Wednesday, April 29, 2020

NEA PRESS RELEASE ON TRUMP TELLING GOVERNORS TO STRONGLY CONSIDER REOPENING SCHOOLS WITH SOME AFT REACTION TOO

I have no idea how we ended up as one of the NEA's press contacts but we apparently are on the list. Might be all the page views we are getting these days. Our readership has almost tripled since early March. The only times our page views have ever been significantly higher was during contract battles. (Do I sound like Trump bragging that the ratings are up? Back to reality: unfortunately, we still only reach a tiny fraction of the UFT membership so please spread the word about us on Facebook, Twitter, your school site, or wherever you can.) It is kind of cool to be thought of as a press outlet that the NEA thinks is worth putting on their list. AFT President Randi Weingarten might soon call the NEA to get us off that NEA press list.

Anyway, here is the latest NEA press release reacting to President Trump telling schools to seriously consider reopening. Between Trump, Cuomo and de Blasio, we have had a triple crown of incompetence through the COVID-19 crisis. There are reasons why the USA leads the world with over a million cases and NY is the epicenter. The tremendous arrogance combined with undersize reasoning skills in the executive branch leaders at the federal, state, and city levels has led to catastrophic consequences. The lack of strong unions is on that blame list too here in NY.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
April 28, 2020    
CONTACT: Staci Maiers, NEA Communications, smaiers@nea.org

Trump’s call to reopen school buildings is dangerous for students, staff

NEA: We must listen to health experts and educators on how and when to reopen schools

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday urged the nation’s governors to “seriously consider” reopening schools as part of his push to restart the economy, though at least 43 states and the District of Columbia already have recommended against returning to school buildings during the 2019-20 academic year, and medical experts say it is far too early to return to in-person classes.

The National Education Association — which represents more than 3 million teachers, school employees and other staff who work in U.S. public schools, colleges and universities — called on all school buildings to close and transition to distance learning in March before the pandemic gripped communities. The following statement can be attributed to NEA President Lily Eskelsen García:

“The health and safety of our students, families, and educators must be the primary driver of when it is safe to re-open school buildings in each community. We listening to the health experts and educators on how and when to reopen schools — not the whims of Donald Trump who boasts about trusting his gut to guide him during this unprecedented global health crisis. There is not a single educator on the White House task force focused on reopening the American economy. This means that 51 million public school students do not have an advocate in the White House for what they need to be safe as school buildings reopen. Bringing thousands of children together in school buildings without proper testing, tracing, and social isolation is dangerous and could cost lives.

“Although school buildings have been closed, teachers and education support professionals have been working harder than ever to keep learning opportunities accessible for students. When the buildings re-open, we must prioritize the well-being of every person in the school. We will all need the time and space to re-connect, to grieve, to heal, and to re-focus. Students will need specialized staff like school nurses, school social workers, and school psychologists who will have a crucial role to play, addressing mental and behavior health issues as well as broader issues of ensuring that reopened schools remain safe and healthy. 

Federal help is paramount to end the stay-at-home orders to assure students, parents and educators have the resources and supports necessary to succeed. Testing continues to be woefully unavailable. Schools lack personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep educators and students safe. And as local and state revenues dry up, public schools are facing mounting challenges. Educator jobs are being threatened due to lack of funding at a time when students need more support not less. Class sizes are likely to balloon, making social distancing even more difficult, if not impossible. These are the reasons why the National Education Association has advocated Congress dedicate, among other things, $175 billion in the next economic recovery stimulus bill to an education stabilization fund so that the needs of students at all levels can be supported during this critical time of uncertainty.

“We also can’t assume all our problems will disappear upon returning in the fall. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the inequities facing our most vulnerable students, and they will still be there when school buildings re-open unless we address them now. We must share in finding solutions that finally work for students of color, students with disabilities, English language learners, undocumented families, homeless families, rural schools, and under-resourced schools.”

More resources are available at www.nea.org/coronavirus
Follow on twitter at @NEAmedia and @Lily_NEA
Keep up with the conversation on social media at #ProtectAllWorkers

In addition, Politico covered the story of both the AFT and NEA reacting to Trump.

Here's AFT President Randi Weingarten's view:

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, previewing a reopening plan first with POLITICO, said funding is needed for a host of public health measures for schools, including personal protective equipment. Collective bargaining, strong enforcement of safety standards and protections from retaliation will be important for teachers and staff so they feel safe to speak up as schools try new approaches, she said.

If schools are reopened without proper safety measures, “you scream bloody murder,” Weingarten said. “And you do everything you can to ... use your public megaphones.”

Now for NEA's Lili again:

Teachers are united after more than two years of strikes for more state funding and they have “tremendous power” as advocates for children's safety, said Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association. She didn’t rule out strikes if state leaders move prematurely on a reopening of schools, and she said she believes parents would protest too. 

“You put all things on the table when it comes to student safety,” Eskelsen García said. "And ... I don't think we'll be alone."

Locally, the UFT will use that megaphone to scream and yell and maybe even file a useless lawsuit or two or three when we should be saying we will not enter any building that we deem unsafe.

76 comments:

Anonymous said...

What do you expect to happen?

Anonymous said...

While some schools in some parts of the country might be able to open in June, the idea of NYC schools opening this academic year is so stupid even DeBlasio recognizes that. And he is a certified moron.

(On another note, while it is true Trump, Fauci, DeBlasio, Cuomo, etc. made their share of errors it must be said that the first visitors carrying the virus most likely hit NYC before any of them knew there was a serious problem in China and once that happened in our beloved pandemic petri dish (NYC) the spread itself was inevitable.)

James Eterno said...

COVID-19 may have been here earlier than we thought but there are other international cities that did not have anything like the outbreak NYC has had. Political ineptitude was one of the factors that made the pandemic much worse than it had to be here. For example, why were school staff sent into buildings on March 17, 18, 19? That sent tens of thousands out into transportation at the height of when COVID-19 was spreading.

Bronx ATR said...

Please, James, never forget to mention MULGREW by name when discussing incompetent leaders and COVID-19. He wants everyone to forget and make believe it never happened. Where was Weingarten with her bullhorn, when teachers were sent into a three day training in schools closed for students? Couldn’t she call her boy and get him to do something intelligent? - No, Mulgrew’s choice was intelligent, if one values money over teachers’ lives - which she and Mike most assuredly do.

James Eterno said...

I agree with much of what you say Bronx ATR. Mulgrew is on the list of poor leaders in this crisis but I would not use the word incompetent to describe his failure. He knew buildings were infected and didn't tell his members to leave them because he was more worried about the UFT being fined for violating the Taylor Law's prohibition against strikes by public employees in NYS than member safety. Valuing "money over teachers' lives" as you say is much worse than incompetence. Greedy, cowardly, immoral, or evil are some of the words that come to mind when describing Mulgrew's actions. I am not sure which words to use but it is not simply incompetence.

Anonymous said...

What???

This has to be a joke. Did the Mayor of NYC really just single out one specific ethnic community (a community that has been the target of increasing hate crimes in HIS city) as being noncompliant?? Has he been to a park lately? (What am I saying - of course he has!)
Quote Tweet

Mayor Bill de Blasio
@NYCMayor
· 12h
My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period.

Anonymous said...

Mulgrew: "The state & the city have the time in the coming months to create a thoughtful, comprehensive plan to safely re-open school buildings & bring teachers and children back together." https://nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope

Anonymous said...

Teachers union: 'Scream bloody murder' if schools reopen against medical advice https://politi.co/3bL1R5D via
@politico. Now they tell us?

Anonymous said...

Stop paying dues. Why is this complicated? I did it 2 years ago. You had all the info in the world that the uft was screwing us? What else do you need?

Anonymous said...

if deblasio keeps talking inequity, how come it never changed?

Anonymous said...

The reason people are complaining about student grades during this time is that student grading is ALWAYS fake.

James Eterno said...

The answer to your question 10:49 is we need a viable alternative to the UFT. Scattered individuals dropping dues means virtually nothing and will change nothing.

James Eterno said...

The complaining anonymously now when so many are getting sick and thousands are dying seems a little out of place. Reopening schools so the schools don't spread a second wave of COVID-19 seems to be a more important concern by far.

Anonymous said...

But we are grading now. More of the same. So when schools open, we can start complaining about grades again, only to be ignored? It shows a pattern. Another longstanding problem never addressed by the uft or doe.

Anonymous said...

Re being anonymous, I guess I agree: but consider we have one self-proclaimed informant here who likely will be happy to rat on people for what she considers thoughtcrimes.
As people are fond of saying nowadays, this isn't a safe space to speak our truths...

Anonymous said...

The police broke up a gathering a week ago of mostly black people and two were arrested and most were fined, so De Blasio has a right to get mad at the Jewish population who were at that funeral. Nobody was arrested or fined. I don't know why he allowed it originally though or if that is true. Sounds to me like there is a double standard. I'm sure if a bunch of black people gathered for a funeral, there would certainly be arrests and summonses.

James Eterno said...

Please spare me 11:29. I started to speak out using my full name at school in 1996. You should have seen my Chapter Newsletters that were on the principal's desk about 30 seconds after being distributed in the boxes. My model was my friend Ron Kaplan who was chapter leader at Lane. We both survived to retire. It wasn't easy but anonymous just does not cut it if you want to matter.

Anonymous said...

And you can blame the doe and uft for making many of us sick. Add another complaint to the list, the neverending, decades old list. And when we return, whenever that is, the same nonsense will still be taking place. before covid, the same issues existed, none were addressed.

Anonymous said...

I just noticed i have a student turning 23 soon. Born in 1997. Why is she still in HS?

Anonymous said...

Ridership is down 90% down on subway, yet crime is up. I wonder...

James Eterno said...

11:23, Being proactive is usually, not always, more effective than being reactive. We need a plan for reopening safely.

Anonymous said...

But what about the fraud grading for 20 years?

James Eterno said...

We have been exposing it. Chapters normally have a say on appraisal methodology but anonymous people would rather hide than organize their chapters to stop the fraud.

Anonymous said...

Not you. There is a CL in every school. They know what is going on.

Anonymous said...

de blasio's city has the worst record of anti-Semitism in America, and has for years. You know who doesn't need tough love? Jews in NYC from this ridiculous absurdity of a human being.

James Eterno said...

Organize and try to vote them out. I had to beat a staunch Unity caucus supporter to become chapter leader in a big high school. You think it was easy?

Anonymous said...

Truly incredible. It sums up to: Yes, I'm the founder of #MeToo, but I'm going to ignore all of that because I want Joe Biden to be president, and then I'm going to blame my complete sell-out of principle on the motives of those I don't like.

Anonymous said...

Trump is being blamed by the media and Democrats for nearly all covid-19 failures. But let's be clear about this: NY's governance specifically has been disastrous. Cuomo and De Blasio have largely escaped censure because they are Democrats. Where was the uft???

Anonymous said...

Is this what COPE pays for? My money well spent. LOL...It’s fitting that Joe Biden would want to campaign with Hillary Clinton.

Both of them suffer from the same lack of enthusiasm and energy that we saw
in 2016, and it’s going to be a big problem for Biden this election.

James Eterno said...

I agree. believe it or not, on the hypocrisy. Can you agree on right wing hypocrisy? If you think Christine Blasey Ford's accusation against Judge Cavanaugh deserved to be heard objectively, then we can talk. Same standard for all. I don't know what this has to do with the original post but I guess Trump was mentioned so okay.

Anonymous said...

And she was heard. The media is ignoring the Biden complaint.

James Eterno said...

De Blasio gets blame too but not Cuomo who deserves it and not Mulgrew who deserves blame too. Trump completely screwed this up.

Anonymous said...

I bet my salary you don't contribute to COPE 12:27.

James Eterno said...

12:33, you hear Tara Reade all the time on Fox and the internet. CNN and MSNBC are doing the Dems a disservice by not putting this out in the open. Trump will use it in the fall.

Anonymous said...

Governor Phil Murphy
@GovMurphy
·
25m
BREAKING: Today, I will sign an executive order to:
🏞️Reopen New Jersey’s state parks
⛳Allow golf courses and county parks to reopen

This order will take effect at sunrise on Saturday, May 2nd. Social distancing will continue to be mandated.

Anonymous said...

I meant the networks who support biden, they have ignored the allegation.

Anonymous said...

Governor Phil Murphy
@GovMurphy
·
25m
BREAKING: Today, I will sign an executive order to:
🏞️Reopen New Jersey’s state parks
⛳Allow golf courses and county parks to reopen

This order will take effect at sunrise on Saturday, May 2nd. Social distancing will continue to be mandated.

Anonymous said...

This is what i will be using when schools open. Coronavirus plus...New York Gov. Cuomo says NYC subway system is disgusting and deteriorating, orders cleaning plan

Anonymous said...

Trump is not our union. Our union was supposed to stand up for us. that is why I pay no COPE and no dues. I know better. I knew better when I opted out in August of 2018.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if we had some more discipline in schools, things would be better...

Obesity in Sweden: 15 percent. Obesity in US: 42 percent.

Sweden confronted the coronavirus without ordering a mandatory lockdown, trusting its citizens to follow protocol. Many haven’t, adding further mystery to Sweden’s apparent success in handling the virus without a shutdown. https://nyti.ms/2YatkK1

Deaths per 1M people:
US 176.9
Sweden 231.3

Anonymous said...

Your own statistics contradict your argument. Sweden has more deaths per million than the USA.

Anonymous said...

wow--you just said the vast majority of your posters dont matter? i got that right?

Blogger James Eterno said...

Please spare me 11:29. I started to speak out using my full name at school in 1996. You should have seen my Chapter Newsletters that were on the principal's desk about 30 seconds after being distributed in the boxes. My model was my friend Ron Kaplan who was chapter leader at Lane. We both survived to retire. It wasn't easy but anonymous just does not cut it if you want to matter.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 11:43:00 AM

Anonymous said...

Was referencing the outrageous obesity

Anonymous said...

Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts. Massive teacher turnover, admin abuse all the time, extremely high grad rate, extremely low SAT scores, everyone graduates in 4 years, ridiculous computer grading and daily attendance system, student writing looks like they are in 3rd grade...But a blue ribbon school.

Anonymous said...

Send samples of student work to Councilman Holden. He will deal with it.

Anonymous said...

After the damage is done, mulgrew says we wont go in.

Anonymous said...

Odd. We never see these types of stories about Colorado. Almost as though if you have a Democratic governor everyone is basically okay with reopening.
Georgia’s Experiment in Human Sacrifice
The state is about to find out how many people need to lose their lives to shore up the economy.

James Eterno said...

Newsflash 12:57, I have been saying anonymous comments won't cut it for a while now. I have no issue with most of them as most are just venting but people in power are much more likely to respond to a group of us who have real names and schools. If there were many of us, they would not be able to retaliate. Most anonymous comments here won't even say what school they work at. How can change occur if you won't even say where you work? They send me emails too with phony names and not listing their school. Yes, what can anyone do with that?

waitingforsupport said...

@10:51 am: good question

waitingforsupport said...

Wash your hands
Speak up and out not only for yourself but for others.
Hello@11:29 am.

Anonymous said...

Because deBlasio is full of shit. He is a fauxgressive beholden to his big donors.

waitingforsupport said...

@12:10 pm...They still won't do anything when the schools re open. I will be surprised if anything changes. Doe gave educators their Arce to shine. Let's see if the fake gradez continue. Fail those who deserve to fail.

waitingforsupport said...

@12:57 pm: you matter you matter. Are you okay now?

waitingforsupport said...

@11:29 am: why do you think there is "a rat or informant" on this blog? Please explain.

Anonymous said...

This student has 9.5 english credits..."I try to do this you know I do not speak much English"

Anonymous said...

The day everyone gets sent back and the UFT approves, don't. Don't ever go back. Do you want to spend what's left of your good years beating your head against a wall? Cuomo will do it soon by the way - 5/15; mostly to embarass deBlasio, but also to curry favor with Trump and for political expediency. People are fed up with everything.

waitingforsupport said...

@5:25 pm: i don't understand your point.

Shelley said...

James Eterno,
May I suggest that you have the right to vent your frustration with anonymity, though it is weakening your argument about the need for members to do more than vent anonymously. Visits to your Blog have increased and some people with leverage have noticed. All good. But I'm certain I don't need to remind you that anonymity was once a crime, sometimes a mortal sin, punishable by death and damnation and that many of the publications that helped found our nation were published anonymously. Anonymity is protected by our constitution and courts and its recent rash may be a sign of the times. Paranoia is not completely unwarranted. That said, we can't very well expect to change anything with anonymous vents here or in any other forum. Before the plague, you argued that the fear, some of it irrational and counterproductive, of teachers and other UFT members, when other teacher unions, several in in Red States were striking, when unemployment was 3.5%, and when the most favorable political balance in NY supported aggressive if not militant agitation must be overcome. And this was good council then. But we about to experience the Greater Depression. Fear is not irrational or counterproductive now. Fear is rational. Fear may save us.
We can not organize, when we can't even stand together on the street. And we must go to the street. We must be patient. We should not silence or chastise nameless vents. We will need a massive movement and focus. The venting will get out the many things we can't focus on and bring us to focus.

In Solidarty,

Shelley

Anonymous said...

Why do people think we are going back? On 5/15, Cuomo is only allowing upstate construction workers to go back to work. He said nothing about schools. Don't jump the gun.

Mike said...

604,

You couldn’t be more wrong. Do you think cuomo wants law suits?

Mike

Anonymous said...

I think that Mulgrew called Weingarten before he made that decision.
Anyway, they're singing a different tune now. Take them at their word- make a plan as employees as to what you need to enter the schools. Right now, Trump signed an order saying that meat packing plants basically have "optional" guidelines to protect worker safety. The governor in Iowa said that if employees didn't return to unsafe plants, they couldn't get unemployment. Don't let them box you in. Get the strongest protection you can-spelled out as if you are a lawyer. Randi said "cleaning" but not everyday. Get together, plan and tell them what you want.

Anonymous said...

Mulgrew was just on cnbc. Mentioned seat time. But students can never be in class and pass. I'm confused.

James Eterno said...

Hi Shelley,

I have no problem with anonymous comments. We need more than that now.

This is not 1776. King George is not sending the regulars out for you. Nobody is taking an email seriously (I get them all the time) that has a clearly bogus name on it or an anonymous comment that does not mention a particular school complained about.

As for the fear, King George's army isn't coming. Nor is King De Bla Blah's probably. Let's look at the numbers. Figure about 50,000 tenured UFTERS. There were around 400 3020a (teacher termination) hearings per year last I looked. Only a fraction of those who are charged are terminated. Let's say the chances are roughly .5% of losing a job. That is why you must keep silent? Come on. I was willing to take bad programs as punishment for speaking out. It is not that risky.

Organizing is possible online. UFTers must be ready to walk out if buildings aren't safe.

Anonymous said...

A petition can be started that educators will not return unless it is safe proven by science. Students, parents, educators, support staff could all be welcome to sign.

James Eterno said...

You all matter by the way. Just reading all the comments. I didn't mean to offend anyone who comments anonymously. You are welcome to do so. I 'm grateful our readership is up. I just want people to step up and stand up for themselves and each other. Acting like a union works.

Atr 4 life said...

As an ATR, I’ve been spending more time taking showers than I have working. And I’m not bathing every day lol

Shelley said...

We can't even assemble. We have an emergency that has suspended our right to assemble. So what more do you expect from people? That they should put their names, schools, file numbers on specific comments here? In 1776 it was much more difficult to discover who posted a tract or pamphlet. Today we have little privacy and the computer and internet are used to discredit and smear and destroy the reputations of leaders who organize workers. The smearing is often done by members of the union. I know we don't work for Amazon. Fair enough. But people have a rational fear of reprisal.

No one loses their jobs. That's the mantra of Unity.

But we all know people who have quit, have been forced to retire, been excessed, bounced about and harassed, shunned by members, treated like pariah, and have done nothing to deserve it. And have paid dearly with loss of income, health, sanity.

We all know that the system is full to the brim with nepotism and favoritism and petty politics and perquisites and contractual clauses that undermine solidarity.

We all know that the war on teachers continues.

we all know that our Union is a bread and butter machine that doesn't organize, that is corrupt to the core, that Unity should be sharing a cell with Sheldon Silver.

We all know the sad story of Mulgrew and Randi and the Biden Dems.

We know who has our backs and it ain't the people spending our dues.

As chapter leader I held many hands and wiped tears. I boosted confidence off the floor where stupid, heartless administrators knocked it. I tried to convince people to fight but often they folded because they felt betrayed or simply sad that after all they had done, after all they had given, they would treated like so much garbage that needed putting out.

No, King George is not coming to burn your gradebook, but you had better get your grades up or you will feel the pressure. Observations make teachers very uncomfortable. Of course they are BS. Of course it's doesn't much matter what score you get. But teachers still fear low evaluations. Sure the risks are actually quite low. But you can't convince members of this. You can't. The system all around them says that these observations and evaluations are important. They are not, of course, but even very experienced veteran teachers can't quite just ignore them.


But this is all yesterday. Today we face something none of us has ever faced before. We are in a Greater Depression than any the modern world has known. A global contraction that has only begun. In the US, the wealthiest nation, it won't cause a default by the federal government but it will cause defaults by municipalities. There will deep cuts, major cuts in education. Many will lose teaching positions. Fear is a rational response. We can't assemble. For now we may vent because there little more than can be done now.

Solidarity is built on trust. A trust that grows with a common pain and a common focus.

The pain will be common enough. We must focus. On what?


James Eterno said...

Focus on organizing online and standing up for ourselves and our colleagues. We have each other.Thank you for your thoughtful comments Shelley. Please come back.

Anonymous said...

Mike,
6:01 here. Cuomo, deBlasio, Trump and even Mulgrew are protected from lawsuits brought for preforming their duties. Cuomo sent infected people to nursing home that were free of infections. Many died as a direct result of that decision. All the idiots I mentioned above have blood on their hands. Cuomo will do what’s best for Cuomo, as will the other misfits-and that will be reopening the schools ASAP. Babysitters are in high demand for working adults. Prepare accordingly and if you’re dreading that possibility, its time to make a change. All the best.

Anonymous said...

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
I must admit that Lyin’ Brian Williams is, while dumber than hell, quite a bit smarter than Fake News
@CNN
“anchorman” Don Lemon, the “dumbest man on television”. Then you have Psycho Joe “What Ever Happened To Your Girlfriend?” Scarborough, another of the low I.Q. individuals!

Anon2323 said...

James,
Blasey ford Tara Reade
- could not remember location, date time -remembers date, time , location
- did not tell anyone until 30 years later - told numerous people when it happened
- no police report - filed a police report

WHO DO YOU BELIEVE HMMMM OH YES IT DEPENDS ON MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY. Left are such hypocrites its beyond mind blowing. Listening to Pelosi, Gillibrand, the hawaiian bitch, kamala, change tune is a fucking jone like #me too fraud

James Eterno said...

The standard of belief depends on party. That is rather obvious. Democrats are doing exactly what Republicans do when charges are leveled against them. Forget Cavanaugh and look at Trump. Nobody on the right cares about Trump's many moral failings because he appoints judges who are hostile to labor and abortion.

I can see a public school teacher not voting Democrat but Republicans are terrible to unions and teachers so I don't see someone like Trump as an alternative.Betsy De Vos has not been our friend but then again neither was Arne Duncan or John King from Obama's time.

To take this further, locally the Republicans want to freeze our pay. Manhattan Institute hates public education. Nationally, Mitch McConnell wants states to declare bankruptcy so they can default on our pensions. 40 years of Republican and corporate Democrat (neoLiberal consensus) rule has meant competition in education which made it a numbers game. Hence, the grade fraud people here complain about. Teachers and administrators don't want to lose their jobs so they pass everyone. This started in Pinochet's Chile, the right wing paradise many on the right want to emulate.

In the fields that impact on us, public education and labor, the corporate Democrats are awful but the Republicans want to destroy us.

James Eterno said...

The Onion said it so much better than me:

WASHINGTON—Responding to the fallout of accusations against Joe Biden in a series of social media posts and media appearances, Republican politicians and commentators ridiculed Democrats Wednesday for apparently caring as little about sexual assault as they do. “The silence of liberals on these allegations speaks volumes to how they apparently treat sexual assault as lightly and inconsequentially as we as a party always have—man oh man, it’s really astounding,” said Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) in a sarcasm-tinged screed that echoed thousands of others posts and messages delivered from conservative surrogates and Congress members predicated on the fact that both Republicans and Democrats dismiss the significance of testimony from women about misconduct, assault, and outright rape in order to achieve their political goals. “What’s interesting is that Democrats have always billed themselves as so high and mighty on this issue and yet they’ve just proven themselves to be as cynically power-hungry as us! For example, they’re dismissing the allegations against Biden because they want to progress their agenda, just the way millions of religious conservatives have ceased to care about the current president’s history of unsettling sexual behavior for the exact same reasons. It’s so rich! We’re all total sacks of shit!” Conservative commentators also pointed out the rank hypocrisy of liberals crassly using past allegations to their political advantage the way Republicans themselves are currently doing.

Anon2323 said...

Why aren't chapter leaders hosting weekly zoom meetings? We need the chapter leaders to get the ball rolling.

Otherwise have weekly chapter meetings by borough. It may be the most convenient way to have nearly everyone attend.

Anon2323 said...

James I get it, the main difference is the media is complicit with the dems. If the republicans had 7 stations that ruled the propaganda for one party only and liberals had one station you would see how unfair it really has become. Basically true journalism is dead, you have good ones out there , for most part partisan hacks.

Just like AOC destroyed 25,000 jobs from coming here another mornic looney tune!

James Eterno said...

Where are the left media outlets on cable and broadcast TV? Outlets like CNN, MSNBC and the networks you talk about are neoLiberal corporate. Not our friends.