Political BS Wed/Humpday

[WOT?*]

I saw Kirstjen Nielsen thread but not an overarching Trump/Politics one (unless I missed it. I'm in the hour between orthodontist appointments and counseling/meds checks.)

This isn't Trump or national politics but on the NH GOP stage, there's always gun control. We don't want to give Texas and Florida and the national stage ALL the credit for assholish political grandstanding.


www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/06/new-hampshire-republicans-pearl-necklaces-gun-violence-victims?CMP=fb_gu&fbclid=IwAR3BP3WifFGMb5pn4Kysg62tmL1fb18PowWX6EkTEqRBy_JuhsPQc-lP0i4

Of thirteen on the committee, ten were men and five were wearing pearl necklaces, insinuating the mothers of children killed by guns (Moms Demand Action were testifying) were merely pearl-clutching as they testified, in tears, of how gun control would save lives for other families.

[bronxgirl]

I saw something with this photo and the comment that they angered activists by wearing pearls, but I didn't get to read the article so I was confused as to the meaning. Now that you've described it, damn! How callous and cruel.

[secretlyevil]

JFC, its one thing to be owned by the NRA or believe gun-control laws are not the answer but to deliberately act like a first-rate bully and mock people is just fucking disturbing. If this is their behavior they obviously don't belong in public office. A prime example of how broken our system truly is.

[krystee]

Fuck. Them. I hope there is a hell so they one day burn in it.

[Jalapeñomel]

What the fuck.

[mrsd2006]

Fuck those fuckers.

[mbcdefg]

Documents obtained by NBC 7 Investigates show the U.S. government created a secret database of activists, journalists, and social media influencers tied to the migrant caravan and in some cases, placed alerts on their passports.

At the end of 2018, roughly 5,000 immigrants from Central America made their way north through Mexico to the United States southern border. The story made international headlines.

As the migrant caravan reached the San Ysidro Port of Entry in south San Diego County, so did journalists, attorneys, and advocates who were there to work and witness the events unfolding.

But in the months that followed, journalists who covered the caravan, as well as those who offered assistance to caravan members, said they felt they had become targets of intense inspections and scrutiny by border officials.

One photojournalist said she was pulled into secondary inspections three times and asked questions about who she saw and photographed in Tijuana shelters. Another photojournalist said she spent 13 hours detained by Mexican authorities when she tried to cross the border into Mexico City. Eventually, she was denied entry into Mexico and sent back to the U.S.

These American photojournalists and attorneys said they suspected the U.S. government was monitoring them closely but until now, they couldn’t prove it.

Now, documents leaked to NBC 7 Investigates show their fears weren’t baseless. In fact, their own government had listed their names in a secret database of targets, where agents collected information on them. Some had alerts placed on their passports, keeping at least three photojournalists and an attorney from entering Mexico to work.

The documents were provided to NBC 7 by a Homeland Security source on the condition of anonymity, given the sensitive nature of what they were divulging.

www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Source-Leaked-Documents-Show-the-US-Government-Tracking-Journalists-and-Advocates-Through-a-Secret-Database-506783231.html?amp=y&__twitter_impression=true

[bowies]

Never underestimate the cruelty of white men.

[MrsAxilla]

Mar 6, 2019 19:37:20 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Documents obtained by NBC 7 Investigates show the U.S. government created a secret database of activists, journalists, and social media influencers tied to the migrant caravan and in some cases, placed alerts on their passports.

At the end of 2018, roughly 5,000 immigrants from Central America made their way north through Mexico to the United States southern border. The story made international headlines.

As the migrant caravan reached the San Ysidro Port of Entry in south San Diego County, so did journalists, attorneys, and advocates who were there to work and witness the events unfolding.

But in the months that followed, journalists who covered the caravan, as well as those who offered assistance to caravan members, said they felt they had become targets of intense inspections and scrutiny by border officials.

One photojournalist said she was pulled into secondary inspections three times and asked questions about who she saw and photographed in Tijuana shelters. Another photojournalist said she spent 13 hours detained by Mexican authorities when she tried to cross the border into Mexico City. Eventually, she was denied entry into Mexico and sent back to the U.S.

These American photojournalists and attorneys said they suspected the U.S. government was monitoring them closely but until now, they couldn’t prove it.

Now, documents leaked to NBC 7 Investigates show their fears weren’t baseless. In fact, their own government had listed their names in a secret database of targets, where agents collected information on them. Some had alerts placed on their passports, keeping at least three photojournalists and an attorney from entering Mexico to work.

The documents were provided to NBC 7 by a Homeland Security source on the condition of anonymity, given the sensitive nature of what they were divulging.

www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Source-Leaked-Documents-Show-the-US-Government-Tracking-Journalists-and-Advocates-Through-a-Secret-Database-506783231.html?amp=y&__twitter_impression=true

WHAT.THE.FUCK

[WOT?*]

Since I didn't want to like the article mbcdefg posted, I'll just go with MrsAxilla and her "What The Fuck."

[secretlyevil]

Mar 6, 2019 19:37:20 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Documents obtained by NBC 7 Investigates show the U.S. government created a secret database of activists, journalists, and social media influencers tied to the migrant caravan and in some cases, placed alerts on their passports.

At the end of 2018, roughly 5,000 immigrants from Central America made their way north through Mexico to the United States southern border. The story made international headlines.

As the migrant caravan reached the San Ysidro Port of Entry in south San Diego County, so did journalists, attorneys, and advocates who were there to work and witness the events unfolding.

But in the months that followed, journalists who covered the caravan, as well as those who offered assistance to caravan members, said they felt they had become targets of intense inspections and scrutiny by border officials.

One photojournalist said she was pulled into secondary inspections three times and asked questions about who she saw and photographed in Tijuana shelters. Another photojournalist said she spent 13 hours detained by Mexican authorities when she tried to cross the border into Mexico City. Eventually, she was denied entry into Mexico and sent back to the U.S.

These American photojournalists and attorneys said they suspected the U.S. government was monitoring them closely but until now, they couldn’t prove it.

Now, documents leaked to NBC 7 Investigates show their fears weren’t baseless. In fact, their own government had listed their names in a secret database of targets, where agents collected information on them. Some had alerts placed on their passports, keeping at least three photojournalists and an attorney from entering Mexico to work.

The documents were provided to NBC 7 by a Homeland Security source on the condition of anonymity, given the sensitive nature of what they were divulging.

www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Source-Leaked-Documents-Show-the-US-Government-Tracking-Journalists-and-Advocates-Through-a-Secret-Database-506783231.html?amp=y&__twitter_impression=true

Damn govt needs to burn

[tessalb]

Anyone find a list of the NH reps? Mine is a R and pretty active on our town social media page, so I think someone would’ve called him it on it. Fucking assholes.

[cattledogkisses]

A high school classmate of mine was killed in a random act of gun violence in New Hampshire last weekend.

Fuck these assholes.