Monday, May 02, 2022

Monday Stuff


Jayar, Cenk and Francesca give us the latest on the matter of student loan debt; time to “go big or go home” on this IMHO, and yeah, “wine Karen” Pirro will screech about it forever, but she’ll do that anyway (GREAT job by Cenk to remind everyone about her own debts when running her NY political campaign, and the video also gives us a well-done look at our economy, warts and all of course)...



...and the latest from Second Thought asks why socialists care about intersectional labor movements, including a lengthy and fairly-current-looking segment with Angela Davis... “Equal rights are no good if they’re not accompanied by the equal ability to exercise them,” and “exploitation is inherently multi-faceted”– Nail. Hammer. Head...



...and in the matter of people profiting from our utterly rigged economy, Robert Reich discusses how Elon Musk buying Twitter is “a win for oligarchy” (not saying Reich profits from our rigged economy...well, maybe he does, but I somehow doubt it)...



...and Brett Erlich reminds us once again what a “hustle” voter ID is, leading into a video with Jackson White pointing out what utter buffoons Trump supporters are...yeah, it needs to be pointed out again (NSFW/H)...



...and Sam, Emma and Matt of The Majority Report tell us about President Biden pardoning Abraham Bolden, the first black SS agent appointed under Kennedy, and yeah, I’m sure there’s a hell of a “back story” to Bolden getting sentenced...have to admit that I didn’t know there was an attempt to assassinate Kennedy in Chicago early in November 1963 (more here)...



...on this day in ’92, Bonnie Raitt received an honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music during commencement ceremonies in Boston; that gives us an excuse for this really nice new tune from her latest release (more here).

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