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Anarchy in New York: The Mayhem Continues

As we know the tRump misadministration has – for reasons of its own – declared New York City to be a jurisdiction of anarchy, violence and property destruction. This is Part Two. Part One is here.

The Justice
Department declared
New York City
A place of
Anarchy, violence and
Property losses.

Live from New
York City where folks
Continue
Their daily
Round. The marmalade moron’s
Bilge notwithstanding.

New York says
The tRump and Bill Barr
Are traitors.
So take that
You foul unAmerican
Wanabee fascists.

Warren says:
Everything is on
The line. So
Everything
Is on the table. So stay
In this fight.

Meanwhile, the urban chaos continues in New York City:

Patrol car speeding to the scene of the socially distanced cello lesson
The cops have to walk in twos to manage the brunch mob at the Ellington Cafe in Riverside Park.
The Riot Act has been read in an attempt to restore order. Riverside Park Conservancy uses the shadorma poetic form to impose order:

Please stay six
Feet away from ab-
Solutely
Every one
You see. Think
Of it as anti-social
Distancing. Thank you.

Rampaging hordes have taken over public spaces.
So far, this piece of history at Riverside Drive and 116th Street has been safe from the attacks of the GOP anti-women agenda. This marble stele and drinking fountain was designed to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Woman’s Health Protective Association (WHPA) of New York City in 1909. It depicts two female figures holding a lamp representing the Association’s commitment to shedding light on the public health issues facing women. The names of its members – inscribed on the benches to the right and left of the stele –  include Charlotte Wilbour, who helped to found the first New York City Woman Suffrage Association in 1870. They lobbied against the passage of the 15th amendment, which proposed extending suffrage to African-American men. Leaders Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton opposed the male focus of the bill and suggested a new, 16th amendment in its place, one that would offer “universal suffrage” to all races, genders, and religions. The dream of the founding suffragists was finally actualized on August 16, 1920, eleven years after this fountain was commissioned. With the vote in hand, the National Woman Suffrage Association disbanded, but its surviving members went on to become the core of the League of Women Voters and to continue the focus on women’s health issues in New York City.
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  • I shudder to think of the chaos erupting all over Manhattan. And the soaring infection rates from Covid!(Oh wait, that's South Dakota) And the traitorous lawyers picking apart our poor President's PRIVATE financial dealings. I would move to Florida too. LOL

  • Don't forget that even early on in his catastrophic bonfire of a 'reign' the Horror Clown told the world there were parts of Birmingham which were no-go areas...

    • I had forgotten that particular item of - no doubt Farage inspired - perverse claptrap. There's been so much it's hard to keep up.

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