A female student at a university in Tehran stripped to her underwear in a defiant act of protest on Saturday
... “These girls will one day bring down Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s future belongs to free women, not the mullahs,” a Tehran student told The Telegraph.
“She’ll be remembered as a hero by many women,” she said of the girl who protested on Saturday. “After this regime falls, her picture will be everywhere in Iran, like Mahsa Amin’s and many more.”
"Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction.... Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!"
-- Helen Keller, Carnegie Hall, 1916
"Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction.... Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!"
-- Helen Keller, Carnegie Hall, 1916
President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal, one of the nation’s highest civilian medals, to 20 people on Thursday, including former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.). Both helped lead the House committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection.
TRE45QN.
The medal, which will be presented to the honorees at the White House, is awarded to U.S. citizens “who have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens,” the White House said in a statement....
Others set to be recognized with the award Thursday include same-sex marriage advocates, civil rights advocates, a war reporter, a breast cancer research advocate and various lawmakers, including Biden’s close friends former Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and former Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.), who were both lauded for their decades of public service....
These are the other 16 recipients:
Mary L. Bonauto is an attorney who successfully argued the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, making same-sex marriage legal across the U.S. in 2015.
Bill Bradley is a two-time NBA champion who served three terms in the U.S. Senate and ran for president in 2000.
Frank K. Butler Jr. is a retired U.S. Navy captain who set new standards for tourniquet use and treating battlefield trauma.
Diane Carlson Evans founded the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Foundation after serving as an Army nurse during the Vietnam War.
Joseph L. Galloway, who died in 2021, was a war reporter who received a Bronze Star Medal for having rescued wounded American soldiers amid heavy enemy fire during the Vietnam War.
Nancy Landon Kassebaum was Kansas’ first female senator and a fierce advocate for women’s rights and health care.
Carolyn McCarthy is a former New York congresswoman who ran for office and advocated for gun safety measures after her husband was fatally shot and her son wounded on a commuter train in 1993.
Louis Lorenzo Redding, who died in 1998, was a lawyer and civil rights advocate who helped challenge school segregation before the Supreme Court in 1954.
Bobby Sager is a photographer and philanthropist whose work in international conflict zones has served as a call to action and activism.
Collins J. Seitz, who died in 1998, was the first U.S. judge to integrate a white public school and dismantle the doctrine of “separate but equal.”
Eleanor Smeal is a women’s rights activist who worked for equal pay and the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994.
Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi, who died in 2006, challenged the constitutionality of the incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II before the Supreme Court.
Thomas J. Vallely is a U.S. Marine and Vietnam War veteran who has worked toward strengthening economic, educational and cultural exchanges between the U.S. and Vietnam, including with his establishment of the nonprofit Fulbright University Vietnam.
Frances M. Visco is the president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition. She has worked to increase federal funding for breast cancer research, early detection education and access to women’s health care.
Paula S. Wallace established the Savannah College of Art and Design in 1978 and is one of the longest-serving female presidents in the history of U.S. higher education.
Evan Wolfson is an attorney and a leading same-sex marriage advocate who oversaw the nonprofit organization Freedom to Marry until same-sex marriage’s legalization in 2015.
cons.
"Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction.... Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!"
-- Helen Keller, Carnegie Hall, 1916
Joe needs to be a hero and preemptively pardon the Jan 6 committee.
Do they want him to?
"Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction.... Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!"
-- Helen Keller, Carnegie Hall, 1916
Joe needs to be a hero and preemptively pardon the Jan 6 committee.
Do they want him to?
I don't think so, but he should do it anyways.
Some might say that it will tar them with a cloud of guilt. If they have the energy, resources, time and inclination they might want to smack TRE45QN down again. Does one have to accept an unwanted pardon?
"Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction.... Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!"
-- Helen Keller, Carnegie Hall, 1916
Joe needs to be a hero and preemptively pardon the Jan 6 committee.
Do they want him to?
I don't think so, but he should do it anyways.
Some might say that it will tar them with a cloud of guilt. If they have the energy, resources, time and inclination they might want to smack TRE45QN down again. Does one have to accept an unwanted pardon?
Dunno, but if anyone thinks he won't go after them they're delusional.
Biden gave Liz Cheney a Medal yesterday, even though she has proven to be totally corrupt. She, “Bennie” Thompson, and the rest of the Unselect Committee, destroyed and deleted all evidence from their crooked investigation of January 6th. Cheney has the distinction of losing her Congressional seat by the largest margin in History! The people of Wyoming understood how bad for our Country she was, but Biden rewarded her only because she hated “TRUMP.” She’s a Warmonger of low intelligence. All she wants to do is kill people in “Endless Wars,” with no gain other than to defense companies. Liz Cheney, Cryin’ Adam Kinzinger, Bennie Thompson, and the rest of these dishonest Thugs have gotten away with horrible things under the pretense of January 6th. Nancy Pelosi refused to accept the help which was offered for security. She is responsible, and admitted as much, for all to see, on her daughter’s tape. They have destroyed the lives of many people, and are rewarded by getting Biden Fake Medals. This is not America. January 20th cannot come fast enough. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Could be impotent bluster, as it so often has been in the past, but I agree that all who aren't pardoned need to be prepared to fight and ultimately shame Dolt .45. This includes journalists, prosecutors and other DonOLD enemies, not just the J6 Committee.
"Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction.... Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!"
-- Helen Keller, Carnegie Hall, 1916
"Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction.... Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!"
-- Helen Keller, Carnegie Hall, 1916
The anti-MadCaw/Edwards. Farewell, THANK YOU for your service!
"Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction.... Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!"
-- Helen Keller, Carnegie Hall, 1916
Costco (COS) did something this past week that is unusual for a company operating in the new Trump era — successfully push back against a challenge to its diversity efforts.
The giant retailer urged its stockholders to defeat a shareholder resolution from the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), a conservative think tank, that would have forced the company to evaluate risks from its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices.
The measure was roundly defeated, with 98% of investors siding with the company.
"Our position on these issues is not new," Costco’s board chairman Tony James said about the company’s DEI stance during an annual shareholders meeting last Thursday.
... "While we are disappointed by the result, we are also not surprised, given the forces aligned against us," said Stefan Padfield, NCPPR’s Free Enterprise Project executive director.
Not heroes:
... Over the past year, a number of high-profile companies have done about-faces on diversity, including Meta (META), Walmart (WMT), McDonald's (MCD), Lowe’s (LOW), Ford (F), Tractor Supply (TSCO), and John Deere (DE). The latest reversal came Friday when retailer Target (TGT) said it would end its three-year diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.
More heroes:
... But Costco is not the only company defending its diversity stance. Another is Apple (AAPL), which has also asked investors to vote down a shareholder proposal from the NCPPR encouraging the iPhone maker to assess risks of its DEI programs. That vote will take place next month.
"Apple is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, or promoting on any basis protected by law," the company said in its proxy statement.
Some big banks are also holding firm, for now. The CEOs of JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Goldman Sachs (GS) this past week also said they will focus on efforts to promote DEI even as those banks are emerging as targets of activist groups pushing them to trim their DEI efforts, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and nine other Republican-controlled states sent a letter to JPMorgan, Goldman, and other big Wall Street firms asking them to respond to questions about their DEI programs, hinting at a possible legal clash to come.
Worst AG in the nation.
"Bring them on," (chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Jamie) Dimon said about activist efforts targeting DEI during an interview with CNBC last week in Davos.
"We are going to continue to reach out to the Black community, the Hispanic community, the LGBT community, the veterans community."
GoDEI ChampionsGo!
"Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction.... Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!"
-- Helen Keller, Carnegie Hall, 1916
Every company is free to choose their approach to DEI. The market will determine if the decision is good for the company.
I see, on SoupySales transactional and amoral planet only the market determines what is "good". Typical RW xtian.
"Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction.... Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!"
-- Helen Keller, Carnegie Hall, 1916
The purpose of any company is to make a profit for it shareholders. The market decides what is "good" not a bunch leftist idealists.
Point proven, amoral RW xtians love corporate racism, sexism, ageism and homophobia and deflect from the issue by whining about leftist idealism.
"Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction.... Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!"
-- Helen Keller, Carnegie Hall, 1916
The purpose of any company is to make a profit for it shareholders. The market decides what is "good" not a bunch leftist idealists.
Interestingly, generally companies that value diversity and equal opportunity (for real, not just a poster on the wall) find that they have lower turnover, better productivity, less organizational stress, avoid unions, have better employee engagement, and lower recruiting and retention costs.
But then somebody has to make it all red/blue political and people who couldn't spell "DEI" if you give them the first two letters are boycotting a company because of it.
And there shouldn't be anything "left" or "right" about treating employees fairly, with respect, and teaching other employees how to respect those who might be different from themselves.
TRE45QN.
Some might say that it will tar them with a cloud of guilt. If they have the energy, resources, time and inclination they might want to smack TRE45QN down again. Does one have to accept an unwanted pardon?
Worst AG in the nation.
