Terrible word this morning from Alexandria that Rep. Steve Scalise has been shot with others at a ball field in Alexandria. Almost as terrible have been some of the responses posted on the web. Left and right wing trolls alike are using this tragic event as an excuse for more partisan venom. Instead, we all should be hoping (and praying if that is your wont) for Scalise’s and others (at the time of this writing, I do not have a full list of victims) full recovery.
To those who are asking of us liberals, “Are you happy now?,” the answer is, “No we are not!” We know that democracy is absolutely dependent on the free exchange of ideas from all sides. The violent silencing of any voice, liberal, conservative, moderate alike, is a great tragedy to our nation.
14 June 2017
Rep. Scalise shot. Terrible news!
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Sessions: “It’s all about me.”
In testimony before the Senate Intelligence committee, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III proved once again that the current administration is fully stocked with members of the “all about me” generation. After an opening statement that seemed to point to something higher – citing long service to the country, his testimony quickly descended into aggressive paranoia as questions were deflected as personal attacks, which they were not, as opposed to truth-seeking, which they were. This reflexive defensiveness made him seem as though he was trying to hide something, when a more cooperative approach surely would have built more credibility for his proclaimed ignorance. In an administration full of sour old men, AG Sessions seemed particularly so at this hearing.