Archive for November, 2010

Memeorandum

• Pass the damn infrastructure bill, dammit (Noah Smith/Noahpinion)
  Noah Smith / Noahpinion: Pass the damn infrastructure bill, dammit  —  Then pass the reconciliation bill, then pass another bill...  I am annoyed at the way Democrats are handling the two spending bills now moving through Congress.  When the bipartisan infrastructure deal passed the Senate, I assumed it was a done deal …
• 'Stay in your hood': White 'Karen' fired after allegedly assaulting Black couple at Brooklyn dog park (John Wright/Raw Story)
  John Wright / Raw Story: ‘Stay in your hood’: White ‘Karen’ fired after allegedly assaulting Black couple at Brooklyn dog park  —  Update: Emma Sarley has now released a statement, which is included below.  —  A white woman reportedly has been fired from her job after she allegedly assaulted a Black couple at a Brooklyn dog park over the weekend. […]
• Thousands of Haitian migrants reportedly heading to US border (Mark Moore/New York Post)
  Mark Moore / New York Post: Thousands of Haitian migrants reportedly heading to US border  —  As a massive makeshift encampment of mostly-Haitian illegal immigrants on the Texas border was just cleared out, thousands more are making their way from South America to the US border, crossing the perilous Darien Gap in Panama …
• R&B superstar R. Kelly convicted in sex trafficking trial (Associated Press)
  Associated Press: R&B superstar R. Kelly convicted in sex trafficking trial  —  NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” was convicted Monday in a sex trafficking trial after decades of avoiding criminal responsibility for numerous allegations of misconduct with young women and children.
• Murders Spiked in 2020 in Cities Across the United States (Neil MacFarquhar/New York Times)
  Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times: Murders Spiked in 2020 in Cities Across the United States  —  The year-to-year increase in homicides from 2019 was the largest since national record-keeping began in 1960.  But overall, major crimes declined last year.  —  The United States experienced its biggest one-year increase on record …
• Jumaane Jumps In He's running for governor, calling Kathy Hochul a Cuomo 'enabler,' and keeping an eye on Tish James. (Hunter Walker/New York Magazine)
  Hunter Walker / New York Magazine: Jumaane Jumps In He's running for governor, calling Kathy Hochul a Cuomo ‘enabler,’ and keeping an eye on Tish James.  —  Three years ago, Jumaane Williams came within seven points of beating Kathy Hochul in the Democratic primary for New York lieutenant governor.
• Persistence Pays - "Harriet Tubman was born a slave, and her story could have ended there. (Sophie Haigney/The Drift)
  Sophie Haigney / The Drift: Persistence Pays  —  “Harriet Tubman was born a slave, and her story could have ended there.  Instead, she persisted, escaping from slavery and becoming the most famous ‘conductor’ on the Underground Railroad,” begins the first section of Chelsea Clinton's baffling 2017 children's book …
• Mapped: No majority-Hispanic districts added in Texas (Stef W. Kight/Axios)
  Stef W. Kight / Axios: Mapped: No majority-Hispanic districts added in Texas  —  Texas Republicans propose adding seats in Austin and Houston — but no majority-Hispanic districts — in new congressional district maps released Monday.  —  Why it matters: Texas is a rapidly growing, diversifying and politically changing state.
• Here's the Truth About Brett Kavanaugh's Finances (Stephanie Mencimer/Mother Jones)
  Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones: Here's the Truth About Brett Kavanaugh's Finances  —  No, liberals, the Koch brothers don't own him.  —  It's become a predictable pattern: The Supreme Court issues a controversial ruling on a hot-button social issue, and then Justice Brett Kavanaugh trends on Twitter.
• Marine officer who blasted leaders over Afghanistan withdrawal now in the brig (Jeff Schogol/Task & Purpose)
  Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose: Marine officer who blasted leaders over Afghanistan withdrawal now in the brig  —  “All our son did is ask the questions that everybody was asking themselves, but they were too scared to speak out loud.”  —  Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, the Marine officer whose meteoric rise to internet fandom began …