Traitorous nutjob Michael Flynn lied and kept his job; American hero Sally Yates told the truth and was fired. Now, tRump's fired Comey for totally disingenuous reasons. In other words, situation normal in tRumpworld.

11 May update:

Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!

Alas, I'm still in deadline hell at work, so I'll make this update as brief and as useful as I can: I've got some Resistbot fawdder for y'all, some headlines, and some m00bies. If I have the time and energy, I'll throw in a meme or a funneh or two.

 

Join me and fuel up your torches and sharpen up your fangs, claws, and pitchforks--let's fight these assholes!

 

With that, I'll just slawg on with le blawg.

 

- Dot Calm's shadow

 

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Resistbot fawdder!

 

Feel free to use as much or as little of any of these letters as you like. As for me, I'm driving my Teathuglikkant congress-critter right up the wall!

-- Dot Calm's shadow

 

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Remember when tRump said he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone and not lose one vote?

 

Remember tRump praising and, in some cases, inviting friendly meetings with dictators Duterte, Erdogan, and Kim Jon-un while refusing to shake hands with our ally, Angela Merkel?

 

Remembe how tRump acquiesced to PEWtin's request to entertain his minister and ambassador the day after firing Comey? And how tRump let TASS photographers into THE Oval Office while excluding our own media? (Now, THERE'S a security violation for you!)

 

Remember every outrageous, anti-democratic, un-American thing tRump has ever said and done?

 

These are signals.

 

They tell us that tRump is an authoritarian whose only interest is co-opting our institutions to serve his own personal interests. He is serious about being an authoritarian and serving other authoritarians.

 

They are tests of the Republican Party, which, by failing every test, has proven itself authoritarian, too.

 

If we look at history, people didn't take authoritarians like Mussolini and Hitler seriously until it was too late.

 

Firing the man investigating tRump is an impeachable offense. It is a cover up in its own right. It is also a clear admission of guilt.

 

Please don't repeat history--impeach tRump NOW, before it's too late!

 

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A woman was arrested for laughing at an obvious lie told about Jess Sessions--namely, that he has a consistent history of treating all races equally. Just read Coretta Scott King's letter.

 

A reporter was just arrested for asking Tom Price a question.

 

The woman laughed at the distortion of the truth. The reporter wanted to get the truth.

 

But the truth is under attack in tRump's soviet America.

 

Are you going to stand up for the truth and, with it, our democracy and rule of law?

 

The farther you let tRump's authoritarianism go, the harder it will be to distance yourself and extricate the country.

 

Please do the right thing. For all of us, yourself included.

 

Impeach tRump NOW!

 

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I still want to know why Jeff Sessios is free to threaten to shut down the tRump-Russia investigation when he should be sitting in a jail cell for perjuring himself on his SF-86 by denying his own Russian ties.

 

What are YOU doing about this?

 

I expect your answer in writing.

 

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Choo choo time headlines

 

BuzzFeed: This Grandma's Reaction To A Doll Says A Lot About The Effects Of Poverty on Children

WaPo: The Daily 202: Firing FBI director Comey is already backfiring on Trump. It's only going to get worse.

The Toronto Star: Trump's explanation for firing Comey crumbles
...There have been three conflicting tRumsplanations so far, last time I counted....

New York Magazine: GOP Rep: Trump Is 'Small Potatoes Compared to Nazi Germany'
...How st00pit can even a Republican be?!?? Clearly, this mor00n forgets that, like tRump, Hitler started small, testing every day just how outrageous he could be and get away with it. He didn't start gassing millions of Jews in his first 100 days.

New York Times: Opinion: An Open Letter to the Deputy Attorney General

Foreign Policy: Is America a Failing State?

MoJo: Trump's Tortuous Path to Firing James Comey
...Although interesting, this article is so...yesterday. As of today, tRump gave yet another version in an interview on the teevee with Lester Holt, claiming it's all on him and he was gonna fire Comey regardless of anyone's recommendations.

New York Times: How Abnormal Was Comey's Firing? Experts Weigh In
...Really interesting graphic--worth clicking through to! Spoiler: it was VERY important and VERY abnormal!

Bill Moyers: Comey's Firing Means We Must Have a Special Prosecutor

WaPo: FBI searches Republican political consulting firm in Annapolis and FBI raids Maryland GOP consultant over 2013 Virginia race
...That's right, friends--the FBI raided a GOP FUNDRAISING consulting firm. And you thot the repukes were such bastards bastions of integrity...!
 

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Daily Kos, AlterNet, and Democracy Now! headlines

Daily Kos Special Coverage

• Sean Spicer hid in bushes to avoid facing non-Fox reporters about Comey firing
  
  
• Comey firing came after Russia coverage that left Trump screaming at the television
  
  
• Donald Trump is attempting a coup—We must have a special prosecutor
  
  
• Daily Kos is prepared to resist Trump every single day until he's impeached or loses re-election. Can you chip in $1 to support independent, progressive media?
  
  
• Only Russian media allowed to cover Trump meeting with Russian foreign minister—American media kept out (seriously)
  
  
• Justice Department denies Comey asked for more money for Russian probe. Somebody's lying.
  
  
• McConnell joins Trump and Sessions in covering up the Russian hack
  
  
• Pence saying Comey firing because 'it was time for a fresh start' is worst acting performance ever
  
  
• Senate Democrat: Attorney General Jeff Sessions must resign
  
  
• Timing is everything in the Comey firing—when Trump acted makes all the difference
  
  
• Sign the petition: Demand ex-FBI Director Comey testify immediately about Trump-Russia ties
  
  
• Let's be clear: No one Trump nominates to head the FBI will be viewed as legitimate. No one

 

Daily Kos Recommended

• Joe Scarborough has a meltdown over Comey firing
  
  
• Team Trump allegedly blindsided by uproar over Comey firing
  
  
• Paul Ryan's office complained to Seth Meyers about his jokes and Meyers offers this amazing response
  
  
• Daily Kos is prepared to resist Trump every single day until he's impeached or loses re-election. Can you chip in $1 to support independent, progressive media?
  
  
• CNN reporting that grand jury subpoenas were issued before Comey firing
  
  
• Former prosecutor Ted Lieu asks if Trump broke the law with tweet about Sally Yates
  
  
• Dan Rather: Future generations may mark today as one of the darkest days in American history
  
  
• This is beyond sick: Trump team promises to release video of Clinton concession call
  
  
• Lawfare has the best d*mn article on Comey's firing that I have read so far
  
  
• Paul Ryan's visit to charter school in Harlem ends with him leaving to resounding boos
  
  
• Sign the petition: Demand ex-FBI Director Comey testify immediately about Trump-Russia ties
  
  
• Yates and Flynn and Comey, oh, my!
  
  
• Iowa's Supreme Court blocks anti-abortion restrictions two hours after being signed into law
  
  
• Donald Trump now has what he's always valued most: power over the people regulating his businesses
  
  
• Having Betsy DeVos as the commencement speaker at a HBCU is a horrible idea and this proves it
  
  
• Tuesday Night Massacre: Democrats demand independent counsel, Republicans mostly yawn
  
  
• There's literally only one way we can put a check on Trump's despotism: Win back the House

 

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Donald Trump's America Is Showing the Telltale Signs of a Failing State PRI's The World We have reached a moment of crisis in the history of American democracy. READ MORE» Samantha Bee Read Ivanka Trump's Appalling New Book So You Don't Have To By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet Ivanka's new book "contains more fonts than original thoughts."  READ MORE» Comey Loyalists Slam Trump's Claim He Was in the Clear on Russia By Travis Gettys, Raw Story "That is literally farcical." READ MORE» Sea-Level Rise Will Send Millions of U.S. Climate Refugees to Inland Cities By Marlene Cimons, Nexus Media By the end of the century, more than 13 million Americans might need to relocate from the coast. READ MORE» AlterNet Comics: Keith Knight on the Five Stages of Grief for a White Dad Learning His Daughter Took a Black Guy to Prom By Keith Knight, AlterNet Anger, spite, racism, pettiness, and death.  READ MORE»

Was Comey Fired Because the FBI’s Sights Were Turning Toward Trump’s Russian Mobster-Connected Business Ties? By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet Investigating campaign collusion with the Russians is not exactly the FBI’s expertise, but organized crime, money-laundering and racketeering are. READ MORE» 5 Reasons Donald Trump's Sons Should Be the First Soldiers Deployed to Afghanistan By Kali Holloway, AlterNet The mini-surge needs them.  READ MORE» Sessions Abuses His So-Called Recusal in Advising Trump By Jefferson Morley, AlterNet In contrast to Neil Gorsuch, Sessions embodies the appearance of conflict of interest. READ MORE»

You Are Not Going to Believe This... Or Maybe You Will—Poll: The First Word That Comes to Mind When We Think of Trump Is... By Katie Serena, Salon According to a new survey, when most Americans are asked to describe him, they aren't thinking "president." READ MORE» Donald Trump Is a Dictator in Training By Jim Hightower, AlterNet His belligerence is making him a global laughingstock. READ MORE» Exclusive: How Trump Backers Weaponized Anthony Weiner to Defeat Clinton By Matthew Harvey, Jonathan Z. Larsen, Russ Baker, WhoWhatWhy The anatomy of a takedown. READ MORE» The American War Machine: Never Has a Society Spent More for Less By William Hartung, TomDispatch The American way of war is a budget-breaker. READ MORE» If Washington Won’t Rein in Corporate Greed, Your State Might By Sarah Anderson, OtherWords A business owner turned state legislator is working to rein in runaway pay at the top of the corporate ladder. READ MORE» The Palestinian Hunger Strike Continues as Trump Prepares for His Israel Visit By Vijay Prashad, AlterNet The ugly face of the occupation is on display as 1,500 prisoners refuse to eat. READ MORE» Good That France Didn't Elect a Fascist, But Not So Good That They Elected a Guy Who Will Impose Austerity By Mark Weisbrot, The Huffington Post It is primarily the economic policies of Europe, including France, over the past decade that have allowed the National Front to grow into a legitimate opposition party. READ MORE» WATCH: Adorable Grade Schooler Demands Justice After Vice-President Pence 'Bopped' Him in the Face By Noor Al-Sibai, Raw Story He's polite as heck, but will he get his apology? READ MORE» Vermont Becomes First State to Pass Legislation Legalizing All Pot Use By Charlie May, Salon The bill, which awaits the Governor's pen, is the first of its kind in the United States. READ MORE» Big Pharma's Pollution Is Creating Deadly Superbugs While the World Looks the Other Way By Madlen Davies, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism Environmental standards do not feature in international regulations governing drug production. READ MORE» Mass Incarceration and the Achievement Gap By Leila Morsy, The American Prospect The impact of imprisoned parents on children shows how criminal justice policy is education policy. READ MORE»

 

8 Senators on Comey Firing: Democrats Are Determined to Find What Trump's Hiding, While Not All Republicans Run to Trump's Defense By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet Everyone knows this isn't about Hillary's emails. READ MORE» After Trump’s Stunning Firing of Comey, Dems Immediately Demand a Special Prosecutor to Continue Investigations By Jefferson Morley, AlterNet Fateful decision falls to career prosecutor Rod Rosenstein, a Republican favorite. READ MORE» Documents Reveal a Powerful, Secretive Foundation’s Blueprint for Spreading Right-Wing Ideology, State by State By Alex Kotch, AlterNet Meet the Bradley Foundation, giving the Koch brothers a run for their money. READ MORE»

Trump's Tuesday Night Massacre: Firing of Comey Reeks of Cover-Up By Noor Al-Sibai, Raw Story Trump’s firing of Comey is being compared to Nixon Watergate firings. READ MORE» Democrats Shame Republicans With 'Adopt a District' Plan to Hold Town Halls for Missing GOP Representatives By Sophia Tesfaye, Salon Republicans are running scared following their Trumpcare vote—and Democrats are poised to swoop in. READ MORE» Will Macron Move Left, or Feed Populist Anger? By Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect The center holds—for now. France buys some time, while Britain buys trouble. READ MORE» Donald Trump Is Radicalizing America's Court System Before Our Very Eyes By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet President nominates 10 judges to the federal bench, the first step in a right-wing corporate takeover. READ MORE» Baby Born Clutching IUD? Free Abortion Vacations? Nope—but Such Urban Legends Are Very Useful to the Right By Amanda Marcotte, Salon Titillating stories can be more persuasive than facts, and the anti-choice movement loves its nutty urban myths. READ MORE» Ivanka Used a Dumb Fake Presidential Quote in Her Book That She Clearly Learned From Her Dad By Walter Einenkel, DailyKos Her father isn't the only con artist in the family. READ MORE» Former 'Apprentice' Star Has a White Hot Emotional Meltdown While Defending GOP's All-Male Health Care Group By Elizabeth Preza, Raw Story After Erin Elmore's weak defense of the lack of female representation, she went way off track. READ MORE» 1 Year Per Gram: Man Gets Insane 18-Year Prison Sentence for Weed, Judge Furious By Justin Gardner, The Free Thought Project Welcome to Louisiana. READ MORE» A Swath of States Is Experiencing the Hottest Year to Date By Andrea Thompson, Climate Central From New Mexico over to Florida and up to Ohio, 2017 has been the hottest year on record. READ MORE» Educated in America: Growing Up as an Undocumented Immigrant By María Nolasco, The Washington Spectator "I learned how to be a spy." READ MORE» Brave New Films: What Everyone Can Do to Build Sanctuary Networks and Fight Trump's Evil Deportations By Robert Greenwald, Angel Padilla, Brave New Films Not just cities: We can become a sanctuary nation. READ MORE» It's Not Health Care, It's Trump-Don't-Care By Leo Gerard, AlterNet The GOP celebrated slashing insurance benefits for 24 million. READ MORE»

 

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Friends, please read this DN! if you read nothing else today--the interview with Ms. Sawant on the implications of tRump's authoritarianism are startling, and we all have to take action NOW before it's too late!!!!!
-- Dot Calm's shadow

 

Stories Kshama Sawant: Don't Wait for Authoritarian Trump to Be Impeached, This is the Moment to Revolt As we broadcast from Seattle, we get response from Kshama Sawant, a Socialist city councilmember, to President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey. "I ... Read More → Historian of Fascism: Why Trump Firing FBI Director Comey Amid Russia Probe is So Worrisome As more details come to light about President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, which reportedly came just days after he asked the Justice Department ... Read More → Workers Fear Radiation Exposure After Nuclear Waste Storage Tunnels Collapse in Washington A federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, heard arguments Monday over President Trump's second travel ban, which sought to ban all refugees and citizens ... Read More → Human Rights Lawyers Are Fighting a Justice Department Order to Stop Legal Aid for Immigrants A federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, heard arguments Monday over President Trump's second travel ban, which sought to ban all refugees and citizens ... Read More →

Headlines → Report: Comey Fired Days After Seeking to Expand FBI's Probe into Russian Election Meddling White House Accuses James Comey of Committing "Atrocities" as FBI Chief Schumer Warns Trump Firing of Comey, Yates, Bharara Part of "Deeply Troubling Pattern" In Letter, James Comey Urges FBI to Remain Independent Senate Intel Committee Subpoenas Michael Flynn, Trump's Ex-National Security Adviser, over Russia Ties At Urging of Putin, Trump Hosts Lavrov & Kislyak at White House; U.S. Press Barred from Meeting Education Sec. Betsy DeVos Graduation Speech Met by Boos at Historically Black College HHS Secretary Tom Price Commends Arrest of Journalist for Asking Questions Head of Census Bureau Resigns Ahead of 2020 Census Senate Blocks Effort to Overturn Obama-Era Methane Emissions Rule NC House Votes to Override Governor's Veto of Factory Farm Bill Study: Glaciers Rapidly Disappearing at Glacier National Park New South Korean President Vows to Bring Peace to Korean Peninsula U.N.: 245 Refugees Died Off Coast of Libya Report: U.S.-Led Airstrike Kills 11 in Syria, Including 4 Children Hundreds Protest Cuts at Stony Brook University Mother's Day Protests in Mexico Urge Authorities to Help Find Missing Children New Orleans Removes Statue of Former Confederate President Jefferson Davis

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...A-a-a-a-and tRump thinks he can just erase his TREASONOUS collusion with Russia and the resulting investigation just by having some ten-cent lawyer draft him a certified letter saying it isn't so...!

Hi-larious!!!!!

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Moar M00bies!

Friends, this is a Big Deal...

Some ask whether Keith goes too far. I say, "How can they even ask that when tRump asked for Russia to leak dirt on Hillary so he could 'win' the election?"

 

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9 May post:


Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!

It seems like almost every week I come to you whinging that I'm behind the eight-ball yet again. This week, I'm up to me arse in alligators at work--on top of an already brutal deadline, I'm taking friendly fire from my own "team," which is sabotaging me with their disorganization far more than they're helping. Ugh. Will I meet my deadline actually or only asymptotically? Stay t00ned to this blawg...I'll keep ya posted.

Anyhoo, because of the craziness at work, I don't have time to grace y'all with my usual pith and wit today. If you peruse as you scroll down to the peas, you'll get a fair idea of what's been on my mind since we tawked last.

One piece of n00z that's been lurking on the sidelines is the Sinclair media deal. You'll find the story in the "Democracy Now!" headlines. These are scary times for democracy in this country, friends...scary, scary times.

With that, allow me to slawg on with the blawg.

...Wait, wait, wait!
Stop the presses!!

Oh noes--the Internet is broke! In yet another bite-the-hand-that-fed-him move, tRump just fired (as in, it hit Twitter around 5-6 this evening) James Comey, using the completely disingenuous excuse that he was unfair to Hillary regarding her e-mails...an excuse that his base will suck up like Kool-Aid...as in, "Awwr, isn't tRump being oh-so-fair to teh libtardz!"

Oh, and tRump LIED (what, three times?) in that firing letter, saying that he himself is not being investigated. Oh, and tRump is retaining legal COUNSEL (get it, donnie?) for himself.

Dear ones, this is not a time to celebrate--this is part of the tRump-Russia cover up because you just KNOW that tRump is going to replace Comey with someone compromised. tRump is abusing his power, and he is obstructing justice.

Oh, and TRUMP IS UNDER FBI INVESTIGATION, which means that (1) as tRump himself says, it's impossible for him to govern (in addition to the obvious reasons he can't govern any more than he can find his double-wide ass with both hands) and (2) there's NO WAY IN HELL that Congress should approve tRump's nomination to replace Comey any more than they'd have approved any of Hillary's nominees for any reason, let alone if she'd been under FBI investigation.

Looks like (another) job for Super Kushner
...awww, he went to Jared!

And now...with that...let me slawg on with the blawg.

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Choo choo time headlines etc.

New York Times: F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump
...I hope this report is more reliable than their climate reporting of late.

Scott Dworkin (@funder) tweeted a link to a 90-minute Dutch documentary on tRump's (Russian) mob ties and activity that I can't wait to watch: https://zembla.vara.nl/dossier/uitzending/the-dubious-friends-of-donald-trump-the-Russians

Opposition Report at The Politicus: Trump Transition Team Copied CLASSIFIED CIA Documents About Russian Ambassador (DETAILS)
...And they apparently did not follow proper security protocols. BUT HER E-MAILS!

WaPo: Leave it to the geniuses at Harvard to come up with a solution to fake news

Slate: Sally Yates spent decades defying enraged politicians before Donald trump 

MoJo (aka Mother Jones): Why the Sally Yates Hearing Was Very Bad News for the Trump White House
...I follow David Corn on Twitter; you might want to do the same.

Bloomberg: Washington Loves General McMaster, But Trump Doesn't

Good.is: Al Franken Brilliantly Outlines Case Against Trump During Russia
...I am soooo grateful that Al Franken is on the Senate. He has got to be one of the most logically-minded people ever to grace that hall of government.

A word from The Guardian:

Texas adoption agencies could reject Jewish, Muslim, gay or single parents
...Can you believe the amount of hate Greg Abbott and his fellow Christians spew?

Trump immigration policy spurs ire at Kentucky Derby: 'We can't find workers

These pre-existing conditions wouldn't be protected by new US healthcare bill
...You know, boring stuff like being a woman, being raped.... Erectile dysfunction, of course, gets a free ride.

Tracking Trump: president celebrates healthcare plan that threatens millions

Trump's second pick for army secretary drops out of consideration
...That's Mark Green the LGBTQ+ hater, in care you missed it. Cue Nelson from the Simpsons: HAHA.

Trump says 'everybody', not just Australia, has better healthcare than US
...News flash, "president" asshole: that's because Australia et al. have universal, single-payer, non-profit health care. THAT'S what makes it better!

Trump-Russia investigation reignites as Senate asks aides to hand over notes
...Somehow, I don't think the aides did.

The Resistance Now: big, angry crowds to fight back against Trumpcare
...As Vive La France (@VeeCee30) tweeted, "As France has so brilliantly demonstrated, in a2 horse race you DONT elect the Fascist. Even if you start your opposition the very next day!"

Fact check: how well does your birth control work?
...And they posted this article because tRump wants to place Teresa Manning, who claims that birth control doesn't work, in charge of birth control!

The Great Recession hurt millions. Now, Republicans want to risk a repeat
...This piece is by Rep. Keith Ellison. I was one of the people he's talking about. I lost my job when DEFEATed Cruz shut down the government, at which point the job market bottomed out. I had to sell my house, which I ended up owning for a year to the day, to avoid getting foreclosed on. I was out of work for nine months and lost over $200,000 in income because the jobs I took (once jobs started trickling back into the market) were below my usual salary and qualifications. I'm still recovering...and Republicans want to clobber me again...!

The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked
...This applies to us Yanks, too, friends, so read up.

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Daily Kos, AlterNet, and Democracy Now! headlines

Daily Kos Recommended

• Trump has Twitter meltdown over Sally Yates' testimony to the Senate
  
  
• Sally Yates was brilliant, admirable, and honest—but will it make a difference
  
  
• GOPer Karen Handel refused debate with Jon Ossoff after learning it would be open to the public
  
  
• Russia-Trump scandal grows after Yates testimony
  
  
• Watch Sally Yates school Ted Cruz on constitutional law
  
  
• Opponents say Miami Republican 'wrote his political death certificate' with Trumpcare vote
  
  
• Sen. Sherrod Brown: 'A true populist tells the truth'
  
  
• Republican congressman from Iowa goes berserk, storms out of interview while surrounded by kids!
  
  
• John Oliver crashes the FCC comment site, again, to save net neutrality
  
  
• Florida man strikes again: Took gun to the movies for safety, shot self in the can
  
  
• July court trial could force Texas GOP to draw new congressional map for 2018
  
  
• Black Lives Matter looks to expand its strategy and refocus its energy in the Trump era
  
  
• Daily Kos had its first livestream AMA session with founder Markos Moulitsas—and it went great! Watch it here.
  
  
• Ivanka used a dumb fake presidential quote in her book that she clearly learned from her dad
  
  
• Are you outraged? Chip $1 to beat vulnerable House Republicans and make the GOP pay right for voting to repeal Obamacare.
  
  
• Sally Yates just smacked the bullsh#t out of this Republican senator's mouth
  
  
• In 'act of political cowardice,' Abbott signs anti-immigrant law in private and without notice

Daily Kos Recommended

• Macron campaign knew the hackers were coming, so they laid a trap and defeated them
  
  
• Idaho Republican: 'Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care'
  
  
• Montana special election in "single digits" as House GOP votes to repeal Obamacare. Can you chip in $5 now to help Get Out The Vote for Democrats Rob Quist and Jon Ossoff in upcoming special elections?
  
  
• Trump health secretary admits older people would pay a lot more under Trumpcare, says 'somebody's going to pay'
  
  
• Here is a list of 'pre-existing' conditions still covered by Trumpcare
  
  
• House Republican, told of benefits his Trumpcare vote strips, says 'Explain that to me'
  
  
• What will we learn when Sally Yates testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee today?
  
  
• Stephen Colbert blasts Trump, sparking an FCC review—so a review of Rush Limbaugh is next, right?
  
  
• Daily Kos readers: Help us ID the Republican members who attended Trump's big WH 'celebration'
  
  
• We set out to deliver pain to Republicans voting to kill thousands. A day later, we hit $1 million
  
  
• AHCA? 'This defines them' and other stellar reviews
  
  
• Trump administration to Latinos: Show me your papers or be deported
  
  
• I love it: Hillary throws shade on NY Times while praising French election
  
  
• White allies: Thoughts and conversations for today's movement
  
  
• As they cheer on their Trumpcare victory, millions wonder why Republicans want to kill them
  
  
• What happens when Muslim meets Deplorable at Trader Joes?
  
  
• GOP calls in the big guns in Montana special election that's within 'single digits'

Daily Kos Recommended

• Cook Political Report moves 20 races after vote.
  
  
• Flynn aide asked for Sergey Kislyak's CIA file setting off red flags in Obama W.H.
  
  
• Sign the petition: F*ck House Republicans
  
  
• Meet your all-white, all-male Senate death panel
  
  
• These Republicans who voted to take away healthcare and Medicaid have town halls coming up
  
  
• Think we can reach Trump voters? Think again.
  
  
• No, I didn't choose to have a pre-existing condition.
  
  
• Anti-vax activists cause record measles outbreak among refugees
  
  
• Republican state rep says women 'excited' to get pregnant for free trip to travel to get abortion
  
  
• Bernie Sanders cracks up as Trump praises Australian healthcare after his evil bill
  
  
• Want to take immediate revenge on House Republicans who voted to destroy health care? Here's how
  
  
• Resistance groups announce enormous one-day fundraising haul after GOP vote repealing health care
  
  
• Trump's Army secretary nominee withdraws after leftists use his own quotes to smear his good name
  
  
• Republican bill generates unity—patients hate it, docs hate it, hospitals hate it, insurers hate it
  
  
• GOP rep says no need for Planned Parenthood, women can simply get birth control at the grocery store
  
  
• Police executioner of 15 year-old Jordan Edwards charged with murder.
  
  
• French candidate Macron's email hacked and leaked 2 days prior to French election - sound familiar?

Daily Kos Campaigns

• Sign the petition: I am not a reporter, and I want to see Donald Trump’s tax returns
  
  
• Sign the petition: No more preemptive wars
  
  
• Flipping this seat would send shockwaves through Congress. Chip in $5 to Democrat Rob Quist and help win this huge special election in Montana.
  
  
• Sign the petition: F*ck House Republicans
  
  
• Sign and send a petition to your U.S. Senators: Shame on the House. Reject Trumpcare.
  
  
• Sign if you agree: No one should ever lose the right to vote
  
  
• Sign the petition: Appoint a special prosecutor on Russia's ties to the Trump campaign
  
  
• Sign if you agree: Jeff Sessions must resign, and a special prosecutor must investigate Trump's ties to Russia
  
  
• Sign the petition: Elect the president by national popular vote
  
  
• Sign the petition: Don’t mess with Social Security!
  
  
• Sign the petition: Denounce Fox News for Bill O’Reilly’s golden parachute, and the culture of sexual harassment
  
  
• Want to take revenge on House Republicans who voted to destroy health care? Here is how.

Daily Kos Recommended

• Want to take immediate revenge on House Republicans who voted to destroy health care? Here's how
  
• NY Daily News cover says it all
  
• Ivanka Trump uses a quote about American slavery to talk about being a rich working rich person
  
  
• NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issues warning of legal action if Trumpcare is signed into law
  
  
• Twitter responds to Obamacare repeal vote with #IAmAPreexistingCondition
  
  
• Greta Van Susteren rains all over House GOP garden party
  
  
• Handmaid's tale comes to Missouri Senate, as protesters send a message to Republican supermajority
  
  
• Here's a Florida Republican not being able to answer why he voted to repeal the ACA
  
  
• After announcing retirement, one GOP congresswoman is torching the GOP health care plan
  
  
• Republicans endanger the lives of millions—and their own re-election
  
  
• Hmm, wonder why: Trump reportedly gives Cinco de Mayo hosting duties to Pence
  
  
• Sign the petition: Denounce Republicans for passing Trumpcare
  
  
• Want to wipe that smug smile off Paul Ryan's face? Chip in to Democrats Rob Quist and Jon Ossoff, who are facing off against Republicans in special congressional elections right now.
  
  
• Jason Chaffetz threatens to cut Barack Obama's pension
  
  
• NY Daily News cover says it all
  
  
• Watch Sean Spicer lose his sh*t after Breitbart calls him out for his alternative fact wall
  
  
• Trump: Australia has better health care than U.S. (they have universal health care)
  
  
• The insurance of half of all babies born in the U.S. is threatened by Trumpcare

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Stories Pro-Trump Network Sinclair Set to Become Nation's Biggest Broadcaster as FCC Weakens Ownership Rules The Sinclair Broadcast Group is reportedly nearing a $4 billion deal to purchase Tribune Media, which would give it control of more than a third of the country's local TV ... Read More → Show Me Your Papers, Texas-Style: Lawmakers Condemn SB4 as Greatest Legislative Threat to Immigrants Texas is facing growing criticism after the state's Republican governor, Greg Abbott, signed into law one of the nation's harshest immigration bills, SB 4. The ... Read More → Meet Carimer Andujar: Rutgers Student & Immigration Activist Who Faces Possible Deportation Today Twenty-one-year-old Carimer Andujar came to the United States from the Dominican Republic with her family at the age of four. She is now in her third year ... Read More → Trump's FCC Chair Declares New War on Net Neutrality After 10-Year Battle for Free & Open Internet FCC head Ajit Pai has outlined a sweeping plan to dismantle net neutrality rules, which seek to keep the internet open and prevent corporate service providers ... Read More →

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M00bies!

No one has ever died from not having access to health care? This makes me want to put my fist through Labrador's st00pit, ugly face. As one of the commenters remarked, "Hear that? The GOP think you're 'nobody.'"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is hilarious, right down to Rockapella...

 

It's time to tax the goddamned churches and give that money to the people who need it to survive!!!!!

 

The fact that I'd only heard the term but didn't know what it meant 'til I saw this TYT vid goes to show how out of touch I am with...er...certain aspects of our culture...this one being a particularly nasty one at that. I'd call it "rape" instead of "stealthing" if it were up to me--it completely violates the partner's consent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Well, friends, that's it for today. Until we meet again, don't forget to RESIST with Resistbot:

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
MaddowBlog
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 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

...or, if you just want something mindless and fun, try Tested

Also, don't forget to add these to your Twitter feed if you haven't already:

 

@joyannreid

@georgetakei
@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 trump hell has opened...
  

- Dot Calm's shadow

Consider the preemptive Blogger phuqued-up phormatting disclaimer to be in effect. Grrr.

-- Dot Calm's shadow

      

 

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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

Don't forget to contact these media outlets and their ADVERTISERS and TELL them all why you're boycotting them! So what if we spend a little less money overall? The money we save now may give us enough breathing room to jump ship before trump crashes the economy.

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

Neiman Marcus WE WON! Needless Mark-up DUMPED TRUMP, w00t!
Contact info: (888) 888-4757 HQ- (562) 463-9333
https://www.neimanmarcus.com/assistance/contactUs.jsp

Nordstrom WE WON! Nordstrom DUMPED TRUMP, w00t!
Contact info: (888) 282-6060 HQ- (206) 628-2111
https://nordstrom.custhelp.com/app/ask/incidents.c$sent_queueid/12

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!