The lives lost in Pittsburgh

 

Trump summarized in a tweet

 

He only cares about his base.

Fake photo of a Seahawk flag-burning

While we’re on fake photos, I decided to post this.

from the article:

“This hybrid of fake news meme isn’t necessarily new—a digitally altered photo of a shark swimming down a flooded city street gets passed around every hurricane season. But its power is only becoming more sinister as it gets harder to know what’s real. At best, people may get tired puzzling out the truth. At worse, they might stop worrying about it altogether. “In that way, it’s an exemplar of a new normal,” Milner says.
The problem is no longer just fake photos. It’s the fact people don’t care they’re not real.”

Asylum overview

This is a good overview of the asylum requirements and process.

Asylum 101: What is asylum and will the migrants in the caravan get it?

This congressman needs to read it:

The attackers are not crazy, they’re terrorists

People have been saying that the alleged perpetrators of the mailed bombs, the Kroger killings and the synagogue killings are crazy or deranged.  That lets the haters (like Trump and right wing media) that inspired them off the hook.

These are not crazy people.  These are hate crimes.  These are domestic terrorists. If the attackers were Muslims, these same people wouldn’t call them crazy.  They’d call them terrorists.

2018 elections update – 10/28/18

 

Muslims raise money for synagogue attack victims

Muslims understand what it is like to be a victim of prejudice in America.  It’s really admirable that they are doing this.

The current total they have raised is $66,647 from 1,608 supporters.

10/30 – now up to $199,363 from 4,816 people

They’ve done it before, too.