PotRoastEnjoyr
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🔥🚨BREAKING: There was a shooting at Tucson Park Place Mall in Arizona.
Phil hasn't met too many Marines, has he now?
With Cesar Chavez near UFW headquarters Bakersfield California,1975. Chavez was the most revered Latino in American history. He led the fight for decent working conditions for farmworkers. This is heartbreaking news.
JUST IN Arizona won't recognize Cesar Chavez Day on 3/31, according to @GovernorHobbs spox. United Farm Workers, union co-founded by labor & civil rights icon, cancelled celebrations amid "troubling allegations" that Chavez was involved in abuse of young women or minors.
SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for the Iran war supplemental, sources say Some White House aides think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress
Why is it so hard for US politicians to "rule anything in or out" when it comes to US troops on the ground in the Iran War? It's not that hard, folks. The answer is 100% 'no.' Look at the topographical map below and note the virtually impregnable *series* of mountain ranges along the entire Western side of the country. Note, too, the green, level terrain of Iraq to the west, and realize that when I was part of the US invasion force into Iraq in 1991 (and the US coalition in 2003), we were able to drive into Iraq from friendly countries, over level terrain, where the defending force had nowhere to hide or defend from. Iran, in contrast, is built for defense. We simply do not have the number of troops in our entire ground forces that could be mustered to make such an attack, and even if we foolishly did order them in, they would be defeated in the many mountainous ridges and valleys that give decisive advantage to the defending force. In short, yes, reject any idea of a ground invasion of Iran. It would be suicidal, and on par with Hitler's fatal decision to invade the USSR in September 1941. It would result in the destruction of the American empire.
New: Dolores Huerta writes lengthy statement following @nytimes investigation into Cesar Chavez. Huerta says she had sexual encounters with Chavez resulting in 2 children. “I have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farm worker movement…”
Cesar Chavez, with one of the girls he groomed. @nytimes has a big article about what a sexual predator he was. He even raped Dolores Heurta, another "civil rights icon," but she kept mum. Times is a bit late. This book documented what a total creep he was back in 2014. I reviewed the book: Chavez was "a deceitful, foul-mouthed, philandering, sociopathic egomaniac who pretended to be a saint." First reply has link to the review.
NEWS -- WHITE HOUSE has sent a letter to the Hill with changes they are willing to make to DHS to re-open the agency. This is quite the distance from what Democrats want. But there's been a frustration that the Hill has no idea what's going on. And the admin thinks that this could be enticing to some Dems. pbwl.news/94fc98 (yes, text subscribers got it first)
A famous study found that Black babies have higher survival rates if attended by Black than White doctors. But a re-analysis of the data shows the effect disappears after accounting for the fact that low birth weight babies more often see White doctors. [Link below.]
