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That misses the point BLM is making.

You are either purposely misrepresenting what was stated or you need to read it again to understand what was actually written. ☕️ No one suggested that he’s NOT ALLOWED.

Interesting. Black Lives Matter lambasted the Democratic Party on Tuesday for rallying behind Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden exited the race in an unprecedented fashion, accusing the party of “anointing” her without letting primary voters have their say. On Sunday, Biden announced his withdrawal from the presidential race and subsequently endorsed Harris to take his place. Soon after, the vice president quickly received over 260 endorsements from elected Democrats and over $100 million in fundraising since Sunday afternoon. However, BLM is unhappy with the new presumptive nominee. To remedy the issue, the left-wing organization demands that the Democratic National Committee host a virtual snap primary to accommodate voters prior to its August convention. “We do not live in a dictatorship. Delegates are not oligarchs,” the group declared in a Tuesday statement. “Any attempt to evade or override the will of voters in our primary system—no matter how historic the candidate—must be condemned.” The antagonistic statement comes after Harris secured enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic nominee Monday night. She will likely be nominated at the DNC’s virtual roll call ahead of the party’s nominating convention in Chicago next month. But BLM wants the public to participate in the nomination process. “This is about the Democratic Party following a process that protects the legitimacy of any future Democratic president following this unprecedented moment,” the organization said. “Installing Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee and an unknown vice president without any public voting process would make the modern Democratic Party a party of hypocrites. It would undermine their credibility on issues related to democracy.” BLM expressed concern that any process other than the virtual snap primary would be considered undemocratic and lend credence to critics’ claims that Harris was selected solely because of her race and gender. “Imagine our first Black woman president not having won some sort of public nomination process,” the statement reads. “The pundits would immediately label it as affirmative action or a DEI move, and any progress made by a President Harris would be on shaky foundations. If Kamala Harris is to be the nominee, it must be through a process that upholds democratic principles and public participation.” Some Republican lawmakers, including Representative Tim Burchett (R., Tenn.), labeled Harris a “DEI hire” for bypassing the nomination process. These criticisms prompted House GOP leaders to hold a closed-door meeting on Tuesday, telling their members to start focusing on the vice president’s record instead of her race. “This should not be about personalities. It should be about policy. And we have a record to compare,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) told Politico, saying Harris would have to answer for Biden’s record during her campaign. “This has nothing to do with race. It has to do with the competence of the person running for president, the relative strength of the two candidates and what ideas they have on how to solve America’s problems. And I think in that comparison, we’ll win in a landslide.” Source: NR

I would offer Ron DeSantis for the list.

This may be Flaherty’s last start as Tiger. For everyone’s sake involved, I hope he has a really good outing.

Wentz headed to the mound. 🤞

They were really good. The lead singer is an act by himself.

I saw Nugent on the Cat Scratch Fever tour in 1977 as I recall. Never have been a Nugent fan. I think there was a good instrumental on that album, Homebound? Homeward Bound? Too lazy to look it up…

Every third cup go decaf. That works for me …. sometimes.

Thank you for asking? I believe they “made the stay option so bad” that he didn’t really have any viable options left. I’m sure the inside circle was urging him to leave for the sake of the November election.

I personally would not invoke the word “blackmailed” but it was clearly an orchestrated undertaking across the party for the reasons I cited earlier.

I fully believe this resignation was an orchestrated effort by insiders in the party. They made the decision for him. On his own, he wasn’t going to step down. The money was drying up and so was the vocal support for him. It got to the point where the decision had been made for him.

Toledo is in Charlotte next month. That would definitely be interesting.

Listening to last nights game I learned that Chris Fetter majored in psychology. Two psych majors in the same dugout isn’t everyday stuff.

Had Javy not watched the ball and run out of the box he would have been safe at second.

I don’t believe the organization will eat Baez contract for a while yet.

Pete says pencils are still cool.

If we’re referring to politics here, Manfred already paved the way by moving the AS Game out of Atlanta. That was an ‘in your face’ political move.

Her VP pick is going to critical imho.

So how much will the Biden-Harris signs/stickers, etc., be worth 50 years from now?

Best line of the day… “I was having coffee with [wife] Katie a couple of weeks after I was elected to the Hall of Fame,” Leyland said. “And I casually said, ‘Katie, can you believe in your wildest dreams that I’ve been elected to the Hall of Fame?’ “And Katie replied, ‘Jim, you’re not in my wildest dreams.’”

Do you honestly believe Harris is open to pursuing a playoff spot this year?

I’m not a fan of Cooper at all at the state level here. However, I agree with your point overall. I recall Kerry choosing John Edward’s as his ticket to the south VP and that didn’t come close to working. Edward’s was trying to put the cart before the horse. Cooper would be a wise choice. He is a seasoned and polished product. Cooper was going to be on the national stage at some point anyway. His track record would stand up well beside most every opponent out there. Viewed as a progressive in NC he’d likely be viewed as a moderate nationally which would play well in the center.

Your comments are not entirely accurate. John Adams left town before Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated. Adams did not attend Jefferson’s inauguration. On Feb. 17, 1801, the Federalists in the House of Representatives finally, on the 36th ballot, gave up their quest to steal the presidency from Jefferson and certified his election. This left President-elect Jefferson just 15 days to put his administration together. It seems certain that he had already drafted his inaugural address — one of the three or four greatest in American history — and he knew going in that his principal adviser would be James Madison. John Adams left town before Jefferson was inaugurated. John Adam’s did not attend the third presidents inauguration.

So what’s Obama’s reason for declining to jump on the Harris bandwagon? He declines to endorse while saying an,“outstanding candidate will emerge.” I would think this a bigger conversation than I’m hearing.