Quote of the Day -- On This Convention Edition

 Unsourced quote I saw today on last evening's Republican National Convention nightmare.

“America right now has: deadly pandemic, massive unemployment and recession, schools unable to open, protests over racial injustice, a killer hurricane bearing down on the South… And I am watching Mike Pence talk about how bad things would be in Joe Biden’s America,”

I don't know what's worse.

All these people telling us things will be worse under Joe Biden or Donald Trump telling us he's the "law and order" candidate.

Vote.

And Vote blue.

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Congratulations, Kansas City?

Kansas City just made a big, rather important, national list and it's in and from The New York Times, too.

Here Are the 98 U.S. Cities 

Where Protesters Were Tear-Gassed

98 U.S. cities where protesters were tear-gassed recently, as we know, for protesting the murder of an  American citizen by a police officer on the streets of Minneapolis.

And yes, Kansas City, Missouri, you're on the list. Our own Kansas City, Missouri police force gassed fellow citizens.

Not legal in war but a-okay for our police to use on tax-paying, American citizens here on our streets.

Ain't we great?

Aren't we special?

American exceptionalism, all right.

Link:

Tear gas has been banned in warfare. 

Why do police still use it?

From Barack Obama---to Donald Trump??

Maureen Dowd poses a great question today in the New York Times:

"How could we possibly, in a brief stretch, have gone from the euphoria of our first black president to the desolation of racial strife ripping apart the country?"

It's from her column.

Bonfire of Trump’s Vanity

And the answer, of course, is racism.

And Donald J Trump.

Thanks, Republicans.

Quote of the Day -- Constitutional Threat Edition

"Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children."

--General James Mattis, retired United States Marine Corps General, also served as 26th US Secretary of Defense under this President

From the article: 

James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution

Thanks, Republicans!