Another victory for The Resistance--small but significant! And now...calling all community organizers: we need a general strike and GOTV NOW!
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
Walp, it's time for Michael Moore, Scott Dworkin, and whomever else can help us set up two very important events:
1. A general strike NOW
2. A drive to get poor people state IDs, registered, informed, and to the polls
You may well be saying, "Wuuuuuuut?"
Let me explain.
1. We need a general strike because, as Keith Olbermann says, there's no way in hell we should be appeasing tRump--we should be shutting the entire country down NOW.
Friends, WE are the engine that drives the economy. WE are the workers whose productivity makes the rich rich. WE are the ones who spend the money that keeps the economy strong. WE are the real maker class; the rich are the real taker class--hoarding everything, contributing nothing.
The power to bend the government to our will is OURS--if only we stand up and use it! The Democrats can't, and the media won't, so, dear ones, it's up to us. Every single one of us has to get out in the streets NOW.
2. We need the voter drive because, as Bill Moyers says, poor people do not vote. They need to.
Poor People Aren't Involved in Politics. Can Activists Change That?
We also have to fight Republican voter suppression like all unholy hell is breaking loose...because it is. Just ask Greg Palast about voter suppression: some 300,000 Democratic district votes went uncounted in 2016...and tRump "won" by a mere ~70,000 votes.
The No-BS Inside Guide to the Presidential Recount - Greg Palast
Racist voter suppression also likely cost Ossoff Georgia...ouch.
On top of that, if Kris Kobach ever gets his slimy hands on the sensitive voter data he wants, he'll crosscheck yet another 2 million voters off the voter rolls without even batting an eyelash. And that's on top of the millions of voters already illegally disenfranchised.
This is A. Very. Big. Deal.
Since we can't do anything about it until we get Dems into office, the only solution I see is to overcompensate for electronic Jim Crow and recruit at least two registered Democratic voters for each Republican.
And we all know that Republicans vote...even if they have to hold their noses, they vote.
...
Both of these efforts will take community organizers to mobilize everyone.
I'm sure we can stand up another general strike, but, this time, it has to be everyone...and I mean EVERYONE.
We have to show the bastards who want to kill us all with their death care and tax breaks for the rich that we won't back down--that we will do what it takes to protect our friends, families, loved ones, and the vulnerable among us.
We have to show the bastards what democracy and true patriots look like by fighting for this country instead of handing it over to PEWtin and his oligarchs...and our oligarchs.
But the general strike is the easier nut to crack.
The voter drive is going to be more of a challenge.
Friends, think of it this way.
How much of your bandwidth do you spend on politics every day? Every week?
Aren't you really much more interested in just going about your daily life?
Or, maybe, you're in survival mode--you wish you could get involved, but you don't have the time, money, energy, ....
If you're in either of these categories, how concerned are you that tRump is gutting the State Department and perhaps permanently destroying our ability to conduct diplomacy instead of war?
Shutting out and shutting down our media?
Waging war against reality?
Waging war on science and education?
Waging war on our allies while rewarding PEWtin, our attacker?
Waging war on us with pollution? Global warming? Poison food, water, air, and medicine? Denial of health care by pricing insurance out of reach?
Making it increasingly likely that we won't even be allowed to vote for president in 2020 because tRump is working overtime to destroy our democratic institutions from the inside and out, including inviting PEWtin in and giving him all the passwords to our democracy while locking us--America's rightful owners
--out?
If you're middle class and are operating in survival mode right now, imagine how much harder it is for those among us with less money, fewer resources, and virtually no support.
And yet, with our help, we might all be able to band together to make life better for everyone.
Together, we can get big money out of politics, first and foremost, so that we can establish a living wage, evidence-based education, science-based policy, humane health care for all, free and fair elections, restored accountability, and a government that serves all Americans rather than just the top 1%.
This is why we need to organize and go door to door, as a community, and get people interested and involved by enabling them to understand the stakes and to work and to vote for positive change.
To make this happen, friends, we are going to have to get up close and personal with those who need our help most.
We will have to do some serious volunteering and fund-raising to make this happen.
We are going to have to make clear what the stakes are--the challenges we face to Make America Progressive Again--and the risks if we fail.
And we are going to have to go in armed and ready to compensate people for their time because, in America, we make it as hard as possible for citizens to do their civic duty and vote.
If you're working 80+ hours a week and don't get paid to go to the polls--who does anymore?--then we need to GoFundMe and replace your lost wages, maybe even help babysit your kids or bring potluck for dinner, so that you can go vote in peace.
Getting involved so that we can enable the poor to vote is the only shot we have at restoring a livable society and stanching the damage being done to our democratic institutions on a daily basis by tRump and his junta.
It-snot gonna be easy, dear ones, but what choice do we really have?
I know I'm in--I hope you are, too.
Onward!
- Dot Calm's shadow
Here's Mika's perfect response
to tRump's asinine tweets this morning
(of which he was apparently Very Proud):
Apparently, Mika pissed tRump off earlier
by commenting about his fake TIME cover,
saying that he covered his hands
because they're "teensy."
*****
Choo choo time headlines
Newsweek: Wikileaks Documentary Makers Accuse Assange of Censorship
...I know DN! lurves them some Assange and Wikileaks, and I'm all for whistleblowers, but have ya ever noticed that Assange only ever attacks Western democracies?
MSNBC: Trump-Russia probe hits bottleneck with requests to Treasury
...If we don't get Dems into office in 2018, we will be stuck with Republican foxes "guarding" the democracy henhouse.
Medium: Republicans Aren't Talking About The Biggest Contributor To Rising Health Care Costs
...Spoiler: it's the dearth of resources spent on prevention. Treating, say, cancer costs a crap-ton more than preventing it. But we in America forget the old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and go straight for penny-wise, pound-foolish. Or, in tRump's case, 300-pound foolish.
Brennan Center: Presidential Transparency: Beyond Tax Returns
...We need tRump's tax returns, yes, but they won't tell the whole story of where he "gets" his money from and how much he owes whom.
Quartz Media: Sally Yates says the US needs more than a special counsel to get to the bottom of the Trump-Russia affair
Inc.com: Here's How Warren Buffett Thinks We Should Fix American Health Care
...It's basically a flat tax to give us Medicare for all. I saw "8%" bandied about in the article.
WSJ: ObamaCare's Victims Need Relief Now
...They're bitching about few-to-one-to-no providers in some remote areas of the country. They should be bitching about Marco Rubio's 2015 poison pill to the insurers that forced them out of the exchanges by reneging on the government's agreement to subsidize the high risk corridors. They should also be bitching that tRumpcare won't fix the problem--in fact, it'll probably make it a whole lot worse. I personally think that tRumpcare would shut down the health insurance industry entirely--who's going to want to pay through the nose for non-insurance that won't cover anything anyway? Not me--I'd rather take my chances and use my own money my own way instead of just handing it over to some greedy insurance company that has no intention of ever giving back a dime. I suspect a lot of Americans feel the same way--they won't buy crap insurance once they realize it's crap. What would they gain? Being one of the cool kids what haz insurance? I don't think so.
ProPublica: Facebook's Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men from Hate
...In short, FB protects white males but not anybody else from "hate speech." And Twitter won't close tRump's account no matter how abusive he is. Friends, we really need our general strike and GOTV--it's time to establish and enforce consequences on these assholes and their dick moves.
The Guardian: Authorities to investigate Jay Sekulow nonprofit after 'troubling' revelations
...I think it's a riot that Christian televangelist--I shit you not--Jay Sekulow is as much of a grifter as the tRump family and that, like the tRumps, Sekulow siphons money out of charities into his own family's pockets. Grift must be a mandatory skill to have on your resume if you ever want to work for tRump. I'll say this, though--it's a "good" thing for Sekulow that he is as unethical and crooked of a thief as he is because it's the only way aside from fleecing his Christian teevee viewers for donations that he'll ever assuage his greed--there's no way in hell tRump will ever pay him a dime.
The Guardian: Climate scientists just debunked deniers' favorite argument
WaPo: Guns and religion: How American conservatives grew closer to Putin's Russia
USA Today: NRA video declares war on liberals, critics say
...This chilling ad stops just short of declaring a new civil war. And the GOP has the gall to pretend it's liberals calling for violence!
Macleans.ca: Waiting for death in Thunder Bay
...Heartbreaking story of a hate crime and its tragic consequences--a hater threw a trailer hitch out of a car, deliberately targeting a young Native American mother. Now, her teenage daughter and best friend is watching her slowly waste away and die from the injury...on top of having to watch her mother go through dire suffering, the poor girl now faces life without her mother and best friend. Dear FSM, what have we as a species become?
New Republic: Conservatives' Excuses for Kicking Millions Off of Health Care Don't Make Any Sense
...For a tiny percentage or two's worth of income to the top 0.04%, Republicans are willing to murder 20+ million Americans. Dunno about you, but I'm gobsmacked.
NBC News: FBI Interviews Employees of Russia-Linked Cyber Security Firm Kaspersky Lab
...Do you believe that our government has actually been using Kaspersky products on official government systems?!?? Can you say PEWtin's back-door--and we've been using it voluntarily for years? Can you say woefully unprepared for the next Russian cyber attack? I knew you could!
The Hill: Sally Yates: Trump administration behavior 'should be alarming to us as a country
Bill Moyers: All of Donald Trump's Lies
CNN: Officials struggle to convince Trump that Russia remains a threat
...Hellz, I'm shocked they admit it!
Mic: EPA chief Scott Pruitt met with Dow Chemical CEO. Then the EPA changed course on a pesticide ban
...ZOMG--now they're not even pretending to be pro-fetus!!!!! Or maybe they've decided that fetuses are pests...?
AlterNet: Robert Reich: This Is the Message Democrats Have Been Searching For
...How do you get everyone on board, energized to work together, organize, and vote? Medicare for all!
WaPo: A top Trump ally admits Russia will try to strike again. Does Trump care?
Stonekettle Station: Death for Fun and Profit
...Jim Wright's brilliant piece on what you get when you let oligarchs run health care.
Vox: It turns out the liberal caricature of conservatism is correct
...Yup--Republicans are just as sick, sad, greedy, cruel, heartless, cold, callous, and sadistic as liberals portray them. Yup.
MoJo: Former NATO Ambassador Shoots Down Republican Attempts to Blame Obama for the Russian Election Hack
Blue Dot Daily: Money Trail Ties Trey Gowdy to Bribes to Investigate Hillary, Then Later to Protect Trump
WSJ: GOP Operative Sought Clinton Emails From Hackers, Implied a Connection to Flynn
...This is the first solid allegation of tRump-Russia collusion, friends. There's evidence that a political operative sought stolen HRC e-mail from Russia and implied he was working with Flynn. And intel shows Russian operatives discussing how to steal Hillary's e-mails and get them to Flynn. There's a lot more in the article. But, hey, now, at least, we all know why Republicans have spent this week claiming that it-snot a crime to work hand-in-glove with a foreign government in order to steal an election for yourself.
The Daily Beast: White House Asked to Probe Top Ethics Official for Ethics Violations
...Not shocking at all that tRump's top ethics official is grossly unethical.
Just Security: Trump Definition of “Family” Is in Contempt of Supreme Court Travel Ban Ruling
Politicus USA: Trump Accused Of Dereliction of Duty As Russia Scandal Gets More Dire for Republicans
Links you can use
Tell Congress: Oppose ATC Privatization - Action Network
Ciao, Chaffetz! - Kathryn Allen for Congress
...There's going to be a fundraiser benefiting Dr. Kathie Allen to celebrate Jason Chaffetz's last day.
DKos, ANet, and DN! headlines
Use the links down by the peas, please. I'm already up way past my beddie-bye time.
Moar m00bies!
27 June 2017 post:
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
Dear ones, we've had a small but significant victory today: TURDleman was forced to delay the vote on the tRumpcare death bill--woo hoo...whew.
As a result, Republican Senators must now face their constituents during the 4th of July recess.
I doubt they'll have the balls to hold town halls, but don't let that stop you--KEEP CALLING, e-mailing, tweeting, Resistbot'ing, and showing up at their offices.
Friends, WE did this.
OUR calls, faxes, e-mails, and persistence WORKED.
We got through to enough Republican senators to keep TURDleman from having enough votes for an easy victory.
And, as you know, the tRumpcare death bill stinks--it's been likened to a rotten fish that only stinks worse over time.
In other words, the more time our congress-critters have to read it, the more convinced they'll be that passing it will get them booted out at the voting booth.
But, like I said, this is no time for complacency. We MUST keep the calls, e-mails, tweets, and faxes pouring in. We MUST show up at these people's offices and tell them how harmful this bill is.
Public outcry is the only measure left to us to fight for our lives from this evil bill--literally.
Onward!
- Dot Calm's shadow
Choo choo time headlines
Reuters: Under pressure, Western tech firms bow to Russian demands to share cyber secrets
WaPo: Obama's secret struggle to retaliate against Putin's election assault
...Friends, this is a 20+-page article we all need to print out and read...maybe memorize. *sigh*
NY Times: President Trump's Lies, the Definitive List
Playboy: Donald Trump Doesn't Care About Young People
...Yeah, yeah...everyone reads it for the articles. Well, this article, anyway.
WaPo: Making America scared again won't make us safer
LA Times: The Senate GOP hid the meanest things very deeply in its Obamacare. We found them.
The Independent: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny barred from standing against Putin
If You Only News: A Man Just Stood Up To Trump's Latest Outburst – And America Is Cheering Him On
Bloomberg: Prince Was a Secret Patron of Solar Power
CBS News: Bernie and Jane Sanders, under FBI investigation for bank fraud, hire lawyers
...OMG OMG OMG!!!!!
Business Insider: Evidence is mounting that Russia took 4 clear paths to meddle in the U.S. election
ShareBlue: Unbelievable hypocrite Mitch McConnell survived polio because of a publicly funded program
...Not sure this is true...I haven't Snopes'ed it yet, and you and I both should...but it seems so unbelievable that I could almost believe that TURDleman would do it.
Medium: Our problem isn't 'fake news.' Our problems are trust and manipulation
Mindy Fischer Writer: Time To Make Our Voices Heard! A Complete List Of Contact Info For Senators And Reps
The Toronto Star: Donald Trump has said 337 false things as president. Here are all of them.
The Guardian: Trump lawyer's firm steered millions in donations to family members, files show
...tRump is a hypocrite, liar, and grafter who only hires and associates with hypocrites, liars, grifters.
ProPublica: 'International Man of Mystery' Linked to Flynn's Lobbying Deal
The Independent: Former Republican judge calls for Donald Trump to be 'impeached': 'Each new day is a nightmare'
Buffalo News: Stock Collins bought and touted collapses after drug trial failure
...Rep. Chris Collins touted Australian biotech Innate Immunotherapeutics stock, which promptly tanked in stock trading. The drug was supposed to enter FDA clinical trials. The unusual trading activity points to the use of insider information. The Office of Congressional Ethics may be interested in Collins's activity...and in that of Tom Price, whom Collins tipped off.
National Geographic: Deepest Dive Under Antarctica Reveals a Shockingly Vibrant World
...Beautifully written, engaging story. Click through and read it--you'll enjoy it. It reminds me of this:
...Doncha wish Republicans felt the same way about the world we do? *sigh*
DKos, ANet, & DN! headlines
Breaking news from Washington:
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Reports: McConnell will delay Trumpcare vote, wants rewrites and new CBO score
- Senate Republicans just blinked on healthcare repeal. Here's how we make them think twice.
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Kentucky sending a message to the GOP, especially Mitch McConnell
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Trump supporters make a huge shift: "You can collude all you want with a foreign government"
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Trump's morning tweets: I'm not the colluder, Obama's the colluder
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Stop Trumpcare in the Senate: Call the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202-224-3121. Tell your Republican senators to vote NO. Tell your Democratic senators to shut down the Senate. After you are done, tell us how it went.
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Trump asks FBI to investigate Obama over the Russian election scandal. Twitter roasted him
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Grover Norquist and his daughter's $35 guitar—How patricides are born
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John Dean says Trump has picked a fight he won't win by going after Mueller and U.S. intel agencies
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These pictures are worth a thousand words (and an untold number of lives)
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The
end of Medicaid as we know it? Trumpcare has devastating long-term cuts
to Medicaid, to pay for tax cuts for the rich. Give your Republican
Senator a piece of your mind.
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"You bought it"—Robert Reich posts 11 unpleasant facts to confront Trump supporters with
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Kellyanne Conway says people on Medicaid should just get jobs—but most of them have
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Fmr. Republican Congressman with preexisting condition now loves Obamacare
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Two major newspapers have catalogued 337 lies (and growing) from Trump since he took office
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Anti-tax guru Grover Norquist gets Twitter-owned
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Are you 64 and making $56,800 a year? Welcome to a $20,500 Trumpcare insurance premium
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Constructing African-American Identity (Photo Diary)
- Rural hospital association representative: 'This bill will close hospitals. ... People will die'
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Cartoon: Tone it down, loser
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To the Idiots who rejected Clinton as no different from Trump
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Cartoon: The honest cabinet
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Trumpcare
would rip healthcare away from millions of Americans. Please chip in $1
to the Daily Kos activism team to support our work defending Obamacare.
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Trump 'struggling to stay calm' as Russia investigation continues
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A mother dares the Senate to look her son in the eyes and tell him he's not worth it anymore
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Trump's business partner, supporter, and 'adviser' gets contract to rebuild the FBI headquarters
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A final ode to Cliff Huxtable: Burying the past in order to deal with the present
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Few Republican voices seem to consider Trump campaign collusion with Russia unthinkable
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Hot enough for you? It's likely to get worse. Much worse.
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The Senate Trumpcare bill is
out. It will never matter more to call your Senators than it does right
now. Call the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202-224-3121 and tell your Senators to vote NO on Trumpcare. After you are done, tell us how it went.
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Pro-Trump PAC launches anti-Mueller ad as Trump continues to attack the Special Counsel
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Right-wing 'news' sites distract from nightmare Trumpcare with scary fairy tales of freedom lost
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The far right wants domination at the expense of majority rule and here's the proof
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If those lips are moving ... a catalog of lies from the man who wants to make reality irrelevant
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On the 141st anniversary of Custer's well-remembered demise, why is California genocide forgotten?
- How to sell the health bill? Lie about it.
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Trump asks FBI to investigate Obama over the Russian election scandal. Twitter roasted him.
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President Trump to be sued for intentionally destroying presidential records
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Delusional Donald: Trump is SHOCKED by poll that asks whether people believe Trump or Comey?
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It's
June 25 and Daily Kos is still $68,746 away from our June goal. Can you
chip in $1 to support the team that brings progressive news to your
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Well, Senator Hatch, if not murder, then what would you call it?
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Trump aides text 'f**k my life' in response to latest tweet re-focusing attention on White House
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Canadian leaders have given up on Trump—so now they're going around him
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Today's weather report: Rick Perry likely to get burned
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All we need is 3 Republican Senators to stop Trumpcare. If you have a Republican Senator, send them a firm message TODAY.
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Famous last words
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It's starting to look like layoff week at factories where Donald Trump has bragged about jobs
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DoE head displays willful ignorance while killer heat waves broil the southwest
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The Great Leap Backwards
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Trump administration drops grant for a nonprofit helping people leave violent right-wing groups
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"Personal Responsibility"
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If those lips are moving ... a catalog of lies from the man who wants to make reality irrelevant
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Sen. Warren blasts 'blood money' cuts in Republican healthcare bill
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GOP: Take your greedy immoral hands off our children's lives.
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Trump aides text 'f**k my life' in response to latest tweet re-focusing attention on White House
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Trump's Russia investigation rage leaves staff and friends worried
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Barack Obama issues a scathing statement on the 'fundamental meanness' of the Republican bill
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It's
June 24 and Daily Kos is still $88,321 away from our June goal. Can you
chip in $1 to support the team that brings progressive news to your
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Um. Trump just admitted that he tried to influence James Comey's testimony.
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Donald Trump reveals how he outsmarted James Comey with pretend tapes 'it wasn't very stupid'
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Sen. Grassley confronted by activist at airport over Senate health care bill is exactly what we need
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Okay. NOW I'm starting to get worried.
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Cartoon: Because healthcare works best when it's free market
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A simple and horrifying way to explain Trumpcare's impact on all Americans
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Months after Trump's hype, Carrier announces 600 layoffs
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Republicans in Missouri want to be able to keep women who use birth control from working
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A day in the life of Trump's man-made disaster of a White House
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Here's the simplest takedown of the Republican scheme to take away health care from millions
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The completely gratuitous gift to the super-rich that proves Trumpcare is a tax bill
- We have the secret TrumpCare bill. Here’s how we kill it.
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Republicans blocked President Obama from telling the public about Russian actions to help Trump
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Three Republican senators will announce opposition to Trumpcare. They will be lying
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John Oliver's jokes are more stressful than death of employees, says Robert Murray in Lawsuit
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Trumpcare
would rip healthcare away from millions of Americans. Please chip in $1
to the Daily Kos activism team to support our work defending Obamacare.
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Arrests outside Mitch McConnell's office: he won't meet with the Americans his bill might kill
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Trump goes beyond saying Russians weren't involved, claims that the DNC hack was a 'hoax'
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A town comes together to protect man accused of sexual assault and his accuser commits suicide
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As Republican senators try to get out of town, protestors meet them at the airport
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McConnell blames Democrats for not contributing to health care process he entirely shut them out of
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NY governor pardons 9/11 recovery worker facing deportation after 30 years in U.S.
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Here's the simplest takedown of the Republican scheme to take away health care from millions
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We have the secret TrumpCare bill. Here’s how we kill it.
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Police literally drag people away from McConnell's office as protests break out over GOP bill
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The nation's first 'clean coal' power plant ... won't burn coal
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The Senate Trumpcare bill: Mean, mean, mean
- Senate GOP unveils massive tax cut for the rich as its health care bill
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Marco Rubio trying to hug Ivanka Trump is the internet's favorite thing today
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Trump brags about building the Panama Canal, Panamanian president's response is perfect
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American Airlines cancels 43 flights going to Phoenix because it's going to be Hell on earth
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Shameful: MSNBC's subliminal & dangerous opioid epidemic report
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Trump's nominee for FBI director scrubbed Russia connection from his law firm bio
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Mitch McConnell flat out refuses to give Senate more than 10 hours to review healthcare bill
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Mueller just added a Russian-speaking former Supreme Court clerk to his special counsel team
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Attack in London, girl beaten to death in Virginia, draw less media attention with Muslim victims
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Trump steals from the poor to give to himself—cuts housing aid for tenants, but not landlords
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Sign
if you agree: Citizens convicted of a felony in Maine and Vermont never
lose their right to vote and that is how it should be in every state.
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It's okay to be disappointed, but don't get discouraged
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Democrat Jon Ossoff loses to Republican Karen Handel in closely watched Georgia special election
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If you have some extra cash, you can get a nicer prison cell with phone and shower in California
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Republican senators keep bitching about Trumpcare, keep refusing to do anything about it
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What's important isn't always what's talked about
- A record number of women have been elected to France's parliament
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Spicer fades into background, as Steve Bannon delivers the perfect parting gift: 'Sean got fatter'
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Democratic senator thinks Mike Flynn is singing like a canary
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You can't fire me, I quit! Sheriff tries to save face after Dept. of Homeland Security rejection
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Just another reminder that Vice President Mike Pence is also a complete nutcase
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Here's Mike Pence's op-ed explaining how Disney's 'Mulan' is a ploy to get women in the military
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Senior Republican admits Trumpcare is too toxic to be seen by the public
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Wow! Paul Ryan's 2018 opponent is out with a must-see video that has Wisconsin and D.C. buzzing
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Kellyanne Conway says Trump's tweet admitting he's under personal investigation was 'irony'
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Mitch McConnell flat out refuses to give Senate more than 10 hours to review healthcare bill
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Sign the petition to PBS: Schools Inc. is right-wing propaganda
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Republican contractor leaked data on nearly 200 million American voters
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Supreme Court announces broad protections for Internet-surfing rights. Even for sex offenders.
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John Oliver picks a fight with the coal industry
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GOP official on Scalise shooting, GA-06: 'I think the shooting is going to win this election for us'
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Planned Parenthood 'baby parts' video creator and his lawyers might all end up in jail
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M00bies
text "Resist" to 50409
And check out the Electronic Frontier Foundation's website so you can protect your online privacy:
https://www.eff.org/
Remember to boycott all the tRump shills on the boycott list below and tell them why.
And don't forget to read Dot Calm's shadow's favorite independent sources of news and information:
Randi Rhodes's Homework page
DCReport.org
Open Secrets
Democratic Coalition Against Trump
MaddowBlog
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 below 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 YouTube 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
Also, don't forget to add these to your Twitter feed if you haven't already:
@malcolmnance
And now you can add me, too!
@dotcalmsshadow
And don't forget to follow
@AlexJonescopy
unless, as he says, you're a total globalist. "It's not a parody account--it's performance art!" He also urges us to retweet everything he says unless we want the globalists to win. (Srsly, friends--he's a riot. Don't drink coffee while reading his tweets.)
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
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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