OUT like Flynn; IN like F17 Nationwide General Strike--IT'S ON! Next: SPECIAL ELECTION NOW!!!!!
GENERAL STRIKE NOW!!!!!
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 UP
DON'T GIVE IN
STAY ANGRY
trump voters stayed angry for eight years,
which is why we are having this conversation.
STAY WOKE!!!!!
DON'T GIVE IN
STAY ANGRY
trump voters stayed angry for eight years,
which is why we are having this conversation.
STAY WOKE!!!!!
NOW!!!!!
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Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
[NEW] 16 Feb 2017 update: Again, dear ones, I'm updating my Tuesday post--too much good stuff to toss into the archive and not enough time/bandwidth to build a whole new post for today. So, just look for the g00diez sammiched between the [NEW] and [/NEW] tags.
Happy Resisting--vive la resistance!
-- Dot Calm's shadow [/NEW]
Good n00z--
the GENERAL STRIKE
is ON!
17 February 2017
Click the links below and check it out...
Home page:
http://f17strike.com/
How to participate and what to do:
http://f17strike.com/how-to-participate
[NEW]
Here's another good site on the F17 strike:
http://www.occupy.com/article/act-out-100-what-we-can-learn-russia-it-s-time-be-ungovernable#sthash.pETh0bRl.dpbs
I think it's DEFINITELY high time for us to become ungovernable, don't you?
In fact, I've been e-mailing my elected representatives on both sides of the aisle that we villagers have had enough and that we've fueled up our torches and sharpened up our pitchforks.
Let's see if they've got the bawls to see what will happen if we storm the castle, eh?
[/NEW]
Friends, this is not a national day off--this is not for funsies.
This is a day of WORK, and we have a lot to do!
Whatever you do,
DON'T SPEND ANY MONEY
tomorrow,
Friday 17 February 2017!
That's the first step.
If all you can do is call Senators and Representatives on both sides of the aisle and give them what-for, then pull out that phone and let 'em have it.
If all you can do is brown-bag your lunch and donate your lunch money for the day to a good progressive cause, then do it.
If you can also spend your lunch break visiting your elected officials' local offices, then by all beans [sic] do that.
If you can attend a local strike event near you, then definitely do that.
Do as much as you possibly can--friends, 100% of our elected Republicans and 80% of our elected Democrats don't give a shit about anything but the money in their pockets...coming from their big fat-cat donors. But WE are the economic power--WE are the engine that drives the economy.
Our work, our wages.
THAT'S what drives the economy!
If we take Friday as a day off from spending one red cent, the fat-cats in DC and the fat-cats paying the fat-cats in DC WILL notice...and they will be afraid...they will be very afraid. The last thing they want is for us to rise up against them with our torches and pitchforks. They KNOW that there are a LOT more of us than there are of them!
If we show them that we have the discipline not to spend ONE PENNY on Friday the 17th, they'll see what an impact we can have, and it won't take long for them to start caving in to our demands:
Friends, we are just getting started here. This strike is likely just the first of many. It's time for us all to roll up our sleeves, pace ourselves, and dig in for the long haul because, dear ones, we are under siege...and we have no one to defend us but ourselves. Luckily, it only takes 3-4% of us to create a revolution, and I'd bet a year's salary that there's a hell of a lot more of us than a mere 3-4%. So don't get discouraged--get busy!
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BYE, FELICIA--I mean, FLYNN!
Well, the whirlwind clusterfuck that has been orange twAtler's first three weeks in office has had its first undeniable scandal--so bad that even the trumPEWtin-dick-sucker Republicans in Congress hafta acknowledge it...
The Guardian: The Guardian view on Michael Flynn's resignation: not a Whoops but a WOW
The Guardian: Mike Flynn might be done – but Trump's nightmare has just begun
The Guardian: Flynn's downfall exposes intelligence community rift over Trump
VICE: National security adviser Michael Flynn discussed sanctions with Russia before trump took office
The Guardian:
Of course, as Kellyanne Conjob wasted no time in spewing, orange twAtler's only "concern" about Flynn is that he deceived
But some of the repukes are finally getting concerned for their own jobs...
CNN: McConnell: Flynn investigation 'highly likely' in Senate committee
Then again, there's Jason "I only investigate Hillary Clinton" Chaffetz...
The Hill: GOP chairman: Oversight won't investigate Flynn
The Hill: Dems blast Chaffetz for declining to investigate Flynn
Here's what I'll be telling Jason Chaffetz's aide when I call during the F17 strike: "Jason Chaffetz needs to show that he doesn't only investigate Hillary Clinton. He needs to investigate and inform the public on Russian interference in our election, the trump campaign's collusion in that interference, trump's obvious corruption, trump's tax returns, trump's countless conflicts of interest, and trump's egregious incompetence and mental illness. Please tell Mr. Chaffetz it's time to restore accountability and transparency to our government. He has the power literally to make this country great again. If he chooses not to, he is showing Us The People that he's as corrupt as the worst of the people he refuses to hold to account."
I mean, let's be real here. If the rich, greedy bastards weren't concerned for their own jobs, they wouldn't give two shits about Mike Flynn BEING A TRAITOR or lying to
Amirite, or amirite?
I'm sure that Michael TRAITOR Flynn won't have any problem getting a new job--all he hasta dew is hop on a plane and go back to Mother Russia.
"Don't let the door hitcha where the good lord splitcha," as Dot Calm would say.
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Here's a freaky li'l weirdie that'll get your knickers in a twist:
The so-called president's administration is running nationwide television commercials for Neil Gorsuch. It-snot like he's some kind of overpriced pharmaceutical with more side effects than benefits. It-snot like we get to vote for the bastard.
So why spend the money?
Is there more tuit than manufacturing consent--consent to let a right-wing Christo-fascist extremist squat on the SCOTUS seat stolen from Merrick Garland by the Republicans in Congress and relieve us of our civil and human rights?
Randi Rhodes thinks so. She's convinced that orange twAtler is doing it so that the TV networks, who are taking the money to run the ads, will feel obligated to keep their mouths shut and not criticize Gorsuch on their news programs.
7 Feb:
10 Feb:
I'd bet dollars to doughnuts she's spot-on.
Friends, this too is something we MUST protest as vigorously as we can--if we need to break out the torches and pitchforks, we'd better step it up and be ready to do so. Gorsuch is only in his forties--he can do decades of damage from a Supreme Court seat. He'd make greasy Scalia look like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I shit you not. GORSUCH MUST BE STOPPED!!
After all, what kind of fucked-up judge would accept the stolen property that is Merrick Garland's SCOTUS seat?
How the fuck could Gorsuch ever call himself a "justice"?
How could anyone ever call such a THIEF a "justice"?
In fact, that's a great question for Ben Sass (R-NE): "If you think Gorsuch will defend the Constitution, then how do you defend Gorsuch's accepting stolen property?!??"
I dunno about you, but I'll be calling ol' Ben on F17.
*****
Don't blame the judges for upholding the Constitution instead of illegally banning Muslims if we get attacked...
Blame donald john trump
...who refuses to go to his daily briefings and who won't even sit in the Situation Room during the failed military raids HE orders!
*****
Here's moar n00z you can y00z:
RawStory: Trump White House no longer has cybersecurity expert keeping their technology networks secure - report
VICE: Is the Trump White House Turning into QVC?
VICE: Donald Trump Is Living Out All the Ridiculous Stereotypes of a Female President
...Ah, so THAT'S the problem--donna tiny-hands trump is having her period 24/7/365! AwwR.
VICE: Cell Death Might Be Reversible, and Scientists Are Trying to Find Out Why
...Turns out that there's a point of no return before which apoptosis can be reversed. The process of such revival is called "anastasis," and it's promising for certain diseases, injuries, and aging, but it's frankly terrifying for cancer...possibly the reason for relapses....
The Guardian:
The Guardian:
...Yes, Virginia--Dodd-Frank IS an important protection for us ordinary Americans. No, it does NOT hobble orange twAtler's rich friends from getting as many loans as they want as long as they don't have as many bankruptcies as he does and have to go to Mother Russia and PEWtin for them. Yes, things could be a little easier for small businesses to get loans, but that does NOT justify raping average Americans and stripping them of their protections.
The Guardian:
...Doncha just love how Oklahoma representative Justin Humphrey thinks it's only women who act irresponsible by having sex? What, does he think that men having sex is responsible? Why doesn't he call for mandating vasectomies? There sure wouldn't be any abortions then, by cracky! Or maybe he's Catholic, in which case he thinks that women get pregnant by masturbating...
*****
If Teathuglikkkants insist
that women are "hosts,"
then zygotes, embryos, and fetuses
are PARASITES.
Who DOESN'T want
to get rid of parasites?!??
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[NEW]
Doomp-doomp-doomp...another one bites the
Lipless asshole Andrew Puzder withdrew from the nomination to fuck over workers everywhere but especially American workers--WE WON!!!!! Some say it's Oprah who delivered our victory from the jaws of defeat by delivering the tape from Puzder's ex-wife to Congress...
The New York Times: Andrew Puzder Withdraws From Consideration as Labor Secretary
POLITICO: Exclusive: Puzder's ex-wife told Oprah he threatened 'you will pay for this'
...I don't trust Politico any more, but I've seen the video elsewhere and heard the story on WPFW, which I do trust.
So, Puzder, you piece of shit asshole: get your lipless skinhead face off our news and SOD OFF.
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They shouldn't nickname it "Flynnghazi"--nobody broke the law or committed treason in Benghazi. "Kremlingate" is better. Remember, Flynn decided he was ABOVE the law, so he GAVE AWAY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ILLEGALLY.
For example,
Daily Beast: Report: Flynn Regularly Broke Rules in Military Career
...Here's an excerpt:
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s newly named national security adviser, was cited bragging about breaking the rules during his Army career in a new report from The New Yorker. Flynn told The New Yorker’s Dana Priest that when he was stationed at a CIA post in Iraq he would sneak out without the “insane” required approval from his superiors. He also reportedly had an Internet connection set up in his Pentagon office, despite it being forbidden. He also once gave classified information to NATO alllies without getting prior permission to do so, an incident that triggered an investigation and a reprimand, according to the report. Flynn’s former colleagues at the Defense Intelligence Agency were also quoted in the profile, with most of them saying they liked him as a person but didn’t see him as a good leader. One former subordinate said Flynn was known for his temper, and that he used to say things that were blatantly untrue and publicly berate people. While Trump has praised Flynn as a “foremost expert on military and intelligence matters,” many have expressed concerns over his questionable ties to Russia and promotion of an anti-Semitic comment on Twitter.
Here's the article's link to The New Yorker.
I'm furious beyond words with orange twAtler and his fellow treasonous traitors. How DARE they hand over this country to any foreign power, let alone an adversary?!?? But what really makes me want to pulverize Michael Flynn by his nads is his flaming hypocrisy: stumping for chump on the campaign trail, Flynn wailed that he'd be in jail if he'd done "one tenth" of what Hillary had done, inciting the crowd to chant "lock her up"...but Hillary NEVER KNOWINGLY gave away our classified information...FLYNN DID. Hillary NEVER rigged the election using a foreign power--and an adversary to boot...FLYNN DID.
We don't need to lock Flynn up--we need to STRING FLYNN UP!!!!!
*****
STRING FLYNN UP!
STRING FLYNN UP!!
STRING FLYNN UP!!!
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CALL JASON CHAFFETZ AND DEMAND A FULL INVESTIGATION OF TRUMP:
his taxes,
his corruption,
his countless and international conflicts of interest,
his Russian ties and
collusion to rig the election,
and his obvious mental illness
(narcissistic personality disorder)
and deficiencies
(semi-literacy)
!!!!!
Jason Chaffetz:
(202) 225-7751
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no matter which side of the aisle?
Then contact WOLF-PAC!
They're organized, and they're on it.
We ALL need to be on it!
*****
I usually don't post these from HuffPo Hill, but this one was particularly juicy...
-- Dot Calm's shadow
Today’s
press conference reminded us of the famous, “Was it over when the
Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” scene from “Animal House,” except in
today’s version, the scene ended when Bluto Blutarsky stormed into a
room filled with generals with the power to start a war if he so
pleased. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was forced to stay at a
sanitarium due to poor planning, reminding us of all the rich metaphors
going unappreciated thanks to the dysfunction at the top. And spies are
withholding sensitive information from President Trump, though they
could alternately the could just spell out words that they don’t want
the president to understand while in the Oval Office. This is HUFFPOST
HILL for Thursday, February 16th, 2017:
Great pay, good benefits, easy access to Cosi on 17th Street:
“Donald Trump is trying to convince his preferred candidate to succeed
Michael Flynn as national security adviser to change his mind after the
retired admiral tapped for the role told the US president that he
could not accept the White House position, according to two people
familiar with the situation. Mr Trump asked Robert Harward, a retired
navy special forces officer to succeed Mr Flynn, who was fired as national security adviser on Monday. At a press conference on Thursday,
he said his decision to replace Mr Flynn had been made easier because
he had an ‘outstanding’ candidate to serve as a replacement. But Mr Harward
is said to have turned Mr Trump down. ‘Harward is conflicted between the call of duty and the obvious dysfunctionality,’ said
one person with first hand knowledge of the discussions between Mr
Trump and Mr Harward. The second person said Mr Trump had asked Mr
Harward to return to the White House for another meeting to try to
change his mind.” [FT’s Demetri Sevastopulo]
Good lord what was that (Carlos Barria / Reuters)
DUMPSTER FIRE-IN-CHIEF - Christina
Wilkie: “President Donald Trump launched a barrage of attacks on the
press and leakers in an unsteady, unwieldy 77-minute press conference in
the East Room of the White House on Thursday. With
his administration in crisis, Trump also defended the chaotic first
month of his presidency, claiming that he had ‘inherited a mess’ from
President Barack Obama and that his administration ‘is running like a
fine-tuned machine.’ ‘I’m making this presentation directly to
the American people with the media present...because many of our
nation’s reporters and folks will not tell you the truth and will not
treat the wonderful people of our country with the respect
they deserve,’ Trump said. ‘Unfortunately, much of the media in
Washington, D.C., along with New York, Los Angeles, in particular,
speaks not for the people, but for the special interests and for those
profiting off a very, very obviously broken system,’ he said.” [HuffPost]
TRUMP GIVES ATTABOY TO GUY HE FIRED - Perhaps
the trick is telling the president there’s a rumor that he’s bad at
violating the Constitution to goad him to describing all the times he
was great at violating the Constitution. Igor Bobic: “President Donald
Trump said Thursday
that he did not direct retired Gen. Michael Flynn to discuss the issue
of sanctions with Russian officials prior to the election. ‘I didn’t
direct him ― but I would have directed him, because that’s his job,’
Trump said during a press conference at the White House. ‘What he did wasn’t wrong,’ the president added. Flynn stepped down as Trump’s national security adviser Monday
evening following reports that he’d discussed sanctions with Russian
officials in late December, contradicting prior denials by top
administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence. Flynn’s
talk with Sergey
Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., came a day before President
Barack Obama’s administration announced sanctions on the Russian
government.” [HuffPost]
Speaking of Flynn, he may have straight-up lied to the FBI about all this. [WaPo’s Sari Horwitz and Adam Entous]
PRESIDENT ASSUMES BLACK WOMAN KNOWS ALL BLACK PEOPLE, IS A SECRETARY - Well, this was mortifying. Christina Wilkie: “President Donald Trump on Thursday
asked an African American reporter at a press conference to set up a
meeting for him with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, adding,
‘Are they friends of yours?’ The exchange began when April
Ryan, White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for American
Urban Radio Networks, asked the president if he would hold meetings
with black caucus members to help craft his urban development policy.
‘Well I would. I’ll tell you what, do you want to set up the meeting?’
Trump said. ‘Do you want to set up the meeting? Are they friends of
yours?’ ‘No, I’m just a reporter,’ replied Ryan, adding that she did
know some members of the group. ‘Set up the meeting, let’s go, set up
the meeting,’ Trump said. ‘I would love to meet with the black caucus. I
think it’s great, the Congressional Black Caucus. I think it’s great.’”
[HuffPost]
Oh God, then there was this: “NBC reporter Peter Alexander corrected President Donald Trump during a press conference Thursday after the president again made a false claim about his Electoral College victory margin…. Alexander,
a correspondent for NBC News, sought to correct Trump on
those figures, and pressed him to explain how he could call reporting by
outlets like The New York Times and CNN ‘fake news’ while using
inaccurate figures himself. ‘Why should Americans trust you?’ asked
Alexander. ‘I was given that information,’ Trump said, cutting Alexander
off. ‘I don’t know. I was just given it. We had a very, very
big margin.’ ‘Why should Americans trust you when you accuse the
information they receive of being fake, when you provide information
that’s not accurate?’ Alexander asked. ‘I was given that information,’
said Trump. ‘Actually, I’ve seen that information around. But it was a
very substantial victory. Do you agree with that?’ ‘You’re the
president,’ Alexander replied.” [HuffPost’s Mollie Reilly]
ELIJAH CUMMINGS IS CONFUSED - Well,
everybody is, but he’s got a personal reason. Jenna Portnoy: “Rep.
Elijah E. Cummings swatted away President Trump’s claim that the
Baltimore Democrat wouldn’t meet with him after repeated calls from the
White House. Trump made the comment during a wide-ranging news
conference Thursday
and speculated that Cummings may have been dissuaded from coming to the
White House for political reasons, perhaps by Senate Minority Leader
Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).... ‘I have no idea why President Trump would make up a story about me
like he did today. Of course, Senator Schumer never told me to skip a meeting with the President,’ Cummings said in a statement.” [WaPo]
OH YEAH, TRUMP ALSO ANNOUNCED A NEW LABOR NOMINEE - Naturally, the labor secretary-designee did not factor much into the press conference ostensibly about him. Alexander Kaufman: “President Donald Trump on Thursday
named former U.S. attorney R. Alexander Acosta as his new pick to run
the Department of Labor. If confirmed, Acosta would be the first Latino
member of the president’s Cabinet.
Acosta served on the National Labor Relations Board and as assistant
attorney general for the Civil Rights Division under President George W.
Bush. The Miami native mostly recently worked as the dean of Florida
International University College of Law. The announcement came one day
after Andrew Puzder, his first choice for the position, withdrew his
name for consideration. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor
and Pensions had delayed review of Puzder’s labyrinthine business
conflicts, history of labor violations and hiring undocumented workers,
and accusations that he had physically abused his ex-wife.” [HuffPost]
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TRUMP FAVORABILITY NOW IN 30s - Who
knows, maybe this will actually mean something. “Pew Research Center
conducted Feb. 7-12 among 1,503 adults, finds that Trump’s overall job
approval is much lower than those of prior presidents in their first
weeks in
office: 39% approve of his job performance, while 56%
disapprove. The intensity of the public’s early views of Trump is
striking: Fully 75% either approve or disapprove of Trump strongly, compared
with just 17% who feel less strongly. Nearly half (46%) strongly
disapprove of his job performance, while 29% strongly approve. This
level of strong disapproval already surpasses strong disapproval for
Barack Obama at any point during the eight years of his presidency. The
only occasion when strong disapproval of George W. Bush was higher than
for Trump currently was in December 2008, near the end of his
presidency.” [Pew Research Center]
AMERICA’S SPIES CAN’T EVEN, RIGHT NOW - Or just write a fake intercepted cable in Pig Latin and show it to the president. Shane Harris and Carol E. Lee: “U.S.
intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from
President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or
compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the
matter. The officials’ decision to keep information from Mr.
Trump underscores the deep mistrust that has developed between the
intelligence community and the president over his team’s contacts with
the Russian government, as well as the enmity he has shown toward U.S.
spy agencies. On Wednesday,
Mr. Trump accused the agencies of leaking information to undermine him.
In
some of these cases of withheld information, officials have decided not
to show Mr. Trump the sources and methods that the intelligence agencies
use to collect information, the current and former officials said.
Those sources and methods could include, for instance, the means that an
agency uses to spy on a foreign government.” [WSJ]
Here’s some more data to be concerned about:
“Just a day before the Senate is slated to vote on Oklahoma Attorney
General Scott Pruitt’s nomination run the Environmental Protection
Agency, a state district judge ruled Thursday
that his office must release roughly 3,000 emails that have not been
publicly released. Email correspondence between Pruitt and energy
executives during his tenure as attorney general has become the subject
of scrutiny from environmental activists and their Democratic allies in
the Senate.” [BuzzFeed’s Dino Grandoni]
THIS CAN’T POSSIBLY BE LEGAL - Anthony Capaccio: “Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump made two surprise calls to the Air Force general managing the Pentagon’s largest weapons program, the Lockheed
Martin Corp. F-35 jet. Listening in on one of those calls was Dennis Muilenburg ― the CEO of Lockheed’s chief rival, Boeing Co….
Trump, who has repeatedly criticized the $379 billion F-35 program as
‘out of control,’ made the highly unusual calls to Lieutenant General
Chris Bogdan on Jan. 9 and Jan. 17. Muilenburg, whose company makes a
fighter jet Trump has suggested might be an alternative to the F-35, was
in the president-elect’s New York office for a meeting during the
second call. He appeared caught off-guard but was able to listen in on
the call, according to two people familiar with the calls, who asked to
remain anonymous discussing sensitive information.” [Bloomberg]
Paul LePage, the human embodiment of “your stupid” emails, is even tired of Trump’s shtick: “Republican Gov. Paul LePage, a supporter of President Donald Trump, said Thursday
morning that too many people are vying for power within the White House
and that the President should stop treating it like a TV show. ‘The
thing I’m sensing is that there’s three or four chiefs at the top,’ the
Maine governor told Newsradio WGAN. ‘I would say this: You’ve got to put
someone somebody in charge.’” [CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski]
Fox News’ Shep Smith isn’t having it, either.
TRUMP NOT A GREAT STUDENT - Alex
Rabin and Rebecca Tan: “For years, President Donald Trump has said it’s
clear that he is ‘a very smart guy’ since he attended Wharton — a
school he describes as ‘super genius
stuff.’ Trump, who graduated from Wharton in 1968, has also never
challenged the fact that he ‘graduated first in his class,’ which
various publishers and news agencies such as The New York Times have
reported. Penn records and Trump’s classmates dispute this
claim. In 1968, The Daily Pennsylvanian published a list of the 56
students who were on the Wharton Dean’s List that year — Trump’s name is
not among them…. 1968 Wharton graduate Jon Hillsberg added that there was no indication on the 1968 Commencement Program that
Trump graduated with any honors. A copy of the program acquired from
the Penn Archives lists 20 Wharton award and
prize recipients, 15 cum laude recipients, four magna cum laude
recipients and two summa cum laude recipients for the Class of 1968.
Trump’s name appears nowhere on those lists.” [Daily Pennsylvanian]
NEW MUSLIM BAN TOTALLY WON’T BE A MUSLIM BAN - Except for the thing where it will be. Adam Liptak: “The Justice Department told a federal appeals court on Thursday
that it would not seek a rehearing of a decision that shut down
President Trump’s targeted travel ban. Instead, the administration will
start from scratch, issuing a new executive order,
the department said…. In a news conference on Thursday, Mr. Trump said the new executive order would be issued next week.” [NYT]
WHITE HOUSE HAS A BUDGET DIRECTOR NOW - Presumably,
he’ll be in charge of getting the money from Mexico for the wall.
Jennifer Scholtes: “The Senate confirmed Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be the
Office of Management and Budget director Thursday
morning in a 51-49 vote. As expected, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) split
with his party in opposing the nomination, after voicing continued
concerns about Mulvaney’s
votes to slash defense spending. Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.)
noted earlier this week that no administration in the past four decades has been without an initial OMB director longer than the Trump administration has. [Politico]
UBER, BUT FOR BEING TOO UNETHICAL FOR CHICAGO POLITICS - Bill
Ruthhart and Hal Dardick: “A former senior executive for Uber who once
served as Barack Obama’s campaign manager has been fined $90,000 by the
Chicago Board of Ethics for illegally lobbying Mayor Rahm Emanuel on
behalf of the ride-hailing company. The
board voted 5-0 to find that David Plouffe violated city ethics rules by failing to register as a lobbyist after contacting Emanuel to help the company on regulations for picking up travelers at Chicago’s two airports.” [Chicago Tribune]
Yeeeehaw: “A Texas house representative from Cypress has introduced a bill urging Texans to quit using the Chilean
flag emoji as a stand-in for the Lone Star.” [Dallas Morning News]
BECAUSE YOU’VE READ THIS FAR - Here’s a five-year-old coming to terms with romance.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION A WELL-OILED MACHINE - We can’t wait for James Mattis to give
Airbnb a try. Nick Wadhams and Patrick Donahue: “On his first
trip abroad as U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson was forced to stay
at a sanitarium in a German village known for its hot springs, 30
minutes from where other world leaders gathered. Diplomatic
security agents mingled in the parking lot with elderly people in
wheelchairs arriving for spa treatments. Tillerson, the former head of
Exxon Mobil Corp., was at the sanitarium because Bonn’s hotels were all
booked by the time he confirmed his attendance at this week’s Group of
20 meeting. Counterparts including U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
had to make a trek out to meet him. The unusual diplomatic debut
continued during an awkward encounter with Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov. After Lavrov delivered some perfunctory opening remarks
alongside Tillerson, U.S. aides quickly ushered
reporters from the room. ‘Why did they shush them out?’ Lavrov asked.” [Bloomberg]
COMFORT FOOD
- Babies facetiming with each other is even better than Siri and Alexa talking to each other.
- How to FedEx a giant panda across the globe.
- A look back at the useless internet of the early 1990s.
TWITTERAMA
@jesseltaylor:
In a month, Trump will just hold daily press conferences with the Daily
Caller and Jim Hoft asking him how it feels to be so successful
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Interior Sec. nominee Ryan Zinke is hanging around the House floor,
without a tie, living, if not his best life, at least a better life.
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Don't forget to keep scrolling down--I added moar m00bies!
[/NEW]
Here are todaze m00bies!
Trae Crowder on the Muslim ban
If you love your pet, you'd better watch what you buy because orange twAtler has not only removed government data on animal abuse from teh Intert00bs, but he's also repealing protections that keep pet food makers from poisoning our pets. After all, NOT putting poison in pet food cuts into corporate profits, so we can't have that! My friend Frani added this little shocker: "You know how many people use their food stamps and Social Security to buy cat food and dog food because that's the only meat they can afford? What's gonna happen to them?" It's sick enough that orange twAtler thinks it's ok to poison our beloved animals because they can't tell us what's happening to them. But what about when Grandma or Grandpa gets sick from poisoned pet food? Ya think comrade trumPEWtin gives a shit about them?
Between GQ and Melissa McCarthy, spicey's White House career is probably doomed....
Speaking of talented actresses playing pieces of shit trumpists, here's a still of Rosie O'Donnell impersonating Steve Ban'em...
...She's far too lovely--she'd need a crap-ton of red swollen nose-vein make-up and unbecoming blotches to look half as awful as Ban'em. Still, though, she captures the m00d enough to inspire a wonderful post-card to Preznit Ban'em at McSweeney's Internet Tendency, offering praise for appearing on The View. Speaking of McSweeney's Internet Tendency, there's also a wickedly funny orange twAtler cocktail-for-every-occasion list...but I think my fave is still "Now is Not the Time to Criticize the Galaxy Note 7" from just after we got badly stubbed by our nation's electile dysfunction.
Here's Randi Rhodes on how orange twAtler, whom she calls "twittler," is sleep deprAved
Finally--PA state senator Daylin Leach finally called trumPEWtin what he is: a fascist, loofah-faced shit-gibbon
Alas--like Rosie, Leslie is too lovely, too! I'd love to see her do it just once, tho!!
And of course, there's this...!
Too funny!!!
Intense but funny...or funny but intense?
Whew! Let's lighten up that mewd a little...
...if you haven't already, go hit up YouTube and binge-watch all the skits. They're all hilarious!
And this is why DNC Chair is a Very Big Deal and why it had damn well better not be some establishment arsehole, like Tom Perez. Keith Ellison isn't necessarily the best choice, either, according to Kyle Kulinski, even though Bernie backs Keith. Kyle backs Sam Ronan. I'm checking Sam Ronan's credentials and history now and will report back if I find anything helpful. Mostly, Ronan claims to have "a veteran's position" on gun control but doesn't say anywhere what exactly that means. Sounds ominous to me!
These could be funnier, but the information's usually good, and I seldom hear such details or back-story anywhere else.
Well, Keith, Flynn was fired. Let's hope he IS arrested. And trump, too--and SOON!
This, too, could be funnier. Problem is, it ain't John Oliver's fault. This shit ain't funny because it's too phuquen tr00.
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Golly gee willickers--you mean to tell me that PEWtin VIOLATED the New START nuclear treaty and orange twAtler hasn't made a tweet peep?!?? You don't say...! Why, you might almost think that PEWtin OWNED the orange midnight twat tweeter what tweets at midnight...
chumpie brings back shades of chimpie lamenting that he couldn't be dictator...
These st00pit, ignorant, greedy, hypocritical, hateful, power-hungry PRICKS accused Hillary of being careless with sensitive information?!??!?? STRING THEM UP!!!!! STRING THEM UP!!!!! STRING THEM UP!!!!! By their nads...if we can find 'em.
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In response to FB God's post on chump's meltdown about the court upholding the stay on his Muslim ban, Tracy Hanna Simmons remarked, "That was fast. I figured he'd wait until his two am feeding and diaper change to do it."
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We don't just need
a psychological test for the presidency
...we need a literacy test, too!
-- Dot Calm's shadow
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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!
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
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SOPROUD: TDL
(Save Our Planet--Resist Orange Ugly donald: To-Do List)
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. [NEW] If you haven't already, go check out the Indivisible guide: https://www.indivisibleguide.
7. [NEW] Sign this fun petition!
Tell Australia: "We're sorry our president is such an ass."
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):
Dan Coats Mr. Trump has picked the former Indiana senator. Mr. Coats, who served on the Senate intelligence and armed services committees, would be stepping into a position that some in Mr. Trump’s orbit believe is superfluous. Robert Lighthizer Mr. Trump has chosen the international lawyer who served as a trade official under President Ronald Reagan. Mr. Lighthizer has been harshly critical of China, and in a 2010 Op-Ed article in The New York Times, he presaged some of Mr. Trump’s talk on trade. 
Thomas P. Bossert Mr. Trump’s choice was a top national security aide to President George W. Bush. Mr. Bossert runs a risk management consulting firm in Washington and is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council research institution, working on its Cyber Statecraft Initiative. 
Kellyanne Conway Mr. Trump’s choice is his former campaign manager, confidante and spokeswoman. Ms. Conway also has a pollster background and therefore may rely on this skill set to keep tabs on public sentiment. 
Peter Navarro Mr. Trump’s choice is a professor at the University of California, Irvine, who holds a doctorate from Harvard and is the only credentialed economist in Mr. Trump’s inner circle. Mr. Navarro has been a staunch critic of current Chinese economic policies. 
Carl Icahn Mr. Trump has appointed Mr. Icahn, a billionaire investor and famed “corporate raider” who buys large stakes in companies and then forces policy changes to benefit shareholders. Mr. Icahn, who was an economic adviser during the campaign, is a longtime friend of Mr. Trump. 
Sean Spicer Mr. Trump chose the longtime spokesman for the Republican National Committee and top aide to Reince Priebus, who is the incoming chief of staff and pressed for his selection. While Mr. Spicer will be the face of the communications team, he will work with Jason Miller, director of communications, and Hope Hicks, director of strategic communications. Rex W. Tillerson Mr. Trump’s choice is the president and chief executive of Exxon Mobil, whose ties with Russian President Vladimir V. Putin may draw scrutiny during the confirmation process. Ryan Zinke Mr. Trump has selected Montana’s freshman representative, a former Navy SEAL commander who was an early supporter of the president-elect and ran for office largely on a national security platform. Rick Perry Mr. Trump has selected the former Texas governor, who in 2011 proposed scrapping the Energy Department while he was seeking the Republican nomination for president. Linda McMahon Mr. Trump has selected the former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment to lead the agency. Ms. McMahon, a failed Senate candidate from Connecticut, was with her husband, Vince, one of Mr. Trump’s biggest donors. Scott Pruitt Mr. Trump has selected the Oklahoma attorney general, who is a close ally of the fossil fuel industry. John F. Kelly Mr. Trump has named the retired four-star Marine general, whose son was killed in combat in Afghanistan. James N. Mattis Mr. Trump announced at a rally that he had selected General Mattis, who led a Marine division to Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and led the United States Central Command from 2010-13. General Mattis, now retired, has been a critic of the Obama administration. He would need a waiver from Congress to lead the Pentagon because he has been out of uniform for less than seven years. Steven Mnuchin Mr. Trump has selected Mr. Mnuchin, who served as his campaign finance chairman. Mr. Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs executive, has deep roots in Hollywood but no government experience. Elaine L. Chao Mr. Trump has selected Ms. Chao, the labor secretary under President George W. Bush. Ms. Chao, who is married to the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has been a fixture of the Republican establishment in Washington. Tom Price Mr. Trump has selected Mr. Price, a six-term Republican congressman from Georgia and orthopedic surgeon who has led opposition to the Affordable Care Act. Mr. Price has said the law interferes with the ability of patients and doctors to make medical decisions. 
Donald F. McGahn II Mr. Trump has chosen Mr. McGahn, who served as general counsel for the Trump campaign. Mr. McGahn, a Washington lawyer who pushed to deregulate campaign finance and election laws, served on the Federal Election Commission for five years. Wilbur Ross Mr. Trump has selected Mr. Ross, an investor whose fortune is estimated by Forbes to be $2.9 billion. Mr. Ross has said the United States must free itself from the “bondage” of “bad trade agreements,” and has advocated threats to impose steep tariffs on China. Betsy DeVos Mr. Trump has selected Ms. DeVos, a former chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party and an education activist who is a passionate believer in school choice, as his nominee. Nikki R. Haley Mr. Trump has selected Ms. Haley, the governor of South Carolina, as his nominee. The daughter of immigrants from India, she was a prominent and frequent critic of Mr. Trump early in his run. Ben Carson Mr. Trump has selected the former neurosurgeon and presidential candidate to be his nominee to lead HUD. Mr. Carson had previously said he did not want to work in government. Mike Pompeo Mr. Trump has selected Mr. Pompeo, representative of Kansas and a former Army officer, as his nominee. Mr. Pompeo is a member of the House Intelligence Committee and was a sharp critic of Hillary Clinton during the congressional investigation into the 2012 attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. Jeff Sessions Mr. Trump has selected Senator Sessions, of Alabama, as his nominee. Mr. Sessions is a strong proponent of strict immigration enforcement, reduced spending and tough-on-crime measures. His nomination for a federal judgeship in 1986 was rejected because of racially charged comments and actions, which are very likely to become an issue as he faces another set of Senate confirmation hearings. 
Reince Priebus Mr. Trump announced on Nov. 13 that he had chosen Mr. Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee. 
Stephen K. Bannon Also on Nov. 13, Mr. Trump announced the appointment of Mr. Bannon, a right-wing media executive and the chairman of the president-elect’s campaign. Many have denounced the move, warning that Mr. Bannon represents racist views. 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.
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!!!!!
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Boycott List
Boycott media!
Don't bother with these media outlets any more unless you want trump propaganda--these media outlets have whored themselves out to trump for access for the low, low price of "fancy" cocktails and a "fancy" dinner, consisting of Donald's shriveled orange acorn dick, at chump's "fancy" (aka FAKE PLASTIC, just like everything else about trump and his FAKE PLASTIC family) "resort" in Florida. What an upstanding, responsible response to trump's denying press conferences since 27 July 2016...retch. So much for comforting the afflicted, afflicting the comfortable, and speaking truth to power to keep that power reined in and in check...!
- Axios
- Bloomberg
- Breitbart because duh--according to AlterNet, Howard Dean Lends Voice to Consumer Activist Group Hitting Breitbart in the Wallet—And It's Working
- CNN
- FOX because of course
- MSNBC (includes Joe Scarborough, but Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes may still be OK as long as their corporate overlords allow it)
- NBC (they also have the reality TV show conflict of interest--and they just hired a couple of FUX Noise escapees, so beware a hard swing to the far, far right)
- POLITICO--their top editor(s) went and paid to party with trump, so now more and more trump propaganda has been showing up there, to my infinite disgust
Boycott vendors that support trump, sell trump shit, and otherwise pander to hate!
Boycott Victoria's Secret--they kick out shoppers who are guilty of shopping while Black!
Here's a twofer: let's save our money for when dump tanks the economy and grab the trumpussy grabber-in-thief where it hurts most--by his wallet!
Want to boycott trump? There's an app for that!
And here's a list of trump companies.
There's also a spreadsheet of trump supporters and vendors that carry trump merch that includes the vendors below.
Don't forget New Balance, who praised and supported trump: 1 (800) 595-9138.
Here's the list from Mindy Fischer, featuring 28 vendors that sell trump merchandise. BOYCOTT them all and TELL them why!
6pm
Contact info: (888) 676-2660, HQ- (702) 943-7777
cs@6pm.com
Amazon--pressure them to DUMP BREITBART, while you're at it!
Contact info: (888) 280-4331 HQ- (206) 266-1000
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/contact-us/general-questions.html?skip=true
Belk
Contact info: (866) 235-5443 HQ- (704) 357-1000
http://www.belkfeedback.com/(X(1)S(sbbxm3z11e1guxbtctk2wdkc))/Index.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
Bloomingdale's
Contact info: (800) 777-0000 HQ- (212) 705-2000
http://survey.medallia.com/?blm-tuwyt-com
Bluefly
Contact info: (877) 258-3359 HQ- (212) 944-8000
flyrep@bluefly.com
The Bon-Ton
Contact info: (800) 233-7626 HQ- (800) 937-5449
http://investors.bonton.com/contactus.cfm
Bed Bath and Beyond
Contact info: (800) 462-3966 HQ- (908) 688-0888
https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/selfservice/ContactUs?…
Burlington Coat Factory
Contact info: (855) 355-2875 HQ- (609) 387-7800
http://www.burlingtoncoatfactory.com/contactus.aspx
Carson's
Contact info: (800) 945-4438 HQ- (317) 971-6200
http://investors.bonton.com/contactus.cfm
Century 21 department store
Contact info: (877) 350-2121 HQ- (888) 221-2551
https://www.c21stores.com/contact
Dillard's
Contact info: (800) 345-5273 HQ- (501) 376-5200
http://www.dillards.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContactUs
DSW Shoes
Contact info: (866) 379-7463 HQ- (614) 237-7100
http://www.dsw.com/dsw_shoes/customer_service/send_email.jsp
Hudson’s Bay
Contact info: (800) 521-2364 HQ- (800) 521-2364
https://www.thebay.com/webapp/wcs/stores…
HSN
Contact info: (800) 284-3900 HQ- (727) 872-1000
https://www.hsn.com/cs/email_us/default.aspx
Jet
Contact Info: (855) 538-4323 HQ- (844) 538-2255
help@jet.com
Joss & Main
Contact info: (866) 263-8325 HQ- (617) 532-6100
https://www.wayfair.com/help/faq.php
Lord & Taylor
Contact info: (800) 223-7440 HQ- (212) 391-3344
https://www.lordandtaylor.com/webapp/wcs/stores…
Macy’s
Contact info: (800) 289-6229 HQ- (513) 579-7000
http://survey.medallia.com/?mcy-tuwyt-com
Marshalls and TJ Maxx
Contact info: (888) 627-7425 HQ- (508) 390-1000
https://www.marshallsonline.com/contact-us
Overstock.com
Contact info: (800) 843-2446 HQ- (801) 947-3100
https://help.overstock.com/app/ask
Perfumania
Contact info: (866) 557-2368 HQ- (800) 228-3489
http://perfumaniaholdings.com/contact
Saks Off Fifth
Contact info: (877) 551-7257 HQ- (212) 320-4700
https://www.saksoff5th.com/contactus
Stein Mart
Contact info: (888) 783-4662 HQ- (904) 346-1500
http://ir.steinmart.com/contactus.cfm
Wayfair
Contact info: (866) 263-8325 HQ- (617) 532-6100
https://www.wayfair.com/help/faq.php
Winners
Contact info: (514) 788 4949 HQ- (905) 405-8000
https://www.winners.ca/en/contact
Zappos
Contact info: (800) 927-7671 HQ- (702) 943-7777
https://secure-www.zappos.com/contact
Zulily
Contact info: (877) 779-5615 HQ- (206) 724-0500
http://www.zulily.com/contacts
OK, friends--let's get busy!
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