral College ballots. I also note some news reports use words such as angry mob, rioters or other such descriptors to avoid using insurrection or attempted insurrection.
I must point out that it is difficult to remedy a problem if you fail to identify the problem in the first place.
I argue we are in the late stages of an insurrection begun decades ago with Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher (“government is the problem” “There is no society only individuals”) and the adoption of neoliberal ideology and cruel capitalism which continue to dominate our society today. Successive Republican administrations have pressed for reduction of regulations governing public safety and environmental pollution. These changes often effected by hobbling the government agencies responsible for the oversight.
Part and parcel of the plan is destruction of labor unions, in part, because such collective action violates Ms. Thatcher’s dictum. Those individuals (read workers) who toil as Uber drivers, food delivery drones, various gig workers and nomadic camper-living Amazon temporary workers, are examples of the atomized work force with no claim to community. The atomized have no weight, no power and likely feel no commitment or loyalty to community or nation. That is the desired effect described by some observers as alienation.
Five years ago two knowledgeable Eastern European historians warned us of the authoritarian tendencies of Donald Trump. They didn’t use the insurrection label (or the fascism label at the time) but the warning they offered included the clear, if only implied, description of a possible take over of the government by that authoritarian.
January 2017 we got Donald Trump as President and he immediately began to install his loyalists and donors in positions of leadership in various government agencies, agencies which are our government, agencies which we expect to work for us, agencies we need for our security, health protection and education. The obvious example is Postmaster General DeJoy who crippled the Post Office to slow the mail of absentee ballots. Some observers describe America as having fallen to third world status for some parameters (poverty, life expectancy). This destruction of government services should be understood as an assault and a continuation of the ongoing insurrection.
We watched Trump spit out his vile hate and bigotry for four years. The message was embraced by those citizens who were susceptible for whatever reason. His big lie propaganda and demonization of others, particularly Democrats, instructed his followers who their enemies were and continued right through to the January 6 assault on Congress.
Consider what might have happened if the hate motivated mob had been able to take control of the building and seize political leaders that day. What might have developed if VP Pence had done what Trump wanted, that is to reject the electoral ballots from several states sufficient to deny any candidate to necessary 270 votes. The plan was to then shift the selection of President to the House of Representatives and if several of the progressive house members were detained and unable to vote, the House would then vote to declare Trump President.
It failed for several reasons. Trump apparently assumed he had greater support of police and military. He was counting on Pence to do his bidding. His “army,” probably a small percentage of the people who actually entered the building, were prepared to take custody of some legislators (zip ties in hand) but were stymied by the legislators having been secured elsewhere. And, maybe Trump thought some of the Republican legislators would help neutralize Democrats however, they didn’t have the opportunity and might have been too cowardly to do so anyway.
In closing I must remind everyone the history of Europe in the last century. Adolf Hitler was such a threat in the first years of the 1930s and was actually jailed for a time. He came back big time in 1933 being named Germany’s Chancellor in and then Führer in 1934. The Reichstag was neutered at that time and Hitler was then allowed to function as a dictator. The lesson for us here is that the threat of insurrection remains. Trump is not going away and so we must consider the Insurrection as ongoing.
Consider the recent efforts by Republican controlled states to restrict voting opportunities. Over 250 such laws have been introduced in 43 states in recent weeks. Laws aimed at reducing the availability polling places,restricting early voting and requiring citizen identification documents. Such laws should be considered continued acts of insurrection in so far as these actions are intended to control election outcomes.
I will leave it the reader to identify America’s enemies in this whole terrible process. I have my opinions, implied in the above analysis, but prefer to invite others to offer their observations.
Dr. Bandy X Lee, a forensic psychiatrist and editor of "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" has written a second book Profile of a Nation: Trump’s Mind, America’s Soul, a psychological assessment of the president against the backdrop of his supporters and the country as a whole.
“I ...emphasize in Profile of a Nation that we should consider the president, his followers and the nation as an ecology, not in isolation. Hence, what he does after this presidency depends a great deal on us. This is the reason I frantically wrote the book over the summer: we require active intervention to stop him from achieving any number of destructive outcomes for the nation,” Read the whole report here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-shared-psychosis-of-donald-trump-and-his-loyalists/
Perhaps Dr. Lee’s analysis will help us understand how to defend our country from the fascist insurrection.
Wayne
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Trump’s Turn From Immigration to the Enemy Within… the shift from demonizing immigrants to targeting leftists is straight out of the fascist playbook. 10.3.2020
“...the Trump administration has increasingly and prominently centered purported threats posed by leftists, anarchists, and anti-fascists in its bid to hold onto power. This widening of the threat aperture is straight out of the authoritarian playbook, said Jason Stanley, a professor of philosophy at Yale University…” (author “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them.”)
“You begin with something that separates citizens from non-citizens,” Stanley told The Intercept, explaining how fascistic power grabs often take place. “You have your colonial war, your war on terror, your imperialist war that focuses on distinguishing between citizens and non-citizens, and then you direct that force inwards against your political opponents.”
Ryan Devereaux The Intercept
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Counter-Coup Unarmed Community Organizing Resource List
By Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
An organizer and analyst we deeply respect, “Training for Change” co-founder George Lakey, recently suggested Voices help maintain a list of organizations in the U.S. which are helping people prepare for the possibility of a stolen election, a rigged election, or an outright coup following November 3rd voting in the U.S.. In a nation with rapidly dwindling concern for democracy, the principle of nonviolent community organizing for democracy has seldom seemed so urgent.
https://popularresistance.org/counter-coup-unarmed-community-organizing-resource-list/
And this too:
10 things you need to know to stop a coup
Because the best way to stop a coup is to deter it.
We have a president who has openly said he might not respect the outcome of our election. We have to be ready if he claims victory before votes are counted, tries to stop counting, or refuses to accept a loss.
Some days I feel confident it will happen. A poll showed over 75 percent of Democrats think this is possible — and a shocking 30 percent of Republicans do too!
Find the Choose Democracy Pledge here:
https://choosedemocracy.us/
Read
the rest here:
https://www.nationofchange.org/2020/09/19/10-things-you-need-to-know-to-stop-a-coup/
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Trump Defends Police Shooting of Portland Man as “Retribution”
“That’s the way it has to be,” the president said of the killing of a suspect.
Inae Oh News and Engagement Editor Mother Jones
President Trump offered a full-throated defense of the killing of Michael Reinoehl, the Portland man suspected of killing a member of a right-wing group last month, claiming that Reinoehl’s shooting by law enforcement officials was the inevitable price to be paid for his alleged crimes.
“This guy was a violent criminal and the US Marshals killed him,” Trump told Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro in an interview that aired Saturday. “And I will tell you something: That’s the way it has to be. There has to be retribution.” [Reinoehl, who an eyewitness says was not resisting and was killed by police without warning.]
The remarks, which essentially encouraged extrajudicial murders by US police, come as the latest in the president’s open promotion of violence against his perceived political enemies. Mother Jones
The Feds Say They Tried to Arrest Portland Protest Murder Suspect Michael Reinoehl ‘Peacefully.’ A New Eyewitness Describes a Violent Ambush
By Tim Dickinson Rolling Stone 11 September 2020
The “takedown” of Michael Reinoehl by a federal fugitive task force resembled an execution, according to a new eyewitness
Michael Reinoehl, the antifascist activist accused of the killing Aaron “Jay” Danielson in during a right-wing protest in Portland last month, was shot and killed by officers who were dispatched to arrest him near Olympia, Washington on September 3rd. Now an eyewitness is contradicting the federal account of Reinoehl’s final moments, alleging that — far from attempting to “peacefully arrest” Reinoehl — law enforcement opened fire on him without warning, and that Reinoehl himself never brandished a gun. Rolling Stone
US Cops Are Treating White Militias as “Heavily Armed Friendlies”
- By Kristian Williams, Truthout
- Published September 17, 2020
Among the many effects of the ongoing wave of protests against police violence and racial inequality, one of the most striking is the increasingly overt cooperation between the police and armed right-wing groups, surpassing anything we have seen in decades. Truthout
A Progressive Prosecutor Faces Off With Portland’s Aggressive Police
Portland’s new district attorney said he wouldn’t prosecute most protesters. Police kept arresting them anyway. Alice Speri September 16 2020, 12:04 p.m.
Conspiracy Theories by Cops Fuel Far Right Attacks Against Antiracist Protesters
- By Shane Burley & Alexander Reid Ross, Truthout
- Published September 18, 2020
On August 22, a far right confederation of Three Percenter militia, Proud Boys and Trump Republicans confronted Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters in Portland, Oregon. They came armed to the teeth: open-carried rifles and handguns, shields paired with pipes and batons, and body armor with heavy-duty bulletproof helmets. They formed a shield line, many emblazoned with far right slogans like “Save the Children,” a reference to the conspiracy theory that Democrats are running child sex-slave rings. After an hour of taunts, they charged into the crowd. They swung metal pipes, beating people to the ground, breaking bones and leaving serious injuries. Truthout
Rochester Protesters Say Justice for Daniel Prude Requires Defunding the Police
- By Ella Fassler, Truthout
- Published September 13, 2020
On March 23, seven Rochester police officers surrounded, mocked and placed a mesh “spit hood” over Daniel Prude’s head. Prude, a Black man who was nude at the scene, was having a mental health crisis on the wintery evening in the Upstate New York City and needed help, his brother Joe said. The officers told Prude to “calm down” and “relax,” as they pushed a knee into his back and neck, suffocating him until he was brain dead. The Monroe Country Office of the Medical Examiner ruled Prude’s death a homicide by “complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint.” Truthout
Forced Sterilization Is Nothing New to Criminalized People in the US
Allegations of mass hysterectomies at an ICE-run jail are consistent with a long history of state-sanctioned eugenics.
- by Jenn M. Jackson, Truthout September 16, 2020
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The United States has long used citizenship status and perceived
criminality as a means to determine whether individuals deserve
basic human rights. This week’s egregious allegations of mass
hysterectomies at an immigrant jail in Georgia are consistent
with the long U.S. tradition of state-sanctioned eugenics, medical
abuse and forced sterilizations against those whose humanity the
state does not recognize or value. Truthout
To facilitate your police accountability lobbying efforts please find appropriate individuals' contact information below. Please note regarding the Supervisors listed, due to their Chairmanship positions and/or committee assignments they are accountable to all citizens of Schoharie County.
It would be helpful to first familiarize yourself with the information at https://scfpg.blogspot.com/p/camp-homicide.html and review my earlier letter to editor post.
If you need clarification concerning any elements of the case please message me.
Wayne Stinson
Chair, Richard Lape, Richmondville Town, Cell Phone: (518) 231-3084 lapelspc@midtel.net
Steve Winhofer, Broome Town, 518-827-4510, Broomeclerk@midtel.net
Margaret Hait, Jefferson Town, (607) 652-7223 jeffersontwnsup@gmail.com
Harold Vroman, Summit Town, Home: (607) 397-8187, summitclerk@midtel.net
The Capitol Albany, NY 12224-0341 https://ag.ny.gov/contact-attorney-general-letitia-james
Times Journal: tjournalnews@yahoo.com
Mountain Eagle/Schoharie News: theschoharienews@gmail.com
Times Union: tuletters@timesunion.com
Daily Gazette: PO Box 1090 Schenectady, NY 12301 https://www.dailygazette.com/ [could not find serviceable link for email submissions]
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June 2020
Friends,
A first, and necessary, understanding concerning your relationship to police: They don't work for you... unless you are a business owner, unless you are a politician (subservient to the business owners), unless you are of the elite class (with the ear of the loyal politicians).
Police departments are authorized and funded by local governments - that's who the cops (and Sheriff's Deputies) work for. Your only lever for affecting how the police behave is your representative in local government, in Schoharie County your Town Supervisor and the County Board of Supervisors. These officials have failed you.
If you wish an explanation/justification for that last statement see: https://scfpg.blogspot.com/p/camp-homicide.html
For a better understanding of the police accountability problem check out the resources below.
Wayne
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This by a trustworthy observer and one of my favored news sources.
Thom Hartmann calls it by its name, Fascism
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13 February 2020
Trump Has Laid the Groundwork for “Full-On Authoritarian Rule”
Chauncey DeVega interviews historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat in an effort to better understand where America is on its road to fascism and authoritarianism in this fourth year of Trump’s regime.Ben-Ghiat is a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University and an expert in fascism and authoritarianism.
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12/18/2019 Impeachment of President Donald Trump
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Fascist Censorship ploy
A draft copy of the executive order was leaked to the media, giving us a chance to alert the public and generate the grassroots backlash needed to kill Trump’s “Internet speech police” executive order.1
The leaked executive order would put the FCC and the FTC in charge of deciding what political speech is—and isn’t—permissible on the Internet.
The order comes in response to a myth pushed by far-right activists that Internet platforms like Facebook and Google are biased against conservatives.2
But instead of protecting free speech, Trump’s executive order would put political appointees in charge of deciding what speech is allowed and what speech isn’t.
[1] White House drafting executive order to tackle Silicon Valley’s alleged anti-conservative bias: Politico
[2] The myth of social media anti-conservative bias refuses to die: Columbia Journalism Review
William Rivers Pitt writing in Truthout 3 July 2019
Trump’s July Fourth Tank Display Is a Glaring Sign of Fascism
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Friday, March 15, 2019
IMPEACHMENT
Explicit threats of authoritarian violence from the orange ogre. We should take him at his word because we know some elements of his assumed army of "tough people" are capable of acting on such suggestions.
Considering the vile pronouncements which spew from this nut job's pie hole, it is obvious Trump is a threat to the safety of peoples all over the world. The New Zealand Islamaphobic shooter was likely inspired by our hate champion.
With regard to police supporting Trump, all you have to do is look at the video of Suffolk County police officers, including ranking officers, clapping, smiling and smirking as stage backdrop for Trump's theater event in Brentwod NY in 2017. youtube Do not watch this on a full stomach. Disclosure: I am an alumni of the aforementioned institution and can no longer be proud of that association.
It is long past time for an impeachment investigation to have begun. Palosi is just wrong about "He's just not worth it." We are in a constitutional crisis and congress is thus required to act!
Mr. Delgado, get on board with impeachment now!
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2/24/2019
They Hate Democracy
Abby Martin of Empire Files has produced a 40 min. video which I think is the most comprehensive reporting on the crisis in Venezuela to date. Abby interviews UN Investigator and Human Rights Rapporteur Alfred De Zayas.
I am struck by the obvious parallels of anti-democratic behavior by political actors in both Venezuela and here. It seems the oligarchs here and there are one team and are following the same playbook. What Mr. Zayas reports should strike fear in the hearts of our citizenry.
On the eve of another US war for oil, Abby Martin debunks the most repeated myths about Venezuela and uncovers how US sanctions are crimes against humanity. The Report
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24 Feb. 2019
Ugly, hateful Razor wire?
You should feel there is something terribly wrong with America when you see the US Military installing razor wire along our border with Mexico. WRS
Nogales Arizona officials demand US remove razor wire along the U.S.-Mexico border. The razor wire extends from the border fence to the ground. U.S. Army soldiers have added new rows of concertina wire along the border in Nogales, Ariz. Feb. 9 2019 UPI Report
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24 Feb. 2019
Operation Janus:
The Trump administration's effort to "erase" non-whites from America. I could be proved wrong if/when some naturalized Nordic (Aryan?) immigrant citizens are pushed out. WRS See NY Times report
Justice Department Secures First Denaturalization As a Result of Operation Janus.
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Monday, October 29, 2018
A WEEK OF BUILDING FASCISM
A Week Of American Hate: Bombs Mailed, Black People Executed, Jews Slaughtered
A man executed two black people at a grocery store, but didn’t engage a white man outside because “whites don’t shoot whites.”
A Donald Trump supporter and apparent anti-Semite who looked up to white supremacists sent bombs in the mail to the president’s opposition.
An avowed anti-Semite walked into a synagogue and killed 11 people after screaming, “All Jews must die!” huffingtonpost.com
The President a proud nationalist
As a general rule, presidents do not refer to themselves as a “nationalist” given the freighted history of the word. But as President Trump tries to galvanize his conservative base to turn out in the midterm elections, he has adopted the label as a badge of honor.
At a rally in Houston on Monday night, he embraced the term as unabashedly as he ever has. “Really, we’re not supposed to use that word,” he told supporters in a nod to the usual political sensibilities that he relishes disrupting. “You know what I am? I’m a nationalist, O.K.? I’m a nationalist. Nationalist! Use that word! Use that word!” nytimes.com
"Nationalist! Use that word!" apparently proud of what he has wrought. WRS
I call it A Week Of Building Fascism - call it by its name and vote to deny them power 11/6!
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Steps on the way to Fascism
Ready for Trump TV? Inside Sinclair Broadcasting’s Plot to Take Over Your Local News Andy Kroll Mother Jones report
Its mix of terrorism alerts, right-wing commentary, and “classic propaganda” could soon reach three-quarters of US households.
In April, Sinclair hired Boris Epshteyn, a former Trump White House staffer and frequent television surrogate, as its chief political analyst. Epshteyn’s softball interviews with administration officials and brusque commentaries are slavishly pro-Trump; a Baltimore Sun columnist wrote that the segments are “as close to classic propaganda as anything I have seen in broadcast television in the last 30 years.”“Sinclair is exploiting that credibility or trust that people have invested in their local stations by injecting a political message into it,” warns David Zurawik, the Baltimore Sun‘s veteran TV critic and a close company watcher. “Boris Epshteyn is wrapped in the packaging of the trusted local newsperson.”
After a campaign season spent boosting Trump, Sinclair looks set to grow even bigger thanks to the president’s appointees at the Federal Communications Commission: In May, the company announced a $3.9 billion deal to acquire Tribune Media’s 42 TV stations, which would give Sinclair access to New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, the nation’s three largest media markets. The deal—and, for many, Sinclair itself—came to prominence after John Oliver blasted it in an episode of his HBO show, Last Week Tonight, that has been seen more than 6 million times on YouTube.
[note: WRGB – CBS Ch.6 Albany is Sinclair owned – discover advertisers and boycott, WRS]
John Oliver Tears Into Sinclair Broadcasting, the Trump-Loving Local News Giant Apr. 2, 2018 Mother Jones
On Sunday, John Oliver went further to unpack some of the alarming ways the Trump-friendly media group twists viewers’ trust in their local news reporters to parrot highly misleading, right-wing messaging. That content can range from mandatory “Terrorism Alert Desks” to deceptive features on the “deep state.”The HBO host also slammed the “fake news” script: “When you see just how many local stations were forced to read it and you watch them together, as many have been doing online in the last couple of days, you begin to realize the true effect of Sinclair’s reach and power.”
Homeland Security to Compile Database of Journalists, Bloggers
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to monitor ...news sources around the world and compile a database of journalists, editors, foreign correspondents, and bloggers to identify top “media influencers.” The data to be collected includes a publication’s “sentiment” as well as geographical spread, top posters, languages, momentum, and circulation.
The DHS wants to track more than 290,000 global news sources, including online, print, broadcast, cable, and radio, as well as trade and industry publications, local, national and international outlets, and social media...
The DHS ...will set up an online “media influence database” [with] the ability to browse based on location, beat, and type of influence. For each influencer found, “present contact details and any other information that could be relevant, including publications this influencer writes for, and an overview of the previous coverage published by the media influencer.”
d radio, as well as trade and industry publications, local, national and international outlets, and social media...
The DHS ...will set up an online “media influence database” [with] the ability to browse based on location, beat, and type of influence. For each influencer found, “present contact details and any other information that could be relevant, including publications this influencer writes for, and an overview of the previous coverage published by the media influencer.”
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Suffolk County Police Department
Yaphank, NY
Good morning Commissioner Sini,
I am a SCPD retiree (1963-1985) and I am very disturbed by the presence, and behavior, of SCPD officers during President Trump's address this past week in Brentwood. I noted there were supervisory level SCPD officers on the stage as a backdrop for the President's address. Were they assigned by you? Were you there?
The Brentwood speech is the most disgraceful performance by the President to date. There is so much wrong about it that I have to limit my comments to just two aspects critical to police community relations. First is the obvious promotion of excessive use of force and then, the implicit denigration of an ethnic demographic which likely represents a high percentage of the Third Precinct population. The potential ramifications of such irresponsible comments by a siting president, horrible as they are, are exacerbated by rows of SCPD officers smirking, smiling and clapping. Such inappropriate behavior by officers can only occur when there is inadequate supervision.
Donald Trump's administration represents a clear danger to our democracy. His rhetoric, many of his executive orders and some GOP legislative initiatives, threaten our freedoms and our way of life. The police should not be participating in this destruction. They should be a bulwark against such injuries.
I have watched Trump's speech in its entirety and searched news outlets for official reactions or analysis. I am very disappointed with both so far. I do note the "tweet by SCPD"... an unsigned twitter post by a county police agency? What is that? That can not stand as the only response by SCPD. Surely a newspaper or TV news reporter attempted to contact you tbehavior, of SCPD officers during President hat day. I am expecting an official statement denouncing the President's comments and an apology to the citizens of Suffolk County for the SCPD officers’ behavior and the department's involvement in this theatrical event.
Sincerely,
Wayne Stinson
Trump’s Military Parade Plans Come Into Focus: Planes, but No Tanks By MATT STEVENS , 3/9/18 NYT Report
It looks as if President Trump will get the military parade he has coveted for months. But it will not be on the Fourth of July — and it will not include tanks.Instead, plans are underway to hold a plane-filled display on Veterans Day in Washington, according to a Pentagon memo sent to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The memo, with Thursday’s date, says its purpose is to “provide initial guidance for the planning and execution” of a procession that would run from the White House to the Capitol and integrate with the city’s annual Veterans Day parade.
Medal of Honor recipients and veterans’ organizations are to be included in the march, which, according to the memo, will feature a heavy dose of history.
“This parade will focus on the contributions of our veterans throughout the history of the U.S. Military, starting from the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 to today, with an emphasis on the price of freedom,” the memo said.
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The NFL Kneels to Trump 5/23/18 Truthdig:
The League’s new policy will fine teams whose players elect to take a knee during the national anthem. An example of civil society, in this case a sports league/corporation, bending to an authoritarian regime.
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Passed House, introduced in Senate. The ACLU—along with Human Rights Watch, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund—wrote a letter to the Senate asking that senators oppose the introduction and co-sponsorship of this bill.
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