Thursday, November 24, 2016

Happy Tofurkey Day--I'm thankful for YOU!

THIS IS NOT NORMAL
NEVER LET IT BECOME NORMAL
EVER!     

DON'T GIVE UP
DON'T GIVE IN
STAY ANGRY
trump voters stayed angry for eight years,
which is why we are having this conversation.

Until further notice, the purpose of this blog is to provide tools to help protect and preserve our rights, our liberties, and our country from the wrinkled fat orange clusterfuck that is Donald "acorn dick LOSER" trump. As I track down more information, I will continue to refine these tools.

I've moved the full to-do list, including all the vendors to boycott, to the bottom of the post for your comfort and convenience.

If you value my work, please support me on Patreon: just point your browser to https://www.patreon.com/ and type "Dot Calm's shadow" into the search box at the top--thank you! If you can afford a dollar a month, it would really help...and it would let me know that there's more out there than a chorus of crickets!

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Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!

Just a few random thoughts before I slawg on with the blawg...

1. Why do I support impeaching and prosecuting dumbald trump on day one even though pence is arguably more extremist? To me, the biggest difference between dump and penis pence is that pence is at least subject to shame. How do I know? Two things. One: pence, by comparison to dump, is a sane and at least somewhat rational adult, even if he is flamingly bisexual (as is everyone who thinks that sexual orientation is consciously chosen). Two: pence is an evangelical, and those people are steeped in shame from the moment they heard their first sermon, telling them that they're inherently wrong and born dirty. Donald trump has no shame and is immune to shame, which makes him immune to public outcry. pence is steeped in shame and is not immune to public outcry. Friends, public outcry is the last tool we have left to stop the mafia fascist take-over of our government by dump, who has no clue and who doesn't even want a clue how the government runs. dump thinks he can go in there and change all the rules, making them up on the fly to suit himself. he thinks he can be dictator. The sooner we impeach and convict him, the fewer bright ideaRs penis and the rest of the Republicans will get. Whatever fuckery dump gets away with becomes new standard operating procedure for Republicans FOREVER. pence at least would not be not going in with the same plans to be dictator because he is still working in the mindset of how government is actually done.

2. Every Thanksgiving, I acknowledge the pain and hardship that our government has perennially visited upon Native Americans throughout our ugly history. This year's struggle is made all the more poignant by the ongoing horrors at Standing Rock. The video in the m00bies below will make you physically ill. Obama is quickly shredding his own legacy both by not fighting the banana Republicans and by standing idly by while the corporation-serving militarized police shoot water canons in 23-degree weather at unarmed water protectors and literally tear them limb from limb with grenades. If you haven't already, PLEASE call DOJ and demand an investigation into the Morton county police who are committing these atrocities--there's a petition below with all the information. CALL the Army Corps of Engineers to revoke the pipeline permits (202-761-5903; see Tuesday's post: http://dotcalmspage.blogspot.com/2016_11_22_archive.html). Did you know that Donald John Trump is one of the investors in Energy Transfer Partners, who are trying to build the Dakota Access pipeline? Can you say "conflict of interest"? Eye gnu yew cud. Get used to saying it a lot because we ain't seen nuthin' yet. Welcome to the first for-profit presidency in our nation's history, and if we let the bastard and his bastard spawn get away with it, we will have kissed our democracy goodbye and replaced it with a fascist dictatorship where for-profit-presidency becomes the new normal. THIS is the America that the trump voters created. They're welcome tuit, but those bastards had no right to suck ME into this dystopia.

3. This year, I'm grateful for YOU, dear ones. I've found that I have friends who love and accept me exactly the way I am--because I am exactly the way I am. I have my dad and my besties, and we're cooking up a storm today. I had been wasting too much time with my favorite deplorables...I love them dearly, but I don't want to spend my valuable time with people who actually think that trump--with all his racism, bigotry, misogyny, hatred, corruption, deception, dishonesty, thievery, narcissism, abusiveness, and bullying--is actually a great guy worthy of their admiration who has the country's rather than only his own interests at heart. The election has given me crystal clarity on this issue. I've been too kind to these poor deluded people; now it's time to be kind to myself by being true to myself and spending my valuable time with people who value me. So, happy Thanksgiving, y'all! I lurves each and every one of you madleh!

Don't forget to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and don't forget to read Dot Calm's shadow's favorite independent sources of news and information:

Daily Kos
AlterNet
 
Peas, friends. Take care of yourselves for me. Trust me--you're worth it! Oh, and be sure to wear your elastic-waist pants today. Stretch-eh!
  
- Dot Calm's shadow

Consider the preemptive Blogger phuqued-up phormatting disclaimer to be in effect. Grrr.
-- Dot Calm's shadow

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Petitions

Just Foreign Policy






Urge the incoming Administration to stop helping Saudi Arabia bomb Yemen.

Take Action

President-elect Trump and his advisers have expressed opposition to U.S. wars that don't contribute to the fight against ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Therefore, they should oppose continued U.S. participation in the Saudi bombing of Yemen, because that doesn't contribute to the fight against ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Whatever one may think of the Houthi rebels in Yemen that the U.S. has been helping Saudi Arabia bomb, they are not ISIS or Al-Qaeda; they hate ISIS and Al-Qaeda. In fact, the U.S.-backed Saudi war in Yemen has contributed to the growth of ISIS and Al-Qaeda in Yemen.

Urge incoming National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn to oppose continued U.S. participation in the Saudi bombing of Yemen by signing our petition at MoveOn.
Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,

Robert Naiman, Avram Reisman, and Sarah Burns
Just Foreign Policy

Help support our work!
If you think our work is important, support us with a $15 donation.
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CREDO action
President Obama must immediately dismantle the surveillance state.
Petition to President Obama:
“Dismantle the surveillance state. Disclose all mass surveillance programs, delete the data stored on Americans and demolish the physical infrastructure needed to collect this data.”
Add your name:
Sign the petition ►

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Call the Department of Justice and demand they investigate and charge the Morton County Sheriff's Department for civil rights abuses against Standing Rock water protectors.

Sunday night the Morton County Sheriff's office put Standing Rock water protectors in grave danger. Hundreds were injured, including an elder who went into cardiac arrest and several people treated for rubber bullet injuries to the face. One person faces amputation after a "less-than-lethal" projectile ripped through her arm.

Police fired water cannons at the protectors for at least six hours in below freezing temperatures, exposing them all to hypothermia. Medical professionals at the camp called for a cessation of this tactic because of the real threat that people could die. And Morton County law enforcement just kept drenching water protectors in water, tear gassing them, firing concussion grenades and using sonic weapons against them.

This is inhumane! They are willing to directly threaten people's lives in order to protect profits for the oil industry. Enough is enough.

Call the Department of Justice and demand they investigate and charge the Morton County Sheriff's Department for these life-threatening attacks on peaceful unarmed protectors immediately! Here is the number and a sample script:


Department of Justice phone numbers:
Main: 202-514-2000, press 0. (This one has been hard to get through.)
Department Comment Line: 202-353-1555


Hello, my name is ___________. I am horrified by the violence used by Morton County officers against the Standing Rock water protectors Sunday night. It is torture to douse people in water, in below freezing temperatures, for hours. People could die from this inhumane escalation. These officers willingly risked killing peacefully assembled protectors. The DOJ needs to investigate these actions as violations of human rights and civil rights, including the First Amendment.

After your call, fill out this form to tell us how the call went. Tell us how the DOJ responds to your calls.

Morton County law enforcement is already claiming that they were putting out fires started by the protectors, but several livestream feeds, including the one we followed all Sunday night, show that the fires were started by Morton County officers and their tear gas and concussion grenades. Do not let them get away with telling this lie!

Call the Department of Justice and demand they investigate and charge the Morton County Sheriff's Department for these life-threatening attacks on peaceful unarmed protectors immediately!

Law enforcement cannot be allowed to torture people who are fighting to maintain clean drinking water and preserve their sacred sites. We cannot sit idly by while people are brutalized like this.

Keep fighting,
Irna Landrum, Daily Kos

P.S. If you are hearing impaired and can't make calls, click here to send an email to the Department of Justice.
 
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In January, emboldened abortion opponents will take control of the White House, Congress and many statehouses across the country. Everything is on the line and, with your help, the National Partnership will fight every single attempt to turn back the clock. That's why we urge you to stand up, speak out and fight back. Now!

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Trump has just doubled-down on his plan to stack his cabinet with The New Klan – hell bent on governing through white supremacy and destroying our hard fought for rights.

Will you make an emergency contribution of $3 to our Fighters Fund to help block Trump’s Klan loving appointees?

Trump has picked a would-be Attorney General with an extensive track record of hate. Jeff Sessions has called a Black federal prosecutor “boy,”1 falsely prosecuted Black political activists,2 and made offhand jokes about his support of the Ku Klux Klan.3 The burnings, lynchings and terror of the KKK are not a joke. We cannot let our halls of justice be cloaked with white supremacy.

We must do everything possible to stop Sessions from becoming America’s “top cop.” Jeff Sessions has such a disturbingly racist record that a Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee once rejected Sessions for a federal judgeship nearly thirty years ago.

Sessions has been unapologetic and brazen in his white supremacy and has strongly opposed and insulted the civil rights leaders and groups that have fought for the freedom of Black folks. Through our Fighters Fund we will have the resource to mobilize people across the country to work to block Sessions from ever taking office. Together, we can force the Senate to block Sessions from becoming Attorney General.

Will you support the Fighters Fund and help stop a white supremacist from becoming Attorney General? Chip-in $3.

Until justice is real, 

--Brandi, Rashad, Arisha, Anika, Evan, Bernard, Jade, Corina and the rest of the Color Of Change team.

References:
1. "Jeff Sessions, as Attorney General, Could Overhaul Department He’s Skewered," New York Times, 11-18-2016
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/7063?t=4&akid=6552.765771.FjSf1S
 2. "Jeff Sessions, Trump’s Pick for Attorney General, Is a Fierce Opponent of Civil Rights," The Nation, 11-18-2016
https://act.colorofchange.org/go/7064?t=6&akid=6552.765771.FjSf1S 
 3."Trump picks Jeff Sessions for AG, Pompeo for CIA chief," USA Today, 11-18-2016
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/7065?t=8&akid=6552.765771.FjSf1S

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CREDO action
Senate Democrats: Block Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general
The petition to Senate Democrats reads:
"Block and resist Sen. Jeff Sessions’ confirmation as attorney general.”
Add your name:
Sign the petition ►
 
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There's a new petition taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in signing it.

Petitioning U.S. Senate, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, Bernie Sanders, Charles Schumer

Don't Let Myron Ebell Dismantle the EPA

Petition by Steve Wood
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
35,087
Supporters
Myron Ebell, an outspoken skeptic of climate change, represents a serious threat to the future of global climate change and cooperative efforts to prevent catastrophic and irreversible damage to the health of the planet. This article from the New York Times describes Ebell's stance on environmental policy and enumerates many troubling aspects of appointing Ebell to lead the EPA Transition in the Trump Administration. 
Regardless of political affiliation, we as Americans have a responsibility to ourselves, to future generations, and to the rest of the world to work towards a clean and sustainable United States.
It is absolutely critical that our country does not waste four valuable years deregulating fossil fuels and promoting coal mining and fracking. Myron Ebell has said that he would “like to have more funding" to "combat the nonsense put out by the environmental movement.”
This rhetoric reveals a fundamental unwillingness to heed the unanimous warnings of the scientific community that direct and immediate action is necessary to prevent disastrous damage to the stability of the planet.
We must make it clear to Donald Trump and the U.S. Senate that we will not stand for the appointment of such an ill-suited and completely unqualified candidate to lead the EPA Transition. This petition calls for the disqualification of Myron Ebell and anyone he attempts to appoint within the EPA.
Donald Trump: disavow Myon Ebell as a legitimate candidate for the EPA Transition and appoint a qualified candidate.
U.S. Senate: do not confirm Myron Ebell or anyone he nominates to any EPA position. Ebell has proven himself fundamentally unfit for his proposed position, and it is unacceptable to allow him to pursue his reckless agenda.
It is time for the United States to lead the world in a sustainable future. Make your voice heard--this issue is too important to neglect.

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In just two months' time, when President Trump takes office, 25 million people will be at risk of losing their health insurance. That's because the Trump train is coming to destroy the Affordable Care Act.

Earlier this month, President-elect Trump told the Wall Street Journal "Either Obamacare will be amended, or repealed and replaced." Then, his campaign manager bragged that Trump may hold an unprecedented special session of Congress on Inauguration Day itself, just to repeal Obamacare.1

With Trump in office, Republican extremists finally have the pen they need to destroy the Affordable Care Act. But moderate Republicans know this will cause an outrage among the vast majority of Americans. Not only do a majority of Americans support important provisions of the Affordable Care Act--like making high-cost drugs affordable--but Trump lost the popular vote by an embarrassing margin. Hardly a mandate to take away health insurance.2 If we speak up right now and force Congress to reckon with Trump's terrible plan, we can save health care for tens of millions. Can you sign the emergency petition?

Tell Congress & President-elect Trump: "Hands off our health care!"
Sign the petition

Among the mandatory covered provisions women count on are:

  • All FDA-approved contraceptive methods without a co-pay, including emergency contraception
  • Preventive screening for cervical and breast cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, and osteoporosis
  • Breastfeeding counseling and supplies without a co-pay, along with important maternity tests like ultrasounds, gestational diabetes, STI screening, and Rh incompatibility screening
  • Domestic violence counseling
  • Stipulation that women can't be charged more than men just because of their gender.3

And much, much more. Conservatives are already negotiating with insurance companies, who don't want to pay for many of these provisions. This will all be negotiated quickly in a backroom deal, passed by Congress and signed by President Trump unless we butt our way in and demand Congress hear us. That's why your signature, and story, are so important.

Tell Congress & President-elect Trump: "Hands off our health care!"

Thanks for taking action,

--Nita, Shaunna, Kat, Karin, Adam, Holly, Kathy, Onyi, Susan, Anathea, Audine, Shannon, Megan, Libby, Emma, PaKou, and Pilar, the UltraViolet team

Sources:

1. Conway: Trump May Hold Special Session To Repeal O'care On Inauguration Day, Talking Points Memo, November 14, 2016
2. Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: October 2016, Kaiser Family Foundation, accessed November 14, 2016
3. Preventive care benefits for women, HealthCare.gov, accessed November 14, 2016

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We've had an outpouring of support from the local campaign updates we told you about yesterday! People are contacting us to get involved in their local communities, because they know that local organizing is critical to standing up to the terrifying new Trump administration and corporate cronies like Monsanto, Exxon and the Koch Brothers.

Can you chip in to get people plugged in to local campaigns?

**Your donation will be matched dollar for dollar — DOUBLING the impact of your gift!**

Food & Water Watch has staff in 16 states, and our Activist Network works with people in all 50 states to protect our drinking water and our food at every level. By organizing people to take action locally, we're putting the power back in the hands of the people — not big corporations. We know we can win on these issues locally: we saw that in Monterey County, California, where voters banned fracking last week, and in Florida, where voters rejected an anti-solar bill.

People are ready to join in and help ramp up our local work, but we need your help to increase our capacity to have conversations with everyone that wants to get involved and plug them in to local campaigns that will make a difference.

People are ready to get to work in their local communities. Can you chip in to help get them started?

**And right now, your donation will go twice as far thanks to a generous donor who is offering to match your gift dollar for dollar.**

Onward together,

Sarah Alexander
Deputy Organizing Director
Food & Water Watch
act(at)fwwatch(dot)org

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CREDO action
Tell Chuck Schumer: No compromise with Trump
Petition to Sen. Chuck Schumer:
"Drop any plans to compromise with or accommodate Donald Trump and congressional Republicans by undermining the progressive values of the Democratic party. You must fully commit to resisting Trump’s agenda."
Add your name:
Sign the petition ►
 
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We’ve been fighting the bad guys since 1961 – and we aren’t about to stop now.

Amnesty International is a guardian of human rights in the U.S. and around the globe. We do this by holding all human rights abusers accountable. We don’t differentiate by political party or take sides in elections. We take the side of human rights, and that’s why we won’t stand by and let President-elect Donald Trump and his administration – or anyone else – deny people their human rights and freedoms.

I want to update you on Amnesty International USA’s work in the aftermath of the U.S. elections – because we’re going to be coming to you a lot in the weeks and months ahead to help protect human rights here and around the world.

We will fight any attempt to put President-elect Trump’s hateful, poisonous campaign rhetoric into policy. We will work with members of Congress from both parties and with the new administration where we can, in order to protect human rights. Where we can’t, we will use every tool at our disposal to defeat the dangerous agenda he promoted on the campaign trail, and to hold officials accountable for any actions that put human rights at risk.

Here’s what we’re focused on most immediately:
  • Protecting the right to protest: Around the country, we’re providing training and tools for activists to help make sure that people can exercise their right to take to the streets and peacefully express their dissent.
  • Mobilizing people to take a stand against hate: We’re giving people tools to speak out against xenophobia and discrimination.
  • Pushing back when Trump’s agenda puts human rights at risk: We’re already fighting back against reported proposals to bring back torture, force Muslim immigrants to enter a special registry, and block refugees from coming to the U.S. We took this fight directly to President-elect Trump last week, when Amnesty members went to Trump Tower to deliver a letter outlining our concerns and asking to meet, and we’re speaking out in the media and social media, as well.
  • Demanding scrutiny of presidential appointments and nominations: We’re tracking these individuals’ human rights records and demanding that members of Congress get real answers to the question of whether they will use their power to hurt human rights.
  • Empowering members to put grassroots pressure on Congress: Our network of activists in all 50 states is going to be more important than ever in the months ahead, and we’re already training and expanding our capacity so that we’re stronger than ever to block attacks on human rights on Day One of the new administration.
  • Pushing the Obama Administration to protect human rights in its final weeks: Our “Don’t Leave It To Trump” initiative asks President Obama to take concrete steps now to protect refugees, close Guantanamo, and protect sexual assault survivors in Indigenous communities. Through direct advocacy and public pressure, we’re working to get strong policies in place before Obama leaves office.

We’re currently working with members, coalition partners, and others to develop strategies for the longer term. We’ll share those plans with you as they’re developed.

Thank you for being part of this movement, especially now. Nobody fights to protect human rights quite like Amnesty International does – and it’s never been more important.

In solidarity,

Margaret Huang
Executive Director
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M00bies

TYT: a water protector's arm was blown off by a Morton County police grenade--you know, the concussion grenades they're NOT supposed to launch at people but that they deliberately and directly launched at this 21-year-old woman. Jimmy Dore reminds us that we live in a lawless society: there's law for the poor but not for the rich and powerful. And he really tears into Obama for letting this happen. And Obama was a GOOD president--no lie.

TYT: trump may be in violation of the Constitution from day one

Randi Rhodes on trump's presidency-pimping pay-for-play on steroids, yo. You know--the kind he accused Bill and Hillary of doing after they left office that he's already doing before he's even in office. Professor Richard D. Wolff shares some plain talk about why our wages have stagnated despite our productivity skyrocketing for the past 40 years, and he discusses why cutting corporate taxes does only that--cut corporate taxes. trump's "plan" to bring corporate money earned overseas "back home" is exactly the con you'd expect from trump: corporations don't just sit on the money they make abroad; they already bring it home tax-free by investing it in American companies through foreign stock exchanges...et voila, no income tax ever paid on corporate profits made overseas. So there's no yuge pot of money sitting "out there" in the first place. chimpie repealed the corporate tax in 2004 with the same promise that it'd create yuge jobs, but it didn't for the same reason--there was virtually no money to move back home, so nothing changed...which is why nobody remembers that chimpie did it...and which is why none of the deplorables will question trump's awesome "plan." The problem, Dr. Wolff points out, is that, if you really want to create jobs here, you need to cut taxes with the proviso that businesses get the cut if and only if they create however many tens of thousands of jobs. Otherwise, all you've done is given the corporations even more money for CEO salaries and bonuses at the expense of the social safety net, because we all know that Republicans won't raise taxes except ON US. Randi also discusses the Standing Rock protests--chump is an investor in Energy Transfer Partners, which means he has a conflict of interest before he's even inaugurated. What do you think he will do to the water protectors?

The Resistance, by Keith Olbermann: NO, this is NOT normal pre-presidential behavior

Secular Talk on trump's Nixon moment: by definition, it's not illegal if the president does it

Samantha Bee on the new cabinet


Moar from The Resistance: should we give trump a chance? FUCK NO!!!!!

What happens if you criticize trump? They can't put us all in jail if we all criticize him, so have at it!

The e-mails penis pence doesn't want you to see. Yes, they're pence's own e-mails. Just like the ones they were all up in arms about Hillary having.

TYT: Bernie Sanders reprimands a reporter for asking the irrelevant-as-yet hot-news question instead of asking about the real issues that affect real Americans. The panel discusses how both parties follow the power and will do so in 2017, which is terrifying when it comes to the Republicans in Congress but actually fairly promising when it comes to the Democrats in Congress.

Seth Meyers comments on fat orange asshole trump's twitter wars with "Hamilton"--distracting from trump's obvious fraud and infinite conflicts of interest. Seth's commentary is both deep and deliciously funny.

'Til next time, check out these great channels:
...or, if you just want something mindless and fun, try Tested
  
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Memes & Funnies

 


Here's some fun from #trumpyourthansgiving:

Melania: I'm thankful for my husband, my country and my children, Sasha and Malia. 

*builds a mashed potato wall to separate dark and white turkey meat* 

President Trump pardons a turkey, but only the white meat. 🦃

I prefer turkeys that weren't captured. 

Can you pass the basket of Deplorables? 


grab her by the pumpkin pie

Fruitcakes are banned. Just until we find out what's going on! 
 


Butterball is not sending us its best turkeys. They're bringing fat, cholesterol. And I assume some are good birds.
 
 Hog the gravy for yourself. Say you'll pass the butter, then don't do it. Then say you never said you'd pass it.
    
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WTF: TDL
(Welcome To the Fight: To-Do List)

Action List

PROTECT yourself financially and reproductively.

If you need a loan, get it NOW--rates have already gone up; they went up at least three times between the election and the end of last week. MOVE your retirement out of the stock market and into a stable fund that is guaranteed NOT to lose your principal.

If you're a woman of reproductive age and don't already have an IUD or contraceptive implant, get yours NOW. Mirena has progestin, not estrogen, and can reduce your period; the copper ones without hormones (like Paragard) can cause cramping and heavy bleeding that doesn't go away until the device is removed (think having the second day of your period for a year at a clip). Of these two IUDs, women seem to prefer Mirena, but the device can still fall out. Cosmopolitan has a great discussion on these and other IUDs, what's involved with getting one (not a big deal, but you'll bleed for at least a week afterward), what's involved with having one removed (also not a big deal, but you'll bleed for at least a week after). "Managing Contraception" has an article on Mirena (not scary). If I were you, I'd skip the Skyla--it only lasts 3 years, so you wouldn't even be done with the orange fuckwad's first term if you get one. Planned Parenthood has a video about contraceptive implants and great information about all forms of contraception. And if you think you might need a do-it-yourself abortion some time in the future, go talk to Planned Parenthood NOW and see if you can stock up on mifepristone now--the options for DIY abortions at home using substances like vitamin C seem promising to desperate women but don't have any scientific backing. You can also try womenonwaves.org and womenonweb.org.

Now, make your daily calls and do the rest...

DAILY CALLS!

CALL your U.S. Senators and Representatives DAILY at their LOCAL offices. SHOW UP in person if you can. Call each day with ONE issue--and KEEP CALLING. The staffers track your calls by issue, so don't give in to the temptation of giving them the whole laundry list all at once. Here is our list of demands:

0. Call your members of Congress now to ask them to denounce Stephen Bannon. And Jeff Sessions, and Mike Flynn, and Mike Pompeo, and Ebell, and the rest of them. Just call and tell them to denounce and block ALL of trump's appointments because they're all reality-denying bigots who hate so many actual Americans that they are unfit to serve all Americans.

1. DEMAND they support Barbara Boxer's bill to ABOLISH the Electoral College--popular vote only. DEMAND paper ballots only, and DEMAND audit trails be published in local papers. DEMAND they LET ALL Americans vote (undo voter roll purges and other Black voter suppression) and MAKE Election Day a national holiday for all. And STOP gerrymandering.

2. FIGHT trump's personnel appointments and FILIBUSTER ALL trump's SCOTUS appointments. Supporting Citizens United or opposing the rights of women, immigrants, and the poor are UNACCEPTABLE. This is NON-NEGOTIABLE.

3. DEMAND trump's impeachment--DEMAND he be investigated NOW for corruption and conflict of interest. DEMAND to see his taxes. trump has already committed impeachable offenses, so DEMAND that he be held accountable NOW.

4. REMIND them THEY'RE FIRED if they don't obstruct, obstruct, obstruct trump and the Republicans from Day 1. If they resist, REMIND them that Hillary WON the popular vote by over 1.5 million and climbing.

5. DEMAND restoration of the Fairness Doctrine--DEMAND fair, fact-based, accurate media free from the false equivalencies and unchecked free coverage that foisted trump on us.

CALL President Obama every day:
 
1. DEMAND a SPECIAL PROSECUTOR to investigate FBI director James Comey and Donald trump for interfering with the election.
 
2. DEMAND the Army Corps of Engineers go to Flint to dig up and replace all the poisoned pipes.
 
3. PARDON Edward Snowden and consider pardoning Hillary Clinton--even though she's innocent--to stop the Republican witch hunts, especially since one of trump's campaign promises was to jail her: Republicans hate her so much that, if she'd as so much as farted, Republicans would have had her in jail faster than Martha Stewart. The fact that Hillary isn't in jail is proof positive that she's innocent, which is proof positive that the Republicans will keep coming at her.
  
4. STOP DAPL NOW and prosecute the police who are torturing and maiming the innocent, non-violent water protectors! Make Standing Rock a national monument--do whatever it takes to protect the lands and the water of the Standing Rock Sioux and other affected tribes. Honor our treaties for a change!

AND THE REST!!

SIGN UP for daily headlines from Daily Kos, AlterNet, and "Democracy Now!" SIGN petitions. ATTEND town halls and protests. Jeremy Scahill's publication "The Intercept" is another high-quality resource of investigative reporting you'd be hard pressed to find elsewhere. GET INFORMED and GET INVOLVED!

If or when trump really does set up his Muslim registry, SIGN UP! Trevor Noah suggested this to be funny, but it's gone viral because the racist bigoted assholes can't deport us all, now can they? If I can do it as a proud anti-theist atheist, then so can you as whatever religion or lack thereof that you are. Keystone Progress has a page where you can pledge to sign up: Pledge to register as a Muslim if Trump creates a registry.

VOLUNTEER for and DONATE to all the organizations that D. LOSER trump is targeting. Get on their mailing lists and donate as much time and money as you can to Planned Parenthood, NRDC, American Civil Liberties Union, and causes that matter to you. Change your cell phone carrier from whatever it is to CREDO, which is a Sprint re-seller that supports blue causes. Planned Parenthood is especially important to support right now--women will die if we don't. You can also donate to WomenOnWeb, who help women get safe abortions online.

ORGANIZE to TAKE OVER the Democratic Party: FIGHT trump and the Republicans, CLEAN UP Democratic Party failures, WIN the midterms, and apologize to Bernie and America for failing.

PROTEST all media that inflicted trump on us--BOYCOTT their advertisers and TELL them why. This includes FUX Noise.

GRAB the pussy-in-thief by the wallet: BOYCOTT businesses that sell trump products and TELL them why.

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Boycott List

Here's a twofer: let's save our money for when dump tanks the economy and grab the trumpussy grabber-in-thief where it hurts most--by his wallet!

Want to boycott trump? There's an app for that!

And here's a list of trump companies.

There's also a spreadsheet from HuffPo of trump supporters and vendors that carry trump merch that includes the vendors below.
Don't forget New Balance, who praised and supported trump: 1 (800) 595-9138.

Here's the list from Mindy Fischer, featuring 28 vendors that sell trump merchandise. BOYCOTT them all and TELL them why!

6pm
Contact info: (888) 676-2660, HQ- (702) 943-7777
cs@6pm.com

Amazon
Contact info: (888) 280-4331 HQ- (206) 266-1000
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/contact-us/general-questions.html?skip=true

Belk
Contact info: (866) 235-5443 HQ- (704) 357-1000
http://www.belkfeedback.com/(X(1)S(sbbxm3z11e1guxbtctk2wdkc))/Index.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Bloomingdale's
Contact info: (800) 777-0000 HQ- (212) 705-2000
http://survey.medallia.com/?blm-tuwyt-com

Bluefly
Contact info: (877) 258-3359 HQ- (212) 944-8000
flyrep@bluefly.com

The Bon-Ton
Contact info: (800) 233-7626 HQ- (800) 937-5449
http://investors.bonton.com/contactus.cfm

Bed Bath and Beyond
Contact info: (800) 462-3966 HQ- (908) 688-0888
https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/selfservice/ContactUs?…

Burlington Coat Factory
Contact info: (855) 355-2875 HQ- (609) 387-7800
http://www.burlingtoncoatfactory.com/contactus.aspx

Carson's
Contact info: (800) 945-4438 HQ- (317) 971-6200
http://investors.bonton.com/contactus.cfm

Century 21 department store
Contact info: (877) 350-2121 HQ- (888) 221-2551
https://www.c21stores.com/contact

Dillard's
Contact info: (800) 345-5273 HQ- (501) 376-5200
http://www.dillards.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContactUs

DSW Shoes
Contact info: (866) 379-7463 HQ- (614) 237-7100
http://www.dsw.com/dsw_shoes/customer_service/send_email.jsp

Hudson’s Bay
Contact info: (800) 521-2364 HQ- (800) 521-2364
https://www.thebay.com/webapp/wcs/stores…

HSN
Contact info: (800) 284-3900 HQ- (727) 872-1000
https://www.hsn.com/cs/email_us/default.aspx

Jet
Contact Info: (855) 538-4323 HQ- (844) 538-2255
help@jet.com

Lord & Taylor
Contact info: (800) 223-7440 HQ- (212) 391-3344
https://www.lordandtaylor.com/webapp/wcs/stores…

Macy’s
Contact info: (800) 289-6229 HQ- (513) 579-7000
http://survey.medallia.com/?mcy-tuwyt-com

Marshalls and TJ Maxx
Contact info: (888) 627-7425 HQ- (508) 390-1000
https://www.marshallsonline.com/contact-us

Neiman Marcus
Contact info: (888) 888-4757 HQ- (562) 463-9333
https://www.neimanmarcus.com/assistance/contactUs.jsp

Nordstrom
Contact info: (888) 282-6060 HQ- (206) 628-2111
https://nordstrom.custhelp.com/app/ask/incidents.c$sent_queueid/12

Overstock.com
Contact info: (800) 843-2446 HQ- (801) 947-3100
https://help.overstock.com/app/ask

Perfumania
Contact info: (866) 557-2368 HQ- (800) 228-3489
http://perfumaniaholdings.com/contact

Saks Off Fifth
Contact info: (877) 551-7257 HQ- (212) 320-4700
https://www.saksoff5th.com/contactus

Stein Mart
Contact info: (888) 783-4662 HQ- (904) 346-1500
http://ir.steinmart.com/contactus.cfm

Wayfair
Contact info: (866) 263-8325 HQ- (617) 532-6100
https://www.wayfair.com/help/faq.php

Winners
Contact info: (514) 788 4949 HQ- (905) 405-8000
https://www.winners.ca/en/contact

Zappos
Contact info: (800) 927-7671 HQ- (702) 943-7777
https://secure-www.zappos.com/contact

Zulily
Contact info: (877) 779-5615 HQ- (206) 724-0500
http://www.zulily.com/contacts

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