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Good Trouble
Author: Raine
Date: 07/20/2020 13:09:30
Friday night, a hero was called home.
Most people I know of the congressman, but he was a radical in his younger year. Radical, dangerous to the status quo, and still, he believed in love. He lived what he advocated.
Rest in power, Sir. Your work here is done.
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Raine
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Most people I know of the congressman, but he was a radical in his younger year. Radical, dangerous to the status quo, and still, he believed in love. He lived what he advocated.
Everything that we’ve accomplished in the last 50 years is [at stake]. The right to vote. The right to participate in the Democratic process is at stake,†he told me. “We have to go out and do what we can to save our democracy. To save ourselves…We’re all in the same house. We’re one America, we’re one people. We must learn to live on this planet together as brothers and sisters.â€
These are Rep. Lewis’ marching orders. To fight with everything we’ve got for the right to vote, and to treat every person as a part of our home — because they are. He lived what he advocated.
Rep. Lewis’ life-long insistence to keep marching — no matter the obstacles — is what makes him not just my hero, but an American hero. Just like CT Vivian, another civil rights icon who passed away on the same day as Rep. Lewis. That persistence is what I’ll remember when I think about giving up. It’s what we all must remember when we consider giving up. The fight for justice is never easy. Rep. Lewis knew that better than most. It certainly doesn’t feel easy right now. But if the congressman us anything, it’s that we can never stop marching for what’s right.
In just over 100 days, we face the most consequential election of our lifetimes. Rep. Lewis’ legacy teaches us that we must never think “I’ve done enough.†Instead we must ask ourselves, “What more can I do?â€
He spent his life asking what more he could do. And then he did it. And that’s what we all must do as we approach the presidential election this November. Because this November, we’re not just battling it out over who will occupy the Oval Office for the next four years. We’re fighting for the soul of our nation. This presidential election is a referendum on who we are as a country.
In 2018, just ahead of a historic midterm election that was already teeming with voter suppression, I had the opportunity to interview Rep. Lewis. I asked him one simple question: What’s at stake this election? His words have stayed with me ever since:
“Everything that we’ve accomplished in the last 50 years is [at stake]. The right to vote. The right to participate in the Democratic process is at stake,†he told me. “We have to go out and do what we can to save our democracy. To save ourselves…We’re all in the same house. We’re one America, we’re one people. We must learn to live on this planet together as brothers and sisters.â€
These are Rep. Lewis’ marching orders. To fight with everything we’ve got for the right to vote, and to treat every person as a part of our home — because they are.
Rest in power, Sir. Your work here is done.
and Raine
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Comment by 
wickedpam on 07/20/2020 13:27:01
wickedpam on 07/20/2020 13:27:01
Morning 
He was one of those people that always made me want to be a better person. It was devastating to hear we lost such a great man.
He was one of those people that always made me want to be a better person. It was devastating to hear we lost such a great man.
Comment by 
Raine on 07/20/2020 13:58:55
Raine on 07/20/2020 13:58:55
This sounds like a straight up mob hit.
Federal judge’s son killed, husband shot at home by gunman dressed as delivery driver
(snip)
She’s been on the bench for recent cases involving the Grape Street Crips, according to NJ Advance Media, a gang charged with running a drug trafficking operation. Salas has more recently taken on a lawsuit brought by Deutsche Bank investors alleging the bank failed to follow its anti-money-laundering policies by taking on “high-risk†clients including Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender, the AP reported.
Comment by Raine on 07/20/2020 13:59:22
Raine on 07/20/2020 13:59:22
Good Morning! ( 
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Comment by wickedpam on 07/20/2020 14:14:24
wickedpam on 07/20/2020 14:14:24
Comment by 
livingonli on 07/20/2020 14:26:11
livingonli on 07/20/2020 14:26:11
Good morning. I hear Barbados will let Americans live their for a year and work remotely as long as you're Covid negative.
Comment by Raine on 07/20/2020 14:38:34
ooOOoo
Raine on 07/20/2020 14:38:34
Quote by livingonli:
Good morning. I hear Barbados will let Americans live their for a year and work remotely as long as you're Covid negative.
ooOOoo
Comment by wickedpam on 07/20/2020 14:41:55
New blog compound? We could be
wickedpam on 07/20/2020 14:41:55
Quote by Raine:Quote by livingonli:
Good morning. I hear Barbados will let Americans live their for a year and work remotely as long as you're Covid negative.
ooOOoo
New blog compound? We could be
Comment by 
Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 14:43:39
Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 14:43:39
Good morning, bloggers!!!
John Lewis inspired others to be their best selves. In March, he went back to Selma and the Edmund Pettus bridge where he talked with some of today's activists. I
John Lewis inspired others to be their best selves. In March, he went back to Selma and the Edmund Pettus bridge where he talked with some of today's activists. I
Comment by 
BobR on 07/20/2020 14:46:20
Yeah - same here
BobR on 07/20/2020 14:46:20
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning
He was one of those people that always made me want to be a better person. It was devastating to hear we lost such a great man.
Yeah - same here
Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 14:58:33
Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 14:58:33
Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 15:09:25
I am not surprised. We seem to be heading to the edge of irreconcilable divisions in this country. Trump supporters seem willing to overlook anything for the sake of the president and will ignore human rights violations in our own country. I fear that the GOP is at the last stages of morphing into a party that only cares about the forms of democracy -- much like Russia's Putin and Turkey's Erdogan.
Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 15:09:25
Quote by Raine:
Texas GOP picked a war criminal to lead it.
I am not surprised. We seem to be heading to the edge of irreconcilable divisions in this country. Trump supporters seem willing to overlook anything for the sake of the president and will ignore human rights violations in our own country. I fear that the GOP is at the last stages of morphing into a party that only cares about the forms of democracy -- much like Russia's Putin and Turkey's Erdogan.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 15:14:26
Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 15:14:26
Veteran Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn Sweet, whom I met a few times when i was a reporter, has a column today: Trump may deploy federal agents to Chicago this week: is Portland-style response an option?
Is this how democracy dies?
If Trump sends a Portland-style military action to Chicago, it would represent a dramatic escalation between Trump and Mayor Lightfoot.
By Lynn Sweet Updated Jul 20, 2020, 8:09am CDT
President Donald Trump and his administration hinted Sunday that federal agents may be deployed to Chicago as soon as this week to crack down on protests and gun violence in a military-style response similar to Portland, Oregon.
If Trump sends a Portland-style action to Chicago, it would represent a dramatic escalation between Trump and Mayor Lori Lightfoot regarding how to deal with the city’s ongoing battles against gun violence and demonstrations against racial injustice and police brutality.
In a Sunday Twitter post, Trump said, “The Radical Left Democrats, who totally control Biden, will destroy our Country as we know it. Unimaginably bad things would happen to America. Look at Portland, where the pols are just fine with 50 days of anarchy. We sent in help. Look at New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. NO!â€
Is this how democracy dies?
Comment by Raine on 07/20/2020 15:31:14
This is indeed.
Raine on 07/20/2020 15:31:14
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Veteran Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn Sweet, whom I met a few times when i was a reporter, has a column today: Trump may deploy federal agents to Chicago this week: is Portland-style response an option?If Trump sends a Portland-style military action to Chicago, it would represent a dramatic escalation between Trump and Mayor Lightfoot.
By Lynn Sweet Updated Jul 20, 2020, 8:09am CDT
President Donald Trump and his administration hinted Sunday that federal agents may be deployed to Chicago as soon as this week to crack down on protests and gun violence in a military-style response similar to Portland, Oregon.
If Trump sends a Portland-style action to Chicago, it would represent a dramatic escalation between Trump and Mayor Lori Lightfoot regarding how to deal with the city’s ongoing battles against gun violence and demonstrations against racial injustice and police brutality.
In a Sunday Twitter post, Trump said, “The Radical Left Democrats, who totally control Biden, will destroy our Country as we know it. Unimaginably bad things would happen to America. Look at Portland, where the pols are just fine with 50 days of anarchy. We sent in help. Look at New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. NO!â€
Is this how democracy dies?
This is indeed.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 15:42:11
Feel free to join me on Facebook for a discussion of these issues. I already have a second cousin saying that local authorities have done nothing in Chicago. (We have problems with easy access to guns from surrounding states, poverty and drug issues.)
I am not sure we can truly be described as the United States.
Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 15:42:11
Quote by Raine:Quote by Will in Chicago:
Veteran Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn Sweet, whom I met a few times when i was a reporter, has a column today: Trump may deploy federal agents to Chicago this week: is Portland-style response an option?If Trump sends a Portland-style military action to Chicago, it would represent a dramatic escalation between Trump and Mayor Lightfoot.
By Lynn Sweet Updated Jul 20, 2020, 8:09am CDT
President Donald Trump and his administration hinted Sunday that federal agents may be deployed to Chicago as soon as this week to crack down on protests and gun violence in a military-style response similar to Portland, Oregon.
If Trump sends a Portland-style action to Chicago, it would represent a dramatic escalation between Trump and Mayor Lori Lightfoot regarding how to deal with the city’s ongoing battles against gun violence and demonstrations against racial injustice and police brutality.
In a Sunday Twitter post, Trump said, “The Radical Left Democrats, who totally control Biden, will destroy our Country as we know it. Unimaginably bad things would happen to America. Look at Portland, where the pols are just fine with 50 days of anarchy. We sent in help. Look at New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. NO!â€
Is this how democracy dies?
This is indeed.
Feel free to join me on Facebook for a discussion of these issues. I already have a second cousin saying that local authorities have done nothing in Chicago. (We have problems with easy access to guns from surrounding states, poverty and drug issues.)
I am not sure we can truly be described as the United States.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 16:05:36
Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 16:05:36
The Nation reports that the Border Patrol is among the agencies in Portland.
It seems some of this is legal. However, just because something is legal does not make it right, Laws can be unjust, as our history shows us time and again.
It seems some of this is legal. However, just because something is legal does not make it right, Laws can be unjust, as our history shows us time and again.
Comment by 
TriSec on 07/20/2020 16:33:26
TriSec on 07/20/2020 16:33:26
Greetings, comrades. Also pondering anniversaries and 50 years of progress.
1961: "We choose to go to the moon."
2020: "Durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."
I wish we had a real President.
1961: "We choose to go to the moon."
2020: "Durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."
I wish we had a real President.
Comment by TriSec on 07/20/2020 16:36:44
Congress looking the other way have already given Trump his "Enabling Act".
TriSec on 07/20/2020 16:36:44
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Veteran Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn Sweet, whom I met a few times when i was a reporter, has a column today: Trump may deploy federal agents to Chicago this week: is Portland-style response an option?
Is this how democracy dies?
Congress looking the other way have already given Trump his "Enabling Act".
Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 17:36:55
Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 17:36:55
TriSec, I imagine that you will talk about this tomorrow but here is the story on the Navy veteran injured in Portland while protesting peacefully.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 17:37:46
We may have to show our courage and resilience in the coming months.
Will in Chicago on 07/20/2020 17:37:46
Quote by TriSec:Quote by Will in Chicago:
Veteran Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn Sweet, whom I met a few times when i was a reporter, has a column today: Trump may deploy federal agents to Chicago this week: is Portland-style response an option?
Is this how democracy dies?
Congress looking the other way have already given Trump his "Enabling Act".
We may have to show our courage and resilience in the coming months.
Comment by TriSec on 07/20/2020 21:11:34
TriSec on 07/20/2020 21:11:34
I'm afraid I may have to turn in my "New Englander" card. Drinking some Sweet Tea that I made myself, and then I made an actual Pecan Pie with actual pecans imported from Covidistan Georgia today.
But then, I do have calzone tonight.
But then, I do have calzone tonight.