Keep fighting Republican cruelty--it's working!!! Even if they are trying to nail our democracy into a coffin in their rabid march toward anarchy...RIP, Senate!
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!!!!!
7 April 2017 update:
Walp, they've done it: Mitch "TURDleman" McConnell and Senate Republicans--including uber-hypocrite John McCain--installed their human-hating boi Gorsuch into the Supreme Court, despite every reason on FSM's green earth that it's WRONG.
And, if that-snot bad enough, tRump is flail-failing: he launched 50 Tomahawk missiles at Syria without even consulting Congress...who, being Republican, would just as surely voted FOR him to take such military action as they voted AGAINST Obama when he wanted to.
Srsly, friends...think about that for a minute.
What does that tell you?
What does it tell you that tRump told his owner, PEWtin, about the air strikes so that PEWtin and Assad could clear out before the bombs fell, but he never told Congress.
Get it yet?
My take on it is that tRump's flail-fail has more than one terrifying, horrifying component: (1) tRump is most definitely flailing due to blind, fleeing, desperate panic about his low low 34% approval ratings; (2) since he knew that Obama needed to go to Congress to authorize air strikes but chose not to himself, he clearly understands the rule (in this rare case) but decided it doesn't apply to him because thinks he's above the law; and (3) PEWtin told tRump to do it to give his puppet-boi cover...to hijack news cycles away from the tRump-Russia probe and let them pretend to scold each other as if they're "independent" of each other...!
Randi Rhodes is seriously pissed...
Not that tRump-PEWtin's wag-the-dog caused any serious harm to the airstrip tRump targeted--it's apparently already back up and ready to make more bombing strikes against Syria's civilians. A few unimportant human lives were lost, but, fortunately, not a single one of Assad-PEWtin's precious precious chemical weapons was damaged.
Oh, and don't forget, as https://www.eff.org/ told Nicole Sandler, to CALL your cell phone and Internet providers and tell them DON'T sell your information unless they want you to dump them and get a new provider.
Also be sure to address a few e-mails and post cards to President Bannon and President Kushner this weekend
--let's torque tRump's ego as much as possible!
- Dot Calm's shadow
6 April 2017 update:
Well, friends, a lot has happened just since my last update, which was only yesterday...
It seems that Republicans, in their infinite hypocrisy and wild-eyed hatred of us ordinary Americans, have "gone nuclear" in their lust to install corporatist and human-hater Neil Gorsuch into the Supreme Court, despite the facts that (1) they stole the seat from Obama in the first place; (2) tRump is under FBI investigation for treason, actively campaigning for re-election, and in the last year of his "presidency"; and (3) Gorsuch is such a gawd-awful candidate that there was no way in hell he could EARN 60 votes on his own "merits." Not only did they change the Senate rules by refusing to hold hearings for Merrick Garland, but now they've changed the rules again to ram their own asshole candidate down our throats.
So, there is that.
I'm grateful that the Democrats did what they did--thanks to OUR constant pressure, unfortunately, but at least, in the end, they did the right thing. They pledged to vote "no" except for Heitkamp, Manchin, Donnnelly, and Bennett, and Jeff Merkley filibustered like a True American Hero. Please consider going to his website and sending him a thank-you e-mail...and perhaps also consider, as you thank him, asking him to DELAY EVERYTHING Republicans try to do at this point because (1) tRump is an illegitimate president under FBI investigation for TREASON, so they have NO right to conduct business as usual and (2) Senate Dems really have no choice but to shut it all down NOW if they value our democracy over Republican anarchy.
I've posted a petition below you can sign toward that effect: telling Senate Dems to delay absolutely everything every way they can.
What else is new?
Ban'em was alt-promoted out of the National Security Council (NSC)...
Score one for Kushner, and possibly McMaster, it seems.
According to The Hill, Ban'em was enraged and threatened to resign.
The Mercers--the Republican mega-donors who own a large chunk of Breitbart and who crafted the tRump victory and Ban'em's role in it--are frustrated with all the White House in-fighting; Mrs. Mercer (Rebekah) pleaded with Ban'em to stay.
Ban'em is off the NSC...but morons Rick Perry and Nikki Haley are in.
Between the two of them, I don't think their IQs add up to double digits.
Sounds like tRump WANTS to go to war because his approval ratings are in the toilet and thus needs a wartime consigliore...and it wasn't Ban'em.
Don't count on the military to do the right thing--violence is part and parcel of our very culture...it's what makes Americans Americans...and those career military high-up muckety mucks are lusting to do some good killing...as "mad dog" Mattis says, it's FUN.
So, buckle up, friends--we're going to war.
That means that our family members who are economic conscripts will be murdered by orange twAtler or turned into further fodder for the already dysfunctional (because REPUBLICANS refuse to fund it properly) VA.
My favorite true conservative was positively gloating when Hillary lost the election--he was convinced that tRumPEWtin would be less militaristic than Hillary. I told him, "You watch. He's going to cut taxes for the rich while increasing spending, and he's going to start a war so fast your head will be spinning." My bets were on China, Iran, and North Korea...I figured Iran was the most likely because tRump wants to steal someone's oil, and Iran has it. tRump luuuurves Kim Jong-un as a fellow thug-punk, so North Korea didn't seem like the most likely target to me. But, hey, they've got a whole lot less in the way of resources than China or Iran, so maybe orange twAtler thinks North Korea is an easy target to obliterate and get his approval ratings back up to 35%. Or maybe he'll destroy what's left of Syria--despite his steamy hot bromance with PEWtin--so that he can become a "war-time" so-called president.
Yeesh.
A Secret Service agent on
HOLY SHIT--US Strategic Command, which controls our nukes, ENDORSES BREITBART!?!??!?? Be afraid--be VERY afraid!!!!!
Srsly, friends--that little fact is going to get between me and my sleep for the foreseeable future.
And then there's tRump, the pussygrabber-in-thief, endorsing fellow sexual assaulter and harasser Bill O'Reilly, claiming that O'Reilly has done nothing wrong by harassing and assaulting women and doing everything in his power to destroy their careers if they didn't cave in to his sexual perversions.
Why?
Because of course. For as much of a hypocrite as tRump is, he's too fucking entitled to realize that men are not, in fact, entitled to the bodies of whichever women they choose at whatever moment they desire them. Because, like all good Republicans, tRump sees women as objects, not fellow human beings with hopes, dreams, aspirations, strengths, and capabilities.
But ya gotta love FOX News and the Republicans for no longer hiding the fact that trying to force or blackmail women into sex with old, white, fat, bald, MARRIED men is a true Republican "family value."
Blecch.
As Dot Calm would say, "Oh, my bleeding gums."
(Yes, she had perfect teeth and a star-quality smile, complete with dimples, but she thot it was funneh, and so do I.)
On a happier note, there's Devin Nunes, who finally "stepped away" (not stepped down) from the House Intelligence Committee investigation of tRump's treason with Russia. Of course, it took DEMOCRATS to hand his ass to the ethics committee for investigation for Nunes finally to realize that, after he tried everything else, maybe...just maybe...it was time to do the right thing for a change. But not without having his arm twisted first. The bad news, of course, is that folks like Trey Gowdy, who wasted MILLIONS of our hard-earned taxpayer dollars on the Benghazi witch hunt, will be taking his place. So, call your Representative and DEMAND an independent, bipartisan investigation!
So, the disaster of Gorsuch looms over us for the next 40-50 years, but at least Ban'em is off the National Security Council and Nunes is no longer heading the tRump-Russia investigation in the House:
Find Your Representative · House.gov - U.S. House of Representatives
Thank Atheist God for small favors.
On a more fun note, be sure to keep sending postcards and tweets addressed to "President Bannon"--tRump apparently HATES them, which may be one reason he booted ban'em off the NSC.
Now to start sending postcards and tweets addressed to "President Kushner"...bwah-hahahahaha!
And now...let me slawg on with the blawg.
- Dot Calm's shadow
Petition from Daily Kos "Stop Trump": Democrats, RETALIATE!
Sign the petition to Senate Democrats: Delay everything. Absolutely everything.
Senate Republicans just killed the filibuster on Supreme Court nominees. They did so in order to confirm a nominee by a President who has a sub-40% approval rating and is under FBI investigation regarding Russian efforts to sabotage his election.
Senate Democrats have absolutely no choice now. They must obstruct all business in the Senate. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Denying unanimous consent on everything;
- Forcing regular quorum calls;
- Continuously speaking on the floor of the Senate to use all 30-hours of post-cloture debate time.
Sign the petition to Senate Democrats: Delay everything. Absolutely everything.
We have a year and a half before the midterm elections, and three and a half years before the next presidential election.
We are counting on Senate Democrats to delay and obstruct all Senate business from this moment on in order to minimize the total damage Trump and Republicans can inflict, as well as to be a voice for the resistance on Capitol Hill.
Sign the petition to Senate Democrats: Delay everything. Absolutely everything.
Keep fighting,
Paul Hogarth, Daily Kos
DKos, ANet, and DN! Headlines
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Read the vengeful note Trump sent the CNN chief after they released the p*ssy grabbing tape
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This is what George W. Bush reportedly said about Donald Trump's inauguration
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President Bannon on the brink of calling it quits now that dad likes Kushner best
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Want
to fight back against Trump and scare the hell out of congressional
Republicans? Chip in $5 to help Get Out The Vote for Democrat Jon
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Bannon got demoted but he just can't handle the truth
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Devin Nunes steps aside from Russia investigation
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Trump's 'vulgar misogyny' helped him
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Colorado Springs progressives won big
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Fed up MN lawmaker calls out colleagues, 'I hate to break up the 100 percent white male card game'
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Mitch McConnell will become 'the worst leader of the Senate ever' on Gorsuch confirmation
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Tennessee state senator is selling lemonade, cookies and an AK-47 in downtown Nashville and it is awesome
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Donald
Trump has used Twitter to lie, harass and spread hate. And now that
he’s President, his tweets are a national security risk. Tell Twitter to
remove Trump’s account.
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'You'll see'—Trump delivers vague threats, incoherent policy, nearly certain attack
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High school principal resigns after student journalists can't verify her credentials
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Chicago schools to deny diplomas to students who don't plan to continue their education. Wait, what?
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Advertisers bowing out after Bill O'Reilly's multiple sexual harassment settlements are exposed
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Retired U.S. Army general makes a plea to save PBS, says it makes us 'smarter, stronger, safer'
- With its latest attack on Susan Rice, the GOP shows once again how terrified it is of black women
The Daily Kos Liberation League features highly recommended posts about racial justice, gender equality, and LGBTQ rights.
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Mike Pence gleefully breaks tie for Republicans, takes away women's health care
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Spicer refused to condemn murder by white supremacist because it might make conservatives look bad
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Inmate boiled to death in shower in Florida and yet no one is responsible
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Sign if you agree: I stand with sanctuary cities and campuses
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Asked about a gay slur, Iowa Republican says 'anything you say to a gay anymore is a gay slur'
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NYT takes on North Carolina’s 'bait-and-switch' repeal of the HB2 'bathroom bill'
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Fearing deportation, immigrant parents are now canceling their U.S. citizen kids' food assistance
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Native American and Environmental Groups Sue Over Trump's Keystone XL Pipeline Permit
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I think we found out why Trump skipped throwing out the first pitch at opening day in D.C.
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Watch Donald Trump get booed by a room full of construction workers
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NY Attorney General Schneiderman sues Trump: 'We won't hesitate to use the full force of our office'
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It's Get Out The Vote time: Chip in $5 to Democrat Jon Ossoff to start chipping away at Paul Ryan's majority.
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Trump voters are upset the new wall could put their homes on the Mexico side of the border
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Federal judge blocks Indiana law that Pence signed mandating ultrasounds 18 hours before an abortion
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Court deals another major blow against gerrymandering by North Carolina's Republican legislators
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Joint Chiefs invite Jared Kushner to Iraq, because Ivanka's husband is in charge of everything now
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Trump announces U.S. won't go after Assad, Assad thanks him by gassing his own people
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There's a new sheriff in town: Arizona's Sheriff Penzone to close Joe Arpaio's 'Tent City'
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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. Call your senators
to demand they block his confirmation.
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Trump White House responds to Syrian gas attack by blaming the Obama administration
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Rep. Castro: 'my impression is after all of this is said and done that some people end up in jail'
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Democratic senator holds the Senate floor overnight to make the case against Gorsuch nomination
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Democrats: Do the right thing
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If Republicans believe their new Georgia poll, then why are they dumping in another $2 million?
- In Mexico, a program attempts to help U.S. citizen kids deported with their undocumented parents
Breaking news from Washington:
The fact that Bernie endorses Tom Perriello is comforting to me because I support Tom Perriello, too. Caveat emptor, though: a woman wrote a comment on Bernie's FB page, saying that Tom very nearly voted on one issue in a way that would have been devastating to women. But, as I've said in the past, Ralph Northam did something absolutely disqualifying...if only I could remember enough details to dig up an article to post for you! But I will say this: anyone that DINO MARK WARNER endorses, like Ralph Northam, MUST be a right-wing corporatist not worthy of MY vote. So, there is that.
-- Dot Calm's shadow
Leading Off
• VA-Gov: On Tuesday, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed ex-Rep. Tom Perriello in the competitive June 13 primary to succeed termed-out Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe. While Sanders did not do well in last year's Virginia presidential primary, his backing could help Perriello raise money from the senator's huge financial network, and gives Perriello the chance to earn more attention with two months to go before Election Day.
Candidate filing closed last week for the primary, and as expected, the Democratic contest will be a duel between Perriello and Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam. While Sanders' endorsement makes it easy to portray this as a race between the Democratic establishment and an outsider, or as a straight up proxy-fight between supporters of Hillary Clinton and Sanders, we've noted before that this primary is really more complicated than that.
Northam does indeed have the support of plenty of influential state Democrats, including McAuliffe and Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. However, Perriello endeared himself to prominent Obama supporters during his one term in the House from 2009 to 2010 for siding with the administration on several tough votes despite representing a conservative seat in southern Virginia. Perriello also went on to serve in the State Department as a special envoy to Africa.
In addition to Sanders, Perriello is backed by David Plouffe, who served as Obama's 2008 campaign manager and remains part of the former president's political network, and John Podesta, a longtime D.C. presence who most recently was Clinton's campaign chair. It's more accurate to describe the primary as a contest between Northam and the Virginia Democratic establishment on one side, and Perriello and influential national Democrats on the other. Still, it's not even that clear-cut: For instance, McAuliffe is a former Democratic National Committee chair who still plays a prominent role in national party politics. Polls show a tight race, but with most voters undecided with more than two months to go.
The GOP field is also finally set, and there were no surprises before filing day. Ex-Republican National Committee head Ed Gillespie, who lost a surprisingly tight 2014 Senate race against Warner, will face state Sen. Frank Wagner and Corey Stewart, the head of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors. Gillespie is essentially the epitome of the national GOP establishment, while Stewart is an ardent Donald Trump supporter. However, while Stewart would love to frame this as a battle between a guy who was with The Donald from the beginning against the D.C. GOP establishment that so many Trump fans despise, Stewart himself was sacked as head of Trump's state campaign last year for staging an unwelcome protest outside the RNC.
Stewart is waging a nasty Trump-style campaign, but he has very little money and is far behind in the polls. Wagner has been running a more quiet campaign than Stewart, but he also hasn't been a fundraising dynamo, and he's also trailing Gillespie in the polls. Plenty of voters remain undecided in this primary as well, but Gillespie looks like he's the only candidate who will have the resources to get his message out in the next two months.
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Friends, please at least read these "Democracy Now!" headlines today--they're horrifying, but we all need to know!
-- Dot Calm's shadow
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Moar M00bies!
Friends, this is so perverted and disgusting you'll hafta watch the funnehs I've posted below just to un-knot your stomach after watching this...
Well, why not have a special election? We're already living in Republican anarchy bizarro world, and we have since those filthy pieces of shit stole Merrick Garland's SCOTUS seat...
The only point I disagree with Noam on is that the tRump-Russia investigation IS top priority: Russia's meddling is how we got stuck with cheeto benito in the first place, and an independent investigation is the best way we have to get rid of him and all of his guilty associates in the Republican party as quickly as possible.
...a-a-a-and the alternate ending...
Hahahahahahaha...
"Russian probe"? Isn't that tRump's affectionate nickname for PEWtin's dick?
As if we really needed Rachel to tell us...
tRump hates the "President Bannon" meme...
...and PEWtin hates this:
...fuck them both--and the horse they rode in on!!
See BS...hahahahahahaha!
5 April 2017 update: happening right now!!
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is on the Senate floor doing a real, live, talking filibuster to oppose the nomination of Trump's right-wing Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. He's been going for hours!
In January, Merkley told Politico "We will use every lever in our power to stop this." Americans across the country have protested the nomination of a judge who favors corporations over women, workers, and everyday people.
Now, Senator Merkley has vowed to #StopGorsuch by holding the Senate floor as long as he is able -- all night if he can.
Other Democratic senators can help Merkley by giving him a break on the Senate floor.
Click here to tweet to the whole Democratic Senate Caucus asking them to go the Senate floor right now to support Jeff Merkley.
And, click on the links below to urge senators individually!
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Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- Keith Rouda, PCCC organizer
A-a-a-a-and THIS
plus he throws like a flabby schoolgirl
is why tRump skipped
throwing the opening pitch:
Damn, son--wish I'd been there. Hehe!
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Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
Friends, every day, we are continuing to prove that our involvement CAN shape the outcomes of our political system: DINO Senator Mark Warner has finally decided to do the right thing and vote AGAINST Neil Gorsuch!
Do you think for one moment that he'd be doing anything other than kissing Gorsuch's ass if we hadn't been calling and e-mailing and demonstrating every single day?!
It ain't over yet, and I highly recommend that we all continue to call and e-mail our Congress critters daily until the see-ya door slams Gorsuch in the ass.
Next: demand that they hold confirmation hearings for MERRICK GARLAND.
After that: demand Medicare for ALL.
After that: SPECIAL ELECTION NOW!
I know, I know--porque no los tres?
Friends, I'm pursuing all three...and, if you have the resources, you should, too.
Bernie has the right idea: the best defense is a great offense, and Bernie is playing the best offense there is. The nanosecond after the Republican Insurance Program (RIP) failed, Bernie flew outta the gates demanding Medicare for all. Now we have some right-minded Dems calling for special elections due to tRump's and his administration's treason.
I love all that!
And I think that, in the same vein as Bernie's Medicare push, we need to push for hearings for Merrick Garland the nanosecond (FSM willing) Gorsuch's confirmation fails.
And then, if not sooner, we need to push for a special election because tRump himself agrees that it's virtually impossible for a president to govern while under FBI investigation--in which case, he'd better be sharpening up his Crayolas to write his resignation letter.
Just sayin'.
I have some information for y'all today along with a few headlines and a bunch of m00bies, so sit down, strap
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Does anyone remember tRump's claims
that he was the bestest baseball player?
Joy Ann Reid does...
“I was the best baseball player
in New York when I was young,”
tRump claimed in a 2014 interview
regarding when he lived in New York--
in the era of Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris,
and Yogi Berra
of the New York Yankees.
Reid concludes that tRump doesn't want
to get booed by the Washington, DC, crowd
...but I conclude that, after his boasts,
he doesn't want to get caught
throwing like a flabby little schoolgirl!
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Mailbag & Petitions!
Friends, if you're in either West Virginia (Joe Manchin) or North Dakota (Heidi Heitkamp) or Indiana (Joe Donnelly) or Colorado (Mike Bennett)--I've been e-mailing and calling all of them, even though I am not one of their constituents because their decision in this matter affects us all--please send your senator this letter (drafted by the SOPROUD Rapid Response team) telling them to STOP Neil Gorsuch...
Senator, please do everything in your power to STOP Neil Gorsuch!
Your threat to support Gorsuch undermines the very legitimacy of our entire government by condoning Republican bad behavior in stealing Merrick Garland's SCOTUS seat. You are sending the clear message that it is ok for Republicans to break the rules whenever they feel like it--that you see nothing wrong with the anarchy and lawless that they are creating.
On top of that, the Trump administration is under FBI investigation for TREASON. For that reason, Trump is very likely already serving his last year in office--possibly his last few months outside of prison.
Do you REALLY think that Republicans would do as you propose to do--sit idly by and hold hearings for an illegitimate nominee from a potentially treasonous administration--if the perpetrator had been Hillary Clinton?
On top of that--yes, there's more!--Neil Gorsuch is the worst possible candidate for YOUR constituents. He has shown himself to be devoid of conscience or compassion, consistently twisting the law to rule in favor of the rich and powerful at the expense of his true employers--us ordinary Americans who need his protections the most. Gorsuch ruled against the "frozen trucker," against the little autistic boy receiving a decent education under the IDEA act, and in favor of torture--he conveniently forgot that he works for us, deciding instead that he worked for the Bush administration. Then, he again twisted the law and reneged on his role as public servant by advising Bush to sign the torture ban with a signing statement saying that the ban did not apply to him.
Nancy Pelosi was right when she said that Neil Gorsuch is dangerous to every American who eats food, drinks water, breathes air, takes medication, or interacts with the court system. He is dangerous to every woman, LGBTQ+, Black, Brown, worker--in short, every non-male/straight/rich/white/Christian/American person on the planet.
If Neil Gorsuch is so dangerous to our continued survival on this planet--and he is--then so are you for supporting him.
Please--do what's right for your constituents and for ALL Americans. STOP Neil Gorsuch!!!
...and don't forget to call them (Manchin: 202-224-3954; Heitkamp: 202-224-2043; Donnelly: 202-224-4814; Bennett: 202-224-5852) every day before the vote!
-- Dot Calm's shadow
From Color of Change--CALL Senate Republicans and TELL them to change the nominee, not the rules!
This week, the Senate is going to vote on whether to confirm Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court. That’s right, even after weeks of bombshell revelations about the ties between the administration and Russia and Gorsuch dodging vital questions during his hearing, many of our elected officials are still willing to push through a man who will put into law Trump’s agenda for the next 30 years. Thankfully, Senate Democrats have the votes required for a stand down. They are willing to force Republicans to “go nuclear” and change 200-year-old Senate rules in order to force Gorsuch through. We need your help to ensure this nominee is defeated.
Today, will you join us in putting pressure on shaky GOP Senators by calling and telling them that it’s time to change the nominee, not the rules?
- Arisha and the rest of the Color Of Change team
P.S. If you are unable to make a call, try out this new Facebook tool that lets you email and message your Senator right from your phone or computer!
Add your name: tell the Senate to reject Judge Gorsuch's nomination.
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The petition to House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republican leadership reads:
“The independence of Rep. Devin Nunes – Donald Trump’s lapdog – as chair of the House Intelligence Committee is compromised. You must remove him from his position and help ensure an independent and transparent investigation of all credible allegations concerning the relationships between Donald Trump and the Russian government.”
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Hi there,
This week, ATTN: teamed up with Arnold Schwarzenegger to highlight the problematic nature of gerrymandering. In case you are unfamiliar with gerrymandering, it's the practice used by politicians and political parties to draw legislative district maps that favor their own re-elections. To see the effect of gerrymandering, we only have to look back a few months to the November election. In the U.S. House of Representatives, 387 incumbents were up for re-election. In those races, only eight seats changed party hands.
Encouraging our elected officials to interact with constituents from the opposite party, however, would make our political system more accountable, forcing them to work harder for our votes. As Schwarzenegger illuminates, California took the power of drawing district lines away from politicians and gave it to non-partisan independent commissions. If you believe more states should follow California's lead, share our video.
Other Stories Worth Your Attention This Week:
+ This Patient Was Denied a Kidney Transplant Over Medical Marijuana
+ Founder of Project Semicolon Dies at Age 31
+ Liberal Redneck Trae Crowder on Drug Testing Unemployed People
+ Al Gore on These Irregular Weather Events
+ What the Collapse of This Highway Teaches Us About Poor City Planning
+ A Body Language Expert Analyzes Trump's Inexplicable Meeting Habit
+ These Two Words Describe What Russia Allegedly Did to Help Trump
+ Addiction is Not a Crime; It's a Disease
+ Microfibers From Our Clothes Are Poisoning the Ocean
Talk to you soon,
Matthew
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“I’m a constituent and I’m calling to ask the Congressman / Congresswoman’s support for HR676, Rep. John Conyers’ bill for Medicare for All. More than 80% of Democratic voters support a Medicare-for-All system, and 41% of Republican voters do, too. The GOP wants to gut health care. I believe health care is a human right and I want my representative to fight for universal coverage.”
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The Justice Democrats
Help us educate Sen. Scott Wagner
Keystone Progress used to do an annual April Fool’s Day prank news release each year, but things have gotten too bizarre in the era of Trump and “alternative facts.” We just can’t make up things that are crazier than what the right wing is doing in reality
Case in point: Pennsylvania State Senator Scott Wagner (R, York) said this last week, talking about why climate change is happening:
"I haven't been in a science class in a long time, but the earth moves closer to the sun every year--you know the rotation of the earth. We're moving closer to the sun." [WITF-FM, Harrisburg, 3/28/17]
Then he added another original theory:
"We have more people...you know, humans have warm bodies. So, is heat coming off?”
The only thing that is true in what he said is that he hasn’t been in a science class in a long time.
Help us give Wagner a good basic education.
We’re going to send Wagner back to school. We’ve identified some good basic science classes at his local community college. And we’re going to offer to pay his tuition and buy his books.
Will you help us send Wagner back to school? Chip in $5 or more.
If he doesn’t accept our offer, we’ll find other ways to make sure he gets an education on climate change and other issues. We’ll call him, send him emails, visit his office and take other direct actions.
Will you help us get Wagner educated? Click here to chip in $5 or more.
Together we will win,
Michael Morrill
for the Keystone Progress Team
Social Security Works
Stand with Sen. Sanders: We need Medicare for All. | |
Petition to Congress:
"The problems with American health care are caused by predatory insurance companies and monopolies, not the Affordable Care Act. It's time to expand the most popular and efficient health care program in the country by passing legislation to provide Medicare to all Americans. "
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Headlines
Choo choo time
American NewsX: Trump Social Media Director Under Fire For Violating Federal Law; Rifts In Republican Party Widen
Mindy Fischer, Writer: Judge Green Lights Lawsuit Against Trump For Inciting Violence At Rallies -VIDEO
Bill Moyers: Forget Fascism. It’s Anarchy We Have to Worry About.
...Friends, be sure to click through and read this article. Bill is an honest broker who knows his stuff.
Think Progress: Even Fox News slams EPA chief’s climate denial: ‘All kinds of studies contradict you’
...“What if, in fact, the earth is warming, what if CO2 causes dramatic climate change and we as humans are contributing to it?" "Simple question, what if you are wrong?” "The UN assessment of climate change is that humans are responsible for all of the warming we have suffered since 1950! Every major government in the world signed off on this finding." ...Holy cannoli, Batman--FUX NOISE actually admits that climate change exists and is caused by h00mins! ...I'll bet my Tea Party Christian friend no longer watches FUX because of this--I'll bet he thinks the "libtards" took over his fave-o-rite "n00z"--I'll bet he now refuses to watch anything other than Infowars and Breitbart videos (he only reads marginally better than his orange idol).
Politicus USA: Fact Checkers Obliterate Trump As 70% of His Statements Are False
..."His (Trump's) track record has not improved. He’s still on our scale earning about 70% of mostly false, false, or pants on fire," Angie Holan of PolitiFact said of President Trump's continued record of inaccurate statements.
BuzzFeed: BuzzFeed News on Twitter: "Facebook Is Watching You. Here's One Thing You Can Do For Privacy"
The Guardian: Mike Pence doesn't eat alone with women. That speaks volumes
...I'm tellin' ya, friends--these Tealiban jihadis live in fear...total, abject, screaming-running-unthinking fear....
The Guardian: Here's how to protect your internet browsing data now that it's for sale
VICE: So, Wait, Who Should I Blame For This, the IOC or the NHL?
Two items from Randi Rhodes's website ICYMI:
--Homework 02-07-17 Trump’s Latest Media Attack Is Very, Very Dangerous; Terrorist Attacks The Media Didn’t Cover – White Men Planning Attacks Against Muslims
--The Moscow Project
Lastly for today--the anniversary of MLK Jr's "Beyond Vietnam" speech at the Riverside Church in NY in 1967 and his untimely assassination a year to the day later, both occurring on 4 April, here's a link to the "Beyond Vietnam" speech. In it, Dr. King outlined the triple threat of militarism, materialism, and racism. They were related then, and they're related now. Think about it: American society lives and breathes militarism--violence is our first-choice solution for all problems, foreign and domestic. Don't believe me? Here are some gun statistics that will give you a nasty hit of instant sober:
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Mike Huckabee is GAY
...
You can tell because Huckster thinks
calling Miss Lindsey Graham "gay"
is an insult to Miss Lindsey's rightful
(if too seldom)
criticism of tRump
...
Miss Lindsey Graham is a hypocrite
...
He roundly denied Merrick Garland
an up or down vote while demanding
an up or down vote for Neil Gorsuch
I know...
maybe Mike Huckster and Miss Lindsey Graham
should get married!
It would be a match made
in Tealiban heaven!!
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Daily Kos, AlterNet, and Democracy Now!
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Trump's hysterically stupid tweet seeks apology from Clinton for something that never happened
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Sean Spicer publicly slammed ProPublica and they responded with a must-read flurry of damning facts
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Here's Mitch McConnell admitting he only blocked Merrick Garland because it was Obama
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Early voting has already started: Can you chip in help Get Out The Vote for Democrat Jon Ossoff?
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Time for a caption contest! Melania Trump has a first official portrait
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Trump announces U.S. won't go after Assad, Assad thanks him by gassing his own people
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Unelected, unconfirmed, unqualified junior president joins top military brass for Iraq visit
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Trump adviser Carter Page 'passed documents' to Russian operative in 2013
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The Destruction of Hillary Clinton: Lessons the left should learn about female candidacy
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Andy Richter weighs in on the misunderstood Trump supporter debate
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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. Call your senators
to demand they block his confirmation.
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The White House swamp, Trump's lies and more
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Zombie Trumpcare rises, now without pre-existing condition protections
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Sen. Jon Tester on Gorsuch: 'I cannot support a nominee who refuses to answer important questions'
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City of Flint to residents: Sorry we poisoned you, now shut up and pay up
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Blackwater founder Erik Prince met Russian officials in January as 'unofficial envoy' for Trump
- Public safety be damned, ICE will continue arresting immigrants at courthouses
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'A dire collapse of hope'
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Bill O'Reilly's tantrum video circulates social media once again—he can't outrun it, poor baby
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Rep. Adam Schiff has two important new questions for the White House after seeing the intel docs
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Scare the hell out of Trump and Ryan: Chip in to help Get Out The Vote for Democrat Jon Ossoff in the April 18 special congressional election.
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Cartoon: Naptime for diplomacy
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DNC chair says Trump and the GOP 'don't give a sh*t about people.' Cue GOP outrage
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Mitch McConnell, holding a lit fuse and a match, says Democrats are making him blow up the Senate
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No good that Comey does on Trump/Russia can undo his legacy: He poisoned a presidential election
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Donald Trump changed his trust AFTER taking office so he can draw from business profits at any time
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Wounded by two months of bungling, Team Trump seeks to rearrange the deck chairs
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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. Call your senators
to demand they block his confirmation.
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Republicans must be punished for lying about health care for eight years
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Democrats are willing to step up to the plate on health reform
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Team Trump still deeply hostile to intelligence community, still wants access to 'raw' intelligence
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Fox News still protecting Bill O'Reilly, even after years of sexual harassment claims
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Wake up Democrats, and pay attention to voter suppression and felony disenfranchisement
- Newtown and America, revisited
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Bombshell article by CBS
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Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele: Prepare for President Pence
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Rump incites violence? Judge says suit can proceed
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Take the resistance to the ballot box Chip in $3 to help Get Out The Vote for Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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Dan Rather: "Paranoia mounts. A Presidency can quickly spiral out of control."
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Fox News host credits Trump for Obama's economy, and even his co-hosts laugh hysterically
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ICE is getting sued after detaining a U.S. citizen for nearly three weeks
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George Takei announces he's running for Congress against Devin Nunes! (Update)
--Alas, it was an April Fool's prank...I know because I follow George on Twitter...as much as I wish it were for realz! -- Dot Calm's shadow
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New York Times exposes Bill O'Reilly's pattern of sexual harassment and cover ups by Fox News
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We will no longer be told how many Troops trump is sending to Syria and Iraq
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Get
Ready To Resist: RSVP for the Sunday night Resistance strategy call
with MoveOn, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and more! Call starts at 8:00 PM eastern TONIGHT!
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First 90 reintroduced Kangaroos released in Wyoming
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Obama officials catalogued Russia probe documents to protect them from Trump officials
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An important lesson from Watergate to remember in the current Trump scandal.
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A eulogy to my rapist
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TRUE BLUE REPORT: The possible reasons Flynn was refused immunity are all good for the Blue Team
- I ran in the first election of 2017. Here’s what I learned:
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State Dept. employees have been instructed not to speak to or make eye contact with Rex Tillerson
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Big mouth Donald Trump has to be deeply regretting these campaign comments right about now
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Cartoon: Sherlock Nunes
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Take the resistance to the ballot box Chip in $3 to help Get Out The Vote for Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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Cartoon: It's fake news all the way down
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Who would Jesus starve? GOP lawmaker uses Bible to justify SNAP cuts
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Cartoon: Our new free market-based regulation
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Among the latest 'bad hombres' targeted by immigration: two Texas surgeons
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Devin Nunes shouldn't resign from the intelligence committee—he should resign from the House
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Senate Intelligence Committee rejects immunity deal for Michael Flynn at this time
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Get
Ready To Resist: RSVP for the Sunday night Resistance strategy call
with MoveOn, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and more! Call starts at 8:00 PM eastern SUNDAY.
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The Russian troll army that helped swing the election for Trump
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Missouri says no to federal money so it can say yes to restricting abortion
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CNN on Georgia special election: Daily Kos 'really catapulted Ossoff onto the national map'
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Trump's relationship with the press is one big April (as in Ryan) fool's joke
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Canadian study: transition to renewables 'irreversible.' But U.S. needs to accelerate transformation
- Tom Price bought stocks and took official action to protect pharmaceutical profits on the same day
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If this really is FBI Director James Comey's Twitter account, he gave an A+ response to being outed
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Trump's next scandal is already starting to simmer
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Ex-FBI agent said something in hearing that should shame every GOPer turning a blind eye to Russia
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Want
to fight back against Trump and scare the hell out of congressional
Republicans? Chip in $5 to help Get Out The Vote for Democrat Jon
Ossoff.
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Trump voters caught in lie on national TV after claiming they saw 'bus loads' of illegal voters
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Former FBI special agent testifies that our 'Commander in Chief has used Russian active measures'
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Paul Ryan says he's seen the documents that made Devin Nunes go wild—but he isn't sure Nunes has
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Mike Pence gleefully breaks tie for Republicans, takes away women's health care
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Nunes' sources revealed: White House lawyer and Michael Flynn flunkie who Trump kept in place
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Look no further: PA Republican comes up with the single dumbest theory for climate change
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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. Call your senators
to demand they block his confirmation.
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Georgia lawmakers cruelly mocked rape survivor lobbying against harmful bill
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Flynn's quest for immunity, Trump's chaotic presidency and more
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Remember when Rep. Chaffetz said he was withdrawing that bill to sell off public lands? He lied.
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Flynn in Sept. 2016: 'When you're given immunity that probably means you've committed a crime'
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Deep thoughts on immunity from criminal prosecution, by Donald Trump and Michael Flynn
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agree:
it's SCROTUS's LAST YEAR &
SCROTUS IS CAMPAIGNING!
...Actually, I'd say that
tRump is tossing PEWtin's salad...!
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M00bies
ICYMI--friends, these are really important, so don't miss them this time!
Here's the new scht00f for today:
Here's the link to the CSPAN video Randi mentions:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?426227-1/senate-intelligence-panel-warned-russians-play-sides
You know what? No matter what Comey "wanted" or what he does now, he still skr00ed the p00ch by handing the election to tRump. It's still this traitorous asshole's fault. Just sayin'.
This will make your blood boil. Orange twAtler is selling out the future of the species for 35 fucking jobs. Gawd, I'd love to be in the same room as tRump so I could punch him in his fake teeth.
This will also make your blood boil. tRump makes O'Bama look as though he did deserve his Nobel Peace Prize, which he won for not being chimpie.
Not that chimpie was or is anything other than a lying heartless, cruel, callous, vindictive war criminal himself...
I love tRump's trAmp stamp of PEWtin...!
Thanks, David, for clearing this little mystery up!
This will make your blood boil!!!!! Chaffetz and his rich, entitled, powerful ilk are the very assholes who NEED oversight for rampant corruption--not the poor! The poor commit far fewer crimes than the rich, duh! Why? Because they DON'T feel entitled!
Mike Huckster can't attack Miss Lindsey Graham on principles because Huckster knows he's wrong, so he has to go for the ad hominem cheap shot.... Like I said, you can always tell a gay Christian--they're the ones putting everyone else down for being gay!
I wouldn't have guessed that the student loan crisis would be the next bubble, but, hey--we all know that, with Teathuglikkkants in control of the government, the financial crash is imminent...! Grrrrr.
Here's something you'll never hear on FUX Noise...
tRump panicking? GOOD. About Russia? GOOD!
And here, friends, is where it gets interesting: it-snot because the SCOTUS seat in question has been stolen from Merrick Garland; it-snot because tRump is under FBI investigation and thus in his last year in office (the current Teathuglikkkant excuse not even to hold hearings for a SCOTUS nominee); no, it's because Gorsuch is a complete douchenozzle whose abysmal record--which includes the anarchy of the signing statement--speaks loudly and clearly for itself. That's right, dear ones--Dems aren't voting "no" on Gorsuch for any political reason whatsoever...they're voting "no" because GORSUCH SUCKS ASS.
Russia: "Lift the sanctions, or the babies get the gas!"...as if Republicans would care about gassing babies!
Susan Rice leaked nothing to nobody. Can we get back to the story that matters most now--tRump's treason?!??
Although the media is still ignoring Bernie, he's going viral!!!!! FEEL THE BERN!!!!!
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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
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Saks Off Fifth
Contact info: (877) 551-7257 HQ- (212) 320-4700
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Stein Mart
Contact info: (888) 783-4662 HQ- (904) 346-1500
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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
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Zappos
Contact info: (800) 927-7671 HQ- (702) 943-7777
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Zulily
Contact info: (877) 779-5615 HQ- (206) 724-0500
http://www.zulily.com/contacts
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