If Trump wins, what will you do when he comes for YOU?
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
As promised, here's my usual Wednesday post after live-blawgging the dEEbate (I've posted the live-blawg below this post)! Friends, thanks for keeping me company...otherwise, I would NOT have had the stomach to watch Donald "PITIFUL LOSER" Trump lie, blather, insult, and piss away 90 minutes of my life. Couldn't've done it without you! NBC had a few comments after the debate, all very pithy. Hillary ducked a couple questions and got dinged a couple of times, but BOY did she cream Donald. What a mor00n. She really brought out Donald's habitual behavior, and Chris Wallace brought out several of Donald's lies with leading questions. Hillary won hands-down, no contest, and Chris Wallace did yeoman's work moderating this debate, which NBC said was the best performance both candidates had. But now, after I click "publish" on this post, I'm going to pour me a well-deserved Fireball. I'll analyze and comment more on the debate Friday, but, if you'll forgive me, I've had more than enough fun for now.
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If you do nothing else this week, scroll down to and watch the Keith Olbermann video "You’re Lying to Yourself if You Think Trump is the Answer" in todaze m00bies.
It reminded me of Martin Niemöller's famous quotation:
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Like the Germans in the 1930s, those of us who feel vindicated by Donald Trump's treatment of "other" don't realize that the ugly orange rabid dog is going to bite the hand that feeds it--it's just a matter of time.
Are we so vindictive that we don't mind being taken down as long as we can watch everyone we hate get taken down first?
What kind of nation are we really? Are we caring and humane--inclusive and compassionate toward those who look or act different from us? Do we care only about ourselves--do we not care how many little people get trampled by the oligarchs as long as we personally don't suffer? Or are we so angry that we're ready just to nuke everything and everyone out of existence just for the fun of watching it all vaporize and go up in smoke?
I ask again: what kind of nation are we really?
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Donald Trump's sexual assault
isn't about how many Americans
have female family members
or relationships with women.
It's about whether or not
women are fully human
sovereign beings
with rights over their own bodies
including the same bodily autonomy
men take for granted every day.
Rights not to have your body
grabbed, groped, raped
or otherwise used against your will.
For some reason,
Republicans find this issue challenging.
They want the answer to be "no"
so badly they can taste it
but they know the answer is "yes"
because they'd never tolerate
being treated the way
they insist on treating women.
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isn't about how many Americans
have female family members
or relationships with women.
It's about whether or not
women are fully human
sovereign beings
with rights over their own bodies
including the same bodily autonomy
men take for granted every day.
Rights not to have your body
grabbed, groped, raped
or otherwise used against your will.
For some reason,
Republicans find this issue challenging.
They want the answer to be "no"
so badly they can taste it
but they know the answer is "yes"
because they'd never tolerate
being treated the way
they insist on treating women.
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Samuel-Warde: Paranoid Trump Supporter Worries Clinton's Menstrual Cycle Will Doom America
...As the CADOF intro says, looks like someone needs a human biology refresher...they walk among us!
Politico: These are the women who have accused Trump of groping or ogling them
...The full list to date--for all we know, more may be coming!
TalkingPointsMemo: David Duke Campaign Fundraising Letter Praises Trump For Embracing His 'Issues'
A word from POLITICO
One month, 253 Trump untruths
The 7 Oddest Things Donald Trump Thinks
The Man Behind the Tapes That Could Sink the Donald
The Clintonites Should Stop Freaking Out About WikiLeaks
A word from FiveThirtyEight
Voter Fraud Is Very Rare In American Elections
...And yet former Trump adviser Roger Stone "proves" that elections can be rigged because Scott Walker rigged 5 elections
Vietnamese-Americans Are No Longer A Lock For The Republican Party
The West Is Burning, And Climate Change Is Partly To Blame
...It's about time we as a society faced the music on global warming. If we don't, the oligarchs' sheer greed will be the undoing of us all--with the poorest of us around the world, those who contributed least to the problem, getting hit first and hardest.
Should Clinton Play For An Electoral College Landslide?
...My opinion? YES. Clinton should pull out all the stops and shoot the moon. If she at least tries, she'll have a better chance of a Congress she can work with. If she tries and succeeds, she'll be able to nominate SCOTUS judges and actually get green energy legislation passed.
Top Pollsters Expect Clinton To Win
A word from Vox
Donald Trump has been making disturbing comments about young girls for years
6 people went on the record to back up a reporter who says Trump assaulted her
Trump: My tax plan would grow the economy. Tax Policy Center: No, it would shrink it by 4%.
Trump, Cosby, Ailes: it took celebrity accusers to make us listen to sexual assault victims
John McCain explains how the filibuster will die
Show this cartoon to anyone who doubts we need huge action on climate change
Melania Trump's CNN interview was cringeworthy, but she doesn't want your pity
The battle for Mosul, explained
A short history of white people rigging elections
Kansas cited the worst Supreme Court decision of all time to defend its anti-abortion law
Consent, explained for Donald Trump
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Why don't Republicans mandate
live kidney donation?
To protect fetuses,
they could mandate that only men donate.
Sure would save a lot of lives.
Yup...sure would save a LOT of lives.
If Republicans really were
interested in saving lives,
they would mandate for every healthy man
to donate a kidney a piece.
So why aren't they doing it?
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Mailbag
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| Call MGM: Release Donald Trump’s off-air recordings from "The Apprentice" | |
| MGM has a responsibility to release all footage they have of
Trump’s off-air remarks during the filming of "The Apprentice", so that
the American people have all the information available to make an
informed vote on Nov. 8. Can you make a call to MGM today to demand they release the recordings?
Click below for a sample script and the number to call:
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Don't feel like clicking the CREDO link? Here's the information from UltraViolet.
After hearing that MGM may have even WORSE footage exposing Trump as a sexual predator and a racist, 71,000 UltraViolet members, including you, demanded it release the tapes.1
We don't have much time to convince this studio to stop protecting Trump--Americans are already casting their votes. MGM is being hounded by the press for protecting this never-before-seen footage of Trump. Calls from viewers could push MGM over the edge and convince executives to release the tapes.
There are just a few weeks left until Election Day--can you make a call right now?
Here's the phone number for MGM: (310) 449-3000
If you can't reach a person or the office isn't open yet, leave a voicemail. After you call, can you tell us how it went?
It's always best to speak in your own words, but here are some points to guide you:
- If MGM has tapes that reveal more about Donald Trump's history of sexual assault, voters have a right to see them before Election Day.
- Your company has a moral obligation to provide the truth about a candidate running for president.
- Time is running out--Election Day is only a few weeks away.
- Almost a dozen women have accused Trump of sexual assault. Right now, it looks like MGM is protecting a sexual predator.
Let us know how it went.
Thank you for speaking out.
--Nita, Shaunna, Kat, Karin, Adam, Holly, Kaili, Kathy, Onyi, Susan, Anathea, Audine, Shannon, Megan, Libby, Emma, PaKou, and Pilar, the UltraViolet Action team
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Sources:
1. Demand mounts for Trump Apprentice tapes that may hold 'far worse' footage, The Guardian, October 11, 2016
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Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan issued a very dire warning this week. You need to see it:
"If we lose the Senate, do you know who becomes chair of
the Senate Budget Committee? A guy named Bernie Sanders. You ever heard
of him?"
You heard the man. Let's take back the Senate.
Four of our best opportunities to take back the Senate are in Nevada,
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close. But if the Democratic nominees win, we will have a far more
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You can make the difference in this election to take back a Senate majority. Thank you.
In solidarity,
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Team Bernie
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So today, let's stop talking about him. Let's talk about us.
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The Administration refused to authorize construction for a small portion of the 1,172-mile pipeline route and promised more consultation with tribal nations in the future. Meanwhile, peaceful protesters are constantly harassed and arrested, and journalists are targeted by police for their coverage of the protests.
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U.N. special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has announced [1] there is agreement for a 72-hour ceasefire in Yemen that will take effect shortly before midnight Wednesday, and that the ceasefire may be renewed, hopefully to be made permanent.
This is happening, in significant measure, because of Administration pressure on Saudi Arabia - the announcement came days after Administration officials threatened [2] that future U.S. military aid to Saudi Arabia would be contingent on Saudi agreement to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. Administration pressure is happening, in significant measure, because of Congressional pressure. And Congressional pressure is happening, in significant measure, because of public pressure on Congress. So, everyone who took action to urge Congress to put pressure on U.S. participation in the Saudi war in Yemen can take some share of the credit.
We're not done, obviously. We must remain vigilant to make sure that the ceasefire happens, that it is extended, that it is made permanent. If the ceasefire collapses, we must be ready to apply pressure to restore the ceasefire.
But: we're making progress. A ceasefire will save lives. It will allow the safe passage of humanitarian aid. It will help prepare conditions for a political and diplomatic resolution of the conflict. So, thank you for taking action.
And 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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References:
1. https://www.theguardian.com/
2. https://www.washingtonpost.
This is happening, in significant measure, because of Administration pressure on Saudi Arabia - the announcement came days after Administration officials threatened [2] that future U.S. military aid to Saudi Arabia would be contingent on Saudi agreement to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. Administration pressure is happening, in significant measure, because of Congressional pressure. And Congressional pressure is happening, in significant measure, because of public pressure on Congress. So, everyone who took action to urge Congress to put pressure on U.S. participation in the Saudi war in Yemen can take some share of the credit.
We're not done, obviously. We must remain vigilant to make sure that the ceasefire happens, that it is extended, that it is made permanent. If the ceasefire collapses, we must be ready to apply pressure to restore the ceasefire.
But: we're making progress. A ceasefire will save lives. It will allow the safe passage of humanitarian aid. It will help prepare conditions for a political and diplomatic resolution of the conflict. So, thank you for taking action.
And 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.
http://www.justforeignpolicy.
References:
1. https://www.theguardian.com/
2. https://www.washingtonpost.
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Tonight,
mercifully, is the final debate of the presidential campaign. With any
luck, it will be the last time Donald Trump has a national stage to drag
the democracy so many of us signed up to defend through the mud.
Donald Trump is talking a lot about "fraud" these days. It's loser talk.
The truth is, Trump is so far down in the
polls right now because of the work VoteVets, and many others, have
done to expose him as the actual fraud in this race. His fraudulent
claims to support veterans charities, and, of course, his sham
university that defrauded veterans and military family members out of
their money.
But ultimately, it's Trump's defense of
Putin and desire to send our troops into more endless conflicts while
stripping them of the care they've earned when they return that has done
him in. And no one has done more than VoteVets to make that case clear.
We can't risk a Trump presidency. And
even though he's down, we have to see this fight through to the end. The
stakes are too high to take any other approach. And that's why I have
to ask:
There's supposed to be a 15 minute segment
of the debate on foreign policy -- the final block of the debate. And
whatever dangerous rhetoric Trump spouts in that segment, we'll be ready
to make him pay. That's why your contribution matters.
All my best,
Jon Soltz
Iraq War Veteran and Chairman
VoteVets
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4. http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/
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When evangelicals denounce
Donald J. Trump
but support him anyway,
it-snot about Christian morality any more.
It's about maintaining power
over women, Blacks, LGBTQ+,
Muslims. Latinos, Asians,
poor people, and everyone else they hate
at all costs.
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Democracy Now!
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CADOF remarks:
"The price of his partisanship
is to betray the very principles
that this country was founded upon
and to disgrace whatever accomplishments
he has in his political career."
John McCain’s Partisanship
Has Finally Reached The Zenith Of Sedition
CADOF remarks:
"The price of his partisanship
is to betray the very principles
that this country was founded upon
and to disgrace whatever accomplishments
he has in his political career."
John McCain’s Partisanship
Has Finally Reached The Zenith Of Sedition
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Oh, man...
Every now and then,
I want to buy Larry Flynt a drink.
This is definitely one of those times:
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What does Donald John Trump lie about?
Everything he boasts about having!
Billions of dollars,
beautiful hands,
business prowess,
an attention span longer than a flea's,
any intellect whatsoever,
and a big dick...
LOL!
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Movies!
Ugh--Trump supporter seriously wants to assassinate Hillary. TYT breaks it down.
Kyle Kulinski on Alex Jones's conspiracy theory obsession in Hillary Clinton's latest ad linking him to Donald Trump. My Tea Party Christian friend is convinced that O'Bama is still coming for all his guns--and he's convinced that "fast and furious" was a failed attempt that O'Bama is going to retry any day now.
Found it--the SNL Cold Open "Town Hall" ICYMI on teevee!
Still looking for the originals from Last Week Tonight, but we'll have to settle for these for now...
Trump's sexual assault tape
Trump's lewd remarks--and ID10T Paul Ryan's totally
Trump "unshackled." What a mor00n--as if Donsie Wonsie ever filtered the hate what spews from his dried apricot face anus.
Holy shee-ite!!! Remember Hillary's 1998-vintage remark about the "vast right-wing conspiracy"? Well, it wasn't vast, but it was a conspiracy...and wait til you see who's in it and what mischief they're up to now!
Keith Olbermann: "You’re Lying to Yourself if You Think Trump is the Answer." I wish my libertarian and Tea Party Christian friends would watch this video and learn. Sobering.
Ugh. I need a giggle. Here's Stephen Colbert with his famous blackboard again!
So...Peter Griffin was on the bus, and he's the decent one! Who gnu?
'Til next time, check out these great channels:
...or, if you just want something mindless and fun, try Tested
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And now a word from Facebook God...
HEY, GOP--
LET OUR PUSSIES GO!!!!!
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And now for something completely different: because it won't show up on the page or in the archive for the day, here's the debate live-blawg! W00t!!
For best results, start at the bottom of the post and scroll UP to here.
-- Dot Calm's shadow
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Last segment (oh, thank Atheist Gawd--my brain was about to start bleeding out my earz!!!)
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Last segment (oh, thank Atheist Gawd--my brain was about to start bleeding out my earz!!!)
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8:10 update
Hello, it's me again, Margaret...heeeeh...heeeeeh...heeeeeeeeeh [cue heavy breathing]...didja miss me?
I decided to reorder this post so that the most recent is at the top. That way, you'll know without having to scroll all the way down whether or not I've made an update. Kewl?
See you at the next live-blawg update!
- Dot Calm's shadow
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8:00 update
I told my dad I was gonna take a swig of Fireball every time Donnie lies; he said not to because he doesn't wanna call an ambulance when I get alcohol poisoning!! Dammit, Dad--you're no fun any more! ;)
Meanwhile, sign this card to wish Hillary good luck. Man, I SO want her to deal the death-blow tonight. Lower that Trump-hammer, Sister!!
posted by Dot Calm @ 7:56 PM
