Three Things: Numbers, Hearings and Racist Code
There’s always more than three things to address but here’s three we should look at more closely — Yesterday’s COVID-19 oversight hearing, the data debacle in Tulsa, and racist facial recognition.
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About Rayne
Blogger since 2002, political activist since 2003, geek since birth. Opinions informed by mixed-race, multi-ethnic, cis-female condition, further shaped by kind friends of all persuasions. Sci-tech frenemy, wannabe artist, decent cook, determined author, successful troublemaker. Mother of invention and two excessively smart-assed young adult kids. Attended School of Hard Knocks; Rather Unfortunate Smallish Private Business School in Midwest; Affordable Mid-State Community College w/evening classes. Self-employed at Tiny Consulting Business; previously at Large-ish Chemical Company with HQ in Midwest in multiple marginalizing corporate drone roles, and at Rather Big IT Service Provider as a project manager, preceded by a motley assortment of gigs before the gig economy was a thing. Blogging experience includes a personal blog at the original blogs.salon.com, managing editor for a state-based news site, and a stint at Firedoglake before landing here at emptywheel as technology’s less-virginal-but-still-accursed Cassandra.
Entries by Rayne
The Tussle in Tulsa: A Retrospective
/171 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, COVID-19, Culture, Trump Administration/by RayneTrump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma yesterday didn’t live up to my worries about violence or Trump campaign’s expectations for turnout.
Friday Night Half-Assed Massacre: The Attempted Firing of SDNY’s Berman
/144 Comments/in Department of Justice, Trump Administration/by RayneA post to capture Attorney General Bill Barr’s bizarre Friday evening attempt to firing Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York
Three Things: SCOTUS on LGBTQ+ Discrimination, Qualified Immunity, Gun Rights
/59 Comments/in Culture, Guns, SCOTUS/by RayneVery big SCOTUS day today. Huge — and that’s in spite of the court declining to hear cases on multiple issues.
The Why of “Defund the Police” [UPDATE]
/56 Comments/in Culture, Department of Justice, Domestic Policy, Racism/by RayneThere are ample reasons why policing as we know it in this country needs to be deconstructed and replaced — in shorthand, defund the police. This is a dedicated post and thread.
Three Things: A for “Antifa”, B for Brutality, C for Commit (Murder)
/163 Comments/in Culture, Department of Justice, Domestic Policy, Racism, Trump Administration/by RayneLaw enforcement in this country is screwed up. It doesn’t help matters that many Americans have been conditioned to see a vaporware bugbear as a threat and not the police who fail to protect and serve the public.
Tanks for the Memories
/138 Comments/in Culture, Racism, Trump Administration/by RayneU.S. military troops and resources have been deployed because Americans dared to exercise their First Amendment rights. This isn’t like 1992 but more like 1989.
Three Things: Loads of Bricks, White Chicks, Made-up Schtick
/132 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Culture, Press and Media, Racism, Religion, Trump Administration/by RayneSo much manure, so few shovels. Here’s three piles, have at it.
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/79 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Culture, Press and Media, Racism, Trump Administration/by RayneHow convenient for Trump that the media has been under fire for two days and unable to hold him accountable.
Assaults on Free Speech and the Cities We Didn’t See
/145 Comments/in Culture, Press and Media/by RayneAcross the country during protests this week, there’s been a clear pattern of behavior law enforcement attacking the exercise of the First Amendment by assaults on the press.