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Obama sends cease-and-desist letter to Republican super PAC over Biden ad 27FEB20

WHY shouldn't a super pac supporting the re-election of the fascist drumpf / trump-pence administration lie about the Democratic Party opposition, specifically Joe Biden? After all, the gop / greed over people republican super pac is supporting a compulsive liar, (NOT MY) pres drumpf / trump, for president using race to encourage divisions in the Democratic Party. From CNN.....

Obama sends cease-and-desist letter to Republican super PAC over Biden ad

By Dan Merica, CNN

Updated 6:14 AM ET, Thu February 27, 2020

(CNN) Representatives for Barack Obama sent a cease-and-desist letter to a Republican super PAC on Wednesday, demanding that they stop airing an ad that uses the former President's words to imply former Vice President Joe Biden supports "plantation politics."

The ad was made by The Committee to Defend the President, a super PAC that works to help President Donald Trump and hurt his Democratic rivals, including Biden. It is slated to air in television stations across South Carolina this week.

The cease-and-desist letter was drafted by Perkins Coie, the law office representing Obama.

"This unauthorized use of President Obama's name, image, likeness, voice and book passage is clearly intended to mislead the target audience of the ad into believing that the passage from the audiobook is a statement that was made by President Barack Obama during his presidency, when it was in fact made by a barber in a completely different context more than 20 years ago," stated the letter written by Patchen M. Haggerty.

He added, "To this end, the Committee to Defend the President must immediately remove this ad ... further the Committee to Defend the President must agree on behalf of itself and all affiliated entities to refrain from future misuse of President Obama's intellectual property or right of publicity."

READ: The cease-and-desist letter sent to Republican super PAC

The former vice president often touts his close ties to Obama, regularly referring to him as "Barack" on the campaign trail and debate stage. And the fact that the super PAC is targeting Biden's tie to black voters is politically relevant -- the former vice president needs black voters in South Carolina to stick with him in order to win on Saturday.

"The Committee has a long history of taking on Joe Biden, beyond Nevada and South Carolina. President Obama made a point in his book about Democrats paying lip-service to the African-American community and we believe his point applies perfectly to Joe Biden," Ted Harvey, chairman of The Committee to Defend the President, said in a statement.

Katie Hill, an Obama spokeswoman, said Wednesday that the former President "has several friends in this race, including, of course, his own esteemed Vice President," and Obama still "has no plans to endorse in the primary because he believes that in order for Democrats to be successful this fall, voters must choose their nominee."

"But this despicable ad is straight out of the Republican disinformation playbook, and it's clearly designed to suppress turnout among minority voters in South Carolina by taking President Obama's voice out of context and twisting his words to mislead viewers," said Hill. "In the interest of truth in advertising, we are calling on TV stations to take this ad down and stop playing into the hands of bad actors who seek to sow division and confusion among the electorate."

The group touted the ad on Tuesday, arguing that Biden -- by seemingly citing the 1994 crime bill -- "joined segregationists, wrote a bill that disproportionately jailed African Americans, & blamed black parents for inequality. He will not represent us."

Andrew Bates, a Biden spokesman, said, "This latest intervention in the Democratic primary is one of the most desperate yet, a despicable torrent of misinformation by the President's lackeys."

Obama, despite not endorsing, has been a force in the Democratic primary. Candidates have used his voice or image in television campaign ads and others have touted their ties to the former President, who remains popular with the Democratic base.

But Obama has also stepped into the nomination conversation by urging Democrats to stop worrying about the quality of the candidates, while also expressing concerns about the contentious arguments playing out inside the party and decrying "purity tests" because "the country's complicated."

"Those are good arguments to have," he said about debates of health care and climate change, "but you got to win the election."

UPDATE: This story has been updated to note that the letter has been sent.

ACLU THIS WEEK IN CIVIL LIBERTIES: "Your hair is okay. You are okay.", Federal Appeals Courts Agree: Trans People Belong in Schools, U.S. Resident Indefinitely Detained Without Charge Secures His Day In Court, Our Vision to Transform What it Means to Be a Prosecutor, ICE's Destruction of Records Must Be Stopped, The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Asylum Seekers Receive Their Day in Court, Bill Barr Wants Sheriffs to Join His Attacks on State and Local Governments 20FEB20

This week's best reads from the front lines of the fight for civil liberties.

AT LIBERTY PODCAST "Your hair is okay. You are okay." This year, "Hair Love," a story about a black girl and her dad navigating natural hairstyles, won the Oscar for animated short and three beauty pageant winners wore natural hairstyles under their crowns. But as more and more people step out into the world celebrating their natural hair, they are also being met with school and workplace dress codes that punish them under the auspice of "professionalism." Hair discrimination is a form of racial discrimination, but judges have been hesitant to say so because unlike skin color, people can change their hairstyles. But should they have to? On this episode, we speak with Mya and Deanna Cook, two students who faced and fought hair discrimination in their school and Ria Tabacco Mar, director of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project. Listen here → By ACLU Staff February 19, 2020   TRANS PEOPLE (STILL) BELONG Federal Appeals Courts Agree: Trans People Belong in Schools On Wednesday, yet another federal appeals court ruled that allowing a transgender boy to use the boys' restrooms and locker rooms does not violate the rights of cisgender students or parents. The decision is a resounding victory for trans youth and all who care about gender justice in schools and beyond. As exciting as this victory is, it comes at a moment when trans youth are under renewed attack. After failing in their attempts to push trans people out by focusing on restrooms and locker rooms, our opponents have shifted gears to target trans people by trying to keep us from getting the healthcare many of us need, and keeping us out of sports. The ACLU is making sure that trans youth never have to fight alone. Read more → By Gabriel Arkles February 19, 2020   AT LAST, HIS DAY IN COURT U.S. Resident Indefinitely Detained Without Charge Secures His Day In Court Adham Hassoun, a long-time U.S. resident and a father of three, will finally have his day in court. A federal judge has rejected the government's sweeping claim that it can, on its own say-so, indefinitely imprison him without charge and without a fair trial. Adham completed his criminal sentence and was set to be released from prison almost three years ago. But the government – claiming unprecedented and unconstitutional powers – is seeking to keep him locked up indefinitely, perhaps for the rest of his life, based on executive fiat. As we argued to the court, the government cannot use the Patriot Act to circumvent Adham's constitutional rights. If the government has reason to detain Adham, it must charge him with a crime or at least present its evidence before a court and give Adham an opportunity to mount a defense – as the Constitution demands. Read more → By Jonathan Hafetz February 20, 2020   PROSECUTORIAL POWER Our Vision to Transform What it Means to Be a Prosecutor Many players have a hand in our mass incarceration crisis, but there's one actor with almost unlimited power to determine who ends up locked up and who goes free – the power to charge (or not), to divert people from incarceration (or not), to plea bargain (or not). That person is the prosecutor. Prosecutors not only have the power to ruin lives – they have the power to save them. As we have seen in a handful of places around the country, prosecutors committed to reform can use their discretion to choose liberty over incarceration and rehabilitation over punishment. This is our vision for the future of transformational prosecution. Read more → By ACLU Staff February 18, 2020   APPETITE FOR OBSTRUCTION ICE's Destruction of Records Must Be Stopped Immigration and Customs Enforcement is notorious for committing rampant unconstitutional and inhumane abuses in its detention system – something advocates, communities, and watchdog investigations have condemned for years. Public oversight of ICE detention is about to become even harder, further eroding accountability and endangering the health and safety of more than 50,000 people in custody every day. That's because the National Archives and Records Administration recently gave a green light to ICE to destroy numerous types of records – including detention and civil rights complaint records from the first year of the Trump administration. The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act request this week to obtain records at serious risk of destruction so that they may be preserved on behalf of the public. Read more → By Kate Oh and Eunice Cho February 18, 2020   HIGH STAKES AT THE HIGH COURT The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Asylum Seekers Receive Their Day in Court On March 2nd, we will be in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to defend the right to a day in court for asylum seekers and other vulnerable noncitizens. The case before the court considers whether immigrants are entitled to seek judicial review of their expedited removal orders in federal court. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with our argument that the Constitution guarantees that individuals deprived of their liberty have their day in federal court. That decision was a significant step towards ensuring that vulnerable asylum seekers and others will get a fair shot to prove their claims for protection, which are guaranteed by our immigration laws and the U.S. Constitution. The administration, however, subsequently challenged the ruling. The stakes are high: The administration's extreme arguments threaten to wipe out rights for millions of people, who have built their lives in the United States for decades. Read more → By Nicky Vogt February 20, 2020   LOCAL SHERIFFS, NATIONAL MANDATE Bill Barr Wants Sheriffs to Join His Attacks on State and Local Governments At a recent national event, Attorney General William Barr encouraged sheriffs to join the Trump administration as it launches a "significant escalation" in the federal government's efforts to retaliate against cities and states with policies designed to protect immigrant communities. Making the speech at a convening of county sheriffs was no accident: Barr's speech is just the latest way the Trump administration has ratcheted up the pressure on sheriffs to collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). While Barr wants to pressure sheriffs to join his administration's detention and deportation machine, people can, and should, demand better from their local elected sheriff. Read more → By Brian Tashman and Naureen Shah February 13, 2020

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RALLY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA WITH BERNIE SANDERS ON 29 FEBRUARY 20

HERE is a chance to see Sen Bernie Sanders I VT in person on Saturday, 29 February 2020 in Leesburg, VA. Virginia's Democratic primary is 3 March, Super Tuesday. If you have not made up your mind who you will vote for for president consider attending this rally to hear Bernie's campaign platform. I heard him speak in Manassas, VA in 2016, and am looking forward to hearing him again, he is an amazing speaker backing up his campaign slogans and sound bites with solid policy and plans. If you attend come early allowing for traffic and parking, see below for more information on the rally and to RSVP. You can get more information on his campaign at his website. If you are not registered or not sure if you are registered to vote go to ROCK THE VOTE and check out your voter status. You can register to vote, check where you go to vote, and I.D. requirements for voting. The information and services provided by ROCK THE VOTE are national and non-partisan. 

Our campaign is on a strong path to victory.

But if we are going to keep up our momentum and surge into Super Tuesday, then we need to come together and create an unprecedented grassroots movement.

That is why Bernie is coming to Leesburg on Saturday, February 29. We would love to have you there with us. Here are the details:

Rally in Northern Virginia with Bernie Sanders
Saturday, February 29
Event starts at 4:00 p.m.
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18980 Upper Belmont Pl
Leesburg, VA 20176

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Our opponents and their super PACs are going to throw everything they have at us and our movement. But if we come together, if we fight harder than we ever have, we are going to win this nomination and defeat Trump.

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(BACKPFEIFENGESICHT) Ted Cruz takes aim at Alabama vasectomy bill: 'Yikes' & Ted Cruz’s college days as a widely hated masturbator have come back to haunt him.16FEB20 & 13APR16

HERE'S  a real profile in courage for men and women alike, and no I am not talking about Sen ted cruz r TX, who worked really hard to get his degree in masterbation while at college (per this article in the New Republic). NO, I am talking about Alabama state Rep Rolanda Hollis D. She has introduced legislation in the Alabama mandating all men get a vasectomy within one month of his 50th birthday or right after the birth of his third child. Hopefully just the thought of snip snip will make it impossible for Backpfeifengesicht ted to get it up ever again. He is horrified someone would propose legislation taking control of a man's body away from him! Imagine that!!! Actually, ted's mom should have eaten him right after he was born, she had to know there was and is something really wrong with him. This expose on some men's hypocrisy from The Hill .....

Ted Cruz takes aim at Alabama vasectomy bill: 'Yikes'

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took aim at legislation recently introduced in Alabama by a state representative that would, if passed, make it mandatory for certain men to get vasectomies — a bill that comes in response to legislation passed last year that seeks to ban abortion in the state.

“Yikes,” Cruz wrote in response to the bill on Twitter on Sunday morning. “A government big enough to give you everything is big enough to take everything...literally!”

Ted Cruz

@tedcruz

Yikes. A government big enough to give you everything is big enough to take everything...literally! Alabama Democrat proposes bill mandating all men have vasectomy at age 50 or after third child.

Alabama Democrat proposes bill mandating all men have vasectomy at age 50 or after third child -...

State Rep. Rolanda Hollis has filed a bill that would mandate every Alabama man to undergo a vasectomy within one month of his 50th birthday or...yellowhammernews.com

Cruz was referring to legislation introduced by Alabama state Rep. Rolanda Hollis (D) last week that would, if passed, require men to get vasectomies if they are over the age of 50 or have had at least three biological children. 

Cruz’s tweet, which has racked up over 14,000 likes in hours, received even more comments from critics who felt his response proved Hollis’s point behind the measure.

Kevin M. Kruse

✔@KevinMKruse

Replying to @tedcruz

Yes, the government shouldn’t be involved in private reproductive health choices, yes, that’s a great point you made, yes.

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2:53 PM - Feb 16, 2020

Melissa Ryan

✔@MelissaRyan

Replying to @tedcruz

Yes. Governments have no business controlling the reproductive systems of citizens. Glad you've finally come around on choice, Senator.

Also, congrats on an epic self-own.

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9:58 AM - Feb 16, 2020

Irishrygirl@irishrygirl

Replying to @tedcruz

Oh you don’t like big government trying to regulate your body????

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12:28 PM - Feb 16, 2020

Patricia Arquette

✔@PattyArquette

Replying to @tedcruz

Thought you wanted to stop unwanted pregnancies.

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2:07 PM - Feb 16, 2020

“Under existing law, there are no restrictions on the reproductive rights of men,” a synopsis for Hollis's bill states. "This bill would require a man to undergo a vasectomy within one month of his 50th birthday or the birth of his third biological child, whichever comes first."

In an interview with AL.com last week, Hollis said that the legislation comes in response to a law passed in the state last year that seeks to make abortion illegal in almost all case, including in instances of rape or incest. The bill has not yet taken effect after being blocked in court.

“The vasectomy bill is to help with the reproductive system, and yes, it is to neutralize the abortion ban bill ... it always takes two to tango," she told the outlet.

“We can’t put all the responsibility on women. Men need to be responsible also,” she also said.

 Ted Cruz’s college days as a widely hated masturbator have come back to haunt him.

A journalistic investigation into Cruz’s days as solicitor general of Texas has turned into a wider inquiry into the presidential candidate’s self-pleasuring as a college student. Writing in Mother Jones, David Corn reported that while defending a dildo ban in 2003, Cruz’s office issued a statement staying, “There is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one’s genitals for non-medical purposes unrelated to procreation or outside of an interpersonal relationship.” 

This news provoked Craig Mazin, who was Cruz’s roommate at Princeton in the late 1980s, to issue a tweet that contains perhaps too much information:

Ted Cruz thinks people don't have a right to "stimulate their genitals." I was his college roommate. This would be a new belief of his.

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) April 13, 2016

Mazin’s tweet provides further proof of a fact amply documented in earlier articles: that Cruz, aside from being a chronic wanker, was intensely unpopular in college. As Patricia Murphy noted in a Daily Beast article:

[S]everal fellow classmates who asked that their names not be used described the young Cruz with words like “abrasive,” “intense,” “strident,” “crank,” and “arrogant.” Four independently offered the word “creepy,” with some pointing to Cruz’s habit of donning a paisley bathrobe and walking to the opposite end of their dorm’s hallway where the female students lived.