More on racism in housing appraisals

Black Baltimore-area neighborhoods face racial bias in home appraisals, report finds

A Black family in Seattle got their home appraised: $670,000.

3 weeks later, they took down their family photos and African art. A white neighbor stood in for the family when a new appraiser arrived.

New value: $929,000.https://t.co/ogYlmNYrLW
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) November 15, 2022

Home appraisals from 2013 to 2021 show a persistent, widespread practice in the home appraisal industry to give higher values to homes when the occupants are white, and devalue them if the owners are people of color, research shows.https://t.co/Ih9nGtJ2sk
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 2, 2022

"Black homeowners with incomes between $75k-$100k had higher interest rates than white homeowners with $30k or less in household income. Across most income categories, white homeowners with primary mortgages had lower interest rates than the highest-earning Black homeowners" https://t.co/PMszRZluhX
— A Shady Dame From Seville (@SorayaMcDonald) August 25, 2022

Trump continues to use music without approval

Stopping a politician from using your music is not always an easy task, but we are dedicated to making sure that Donald Trump does not continue to use “Hold on I’m Coming” by written by Isaac Hayes an David Porter in further rallies and public appearances.
— Isaac Hayes (@isaachayes) November 16, 2022

https://t.co/YxZkWJ5QKB
— Isaac Hayes (@isaachayes) November 16, 2022

Citizens for Ethics recap of Trump’s corrupt administration

Donald Trump announced last night that he’s running for president in 2024. Here’s a look back at some of the lowlights from his last term in office—the most corrupt this country has ever seen.🧵
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) November 16, 2022

Several bad headlines/tweets for Trump’s campaign announcement

The media is still doing a bad job. They should point out things like the insurrection and investigations of Trump. They also gave Trump excessive coverage.

Hi @cspan this is a terrible. You are not on the PR team for the former President. We count on you to present clips from the footage preferably w/transcription on the screen & a summary description. You play a vital role in our democracy. This betrays that.Please take this down. https://t.co/Sli0cVFa1U
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) November 16, 2022

wow nbc news ran a normal headline https://t.co/1iRXt13UDC
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) November 16, 2022

[Headline Grades]
WaPo: A+
BuzzFeed: B
NYT: D-
CNN: F pic.twitter.com/0Vmsr25Les
— Atticus West (@AtticusWest) November 16, 2022

Hey news media. You were complicit in electing Trump in 2016. You are complicit right now. When a former POTUS has threatened democracy… you don't have to air any of his announcements LIVE. You can report the news without giving it wall to wall coverage. Complicit.
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) November 16, 2022

Very different approaches here. pic.twitter.com/KXlAxYRVKw
— RSchooley@socel.net (@Rschooley) November 16, 2022

CNN didn’t learn from this from 2020

MSNBC, major networks interrupt Trump's falsehood-laden speech to fact-check; Fox, CNN carry in fullhttps://t.co/XJ9jTFtdGq
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) November 16, 2022

Here we have the two papers in a nutshell. The Post reminds readers that he incited an authoritarian takeover; the NYT avoids that inconvenient fact and makes the GOP seem reasonable. Seen from a global lens, the former skews progressive, the latter center-right. https://t.co/yE53Cw4OWj
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) November 16, 2022

Hawley violated state law in his 2018 election campaign

The ruling issued by a Republican judge against @HawleyMO in the public records case won by @MarkPedroli, where as AG, Hawley knowingly and purposefully violated state law by withholding public records that were maintained on a private server is absolutely devastating.
— Tony Messenger (@tonymess) November 15, 2022

WHOAAAA. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-100 Meter Dash) found by Missouri court to have been *illegally* concealing documents from the public when he ran for Senate in 2018 – and that his campaign consultants were using the Attorney General's office to violate the law. 🔥🔥⚖️⚖️ https://t.co/caqQr6emBz
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) November 15, 2022

NEW: Missouri judge finds @HawleyMO’s office GUILTY of using private emails to skirt transparency laws when he was MOAG. https://t.co/MHh6q5ANWh
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) November 17, 2022

“It’s a stunning decision that exposes the worst kind of abuse of the public trust by a politician — hiding public records that might have had an impact on his election.”https://t.co/Zmc9R7jDMM
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 22, 2022

Republicans are ripping off Herschel Walker

They claim they’re raising money for Walker but they’re keeping most of it. They’re scamming Walker and their voters.

Republicans are lining up to raise money for the Georgia runoff in which they keep the vast majority of the money and send 10% or less to Herschel Walker https://t.co/mranq5ixDH
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) November 16, 2022

Donald Trump’s Save America sent out an email that asked prospective donors to “contribute ANY AMOUNT IMMEDIATELY to the Official Georgia Runoff”

But donors may not have noticed that 90% of their contributions automatically went to Trump. https://t.co/y8QLUSkQyX
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) November 15, 2022

Trump just sent out a fundraising email for Herschel Walker that says “Contribute ANY AMOUNT IMMEDIATELY to the Official Georgia Runoff Fundraising Goal and increase your impact by 1200%” and then auto-defaults to splitting your donation 90% to Trump and 10% to Herschel Walker. pic.twitter.com/06oAKpBwx7
— Jacob Rubashkin (@JacobRubashkin) November 12, 2022

NEW: The NRSC sent a fundraising email today signed by Herschel Walker in which it is actually keeping 99% of what’s raised, per fine print.

Walker gets a dime for every ten dollar donation. pic.twitter.com/DinXGrs7CS
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) November 15, 2022

New fundraising email from NRSC chair Rick Scott asking to help Herschel Walker, who "needs as much support as he can get." But 98% of the money is automatically allocated to the NRSC. Of the remaining 2%, Rick Scott himself gets as much as Herschel does. https://t.co/XfxvnZ2Cbj pic.twitter.com/WywgcbRsTT
— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) November 21, 2022

Ivanka Trump edited Kimberly Guilfoyle out of a picture

The second tweet is great!

One of the funniest things I have seen in a long time… @IvankaTrump cropped @kimguilfoyle out of her Instagram post from Tiffany Trump’s wedding.

(Original photograph on the right) pic.twitter.com/Eko1EFpn6T
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) November 14, 2022

Who did this?? Brilliant 🤣pic.twitter.com/GJcRpSzVOI
— ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ ℙ𝕙𝕠𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕙𝕪 (@LePapillonBlu2) November 14, 2022

The GOP is still a Trump cult

It’s a cult. The GOP politicians are tired of Trump but their base isn’t. https://t.co/MxCMUrBtcW
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) November 15, 2022

"Donald Trump is not as weak a candidate as many people might expect—or hope—him to be. I believe he is most likely to be the 2024 Republican nominee for president…He could win in the general election—and that would be bad for the country."https://t.co/Y4se7x4BeJ
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 15, 2022

really shocked that the GOP’s resolve to finally dump Trump is fading within a few days of whatever caused it. no historical precedent for this https://t.co/WxELxvy7rQ
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) November 15, 2022

Hazel Scott

I was watching a film on TCM recently that had a great song by Hazel Scott. Here’s more about her.

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Republicans benefitted from their Supreme Court’s unwillingness to enforce lower court rulings on gerrymandering

A big reason why it looks like they will win the House of Representatives.

If there’s a tiny GOP House majority next year, it won’t be legitimate. https://t.co/eF21nWpSWV
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 13, 2022

Still more examples, but one of the major factors in the Republicans possibly winning the house despite an abysmal midterm was the Republican controlled Supreme Court decided the voting rights act and the 15th Amendment didn’t matter and states could ignore it https://t.co/bC4ZMxyGdA
— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) November 13, 2022

With the House now likely to be very close (either way), the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in Rucho greenlighting partisan gerrymandering and its use of the shadow docket to put a hold on the drawing of new VRA districts in AL & LA just became that much more magnified.
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) November 9, 2022

While we await results, here’s a brief thread about something that tends to get lost in the shuffle when we talk about election outcomes: The right-wing Supreme Court tilting the electoral playing field in the GOP’s favor. (1/15)
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) November 8, 2022