I thought this was a great ad for Dem Lucas Kunce in the Missouri U.S. Senate race from John Goodman...so many reasons to oppose “Running Man” Josh Hawley, many of which are mentioned (more is here, and to help Kunce, click here)...
...and Jordan Uhl and Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks discuss a ballot initiative in support of abortion in AZ with 577K signatures, the highest total of signatures for a ballot initiative in that state’s history, and it looks like an abortion rights measure is gaining ground in Missouri also; a discussion follows about Josh Hawley and Lucas Kunce in that state...and I’m glad to hear an acknowledgement of Maryland from Jordan Uhl, since that is a dicey race indeed (some updated polling on Arizona appears a little later...as I’ve said, I try to be careful with TYT videos, but I think this is a good one to be fair)...
...and Leeja Miller takes another deep dive into the question of whether or not you should leave the US based on the possibility of Dementia J. Trump actually winning in November (yes, that possibility is looking less likely, but it will be a fight to the end, people)...I’m not going to kid you; this has been a topic of discussion within Le Manse Doomsy, but to say there are monumental implications of something like that is as big an understatement as you can imagine...”it is so hard to have any perspective when you’re in a burning building” and “When progressive perfection and martyrdom become the only acceptable way to participate in the fight for progressive change, most people are going to tap out” for sure...I think this is a pretty balanced look at the question, and props to Miller for actually going abroad and getting the “expat” perspective here (NSFW/H)...
...so what is Our Ochre Abomination railing about exactly since he and his fake hillbilly sidekick apparently are losing ground all over the place? Why, that would be the crowd size at the Harris/Walz rallies, with Our Treasonous Tiny Handed former *preznit yelling that the Dem pics are AI-generated, or something, as David Doel tells us (and Doel effectively debunks this nonsense, as if we expected #45 to actually tell the truth, which we don’t of course)...
...and Jesse Dollemore gives us an example of “moron math” practiced by the Repug presidential nominee...meanwhile, in the world of reality, inflation is at about 3 percent, which is about normal, so the Inflation Reduction Act from President Biden worked – and here is a fact check on the typical preposterous nonsense from our demented lying narcissistic sociopath about immigrants supposedly taking all of the jobs created under #46...more here (NSFW/H)...
...and this clip from More Perfect Union tells us about the heat obstacles faced by migrant workers who pick the fruit/produce that ends up in our markets and our dinner tables...I know it’s a broken record to keep saying this, but it bears repeating; you may have some chance with Dems on human rights issues like this (e.g., water breaks for workers in extreme heat), but you have no chance with the “party of Lincoln”...as I’ve said before, I’m old enough to remember when our corporate news media would make documentaries and air them in prime time, including this one related to this issue...and only 5 states have heat safety standards? I guess this is emblematic of a late-stage capitalist economy, unfortunately (and I’d pay money to see this Flori-DUUUH! asshat Thad Altman have to pick grapes, tomatoes, etc. in 100-plus-degree heat)...and as I watched this and realized that it would be up to OSHA to make sure farms did what they were supposed to, I can see agribusinesses running to the courts and citing the utterly ruinous SCOTUS ruling that kneecapped federal agency enforcement as a defense (here)...
...and I can’t let the week wind down without acknowledging that last Sunday marked the 10th anniversary, believe it or not, of the death of Robin Williams...good luck trying to pick just one clip of his best moments; I settled on this one from Johnny Carson – I could start filling up posts with clips from all over the place, and I probably still wouldn’t do him justice...as we know, he won his Oscar for “Good Will Hunting” in 1997, which was richly deserved; "Awakenings" was well done also - Williams was good, but Robert De Niro REALLY nailed his role...
...and as long as we’re discussing milestones, yesterday was the 55th anniversary of the beginning of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in upstate New York – so many memorable performances IMO, including this one.
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