CASH IN THE APPLE FOR
06-01-17
By Cash Michaels
TRUE
BELIEVERS? – Here it is, five-and-a-half months into the Trump presidency, and
believe it or not, at least 40% of the country still believes he’s the cat’s
meow. As a recent segment on CNN proves, despite all of the incredibly
outrageous BS that Trump has pulled thus far, there are folks out there,
apparently some of the same supporters who put him in office in the first
place, who are proud of the blinders they wear which keeps them from realizing
that the man is a total disaster.
When
questioned, many of them say they wanted someone “real” in the office. Well,
they are getting their wish, because there is no question that Trump is “real”
alright….real CROOKED! Trump supporters hate government so much, they have no
problem supporting someone who pays no attention to protocol, or the law. They
just want what they want….someone who will look out for THEIR interests first,
because after all, if they’re happy, then the country’s happy.
And if the
rest of the country is unhappy, then that’s too bad, because Trump supporters
will still be happy.
But wait a
minute…even though they’re still “happy,” tat doesn’t mean they’re pleased with
everything that they’re seeing and hearing from the blonde blowhard!
For one,
they’re tired of his tweets. Trump supporters see them as evidence of a lack of
control, a lack of discipline. There’s a powerful line in “The Godfather’”
where Don Vito Corleone tells his oldest son Santino ,“Don’t ever tell anyone
outside of the family what you’re thinking.”
Traditionally,
the president of the United States only tells what the world what he’s thinking
only after he and his advisors have figured it out, because what he says and
does represents the government, not just himself.
So when
Trump lies and accuses his predecessor Pres. Obama of “tapping” Trump’s phone,
or reporters of “fake news” about his campaign/administration’s honeymoon with
the Russian government, even many of his supporters have hard time swallowing it.
And yet
they still trust him.
Better to
do that, than to admit that they are wrong, and that they basically support a
fool who will easily get us all in trouble.
But these
folks, who I will readily admit are both selfish and ignorant, seriously
believe that they are in the driver’s seat now, and things are going to be done
their way.
Never mind
that many of the major promises they believed made by Trump to them are NOT
going to happen.
They are
NOT going to get quality, lower-cost health care from Trump.
Trump
supporters are going to get screwed!
They are
NOT going to get a wall, paid for by Mexico, at the US border to stop illegal
immigrants.
They are
going to get screwed!
They are
already not getting their Muslim travel ban because federal court after federal
court sees it for what it is – ethnic and religious discrimination.
Trump
supporters are already screwed!
Unquestioned
loyalty is a laudable American trait. But unbridled stupidity is not. Trump
supporters elected someone totally unprepared to govern. They assumed that
governing is a simple matter of making deals and running your mouth. Only now
are they realizing why American government is so messy – because there is no
real central authority.
And that’s
why it can’t be run like a business. The ultimate purpose of government is to
serve.
The ultimate purpose of government is to make
money.
Pres. Trump
doesn’t believe in service. He believes in money.
And that’s
why he’s screwing all of his supporters…..and all of us!
Gee, thanks
Trump supporters.
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REV. BARBER SAYS
HE’LL ANNOUNCE HIS
CHOICE FOR NEXT
NCNAACP HEAD SOON
By Cash Michaels
Contributing writer
Thus far,
several NC NAACP officials have announced who they are supporting to become the
conference leader, but the current president says he’ll wait until he’s
actually set to step down.
Rev. Dr.
William J. Barber II, outgoing president of the NCNAACP, says even though he’s
already announced his intentions to step down after 12 years to join a national
movement surrounding the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.’s 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, he hasn’t done so yet. In a phone interview
last week, Rev. Barber said when he does decide what his last day on the job
will be, he will also announce who he’d like to see become the next conference
president during state conference elections in October.
Barber’s
announcement is expected to occur by the middle of June. First Vice President
Carolyn Coleman said last week that candidates for state president are expected
to formally file by June 15th.
Thus far,
only Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, NCNAACP Third Vice President for the past
six years, and president of the NC Council of Churches, has been the only one
to formally file to run for the post.
“My 53 years of membership in the
NAACP, and twelve years of leadership experience in the N.C. NAACP prepare me
to become the next President of this great civil rights organization,” Rev.
Spearman, who also pastor’s a church in Greensboro, said in a statement sent to
NCNAACP membership last weekend.
Ms. Coleman has said she hasn’t
decided yet, and former NCNAACP Pres. Melvin “Skip” Alston has indicated that
he’s definitely not a candidate, but will
support Ms. Coleman if she runs.
Rev.
Spearman, however, seems to be attracting a good deal of support thus far.
Rev. Cardes
Brown, president of Greensboro Branch of the NAACP, and state chapter Religious
Affairs Committee chairman, has formally endorsed Spearman, as has Bishop
George Battle, presiding prelate of the Piedmont Episcopal District.
"Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman is prepared
to carry on Dr. Barber's vision, spirit, and intellectual brilliance as Barber
moves to another lane…”wrote atty. Al McSurely, chair of the NCNAACP
Communications Committee.
Leslie Malachi, national director of
the 2,200-member African-American Ministers’ Leadership Council, agrees,
writing that if Rev. Spearman is elected the next NCNAACP president, “This is
the assignment for one who will not only speak truth to power but speak truth
with power."
Meanwhile, which one of the four
current NCNAACP vice presidents will serve out the rest of Rev. Barber’s term
after he formally steps down? According to the NAACP Constitution, the first
vice president automatically assumes that role when the current president
leaves before the term is up, unless the first vp decides not to take it.
In this case, First Vice President
Carolyn Coleman has said she hadn’t made up her mind on succeeding Rev. Barber,
and he would not confirm whether what she decided during a meeting last Monday.
There was speculation that both Ms. Coleman and Second Vice President Carolyn
McDougal would step aside, allowing Third Vice President Spearman to assume the
post, but as of press time, there was no confirmation of that.
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NC HIGH COURT TOLD TO
REVIEW
REDISTRICTING MAPS
THIRD TIME
By Cash Michaels
Contributing writer
For a third
time since 2011, the state Supreme Court will have to review North Carolina’s
legislative and congressional redistricting maps, and this time, North Carolina
justices will have to heed the US High Court’s finding that the state’s
redistricting process is unconstitutionally flawed because of racial
gerrymandering.
The US
Supreme Court Tuesday sent a 2011 redistricting lawsuit, Dickson v. Rucho, back to the North Carolina justices again after
the federal High Court ruled last week that the state’s Republican-led General
Assembly “stacked-and-packed” black Democrats into the First and Twelfth
Congressional Districts so that they would have less influence in other
congressional districts.
In 2015,
the GOP-led NC Supreme Court ignored federal direction that the 2011 maps were
racially skewed, ruling instead that the overuse of race in the voting maps was
entirely proper.
That ruling is not likely to return now that the
NC Supreme Court is 5-4 Democratic majority.
“The N.C. Supreme Court is given another opportunity to correct
its ill-analyzed decision which it entered in Dickson v. Rucho, “said atty. Irving Joyner, chair of the NCNAACP
Redress Committee, and law professor at Nc Central University School of Law. “The [2015] N.C. Supreme Court opinion was vacated
by the [US Supreme] Court, which mandates that it was wrongly decided. This is
yet another victory for democracy and the litigation advocacy of the NC NAACP.”
Eric Ellison, chairman of the
Forsyth County Democratic Party, agreed.
“Same old story – the NC Republican -led legislature has drawn
race-based district lines which once again, have been found to be
unconstitutional,” Ellison, who is also an attorney, said.
“The people of Forsyth County are confident that the current North
Carolina Supreme Court will finally put this issue to rest and declare the
currently drawn lines are unconstitutional and violate our 14th Amendment. Better yet, the North
Carolina Legislature should see the writing on the wall and immediately re-draw
the lines in a non-racial, non-partisan fashion, and declare new elections this
year so that the people of North Carolina can have immediate relief from
illegal and unconstitutional representation.
Most observers
note that that is not likely to happen, especially with the 2018 midterm elections right
around the corner.
“What I find most significant is that
the Legislature made the same legal mistake and used race the same way in
drawing the state’s House and Senate districts,” Anita Earls, Executive
Director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, said after last week’s
US High Court ruling striking down the 2011 congressional districts. “This
opinion…must mean those districts are also unconstitutional.”
The US Supreme Court is expected to rule
directly on the 2011 state House and Senate legislative districts shortly.
Meanwhile, supporters of the Supreme Court decisions thus far feel that despite
rumblings from the Republican leadership about trying again with both
redistricting, and voter ID, which was also struck down, the legal handwriting
is on the wall.
“With [Tuesday’s] Supreme Court ruling, we can agree that
gerrymandered district lines are a settled issue,” said Forsyth County
Democratic Party Chairman Eric Ellison. “The faster that the North Carolina Legislature
can comply with our highest court’s decisions, the better it will be for all
North Carolinians.”
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STATE NEWS BRIEFS FOR 06-01-17
NCNAACP’S BARBER,
OTHERS ARRESTED AT LEGISLATIVE PROTEST
[RALEIGH]
For the first time this year, protesters associated with the Moral Monday movement
allowed themselves to be arrested by state Capitol police after loudly
demonstrating in the Legislative Building, pressuring state lawmakers to expand
Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of poor North Carolinians. Outgoing NCNAACP
Pres. Rev. William Barber, led protesters through the halls of the NC General
Assembly, and in front of House Speaker Tim Moore’s office. By midday, 32
demonstrators, including Barber, had been arrested and taken away.
PROPOSED ELECTION
CHANGES AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW, GUBERNATORAL CHALLENGE
[RALEIGH]
The state Board of Elections is proposing important emergency changes to
election procedures in the aftermath of last fall’s Hurricane Matthew
devastation, and the problems caused after then Gov. Pat McCrory challenged
Democratic opponent Roy Cooper when he lost re-election. Election officials
want the emergency power to change election schedules in the aftermath of a
disaster, natural or military. Officials will also require those protesting an
election result to certify under threat of perjury that their facts are “true
and accurate,” or be punished if not. Comments about the propose changes are
being accepted by the NCBOE now through July 31st by emailing rules@ncsbe.gov or mailing them to
N.C. State Board of Elections, Attn: Katelyn Love, Deputy General Counsel, 441
N. Harrington Street, Raleigh, NC 27603.
GOV. COOPER SUES LAWMAKERS OVER APPOINTMENT
POWERS AGAIN
[RALEIGH] Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper
isn’t taking any encroachment of his appointment powers by the state legislature
lying down. Last Friday, Cooper filed a third lawsuit against Republican
leaders, accusing them of unconstitutionally reducing the size of the NC Court
of Appeals. Lawmakers reduced the size of court from 15 to 12, suggesting that
the workload had gone down. Cooper vetoed the law, but Republicans overrode his
veto.
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