MetalGearZed
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Republicans: There's no science on that.
Anyone: *Shows science to Rs*
Republicans: The hell is this shit!?
Anyone: *Shows science to Rs*
Republicans: The hell is this shit!?
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Sessions thinks DOJ reports of racism in police is "anecdotal" & unscientific
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It could be the real slogan for the oppressors in blue.
MetalGearZed
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because a piece of shit appointed him
and 50-something other pieces of shit couldn't say no
Agent Gibbs
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WHAT? how dare you post that! I'd spent a great deal of effort forgoting about the Transformers movies
Omegasquash
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OK, sure. Let's say that it is bad apples, and let's go ahead and tell that to Freddie Gray's family.
Corronchilejano
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You can't add a series of anecdotes up and claim it's a "study". It's like claiming a bunch of bricks organized a certain way is a house!
Oh now he is Mr. Science? I'm sure he is a huge global warming believer then based on all the scientific evidence, right?
EDIT: Here is what he said in 2015 on climate change
Can someone give this guy a nice big dose of CO2?
ryutaro's mama
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You think people marching for police reform is viewed as a "good" by Sessions? Look at his track record. None of this should surprise anyone and he knows most of the populace is apathetic to these issues.
Shit is gonna get BAD for POC and private prisons are about to eat. :|
BrutishMrFish
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I can imagine him doing that with the same ghoulish smile he had during his confirmation hearing.
Dreams-Visions
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we almost made it out of Black History month, fam.
ryutaro's mama
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What do you mean? Jeff is just reminding us all that racism is over and mostly anecdotal.
We Shall Overcome...and we did!
Happy Black History Month!
sturgboski
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All months matter. Or all histories matter. Or where is blue history month. I am trying to figure out what the rights slogan will be when black history month goes away next year.
User Name Here
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I'm still trying to figure out how the hell he votes in support of a person that was against people like him voting or even having the opportunity to be in the position he's in.
Link
The Autumn Wind
He sees himself as one of the good ones.
Already Torn
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Sounds like someone already did in utero
RoninChaos
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Since when do Republicans care about the science behind anything?
Violence Jack
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I thought the GOP didn't believe in scientific facts anyway?
Is that real? I honestly can't tell anymore.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Lol this is beyond fucked...
Dubbedinenglish
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Time to learn about those good, charitable Plantation owners!
LegendofJoe
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Stop and frisk authority is granted at the city level right? Or have certain states made that permissible across the entire state?
Jon Armdog
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He didn't even fucking read them? He read summaries. I really hate this trend of it being okay not to explore details of issues. I guess it's Trumpian? Inspired by our leader who hates anything more complicated than a tweet.
Sho_Nuff82
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Does Sessions have a Twitter? Because this needs to posted to him until the end of time.
The full report: https://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/d...rt-on-the-ferguson-mo-police-department/1435/
The full report: https://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/d...rt-on-the-ferguson-mo-police-department/1435/
BlastProcessing
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Bad apples, eh? Well, you know what they say: a few bad apples are nothing to worry about and absolutely won't effect the bunch.
This conforms to the 5-4 Supreme Court decision throwing out the Voting Rights act, where John Roberts, writing for the majority, declared systemic racism a thing of the past, and even said it was insulting to the individual states themselves suggest that it even existed.
This of course led to 5 states targeting minorities and their voting rights becuase of systemic racism.
This of course led to 5 states targeting minorities and their voting rights becuase of systemic racism.
family_guy
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"I didn't read the book. Just the cliff notes."
Angelus Errare
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Fuck Sessions, and honestly and truly...fuck anyone who didn't vote bc Hillary didn't "100% represent them" or whatever. I hope your life for the next 4/8 years is filled with nothing but heartache and misery.
Ugh. I hate the "bad apples" excuse here. Somehow that's turned by these guys into "so we don't need to do anything." How about getting rid of the damn bad apples? But then suddenly the rhetoric shifts to "we need to support our police."
Yep. It's just a way to minimize the problem for them and ignore it.
I don't think the police forces of this country are filled with unrepentant racists, but when you're leaving those bad apples around to continually harm the communities they are in, why would you not expect that stink to linger on everyone?
Yep. It's just a way to minimize the problem for them and ignore it.
I don't think the police forces of this country are filled with unrepentant racists, but when you're leaving those bad apples around to continually harm the communities they are in, why would you not expect that stink to linger on everyone?
Also relevant:
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/27/517558469/justice-department-reverses-position-on-texas-voter-id-law-case
Yesterday the Session's Justice Department announced on reversal of a key position regarding Texas Voter ID laws. They announced that while they acknowledge that the Texas laws had a discriminatory effect on minorities, they are reversing the government's position that there was discriminatory internet when Republicans wrote the laws.
Now that they can no longer dispute they have been passing bigoted voting laws, The Republican philosophy seems to be that "Yes, Republican laws keep resulting in discrimination, but you can't prove we intended to discriminate. It's just a bizarre coincidence that Republican passed laws keep unfairly targeting minority over and over and over again."
They are, through the law, declaring that intentional racism doesn't exist. It's pretty stunning.
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/27/517558469/justice-department-reverses-position-on-texas-voter-id-law-case
Yesterday the Session's Justice Department announced on reversal of a key position regarding Texas Voter ID laws. They announced that while they acknowledge that the Texas laws had a discriminatory effect on minorities, they are reversing the government's position that there was discriminatory internet when Republicans wrote the laws.
Now that they can no longer dispute they have been passing bigoted voting laws, The Republican philosophy seems to be that "Yes, Republican laws keep resulting in discrimination, but you can't prove we intended to discriminate. It's just a bizarre coincidence that Republican passed laws keep unfairly targeting minority over and over and over again."
They are, through the law, declaring that intentional racism doesn't exist. It's pretty stunning.
Sho_Nuff82
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My hardcore liberal friends who are/were considering jettisoning the democratic party for supporting Hillary don't exactly fall into the demographic that would be affected by these policies.
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The Artisan
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then he shouldn't be attorney general.
nobody who is a racist should have that type of power.
Sho_Nuff82
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This mirrors the language of the original McCleskey v. Kemp ruling. You can legally make overtly racist laws and institutions...as long as you don't overtly state their purpose of being racist.
It's the only reason the North Carolina laws were struck down.
Welcome to systemic racism. Stay safe.
TenCentCoast
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I'm of the opinion that anyone with the first name Jefferson is a fucking racist until proven otherwise
DyslexicAlucard
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C'mon, guys, you all know what they say about a few bad apples: don't ask why there's so many, lest you offend the good, upstanding ones!
Ugh.
Yup, exactly. People, especially in "swing states," who voted for Stein or Johnson in "protest" could only do so because they're in a position of privilege. Plus, some states that were supposedly more or less under lock for Hillary went to Trump.
Millions -- hell, even billions of people are being affected by this abomination of an administration. And every vote for Stein or Johnson is one that didn't get tallied in the popular vote against Trump. Yes, First Past the Post is a flawed, flawed system. But until it's fixed in your country, you owe it to your fellow man not to let people like Trump in power because TYT shouted how corrupt she is (and then took zero blame when it affected the outcome.)
Ugh.
If true, he's squeezing this in at the last possible minute like a college student with an essay due the next day. Shows the man's priorities.
We're no angels either, unfortunately, especially to the aboriginal community. =/
Yup, exactly. People, especially in "swing states," who voted for Stein or Johnson in "protest" could only do so because they're in a position of privilege. Plus, some states that were supposedly more or less under lock for Hillary went to Trump.
Millions -- hell, even billions of people are being affected by this abomination of an administration. And every vote for Stein or Johnson is one that didn't get tallied in the popular vote against Trump. Yes, First Past the Post is a flawed, flawed system. But until it's fixed in your country, you owe it to your fellow man not to let people like Trump in power because TYT shouted how corrupt she is (and then took zero blame when it affected the outcome.)
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