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The Emerging Movement for Police and Prison Abolition
Mariame Kaba, a New York City-based activist and organizer, is at the center of an effort to “build up another world.”
The murder of George Floyd last spring provoked an unprecedented outpouring of protests, and a rare national reckoning with both racism and police violence. Public officials across the country pledged police reform. On April 20th, Derek Chauvin, the officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, was found guilty of murder. It is rare for police to be prosecuted, let alone punished. I remember my incredulous reaction, in 1992, when my mother called to tell me that the four police officers who beat Rodney King, in Los Angeles, were found not guilty. I remember, in the summer of 2013, being at a Chicago restaurant, having dinner with my wife, and feeling the numbing shock of seeing in real time, on television, George Zimmerman acquitted for the murder of Trayvon Martin. We left the restaurant to join a protest downtown, crossing the street to catch the train. When I walked through the turnstile, a Black woman wearing the uniform of the Chicago Transit Authority looked at me with tears in her eyes, and mouthed, “They let him get away with it.” For most ordinary African-Americans who have watched helplessly, for years, as police act with violent impunity in their communities, the conviction of Chauvin feels like justice long delayed. For Floyd’s family, the verdict came as a relief. Philonise Floyd said that the conviction “makes us happier knowing that his life, it mattered, and he didn’t die in vain.” . . .
Atlanta Mayor Won’t Seek Re-Election
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks in Washington in 2019. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat, announced on Thursday that she will not be running for a second term as mayor.
Bottoms made the announcement in a lengthy statement and an accompanying video after sharing her decision with friends and close associates.
“As Derek and I have given thoughtful prayer and consideration to the season now before us, it is with deep emotions that I hold my head high, and choose not to seek another term as Mayor,” Bottoms wrote in her letter (pdf), referring to her husband Derek.
“While I am not yet certain of what the future holds, I trust that my next season will continue to be one full of passion and purpose, guided by the belief that within each of us is the power and responsibility to make a positive difference in the lives of others.”
Walmart, CVS and Other Retailers Enter Mental Health Market
Finding a therapist can be a tough and time-consuming process involving multiple phone calls, waiting lists and insurance hurdles.
But what if you were able to walk into your corner drugstore for a bottle of shampoo and also had the option of scheduling a walk-in session for mental health treatment?
That’s the future that CVS, the largest retail pharmacy in the United States, is envisioning. Since January the company has added licensed clinical social workers trained in cognitive behavioral therapy to 13 locations in the Houston, Philadelphia and Tampa metro areas. The providers will offer mental health assessments, referrals and counseling either in person or via telehealth, a CVS spokeswoman said, and this spring the company plans to expand to 34 locations in those same regions.
Fascinating pictures show life in America’s ‘Cowboy Paradise’
Life in America’s ‘Cowboy Paradise’: Fascinating pictures show rodeos, barbecues and hoedowns in remote Nevada ranching town in the 1970s.
- Photos show what life was like living in the cowboy community of Paradise Valley in 1970s America
- Ranchers are pictured huddled around trestle tables, preparing meat for an annual charity event
- In another, a group of children attended a bible class in a church as the pastor read passages of scripture
A young man holds on to the back of a bull with one hand raised in the air in Paradise Valley, Nevada in these images from the 1970s. . .
May 7, 2021 | Nightly News Rebroadcast | Video: 50 Minutes 03 Seconds
Texas Moves Toward Permit-Free Gun Carrying; First Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Released in US. President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen comment on April’s lower-than-expected job reports, a Democratic congressman is accusing the White House of misleading people, and Texans will soon be able to carry handguns without a permit.
Bannon’s War Room | Morning Edition Hour 1 | Recorded May 7, 2021 | Video: 48 Minutes 32 Seconds
Episode 929 – MAGA Power Move … (w/ Boris Epshteyn, Dr. Peter Navarro).
Navarro says expect “trouble ahead,” especially if Biden gets his $5 trillion blank check for “BS crazy progressive Marxist stuff.” Guests are: Boris Epshteyn, Dr. Peter Navarro.
Still No Evidence of Armed Insurrection on Jan. 6
Commentary:
It almost seems like the narrative was created in advance.
As the nation’s capital descended into chaos on the afternoon of Jan. 6—including angry protests both inside and outside the Capitol building to object to Congress’s final certification of the 2020 election results—Democratic lawmakers were already spinning. “This is a violent insurrection,” Rep. Ted Deutsch (D-Fla.) wrote on Twitter at 3:40 p.m. as the mayhem escalated. “An attempted coup by Trump supporters at his encouragement.”
“This is how we make America great?” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), former chair of the Democratic National Committee, wrote at 3:09 p.m. ”Violence, storming the Capitol, attempting to block your duly elected successor by encouraging armed insurrection?” Lawmakers of both political parties echoed those sentiments throughout the day.
Less than 24 hours later, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) cemented the emerging storyline about the events of Jan. 6. “Yesterday, the President of the United States incited an armed insurrection against America, the gleeful desecration of the U.S. Capitol, which is the temple of our American democracy, and the violence targeting Congress are horrors that will forever stay in our nation’s history, instigated by the President of the United States,” Pelosi raged during a Jan. 7 press conference. “Justice will be done to those who carried out these acts, which were acts of sedition and acts of cowardice.”
The “armed insurrection” mantra was cited as key evidence in the Democrats’ second impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump.
But was it true? In February, I examined federal indictments filed against nearly 200 people charged in the Justice Department’s Capitol investigation, which top officials promised would be “unprecedented” in the agency’s history. At the time, only 14 people faced weapons violations. Items such as a helmet, riot shield, and pepper spray were described by government prosecutors as “dangerous or deadly weapons.”
Only two protestors, however, were found to be in possession of a firearm—and neither was inside the building on Jan. 6. They were detained later that night and charged for violating Washington, D.C.’s strict gun control laws. . .
Bannon’s War Room | Morning Edition Hour 2 | Recorded May 7, 2021 | Video: 48 Minutes 27 Seconds
Episode 930 – The Club for Globalists…Exposing Club for Growth and Bill Barr’s Role in the Big Steal. “Bill Barr would not play ball with team Trump,” Navarro said. “Between the cowardly acts of Bill Barr, the treasonous acts of Bill Barr and the fascist acts of the Biden Justice Department.” Guests are: Dr. Peter Navarro, Sonny Borrelli, Marylyn Todd, Melissa Huray.
Bannon’s War Room | Evening Edition | Recorded May 7, 2021 | Video: 48 Minutes 27 Seconds
Episode 931 – Invade Everywhere, Invite Everyone RINOs. Plus, Judd explains why the border patrol union endorsed Elise Stefanik. Judd said the number one thing Americans can do to support the border patrol is prayer. Guests are: Matt Gaetz, Raynard Jackson, Brandon Judd, Boris Epshteyn.
BREAKING: Maricopa County Did not Have ‘Admin’ Access to the 2020 Election – This Means They Ceded Ownership of Election to Their Outside System Provider
It would likely be impossible to run an election without these. The Maricopa County Election team claims they do not have ‘Admin’ access to their voting machines. If this is the case, then the County did not own the election process they ceded it to their external vendor.
A system administrator has the following duties:
System administrators are critical to the reliable and successful operation of an organization and its network operations center and data center. A sysadmin must have expertise with the system’s underlying platform (i.e., Windows, Linux) as well as be familiar with multiple areas including networking, backup, data restoration, IT security, database operations, middleware basics, load balancing, and more. Sysadmin tasks are not limited to server management, maintenance, and repair, but also any functions that support a smoothly running production environment with minimal (or no) complaints from customers and end users.
System administrators are individuals who have access to the systems at their highest levels. These individuals are able to perform all sorts of duties. They are able to perform most all the functions and changes in a system. They have complete and total control and can even delete or alter system logs.
The fact that the County does not have system administrators who have administrative access to the Dominion voting machines is a big concern. By allowing Dominion to have the administration access only, the County has basically turned over the system to the Dominion voting machine system people. There is no IT control here because that’s been ceded to Dominion.
By the way, in general, most frauds that include IT-related processes have at least one IT person involved in the fraud.
See the video below with OAN and Steve Bannon:
This shows that the election was not run by the County, it was in essence subcontracted to Dominion which is likely not provided for in the law. The election function should be run by County election employees, not some subcontractor.
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