Biden’s speech this week on the Ukraine crisis was well received by people who usually have nothing good to say about a Democrat, so polarized are the two political parties. Republican senators and conservative pundits were in strange territory compared to their criticism of Biden.
I covered the Civil Rights March in Washington, DC for the Antioch College paper, made easier because authorized credentials were issued by a man whose daughter was a classmate. Our reporting team had complete access to everyone and everything, including a pre-event party of the leadership where we found Dr King and Malcolm X in private conversation.
From the Civil War to the Jim Crow era, the filibuster has blocked popular bills to stop lynching, end poll taxes, and fight workplace discrimination… Now it is being used to block voting rights.” That was Dr Martin Luther King in one of his speeches during the civil rights movement he spearheaded.
Lawyers keep telling judges that former president Donald Trump has immunity regarding everything that happened on January 6. US District Judge Amit Mehta wasn’t buying it and called the charge “simply inappropriate”. The judge was dealing with the meaning of Trump’s refusal to call off the rioters for 187 crucial minutes during the insurrection as they stormed the Capitol building.
About 50 of the more than 720 people charged in the Capitol invasion and destruction have been found guilty, although punishments have tended to be lenient despite the deaths and millions of dollars in damages. Lawyers are finding plenty of work on all sides of this conflict.