POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Top U.S. and World Headlines — June 1, 2016” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮
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Category Archives: Logic
SOCIAL HISTORY: “It’s Time We Have a Holiday to Honor Those Who Try to Stop Wars Too” / Vox ☮
Eugene V. Debs, who went to jail for opposing World War I. (Buyenlarge/Getty Images)
Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day often get equated, but there is an essential distinction between the two. Veteran’s Day honors all who have served the American military in wars. Memorial Day honors those who’ve perished. It’s an annual reminder that wars have grave human costs, which must be both recognized and minimized.
Those costs are not inevitable. We ought to also set aside time to remember those throughout American history who have tried hardest to reduce them, to prevent unnecessary loss of life both American and foreign: war resisters.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Attacking Police Now a Hate Crime” / The Young Turks / Cenk Uygur, and John Iadarola ☮
In Louisiana, it will soon be considered a hate crime to attack a police officer. The “Blue Lives Matter Bill” is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is set to sign a bill into law that would classify any violent attack on police officers, firefighters, and EMS personnel a hate crime. According to The Root, the so-called Blue Lives Matter bill is the first of its kind.
State Representative Lance Harris authored the bill after Texas sheriff’s deputy Darren Goforth was shot and killed last year. “It looked like it was strictly done because someone didn’t like police officers, like a hate crime,” Harris told CNN.”
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Clinton’s Refusal to Debate Sanders Spells Disaster for the General Election” / The Ring of Fire / Sydney Robinson ☮
Hillary Clinton may think that she is being clever by refusing to debate Sanders one final time as she had previously agreed, but by skipping the Fox-sponsored event, she is missing out on a vital opportunity to head off some of the right-wing criticism before the general election.
This is just one of many ways that Clinton’s arrogance is handicapping her campaign. If Clinton doesn’t think that a general election race against Trump will be the fight of her life, she’s already lost.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Wasserman Schultz Faces Mounting Problems as Sanders Supporters Rally Behind Primary Opponent” / RT America / Ed Schultz, and Mitch Caesar ☮
The troubles faced by Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz continue to mount. Bernie Sanders threw his full support behind her primary challenger Tim Canova, who has racked up over $300,000 since Sanders’ endorsement. For more on the Florida primary, former Florida Democratic Party Chair Mitch Caesar joins ‘News With Ed.’
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Top Bernie Supporter Ticked-off Other Bernie Supporters” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
There have been few more eloquent supporters of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ drive for the Democratic presidential nomination than former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who is precisely on the same page as Sanders when it comes to income inequality and the oppressive influence of money in politics in the U.S.
CANNABIS: “Congress Allows Medical Marijuana for Veterans in Some States” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to allow Veterans Administration doctors to recommend medical marijuana to their patients in states where the treatment is legal.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “If Clinton is So Sure She Will Win, Why Does She Need to Mislead Us About the Popular Vote?” / The Ring of Fire / Sydney Robinson ☮
Since the story from New York Daily News writer Shaun King came out on Thursday, there has been a big hullabaloo about what a difference adding the caucus results into the popular vote would make. Estimates have been made by the Washington Post and others, and they consistently show that it is indeed true that Clinton’s 3 million number is a misrepresentation of the true will of the people.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Jill Stein Hammers Hillary Clinton For Her Conservative Policies” / The Humanist Report / Mike Figueredo ☮
Jill Stein did an ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Reddit and was asked whether she believed Hillary Clinton’s policies were reflective of feminism and motherhood. Jill Stein decided to go IN on Hillary, listing a long list of conservative policies that have been the ‘antithesis’ of motherhood.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Nevada Democratic Convention Turned Chaotic Thanks to Establishment Goons” / Jimmy Dore ☮
The Nevada Democratic convention devolved into chaos with last-minute rule changes, enflamed passions from the Hillary and Bernie camps and when chairwoman Roberta Lange over-ruled the vocal vote, slammed her gavel and abruptly left the podium. California Senator Barbara Boxer made an appearance as did a phalanx of cops.
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