Well maybe Trump isn’t done. If he survives the next two years (probable) and isn’t crushed by a true conservative Republican (unlikely) the democrats appear to be the party that just keeps giving. Pocahontas is officially running for President. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she will seek the presidency in 2020 The Washington Post The Massachusetts Democrat made her candidacy official by emphasizing the economic populism that has propelled two Senate victories. Read the full story Shared from Apple News
Warren’s reception has been chilly. She has a lot of problems within her party, before you even look at Independents and GOPers.
Well, that sort of thing happens when you claim to be Sacajawea. Her Facebook rip on Whitney Tilson was pretty epic. Even when she realized he was a supporter of hers, she took the "sorry, not sorry" approach. But let's see if the lefties here will dismiss her out of hand for "lying".... In June of this year, “We need criminal justice reform in this country, but we need to understand it’s not a little slice. We need reform of the whole system. And it starts on the front end with the activities we criminalize, for example, low-level drug offenses — more people locked up for low-level offenses on marijuana than for all violent crimes in this country. That makes no sense at all.” However.... "Most crimes are prosecuted by state and local authorities, not the federal government. The Justice Department estimates that 90 percent of U.S. prisoners are housed at the state and local levels. Nearly 44,700 people at the state level were serving a sentence of one year or longer at the end of 2015 after being convicted of drug possession as their most serious offense, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. This includes not only marijuana but also heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs. These 44,700 people represented 3.4 percent of the total population under the jurisdiction of state correctional authorities in 2015. Those convicted of violent crimes made up 54.5 percent of the total population, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report. At the federal level, 47.5 percent of prisoners (81,900) were serving a sentence of any length at the end of September 2016 after being convicted of a drug offense as their most serious crime. But this includes not only possession, and not only marijuana, but all kinds of drugs and all kinds of drug offenses. “More than 99% of federal drug offenders are sentenced for trafficking,” according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Meanwhile, prisoners who were convicted of violent crimes represented 7.7 percent of the total inmate population at the federal level at the end of September 2016. Separate data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission show that only 92 people were sentenced for marijuana possession in the federal system in 2017, out of a total of nearly 20,000 drug convictions. Put it all together and there’s no way Warren’s claim can be accurate." So was she just inaccurate or was she lying?
Her lies are like those of others. “Power” is an enabler, whether intellectual, the Clintons, financial, Trump, or political, Warren. They come to believe if they say it, is true. While I don’t like the expression, “Speaking truth to power,” it does have its place.
We can passionately disagree on Trump, politics, border security, but at least there's some things that we can all agree on: - Such as the shocking horror that an ancient religious sexual mutilation practice on baby boys is still popular in our supposedly 'modern' and 'enlightened' society.
I can agree that it is popular in America and was an ancient religiously-motivated practice. The rest, not so much.