Welcome to the fabulous self-writing blawg--with all this n00z, the blawg practically writes itself!
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
By now, you've heard that the Senate Republicans have released their
Is anyone surprised?
As with the House version, the only hold-outs on the Republican side are pissed that the bill covers so much--they want it even crueler.
Again, is anyone surprised?
Jesus Haploid Christ (which I stole from Tweep Stonekettle, thank-you-very-much), you would think that the Republicans are ready to round us up and ship us off to concentration camps where they can gas us just so they can crush the carbon from our remains into diamonds.
Phuque...
I probably shouldn't've said that...
I mean, if any of them can read and should stumble upon this blawg, I may have just given them an ideaR.
Urk.
I'm sure you've also heard about Jon Ossoff's heartbreaking loss...but take heart, fellow Dot Calm readers.
The awwfl twoof for the Republicans is that their leads in GA-6 and SC have both steadily dwindled recently, especially after tRump got into office.
These two districts were so heavily red last time that they should never have even been in play. The fact that the Republicans had to spend so heavily in GA just to keep it is telling.
The good n00z for Dems is that the SC race is much more of a real-world scenario than GA was--the Dems hardly spent any money there, yet our candidate came closer to beating his opponent than Ossoff did.
Ossoff also shied away from being a loud-'n'-proud progressive.
And, yes, there was widespread voter suppression and gerrymandering in both districts from what I've heard.
So, yes--while there is progress, we lost these two races; rank-'n'-file Dems blame party leadership; and Dem leaders need to LEARN from these two races...
They NEED to quit trying to court the tRumpanzees and start focusing exclusively on their own base--they need to be bold progressives.
They NEED to start building infrastructure, organizing communities, and growing 2018 grassroots NOW, and they need to treat this as an ongoing effort, just as the Koch brothers do.
They NEED to get in voters' faces, show they care, and present solutions to problems that threaten the survival of voters in the base, like poverty.
They NEED to address issues that affect people of color and women, like jobs, discrimination, access to health care, safety, education, and access to the vote.
They NEED to present an economic platform that benefits us ordinary Americans.
They NEED to pledge loyalty to women's rights to bodily autonomy, including birth control and abortion.
They NEED to defend Planned Parenthood, which is a vital health care resource serving disadvantaged communities, people of color, and young people who can't afford to go elsewhere.
They NEED to read the article linked below (Budowsky: Dems madder than hell) and cough up a game plan to turn all this public outrage into WINS ffs.
They NEED to make hay and campaign ads out of TURDleman's UNCONSTITUTIONAL ejection of disabled protesters from his office today per the article linked below (Police drag away protesters in wheelchairs from Mitch McConnell's office). I mean, Jesus ass-twerking Christ (I made that one up myself, thank-you-very-much), that lady they dragged out of her wheelchair could just as well have been Dot Calm herself if she'd still been alive.
The party desperately needs to step up its game in terms of strategy. Srsly--if they had thrown some money at SC, could our candidate have won?
How are they going to undo gerrymandering in the worst-affected swing districts?
HOW are they going to overcome voter suppression and ensure that all Americans who are eligible to vote get to exercise that right?
And WHAT are they going to do to protect our voting systems from PEWtin?
These are hard questions, friends.
It's encouraging that the races we'll face in 2018 feature better, bluer opportunities than the GA and SC races we lost, but we really need party leadership to step up its game, address ALL of the base's voters, and work toward solving these critical lapses in our democracy.
Starting today, I pledge to bug the shit outta Democratic Party leadership and MAKE them do their jobs getting Democrats elected and Republicans fired. Retaking the House in 2018 is our only hope for stanching the damage tRump is doing to our democracy, ensuring independent and complete investigations of all of his and his family's malfeasance, and IMPEACHING THE FAT ORANGE BASTARD.
Do I make myself clear?
Like I said, I'm all in--who's with me?
Choo choo time headlines
Bloomberg: Trump, Russia, and Those Shadowy Sater Deals at Bayrock
...There's moar at RawStory:
...Randy Bryce's Twitter handle is IronStache, and his campaign ad is a Thing Of Beauty. This man is my new hero. He's everything a more honest dumbald tRump wishes he could have been. I hope Randy Bryce kicks Paul Ryan's ass so hard that it turns him into a human Klein bottle.
New Yorker: Are Russian Operatives Attacking Putin Critics in the U.S.?
Bill Moyers:
The Hill: Budowsky: Dems madder than hell
...Joy Reid recommended this article--lots of good ideas for Dems!
The Root:
The Independent: German foreign minister goes beyond other US allies to decry Ivanka Trump
...The original headline per Twitter and Democratic Underground was "German minister just said what no foreign politician dares to about Ivanka Trump"...spoiler: she waltzes into wherever, acting like she has power to wield, but she's not elected and really has zero legitimate role. Even nepotism fans are embarrassed for her and her deranged pappy.
MoJo: The Many Times Donald Trump Has Lied About His Mob Connections
...And another oldie-but-goodie from January in The Atlantic: The Many Scandals of Donald Trump: A Cheat Sheet
The Daily Beast: FBI Fired Sebastian Gorka for Anti-Muslim Diatribes
Charlotte Observer: Elections officials outgunned in Russia's cyberwar against America
The Hill: DHS official: Russia targeted election-related systems in 21 states
...4rlz. This is not a drill.
Occupy Democrats: A New Lawsuit Just Revealed Trump's Cash Trail From Putin
The Hill: Judiciary Committee to continue Russia probe after Mueller meeting
...The meeting was about which investigation is doing what so that boundaries would be clear and nobody steps on each other's toes.
CNN: Read the Senate Republican health care bill (full text)
...Read it 'n' weep, boyz 'n' girlz. Weze in for a hella bumpy ride. At least I'm tormenting the loofa-faced orange shitgibbon...If you follow me on Twitter, you already know that I've been on the warpath lately bombarding the narcissistic shitstain with requests, complaints, pleas, jabs, and insults. If he's so intent on ruining our lives, the least I can do is ruin his day.
NY Times: Where Senators Stand on the Health Care Bill
...Call, Resistbot, and SHOW UP to YOUR congress-critter's office and give 'em a piece of your mind!
Salon: Police drag away protesters in wheelchairs from Mitch McConnell's office
...The Capitol Police literally ripped a disabled woman right out of her wheelchair and dragged her out. They dropped one disabled protester! This heinous footage NEEDS to be Democratic campaign ads from now until every last piece-of-human-filth Republican is ejected from office!
(I'm going to skip my DKos, ANet, and DN! headlines again today...should be back next time. Do go read them from the links when you can--they catch what I miss here.)
Moar m00bies!
Buy a stinkin' podcast!
Up until yesterday, the Republicans didn't even know what was in their own goddamned health care bill. Well, now, at least, they can all read it for themselves. The fux.
20 June 2017 post:
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
The sad breaking news is that it looks like Karen Handel has won in Georgia's 6th district. As Randi Rhodes says, hope you enjoyed voting this time because, with how Handel lurves purging voter rolls, this may be the last time you ever get to vote if you stay in the 6th district. Fuck, that was a piece of shitty news I was expecting but still didn't really want to hear.
Meanwhile, the murderer claimed it was a "revenge" attack--revenge for what, going to mosque?
- Dot Calm's shadow
DKos, AlterNet, and DN! headlines
Check back next time for this feature. I may include it, I may not. You never know with me.
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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