Signs of Hope – A continuing series March 5, 2021
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Gewerkschaftler suggested this recently:
I suggest this blog should have a regular (weekly) slot where people can post happenings at the personal or political level that gives them hope that we’re perhaps not going to hell in a handbasket as quickly as we thought. Or as the phlegmatic Germans put it “hope dies last”.
Any contributions this week?
Popcorn time in the US:
Federal investigators are examining records of communications between members of Congress and the pro-Trump mob that attacked the US Capitol, as the investigation moves closer to exploring whether lawmakers wittingly or unwittingly helped the insurrectionists, according to a US official briefed on the matter.
The data gathered so far includes indications of contact with lawmakers in the days around January 6, as well as communications between alleged rioters discussing their associations with members of Congress, the official said.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/04/politics/capitol-riot-investigation-lawmakers/index.html
Some GOP legislators are already starting to squirm about ‘invasion of privacy’.
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What better sign of hope could we have? The WP are back…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/08/lula-convictions-annulled-by-brazil-judge-bolsonaro-election-2022
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-Bernie Sanders … called the stimulus “the most significant piece of legislation to benefit working people in the modern history of this country” upon its passage in the Senate on Saturday.-
https://www.businessinsider.com/progressives-call-biden-covid-19-stimulus-package-a-win-2021-3
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