Kamala the Cop
by Coast
Watcher
Once
again the so-called Democratic Party has spat in the faces of
ordinary people across the country. By choosing Kamala Harris as Vice
Presidential nominee the party has made it obvious it’s no
different to the Republican Party when it comes to the fundamental
issues of government. That hoary old phrase “tough on crime”
rings hollow when all it really means is oppression and disregard for
civic rights and due process.
Harris’ record on the matter of law and order is a shameful one. The former Attorney General for the State of California certainly filled her boots when it came to the perks of her office. If a person accused of a crime had enough cash, they could buy immunity from prosecution. In the case of Steve Mnuchin all it took was a “campaign contribution” to Harris for her to decline prosecuting him as his company OneWestBank for financial irregularities in the wake of the 2008 mortgage crisis.
OneWest held the mortgages of over 30,000 home owners. In 2011 the Office of the Inspector General began an audit of the company following complaints. In a statement the IG wrote:
Harris’ record on the matter of law and order is a shameful one. The former Attorney General for the State of California certainly filled her boots when it came to the perks of her office. If a person accused of a crime had enough cash, they could buy immunity from prosecution. In the case of Steve Mnuchin all it took was a “campaign contribution” to Harris for her to decline prosecuting him as his company OneWestBank for financial irregularities in the wake of the 2008 mortgage crisis.
OneWest held the mortgages of over 30,000 home owners. In 2011 the Office of the Inspector General began an audit of the company following complaints. In a statement the IG wrote:
OneWest executives had instructed employees to reject as many loan modification applications as possible and created an environment that encouraged loan modification staff to misinform borrowers about their eligibility status, routinely shred loan modification applications, and inappropriately deny loan modifications. The letter also stated that the terms of the FDIC’s agreement with OneWest created a financial incentive for OneWest to foreclose rather than modify loans.
But
after reviewing only a handful of cases the OIG refused to proceed. Mnuchin
bought his way clear with a mere $2,000 to Harris’ senate campaign.
The cost was dirt cheap compared to a likely heavy fine and possible
jail sentence. At the end of the day, Steve Mnuchin walked away with billions of dollars.
Thousands of Americans became homeless and their credit ruined
where, had every transaction been legal and above board, they would
not be put under such duress.
Mnuchin is, of course, Secretary of the Treasury in Donald Trump’s deeply repugnant regime. To this day Harris refuses to say why she didn’t prosecute Mnuchin.
Trump himself made contributions of $6,000 to Harris—$5,000 in 2011 and another $1,000 in 2013. Did Trump use his contribution to Harris, a person of color, as a fig leaf to cover his inherent racism. In a recent attack ad Trump’s campaign portrayed Harris as a “phony” and, flying in the face of all evidence, as part of the “radical left!”
If Trump thinks such a blatantly capitalistic person as Harris is “radical left,” I’d hate to see what would happen if he should ever come face to face with a genuine socialist.
Harris’
record on the California state prison service speaks for itself.
Following a successful class
action suit on behalf of inmates, Harris was ordered
in 2011
to reduce the prison population due to serious overcrowding. Harris
stated some non-violent offenders had to remain jailed to provide
cheap labor to the state—and we're talking
about pennies on the dollar pay.
In 2014 the state was ordered to
allow non-violent second time offenders who’d served half their
sentence to become eligible for parole.
Harris objected yet again, stating
that it would deprive the state and private companies of a cheap
labor pool. It must be pointed out that this “labor pool”
includes volunteer firefighters who risk their lives for a mere $2 a
day to put out California's massively destructive and dangerous wildfires, yet these prisoners/firefighters are not allowed to count the
hard-earned experience on their resumes when they are finally released.
Harris became a US Senator in 2017, which positioned her nicely for the vice presidential nomination. Neoliberals ooh and ahh over the choice of a woman of color attaining such a status. That’s all very well, but Harris' wealth and status doesn't demonstrate that she really cares about ordinary people. As for her racial status, it’s not been of much benefit to those who share it. Most of those interned in California under her watch as AG were African-Americans and Hispanic Americans, and most of those were put there because of the notorious “Three Strikes” law introduced by none other than then-Senator Joe Biden. So it is Harris’ nomination, coupled with presidential nominee Biden’s pungent record on law and order bills, that is pretty much a match made in hell for human rights.
Harris became a US Senator in 2017, which positioned her nicely for the vice presidential nomination. Neoliberals ooh and ahh over the choice of a woman of color attaining such a status. That’s all very well, but Harris' wealth and status doesn't demonstrate that she really cares about ordinary people. As for her racial status, it’s not been of much benefit to those who share it. Most of those interned in California under her watch as AG were African-Americans and Hispanic Americans, and most of those were put there because of the notorious “Three Strikes” law introduced by none other than then-Senator Joe Biden. So it is Harris’ nomination, coupled with presidential nominee Biden’s pungent record on law and order bills, that is pretty much a match made in hell for human rights.
Another telling trait of these two individual's stances against human rights: Harris no longer supports Medicare For All as she had previously stated while campaigning (more info in the links below). She has gone over to Biden's position and supports private health insurance coverage tied to a worker's employment.Why this sudden change of heart? Perhaps when we see a final list of campaign contributors we'll know for sure who got to her this time.
My belief is that, should the so-called Democratic Party win the election, the increasingly decrepit Biden will use the 25th Amendment to step down after a few months citing “health reasons,” allowing Harris to become the first female president. We’ll then see yet another turn of the screw in the crushing of civil liberties, and yet another neoliberal corporate shill in the White House. Once again we’ll witness the soft pedal approach to any genuine reform to help ordinary citizens. It’ll be business as usual for capitalism, while the world continues to burn.
My belief is that, should the so-called Democratic Party win the election, the increasingly decrepit Biden will use the 25th Amendment to step down after a few months citing “health reasons,” allowing Harris to become the first female president. We’ll then see yet another turn of the screw in the crushing of civil liberties, and yet another neoliberal corporate shill in the White House. Once again we’ll witness the soft pedal approach to any genuine reform to help ordinary citizens. It’ll be business as usual for capitalism, while the world continues to burn.
The only way to stop these duopolist nightmare tickets of neoliberalism is to vote third party. The current two-party (in reality, one party) system has to be broken. All it requires is for the vote for a third party to pass 33.4% of the electorate and the Democrats and Republicans will be left twisting in the wind. For the sake of America and the world, this must come to pass.
The following video (starts about five minutes in) shows how callously Harris treated poor parents of color and their children by criminalizing the parents of these children for truancy. She jokes and laughs about how much she wanted to prosecute these beleagured families--even when her fellow office members thought it was a terrible idea. She even charged a homeless woman instead of helping this struggling family out! Heartless.BIO: Coast Watcher isn't taken in by pretty faces and identity politics. He does his research. He compares notes. He doesn't like what he sees in two corrupt cops running for the White House. He's advising all voters to use their brains to stop the further uncalled-for imprisoning of persons of color and the poor to provide plentiful cheap/free labor for the greedy capitalist state. Vote third party! We have nothing to lose but our future chains!
https://youtu.be/ml3C03VxJL8
Related Links:
This Is Why Kamala Harris Refused to Prosecute Steve Mnuchin
Related Links:
This Is Why Kamala Harris Refused to Prosecute Steve Mnuchin
Donald Trump Made Campaign Donations to Kamala Harris Years Ago His Campaign Says--It's Proof He's Not Racist
https://www.wbtv.com/2020/08/
https://www.wbtv.com/2020/08/
Kamala Harris' AG Office Tried to Keep Inmates Locked Up for Cheap Labor https://www.thedailybeast.com/
Kamala Harris Embodies Most Dangerous Myth of American Exceptionalism
https://www.blackagendareport.com/kamala-harris-embodies-most-dangerous-myth-american-exceptionalism
Kamala Harris Has Distinguished Career Serving Injustice
https://www.blackagendareport.com/kamala-harris-has-distinguished-career-serving-injustice
Senator Kamala Harris and Her Corrupt Ways (video series)
http://www.abovealllaws.com/2019/01/29/senator-kamala-harris-and-her-corrupt-ways-part-1-of-3-videos/
Kamala Harris No Longer Supports Bernie Sanders' Medicare For All Program
https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-healthcare-medicare-all-bernie-sanders-1455106
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This explains why they've launched an onslaught of attacks against the Postal Service. It's a strategy to prevent certain votes from counting this fall.
Here are seven attempts and ongoing schemes to undermine the Postal Service:
- In April, President Trump called the USPS "a joke" and parroted unsubstantiated claims against the essential service to undermine its role in this year's consequential election -- just days after the USPS released a statement saying it was "imperative" that Congress and the administration take action to provide financial support.
- In May, the House passed the HEROES Act with $25 million in funding for the USPS -- yet three months later, Mitch McConnell's Senate has refused to pass this essential funding.
- In June, Trump mega-donor Louis Dejoy officially assumed the role of postmaster general.
- In July, Postmaster Dejoy supported President Trump's efforts to undermine the Postal Service by implementing new rules and procedures that intentionally slowed down mail services ahead of the big election this fall.
- In August, Postmaster General Dejoy announced plans to reassign more than 20 top-level USPS employees -- a move that the Washington Post says "de-emphasizes decades of institutional postal knowledge" and "centralizes power" around Trump appointee Dejoy.
- This week, Dejoy floated the idea of tripling the cost of sending mail-in ballots to voters. Senator Elizabeth Warren described this as an attempt to "sabotage the USPS" before the election.
- Yesterday, President Trump doubled down on his commitment to block funding for the USPS, explicitly citing how funding delays would prevent comprehensive vote-by-mail.
Here are two ways you can fight back against these attacks in the USPS. Contact your senators and demand they take action to fund the Postal Service. Or support our on-going advocacy work with a monthly donation of $7!
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Oil drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge would be a disaster.
The Senate can block these rules from going into effect. Legislation has already passed the House, meaning the Senate can act now to block drilling in the ANWR before this nightmare begins. Your senators must fight for the Arctic Wildlife National Refuge. They need to hear from you right now!
The Refuge is the absolute last place that we should be drilling for oil, but right now, in a time of planetary crisis and decreased demand for oil, we simply do not need more oil wells anywhere — we need less. If we’re to have any hope of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees celsius, we need a full, managed phaseout of the fossil fuel industry.
This decision is yet another marker of the Trump administration’s catastrophic failure. We can’t let this administration divide us or roll back the clock on protections for wildlife refuges, for First Nations communities being impacted by environmental injustice, or for crucial ecosystems. This anti-science billionaire handout is abhorrent and is the last thing that our country needs in the middle of a pandemic, mass evictions, and an economic crisis. Fighting for the Refuge is part of the movement to resist, to demand better, and to push back against all of the destructive elements of this administration’s anti-people, anti-environment agenda.
Tell your senators to take up and pass the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act and that you’re counting on them to protect this national treasure.
For a green and peaceful future.
Avery Raines
Senior Digital Strategist, Greenpeace USA
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Postal workers across the country are putting their lives at risk
going door to door delivering life-saving medicine and other essential
items even as this pandemic grows.
But if Trump and his corporate cronies get their way, our Postal Service could run out of money soon! This would be an unmitigated disaster in the midst of this pandemic -- and with your help, we won’t let that happen. Right now, Congress is putting together its next stimulus bailout package, and corporations stand to get billions of dollars. We urgently need to make a massive public outcry and let Congress know that if they want to bail out large corporations with public money, first they need to fund USPS -- and keep it out of the hands of private corporations! Add your name now to demand USPS be properly funded before it’s too late! For years, Trump and private equity firms have been threatening to privatize USPS. Now that dream is about to be a reality. This pandemic has significantly impacted USPS’ bottom line, which relies on revenue created by postage and postal services to keep functioning. Now with each passing day, the Postal Service is bleeding cash -- and it's only a matter of time before the Postal Service as we know it disappears. The only thing that can stop this is a massive public outcry from regular people like you and me who are relying on the Postal Service to keep us connected and supplied through this crisis. Together, we can create enough public pressure to force vulnerable Senate Republicans to hold fast against Trump's plotting and keep the USPS as we know it alive. But we've only got a few short weeks left to make our case. Will you join me in this fight? Add your name now and demand that Congress holds fast against Trump’s plans to bankrupt and privatize USPS!  |
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