tRump SCANDAL OVERLOAD...VREEP VREEP VREEP! SHUT IT ALL DOWN--interim government NOW 'til we can figure out what the hell is going on!!!
SHUT IT DOWN NOW!!!!!
INTERIM GOVERNMENT NOW!!!!!
Shut the government down COMPLETELY until we can figure out what the hell is going on!
SPECIAL ELECTION NOW!!!!!
TRUMP'S ACTIONS ARE UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!
REPUBLICANS' RULE-BREAKING IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!
DEMOCRATS' CAVING IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!
SHUT IT ALL DOWN NOW!!!!!
THIS IS NOT NORMAL
NEVER LET IT BECOME NORMAL
EVER!
DON'T GIVE IN
STAY ANGRY
trump voters stayed angry for eight years,
which is why we are having this conversation.
STAY WOKE!!!!!
AND KEEP FIGHTING!!!!!
Hello again, dear ones -
There isn't a lot to add since Tuesday's post except for one ugly piece of news: Teathuglikkkants intent on fucking over the poor tried to revive their DOA health "care" bill by massively reworking it and forcing it down the House's throat--with tRump's bullying to back them up.
So, the zombie that should have died before it was even born lives. Although it sounds like the bill has been pulled and will not be put forward for a vote this week, you just know that the zombie may revive any day now...
If you didn't catch the update Randi Rhodes video I linked to yesterday in Tuesday's post and which has since been taken down (bummer!), please consider going to Randi's website and buying the stinkin' podcast--she gives the whole dreadful history of Neil Gorsuch...how he TWISTS and MANGLES the law to fit his pro-rich-and-powerful agenda...like how, during his SCOTUS "confirmation" hearings, the actual SCOTUS unanimously overturned Gorsuch's ruling on the IDEA case with the autistic boy, in which Gorsuch ruled to deny the boy an appropriate education that could benefit him for life, and the actual SCOTUS made it clear that Gorsuch has NO understanding of the law under IDEA...how Gorsuch clearly values property over human life by ruling against the "frozen trucker" when every other judge on the case ruled in his favor that he should never have been fired for saving his own life and protecting others from injury or death...and how, during baby Bush's pursuit of torture, Gorsuch decided that Bush, not us, was his client and accepted without question and without evidence the Bush administration's claim that torture prevents terrorism (IT DOESN'T)...and how Gorsuch even advised Bush that he could sign the torture ban with a signing statement proclaiming that the ban didn't apply to him.
So, it's abundantly clear that Gorsuch has ZERO understanding of the law OR his role as a public servant.
And, again, tRump has no right to nominate or have hearings on ANYONE, given that (1) he's under FBI investigation (for treason), (2) it's the last year of his tenure in the White House, and (3) they SHOULD be having hearings for Merrick Garland, anyway!
And then there's Rep. Devin Nunes, running straight to tRump--the perpetrator--with his "investigation's" findings, thus obliterating his own credibility as a public servant and any chance that the House investigation of tRump's Russian ties is even remotely fair, thorough, and untainted by partisanship. Can you say "cover-up"? I knew you could!
And then there's Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas), who, when asked about repealing Obamacare, quipped that he wouldn't want to lose his mammogram coverage. A woman replied, yeah, she wouldn't want to lose her prostate cancer screening coverage, either. Srsly, though, folks--if you ever doubted that Republicans are all for themselves, dog eat dog, and fuck everyone else, Pat Roberts exemplifies it. Just like Paul Ryan, who's been dreaming since his kegger days of murdering poor people by denying them their benefits so that he can give OUR hard-earned tax money to the rich who already don't pay their fair share and who already have w-a-y more money than they need to live on. These are the same people who, because they're men, don't want women covered by health insurance. Especially for pregnancy. Can you imagine being married to one of these pieces of filth and having to sleep with them? You know they've got all the Viagra in the world covered by their health insurance....
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Moar m00bies!
Cheez...Repukes sure hate teh poorz...
Manafort's going down...he's in (over his head in trouble) like Flynn!
Trevor Noah laments the firehose of scandal in our post-truth news cycles
White House staffers try to lie about the golfer-in-thief's "schedule"...why not just call the fat orange bastard what he is--a retiree!?
Another ignorant, arrogant, phony of a tRump clown...
More on moron Devin Nunes--he claims he's never heard of Carter Page or Roger Stone! WTF?!?? I'm just an ordinary citizen with a dad and a day job, and even I know who these slimy assholes are!!!!!
Yummy!
21 March 2017 post:
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
Geez, friends--where do I begin?
Let's start with NO SCOTUS FOR SCROTUS...
Monday's Congressional hearing with FBI Director James Comey officially confirmed that the tragedy of errors that is tRump and his "administration" is under investigation for its ties to Russia, including the investigation of collusion in Russia's rigging of OUR election.
As Keith Olbermann says, if tRump had a quarter of a brain, he'd RESIGN now; if tRump had half a brain, he'd skip the country NOW. I'd add that, if tRump had three-quarters of a brain, he'd go somewhere that doesn't have extradition treaties with the United States. Like Paraguay. Or, in tRump's case, he and his whole benighted "administration" should all go back to the open arms of Mother Russia...and take every last Republican with them since the Republicans just luuuuurve the "commies" now. (Saint Ronbo of the Raygun must be rolling in his grave...!)
So, I reiterate: tRump and his so-called administration are under FBI investigation. For treason.
And Repukes want to hold confirmation hearings for women-hating, LGBTQ+-hating, ordinary American-hating, Constitution-hating, dictator-loving, oligarch-loving, fascist-loving god-botherer Neil Gorsuch?!??
Are you fucking KIDDING me?!??
The elephant in the room is that we're talking about a STOLEN seat. Republicans' ONLY right and responsibility is to hold confirmation hearings for MERRICK GARLAND, who's no progressive but who's a damn sight better than Neil "FUCK YOU, non-rich/white/male/straight/Christian Americans" Gorsuch.
It's so nuts...
Obama jumped through his own asshole to give the Repukes their own fucking healthcare bill--Romneycare, as invented by the right-wing Heritage Foundation. Not only did center-right Obama not wish to be mistaken for a liberal or progressive, but he also wanted to prove to the rest of us that the Repukes hate Blacks with so seething of a passion that they'd shoot down their own healthcare program by fighting against it tooth and nail, until little Marco Rubio finally poisoned it in December 2015 by reneging on the government's contract with insurers to recompense them for losses covering the "high risk corridor" until all Americans had signed on and thus brought costs down.
Obama jumped through his own asshole to give the Repukes their own fucking SCOTUS candidate--centrist Merrick Garland, whom tighty-whitey-righty Senators Orrin Hatch, upChuck Grassley, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, and others have historically had nothing but praise for:
“Merrick B. Garland is highly qualified to sit on the D.C. circuit. His intelligence and his scholarship cannot be questioned… His legal experience is equally impressive… Accordingly, I believe Mr. Garland is a fine nominee. I know him personally, I know of his integrity, I know of his legal ability, I know of his honesty, I know of his acumen, and he belongs on the court. I believe he is not only a fine nominee, but is as good as Republicans can expect from this administration. In fact, I would place him at the top of the list.”
“I have nothing against the nominee. Mr. Garland seems to be well qualified and would probably make a good judge — in some other court.”
“He has a high position with the Department of Justice and, by all accounts, does a good job there. There will be a number of judgeship vacancies in the D.C. trial judges. He has been a trial lawyer. He would be a good person to fill one of those. I would feel comfortable supporting him for another judgeship.”
“I believe Mr. Garland is well qualified for the court of appeals. He earned degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and clerked for Judge Friendly on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Justice Brennan on the Supreme Court and, since 1993, he has worked for the Department of Justice. So there is no question, he is qualified to serve on the court.”
“I have no reservations about Mr. Garland’s qualifications or character to serve in this capacity. He had an excellent academic record at both Harvard College and Harvard Law School before serving as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. Also, he has served in distinguished positions in private law practice and with the Department of Justice. Moreover, I have no doubt that Mr. Garland is a man of character and integrity.”
“[T]he nominee has the character and is highly qualified for the position.”Thus, again, Obama set out to prove that Repukes' seething hatred against Blacks overrides their love of this nation, their ability to do the job paid for by OUR taxes, and their ability even to uphold standards of common decency by delegitimizing an entire branch of our three-co-equal-branch government.
That's right, friends--Republicans hate Blacks so very, very much that they're willing to destroy our very government because there was a Black man in the White House, and, as Dot Calm would say, they had to stand up whenever he entered the room.
So, the SCOTUS seat that they're actually having confirmation hearings over NOW is a STOLEN seat that belongs to Merrick Garland because Repukes hated Obama too much even to do their jobs and hold confirmation hearings for him.
And, again, tRump is under FBI investigation over his ties to Russia, which also means that the Repukes have NO RIGHT to be having these hearings.
What we really need is an interim government NOW--we need a complete GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN until we can figure out what the hell is going on!
But even if tRump were a legitimate president, and this were not a stolen SCOTUS seat, Democracy Now! reports that Neil Gorsuch failed to provide sufficient information on his history and philosophy to the confirmation committee in sufficient time for them to review those materials fully prior to the hearing. When he finally did give, it was a huge dump, impossible for staffers to sift through in time. (The story is linked in the DN! headlines below.)
And if that's not enough, Neil Gorsuch is still just about the worst possible candidate to fill that seat. If you've been tracking CADOF and CCC, you've seen the anti-birth-control, anti-pregnant-working-woman, anti-regulation, pro-apartheid, pro-voter-suppression, pro-date-rape-frat, pro-extreme-fascist, pro-expanding-the-executive-over-Congress-and-SCOTUS, pro-Hobby-Lobby, pro-business-over-people, pro-torture positions he's taken over his lifetime. As Nancy Pelosi says, Gorsuch is terrible for women and is dangerous if you eat food, drink water, breathe air, take medication, interact with the courts, are a child with autism...!
And if all that isn't bad enough, Gorsuch is a young man--at only 49, Gorsuch stands to destroy our democracy and civil and consumer rights for the next 40-50 years.
Jesus pimple-face Christ.
So! What else is going on in our dying democracy?
By now, you've already heard about tRump's "budget"--a masterpiece of penny-unwise, pound-bullshit windfall-for-the-rich, punitive-austerity-for-everyone-else, destroy-everything-good bile that not even Ebenezer Scrooge could have conceived in his worst case of constipated, insomniac heartburn.
That's right--tRump's own supporters would be hurt worst by their boi's shit-storm of cruelty and hate, including older and disabled voters on Social Security, Medicaid (which he wants to gut via trumpcare), and Meals on Wheels. Did you know that over half a million veterans rely on Meals on Wheels? Yup--all those nice military men and women tRump used as props in his campaign rallies and ads are all going to be royally fucked by their boi's FU budget. Not even Ayn Rand Paul Ryan would have proposed a budget that unmaskedly cruel, destructive, and severe on his own Teathuglikkkant base...at least, not without brainwashing them into wanting it first...which is why we can't have nice things.
I know--let's make tRump and all the Repukes live on the minimum wage and healthcare they want for us and see how they like it.
Those pampered, panty-waist pansies wouldn't last a day.
SMH.
And then, there's the "Working for Women" "award" Mike
How much you wanna bet that the "committee" that gave
Friends, the tRump scandals flow like hot-and-cold running raw sewage...I can hardly keep up, and I'll bet you can't either. When you watch todaze m00bies, you'll see just how much I'm leaving out of this essay. Like tRump being too much of a scared baby to shake hands with Ph.D. physicist and leader of the free world Angela Merkel. Or Irish PM handing tRump his ass on a plate with a stunning speech about immigration after tRump and his motley crew of fools embarrassed themselves with insulting jokes and Nigerian proverbs. Or tRump skipping out on a veterans' meeting without excuse or explanation. Or tRump claiming he was busy with meetings all day only to out himself with a golf-course selfie. Or Comey fact-checking tRump's tweets in real time. Or or or or or...
Heck, it's so bad that the "Fat Leonard" Navy scandal--which, during a legitimate presidency, would have blared across front-page headlines--barely merited a peep in the media given the unrelenting barrage of tRumpian malfeasance, malice, and mischief. In case Fat Leonard oozed past you, let Rachel Maddow fill you in on the repulsive back-story and grimy details:
Ugh.
Well, dear ones, that's what I'm here for: to do my best to keep you well informed so you can GO FUCKNG VOTE!!!!!
PLEASE!!!!!
I have some information for y'all today along with a few headlines and a bunch of m00bies, so sit down, strap
Headlines
Choo choo time
Newsweek: Senators Question Whether Trump Adviser Gorka Has Ties to Nazi-Linked Group
...Friends, this MUST be investigated NOW!!!!!
Crooks and Liars: Wait, Did Trump Dish Classified Info To Tucker Carlson?
...Ranking House intel Democrat Adam Schiff says that, when it comes to disclosing that the CIA was hacked, trump may have just done what he bitches about most: LEAK.
The Guardian: If Gorsuch is confirmed, the legitimacy of the US supreme court won't recover | Russ Feingold
New York Magazine: Report: Bharara Was Investigating Tom Price When Fired
...Preet Bharara was investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price's insider stock trading and wrongdoing by FOX "News" at trump tower when he was fired. He refused to resign when told--by forcing the tRump administration to fire him, he bought himself 24 hours to hand off his casework so that the investigations could continue without him. A man of such high caliber always lands on his feet, as evidenced by The New York Times's article: Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to Join N.Y.U.'s Law School.
Newsweek: Meet Robert Mercer, the Mysterious Billionaire Benefactor of Breitbart
The Guardian: Robert Mercer: the big data billionaire waging war on mainstream media
...And our democracy. Mercer is the billionaire behind trump, ban'em, and Breitbart and is lousy with Russian connections of his own.
My Palm Beach Post: Yachts of Trump financial backer, Russian oligarch seen together
BuzzFeed: Trans Women Shouldn't Have To Constantly Defend Their Own Womanhood
...There's a not-even-wrong notion out there that trans women benefit from male privilege and are usurping feminism. I beg to differ. Being the constant target of bullying, insults, beatings, humiliation, and death threats hardly constitutes male privilege.
Oh, noes!
Friends, we've lost two legends this week:
the great Chuck Berry
and blues harmonica legend and side man
the inimitable James Cotton.
Go look them up on YouTube--
you're in for a treat!
Here's a sample to get you started:
"Brown-Eyed Handsome Man"
Chuck is the gent in the gold shirt.
Here's Chuck Himself singing "Nadine"
Here's Paul McCartney's zydeco take on the song:
at a meet-and-greet.
You couldn't ask to meet a funnier, nicer, more humble Great Man than James Cotton.
What an honor
to have walked the earth with him!
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Petulant man-child Trump refuses to shake German Chancellor Merkel's hand
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German media shows how it's done, asks Trump about wiretapping claim. Trump, of course, is a jackass
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White House emails biting satire on Trump's budget to entire "1600 Daily" list
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Trump supporters hang with their guy on Trumpcare because he'll take away 'those people's' insurance
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Are you sick of highly-paid teachers?
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Trump celebrates St. Patrick's Day by reading an 'Irish proverb' (that is Nigerian, not Irish)
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FBI arrests man who tweeted Newsweek's Kurt Eichenwald to induce an epileptic seizure
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On his second trip abroad, Rex Tillerson reportedly cut meetings short due to 'fatigue'
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America
needs a Supreme Court Justice who will stand up to Trump’s reckless,
runaway administration. Gorsuch is not that justice. Tell the Senate to
block his confirmation.
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Trump's propaganda arm complains Meals on Wheels has 'fiercely loyal constituency' ... hungry people
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Exhausted Rex Tillerson threatens a preemptive strike on North Korea
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White House sends email praising Trump's budget, cites article mocking Trump's budget
- Report: Preet Bharara was investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price at the time of his firing
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Trump holds a 'lock her up' rally, admits Trumpcare hurts his voters, and says most Trump thing ever
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When Chris Matthews hits it out of the park ...
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Congressman says Trump appears to have revealed classified information during Fox News interview
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White House forced to apologize to Great Britain for ridiculous wiretapping claims
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Report: Senior Trump adviser took a 'lifelong loyalty oath' to Hungarian Nazi-allied organization
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Another Trumpian monster: Tom Price blows off a cancer patient's concern about losing Medicaid
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The NYPD officer whose Pride parade dance went viral has passed away from 9/11-related cancer
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Trump budget director: Feeding elderly and children has to end, it's not 'showing any results'
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Trump's budget director: Coal miners' kids need bombs, not Sesame Street
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needs a Supreme Court Justice who will stand up to Trump’s reckless,
runaway administration. Gorsuch is not that justice. Tell the Senate to
block his confirmation.
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Ignorant, unskilled, sick, hungry, cruel and violent—what Trump's budget would do for America
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Trump's reward to 'coal country'—kill jobs, training, communities, and education—you're welcome
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Trump budget slashes heat assistance for struggling families, saying it's a 'lower-impact program'
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Editorial boards across the country slam Trump's cruel budget
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Gutting the Meals on Wheels program would devastate millions, including 500,000 vets who rely on it
- Trump, Ryan budgets will kill more Americans per year than all Muslim extremist attacks combined
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SCROTUS IS CAMPAIGNING!
M00bies
22 March 2017 late-breaking addition: everything you never wanted but definitely need to know about the inhumane-if-glib Neil Gorsuch:
...hurry! It may not stay up for long! -- Dot Calm's shadow (friends, they took the video off YouTube, but you owe it to yourself to go to Randi Rhodes's site and buy the stinkin' podcast!)
More on moron Mike Flynn
With polls recently out showing Bernie's outstanding approval ratings from both parties, corporate Dems picked the wrong week to rip Bernie's "purity" test...
The CIA has oceans of blood on its hands, Glen Greenwald reminds us. You can look up interviews with him on "Democracy Now!" to get a sense of the timescale and scope. Remember when our government overthrew democratically-elected Chilean president Salvador Allende on 9/11 1973? Yup--the CIA did that. Exported American democracy looks an awful lot like fascist dictatorship. But don't believe me--just ask Iran. The CIA overthrew Muhammad Mossadeq's democratic government in 1953 and reinstalled the Shah to the throne of Iran. But that's ok cuz we're all fwends now....
Finally--a little GOOD news...!
Still more on moron Mike Flynn!
Ugh--ignorant trump voters suddenly luuuuurve their Obamacare, thinking that it's actually the new trumpcare, which hasn't even kicked in yet. And this is why we can't have nice things!
Well, the trumpanzees wanted government run like a business...meaning that the people at the top are out to get ALL the money and provide ZERO services...and meaning that...well, ya gotta watch!
Haha--Seth is totally on fleek
Our only consolation? tRump and his idiot circus are completely and utterly incompetent....
ICYMI last time (hehe)
Don't forget to read Dot Calm's shadow's favorite independent sources of news and information:
Michael Moore's FB page -- go here first and do whatever activism he suggests
Daily Kos
AlterNet
Democracy Now!
Democratic Underground
Boing Boing
Vox
Conservatives are Destroying our Future
Conservative Clown Car
God, the Good Lord Above
...skip the media outlets in the boycott list unless you want trump propaganda. And TELL their advertisers WHY you are boycotting those media outlets!
On the lighter side:
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
And check out these great channels:
Randi Rhodes Air Force
Keith Olbermann: The Resistance
Thom Hartmann
Late Night with Seth Meyers
LastWeekTonight
Secular Talk
The Young Turks
The Thinking Atheist
MisterDeity
NonStampCollector
Peas, friends. Take care of yourselves for me. Trust me--you're worth it! And go have a Fireball and some chocolate while you still can, will ya? Time is short now that the mouth of
Consider the preemptive Blogger phuqued-up phormatting disclaimer to be in effect. Grrr.
-- Dot Calm's shadow
SOPROUD: TDL
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 "dickless LOSER" trump. As I track down more information, I will continue to refine these tools.
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! Even a dollar a month from 20 people would really help right now--it would cover part of my Internet. Show me that there's more out there than just a lonely chorus of crickets!
Action List
PROTECT yourself financially, reproductively, and medically.
1. If you need a loan, get it NOW--rates have already gone up; they went up at least three times the first week or two after the election. MOVE your retirement out of the stock market and into a stable fund that is guaranteed NOT to lose your principal--if you're not risk averse, keep your money in stocks until after the inauguration...but move it out ASAP afterward because, once chump and the teathuglikkkants deregulate Wall Street, we are in for a bust that makes chimp's Great Recession look like O'Bama's recovery. Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, and their guest speakers agree that the Rethugs and chump will crash the economy by deregulating the stock market so quickly our haids will spin. The boom-bust cycle repeats every 80 years or so--as long as it takes for the last people who remember what a depression was like and fight the greedsters to die off. We're phuqued.
2. If you're a woman of reproductive age or a man who knows and loves women of reproductive age, stock up on as much "Plan B" (the "morning after" pill) as you can afford NOW. Plan to take one pill either immediately after unprotected sex or the morning after unprotected sex, and plan to take another pill 24 hours later. No matter what else you do, STOCK UP NOW on Plan B because even the best contraceptives fail, and you won't be able to get an abortion once chump and the teathuglikkkants take over. Men, get yourself snipped while you still can, too.
3. 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.
4. Don't take any new drugs approved after 2016 without doing your own research into whether they're safe and effective. Republicans are weakening the FDA to the point that it will no longer be able to verify that new drugs will work and not harm us.
Now, do your daily actions, make your daily calls, and do the rest...
DAILY ACTIONS!
Go to Michael Moore's FaceBook page and do whatever is on his to-do list:
https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/
Here's a list of short-term actions you can take right now!
1. If you can, sign up for the 29 April 2017 People's Climate March. I called into the telecon Monday evening and found it very useful. Two things stuck out: People's Climate Movement is rather new, so it's small and not yet well funded. However, they're working with the other climate organizations to build the movement and fight trump's disastrous Big Oil, Big Destruction, Big Money, Big Death agenda.
2. If you can't make the climate march but can come out a week earlier--Earch Day, 22 April 2017--then please sign up for the March for Science. The climate telecon had nearly a thousand callers-in, some of whom lamented that it would be really difficult to attend both marches. I know it took me a week to recover from the Women's March, and I'm local. PCM suggested combining with the science march, but the science march wasn't interested, seeing the protection of science as a separate issue. I disagree in the sense that we have trump's disastrous Big Oil, Big Destruction, Big Money, Big Death agenda BECAUSE of all the climate SCIENCE DENIAL. So, I'll be one of the many PCM callers-in contacting the science march people to try to get them to combine with the climate march.
3. Go help NASA archive their data--wiki wiki! (Read about it here and click through to the links if you're too lazy to check the archive of this blawg for a direct link.)
4. Go call trump's businesses and make them pass along your comments to him! Here's the link: https://whitehouseinc.org/...have fun, kidz!
5. Contact Nordstrom's and Neiman Marcus and THANK them for dumping trump! Amazon may be caving, too, to pressure to ditch Breitbart, so keep bugging Amazon and the rest of 'em to do what's in EVERYONE's best interests--not just in the best interests of white supremacists, haters, bigots, and racists--by signing this petition and boycotting the offending advertisers: https://actions.sumofus.org/a/
6. If you haven't already, go check out the Indivisible guide: https://www.indivisibleguide.
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 and demand they block trump's cabinet of swamp monsters in its entirety (from The New York Times):
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. Demand that your elected officials FILIBUSTER ALL trump's SCOTUS appointments. Supporting Citizens United or opposing the rights of women, immigrants, non-whites, non-Christians, LGBTQ+, 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 nearly 3 million.
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.
6. DEMAND that they UPHOLD AND EXPAND on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Dodd-Frank legislation. BRING BACK Glass-Steagall!
7. DEMAND that trump undergo psychological evaluation for fitness for office. Known narcissist, Dr. Sam Vaknin, explains that trump is a narcissist--and that DISQUALIFIES him for the presidency--in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5he5hXp-rU.
8. DEMAND a SPECIAL PROSECUTOR to investigate FBI director James Comey and Donald trump for interfering with the election.
9. DEMAND the Army Corps of Engineers go to Flint to dig up and replace all the poisoned pipes.
10. PRIMARY ANY AND ALL fascist Democratic DINOs who vote FOR ANY of chump's nominees. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!
AND THE REST!!
SIGN UP for daily headlines from Daily Kos, AlterNet, and "Democracy Now!" SIGN petitions. ATTEND town halls and protests. The Guardian is independent news you can use; 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,
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. Today, that means signing up for the JUSTICE DEMOCRATS and volunteering and donating whatever time and money you can!
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.
JOIN SOPROUD by joining organizations working to protect our future! SIGN UP at http://workingfamilies.org/ and find an emergency meeting near you! DOWNLOAD and FOLLOW the Indivisible Guide for instructions how best to resist trump by interacting with your elected officials in ways that will get their attention.
And don't forget to SUPPORT those in The Resistance who support YOU (like me)! If we all chip in a buck o' five, WE CAN DO THIS THING!!!!!
Boycott List
Boycott media!
Don't bother with these media outlets any more unless you want trump propaganda--these media outlets have whored themselves out to trump for access for the low, low price of "fancy" cocktails and a "fancy" dinner, consisting of Donald's shriveled orange acorn dick, at chump's "fancy" (aka FAKE PLASTIC, just like everything else about trump and his FAKE PLASTIC family) "resort" in Florida. What an upstanding, responsible response to trump's denying press conferences since 27 July 2016...retch. So much for comforting the afflicted, afflicting the comfortable, and speaking truth to power to keep that power reined in and in check...!
- Axios
- Bloomberg
- Breitbart because duh--according to AlterNet, Howard Dean Lends Voice to Consumer Activist Group Hitting Breitbart in the Wallet—And It's Working
- CNN
- FOX because of course
- MSNBC (includes Joe Scarborough, but Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes may still be OK as long as their corporate overlords allow it)
- NBC (they also have the reality TV show conflict of interest--and they just hired a couple of FUX Noise escapees, so beware a hard swing to the far, far right)
- POLITICO--their top editor(s) went and paid to party with trump, so now more and more trump propaganda has been showing up there, to my infinite disgust
Boycott vendors that support trump, sell trump shit, and otherwise pander to hate!
Boycott Victoria's Secret--they kick out shoppers who are guilty of shopping while Black!
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 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--pressure them to DUMP BREITBART, while you're at it!
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
Joss & Main
Contact info: (866) 263-8325 HQ- (617) 532-6100
https://www.wayfair.com/help/faq.php
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
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
OK, friends--let's get busy!
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