Bridge calls itself “Michigan’s nonpartisan, nonprofit news source.” Read the latest developments in the story from them here. Update from source kxnet.com on 1/26/20 says: LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A third woman in two weeks has publicly come forward with sexual harassment allegations against a Michigan state legislator, according to a published report Sunday. Melissa…
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Have You Too Much Shame? — DemCast
This is also connected to the one I just posted about the MI Senators. It started with Lucido’s harassment of a news reporter at the Capitol Building in Lansing speaking about it, which in turn led Senator McMorrow to speak out about her experience with the same Senator (Lucido) This type of toxic masculinity will…
MI State Senator speaking out against sexual harassment. YOU GO GIRL!
Michigan Sen. Mallory McMorrow talks sexual harassment complaint against Sen. Peter Lucido. Read more about it here. I can’t say how much I admire Senator McMorrow for speaking out. Everything she says in this video about the ongoing “little things” that women are expected to shoulder as part of being in the…
Glossary for a New Political Age, by Janet Periat
photo of Janet Periat by Robert Barbutti Read in the January 2020 issue of Funny Times and too important to not share. Glossary for a New Political Age by Janet Periat WARNING: This glossary may be offensive to everyone. The definition and meaning of our modern vocabulary shifts on a moment-by-moment basis. For your information…
Chris Hedges: War With Iran — Rise Up Times
Chris Hedges from Rise Up Times, with information and analysis on this latest monstrous mistake the US is stepping into. “A war with Iran would see it use its Chinese-supplied anti-ship missiles, mines and coastal artillery to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, which is the corridor for 20% of the world’s oil supply….
How Journalists Demonize Venezuela’s Government, in Their Own Words, by Alan MacLeod — Rise Up Times
When Venezuela continues to be destabilized and citizens get out in order to survive, where do you think they will go? This is a pattern that needs to be recognized. “One Caracas-based correspondent now working for The New York Times told me on the record that he employs “sexy tricks” to “hook” readers on…
dVerse — gifts for that special someone
image link I decided to get you a passel of gift certificates this year, including one each for: 1) Santa’s Elves Hammer – to break your fingers, in hopes for a Tweetless 2020 2) Orange duct tape – to match your skin when it covers your mouth 3) Get out of Jail Free card –…
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