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TIDBITS – JUNE 29, 2023 – READER COMMENTS: SUPREME COURT:
DIVERSITY NOT A COMPELLING INTEREST; PAY THE WRITERS (AND ACTORS);
OUTRAGE OVER MEDICAID PURGE; GERMAN LEFT; REMEMBERING GUS NEWPORT;
CHARLENE MITCHELL; CARTOONS; MORE…  
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* CUNY LAW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PLACE THAT INVESTS IN A FUTURE BUILT
AROUND THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES HISTORICALLY AND
PRESENTLY EXCLUDED
* EVERYONE DESERVES TO BE SAVED AT SEA
* SUPPRESSING SUPPRESSORS  --  CARTOON BY CLAY JONES
* RE: GOP TARGETS RESEARCHERS WHO STUDY DISINFORMATION AHEAD OF 2024
ELECTION  (JOEL C. MCCLURG; PHILIP BRAY)
* PAY THE WRITERS  --  NEW SIGN IN HOLLYWOOD HILLS  (ILLINOIS
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATION)
* SUPREME COURT SUGAR DADDIES  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: A TRUE SCANDAL, AND SHOULD BE COVERED AS SUCH’: OUTRAGE OVER
MEDICAID PURGE GROWS  (NORM LITTLEJOHN)
* RE: THE UNFOLDING MEDICAID DISASTER  (LINDA GILLISON)
* RE: FIGHTING FIRE AND FASCISM IN THE AMERICAN WEST ----   OUR
PLANET  --  POEM BY SEYMOUR JOSEPH
* RE: HAVE BILLIONAIRES OUTFITTED JUSTICES WITH GOLDEN HANDCUFFS TO
STOP “LIBERAL DRIFT”?  (CHARLES)
* RE: ‘CHANGE IS POSSIBLE’: HOW CAMPAIGNERS ARE USING DEEP
CANVASSING TO BUILD A JUST FUTURE  (MARK GRUENBERG; CHARLES PATRICK
LYNCH)
* RE: KURT VONNEGUT WARNED US ABOUT THE DANGERS OF AUTOMATION
 (WILLIAM LUNDINE)
* RE: GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – EURO FOCUS - GERMANY  (DAN MORGAN)
* #13THE OPERATION  --  CARTOON BY MICHAEL RAMIREZ
* RE: FROM COLONIALISM TO FASCISM: A HISTORY OF SPAIN’S ELITE
FORCES  (MICHAEL O'ROURKE)
* RE: REMEMBERING GUS NEWPORT, A PROGRESSIVE TITAN  (SAND BRIM)
* RE: CELEBRATING THE LEADERSHIP AND COMRADESHIP OF CHARLENE
MITCHELL  (SHAWNA MCKELLAR; CHARLES PATRICK LYNCH)

 

CUNY LAW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PLACE THAT INVESTS IN A FUTURE BUILT
AROUND THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES HISTORICALLY AND
PRESENTLY EXCLUDED

Today, the Supreme Court overturned 45 years of its own precedent by
deciding that racial and ethnic diversity is not a compelling interest
for colleges and universities. We disagree with the decision and
reasoning of the Court but will, of course, abide by the law.

What you need to know is that nothing in this opinion undercuts our
mission to recruit and train outstanding public service lawyers to
diversify the legal profession and transform the idea of what the
justice system does. Our commitment to this mission has been and
continues to be the core of our institution, our vision, and our
community. In furtherance of that, we have long been committed to an
admissions process that recruits widely from diverse communities in
New York City and across the nation and engages in a holistic
admissions approach that evaluates each applicant beyond a label or a
checked box on a form. It is these practices that have made CUNY Law
the most diverse law school in the nation, which brings us immense
pride.

We know that justice is neither color-blind nor race-neutral, but
rather calls for investment in and inclusion of people and communities
most impacted by the justice system, both historically and in the
present. CUNY Law will continue to be a place that invests in a future
built around these values.

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EVERYONE DESERVES TO BE SAVED AT SEA

 

 

SUPPRESSING SUPPRESSORS  --  CARTOON BY CLAY JONES

 

Clay Jones
June 28, 2023
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RE: GOP TARGETS RESEARCHERS WHO STUDY DISINFORMATION AHEAD OF 2024
ELECTION
 

Another Republican failure; they were sent to D.C. to do the people's
business not to practice revenge politics! To date McCarthy has
accomplished exactly nothing for the people!

Joel C. McClurg
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These people are doing nothing for the citizens of America. All
they're doing is giving to their corporate owners, taking help from
people that need it, and practicing "revenge politics!"

Philip Bray
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PAY THE WRITERS  --  NEW SIGN IN HOLLYWOOD HILLS

 

The IEA stands in solidarity with Writers Guild of America West
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Illinois Education Association
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June 14, 2023

Illinois Political Action Committee for Education
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SUPREME COURT SUGAR DADDIES  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

Mike Luckovich
June 25, 2023
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: A TRUE SCANDAL, AND SHOULD BE COVERED AS SUCH’: OUTRAGE OVER
MEDICAID PURGE GROWS
 

Advocates, policy experts, and lawmakers are growing increasingly
outraged as data and anecdotes emerging from states across the U.S.
indicate that hundreds of thousands of people—including children and
seniors—are being thrown off Medicaid for failing to submit
paperwork on time and other bureaucratic reasons.

State figures obtained by the Associated Press show that at least 1.5
million people in roughly two dozen states have been removed from
Medicaid since April, when state governments were given a green light
by Congress and the Biden administration to resume eligibility checks
that were halted during the coronavirus pandemic.

Norm Littlejohn
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RE: THE UNFOLDING MEDICAID DISASTER
 

Oh, just say it isn't so!! We can and should do/BE much better than
this.

Linda Gillison
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RE: FIGHTING FIRE AND FASCISM IN THE AMERICAN WEST

 

Our Planet

This planet we call Earth
turns its way from day to day in orbital certainty,
unconcerned with the plights and passions
of its human inhabitants, who grope and cope
with life’s uncertainties.

We were made to deal with those uncertainties.

Nature’s crowning achievement — the human brain —
has brought us from the confines of the cave
to the unlimited reaches of space.

Yet human ingenuity has also been used
to turn Nature against itself.

The horrendous floods, fires and storms of recent years
have a human hand. Men with power refuse to compromise
that power with the certainty of global catastrophe,
toward which we are approaching the precipice.

This planet is ours to serve and save,
as it serves and saves the species upon it.

We have the power; we need the will.
 

Seymour Joseph

 

RE: HAVE BILLIONAIRES OUTFITTED JUSTICES WITH GOLDEN HANDCUFFS TO STOP
“LIBERAL DRIFT”?
 

Of course they have, why is this even a question?

One of the more serious consequences of presidential elections is the
potential for nominating politically and ideology oriented justices to
the supreme court, consequences of which we are already witnessing.

These supreme court appointments really need to be revised, as no
longer being appointments for life, which may have made sense 2 1/2
centuries ago, but is completely out of sync with the current reality.

Charles

 

RE: ‘CHANGE IS POSSIBLE’: HOW CAMPAIGNERS ARE USING DEEP
CANVASSING TO BUILD A JUST FUTURE
 

He has Clarence Thomas as the swing vote on the court that gave the
2000 election to George W, Bush. He wasn't on the court then. Bush
nominated Thomas in 2001.

The swing vote was Sandra Day O'Connor, who later described it as the
worst vote she ever cast. She too became more progressive as her
tenure lengthened.

And Thomas's Senate sponsor, John Danforth, R-MO., described that
recommendation as the worst he ever made, too.

MAKE THE CORRECTION.

Mark Gruenberg
Editor
Press Associates Union News Service

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Very good article, should be part of discussions about using elections
to achieve power.

Charles Patrick Lynch
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RE: KURT VONNEGUT WARNED US ABOUT THE DANGERS OF AUTOMATION
 

…computers are our new best friends 🐕 and likewise hazardous in
packs unsupervised ✌️leashes

William Lundine
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RE: GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – EURO FOCUS - GERMANY
 

Re: Germany: Die Linke and Sahra Wagenknecht Part Ways
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Headline on the piece about the German Left Party: "German Left Party
plunges into crisis, declares party icon persona non grata Party
splits over leadership’s call for Sahra Wagenknecht to resign her
Bundestag mandate."

But: "Parliamentary group leader Amira Mohamed Ali spoke out against
the leadership’s statement. She considered the decision a “big
mistake and unworthy of a party that is committed to solidarity and
plurality,” Mohamed Ali said Saturday evening.

Former leader Klaus Ernst and current chief whip Alexander Ulrich on
Sunday called on the party leadership to resign en masse, accusing
them of dividing the party and leading it into irrelevance, FAZ
reported.

Sevim Dağdelen, a senior lawmaker, told Tagesspiegel newspaper that
the leadership’s decision would further exacerbate the party’s
course toward becoming a meaningless sect. “This path is
self-destructive,” she said, adding that instead of dealing with the
massive problems in the country, they are trying to force out a
popular politician, dissolve the Bundestag faction and split their
party.

Dan Morgan
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THE OPERATION  --  CARTOON BY MICHAEL RAMIREZ

 

 

Michael Ramirez
June 29, 2023
Chattanooga Times Free Press
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RE: FROM COLONIALISM TO FASCISM: A HISTORY OF SPAIN’S ELITE FORCES
 

By forgetting history the old wounds never heal.

Michael O'Rourke
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RE: REMEMBERING GUS NEWPORT, A PROGRESSIVE TITAN
 

Oh I did not know he died!  I did not know him - met him a few times.
He was very loved.

Sand Brim

 

RE: CELEBRATING THE LEADERSHIP AND COMRADESHIP OF CHARLENE MITCHELL

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“People who truly believe in justice and equality, and peace and
socialism, should not actually really care whether their contributions
are individually noted,” Angela Davis asserted at a tribute to her
friend and mentor, Charlene Mitchell, in 2009.

Shawna McKellar
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She was a giant. I never knew her personally, but worked with the
National Alliance to free Benjamin Chavis and the Wilmington Ten, and
then to organize the campaign against the death penalty in MA. We
lost, but we made it close enough that politicians could vote their
conscience, so we won by losing. And the example and leadership of
Charlene Mitchell always inspired us. Great lady. Missed much!

Charles Patrick Lynch
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