To be clear, there is a strong thread of authoritarianism also woven into the fabric of the #DemocraticParty. This is the cancer at the heart of #SocialLiberalism in America.
This is why the #DemocraticParty is such an ineffective opposition. This is how we got #Biden, #Harris, #Pelosi, #Feinstein, #Lieberman, #Lautenberg, and #Schumer, among many other #Democrats who have carried and still carry the torch for the military/security/police/prison-industrial complex, while claiming to be "left".
Starmer challenger calls for new left mass movement outside Labour Party – SKWAWKBOX
https://skwawkbox.org/2024/03/01/starmer-challenger-calls-for-new-left-mass-movement-outside-labour-party/
#Starmer
#Labour
#LeftWing
#Feinstein
#Gaza
#Genocide
#Austerity
#Sunak
#Collective
#NHS
#NHSPrivatization
Today in Labor History November 27, 1978: Former cop and supervisor Dan White assassinated San Francisco’s mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk. A jury later acquitted White on the Twinkie Defense, claiming that he had gone temporarily insane from junk food. This travesty of justice led to the White Night Riot, after decades of police harassment and physical abuse of San Francisco’s LGBTQ community. People attacked the windows of City Hall. When the cops tried to protect the building, people hurled rocks and bottles at them, forcing them to run inside. Where ever the cops showed up, people threw rocks at them. At least a dozen cop cars were torched. They busted windows in the financial district and in government buildings. Many people were injured. The riot caused hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of property damage to City Hall. And when the riot was finally subdued, the cops made a retaliatory raid on the Elephant Bar, in the Castro District. Cops in riot gear beat patrons. They arrested 24 people.
The double assassination of Moscone and Milk dramatically altered the political landscape of San Francisco. Under Moscone and Milk, the city was moving in a progressive, pro-neighborhood direction. With the new mayor, Diane Feinstein, city politics returned to the traditional, conservative, pro-Chamber of Commerce, law and order framework that preceded Moscone and Milk. And Feinstein parlayed her success as SF mayor into a long and sordid career in Congress, where she was a strong proponent of Capital Punishment, vitriolic opponent of the Green New Deal, supporter of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, and generally supported U.S. imperialist policy abroad.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #lgbtq #homophobia #Riot #HarveyMilk #SanFrancisco #police #PoliceBrutality #feinstein #israel #palestine
Laphonza Butler Will Not Run for Senate in 2024
Ms. Butler, who was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom just weeks ago to fill Dianne #Feinstein’s seat, said she had realized that “this is not the greatest use of my voice.” https://nyti.ms/3FqSjwQ
Via Kyle Griffin: Sen. Laphonza Butler has been assigned to fill the late Sen. Dianne #Feinstein's seat on the Judiciary Committee
Los Angeles newscaster Christina Pascucci announced Wednesday morning that she is running for the U.S. #Senate vacancy created by the death of Dianne #Feinstein.
The 38-year-old Democrat is the latest entrant to join an increasingly crowded field for California’s 2024 Senate contest. The San Fernando Valley native argues that she offers a centrist option for voters tired of polarization in the nation’s politics.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-10-18/los-angeles-newscaster-christina-pascucci-senate-schiff-porter-lee-garvey-feinstein
“After nearly two decades of statewide Republican candidates being rejected by California’s left-leaning electorate, former Dodger All-Star #SteveGarvey hopes to drag the GOP back toward political relevance.
Garvey announced Tuesday that he is running for the U.S. #Senate seat held by the late Dianne #Feinstein”
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-10-10/dodgers-star-steve-garvey-senate-race-feinstein-schiff-porter-lee
@TruthSandwich @timberwraith This is a more accurate picture of Feinstein - oblivious to the poor & the tenants who are the majority in SF, prudish, stubborn, occasionally correct on the issues, politically astute, way too far right for this city & state, but not corrupt. Hagiographies of her as a pro-LGBTQIA+ trailblazer are bullshit & that BayView piece distorts the facts beyond recognition. https://48hills.org/2023/10/the-local-record-and-legacy-of-dianne-feinstein/
#Feinstein #Dianne_Feinstein #senate #SenateDems #obituary #memorial #eulogy
This is a fitting tribute to the lat Sen. #Feinstein who always tried to do her work away from the prying eyes of the public and her constituents.
QT: https://journa.host/@w7voa/111182455945998102
It seems like some shadiness went down at #EMILYsList, even beyond malapportioning its resources primarily to white candidates with access to funding networks, vs. helping more working class/WOC get elected.
Remember:
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That's what EMILY means. The founding goal of the org was to get as many pro-choice women elected as possible.
But as President of #EMILYsList, #LaphonzaButler shut down Run to Win & channeled resources to VP #Harris.
Senator Feinstein lying in state at City Hall #SanFrancisco #feinstein
In line to pay our respects to Senator Feinstein at City Hall #SanFrancisco #feinstein
#Butler sworn in to replace late California Sen. #Feinstein, third Black female senator in US history
#California Democrats are saying Speaker Kevin #McCarthy ignored a request from lawmakers to postpone scheduled Thursday votes to accommodate the funeral of the late Sen. Dianne #Feinstein.
“So far he has not responded. And all indications are that he's just going to keep on with the votes,” said Rep. Judy Chu. “Of course, he may not be the speaker by that time.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/03/congress/california-dems-postponement-ask-00119698
No, Nancy Corinne Prowda.
There were several pieces about it in late spring of this year, after #Feinstein finally returned because Californians & others had lost patience with the holdup of Democratic judicial appointments that her extended absence (3 months, iirc) had caused.
None of this is #Butler's fault but she should know about it.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/05/nancy-prowda-pelosis-daughter-is-feinsteins-caretaker.html
I missed this news until last night. A legendary woman who strayed a bit from where we thought she’d be at the end, but still. What an epic career and epic life. #feinstein
https://apnews.com/article/dianne-feinstein-dead-c831f3228ac44faa9653234570bb8ce9
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
AP reports: https://flip.it/NXi8sX
#Newsom #LaphonzaButler #California #Feinstein #Senate #USPolitics #News
RIP Senator Dianne Feinstein. I recently saw this fantastic movie below with Annette Bening playing the late Senator in a history-defining moment in our nation. I highly recommend it.
#Feinstein
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"The Report"
Check out the movie The Report.
@timelordiroh
Feinstein was not a boomer
Born in 1933, before WWII
#HillaryClinton on Dianne #Feinstein and the connections between gun control, national security, and rule of law. Gift access at https://wapo.st/46ediih
