President Biden is holding a white house summit this morning to combat hate-based violence.
What a great idea!
FACT SHEET: The United We Stand Summit: Taking Action to Prevent and Address Hate-Motivated Violence and Foster Unity
Today, at the White House, President Biden is hosting the United We Stand Summit to counter the corrosive effects of hate-fueled violence on our democracy and public safety. The Summit will honor the resilience of communities who are healing from hateful attacks, including mass shootings, from Oak Creek to Orlando, Charleston, Pittsburgh, El Paso, Atlanta, Buffalo, and beyond.
The Summit will put forward a shared vision for a more united America, demonstrating that the vast majority of Americans agree that there is no place for hate-fueled violence in our country, and that when Americans stand united to renew civic bonds and heal divides, we can help prevent acts of hate and violence. Today’s Summit is just the beginning of this work, and every American has a role to play in this cause. Today, President Biden will rally a whole-of-society response to prevent, respond to, and recover from hate-fueled violence, and to foster national unity.
The White House is announcing a historic package of new actions the federal government, civic, faith, philanthropic, and business leaders will take to address hate-fueled violence and advance national unity:
The President will announce new agency actions to strengthen the federal government’s coordination and community engagement to prevent, respond to, and recover from hate-fueled violence.
Federal agencies are announcing new steps to strengthen the resources available to local schools, law enforcement agencies, and cultural institutions like museums and libraries to prevent and respond to hate-fueled violence.
Bipartisan former White House officials will launch Dignity.us, a Citizens’ Initiative to Address Hate-Fueled Violence in America, to foster dialogue in communities across the country and identify solutions to address hate-fueled violence. The Citizens’ Initiative will be coordinated by four former Directors of the White House Domestic Policy Council under Republican and Democratic presidents. The Presidential Centers or Foundations of Presidents Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Gerald Ford will support the initiative.
New Pluralists, a cross-partisan group of philanthropic and field leaders, is mobilizing $1 billion in new investments to increase support for programs that build bridges among Americans of different backgrounds to foster unity.
Compact to Combat Hate and Extremism, committing to stand up against hate-fueled violence and increase their support for local initiatives that heal divides.Service organizations, led by Interfaith America, the YMCA, and Habitat for Humanity, are launching A Nation of Bridge Builders, a new partnership that will train 10,000 Americans to be bridge builders in their neighborhoods, and will host over 1,000 bridge building events in over 300 communities.
Technology companies, including YouTube, Twitch, Microsoft, and Meta are announcing new actions their platforms are taking to prevent hate-fueled violence.
At the Summit, the White House will also honor 16 “Uniters” from across America.
Click the link above to see the list of honorees.
How it’s being reported.
Today, President Biden is hosting a White House summit aimed at combating the kind of hate-fueled violence that emerged at a gay nightclub in Orlando in 2016, a Walmart in El Paso in 2019 and a supermarket in Buffalo earlier this year. Aides said Biden will deliver a speech calling for a “whole-of-society” response at the United We Stand summit, where several new actions are expected to be unveiled, including some measures from technology companies to address hate-based content.
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NPR.
Madison energy entrepreneur Masood Akhtar is one of 21 Americans who are set to be honored at the White House this week for their work in uniting their communities.
The honor coincides with a “United We Stand” Summit at the White House on Thursday. That event “will bring together heroes from across America who are leading historic work in their communities to build bridges and address hate and division, including survivors of hate-fueled violence,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement last month.
Akhtar founded and serves as the president of We Are Many-United Against Hate, which aims to bring people together to stand up to hate, prejudice and violence. Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin nominated Akhtar for the honor.
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Channel 3000 (local man is one of the honorees)
President Biden will host a summit at the White House Thursday on combating hate-fueled violence.
The White House says the event, called the “United We Stand Summit,” will gather experts and survivors and will include bipartisan local leaders. It will also honor communities who have been through hate-based attacks, including the mass shootings that took place at gay nightclub in Orlando in 2016, at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019, where the assailant said he was targeting Mexicans, and the expressly racist shooting that killed 10 Black people in a Buffalo supermarket Buffalo earlier this year.
The program will include remarks by Vice President Harris, a presentation on the state of hate-based violence in the United States and a conversation with a former neo-Nazi who has since disavowed the white supremacist movement.
Open thread.
Yutsano
Frist?
Man oh man the conniption Fox will have tonight about this…
Baud
I’m concerned this summit is biased because it doesn’t appear to be giving both sides equal time.
WaterGirl
Sad that only 300 people are viewing this event. As of now, anyway.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
How many people usually view these events live?
WaterGirl
Great opening video!
WaterGirl
@Baud: I can’t actually say, but I was surprised to see that it was so low because there are usually many more people than that just waiting for a regular “Biden LIVE” event.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
His events are usually in the afternoon. I wonder if the early morning time hurts viewership.
WaterGirl
Holy shit, 110 rounds at pulse
Ken
@Baud: See Yutsano just above your comment. There will be more than enough people presenting the “hate is a fundamental right and mass murder is the price of freedom” side.
WereBear
@Yutsano: Always looking forward to Fox conniptions.
Someone somewhere is working on a greatest hits, but can’t keep up…
rikyrah
Speaking of hate-based violence:
Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) tweeted at 7:00 AM on Thu, Sep 15, 2022:
#OnThisDay in 1963, a bomb planted by white supremacists ripped through Sixteenth Street Baptist Church killing four little girls. The tragedy marked the third bombing in 11 days in Birmingham, Alabama following the federal order of Alabama school integration. #ANationsStory https://t.co/gCBKFo24EF
(https://twitter.com/NMAAHC/status/1570382135407804416?t=V91AmFuxhqZLOEtDkrNTxg&s=03)
eclare
@WaterGirl: I had not heard of this event til I clicked on the post. Even if I don’t watch, seems like there is usually more of a heads-up, and I have heard that he will be speaking.
eclare
@rikyrah: Oh…thank you for the reminder.
delphinium
@Yutsano:
As opposed to every other night?
WaterGirl
@eclare: I am guessing that they wanted to avoid the “pre-butting” and the bullshit that would have started as soon as they announced this.
With no advance notice the other side couldn’t mobilize the media and the propaganda that would shit on this event before it even started.
Steeplejack
@Baud:
Yeah, it’s not even 8:00 a.m. on the West Coast.
delphinium
@Ken:
Is Biden trying to make people too happy? In this Ohio diner, we spoke with folks who were concerned that not allowing people to vent their rage and anger in truly horrible ways may be bad for their mental health.
WaterGirl
@Baud: That may well be it. I think this might be an hours-long event, though, so it probably made sense to start it early.
Deputinize Eurasia from the Kuriles to St Petersburg
So about that DeSantis effort to stick it to libtards, he should be going through some things here in a bit according to the US code.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1324&num=0&edition=prelim
Plus, the United States of America can find itself in the lawful possession of some fine charter aircraft capable of overwater flight.
Lock him up, lock him up, lock him up….
rikyrah
I need someone to explain this to me.
Because, I’m not getting it.
How….THE PHUCK…
Does the Governor of FLORIDA….
Charter jets to take migrants IN TEXAS…. TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MA.
That was my confusion when I heard the story… I was like….’ what border, outside of water, does Florida have? only to find out that the migrants were in TEXAS?
THEE ENTIRE PHUCK!
Deputinize Eurasia from the Kuriles to St Petersburg
Some Textards sent some buses to Kamala Harris’ home at the Naval Observatory.
Some indictments and seizures need to start….
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: Treating human beings like cattle.
WaterGirl
@Deputinize Eurasia from the Kuriles to St Petersburg: Can you summarize the code that you believe they violated?
Frankensteinbeck
@rikyrah:
“No one can actually physically stop me. The planes take money. The immigrants don’t know what’s going on. There are enough CBP who think this kind of sadistic joke is justice to do the physical handling parts. Once they’re there, it is actually even better for me if the recipients find a way to kick out the immigrants.”
Baud
Why did Texas send them to Florida rather than a blue state in the first place?
schrodingers_cat
OT: SIL news update. She is home! A week ago this would have seemed like a wildly optimistic outcome.
Her latest CT scan showed that everything is looking normal and she is healing well.
Baud
@schrodingers_cat:
👍
WaterGirl
@schrodingers_cat: Truly amazing.
SiubhanDuinne
@Baud:
It’s probably some crazy bet/practical joke between Abbott and DeSantis.
You know, like Grace Kelly and Alec Guinness.
The Moar You Know
@WaterGirl: the way I read it, transporting illegal aliens outside of an authorized detention center is a federal crime.
WaterGirl
@The Moar You Know:
YES!!!
zhena gogolia
@schrodingers_cat: Great!
SiubhanDuinne
@schrodingers_cat:
That is amazing and wonderful! Continued healing wishes to her!
RobertDSC-Mac Mini
@schrodingers_cat:
Good to hear. Happy for you and her.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@schrodingers_cat: Good news
CaseyL
@schrodingers_cat: Wonderful! I’m so happy for your SIL, and your whole family!
Deputinize Eurasia from the Kuriles to St Petersburg
@WaterGirl:
Relevant portions boldened.
I have found no “sticking it to libtards” exception.
UncleEbeneezer
@Baud: Why is Biden POLITICIZING THIS??!?
Eunicecycle
@Baud: I read that these are Venezuelan immigrants that had family in Florida prepared to welcome them! But then they were shipped to MV and now have to figure out how to get them back to Florida. And I believe these are all people who would be asking for asylum if allowed.
WereBear
@schrodingers_cat: Wow, I’m so glad! I know you’ve been dealing with a lot. A ray of sunshine.
Jay C
@The Moar You Know:
From accounts I’ve read, the would-be immigrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard weren’t (AFAICT), strictly “illegals” (who would, otherwise, have been in custody) – but some other status (?), who were told they would find help with their “paperwork” at their destination; though they weren’t informed where it was they were going.
Still doesn’t make it right: but Abbott’s and DeSantis’s voter base aren’t going to notice or care. I know that “the cruelty is the point” is a facile trope, but, in this case, quite spot-on.
Old School
@schrodingers_cat: Wonderful news for everyone. May her recovery continue to progress!
delphinium
@schrodingers_cat:
That is fantastic news!
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodingers_cat: Excellent!
prostratedragon
@schrodingers_cat: That is marvelous!
WaterGirl
@Deputinize Eurasia from the Kuriles to St Petersburg: Thank you for that!
It really is human trafficking.
rikyrah
@schrodingers_cat:
YEAH!!!
HumboldtBlue
@The Moar You Know:
Please stop using this phrase. They are migrants looking for visas, not fucking illegal aliens.
Also, on top of all the other things he accomplished, Biden just announced the rail strike has been averted, and the strike is off.
MisterForkbeard
@WaterGirl: I’m reading some right-wing feeds now. The argument is literally “Democrats put refugees in red states all the time!” or “Kamala said the border was secure, so these immigrants don’t exist!”
Notwithstanding: “Dems” (the feds) move refugees around the country as part of a resettlement program that’s funded and has support systems in place, and usually has the agreement of local leaders.
Republicans just lie to refugees and immigrants and drop them off to cause problems for Democrats, and then they want to sanctimoniously lecture us. It’s all about demonstrating being a raging asshole and racist while using the left’s language about “better taking care of these unfortunate people”.
Nicole
@schrodingers_cat: Oh my gosh, that’s great news. I’m so happy to hear it. Thank you for letting us know.
HumboldtBlue
Here’s Biden
WaterGirl
@HumboldtBlue:
cain
@Jay C: The Cuban and Venezualan communities are not pleased from what someone linked here. At a time where DeSantis’s polling isn’t that great.
He’s planning on stealing this election through his hand picked Secretary of State. It’s why he’s so confident. This is where we need some serious media investigation into this shit.
Ken
@schrodingers_cat: Good to hear.
oatler
Had on ABC this morning and all I could pick out was how the Biden regime is coping with the threat of a catastrophic train strike as markets tumble.
Another Scott
@WaterGirl: I assume that there are always multiple live feeds for these things – WH.gov, YouTube, C-SPAN, etc., etc.
Cheers,
Scott.
Amir Khalid
@schrodingers_cat:
Wonderful news. I hope it keeps getting better. All the best to your sister-in-law and your family.
lowtechcyclist
@schrodingers_cat:
That is such great news! May her recovery continue apace.
eclare
@schrodingers_cat: Yay!!!!!
Another Scott
@oatler: I heard in passing yesterday on the radio (the equivalent of paragraph 23 in the newspaper) that a whole bunch of railroad unions had approved the new contract and that only 2 unions were hold-outs. I always assumed that they were going to come to an agreement at the wire, and hearing those numbers only reinforced that.
It’s the way negotiations always work – deadlines focus the mind.
Good for Biden/Harris/Buttigieg and the unions for getting it done.
Cheers,
Scott.
cain
@oatler:
Looks like they got change things again. Crises averted.. every time they duties, articles. It and Biden overcomes him. It only makes the Democratic party look even better to voters!
HumboldtBlue
Schooley:
eclare
@HumboldtBlue: Thanks! It’s another BFD.
lowtechcyclist
@HumboldtBlue:
With all due respect, it IS a natural shorthand for “an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law” per the section of U.S. Code that Deputinize cited. I suppose we could use the entire quoted phrase to refer to people that this section of law refers to, but it’s a bit cumbersome.
WaterGirl
@Another Scott: This IS the link from whitehouse.gov/LIVE
They no longer have their own branding on their live videos. It’s all done on youtube.
There is c-span, of course.
But I have been doing these links for probably a year, and the count for this one seems way low compared to what they usually are for live Biden events.
That was my point.
jonas
@WaterGirl: My understanding is that the people Abbot and DeSantis are transporting north aren’t “illegals” in the traditional sense — although the media (esp Fox) often label them that — but people who have claimed asylum, have been processed at the border, and then released, as permitted by law. TX and FL are then (duplicitously) herding them on to busses with promises of getting work or shelter or something, and then sending them on 12-18 hour trips to NYC or Chicago and dumping them on the street, just to make the point that it was better back when we took their children from them and forced them to wait for their court dates in Mexico.
Dangerman
Were any of the Desantis shipped individuals from Cuba? Just curious.
dmsilev
Dark Brandon ups his trolling game:
Frankensteinbeck
@cain:
To be honest, I think he’s just a raging asshole who thinks that being as big an asshole as he possibly can will bring conservatives out to vote in frothing hordes, while also being fun. It is both natural and calculated. He is waving his freak flag as hard as he can, because having watched Trump, he’s sure it will rally the other freaks.
I mean, he would love to steal the election, and he’s certainly going to go whole hog on the standard GOP ‘screw over minority voters’ shenanigans, but I don’t think that’s his strategy. His strategy is being the biggest asshole on the block.
Steeplejack
@schrodingers_cat:
Good news!
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
CarnacBiden the Magnificent: Hey Rocky watch me pull a rabbit out of my hatbrantl
@lowtechcyclist: An alien who has come for asylum has broken no law.
Alison Rose 💙🌻💛
Dark Brandon, conductor.
Alison Rose 💙🌻💛
I are in spam again.
becca
@rikyrah: so much THIS! Thank you
Eunicecycle
@dmsilev: the new young woman doing the social media accounts for the WH is doing great!
skerry
Just home from visit to the vet. My 13 y/o cavachon has torn his ACL in a rear leg. He’s in so much pain they had to muzzle him during the visit. That’s never happened before.
I am so upset. Has anyone needed this surgery on an older dog?
dnfree
@rikyrah: This is the song I remember about Birmingham Sunday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTRaFe703qw
zhena gogolia
@skerry: So sorry. I’ve never had a dog, so unfortunately can’t help.
lowtechcyclist
@brantl: Then that section of the U.S. Code does not refer to them.
Dorothy A. Winsor
Via Kyle Griffen on twitter
Jay
@skerry:
yes, we went with the TPLO, as the ACL replacement only lasted 6 months on another dog I had.
The TPLO has a much shorter recovery period. Just make sure you do the PT.
brendancalling
Off-topic: We’re in a lockdown at my school right now, and have been since 12:20. Intruder in our school. I don’t think it’s a dangerous situation, but until they’re apprehended we gotta stay in this room.
I’ll add this to the many reasons I’m not sticking with this career choice more than a year. The whole “fearing for my life” thing just got a bit too real. Also, I gotta piss like a damned racehorse.
CaseyL
@skerry: I can’t offer any personal knowledge, but here is a site that talks about ACL tears in dogs. Mostly about diagnosis, but they also talk about treatment options. I hope that helps!
Dorothy A. Winsor
@brendancalling: Needing the bathroom was my first thought when I saw this. Especially since, given the timing, you probably haven’t peed since the morning started
Dorothy A. Winsor
Also via Kyle Griffin
Alison Rose 💙🌻💛
@brendancalling: Oh jeez…please stay safe and keep us posted!
The Moar You Know
@HumboldtBlue: no. Not for this. If what DeSatan has done is illegal, these folks are illegal aliens.
If they are not, then what he did is actually 100% legally okay. Which may be the case. I’m not a lawyer. But I see no reason to give that monster the benefit of the doubt.
Mike in NC
Got an email from the FTNYT about the upcoming book, “The Divider”, which is supposed to cover Trump’s reign of error in detail. The blurb I read went on about his absurd plan to buy Greenland from Denmark, which pretty much the whole world laughed at. The idea was placed in his diseased brain by the heir to the Lauder cosmetics fortune, but his reasoning wasn’t clear. Won’t buy the book but will download a sample to my iPad.
Baud
@brendancalling:
That’s why they need to arm the teachers. So they can shoot their way to the bathroom.
Keep us informed.
brendancalling
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Thank heavens, i DID have a chance to pee (twice!) this morning, so my bladder isn’t completely full.
We have parent teacher night tonight too, and i’m hoping this is over before the end of the day. I want to go home and eat dinner.
Jay
@brendancalling:
I hope that you and your students stay safe.
Citizen Alan
@Deputinize Eurasia from the Kuriles to St Petersburg:
Can someone explain to me why it’s an outrage for protesters to be anywhere near Justice Drunky McRapist’s house, but they can just unload buses people in front of the vice president’s?
Citizen Alan
@WaterGirl: Cattle cars will be next.
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose 💙🌻💛: When this happens, is it always when you have only a link, or only a backquote, and nothing else?
You are not going into spam, by the way, you are going into moderation.
SPAM, TRASH, and PENDING (moderation) are the 3 options when a comment is held back.
trollhattan
@Dorothy A. Winsor: IDK whether to go yay, Warnock is six points ahead or HF, 46% of Georgia think a brain-damaged serial philanderer is “our kinda guy” for the senate.
Omnes Omnibus
@The Moar You Know: The phrase illegal aliens is frowned upon. Undocumented immigrant is preferred. Unless your goal is to mimic the language of the right.
zhena gogolia
@brendancalling: Oh, God, that sounds horrible. I hope the ordeal ends soon and safely.
brendancalling
Lockdown is over.
Baud
@brendancalling:
👍
Gravenstone
@Eunicecycle: Which apparently pissed the Venezuelan community in Florida off to no end. Good job, Ron.
Ken
Tumble up, at this point. And they’re still about 8% higher than their peak during the former guy’s term of offense, but that’s just reality’s well-known liberal bias
EDIT: Stupid autocorrect, that should be “term of office”, but I kind of like it that way…
WaterGirl
@skerry: My Henry was pretty young when he tore his ACL, maybe 3 years old or so.
Long recovery in the crate after surgery, but totally worth it, and you would never know he had ever had a problem.
If he is otherwise in good health, I would get the surgery for him in a heartbeat.
edit: seeing the TPLO reference upthread, I am reminded that there was a choice of 2 surgeries, and I think the TPLO was more expensive but didn’t have the likelihood of a repeat occurrence that the other ACL surgery had, so I went with TPLO. (If what I just described is in fact the TPLO)
Gravenstone
@dmsilev: Comparisons to Mussolini in 3,2,1…. //
UncleEbeneezer
Thanks for the heads-up. Looks great. Bookmarking to watch later today or tomorrow.
Ken
I expect it will be something mildly insane, like the Lauder guy thought the entrance to the hollow earth is in Greenland, and having it would give the U.S. control over the supply of vril.
Or maybe he was just pranking Trump, and it got out of hand.
WaterGirl
@Citizen Alan: Only if they win.
WaterGirl
@brendancalling: So glad!
Omnes Omnibus
@WaterGirl: Exactly.
Jay
@WaterGirl:
The ACL replacement is they put stainless steel attachment points in above and below, then use a kevlar cord to mimic the ACL. Over time, scar tissue is supposed to build up over the cord, strengthening the repair. Sugar’s lasted 6 months after the 6 month PT period, before she blew it out again.
The TPLO surgury reforms the knee of the dog to provide a more stable platform less reliant on the ACL for stablility. Recovery is way faster, the surgury is twice as expensive, the dog loses some minor mobility, but that’s how Casey became the $8,600 bionic Pitbull Cross.
HumboldtBlue
@brendancalling:
Good news.
WaterGirl
@Jay: Okay, then TPLO is the one we got Henry. I would make that choice again in a heartbeat.
Alison Rose 💙🌻💛
@WaterGirl: Hmm…well this time it was only a link, but there have been others where it’s a link and a blockquote.
Alison Rose 💙🌻💛
@brendancalling: Glad to hear it! Hope everyone is okay.
Jay
@WaterGirl:
Casey had one go, ( hind leg), then a year later she blew out the other one. Zoomie nutter who liked to tip over Rotties in the dog park.
skerry
Thanks for the replies and info about canine acl. I just want to do the right thing for Luke.
Ben Cisco
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Ben Cisco
@schrodingers_cat: Awesome!
Subsole
@rikyrah: It’s Florida, and they’re shitting on Mexicans, not Cubans.
That’s how he gets away with it.
Subsole
@SiubhanDuinne: Or Abbott’s dumb enough to try a VP run with DeSantis…
Jay
@skerry:
Vets told us Casey would probably live to about 15. (Breeds, other factors). We had her company for 24 years, and she was about 2 when we got her from the shelter. She was probably 8 when she blew out her first ACL.
Kent
Exactly. None of them are undocumented or “illegal aliens” They all have documents of some sort, mostly pending asylum claims that give them temporary residence status.
J R in WV
@schrodingers_cat:
So glad for your good news!
Home and normal are what you want here!
eclare
@skerry: I had that surgery on a three yo dog, probably 80 pounds. It worked great. I know my dog wasn’t old, but the result was amazing.
J R in WV
I’m thinking Abbott and DeSantis and their minions are actually guilty of dozens of counts of kidnapping across state lines. And thus should be in jail awaiting trial!
WaterGirl
@skerry: If you can afford the surgery, unless your pup was in really bad shape before, I think it’s a no brainer unless you don’t have the money.
If you don’t have the money, I bet that we could help with that. Send me email if that’s the case, please.
As I recall, Henry’s surgery cost $3,500 or so, including the 12 sessions of underwater treadmill therapy after surgery.
LadySuzy
President Biden’s speech. Wow.
Simple. Raw. True.
brantl
@Frankensteinbeck: Why not both?