The #Resistance will not be televised; however, it will be tweeted and blawgged!

8 June 2017 update:

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

Walp, yesterday's hearings with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and the three Intel Chiefs--NSA chief Mike Rogers, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe--was a big fat nothing-burger. All four dodged questions, refusing to say whether or not they had been asked to interfere in the Trump-Russia investigation. Coats clearly committed contempt of Congress, which reacted by pouting and mewling with ever-so-slight discontent.

Ehhh, whiskey tango, over?

Seriously--if tRump HADN'T pressured these men to interfere with the tRump-Russia investigation, they would have been shouting it from the rooftops.

Get it?

They COULD have DENIED tRump's behavior, but THEY DIDN'T.

That should tell you something.

To me, it means that tRump HAD to have pressured them--he obstructed justice by pressuring them to obstruct justice.

Welcome to the cover up, assholes.

Think about it...

If tRump were innocent, he wouldn't have one of his PACs take out political attack ads against Comey, duh. And he wouldn't have asked intel and DOJ professionals to back off the tRump-Russia investigation. And he wouldn't have done a million things he HAS done since the inAUGHuration.

And there's no way in hell Comey was going to chop of tRump's haid, either.

Comey did, however, testify that tRump asked him to lay off investigating Flynn. And Comey was smart enough to release his seven-page statement yesterday so that everyone would know what he had to say and tRump couldn't derail the testimony.

And, on top of that, Comey was smart enough not to read his prepared statement--preferring instead to drop a few bombshells. Like knowing that, if tRump wasn't under investigation for collusion yet, there was a good chance he would eventually be. And how the FBI knew enough not to give Sessions critical information because the FBI knew that Sessions would recuse himself long before he announced it.

According to Republicans, this is all perfectly fine--"it could have been worse"..."tRump is st00pit"..."the self-proclaimed billionaire who claimed that he alone could fix the federal government is too much of a neophyte to know that obstructing justice is wrong"...and other such bullcrap basically constitute the "defense" they are using for their fat, orange Russian boi in the White House. For fuck's sake...tRump has spent more time in court than Perry Mason, as one astute Tweep pointed out. tRump knows it's wrong to obstruct justice, and I can prove it to you: if tRump hadn't known he was about to break the law, then why did he ask everyone but Comey to leave the room?

In short, friends, we are well and truly skr00ed.

According to Twitter user alt_fec, there simply isn't a mechanism to undo the election, even if there were all the evidence of Russian hacking in the world. There is nothing we can do to invalidate the election, hold a special election, or anything else until or unless tRump is impeached and removed from office--at which point, we'll have to do the same for penis pence and so on down through the entire GOP until we get to Orrin Hatch. And we'll have to wait until 2018 before we can even start--and that assumes that we take back the House despite all the Republican gerrymandering.

Friends, we are up shits creek without a paddle...or a canoe.

SMH.

All snark aside, if you want the Cliff's Notes version of what went down in yesterday's hearing, listen to Randi. It's too good to wait for todaze m00bies.

Come to think of it, so's Randi's vid from today:

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Did you know that ickle donnie and eric  tRump siphoned money off St. Jude's charity for children with cancer and put that money
into their own pockets?

New York Daily News: Eric Trump funneled $100G meant for child cancer research to his dad's golf courses

Forbes: How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business

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Choo choo time headlines

N00z you can use

The American Prospect: Ashcroft's Interest
...Read it and weep for what it says about Christopher Wray.

WaPo: The other shoes start falling
...Teaser: "As the briefing was wrapping up, Trump asked everyone to leave the room except for Coats and CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The president then started complaining about the FBI investigation and Comey’s handling of it, said officials familiar with the account Coats gave to associates..."

Wanna see tRump's ad against Comey?
Go to Great America PAC's FB page and scroll down to 2:33 p.m., 6 June 2017 on the timeline:
https://www.facebook.com/GreatAmericaPAC/
...Don't forget to take a shower to wash off the filth when you're done. Ick.

Popular Science: Six irrefutable pieces of evidence that prove climate change is real

WaPo: White House touts the ACA's demise even as insurers seek help in stabilizing its marketplace

MoJo: The Trump Organization won't say how it's vetting deals for conflicts of interest

Indivisible guide: The RAA: The Worst Bill You've Never Heard Of 

War on the rocks: Washington and the Latest Qatari Row
...According to Reuters, Iran blames Saudi Arabia for the two-pronged attack yesterday in the Parliament and Khomeini's mausoleum--both of which symbolize key democratic and political aspects of Iranian governance. Since Saudi Arabia cut off Qatar and Iran sided with Qatar, it makes sense that Iran would think the Saudis were behind the attack. Meanwhile, tRump crowed that he instigated the split--that the Saudis cut off Qatar because he "advised" them to. That sounds like bullshit, but if it-snot, it begs some interesting questions...like why would tRump want to cut off Qatar when it's not only the biggest American military base in the Middle East but also the site of one of his hotel "deals"? And why does tRump NOT know that Iran doesn't support ISIS and that ISIS HATES Iran?

NPR: Asked About Discrimination, Betsy DeVos Said This 14 Times
...As I called DeVos on Twitter: evil masked behind a benign smile.

ACLU: ACLU Statement on Nomination of New FBI Director
...Friends, this will give you pause. In addition to concerns about tRump and his demands of fealty, the ACLU had this to say about tRump's nomination of Christopher Wray to head the FBI: "“Christopher Wray’s firm’s legal work for the Trump family, his history of partisan activity, as well as his history of defending Trump’s transition director during a criminal scandal makes us question his ability to lead the FBI with the independence, even-handed judgment, and commitment to the rule of law that the agency deserves. Given that Wray touts his deep involvement in the Bush administration's response to the 9/11 attacks, which includes his connections to some of the most unlawful legal memos on Bush-era torture programs, the Senate should press Wray to come clean about his role in the programs. In this important moment for our country, the American people deserve a commitment from any nominee for FBI director to the foundational principles of our Constitution, and that that commitment outweighs any loyalty to a political party or a single politician. We will be watching closely in the coming days to ensure Wray makes these commitments and earns the trust of the public."
[Emphasis mine. -- Dot Calm's shadow]

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Opening Statement - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
...These are Comey's statements, all seven pages of 'em. He confirms that tRump cornered him, demanded fealty, and pressured him to back off the investigation of Flynn. As I understand it all, he also intimates that Rosenstein was set up for the job...that Flynn lied about Kislyak...and that Sessions is a slimeball who can't be trusted to do the right thing for the country.

The Atlantic: The Scandal of Trump Is What's Already Known

Daily Kos: DHS withholding grants aimed at countering white supremacist violence

ABC News: India's rising temperatures are already deadly, study shows

The Globe and Mail: At long last, a forum where Trump cannot escape the truth

BoingBoing: Russian malware communicates by leaving comments in Britney Spears's Instagram account

Medium.com: 16 Policies to Combat the Kremlin's Playbook – Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Foreign Policy: Why Is Putin's 'Private Slush Fund' Courting Jared Kushner?

WaPo: How cable news networks are reacting to Comey's hearing
...From network to network, the wording changes from a definitive accusation leveled at tRump...to a mild accusation of tRump...to "And now for something completely different...." You can guess which network is which, but, if you can't, the graphics tell the story.

VICE: Al Jazeera Says It's Under a Massive 'Cyber Attack'
...The back story is that Al Jazeera is headquartered in Qatar, which is one reason Saudi Arabia wants to take Qatar out, and I don't mean on a date. Al J is the only voice in the region that dissents against Saudi Arabia, and the network has the trust of audiences worldwide. If you like BBC and Sky News, you'll love Al Jazeera.

Bill Moyers: Worried About Election Hacking? There's a Fix for That

Reuters: Republicans take knife to post-crisis Wall Street reforms
...Remember what I said about Republicans axing Dodd-Frank while we were all mesmerized by Director Comey? There's a reason they do this: they engineer the economy to crash so that they can extract all the money from it. Like in the 2008 crash, the plutocrats crashed the market, which killed our jobs, so they could foreclose on our homes...which means that they got not only our houses but our equity in them...and then, when they deigned for us to become re-employed, they sold us our houses back at full price. It's a win-win-win for them...not so much for us. Dodd Frank was a modest measure to keep the banks from gambling with OUR money...but then the plutocrats can't crash the economy with pesky regulations like that in place...so it had to go.

Links you can use

Here's how to report election fraud: https://transition.fec.gov/
...follow alt_fec on Twitter for a great thread regarding the rules.

Here's a hilarious video comparing the intellect of Justin Trudeau with the "intellect" of tRump:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVBjbosl8kp/?taken-by=sillyrepublicans

TaxMarch.org: The American Health Care Act: An $800,000 Annual Tax Cut for Greg
...There's a file on that asshole Issa, too.

tRumpcare Toolkit: Trumpcare Toolkit | Home
...Because, while we were all glued to the Comey hearings, Republicans were voting to foist tRumpcare on us and strip us of what little consumer protections we have under Dodd-Frank

Don't forget to check out the repository set up by Scott Dworkin (Twitter user funder) regarding all the Greedy Oily PEWtineers Russian-funded malfeasance:
The Dworkin Report: Evidence Tying Donald Trump to Russia
Trump Dossier Analysis: Corroborating Evidence in the Trump-Russia Dossier

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Ruh roh, Reorge--itz Twitter Warz...

When Stonekettle accused me

 of living in a yurt

because I don't have cable and thus watch MeTV,

I replied,
"My dad pedals the bicycle to power the teevee,

but the teevee is in the teepee
because the yurt is hurt."

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Daily Kos, AlterNet, and Democracy Now! headlines

Daily Kos Special Coverage

• Comey saw 'letting Flynn go' as Trump order; also implicates Pence, Sessions
• When a president says 'I hope' you'll stop investigating someone, it's a threat. Period.
• Comey on Russia: 'They're coming for America'—but Trump didn't give a damn about it
• Sign the petition: Release transcripts of White House recordings
• One thing is clear: We need an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate Trump's ties to Russia. Click here to sign if you agree.
• Senate Intelligence Republicans manufacture excuses for Trump and blame for Comey
• Did Trump collude with Russia? Comey: 'I don’t think I should answer in an open setting'
• Comey forced to explain that Trump's tweets and 'looking the FBI director in the eye' are different
• Comey intentionally tried to 'prompt the appointment of a special counsel'
• Comey was 'aware of facts' he can't discuss that made Sessions' Russia involvement 'problematic'
• Comey says Pence was aware of Flynn problems as early as the transition, which means Pence lied
• Comey: Trump telling him to lay off of Flynn was 'an order'
• Comey just verified the veracity of the 'hooker dossier'
• Comey on why he kept written records of Trump meetings: 'I was honestly concerned that he might lie'
• Comey on White House framing of FBI in tatters: 'Those were lies, plain and simple'
• Democrat uses her seven minutes with Comey to go after Jeff Sessions

Daily Kos Recommended

• Twitter responds to Comey statement on Trump's loyalty demands and hooker denials
• Republican tries to ask gotcha question to Jon Ossoff—and it explodes in her face
• James Comey wanted his written testimony out there early—and with good reason
• Want to stop Trump? Chip in $1 to help Daily Kos keep fighting.
• Christianist cult in NC finally getting its day of reckoning
• Sessions left hanging as Trump turns his back on the attorney general
• Donald Trump announced his FBI pick on Twitter ... and the White House is silent
• Three senior FBI officials can vouch for Comey’s story about Trump
• Texas just lost a major convention because of the racist 'show me your papers' law
• Coats' and Rogers' refusal to answer questions has senators boiling mad
• School bullies are using the words and name 'Trump' to harass and attack their classmates
• Muslim teens capture Islamophobic harassment at Mexican restaurant in Illinois by crazy racist idiot
• Montana Republican apologizes for body-slamming reporter, donates $50,000 to Committee to Protect Journalists
• Another science denier appointed: 'abstinence-only' promoter gets post at Health and Human Services
• Dan Coats and Mike Rogers refuse to say whether or not Trump tried to get them to interfere at FBI
• Everything you need to know about obstruction of justice for today's James Comey hearing

Daily Kos Recommended

• The Midday Show with Sean Spicer: Tweets are in, Sessions is out
• Trump discovers source of all terrorism—the guy he promised to sell 'beautiful' weapons to last week
• Looks like $110 billion Saudi arms deal is bull
• Daily Kos is $299,500.48 away from our June goal. Can you chip in $1 to support the team that brings progressive news to your inbox every day?
• Special Counsel Mueller puts an expert in the Mafia and fraud at the heart of his investigation
• Kansas governor's tax experiment comes to end, as legislature overturns veto
• Trump's plan to create a 'war room' to fight Russia allegations fails—on the creating a room step
• Senate Republicans trash their own leadership, prep for a budget 'train wreck'
• Trump attempts to distract America, announces replacement for the FBI director he fired
• Alabama counties cut 85% of their food stamp participants with no work in sight
• Help make Trump irrelevant. Sign the petition: I want my state and city to join the Paris climate agreement
• Only four months into the job, sycophantic Jeff Sessions is already threatening to resign
• Organizers kicked a child out of a soccer tournament because they refused to believe she's a girl
• Top Democrat on Intel Committee: Russian hacking of U.S. election systems 'much broader' than in Intercept report
• Sorry, kids, no health care for you in Trumpcare
• Harrowing statistic: One in two gay and bi black men could become infected with HIV
• Winning hearts and minds, international edition

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My tweet on Republican logic 101:

Pro-life = pro-death

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Moar m00bies!

Friends, I have great m00bies...the best m00bies...to show you today, but Blogger is being a horse's ass and won't let me post them! GRRRRR!

I will post them separately--maybe we'll luck out, and they and this humongo post will both display.

GRRRRR!!!!!

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6 June 2017 post:

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

Today, I have a special treat for you: no essay!

Nope--today, allow me to present a poem written by my friend Jim Stahler...the first installment of a few he graciously sent me.

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BACK TO WHERE THEY BELONG
©Jim Stahler

[11-27-14 This is a response to those who think that illegal aliens should all be deported because they broke the law. The problem is worse than anyone can imagine.]

Driving down the highway
Those cars go zooming past,
Changing lanes without signaling
While they go way too fast.

They must be illegal aliens.
Send them back to where they belong.
A native born American
Would never do anything wrong.

In high school and in college
Getting drunk is all the rage,
Imbibing too much alcohol
Even though they’re under age.

They must be illegal aliens.
Send them back to where they belong.
A native born American
Would never do anything wrong.

In the hallowed halls of congress
They’re doing what they should not.
Taking bribes and having sex
And stupidly getting caught.

They must be illegal aliens.
Send them back to where they belong.
A native born American
Would never do anything wrong.

A red, white, and blue American would never do anything wrong.
You and I are true Americans; we would never do anything wrong.

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Hopefully, that made you smile and fortified you to face the n00z I've got lined up today...

And with that less-than-happy thot, allow me to slawg on with the blawg.

- Dot Calm's shadow

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Choo choo time headlines

If you follow me on Twitter, you'll see that these stories comprise a sample of what I retweet. I like collecting them here on the blawg for easy long-term reference.
-- Dot Calm's shadow

The Guardian: The six questions Nigel Farage won't answer on Trump-Russia

WaPo: Fact-checking President Trump's claims on the Paris climate change deal

MediaMatters: NRA board member Ted Nugent stands by call for Hillary Clinton to be hanged

EPA.gov: EPA FACT SHEET: Clean Power Plan BY THE NUMBERS--CUTTING CARBON POLLUTION FROM POWER PLANTS

Reuters: Trump's continued search for new FBI chief seen as chaotic
There's also this from Reuters: U.S. lawmakers ask Trump to turn over any Comey tapes

Rewire: The Breach: In the Shadow of Putin With Sarah Kendzior

ABC News: DOJ never told Comey of concerns before axing him and now he's angry
...Spoiler: the government has processes and procedures for firing career public servants. The fact that tRump never told Comey a single "concern" tells me that said "concerns" are bogus--a pathetic excuse made up after the fact to rationalize the decision to obstruct the tRump-Russia investigation.

WaPo: Scientists just published an entire study refuting Scott Pruitt on climate change

Newsweek: Putin Vows Military Response to 'Eliminate NATO Threat is Sweden Joins
...Spoiler: Sweden gave PEWtin the big FUCK YOU and joined NATO anyway. Good!

Slate: The Weather Channel's response to Trump's Paris Agreement pullout was powerful
...Spoiler: it was awesome...

Dame Magazine: The Silencing of the Hillary Clinton Supporter
...In other words, Democrats and Republicans alike are wringing their hands to figure out how to get fewer than 25% of the American populace--the so-called Working Class White Man--to vote for them while ignoring the more sizeable proportion of male and female Hillary supporters.

Chicago Tribune: Emanuel backs off from commitment to court oversight of Chicago police reform

Parthian Arrow blog: Unintended Presidential Resignation

Stonekettle.com: Stonekettle Station: The Hubris of Ignorance

Lawfareblog: A New Jurisprudence for an Oathless Presidency
...In other words, nobody takes tRump seriously as "president." It's clear that he is completely divorced from his oath of office. So, what else will the courts decide they can safely ignore?

Bill Moyers: A Tax on Wall Street Trading is the Best Solution to Income Inequality

The Guardian: Far right raises £50,000 to target boats on refugee rescue missions in the Mediterranean

Adelphi: Insurgency, Terrorism and Organised Crime in a Warming--I read a piece with this title as originally posted on the New Climate for Peace blog, but it seems to have been taken down.

Paste Magazine: How the Trump-Russia Data Machine Games Google to Fool Americans

Reuters: Deutsche Bank ignores U.S. Trump/Russia query: Democratic staffer

WaPo: How to teach kids about climate change where most parents are skeptics

GWU: Nazis vs. ISIS on Twitter - The George Washington University

Daily Kos: 99 "coincidences" connecting Trump and Putin

Wired: A Retiree Discovers an Elusive Math Proof—And Nobody Notices

The Daily Beast: John Oliver Goes Off on the Media for 'Insulting' London Attack Coverage

McClatchy: GOP strategists plot anti-media strategy for 2018 elections

MoJo: Trump's Tortuous Path to Firing James Comey

New Yorker: How President Trump Could Seize More Power After a Terrorist Attack

All That Is Interesting: Dinosaur 'Mummy' Unveiled With Skin And Guts Intact

Boston Globe: Donald Trump's airline went from opulence to crash landing

The Guardian: My best friend was killed by a terrorist – I can't work for the Saudi regime any more | Alastair Bealby

The Intercept: Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election
...Nutshell: Reality Winner is a 25-year-old who had access to top secret information and who leaked it to The Intercept, apparently without any concern for getting caught. The NSA's attention to what she leaked verifies that the information is accurate. However, it does not show evidence of Russian hacking of our actual voting machines--which makes sense because they're not connected to the Internet--EXCEPT that Russia DID hack into the software company that makes the software IN our voting machines (see todaze DN! headlines below for the full story on that). We're not sure yet what exactly Russia did--it could all just have been exploratory this time around. However, the document and NSA's reaction to it do confirm that PEWtin LIED when he denied Russian interference with our election in his interview with Megyn Kelly. As if we didn't expect as much.

ProPublica: Here Are the Financial Disclosures of 349 Officials Trump Has Installed Across the Government

WSJ: Trump Hotel Received $270,000 From Lobbying Campaign Tied to Saudis
...Say it with me now, boyz 'n' goilz: "EMOLUMENTS"!

Reuters: California, China defy US climate retreat with new cleantech tie-up

Brookings Institute: The $110 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia is fake news
...In other words, tRump is trying to take credit for and build up something that existed before he came into the picture. It's barely a promise for the Saudis to browse our military-industrial-complex wares. Note to self: don't believe ONE WORD spewed forth by the orange face anus in comrade twAtler's orange face.

MoJo: Donald Trump Just Slammed Qatar for Terrorism. So What's Up With His Big Hotel Project There?

Forbes: How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business 
...In other words, tRump funneled money from St. Jude's charity to fight childhood cancer into his own pockets. Not only is this repulsively unethical, but it's also likely illegal.

Reuters: Deutsche Bank ignores US Trump/Russia query: Democratic Staffer
...Friends, this is gravely troubling...gravely troubling. I wonder whether Angela Merkel can help.

Reuters: Trump's blocking of Twitter users violates US Constitution : rights institute
...tRumplethinskin has already blocked a lot of libs trying to get under his skin, but that's apparently unconstitutional because his Twitter account constitutes an official channel between him and the public! Can you imagine the class lawsuit? I'm trying to piss him off and get blocked myself....

CNN: US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis
...So, first, tRump claimed that Saudi et alia were following his "advice" to cut ties with Qatar. Then, we find out that the so-called crisis tRump based his first tweet on was fake news planted by Russia...which only goes to prove that tRump explicitly followed PEWtin's orders in the matter.... But, wait--there's moar! Wanna know how the Russkies got orange twAtler's goat and goaded him to dismantle our alliance with Qatar? They planted insults from Qatar directed at him in their fake news article! tRumplethinskin ain't nuthin' if not predictably malleable....

CNN: Trump claims credit for Arab rift with Qatar

NY Times: Comey Told Sessions: Don't Leave Me Alone With Trump
...Preet Bharara tweeted in reponse: if tRump tells everyone else to leave the room, then leave the room with everyone else. (In other words, leave the naughty ickle toddler alone!)

WaPo: Trump jumps into worsening dispute between Qatar and powerful Arab bloc
...And thus doing PEWtin's bidding of weakening our alliances and thus weakening the United States of America.

BuzzFeed: The Most Important Donald Trump Campaign Adviser You've Never Heard Of

ShareBlue: Trump blows off military experts on Qatar, endangers largest US base in the Middle East
...But not to worry--Qatar won't have to tolerate the vacuum of losing our support for very long...Iran will gladly step in and fill the void. What could go wrong?

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Never Has a President Been Quite So Big. So Absolutely Monstrous. Or Quite So Small By Tom Engelhardt, Tom Dispatch He’s teaching us just how deeply disturbed our American world actually is, or he wouldn’t be where he is. READ MORE» Open Warfare Breaks out Among Conservatives: March in Lockstep Behind Trump, or Show Some Infinitesimal Spine? By Heather Digby Parton, Salon Right-wing "thought leaders" face a quandary: Follow "our general" with no questions, or admit he's a disaster? READ MORE» If You Eat These Popular Candies, You're Also Eating Insect Secretions By Robin Scher, AlterNet About 100,000 bugs are killed to produce a little over 1 pound of shellac flakes, a main ingredient in confectioner's glaze. READ MORE» New Beef Ban Would Cause Massive Economic Damage in India and Send a Hateful Message to Its Muslims By Vijay Prashad, AlterNet More than 42 percent of the Indian population are Dalits, Muslims, Adivasis, Christians and Sikhs. None are put off by the consumption of meat. READ MORE» VIDEO: What Happens When You're Drunk AND Stoned at the Same Time? By Phillip Smith, AlterNet The guys at ASAP Science take on this burning question in an entertaining, science-based, three-minute video. Enjoy.  READ MORE» Are We Overreacting to Trump's Withdrawal From Paris Agreement? By Nives Dolsak, Aseem Prakash, The Conversation Will this withdrawal derail global efforts toward climate mitigation? READ MORE» Milwaukee Police Were Called to Remove a Mentally Ill Man Sleeping in a Public Park: A New Documentary Asks Why He Was Killed Instead By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet "The Blood Is at the Doorstep" tells a shocking tale of police brutality and a family's struggle years since. READ MORE» A Trump Rollback of Cuba Polices Would Cost Billions By Harriet Sinclair, Newsweek Trump's hard stance with Cuba could threaten jobs. READ MORE» Underfunded Oklahoma Schools Shortened School Week Is Tip of Nationwide Education Fund Shortfall By Jeff Bryant, Education Opportunity Network Years of fiscal backsliding has reduced local school budgets to skin and bones. READ MORE»

Paul Krugman: Trump Is Prepared to Destroy the Planet out of Sheer Spite By Jacob Sugarman, AlterNet The president's decision to pull out of the Paris agreement has nothing to do with putting America first.  READ MORE» Emmanuel Macron's Powerful, English-Language Rebuke of Donald Trump Is Simply Not to Be Missed By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet The French president responds to the United States' withdrawal from the Paris agreement. READ MORE» Trump White House Orders Federal Agencies to Blow off Requests for Info from All Democrats By Brad Reed, Raw Story Official claims restrictions are justified because Republicans control all three branches of government. READ MORE»

Ivanka Trump Slammed Over LGBT Tweet By Pritha Paul, International Business Times "Actions speak louder than words." READ MORE» Jimmy Kimmel Lays Out the Catastrophe of Trump's Paris Agreement Withdrawal in Terms Even the President Should Understand By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet "If climate change destroys human life on Earth, it could be bad for business." READ MORE» In Stunning Act of Defiance, Baton Rouge Police Chief Refuses Mayor's Request to Fire Officer Who Killed Alton Sterling By Celisa Calacal, AlterNet Carl Dabadie says terminating the officer would be "improper." READ MORE» Bernie Sanders Admits He's a Big Fan of Jeremy Corbyn: 'I Have Been Very Impressed' By Dan Roberts, Anushka Asthana , The Guardian "He has taken on the establishment [and] transformed his party." READ MORE» 7 Reasons You Should Be Eating More Cucumber By Rachael Link, Authority Nutrition They're low in calories but high in many important vitamins and minerals. READ MORE»

In an Unprecedented Court Escalation, Trump Protesters Could Be Facing Decades in Prison for Inauguration Demonstrations By Celisa Calacal, Lauren Kaori Gurley, AlterNet A frightening crackdown on free speech is underway across the country. READ MORE» A Learning Expert Tries Betsy DeVos' Neuron-Stimulating Headset—and Is Far From Impressed By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet DeVos has invested millions in the brain-training company NeuroCore.  READ MORE» Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement, Endangering Future Generations and the Planet By Reynard Loki, AlterNet Can the global climate be stabilized without American participation? READ MORE»

U.S. Joins Only Syria and Nicaragua on Climate Accord 'No' List By Haroon Siddique, The Guardian Only other UN members not party to Paris agreement never signed up, but for reasons of war and principle, not disbelief. READ MORE» Hate Crimes Are All Around U.S.: Where Is Trump? By Kali Holloway, AlterNet His silence is deafening. READ MORE» In Historic Vote, California Senate Passes Single-Payer Bill to Provide Comprehensive Health Care to All Residents By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet A work-in-progress? A model for the nation? Or a step off the fiscal cliff? READ MORE» Sorry, There Are No 'Grown-Ups' to Protect Us, As Trump Makes the World Even Worse of a Mess By Adele M. Stan, The American Prospect The president is a danger to the nation and the world. And everyone in his administration is enabling him. READ MORE» The Astounding Size of the Marijuana Economy Dwarfs 10 of America's Most Popular Food and Drink Staples By Phillip Smith, AlterNet Legal pot sales alone swamp some surprising product lines, but when you add in estimated black market sales, marijuana is a real monster.  READ MORE» Sucked in Again: With One Stupid Tweet, Donald Trump Grabs Much of Our Attention By Chauncey DeVega, Salon Trump’s detractors are keen to jump on his gaffes to enjoy a moment of liberal schadenfreude, as they signal their superiority. It is not helping. READ MORE» Mueller Could Obtain Trump's Tax Returns—Without Telling Trump By Bob Johnson, DailyKos Short of firing Mueller, the president can't do anything to stop him. READ MORE» Hope Springs Eternal, as Support for Trump Impeachment Soars, and Approval Plunges By Chris Riotta, Newsweek And with every misstep, there is a little more erosion and disdain. READ MORE» Brits Can Vote for Their Bernie Sanders as Jeremy Corbyn Successfully Speaks Truth About the ‘War on Terror’ By Ben Norton, Max Blumenthal, AlterNet Against an unprecedented wave of smears, the socialist Labour leader has bucked the consensus and slashed his opponent's lead. READ MORE» America Not First: Trump Seems Intent on Ceding the Future of Global Leadership to China By John Feffer, TomDispatch American elites tremble before China, which has already surpassed the United States in gross economic output, while steadily enhancing its military capabilities. READ MORE» Robert Reich: 4 Steps Trump Is Taking to Crush Civil Rights Gains By Robert Reich, RobertReich.org The Trump Doctrine: Benefit the most comfortable Americans and stick it to the most vulnerable. READ MORE» Years of Progress Going Down the Drain with Trump's Neanderthal Approach to Crime and Immigration By Heather Digby Parton, Salon Barely two years ago, both parties had agreed to roll back mandatory minimum sentencing. Well, forget all that. READ MORE» Get Ready: Right-Wing Trump TV Is Coming to a Market Near You By Craig Aaron, OtherWords The rules are being changed as conservative Trump supporters, like Sinclair Broadcasting Group, are pushing out local media. READ MORE» The Fascinating Story of Major League Baseball's Players Union Stimulated by the Death of Jim Bunning By Peter Dreier, AlterNet The players union could do more to help its image as a union for “spoiled brats” if it showed some solidarity to ordinary people. READ MORE» Monsanto Caught Warning EPA About Activists By Zen Honeycutt, AlterNet Congress must investigate obvious collusion between the EPA and Monsanto. READ MORE»

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Stories Meet Larry Krasner: Civil Rights Attorney, Death Penalty Opponent & Democratic Philly DA Candidate Will a defense attorney with a long record of standing up to prosecutors and police soon head one of the nation's busiest district attorney offices? We speak with civil ... Read More → NSA Contractor Charged for Leak After Intercept Exposé Reveals Russian Cyberattack of 2016 Election A military intelligence contractor has been arrested and charged with leaking a top-secret NSA report to the media that reveals Russian military intelligence ... Read More → Republican Prosecutor Seeks to Beat Civil Rights Lawyer in Race for Philadelphia District Attorney We continue our coverage of the Philadelphia district attorney's race with Republican nominee Beth Grossman, a prosecutor with more than 20 years' ... Read More →

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Headlines → President Trump Announces U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord White House Issues "Retroactive" Ethics Waivers to Senior Officials Russian President Says "Patriotic" Hackers May Have Meddled in U.S. Election Senators Asked Former FBI Director for Perjury Probe into AG Sessions Jared Kushner Used Loans for Low-Income Areas to Build Luxury Tower Philippines: 36 Dead in Failed Robbery at Manila Casino Resort Philippines: 11 Soldiers Die in Botched Airstrike Targeting ISIS Iraq: Attack in West Mosul Kills More Than 20 Civilians Venezuelan Judge Who Jailed Opposition Leader Shot Dead in Caracas Colombia: Protests Grow in Afro-Colombian City of Buenaventura Mexican Journalists Rally for Kidnapped Reporter Salvador Adame U.N. Campaign Seeks to Aid Central American Migrant Children Trump Administration Issues Tough New Rules for U.S. Visa Applicants White House Asks Supreme Court to Reinstitute Travel Ban Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Cancels Speeches Amid Death Threats

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M00bies

Just one thing, Keith--London is not "reeling." Otherwise, you're golden.

 

My dad wants to see Wonder Woman--guess we'll go after brunch on Fathers' Day!

Can't help popping this one back in

And, of course, this one

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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
Open Secrets
Democratic Coalition Against Trump
MaddowBlog
Daily Kos
AlterNet
Democracy Now!
Democratic Underground
Boing Boing
Vox
Conservatives are Destroying our Future
Conservative Clown Car
God, the Good Lord Above
...skip the media outlets in the boycott list below unless you want trump propaganda. And TELL their advertisers WHY you are boycotting those media outlets!

On the lighter side:
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
      
And check out these great YouTube channels:

Randi Rhodes Air Force
Keith Olbermann: The Resistance
Thom Hartmann
Late Night with Seth Meyers
LastWeekTonight
Secular Talk
The Young Turks
The Thinking Atheist
MisterDeity
NonStampCollector

...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!

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