YOUR VOTE MATTERS! Obama won NC by only TWO VOTES PER PRECINCT!!!!! Let the Trumpists stay home and mope--VOTE FOR HILLARY and VOTE BLUE DOWN THE LINE!
30 October update: scroll all the way down to the bottom for a video of Seth Andrews's Ghost Stories for 2016. I'm tellin' ya--these are effin' creepy! Don't listen to them...alone!
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Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
Boy--how obsessed with the election are we?!
I went looking in my usual sources for stories on the earthquake in Italy and on what's going on in Syria, including Aleppo...and...bupkes.
Looks like I need a few more usual sources...d'oh!
And just when I thought I was gonna get a break--a slow news day for the all-consuming 2016 presidential election--FBI Director James Comey comes out with a letter reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton's e-mails.
Son.
Of.
A.
Bitch.
No, that's not directed at any person--it's directed at the situation. If you can't tell, I'm pissed.
As far as the latest revelations of Hillary's e-mail are concerned, so far, it sounds like a whole lotta nuthin'. It sounds like FBI Director James Comey is tying to cover his own ass while trying to placate two completely polarized political parties in a situation where, if you're not pissing off everyone, you're not doing your job.
Frankly, I think that Director Comey has done and is continuing to do the best he can in a politically difficult position. He was a registered Republican most of his life; he donated to McCain in 2008 and
All of that is unfortunate and frustrating, and it may deprive Hillary of some swing voters, but it is what it is. It's unfortunate and frustrating that Hillary put herself into this situation and that the party nominated her over Bernie, but it is what it is. I don't think it will cost her the election, and it may or may not affect the down-ballot races. I'm irritated and annoyed, but it's not why I'm pissed.
I'm pissed because we are still stuck with Donald "the most UNFIT candidate since EVER" Trump in our faces, spewing a constant stream of lies...unraveling the fabric of our civil society with his rhetoric of bigotry, abuse, violence, and hate...dismantling our democracy by fomenting lawlessness and sowing doubts in the parts of our election process that actually work for the American public (as opposed to the voter suppression that he and other Republicans are doing, which work for him and the other 1%-ers but not the American public).
I'm pissed that the fat unattractive orange fucksicle still has a nonzero chance at the presidency--and his win would be an unmitigated disaster. What I really want is for Donald LOSER Trump to haul off and do something--or to have something he's already done be incontrovertibly revealed for one and all to see--so heinous that he has no choice but to slink off after he loses the election, crawl back under his rock, and retire to live off the money he has left because he can't show his face in public to do business any more.
I say that not because he's a Republican--some, I assume, are decent people--I say it because he is so dishonest and has harmed so many people that he really just needs to go the fuck away already.
Hillary Clinton has in no way shape or form harmed so many people so habitually nor so badly as Donald Trump does eight times every day before breakfast. There's no comparison.
And before you accuse me of being mean to poor ickle Donsie Wonsie, here are a few things to keep in mind: (1) he's worth $100-250 million, so, by wishing him stuck living off the money he has left, it-snot like I'm wishing him to live in poverty by any stretch of the imagination...hell, I'd be happy to have $1 million; (2) notice that I did not "send" him to prison, as he's done to Hillary loudly and often at his rallies; (3) also notice that I did not call for his assassination, as he's done to Hillary loudly and often at his rallies. I do think Donald Trump probably belongs in prison given the clear fraud that was TrumPEW and all the money he's stolen from his employees and contractors. But, hey, that's only white collar crime--you can steal a family's life savings, depriving the kids of college (and the resulting future earnings) and the parents of retirement and get off with a slap on the wrist like two years. It would be more of a ding to his ego than anything else--it wouldn't have any more impact on him than it did on Martha Stewart. But he'd probably be allowed to settle out of court anyway, which would still mean he'd get off lightly...paying the injured parties far less than he actually owed them. So even wishing for him to come to justice really wouldn't mean much in the grand scheme of things. The only offense Donald Trump could (and possibly did) commit that would get him less of a prison term than white collar crime is rape. After all, it-snot like he's a Black kid who got caught with a dose of pot or crack--then they'd throw him in jail for at least 25 years and throw away the key, even if the kid was a nonviolent offender. Just let that sink in for a minute.
Donald Trump has basically proven that crime does pay if you're already rich.
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 and your elderly rellies for me. Trust me--you and they are worth it! And please, whatever you do, VOTE FOR HILLARY and VOTE BLUE ALL THE WAY DOWN!
As Michelle Obama remarked recently, President Obama won NC by only two votes per precinct, so your vote REALLY MATTERS! Just ask Al Gore, who lost Florida, and thus the election, by a mere 537 votes. John McCain and CAPITULATed Cruz both vow NEVER to approve ANY of Hillary's SCOTUS nominees EVER--they're arrogating to Congress the power to disband the Supreme Court!!--and other Republicans are already vowing to start impeachment hearings on Inauguration Day if not sooner! Is this really how you want your tax dollars spent--obstructing rather than governing...wasted in endless, pointless
Please, dear ones--don't vote with your middle finger unless it's against bigotry, sexual assault, and everything else that Republicans and Donald Trump embody. And while you're VOTING BLUE, make sure your elderly friends and rellies can get to the polls and VOTE BLUE too!
And then...pour yourself a Fireball and have a great weekend! I lurves y'all MADLEH!
- 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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Similarly, I never hated George W. Bush;
nor do I hate Donald J. Trump;
nor do I hate Republicans;
nor do I hate my Tea Party Christian friend.
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The Daily Telegraph: Religious people find it harder to understand the world – study
A word from Daily Kos
Trump campaign: 'We have three major voter suppression operations under way'
...Friends, please VOTE BLUE ALL THE WAY DOWN--we have to get these bastards OUT of OUR government!!!!!
DNC files legal action against RNC for election violations—Republicans are Trump-f*cked again
...Note that it's "violations"...as in plural. Friends, this is who they are, which is why they got Trump!
Somebody realized that Donald Trump is actually a dinosaur character from the 1990s--and it's uncanny
...Pretty funny--hehe!
A word from FiveThirtyEight
Clinton Leads Trump — And Obama And Reagan — In The Newspaper Endorsement Race
...Yes, Clinton is flawed, but yes, she is qualified...and Trump is such an egregious disaster that he has ZERO endorsements, and she has a crap-ton.
Election Update: The FBI Is Back — This Time With Anthony Weiner
...I think I'm going to leave the country for a week after this election is over and go someplace nice and warm and sunny and sit on a beach alone by myself, curled up in a fetal ball, WITHOUT INTERNET, PHONES, ETC. ETC. ETC.!!!!! GRRRRR!!!!!
Election Update: The Polls Disagree, And That's OK
...Yes, the race is tightening (GO VOTE FOR HILLARY!!!!!); yes, Hillary is still in a strong position (don't get complacent!); but yes, Donnie could still narrowly win (GO VOTE FOR HILLARY!!!!!).
Senate Update: Rubio Is Keeping The Republicans' Hopes Alive In The Senate
...He's consistently polled better than Patrick Murphy, so he's far more likely to win. Phuque!!
Don't Read Too Much Into Early Voting
...Some folks are getting out and voting early to avoid Republican voter intimidation and suppression. When I brought my dad to vote and voted early myself, I can definitely say that the thought crossed my mind, even though we're both white and look pretty middle class.
White And Nonwhite LGBT People Agree: They Like Clinton And Don't Like Trump
One North Carolina County Shows The Cracks In The GOP's Defenses
...I only hope it's enough to give the state to Clinton on November 8.
Senate Update: GOP Candidates Are Doing Better Than Trump — And May Still Lose
A word from POLITICO
Trump's For-Profit Campaign
...By skipping the campaign trail to hawk his properties, Donnie shows that he's already resigned to losing the election and is retrenching to his old "successes" and next steps.
How Trump Is Dividing Jerry Falwell's University
...Don't look to Liberty University to be a hotbed of free speech--for the students or the teachers.
'We Are in for a Pretty Long Civil War'
...Donald Trump has done serious damage to the Republican party, and there are several possible outcomes.
A word from Vox
The unsatisfying truth about the Clinton-FBI news: we don't know anything yet
...Yeah, I don't think Director Comey is pulling punches, so I just don't see any there there.
This "fun" interactive lets you explore what's new in voter suppression since 2012
...This is the first election in 50 years without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Blacks especially will feel the effects, but Republicans are also going after Latinos, women, seniors, and other minorities. And now they can do so with relative impunity. This is why we all MUST VOTE! It's the only chance we have!!!!!
A newly surfaced video shows Donald Trump grabbing and kissing a former Miss Universe onstage
...This is an important article: it highlights not only Donald Trump's false sense of entitlement to women's bodies but also his vindictiveness in vowing to humiliate people whenever he doesn't get his way. Hillary will surely never put herself in a position of lax information security ever again--she listens and learns
--but Donald Trump can't just wake up some fine morning and decide not to be who he is. And who he is is a bully and a serial abuser. Friends, Donald Trump's behavior is not small potatoes. It is who he is, and who he is is dangerous. To ALL OF US.
Donald Trump mistook a black supporter for a protester and called him a "thug"
...Because of course he did! He's so unused to seeing unfamiliar, unpaid people of color at his events that what else was he to assume?
Watch Mark Kirk use race — yes, race — to question Tammy Duckworth's patriotism
...The filthy son of a bitch!! How dare he question Tammy's patriotism--she is a war hero! Mark Kirk, on the other hand, lied about his service record.
Obamacare is a godsend for me. Premium hikes are bad — but not having insurance is worse.
...I've heard wildly mixed reviews of Obamacare from liberal friends. So far, more like it than not. And I'm talking about real people here--actual users. Still, though, it's a small sample set. But riddle me this, Batman--do you really think Donald Trump would fix it? I think Hillary would.
How John Podesta's email got hacked, and how to not let it happen to you
...What a shitstorm he--and we--could have avoided. I need to go duct-tape my haid.
The ABA wouldn't run a piece calling Trump a "libel bully." Here it is.
..."An American Bar Association journal commissioned an article on Donald Trump's frivolous lawsuits--then worried they'd be a target." What a bunch of cowards! I mean, cheez--you'd think they'd have...oh, I dunno...a lawyer or something hanging around who might...oh, I dunno...be able to defend them in court or something...!
The reality of Trump's alt-right trolls: they'll put your 7-year-old's face on a gas chamber
...Holy shit--this is what the alt-right crowd is doing to a fellow Republican! Imagine what they'd do to YOU!
25 years after Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas has another accuser
...This was a woman of white privilege he groped. And, no, these women are not coming out against Thomas or Trump for the money--no one is recruiting them, and no one is paying them a dime.
Michelle Obama on Trump's "rigged election" talk: "they are trying to take away your hope"
...I have a Randi Rhodes vid below that features this clip of FLOTUS's speech. I love Michelle Obama--I hope she runs for president some day!
The verdict for those armed militants who took over a federal building is white privilege in action
...I shit you not, friends--the verdict came back "not guilty." How in FSM's everlovin' name is that even possible when they LIVE STREAMED themselves TAKING OVER the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge?!?? The poor federal Bureau of Land Management employees who went in to clean up the mess afterward said that Y'all Qaeda had literally shit all over the place--the clean-up was massive. And guess who gets to pay for all the damage these jackasses did--that's right! YOU do! And I do! Donald Trump won't though--he's too
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Last month, agricultural giant Monsanto accepted a $66 billion offer from chemical titan Bayer AG to merge into one enormous, unrestrictedly powerful, megacorporation.
That’s right — Bayer, the infamous producer of neonicotinoids, a chemical linked to mass bee deaths, is joining forces with Monsanto, the seller of glyphosate-packed herbicides linked to mass butterfly deaths and other negative environmental impacts.
If this merger goes through, our pollinators don’t stand a chance. Fortunately, before any deal is final, the Department of Justice’s Anti-Trust Division needs to approve it.
We’re collecting 100,000 signatures from environmental advocates like you to urge the Department of Justice to reject this dangerous deal. Will you join us?
Sign the petition from League of Conservation Voters and Daily Kos: Don’t let Bayer and Monsanto threaten our honeybees »
Earlier this year, the EPA began its assessments of four dangerous neonicotinoids, so far finding that at least one of them poses risks to honeybees. Hundreds of thousands of people across the country have spoken out on behalf of our honeybees, but Bayer has yet to slow production of neonics and other harmful pesticides.
Both Bayer and Monsanto have argued this merger would benefit consumers and farmers...but we know better. We know this merger would only further threaten populations of critically important pollinators like honeybees and monarch butterflies.
Lawmakers in both the U.S. Senate and Germany, as well as concerned citizens, are standing up in opposition to this merger. They understand the devastating consequences a Bayer-Monsanto megacorporation could have on honeybees, our food, and our economy. If enough of us speak out right now, we can stop this dangerous megamerger and save our bees!
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The Bayer-Monsanto megamerger presents a new kind of threat to honeybees, butterflies, crops, farm workers, consumers, and our nation. Put simply, this deal is bad for everyone.
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From Daily Kos--Help GOTV in swing states so we can stop leaking oil products into our water
This week over 55,000 gallons of gas leaked into the Susquehanna River, and police attacks against the water protectors fighting the Dakota Access pipeline are violently escalating.
It's painfully clear that we need bold progressive leaders to fight against climate change and huge corporations willing to poison entire communities' drinking water supplies for profit.
Nearly 15,000 Daily Kos members have volunteered to get out the vote to keep Donald Trump away from the White House. But stopping Trump isn't enough. We also need champions in Congress -- leaders in the House and the Senate who will stand up to Big Oil and corporate polluters everywhere.
Daily Kos is partnering with NextGen Climate to reach out to voters in crucial swing states to elect climate champions this year. Will you join us? Click here to sign up for your volunteer shift.
Voters in swing states will be key in determining not only the presidency, but also tight Senate and House races as well. With a liberal Congress, we can finally start to pass real, sustainable climate legislation. But to get there, we have to make sure they get out to the polls.
You could make a huge difference in this election from your very own home. Help us call and text swing state voters. Even if you've never done this before, NextGen Climate has training and support to make it as easy as possible to pitch in.
Click here to sign up for a volunteer shift with Daily Kos and NextGen Climate. Once you're signed up, you'll get more information about how to plug in and about who you're calling.
Want to help but can't volunteer? Chip in $3 to help Daily Kos Get Out the Vote.
Keep fighting,
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From SumOfUs: Procter & Gamble uses slave labor!!
What’s the link between household brands Head & Shoulders, Covergirl, and Gillette?
Modern slavery.
The brands’ parent company, Procter & Gamble (P&G), purchases conflict palm oil from the world’s largest palm oil plantation operator, Malaysian company Felda Global Ventures (Felda). Felda deals in the human trafficking of its plantation workers, confiscating close to 30,000 passports, and still works with labor contractors and recruiters who charge enormous fees to trafficked foreign workers.
Plantation workers are trapped in modern day slavery, all to produce palm oil that ends up in P&G products. The multinational consumer goods company is well aware of the problem, and yet still buys conflict palm oil from its joint venture partner Felda.
P&G is getting ready to publish its 2016 sustainability progress report, and the company knows that customers and investors are watching. Now’s the perfect moment to force P&G to pressure its supplier and business partner to do the right thing and stop this human catastrophe. Felda can’t afford to lose a partner like P&G.
Tell Procter & Gamble: cut conflict palm oil from your company’s supply chain and ensure that modern day slavery does not continue in Felda Global Ventures’ operations.
Procter & Gamble can’t pretend to ignore the plantation workers’ ordeal. A 2015 Wall Street Journal article documented the human rights violations happening in Felda palm oil plantations. Because they’re complicit, companies like Procter & Gamble are responsible for the plight of modern slaves either working on palm oil plantations or dying on their way there. Last year, Thai and Malaysian police found nearly 150 bodies of people thought to have died in human traffickers’ camps at the border.
Mohammad Rubel, who was smuggled into Malaysia by traffickers and was later held captive in a jungle camp, says he worked on a palm plantation for six months without receiving a salary. Muhi, another worker, says that “there is no escape,” and that Felda contractors “bring policemen and threaten to send us to jail.” In Malaysia illegally and without passports, these workers are trapped for the sake of cheap palm oil.
Over
the past two years, we pushed companies like McDonald's and Starbucks
coffee to adopt zero deforestation palm oil policies. We've also focused our efforts on the improvement of human and workers’ rights in the palm oil sector with campaigns targeting PepsiCo and Unilever. It’s time for Procter & Gamble to stand by its principles and save close to 30,000 palm oil workers from modern slavery.
Tell Procter & Gamble: cut conflict palm oil from your company’s supply chain and ensure that modern day slavery does not continue in Felda Global Ventures’ operations.
Thanks for all that you do,
Hanna, Fatah, and the team at SumOfUs
More information:
Palm-Oil Migrant Workers Tell of Abuses on Malaysian Plantations, The Wall Street Journal. 26 July 2015
Malaysian Palm Oil Giant Felda Global Ventures (FGV) Remains Embroiled in Modern Day Slavery Controversy, Rainforest Action Network. 17 March 2016.
Customer letter to FELDA, 23 September 2016
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On Tuesday, former acting CIA director and Hillary Clinton adviser Michael Morell advocated going to war with Iran for the sake of securing Saudi Arabia’s domination of Yemen.
Urge your reps. to repudiate Morell's remarks & oppose his nomination to any position in the next Administration by signing our petition at MoveOn.
The last thing the Saudi war in Yemen needs is U.S. military escalation. The Saudi war in Yemen needs a lasting ceasefire and a political and diplomatic resolution. That is much more likely if the U.S. threatens to withdraw from the war than if the U.S. threatens to escalate the war.
MoveOn and CREDO blasted Morell's remarks. MoveOn said: "Michael Morell’s comments at CAP yesterday are alarming. That sort of bellicose rhetoric leads to unnecessary wars." CREDO said: "Morell’s suggestion that the U.S. Navy should start a war with Iran is wildly irresponsible and detrimental to our national security. Publicly advocating such a reckless position should disqualify Morell from playing a role in any future administration.”
Urge your Representative & Senators to repudiate Morell's remarks & oppose his nomination to any position in the next Administration by signing and sharing our petition.
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Urge your reps. to repudiate Morell's remarks & oppose his nomination to any position in the next Administration by signing our petition at MoveOn.
The last thing the Saudi war in Yemen needs is U.S. military escalation. The Saudi war in Yemen needs a lasting ceasefire and a political and diplomatic resolution. That is much more likely if the U.S. threatens to withdraw from the war than if the U.S. threatens to escalate the war.
MoveOn and CREDO blasted Morell's remarks. MoveOn said: "Michael Morell’s comments at CAP yesterday are alarming. That sort of bellicose rhetoric leads to unnecessary wars." CREDO said: "Morell’s suggestion that the U.S. Navy should start a war with Iran is wildly irresponsible and detrimental to our national security. Publicly advocating such a reckless position should disqualify Morell from playing a role in any future administration.”
Urge your Representative & Senators to repudiate Morell's remarks & oppose his nomination to any position in the next Administration by signing and sharing our petition.
Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,
Robert Naiman, Avram Reisman, and Sarah Burns
Just Foreign Policy
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From Daily Kos--Can you drive voters to the DMV to get their voter IDs?
Conservatives are losing. But rather than accept reality, they're instead questioning the integrity of our electoral system and falsely claiming the election is rigged.
But with early voting underway in several states, the real-world effects of actual voter suppression have begun to bubble up.
In many states, voter ID laws are disenfranchising seniors, veterans, people of color, young adults, people with disabilities and individuals with low incomes. And while citizens without voter IDs can get one free of charge, it can be difficult for people to get them without access to transportation.
Are you available to drive potential voters to the DMV to help them acquire a voter ID? Sign up to help make sure all eligible voters have the ID they need to cast a ballot!
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That's why Daily Kos is teaming up with VoteRiders, a nonprofit dedicated to matching local volunteers with eligible voters that need a ride to pick up their voter ID. VoteRiders has a Voter ID Hotline Coordinator in each state. Once you sign up, if they have a voter near you who needs a ride to get their ID to vote, they will contact you to work out the logistics.
We have less than two weeks to make sure eligible voters aren't kept out of the electoral process due to voter suppression schemes like voter ID laws. Can you help?
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From UltraViolet--TRUMP CAMPAIGN ADMITS TO VOTER SUPPRESSION! So flip Trump the middle finger and VOTE BLUE all the way down!
Today, a top level Trump staffer actually admitted that the Trump campaign is running voter suppression operations around the country, one of which is expressly trying to prevent young women from voting.1
This is serious--the only way Trump can win is if pro-women voters are prevented from casting their ballots. Can you take two minutes to make a plan to vote?
Here are your options:
- If you don't want to wait another day, you might not have to! Thirty-seven states plus Washington, D.C. have in-person early voting. You can check if your state has early voting here.
- If your state does not have early voting, think about your plans on Tuesday, November 8th. Can't make it to the polls? Learn how to get your absentee ballot here. But act fast--time is running out to request an absentee ballot!
- If you are going to vote on Election Day, November 8th, find your polling place today and make a plan to get there.
Thanks for making a plan!
--Nita, Shaunna, Kat, Karin, Adam, Holly, Kathy, Onyi, Susan, Anathea, Audine, Ryan, Shannon, Megan, Libby, Emma, PaKou, and Pilar, the UltraViolet Action team
Sources:
1. Inside the Trump Bunker, With 12 Days to Go, Bloomberg Businessweek, October 27, 2016
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This is why we need STEM in our schools...
we'd have fewer Republicans
if kids learned math
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This is why we need STEM in our schools...
we'd have fewer Republicans
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29 October update:
As you know if you follow this blawg, I support Hillary Clinton for the presidency.
Why?
Because she has a great deal of merit on her own for one reason, and because Donald Trump is such an unmitigated disaster for another. Another reason is that Republicans have already sworn to stonewall Hillary--including any SCOTUS nomination she may make. Their dedication to NOT doing their jobs is why WE MUST VOTE BLUE DOWN THE LINE. The Republicans have become unabashed anarchists, and, if we don't show them the door now, they will only become bolder and bolder. Just like the trailer trash that took over the Malheur wildlife refuge.
Even though I've grown to admire Hillary Clinton greatly over the past few months of digging through all the "scandals" only to find that there's no there there and that Dot Calm's admiration of her was well founded, I still strive to provide my readership with the most honest, objective, unbiased information I can get--even if it's unflattering to Hillary.
Unfortunately, I'm not an investigative journalist (do we even allow those in this country any more?); I have a day job; and I don't have fact checkers. I mention this because I'm sure I must be misstating things from time to time, despite my best efforts. And the battle we're in right now is so important that it's hard enough for me to keep up with what's happening moment to moment--it's virtually impossible for me to go back and correct previous posts. I spend hours and hours on this blog--usually at least 3 hours daily--just because I love you, my readers, and because I love my country. I don't get a penny. All I get is the knowledge that, at the end of the day, I will given everything I could for the welfare of my country, and I will have left it all on the field...right down to the donations I make, for which I have to postpone or sacrifice from among daily necessities.
In short, yes, I desperately want Hillary and the rest of the down-ballot Democrats to win by a landslide this November, but I also want us to know what we are getting so that we can back Bernie effectively come January.
Damn, son--I might just have to brave the freezing cold and drag my happy self to the inauguration just to stand witness once Hillary finally makes it in after all this Republican bullshit.
And now...here's a very important Randi Rhodes video that goes into the James Comey letter far better than I did yesterday, and it gives information on the Russian hacks and on Donald Trump's connection to them and WikiLeaks--there is video proof of the connection that I'm hunting down to post next time. Oh, and I agree with everything Randi says. Hillary and Obama need to get out in front and say what they know, even if it's nothing.
ICYMI time...
This Randi Rhodes video is super-important, so if you missed it last time, please be sure to watch it this time
Same for this Keith Olbermann video
And for this one--that Trump mon is some seriously bad juju
Now for some new stuff...
Holy crap--have you heard about Donald Trump's remarks on the death of Jett Travolta? This is a real shocker--and I thought I was finished being shocked by Donald Trump!
Rachel Maddow: Trump doesn't rent to "the N word"--not just Fred but Donald, too. Friends, the evidence is damning, and this is a Very Big Deal.
I recently read and posted a link to an article about how Donald Trump extracted wealth from Atlantic City. Here's a video on the failure of Donald Trump's casinos in case you missed the article. It's bad, bad news. Signature Donald Trump business failures for signature Donald Trump reasons--AND THIS IS HOW HE WANTS TO RUN THE COUNTRY!!!!! Ruin it, more like.
Randi Rhodes--Michelle Obama on just how necessary it is to vote. Did you know that Obama only won NC by TWO VOTES PER PRECINCT? THAT'S how important your vote is!!!!!
Like other Republicans, Newt Gingrich doesn't understand the difference between sex and sexual assault. According to Wochit, which provides a brief commentary on the original video, Stephen Colbert apparently had to give Newtie a little heart-to-heart talk about consent. When The Late Show with Stephen Colbert uploads the video, I'll post it (if I remember!).
Here's an actual Stephen Colbert video to make up for that last place-holder...
Seth Meyers is so awesome! Friends, don't miss this video--it's real news but presented with a delicious spritz of funneh!
I sooooo wanna see this fucker squeezed into pink underwear, broiling in the searing Arizona summer heat in one of his own fucking tents, and sucking down baloney or PB&J sammiches for his sole sustenance because he refuses to follow the law or take responsibility for his own actions.
Hum. Some of the pyrite-leaf veneer has fallen off Ivanka Trump...
TrumpTV--it's unwatchably bad, but Cenk watched it so you don't have to!
Cray-cray for Trae-Trae. Friends, please listen to Trae and don't vote with your middle fingers unless it's against Trump.
'Til next time, check out these great channels:
...or, if you just want something mindless and fun, try Tested
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As promised at the top, Seth Andrews's
Ghost Stories 2016...
BOO!
As promised at the top, Seth Andrews's
Ghost Stories 2016...
BOO!
posted by Dot Calm @ 6:15 PM
