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National Association of Hispanic Journalists to DOCTOR Jill Biden: "We Are Not Tacos"

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National Association of Hispanic Journalists to DOCTOR Jill Biden: "We Are Not Tacos"

¿Por qué los liberales son tan racistas?

Jim Treacher
Jul 12, 2022
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It’s been a while since DOCTOR Jill Biden did anything to entertain us. Usually we just see her leading Joe around by the elbow and whispering urgent instructions to him. But yesterday, at something called a “Latinx IncluXion Luncheon,” DOCTOR Jill really stepped in it:

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Jorge Bonilla @BonillaJL
Once again, Dr. Jill Biden butchers the Spanish language in furtherance of pandering to a client constituency (the org FKA National Council of La Raza). I hereby bless your timelines with Dr. Jill's rendering of "bodega".
7:17 PM ∙ Jul 11, 2022
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“Raul [Yzaguirre] helped build this organization with the understanding that the diversity of this community — as distinct as the BO-guh-duhs of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio — is your strength.”

I’d like to go to a BO-guh-duh sometime. Maybe they have some of that Mexican co-KA-co-LUH.

And how about those Latinos and their tacos, right? Everybody knows how much those people like tacos! Muchos tacos, por FAY-vor!

Well, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists sure didn’t like that one:

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NAHJ @NAHJ
NAHJ encourages @FLOTUS & her communications team to take time to better understand the complexities of our people & communities. We are not tacos. Our heritage as Latinos is shaped by various diasporas, cultures & food traditions. Do not reduce us to stereotypes.
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12:04 AM ∙ Jul 12, 2022
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So, who wins here? As we’re reminded daily by our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters, any dispute between a white person and a non-white person is the fault of the white person. That’s a law.

But as the libs also remind us, only Republicans can be racists. And DOCTOR Jill obviously isn’t a Republican.

This is a tough one. Let’s just call it a draw. Sin daño, sin falta!

Update: “Lo siento,” says DOCTOR Jill’s press flack.

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Michael LaRosa @MichaelLaRosa46
The First Lady apologizes that her words conveyed anything but pure admiration and love for the Latino community.
1:00 PM ∙ Jul 12, 2022
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Wait… what happened to “Latinx”? Are we not doing “Latinx” anymore?


In other Biden family news:

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Andrew Kerr @AndrewKerrNC
Hunter Biden's payments to a Ukrainian woman linked to an Eastern European escort ring in late 2018 and early 2019 were flagged by JPMorgan Chase in a Suspicious Activity Report.
washingtonexaminer.comHunter Biden payments to Eastern European escort ring were flagged by bank: ReportHunter Biden’s payments to a Ukrainian woman linked to an Eastern European escort ring were flagged by JPMorgan Chase in late 2018 and early 2019 in a report filed with the federal government, according to a new report.
9:33 PM ∙ Jul 11, 2022
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Can’t a U.S. president pay for his son’s hookers and cocaine without everybody getting all up in his business? They’re family.

Lib journos are already circling around poor ol’ Joe like a pack of hungry wolves. Once they decide he’s outlived his usefulness to them, they’ll use his son’s drug-fueled antics to push him out. They’ll pretend they never protected Hunter because they hated Bad Orange Man so much.

Tee-hee!


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Day 317 of Americans stranded in Afghanistan.
11:38 AM ∙ Jul 12, 2022
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Carol Lee @carolelee
Biden admin discussing how to handle 1 yr anniversary of US withdrawal from Afghanistan next month, hoping to avoid missteps that could add to Biden’s political woes by making sure no one in gov does anything “stupid,” officials say. w/@ckubeNBC
nbcnews.com1 year later, Biden administration braces for spotlight on chaotic Afghanistan exitWhite House aides hope to mitigate further political damage from a moment that will remind Americans of an effort many of them consider one of Biden’s biggest failures.
5:37 PM ∙ Jul 11, 2022
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All Brett Kavanaugh needs to do is declare nonbinary status and switch to they/them pronouns. Then they’ll be protected. The merest criticism of them will be considered transphobic, let alone chasing them out of restaurants and going to their house to kill them.


Remember when Biden accused those Border Patrol agents of whipping illegal aliens, even though it never happened? Drew Holden remembers:

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Drew Holden @DrewHolden360
🧵THREAD🧵 The Biden Admin finally admitted that a viral story about CBP agents “whipping” migrants at the border was a hoax. Will the outlets, Dems & others who pushed it come clean? I’ve been waiting to post these receipts for a long time ⤵️ freebeacon.com/media/how-jour…
freebeacon.comHow Journalists and Democrats Whipped Up Border Patrol Disinformation - Washington Free BeaconU.S. Customs and Border Protection closed an investigation into alleged misconduct at the southern border Friday, officially concluding there was “no evidence any agent struck—intentionally or otherwise—any migrant with their reins.” The announcement brings to an end a yearlong media frenzy, which b…
11:18 PM ∙ Jul 11, 2022
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Read the whole thread. None of those people will ever apologize for the lie, or even acknowledge they told it. That’s not how this works.


Not that you asked, but Chris Cuomo is now posting selfies from Ukraine:

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A post shared by Chris Cuomo (@chrisccuomo)

Yeah, okay, Chris. Get home safe, I guess?


Blue-on-blue violence is your best entertainment value:

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Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib
During escalating assaults on trans people & trans rights nationwide, the New York Times is featuring writers debating whether trans people should even exist and scapegoating this already-marginalized community. One way to act in solidarity is to sign now:
bit.lySign now to tell the New York Times to stop providing a dangerous platform for transphobic hate, and instead amplify trans voices.As trans lawyer and activist Chase Strangio has said: “The NYT’s horrible coverage of and fixation on trans people has been central to the progression of anti-trans bills and policies nationally… the stakes could not be higher than they are now.” Trans people already face high rates of harassment,…
7:03 PM ∙ Jul 11, 2022
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Yaaaaas, kween. Drag those NYT homophobes!


This probably isn’t funny.

This anchor, Heather Kovar at WRGB in Albany, NY, has been suspended. Which hardly seems fair, considering this is the only local newscast I’ve sat through in the last 20 years. They’ve got ratings gold on their hands!


ATTN all space nerds:

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NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb
👀 Sneak a peek at the deepest & sharpest infrared image of the early universe ever taken — all in a day’s work for the Webb telescope. (Literally, capturing it took less than a day!) This is Webb’s first image released as we begin to #UnfoldTheUniverse: nasa.gov/webbfirstimage…
The background of space is black. Thousands of galaxies appear all across the view. Their shapes and colors vary. Some are various shades of orange, others are white. Most stars appear blue, and are sometimes as large as more distant galaxies that appear next to them. A very bright star is just above and left of center. It has eight bright blue, long diffraction spikes. Between 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock in its spikes are several very bright galaxies. A group of three are in the middle, and two are closer to 4 o’clock. These galaxies are part of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and they are warping the appearances of galaxies seen around them. Long orange arcs appear at left and right toward the center.
10:22 PM ∙ Jul 11, 2022
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Those aren’t stars. They’re galaxies.

According to NASA:

This first image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date... Thousands of galaxies – including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared – have appeared in Webb’s view for the first time. This slice of the vast universe covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground.

Uhhhh… hhhuh-huh-huh… they said “deepest”!


Better Call Saul Spoiler Stuff Ahead

Here’s a sentence you never want to hear from Mike Ehrmantraut: “Alright, here’s what’s gonna happen...”

Wow. That was definitely worth the wait. I don’t know how the writers did it, but I didn’t see things playing out that way, yet it’s the only way it could’ve played out. Of course that’s what happened. Of course.

The final episode will need to wrap up Gene Takovic’s story, right? They’re obviously saving that for the very end. And what we just saw changes everything between Jimmy and Kim. So that gives us four more episodes to find out what happened to her.

I don’t think she died, or needed to get relocated by Ed Galbraith the gruff but fair vacuum-cleaner guy, or anything as dramatic as that. She just couldn’t stand to look at Jimmy anymore, because he was a constant reminder of what they did to Howard. Jimmy’s face was an emblem of how far she let herself fall, so she left him.

I’m picturing the final scene of the series:

Kim is living in Nebraska, where she grew up, and one day she goes to a certain mall in Omaha and sees Jimmy working at Cinnabon. Maybe she’s there with a new husband, maybe even a kid or two. She recognizes Jimmy instantly. Their eyes meet, and they both freeze. Her eyes flick down to his name tag: “Gene.”

They both try to think of something to say. But what’s left to be said? They’re not the same people anymore and never will be again. They’re strangers to each other.

Then the moment passes and Kim walks away. Gene gets back to work. This is his life now.

The End.

Nah, it’ll probably be better than that.


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Marie Griffin
Jul 12, 2022

I imagine if I had to read the news everyday it might help to drink some before I did it.

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Pi Guy
Jul 12, 2022

"Can’t a U.S. president pay for his son’s hookers and cocaine without everybody getting all up in his business?"

So say we all.

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