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Chelsea Manning Files to Run for U.S. Senate in Maryland (washingtonpost.com)
An anonymous reader quotes the Washington Post:
Chelsea E. Manning, the transgender former Army private who was convicted of passing sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, is seeking to run for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, according to federal election filings. Manning would be challenging Democrat Benjamin L. Cardin, who is in his second term in the Senate and is up for reelection in November. Cardin is Maryland's senior senator and is considered an overwhelming favorite to win a third term... However, a candidate with national name recognition, such as Manning, who comes in from the outside could tap a network of donors interested in elevating a progressive agenda...
Evan Greer, campaign director of the nonprofit organization Fight for the Future and a close supporter of Manning's while she was imprisoned, said the news is exciting. "Chelsea Manning has fought for freedom and sacrificed for it in ways that few others have," Greer wrote in an email. "The world is a better place with her as a free woman, and this latest news makes it clear she is only beginning to make her mark on it."
Evan Greer, campaign director of the nonprofit organization Fight for the Future and a close supporter of Manning's while she was imprisoned, said the news is exciting. "Chelsea Manning has fought for freedom and sacrificed for it in ways that few others have," Greer wrote in an email. "The world is a better place with her as a free woman, and this latest news makes it clear she is only beginning to make her mark on it."
What's with all the criminals running for Senate? The list includes Roy Moore, Joe Arpaio, and now Chelsea Manning. Why would we trust criminals to act in our best interest when we give them power as elected officials? Just say no.
"She" isn't a "she." This isn't just some anti-trans/anti-mental-disorder spiel, this is a legitimate issue. "She" is like a new McCain. Some guy who got MKUltra'd to the point of having no loyalties but to the deep state. We already knew "she" was willing to sell out "her" country for nothing more than some attention, but now it's even worse because "she" is in the pocket of the people who drugged, raped, and otherwise tortured "her" into submission. Expect someone who always votes to fuck the average person if "she" is elected to office, even when it goes against party lines to do so (just like McCain does every opportunity he gets.)
I see you're keeping the streak alive. I have yet to see a person who casts judgment on Manning give one flying fuck about the massive corruption and war crimes she revealed, or want the people who committed those crimes to pay for their actions.
Uh, NO. She tried the "chain of command" and was blown off, just as Snowden was. And she gave documents to a responsible organization, one with a 100% track record of authenticity, who vetted them before release. Do tell how she was going to uphold her Oath of Office to defend the Constitution (not neocon war criminals) without leaking to the press.
She has a whole lot of experience with the lawless authoritarian state and the torture the USG commits against people in detention (prolonged solitary confinement). Getting one advocate against those things into higher office is hardly unreasonable.
She wasn't allied with the FBI stooge Lamo. You referring to Assange here? The same Julian Assange who has a 100% track record of authentic releases, and has been subject to more authoritarian character assassination?
>Well, consider that some trans activists (who are not really helping actual trans people's situation at all) say that hetero males not wanting to have sex with trans women are homophobic/hateful/bad people, etc.
Some? It's the only opinion I've come across so far. Guess I'm transphobic then, because I just believe they're people who shouldn't be subject to discrimination or abuse.
I even buy (unless and until a better medical explanation is presented) that they may have brains that are cross-sex due to developmental or genetic abnormalities. I'm never going to accept that they are the same as their identified sex, though... because reality is that they aren't. I like Caucasian women. I like redheads, I like women of a similar cultural background and of a similar age to my own. All these things are OK, but if I prefer natural-born women who grew up female, suddenly I'm evil?
I get it, it sucks to be in an extreme minority and be socially isolated. That doesn't mean you can make me desire an intimate bond with you.
You just described the POTUS.
Just needs a twitter account and she is headed for the top.