Cedric's Big Mix: 2024-08-18

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Who's more pathetic -- Trump or Kennedy Junior?

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB & THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS & THE COMMON ILLS -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

THEY GET HIM, THEY REALLY GET HIM!!!

CONVICTED FELON DONALD TRUMP MET WITH HIS BASE ON TUESDAY. HE NEEDED THE APPROPRIATE SETTING AND THEREFORE SELECTED HOWELL, MICHIGAN, POPULATION 10.068. TINY, YES, BUT IT CLINGS TO THE VALUES THAT ARE DEAR TO DONALD TRUMP'S HEART:

The Ku Klux Klan Klan first took hold in the area in the 1920s, and membership in Livingston County increased during the civil rights era.^[9]

Since the 1970s Howell has had a national reputation of being associated with the Ku Klux Klan: White supremacist leader and Michigan Grand Dragon 1971-1979 Robert E. Miles held KKK gatherings on his farm 12 miles north of the city in Cohoctah Township with a Howell mailing address.^[10] Miles died in 1992, but the gatherings, including the burning of crosses, continued.^[9]

The Livingston Diversity Council, founded in response to a 1988 cross burning on the lawn of a black family,^[11] has been promoting diversity and inclusion in the county.^[12] While they are numerous in Metro Detroit, as of 2011, Howell was not listed as an active home to any hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.^[13]

On October 22, 1994, less than a dozen Ku Klux Klansmen from outside Howell held a rally on the steps of the historic Livingston County Courthouse. According to a reporter for the Livingston Post, the town may have been chosen because of its reputation for intolerance. The Rev. Ben Bohnsack, the pastor of the First United Methodist Church in nearby Brighton, Michigan at the time, described the approaching rally as an "assault on the values" of the community. The day of the rally, the courthouse was put under the protection of 174 police officers from every law enforcement agency in the county. An 8-foot-tall chain-link fence was erected around the courthouse, with two additional sections raised on Grand River Avenue to contain protesters and observers. The fence was dismantled after the rally and on the following day, citizens assembled with brooms, mops and buckets for a symbolic cleansing of the courthouse steps.^[14]

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The KKK reputation persisted into the 2000s, with events such as a public auction of KKK items scheduled for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday in January 2005,^[15] the 2010 suspension of a teacher who removed students for wearing a Confederate flag and making antigay slurs,^[16] students' racist tweets toward a racially mixed team in 2014.^[17]

On July 21, 2024, about a dozen masked white supremacists marched through downtown Howell , chanting "Heil Hitler" and carrying signs with messages such as "White Lives Matter" and "End the War on White Children". They began their demonstration on the lawn of the Livingston County courthouse where in 1994 members of the community symbolically scrubbed the steps following a KKK rally.

Several miles east of Howell at the Latson Road/I-96 overpass in Genoa Township, Michigan pictures posted to a community Facebook group showed demonstrators hanging KKK and Nazi flags over the side of the overpass. One of the photos showed them with a Donald Trump flag, while the Livingston Post uploaded a video made by a passerby in which one of the protestors is heard saying, "We love Hitler. We love Trump."^[18]

On July 28, 2024, one week after the white supremacist march, at an anti-white supremacist counterprotest in downtown Howell residents cleansed the sidewalk to symbolically wash away the racism.^[19]

BUT THEN THE FATTY WATTY TRUMP CRAWLED UP THE SPOUT AGAIN.

HOWELL WAS THERE FOR HIM, SCREAMING, APPLAUDING, CHANTING, "HEIL HITLER!" AND, TO MAKE SURE DONALD DIDN'T GET JEALOUS, "WE LOVE HITLER! WE LOVE TRUMP!"

AND WHY NOT? THERE'S NO SCHISM BETWEEN THE TWO THE WAY THERE IS BETWEEN MARVEL AND DC. NO, DONALD AND ADOLF ARE ONE AND THE PEOPLE GET THAT, THEY REALLY GET THAT.

CONTACTING US FOR COMMENT BECAUSE HE'S THAT DESPERATE FOR ANY ATTENTION -- MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB & THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS & THE COMMON ILLS -- ROBERT KENNEDY JUNIOR DECLARED HIS INTENT TO ENDORSE TRUMP ON FRIDAY, "I WANT TO BE THE HEINRICH HIMMLER TO HIS HITLER."

AS WE SHRUGGED AND ROLLED OUR EYES, JUNIOR GREW MORE ANIMATED, DETERMINED SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, THAT HE WOULD GET HIS NAME INTO OUR REPORT.

"I CAN TELL YOU," JUNIOR OFFERED, "WHAT I AM GOING TO TELL HIM TORROW NIGHT: 'TRUMPIO TRUMPIO, LET ME DENY MY FATHER AND REFUSE HIS NAME, OR, IF THOU WILT NOT BE BUT SWORN MY LOVE, AND I'LL NO LONGER BE A KENNEDY!"

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

The Democratic Party's convention continued in Chicago yesterday and the big speech of day two was Michelle Obama's "Hope Is Making A Comeback."

OK! We got a big night ahead. Thank you all so much. Thank you so much.

OK. Hello Chicago!

Something wonderfully magical is in the air, isn't it?

You know we're feeling it here in this arena, but spreading all across this country we love. A familiar feeling that's been buried too deep for far too long.

You know what I'm talking about?

It's the contagious power of hope!

The anticipation, the energy, the exhilaration of once again being on the cusp of a brighter day.

The chance to vanquish the demons of fear, division, and hate that have consumed us and continue pursuing the unfinished promise of this great nation-the dream that our parents and grandparents fought and died and sacrificed for.

America, hope is making a comeback!

But to be honest, I'm realizing that until recently, I have mourned the dimming of that hope.

Maybe you've experienced the same feelings; it's that deep pit in my stomach, a palpable sense of dread about the future.

And for me, that mourning has also been mixed with my own personal grief.

The last time I was here in my hometown was to memorialize my mother-the woman who showed me the meaning of hard work, humility, and decency. The woman who set my moral compass high and showed me the power of my own voice.

Folks, I still feel her loss so profoundly. I wasn't even sure if I'd be steady enough to stand before you tonight.

But my heart compelled me to be here because of the sense of duty I feel to honor her memory and to remind us all not to squander the sacrifices our elders made to give us a better future.

You see, my mom, in her steady, quiet way, lived out that striving sense of hope every single day of her life.

She believed that all children, all people, have value, that anyone can succeed if given the opportunity.

She and my father didn't aspire to be wealthy. In fact, they were suspicious of those who took more than they needed.

They understood that it wasn't enough for their kids to thrive if everyone else around us was drowning.

So my mother volunteered at the local school. She always looked out for the other kids on our block.

She was glad to do the thankless, unglamorous work that for generations has strengthened the fabric of this nation.

The belief that if you do unto others, if you love thy neighbor, if you work and scrape and sacrifice, it will pay off-if not for you, then maybe for your children or your grandchildren. You see, those values have been passed on through family farms and factory towns, through tree-lined streets and crowded tenements, through prayer groups and National Guard units and social studies classrooms.

Those were the values my mother poured into me until her very last breath.

Kamala Harris and I built our lives on those same foundational values.

Even though our mothers grew up an ocean apart, they shared the same belief in the promise of this country.

That's why her mother moved here from India at 19.

It's why she taught Kamala about justice, about the obligation to lift others up, about our responsibility to give more than we take.

She'd often tell her daughter, "Don't sit around and complain about things-do something!"

So with that voice in her head, Kamala went out and she worked hard in school, graduating from an HBCU. Earning her law degree at a state school. And then she went on to work for the people.

Fighting to hold lawbreakers accountable and strengthen the rule of law, fighting to get folks better wages, cheaper prescription drugs, a good education, decent health care, childcare, and elder care.

From a middle-class household, Kamala worked her way up to become Vice President of the United States of America.

My girl Kamala Harris is more than ready for this moment.

She is one of the most qualified people ever to seek the office of the presidency. And she is one of the most dignified, a tribute to her mother, to my mother, and to your mother too. The embodiment of the stories we tell ourselves about this country.

Her story is your story. It's my story. It's the story of the vast majority of Americans trying to build a better life.

Look, Kamala knows, like we do, that regardless of where you come from, what you look like, who you love, how you worship, or what's in your bank account we all deserve the opportunity to build a decent life. All of our contributions deserve to be accepted and valued.

Because no one has a monopoly on what it means to be an American. No one!

Kamala has shown her allegiance to this nation, not by spewing anger and bitterness, but by living a life of service and always pushing the doors of opportunity open for others.

She understands that most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward. We will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth.

If we bankrupt a business or choke in a crisis, we don't get a second, third, or fourth chance.

If things don't go our way, we don't have the luxury of whining or cheating others to get further ahead, no. We don't get to change the rules so we always win.

If we see a mountain in front of us, we don't expect there to be an escalator waiting to take us to the top.

No, we put our heads down. We get to work. In America, we do something.

And throughout her entire life, that's what we've seen from Kamala Harris: the steel of her spine, the steadiness of her upbringing, the honesty of her example, and yes, the joy of her laughter and her light.

It couldn't be more obvious: of the two major candidates in this race, only Kamala Harris truly understands the unseen labor and unwavering commitment that has always made America great.

Now, unfortunately, we know what comes next. We know folks are going to do everything they can to distort her truth.

My husband and I, sadly, know a little something about this.

For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us.

See, his limited and narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hardworking, highly educated, successful people who happened to be Black.

I wanna know, I wanna know: Who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those "Black jobs"?

It's his same old con: doubling down on ugly, misogynistic, racist lies as a substitute for real ideas and solutions that will actually make people's lives better.

Because gutting our health care, taking away our freedom to control our bodies, the freedom to become a mother through IVF, like I did-those things are not going to improve the health outcomes of our wives, mothers, and daughters.

Shutting down the Department of Education, banning our books-none of that will prepare our kids for the future.

Demonizing our children for being who they are and loving who they love-look, that doesn't make anybody's life better.

Instead, it only makes us small.

And let me tell you this, going small is never the answer.

Going small is the opposite of what we teach our children.

Going small is petty, it's unhealthy, and quite frankly, it's unpresidential.

So why would any of us accept this from anyone seeking our highest office? Why would we normalize this type of backward leadership?

Doing so only demeans and cheapens our politics. It only serves to further discourage good, big-hearted people from wanting to get involved at all.

America, our parents taught us better than that and we deserve so much better than that.

That's why we must do everything in our power to elect two of those good, big-hearted people. There is no other choice than Kamala Harris and Tim Walz! No other choice!

But as we embrace this renewed sense of hope, let us not forget the despair we have felt. Let us not forget what we are up against.

Yes, Kamala and Tim are doing great right now. They're packing arenas across the country. Folks are energized, we are feeling good.

But remember there are still so many people who are desperate for a different outcome. Who are ready to question and criticize every move Kamala makes, who are eager to spread those lies, who don't want to vote for a woman, who will continue to prioritize building their wealth over ensuring everyone has enough.

So no matter how good we feel tonight or tomorrow or the next day, this is going to be an uphill battle. So folks, we cannot be our own worst enemies.

No, the minute something goes wrong, the minute a lie takes hold, we cannot start wringing our hands. We cannot get a Goldilocks complex about whether everything is just right.

And we cannot indulge our anxieties about whether this country will elect someone like Kamala instead of doing everything we can to get someone like Kamala elected.

Kamala and Tim, they have lived amazing lives. And I am confident they will lead with compassion, inclusion, and grace.

But they are still only human. They are not perfect. And like all of us, they will make mistakes.

But luckily, y'all, this is not just on them.

No, uh-uh, this is up to us-all of us-to be the solution we seek. It is up to all of us to be the antidote to all the darkness and division.

I don't care how you identify politically; whether you're a Democrat, Republican, independent, or none of the above, this is our time to stand up for what we know in our hearts is right.

To stand up not just for our basic freedoms but for decency and humanity, for basic respect, dignity, and empathy. For the values at the very foundation of this democracy.

It's up to us to remember what Kamala's mother told her: Don't just sit around and complain - do something!

So if they lie about her, and they will, we've got to do something!

If we see a bad poll, and we will, we've got to put down that phone and do something!

If we start feeling tired, if we start feeling that dread creeping back in, we've got to pick ourselves up, throw water on our faces what? [Crowd: Do something!]

We have only two and a half months to get this thing done. Only 11 weeks to make sure every single person we know is registered and has a voting plan.

So we cannot afford for anyone, anyone in America to sit on their hands and wait to be called upon. Don't complain if no one from the campaign has specifically reached out to ask for your support; there is simply no time for that kind of foolishness.

You know what we need to do.

So consider this to be your official ask: Michelle Obama is asking y'all - no I'm telling y'all - to do something!

Because-You all, this is going to be close.

In some states, just a handful, listen to me a handful of votes in every precinct could decide the winner.

So we need to vote in numbers that erase any doubt. We need to overwhelm any effort to suppress us.

Our fate is in our hands!

In 77 days, we have the power to turn our country away from the fear, division, and smallness of the past.

We have the power to marry our hope with our action.

We have the power to pay forward the love, sweat, and sacrifice of our mothers and fathers and all those who came before us.

We did it before, y'all, and we sure can do it again.

Let us work like our lives depend on it.

Let us keep moving our country forward and go higher - yes, always higher - than we've ever gone before.

As we elect the next President and Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz!

Thank you all, God bless.

She then introduced her husband, former President Barack Obama.

The roll call vote took place on Tuesday. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are the ticket. In March of 2003, the US invaded Iraq. that's twenty-one years ago. And this is the first time since the start of the Iraq War that the Democratic Party has had a presidential ticket not containing at least one person who voted for the Iraq War. (2004's ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards had two people who voted for the Iraq War.)

Yesterday also included Stephanie Grisham who was then-President Donald Trump's press secretary.

The Teamsters turned out with a strong presence onstage as Kenneth Stribling spoke about the need for organization and the importance of fighting for your rights.

Under the ridiculous (mis)leadership of Sean O'Brien, the Teamsters proper has yet to endorse in this election. O'Brien made a fool of himself at the GOP and is said to be angling for a post in a Trump administration. The Black Caucus of the Teamsters has refused to be silent or to sell out and they have endorsed Kamala Harris for president. Listening to Kenneth Stribling's speech, O'Brien's silence is only more appalling.

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