“It is incontrovertible that race relations have improved significantly during my lifetime and yours, and that opportunities have opened up, and that attitudes have changed,” the president told comedian and host Marc Maron. “That is a fact.”
“What is also true is the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination in almost every institution of our lives, you know, that casts a long shadow and that’s still part of our DNA that’s passed on,” Obama continued. “We’re not cured of it.”
“And it’s not just a matter of it not being polite to say ‘nigger’ in public. That’s not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. It’s not just a matter of overt discrimination,” he said.
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I will be listening to the podcast today.
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“This is a big day for our country, for me and for my cats†Marc Maron
Nice one, Kagan. #SCOTUS #Spiderman pic.twitter.com/iIJILzP9Hp
— Mike Sacks (@MikeSacksEsq) June 22, 2015
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Mornin' all..
I FUCKING LOVE KAGAN!
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Mornin' all..
I FUCKING LOVE KAGAN!
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So Trisec is a wee bit melancholy today. I posted the link on FB; a scout and scouter I have known since I was 16 has gone to the great campground in the sky.
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Between Kagan quoting Spiderman, and the president dropping the N-bomb, we've got a whole new era in politics in DC
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Between Kagan quoting Spiderman, and the president dropping the N-bomb, we've got a whole new era in politics in DC
But Justice Elena Kagan, writing for the court, said the court is reluctant to overrule established precedent, a principle known as "stare decisis," even if it means "sticking to some wrong decisions."
"An argument that we got something wrong — even a good argument to that effect — cannot by itself justify scrapping settled precedent," Kagan said. She said there was no "special justification" for overruling a case that has governed licensing agreements for more than half a century.
She was joined by Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor.
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re: Potus dropping an N-bomb.
Cue the Right-Wing Outrage Machine!
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re: Potus dropping an N-bomb.
Cue the Right-Wing Outrage Machine!
I wonder how many previous presidents have used that word?
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BTW, Have I mentioned how much I loath Chuck Todd lately?
We've gotten a lot of feedback about the gun video we showed on Meet the Press today. Some were upset it only featured African-American men talking about their regrets of pulling a trigger. All of the men in the piece volunteered to be a part of the video and the larger project it is a part of.
But the last thing we wanted was to cloud the discussion of the topic.
The original decision to air this segment was made before Wednesday's massacre. However, the staff and I had an internal debate about whether to show it at all this week. When we discussed putting it off, that conversation centered around race and perception - not the conversation we wanted the segment to invoke.
We decided against delaying the segment because we wanted to show multiple sides of what gun violence does in this country. We thought the issue of gun violence in our culture and society was an important conversation to continue -- too important to put off for another week. The consequences of gun violence should not be hidden.
As I say to all audiences, Meet the Press should make all viewers uncomfortable at some point or we are not doing our job. I hope folks view the gun video as a part of the conversation we should all be having and not the totality of it.
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re: Potus dropping an N-bomb.
Cue the Right-Wing Outrage Machine!
I wonder how many previous presidents have used that word?
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re: Potus dropping an N-bomb.
Cue the Right-Wing Outrage Machine!
I wonder how many previous presidents have used that word?
I would say most.
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GOP governor LArry Hogan has cancer, and decides to use his announcement to slam progressive politics. Live stream.
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GOP governor LArry Hogan has cancer, and decides to use his announcement to slam progressive politics. Live stream.
???????????? Did the liberals give him the cancer????