White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain threw shade at Sen. Tim Scott’s attempt to minimize President Biden’s early successes at presidential address. Epic! Tim Scott’s dis of presidential address ‘shaded’ The Republican Party sacrificed one of the few Republicans left, recoverable from the Trump sycophancy and a misinforming and lying predisposition. He ceded the little respect he had left to his fatally flawed party. It was clear that his programmed response to the presidential address was yet another diatribe of misinformation and patent lies. Lawrence O’Donnell asked Ron Klain to comment on several of Scott’s statements. Specifically, Scott dismissively claimed…
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By Glynda C. Carr In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt launched the tradition of assessing the first 100 days of new leadership when during a speech he offered it up as a good point for reflecting on the status of the newly implemented New Deal. The series of laws, which were quickly-passed under his new administration, aimed to end the Great Depression and get the country back on its feet. There is a parallel between the desperate mood of the country 88 years ago when Roosevelt took the reigns and when President Joe Biden took leadership this past January in…
Dear Editor, I wonder if vaccine-resistant evangelicals know that Jesus loved health science. Although he is remembered as the risen Lord and Savior in death, in life he carried on the healing tradition of prophets like Elijah, Elisha, and Isaiah, who was court physician to King Hezekiah. Moses, the originator of the tradition, wrote the public health code of Israel, the Book of Leviticus. Jesus said not one jot or tittle of that Mosaic law code was to be dismissed. In keeping with his teaching, Jesus told a leper to go report his healed condition to the priest, one of…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Chief John Drake this afternoon announced an expansion of the recently created Office of Alternative Policing Strategies with the addition of 23-year MNPD veteran Terrence Graves effective May 1st. Graves, who has commanded operations at the North Precinct for the past 9 years, will join Inspector David Imhof in the development and advancement of 3 major priorities for the Office of Alternative Policing Strategies: Juvenile Diversion, the Creation of a Mental Health Crisis Intervention Team, and Gun Violence Intervention. “Captain Graves is passionate about dissuading juveniles from violence and reducing gun crime,” Chief Drake said. …
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–On Saturday afternoon, Metro Nashville Community Oversight (MNCO) Executive Director Jill Fitcheard and Assistant Director Chris Clausi received an ECC notification at 4:22 p.m. regarding the SWAT team responding to a suicidal person. The notification stated that MNPD officers had been negotiating with him since 2:30 p.m. An updated notification from ECC came in at 7:50 p.m. which stated an officer involved shooting had occurred at the same location. ED Fitcheard and AD Clausi were contacted by the MNPD-COB Liaison and briefed about the situation. ED Fitcheard received a notification contact by the Captain of the Criminal…
Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center released the following statement: We are shocked and greatly saddened by the sudden loss of our friend Matthew Walker, III. A genuine man of debonair style and sophistication, Matthew lifted the tides around him with every conversation. His long-term support of our health center ensured the continued legacy of his grandfather Dr. Matthew Walker, Sr. in word and deed. Our thoughts, prayers, and deepest sympathy are with his family, today and always. Dr. Walker’s obituary can be found here. Dr. Walker was pivotal throughout the planning process for each year’s Dr. Matthew Walker, Sr.…
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(Tallahassee, Fla.) – The Florida State Legislature passed SB90 late Thursday night, a bill that makes voting by mail significantly more difficult, places unnecessary limits on ballot drop boxes, makes it harder to register to vote, and gives partisan poll watchers more power to challenge ballots. Governor Ron Desantis is expected to sign the bill into law Friday. The following is a statement from Ezra Rosenberg, co-director of the Voting Rights Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: “The anti-voter politicians who crafted and passed this bill had one clear objective in mind – undermine the freedom to vote of Black Americans and other communities of color, silencing their voices in our democracy. This is regressive legislation that will erect unnecessary barriers for eligible voters exercising their right to the franchise. “We are…
By Ann Marie Deer Owens Caroline Kennedy drew on inspirational remarks that her father, President John F. Kennedy, delivered at Vanderbilt University in 1963—urging “educated men and women” to reject racial bias in the midst of the civil rights movement—when she spoke virtually to the Vanderbilt 2020 graduates and their families on April 30. Kennedy, a bestselling author, attorney and former U.S. ambassador to Japan, was the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal. Kennedy’s Graduates Day address had been postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She began by congratulating the 2020 graduates for coming through a very…