Have I told you how much I hate these people? - Mike Malloy. It is every thinking person’s responsibility not to side with his or her executioners. - Albert Camus. Popular democracy anywhere threatens fascism everywhere. - The Scallion. A fascist junta of neocons using George W. Bush as its shill has taken over America by bloodless coup. What will it take for us to stage a revolution and take our country back? - Dot Calm. Drive a hybrid. Leave a lighter footprint on the planet. - Dot Calm.
Like Granny D, I have watched my own beloved country change, and I am angry beyond words about what I see. I grew up seeing America as the equivalent of the movie good guy, the hero in the white hat who came to the rescue of those in need around the world. I have watched in silent horror as the corporations, the captains and the kings of industry, used a comparatively small outlay of cash to buy the Republicans to use as their shills. George W. Bush is the puppet cowboy-king of shills, the proverbial emperor with no clothes. Every day, I watch these evil men legalize, legitimize, and institutionalize robbing the poor to pay the rich. They are carving up America like a giant carcass and doling out choice chunks of its meat to themselves and their cronies. Since the Democrats have been sipping at the same corporate teat where the Republicans have been gorging for the past generation, the fascists are free to do their worst; there is no longer any opposition. There is no one left to stand up for the rights of the American people, the Constitution, or the democracy, which I fear will be replaced by a fascist dictatorship in my lifetime. Wake up, America: we need a REVOLUTION NOW!
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
Just like last time, I'm living on borrowed time and using a borrowed computer. Hunh. Whaddayagonnadew?
It's been a long day, and I don't have a lot in the tank to write an intro for today's post. Hunh again. Whaddayagonnadew again?
Let me just summarize the key points I made last time and add a few for shits and giggles...I'm pooped, so I'll be brief:
1. Trump is a tremendous threat to world peace and security, which makes him a tremendous threat to our peace and security. How many more unnecessary wars do we really need?
2. Pence is an evangelical right-wing ideologue. Between his voting record and Trump's being beholden at least to some degree to the Republicans because he's running as a one, you can kiss goodbye the last eight years of social justice gains--gains for women, Blacks, LGBTQ, and other non-white non-rich non-white non-male non-Christians. Is the Trump-Pence ticket really the sort of bigotry we as a nation want to be identified with? Do we really want to see Muslim internment camps like we caged American-born Japanese in in WWII?
3. Merrick Garland's seat plus probably Ruth Bader Ginsburg's SCOTUS seats will be in play over the next four years. Do we really want Ted Cruz and his ilk as SCOTUS justices for the next generation?
4. Trump has a proven track record of hiring poor employees--not the best employees--and he has a proven track record of screwing over the people who work with and for him as well as those unfortunate enough to buy whatever dreck he's selling. Just look at his business record, like TrumPEW and his four bankruptcies. Is gross mismanagement really what we want to throw at this nation's problems--are we really that suicidal?
5. Trump has flip-flopped on every issue under the sun--whatever it takes to get what he wants, like the nomination. Nobody knows what Trump really stands for except Donald J. Trump...and his ego the size of three time zones.
And...
6. Bernie's moved the Democratic platform farther to the left than it's been in living memory. If Trump gets in, we kiss up any chance of implementing any of Bernie's hard-won contributions.
7. Hillary is not going to blow up the country or the planet. She will at least give us enough breathing room to regroup and fight another day. We won't have that luxury with Trump. Trump and Pence would deregulate so much so quickly that our heads will spin trying to keep up with all the disasters. We can't fix what no longer exists. Like the planet, which is in desperate trouble due to climate change and pollution.
Please, guys 'n' gals--get out there and VOTE BLUE no matter what! Not just for president but for every seat that's up for grabs. We need to send these Republican fucksicles a loud and clear message NOW!
DON'T Make America Hate Again.
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Republicans are trying to sell Mike Pence as an experienced, polished governor.
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In just a few hours, Donald Trump is going to accept the Republican Party's presidential nomination.
Let me say this about Donald Trump: he has made it very clear that
he'll say anything to get publicity, and to get elected. And the truth
is, it is a very dangerous thing for the President of the United
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Dear Friend, Well, it's official: Donald Trump just accepted the Republican presidential nomination.
Tonight, Trump opened his acceptance speech by saying, "We will be a country of generosity and warmth." But Trump has said a lot of things about women—and none of them convey generosity, warmth or anything remotely close.
He said there should be "some form of punishment" for women who choose abortion.
He said Planned Parenthood "is like an abortion factory, frankly."
He's said of women, "You gotta treat 'em like shit."
And, of course, he's called women "bimbos," "dogs," and "pigs."
Trump has made it clear that he’s unfit to be president of the United
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Donald Trump just accepted the Republican presidential nomination.
There is no going back. He’s the nominee—just one step away from being
president of the United States—and we have to do everything in our power
to stop him.
The reality is this: Trump was surging in the polls BEFORE the convention.1 And former New York Times
data wizard Nate Silver—who picked every single state with 100%
accuracy in 2012—is estimating that this week, the Republican National
Convention (even as crazy as it's been), could give Trump a 4 point
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The next few days are going to be critical. Trump’s campaign will be
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Launch door-to-door volunteer canvasses using in-person conversations,
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Because of our work together, the
Republican National Convention (RNC) has fallen millions of dollars
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Together we pressured two dozen major
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amplification for his campaign of hate. This game-changing win
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by signing petitions and making phone calls to companies like Microsoft
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With the RNC’s unprecedented financial
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divert millions of dollars from their campaign war chest to the
convention; funds that would’ve been used to help elect Trump
and other GOP candidates running on anti-Black policies and messages of
racism. We still have a long way to go to stop Trump’s and the
GOP’s racist agendas, but winning this campaign made a big dent in their
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