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Supreme Court, U.S FILED In The OCT 2 2022 Supreme Court ofthe United States  RALAND J BRUNSON, Petitioner,

Named persons in their capacities as United States House Representatives: ALMA S. ADAMS; PETE AGUILAR; COLIN Z. ALLRED; MARK E. AMODEI; KELLY ARMSTRONG; JAKE AUCHINCLOSS; CYNTHIA AXNE; DON BACON; TROY BALDERSON; ANDY BARR; NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGAN; KAREN BASS; JOYCE BEATTY; AMI BERA; DONALD S. BEYER JR.; GUS M. ILIRAKIS; SANFORD D. BISHOP JR.; EARL BLUMENAUER; LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER; SUZANNE BONAMICI; CAROLYN BOURDEAUX; JAMAAL BOWMAN; BRENDAN F. BOYLE; KEVIN BRADY; ANTHONY G. BROWN; JULIA BROWNLEY; VERN BUCHANAN; KEN BUCK; LARRY BUCSHON; CORI BUSH; CHERI BUSTOS; G. K. BUTTERFIELD; SALUD 0. CARBAJAL; TONY CARDENAS; ANDRE CARSON; MATT CARTWRIGHT; ED CASE; SEAN CASTEN; KATHY CASTOR; JOAQUIN CASTRO; LIZ CHENEY; JUDY CHU; DAVID N. CICILLINE; KATHERINE M. CLARK; YVETTE D. CLARKE; EMANUEL CLEAVER; JAMES E. CLYBURN; STEVE COHEN; JAMES COMER; GERALD E. CONNOLLY; JIM COOPER; J. LUIS CORREA; JIM COSTA; JOE COURTNEY; ANGIE CRAIG; DAN CRENSHAW; CHARLIE CRIST; JASON CROW; HENRY CUELLAR; JOHN R. CURTIS; SHARICE DAVIDS; DANNY K. DAVIS; RODNEY DAVIS; MADELEINE DEAN; PETER A. DEFAZIO; DIANA DEGETTE; ROSAL DELAURO; SUZAN K. DELBENE; Ill ANTONIO DELGADO; VAL BUTLER DEMINGS; MARK DESAULNIER; THEODORE E. DEUTCH; DEBBIE DINGELL; LLOYD DOGGETT; MICHAEL F. DOYLE; TOM EMMER; VERONICA ESCOBAR; ANNA G. ESHOO; ADRIANO ESPAILLAT; DWIGHT EVANS; RANDY FEENSTRA; A. DREW FERGUSON IV; BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK; LIZZIE LETCHER; JEFF FORTENBERRY; BILL FOSTER; LOIS FRANKEL; MARCIA L. FUDGE; MIKE GALLAGHER; RUBEN GALLEGO; JOHN GARAMENDI; ANDREW R. GARBARINO; SYLVIA R. GARCIA; JESUS G. GARCIA; JARED F. GOLDEN; JIMMY GOMEZ; TONY GONZALES; ANTHONY GONZALEZ; VICENTE GONZALEZ; JOSH GOTTHEIMER; KAY GRANGER; AL GREEN; RAUL M. GRIJALVA; GLENN GROTHMAN; BRETT GUTHRIE; DEBRA A. HAALAND; JOSH HARDER; ALCEE L. HASTINGS; JAHANA HAYES; JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER; BRIAN HIGGINS; J. FRENCH HILL; JAMES A. HIMES; ASHLEY HINSON; TREY HOLLINGSWORTH; STEVEN HORSFORD; CHRISSY HOULAHAN; STENY H. HOYER; JARED HUFFMAN; BILL HUIZENGA; SHEILA JACKSON LEE; SARA JACOBS; PRAMILA JAYAPAL; HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES; DUSTY JOHNSON; EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON; HENRY C. JOHNSON JR.; MONDAIRE JONES; DAVID P. JOYCE; KAIALPI KAHELE; MARCY KAPTUR; JOHN KATKO; WILLIAM R. KEATING; RO KHANNA; DANIEL T. KILDEE; DEREK KILMER; ANDY KIM; YOUNG KIM; RON KIND; ADAM KINZINGER; ANN KIRKPATRICK; RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI; ANN M. KUSTER; DARIN LAHOOD; CONOR LAMB; JAMES R. LANGEVIN; RICK LARSEN; JOHN B. LARSON; ROBERT E. LATTA; JAKE LATURNER; BRENDA L. LAWRENCE; AL LAWSON JR.; BARBARA LEE; SUSIE LEE; TERESA LEGER FERNANDEZ; ANDY LEVIN; MIKE LEVIN; TED LIEU; IV ZOE LOFGREN; ALAN S.LOWENTHAL; ELAINE G. LURIA; STEPHEN F. LYNCH; NANCY MACE; TOM MALINOWSKI; CAROLYN B. MALONEY; SEAN PATRICK MALONEY; KATHY E. MANNING; THOMAS MASSIE; DORIS 0. MATSUI; LUCY MCBATH; MICHAEL T. MCCAUL; TOM MCCLINTOCK; BETTY MCCOLLUM; A. ADONALD MCEACHIN; JAMES P. MCGOVERN; PATRICK T. MCHENRY; DAVID B. MCKINLEY; JERRY MCNERNEY; GREGORY W. MEEKS; PETER MEIJER; GRACE MENG; KWEISI MFUME; MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS; JOHN R. MOOLENAAR; BLAKE D. MOORE; GWEN MOORE; JOSEPH D. MORELLE; SETH MOULTON; FRANK J. MRVAN; STEPHANIE N. MURPHY; JERROLD NADLER; GRACE F. NAPOLITANO; RICHARD E. NEAL; JOE NEGUSE; DAN NEWHOUSE; MARIE NEWMAN; DONALD NORCROSS; ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ; TOM O'HALLERAN; ILHAN OMAR; FRANK PALLONE JR.; JIMMY PANETTA; CHRIS PAPPAS; BILL PASCRELL JR.; DONALD M. PAYNE JR.; NANCY PELOSI; ED PERLMUTTER; SCOTT H. PETERS; DEAN PHILLIPS; CHELLIE PINGREE; MARK POCAN; KATIE PORTER; AYANNA PRESSLEY; DAVID E. PRICE; MIKE QUIGLEY; JAMIE RASKIN; TOM REED; KATHLEEN M. RICE; CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS; DEBORAH K. ROSS; CHIP ROY; LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD; RAUL RUIZ; C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER; BOBBY L. RUSH; TIM RYAN; LINDA T. SANCHEZ; JOHN P. SARBANES; MARY GAY SCANLON; JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY; ADAM B. SCHIFF; BRADLEY SCOTT SCHNEIDER; KURT SCHRADER; KIM SCHRIER; AUSTIN SCOTT; DAVID SCOTT; ROBERT C. SCOTT; TERRI A. SEWELL; BRAD SHERMAN; MIKIE SHERRILL; MICHAEL K. SIMPSON; ALBIO SIRES; ELISSA SLOTKIN; ADAM SMITH; CHRISTOPHER H. V SMITH; DARREN SOTO; ABIGAIL DAVIS SPANBERGER; VICTORIA SPARTZ; JACKIE SPEIER; GREG STANTON; PETE STAUBER; MICHELLE STEEL; BRYAN STEIL; HALEY M. STEVENS; STEVE STIVERS; MARILYN STRICKLAND; THOMAS R. SUOZZI; ERIC SWALWELL; MARK TAKANO; VAN TAYLOR; BENNIE G. THOMPSON; MIKE THOMPSON; DINA TITUS; RASHIDA TLAIB; PAUL TONKO; NORMA J. TORRES; RITCHIE TORRES; LORI TRAHAN; DAVID J. TRONE; MICHAEL R. TURNER; LAUREN UNDERWOOD; FRED UPTON; JUAN VARGAS; MARC A. VEASEY; FILEMON VELA; NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ; ANN WAGNER; MICHAEL WALTZ; DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ; MAXINE WATERS; BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN; PETER WELCH; BRAD R. WENSTRUP; BRUCE WESTERMAN; JENNIFER WEXTON; SUSAN WILD; NIKEMA WILLIAMS; FREDERICA S. WILSON; STEVE WOMACK; JOHN A. YARMUTH; DON YOUNG; the following persons named are for their capacities as U.S. Senators; TAMMY BALDWIN; JOHN BARRASSO; MICHAEL F. BENNET; MARSHA BLACKBURN; RICHARD BLUMENTHAL; ROY BLUNT; CORY A. BOOKER; JOHN BOOZMAN; MIKE BRAUN; SHERROD BROWN; RICHARD BURR; MARIA CANTWELL; SHELLEY CAPITO; BENJAMIN L. CARDIN; THOMAS R. CARPER; ROBERT P. CASEY JR.; BILL CASSIDY; SUSAN M. COLLINS; CHRISTOPHER A. COONS; JOHN CORNYN; CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO; TOM COTTON; KEVIN CRAMER; MIKE CRAPO; STEVE DAINES; TAMMY DUCKWORTH; RICHARD J. DURBIN; JONI ERNST; DIANNE FEINSTEIN; DEB FISCHER; KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND; LINDSEY GRAHAM; CHUCK GRASSLEY; BILL HAGERTY; MAGGIE HASSAN; MARTIN HEINRICH; JOHN HICKENLOOPER; MAZIE HIRONO; JOHN HOEVEN; JAMES INHOFE; RON VI JOHNSON; TIM KAINE; MARK KELLY; ANGUS S. KING, JR.; AMY KLOBUCHAR; JAMES LANKFORD; PATRICK LEAHY; MIKE LEE; BEN LUJAN; CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS; JOE MANCHIN III; EDWARD J. MARKEY; MITCH MCCONNELL; ROBERT MENENDEZ; JEFF MERKLEY; JERRY MORAN; LISA MURKOWSKI; CHRISTOPHER MURPHY; PATTY MURRAY; JON OSSOFF; ALEX PADILLA; RAND PAUL; GARY C. PETERS; ROB PORTMAN; JACK REED; JAMES E. RISCH; MITT ROMNEY; JACKY ROSEN; MIKE ROUNDS; MARCO RUBIO; BERNARD SANDERS; BEN SASSE; BRIAN SCHATZ; CHARLES E. SCHUMER; RICK SCOTT; TIM SCOTT; JEANNE SHAHEEN; RICHARD C. SHELBY; KYRSTEN SINEMA; TINA SMITH; DEBBIE STABENOW; DAN SULLIVAN; JON TESTER; JOHN THUNE; THOM TILLIS; PATRICK J. TOOMEY; HOLLEN VAN; MARK R. WARNER; RAPHAEL G. WARNOCK; ELIZABETH WARREN; SHELDON WHITEHOUSE; ROGER F. WICKER; RON WYDEN; TODD YOUNG; JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN JR in his capacity of President of the United States; MICHAEL RICHARD PENCE in his capacity as former Vice President of the United States, and KAMALA HARRIS in her capacity as Vice President of the United States and JOHN and JANE DOES 1-100.  

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This is a reply to your reply of my original post about Bea staring at women's bodies. Gene Saks asked Bea for a divorce during the last season of Maude so this doesn't explain why on the show, she's constantly checking out women. If Bea thought about having a lesbian tryst after an unhappy marriage it was after Maude had ended. Appreciation of the female form also doesn't explain why she hit on a woman on GG. Boze Hadleigh who wrote the book Hollywood Lesbians, thinks Bea was in the closet.

In previous reply, "After unhappy first marriage" means FIRST husband Robert Alan Aurthur whose surname was modified by Bernice "Bea(trice)" Frankel, and it became Arthur.

As Bea though about lesbian tryst years before Maude, it explains why very well.

Another possible misunderstanding or question. Part "Bea" was taken from Mum Rebecca Frankel who had a nickname Bea.

Happy 100th Birthday to one of my favorite actresses and fav golden girl the remarkable iconic Bea Arthur B. Bernice Frankel May 13, 1922 D. April 25, 2009 #remarkabletalent #iconic #favactress #thegoldengirls #beaarthur #happybirthdaybeaarthur #happy100thbirthdaybeaarthur #may13th #bernicefrankel #beatricearthur #maudefindlay #dorothyzbornak #veracharles #yentethematchmaker #fiddlerontheroof #mame #thethreepennyopera #ripbeaarthur https://www.instagram.com/p/CdhhTzWOsTl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Top article is a very good read. Bottom is just interesting.

BEA ARTHUR

May 13, 1922

Bea Arthur was born Bernice Frankel in Brooklyn, New York, to an Austrian mother and a Polish father. She was raised in a Jewish home with older sister Gertrude and younger sister Marian. In 1933, the Frankel family relocated to Cambridge, Maryland. During World War II, Arthur enlisted as one of the first members of the US Marine Corps Women's Reserve in 1943 working as a typist and a driver. She was honorably discharged in September 1945.

She initially studied to become a medical technician but left in 1947 to study drama in New York City. That same year, she married fellow Marine Robert Alan Aurthur. They divorced three years later, but she kept his surname with the spelling adjusted to "Arthur."

Arthur began her acting career as a member of an off-Broadway theater group at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City in the late 1940s. On stage, her roles included Lucy Brown in the 1954 Off-Broadway premiere of The Threepenny Opera and Yente the Matchmaker in the 1964 premiere of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway.  

On May 1, 1951 she made her television debut in “Once Upon a Tune”, an anthology series presenting short musicals for the Dumont Network.  Her episode was titled “Gone With The West”.  

Although she dabbled in television, her heart still remained on Broadway, where she also created the role of Vera Charles opposite Angela Lansbury’s Mame in the 1964 Broadway musical by Jerry Herman. 

Her big break on television was playing Edith Bunker’s liberal cousin, Maude Findlay on “All in the Family” in December 1971. After one more episode of the popular topical sitcom, the character was spun off into its own series: “Maude”, which ran from 1972 to 1978 (141 episodes).  Like “All in the Family,” “Maude” tackled topical issues like alcoholism, mental instability, and abortion.  Maude was an indominable force of nature, much like Bea Arthur herself.  The role won her an Emmy in 1977. 

In a November 1973 newspaper interview with Cecil Smith Lucille Ball claimed “Maude” was one of her favorite things to watch on television. 

Halfway through her run on “Maude”, she was tapped to recreate her role as Vera Charles in the much-delayed film version of Mame starring Lucille Ball.  Gene Saks, who had directed the stage version, was also directing the film, and just happened to be married to Bea Arthur at the time.  It was an opportunity to preserve her Tony Award-winning role on film, an opportunity she was not offered with the 1971 film version of Fiddler on the Roof  where her role was played by Molly Picon. 

In connection with promoting Mame, Lucy and Bea were interviewed (separately) by Merv Griffin on March 24, 1974. 

Although both later defected to the Peacock Network, both Lucy and Bea were then best known for their work on CBS.  The network celebrated their 50 years on the air with a week-long series of program. Monday, March 27, 1978 was dedicated to comedy with “Have a Laugh on Us” led by Lucille Ball, George Burns, Arthur Godfrey, and Bea Arthur.

The night featured Lucy and Bea in a vaudeville song and dance that morphed into an elegant Ziegfeld number where they naturally end up....

with a pie in the face!   

In 1981, Lucille Ball and Bea Arthur were presenters (separately), at the 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.  Lucille also received a special plaque of recognition from the Academy presented by Shirley MacLaine.  They were also both presenters at the 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 1986, at which Arthur was a nominee for playing Dorothy on "The Golden Girls”.  Although the show won, she lost to her castmate (and Lucy’s friend) Betty White. 

In 1982, Lucy and Bea (plus Liz Taylor) were part of “Bob Hope’s Women I Love: Beautiful and Funny” on NBC. 

In 1983 Bea Arthur  attempted to step into the shoes of the similarly tall John Cleese in an American remake of “Fawlty Towers” named “Amanda’s Place” (aka “Amanda’s). It lasted only thirteen episodes. 

In March 1983, when Lucille Ball was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame, Bea Arthur was there to sing the praises of Lucy’s fellow inductee, Norman Lear, who produced both “All in the Family” and “Maude”.  

In December 1984, she was there for the “All-Star Party for Lucille Ball”. Arthur was also in attendance for the “All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood” in 1986, where Ball served as Hostess as a past honoree.

While it was hard to believe that she might get a role that would equal Maude, lightning struck again in 1985 when she was cast as Dorothy Zbornak in “The Golden Girls”, which ran until 1992 (179) episodes, and inspired a spin-off called “Golden Palace.”  Although she declined to be regular cast member, she did make an appearance on a two-part episode. The role won her an Emmy in 1988.  The popularity of “The Golden Girls” was the yardstick by which Lucille Ball’s failed sitcom “Life With Lucy” was judged, and found lacking. The two shows were on rival networks. 

When Lucille Ball was celebrated at “The Kennedy Center Honors” in December 1986, Valerie Harper (“Rhoda”), Beatrice Arthur (“The Golden Girls”), and Pam Dawber (“Mork and Mindy”) sang a song parody of the “I Love Lucy” theme expressing their affection for Lucy. The medley continues with the title song from Mame now extolling Lucy. It ends with a specially-tailored “Hey Look Me Over” from Wildcat.

Bea and Ball were on the same (sound) stage for one final time with “Happy 100th Birthday Hollywood!” on May 18, 1987.  

Her final screen appearance was playing Larry’s mother on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” in December 2005. 

She died on April 25, 2009 at age 86.  

Before she took to Broadway stages and became a beloved Golden Girl, Bernice Frankel, better known today as Bea Arthur, joined thousands of other women paving the way for women in the armed forces.

Bea Arthur during her days in the USMCAS (US Marine Corps Air Station) 1943 - 1945. She was register under her birth name, Bernice Frankel. At age 21.

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Bernice Johnson Reagon, singer and song leader, civil rights activist, scholar, advisor, Festival participant and staffer, Folkways artist, colleague, and friend, has had a profound influence upon the Center and its work.

Bernice was born in Albany, Georgia, in 1942. She recorded her first solo album, Folk Songs: The South, with Folkways Records in 1965. As she wrote: “My history was wrapped carefully for me by my fore-parents in the songs of the church, the work fields and the blues. Ever since this discovery I’ve been trying to find myself, using the first music I’ve ever known as a basic foundation for my search for truth.”

In the 1960s, she was a member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, at the forefront of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. James Foreman wrote about Bernice: “I remember seeing you lift your beautiful black head, stand squarely on your feet, your lips trembling as the melodious words ‘Over my head, I see freedom in the air’ came forth with an urgency and a pain that brought out a sense of intense renewal and commitment of liberation. And when the call came to protest the jailings, you were up front. You led the line. Your feet hit the dirty pavement with a sureness of direction. You walked proudly onward singing ‘this little light of mine,’ and the people echoed, ‘shine, shine, shine.’”

For decades, Bernice has made groundbreaking contributions to the arts, the humanities, and social struggles. Bernice’s quest for artistic excellence, knowledge, and social justice has been closely connected to the daily social and religious lives, aspirations, and aesthetic and performance traditions of the Black Belt South. This brought her into contact and collaboration with artists and communities across the world, extending her artistic vision and informing her creativity and voice.

Bernice’s Smithsonian career began in 1969. Ralph Rinzler, whom she had met through the Newport Folk Festival and the Highlander School, invited her to develop and curate a 1970 Festival program, Black Music Through the Languages of the New World. In 1972 Bernice began a collaboration with Gerald Davis, the Festival’s assistant director, and other scholars to develop the unprecedented African Diaspora program (1973-76), which she describes was “presented as a part of a world family of culture based in Africa and extending to the Caribbean and Latin America to the United States.”

Bernice then founded and directed the Program in Black American Culture at the National Museum of American History, presenting performances, exhibitions, workshops, and symposia. As curator for the museum’s Division of Community Life, Bernice examined the need for collections and exhibitions representing the African-American experience. She advised scores of community groups, museums, scholars, and educators.

Bernice has chronicled African-American religious, social, and cultural history through her artistry and scholarship. She is the founder-director of the Harambee Singers (1968-70) and founder-artistic director of Sweet Honey in the Rock (1970-present). Her books include Black People and Their Culture and We’ll Understand It Better By and By. Her Ph.D. dissertation work at Howard University informed Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, first published by Smithsonian Recordings and then reissued by Smithsonian Folkways.

Bernice received two George F. Peabody Awards as principal scholar, conceptual producer, and host of the path-breaking Smithsonian Institution and National Public Radio series Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions, and as producer, composer, and performer for the WGBH CD recording Africans in America. She is also the recipient of the Charles E. Frankel Prize, Presidential Medal, for outstanding contributions to public understanding of the humanities, a MacArthur Fellows Program award, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change Trumpet of Conscience Award, among others.

Bernice’s association with the Center has continued through participation in numerous Festivals and special Smithsonian programs such as the Birthday Party on the Mall, the Millennium celebration, and a cultural exchange program with the Soviet Union. She, with Sweet Honey in the Rock, performed on the Grammy-winning benefit album Folkways, A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly. Bernice has served as a member of the Center’s Advisory Council and Smithsonian Folkways Editorial Board.

via Politics – FiveThirtyEight

On Tuesday afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her plans to open an official impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Although she and others in House leadership positions have resisted opening formal impeachment proceedings for months, a deluge of new calls from more moderate members of her party may have cemented her decision to move forward.

More than two-thirds of the Democratic caucus now favor beginning an impeachment investigation in response to allegations that Trump attempted to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden, and may have threatened to withhold foreign aid.

This is a huge change from the end of July, when we last checked in on where impeachment stood among House Democrats. At that point, just a few days after special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before two House committees about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, 109 Democrats were in support of impeachment. Granted, more than half of House Democrats have been in favor of impeachment since early August, but that number has now risen to 179, according to the New York Times,1 which means a solid majority of the Democratic caucus now supports impeachment.

Of course, a lot could depend on how the next few days unfold — in particular, whether the White House turns over the transcript of Trump’s July 25 call with Zelensky or the whistleblower complaint (which the administration has so far refused to share with Congress, despite a subpoena). After all, some moderates have hedged saying they’d support impeachment if the allegations prove true. But if the accusations against Trump are borne out, the remaining Democratic holdouts could face increasing pressure to support the impeachment inquiry — for one thing, Democrats are still short of the 218 votes they need for an impeachment resolution.

So how did we get here? The dramatic uptick in support for impeachment since July is due to two main shifts. First, during the August recess, a steady trickle of Democrats announced their support for impeachment, perhaps in response to pressure from people in their districts. And second, in just the past few days, dozens of Democrats have lined up in support of an impeachment inquiry for the first time, including a significant number from red and purple districts that Clinton either lost or won by 10 points. In fact, more than half of the Democrats who recently joined the pro-impeachment column come from districts that Democrats lost or won by less than 10 percentage points. These are the members who have the most at stake electorally if an impeachment inquiry backfires against Democrats, so their support is especially noteworthy.

More Democrats from swing districts support impeachment

Democratic House members who have announced their support for impeachment since September 13*

Name Congressional District Clinton’s Margin Antonio Delgado NY-19 -7 Elissa Slotkin MI-8 -7 Abigail Spanberger VA-7 -7 Andy Kim NJ-3 -6 Dave Loebsack IA-2 -4 Haley Stevens MI-11 -4 Elaine Luria VA-2 -3 Sean Patrick Maloney NY-18 -2 Susie Lee NV-3 -1 Angie Craig MN-2 -1 Mikie Sherrill NJ-11 -1 Lizzie Fletcher TX-7 +1 Joe Courtney CT-2 +3 Charlie Crist FL-13 +3 Josh Harder CA-10 +3 Jahana Hayes CT-5 +4 Steven Horsford NV-4 +5 Tom Suozzi NY-3 +6 Katie Hill CA-25 +7 Raul Ruiz CA-36 +9 Gil Cisneros CA-39 +9 Chrissy Houlahan PA-6 +9 Dean Phillips MN-3 +9 Ami Bera CA-7 +11 Ed Perlmutter CO-7 +12 David Trone MD-6 +15 Frank Pallone Jr NJ-6 +16 Joseph D Morelle NY-25 +16 Kathy Castor FL-14 +18 Jim Cooper TN-5 +18 Lois Frankel FL-21 +20 A Donald McEachin VA-4 +22 Debbie Dingell MI-12 +26 John Sarbanes MD-3 +31 Susan A Davis CA-53 +35 Mike Thompson CA-5 +45 Marc Veasey TX-33 +49 Hank Johnson GA-4 +53 Albio Sires NJ-8 +54 Elijah E Cummings MD-7 +56 Alcee L Hastings FL-20 +62 Gregory W Meeks NY-5 +73 John Lewis GA-5 +73

*Date that Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire announced he would not hand over a whistleblower complaint about President Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in defiance of a subpoena issued by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff.

Source: The New York Times

This means the base of support for impeachment has become more ideologically diverse. For instance, if we look at the districts where House members now support impeachment, Trump lost these districts in 2016 by around 31 percentage points. But in July, his average loss in these pro-impeachment districts was 38 percentage points, showing that members from more moderate districts have joined the cause. (For reference, Trump lost the average Democratic-held seat by 28 percentage points, and he lost the districts of Democratic members who are currently not supporting impeachment by an average of 18 percentage points.)

And while some moderates have been careful to say their support is conditional on the allegations being true, some potentially vulnerable Democrats seem to be in favor of an impeachment inquiry regardless of what happens next. For example, Rep. Antonio Delgado, who represents a district in upstate New York that Trump won by 7 points in 2016, said that asking the Ukrainian president to investigate Biden was “in itself an impeachable offense.”

The new supporters for impeachment also include a significant number of Democrats from very liberal districts who had previously resisted calls for impeachment. As the table below shows, only 18 Democrats from very liberal districts continue to oppose (or remain undecided/refuse to comment) on impeachment — down significantly from the end of July:

Impeachment holdouts in very blue districts

Democratic House members who don’t support impeachment in districts that Hillary Clinton won by more than her margin (31.9 percentage points) in the average district with a pro-impeachment representative

Name CD Margin Nancy Pelosi CA-12 +78 Karen Bass CA-37 +76 Frederica S Wilson FL-24 +68 Eddie Bernice Johnson TX-30 +61 Anna G Eshoo CA-18 +53 Zoe Lofgren CA-19 +51 Adam B Schiff CA-28 +50 Jimmy Panetta CA-20 +47 Sylvia R Garcia TX-29 +46 David Scott GA-13 +44 Terri A Sewell AL-7 +41 Linda T Sánchez CA-38 +40 J Luis Correa CA-46 +38 James E Clyburn SC-6 +37 Ed Case HI-1 +33 Tulsi Gabbard HI-2 +32 Robert C Scott VA-3 +32 Steny H Hoyer MD-5 +32

Source: The New York times

Some recent switchers from the more liberal camp include Georgia civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, a Pelosi ally who called for impeachment proceedings in a dramatic speech on the House floor on Tuesday, and Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan, who had previously argued that impeachment would “tear the country apart.” It seems that for many of these Democrats, the gravity and scale of the allegations against Trump finally outweighed concerns about whether an impeachment push without bipartisan support would be too divisive, or if it would be useless to impeach Trump given that Senate Republicans are highly unlikely to vote to remove him from office. (Although there was a flicker of bipartisan energy in the Senate on Tuesday evening, when a nonbinding resolution calling on the Trump administration to release the whistleblower complaint passed unanimously.)

Opposition to impeachment among Democrats from red and blue districts has also fallen over the past few days, but there are still a significant number who do not represent very liberal districts and who haven’t yet endorsed an impeachment inquiry. Of the 64 Democrats from districts that Hillary Clinton won or lost by 10 points or fewer in 2016, more than half now support impeachment. That’s more than twice as many than at the end of July, but a sizeable chunk still haven’t gotten on board. And as the table below shows, many of these Democrats hail from districts that Clinton lost:

Impeachment holdouts in red and purple districts

Democratic House members who don’t support impeachment in districts that Hillary Clinton either lost or won by 10 percentage points or less

Name CD Margin Collin C Peterson MN-7 -31 Anthony Brindisi NY-22 -16 Joe Cunningham SC-1 -13 Kendra Horn OK-5 -13 Jared Golden ME-2 -10 Max Rose NY-11 -10 Xochitl Torres Small NM-2 -10 Matt Cartwright PA-8 -10 Ben McAdams UT-4 -7 Ron Kind WI-3 -5 Jeff Van Drew NJ-2 -5 Cindy Axne IA-3 -4 Abby Finkenauer IA-1 -4 Conor Lamb PA-17 -3 Lucy McBath GA-6 -2 Cheri Bustos IL-17 -1 Tom O’Halleran AZ-1 -1 Josh Gottheimer NJ-5 -1 Susan Wild PA-7 +1 Sharice Davids KS-3 +1 Colin Allred TX-32 +2 Kurt Schrader OR-5 +4 Stephanie Murphy FL-7 +7

Source: The New York Times

Some of these Democrats may remain wary of embracing impeachment — and that could be tricky for House leadership down the road, if they do decide to pursue an impeachment resolution. But the fact that Democrats like Delgado, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, and Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who are all from districts that Trump won by 7 points in 2016, are newly supporting impeachment could embolden other moderates to join them.

Regardless of what happens next, it’s clear that the political ground on impeachment has shifted dramatically among Democrats in a very short period of time. Even Biden, who previously said that impeachment proceedings would be a “giant distraction,” said that the House should move forward with impeachment if the Trump administration refuses to turn over information about the call with the Ukrainian president. And as FiveThirtyEight’s editor in chief, Nate Silver, wrote Tuesday, pursuing impeachment is a big risk for the Democrats, considering how unpopular it remained throughout the course of the Mueller investigation. But for the first time, the vast majority of House Democrats seem willing to take that risk.

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Lindsay Gibbs at ThinkProgress: 

A referee at a high-school wrestling tournament wouldn’t allow Andrew Johnson to wrestle with a hair cover over his dreadlocks. Instead, he issued an ultimatum: Johnson had to either cut his hair before taking the mat, or forfeit the match.

No other adult — including, apparently, Johnson’s coach — stepped in to argue on his behalf, and Johnson decided to get the haircut, which was done crudely and in the middle of the gym. According to Mike Frankel, the Sports Director at SNJ Today News, Johnson won his match by way of sudden victory in overtime, and helped his team win the meet. But Johnson didn’t look in a celebratory mood after his victory; according to the video, he looked visibly upset by the situation.

When Frankel shared the story on Twitter, he painted it as a heartwarming tale of a selfless “team player,” doing whatever it took to help his team win. Give it more than a moment’s thought, however, and you quickly realize it’s actually yet another tale of systemic racism, and the way subtle ways in which white gatekeepers police black bodies. As Bernice King said on Twitter, a real display of team unity would have been his coaches and his teammates standing up for him, and refusing to allow this referee to put him in this position.

Andrew Johnson’s teammates and coaches protesting on his behalf would have been a true reflection of “team” and dignity, @MikeFrankelSNJ. Please discontinue framing this as a “good” story. It’s actually a reflection of bias and acquiescence to bias. https://t.co/6wXkuFTCVP

— Be A King (@BerniceKing) December 21, 2018

The referee, Alan Maloney, has a history of racism. Two years ago, he called a black referee the “n-word” in a private gathering. The New Jersey Wrestling Officials Southern Chapter allowed Maloney to keep working, despite the protestations of several coaches in the district.

April 25, 2009 - Bea Arthur dies at 86.

Beatrice Arthur was born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. She was an actress, comedienne, singer and activist. During World War II, she served in the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve as a truck driver and typist. In September 1944, she received an Honorable Discharge with the rank of Staff Sergeant.

She started her career on the stage and in 1966, she won a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Mame. She would go on to appear in tv shows such as All in the Family, Maude and The Golden Girls. She appeared in a few movies including the film adaption of Mame (1974). In 2008, she was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

Arthur died of cancer two and a half weeks shy of her 87th birthday. She left $300,000 to the Ali Forney Center, an organization in New York City that provides housing for homeless LGBT youths. In 2017, The Bea Arthur Residence, an 18-bed residence, opened in Manhattan.

Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedienne, singer and animal rights activist. She won the 1966 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Vera Charles in "Mame." She went on to play Maude Findlay on the 1970s sitcoms "All in the Family" (1971–72) and Maude (1972–78), and Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980s sitcom "The Golden Girls" (1985–92), winning Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1977 and 1988. Her film appearances included "Lovers and Other Strangers" (1970) and "Mame" (1974). In 2002, she starred in the one-woman show "Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends." http://bit.ly/2I1VzCv  

Bea Arthur, US Marine

Bernice Frankel's Official Military Personnel File reveals a Golden Girl's WWII service history. Read it here. 

Arrivals & Departures - 13 May 1922 Celebrate Bernice Frankel [Beatrice Arthur] Day!

Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress.

Arthur began her career on stage in 1947 and made her Broadway debut in The Threepenny Opera in 1954. She won the 1966 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Vera Charles in Mame. She went on to play Maude Findlay on the 1970's sitcoms All in the Family (1971–72) and Maude (1972–78), and Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980's sitcom The Golden Girls (1985–92), winning Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1977 and 1988. Her film appearances included Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) and Mame (1974). In 2002, she starred in the one-woman show Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends.