Happy 4th of July? ...Funeral for what was, or celebration of what is? Wanted: community organizers for general strike & voter drive!
6 July 2017 update:
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
Damn, son...
Who knew how smoothly and easily tRump would go from being a national embarrassment to being an international one?
Who knew how easily the tRumpists would get triggered by our very own Declaration of Independence as tweeted by NPR on Independence Day? As more than one smart Tweep said, if you think the Declaration of Independence is against you, it is.
Who knew that tRump would go right back to denying Russia's interference in our election while still blaming O'Bama for not punishing Russia for interfering in our election?
FML.
Before I slawg on with le blawg, let me please again remind you: we REALLY need community organizers...as in REALLY REALLY need community organizers...to stand up a nationwide 100% everyone out in the streets we are shutting this whole thing down get every last everlovin' Republican's attention and show them we're more powerful than they are GENERAL STRIKE...and to organize an all-out voter drive to engage America's least served and most vulnerable poor populations so that we can find out what they know, share what we know, find out what they need, and elect Democratic leaders who will give it to them so we can achieve 80%+ participation in free and fair elections for all.
No more bullshitting around, friends--no more whitesplaining or mansplaining or anyonesplaining.
Just stand up good, progressive Democrats who will
For the richest nation on earth, this is not asking too much!
- Dot Calm's shadow
Choo choo time headlines
Newsweek: Newsweek on Twitter: "Could Putin's time be running out? A critic speaks out on why Russian youth are fighting back
...Encouraging because the youth don't remember what life was like before PEWtin, after the former Soviet Union imploded, when there was...democracy. And a robust free press empowered and emboldened to satirize those in power. Without ever having experienced those brief, relatively golden days, the youth are fighting PEWtin. Encouraging.
BBC: BBC - Future - The day a mysterious cyber-attack crippled Ukraine
HuffPo: Three Decades Of Trump's Russian Ties Exposed In One Democratic Coalition Report
...Please support Scott Dworkin (Twitter user "funder") at the Democratic Coalition!
NY Times: What Can Trump Do About North Korea? His Options Are Few There's also The Boston Globe: For Trump, threats but few options in confronting North Korea
Baltimore Sun: Baltimore police spokesman on brother's killing: 'he was targeted'
...Awful horrible story. The young man was targeted. Deliberately. Sick.
ABC News: Mueller probe could draw focus to Russian crime operations
The Guardian: Investigators explore if Russia colluded with pro-Trump sites during the election
...Within a month, dozens of sites sprang up and started producing insane quantities of...content. Strange. Here's another tidbit, this time from the Bernie campaign: "We were pawns in this but very effective pawns." Yikes.
War on the Rocks: Struggling with Cyber: A Critical Look at Waging War Online
...As in, we have yet to define what exactly cyber warfare really means.
Billboard: Moby Claims Trump Is Being Blackmailed by Russian Government, Wants War With Iran
...So. Has Moby turned spy, or is he just a step or three above the "Scooby gang" consisting of Louise Mensch (aka the next Mile), Claude Taylor, and their ilk?
NY Times: What's the Matter With Republicans?
...Why do they reliably vote against their own best interests? (And do they know this--do they know what's wrong with them?) Here's another from the NY Times: Understanding Republican Cruelty...*cringe*
Foreign Policy: Present at the Creation
...How IS got started
ShareBlue: Former CIA Director Brennan: "With every last ounce of devotion to this country, resist"
...I couldn't have said it better myself!
NY Times: Russia Deploys a Potent Weapon in Syria: The Profit Motive
...You see, Russia's motive is to get 25% of the oil lands captured from IS in Syria.
Second Nexus: Florida Approves "Anti-Science" Legislation In Victory for Religious Right
...Friends, this is so dangerous. And you wonder why I think the world would be better off if there were no religion.
Foreign Policy: The End of History Is the Birth of Tragedy
...Too many Americans are too young to remember tragedy, like the Great Depression and WW II. We are so removed that we see no reason to avoid living these horrors ourselves. I mean, how bad could it be? ...Urk.
The Nation: The Trump Administration's Voter-Suppression Plans Are Backfiring Badly
Progressive.org: Republican States Send Voter Information Files to Kobach, Even While Claiming to Resist
...HOLY SHIT!!! Hey, I heard that even some Democratically-run states, like Virginia, did the same thing. BOO!
Business Insider: House Republican leader balks at Russia sanctions bill over concerns it would harm Texas energy companies
...In other words, the GOP cares FAR more about money than insignificant trivia like national sovereignty. TIME TO RESISTBOT, E-MAIL, and CALL PETE SESSIONS, FRIENDS! DO IT NOW!!!!!
HuffPo: This DOJ Letter May Be More Alarming Than Trump Commission's Request for Voter Data
...Have I told you how these people REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY hate America?!??!??
https://www.iiss.org/: International Institute for Strategic Studies | IISS
..."The International Institute for Strategic Studies, IISS, is a global think tank researching political & military conflict. Visit our website, see what we do."
Sarah Kendzior: What does the election mean for Poland and Polish people
...Shockingly relevant, especially given tRump's trip to Poland this week.
MoJo via GONG Politics: These 4 lawsuits could make Trump's life miserable
...Ha...good. The more miserable, the better.
NY Times: Trump's Life-Tenured Judicial Avatar
...For as awful, dreadful, bad, no good, and horrible as you thot Gorsuch was...he's actually a whole lot worse than you could possibly imagine. He needs to be REMOVED.
FT.com: Russia-born dealmaker linked to Trump assists laundering probe
...This is a very important article, friends. Shitty n00z for tRump; great n00z for us.
Links you can use
...Todaze focus: surviving in a post-truth America
Continuum | University of Minnesota Libraries: How do we become better citizens of information?
MediaBiasFactCheck.com: Media Bias/Fact Check
DKos, ANet, and DN! headlines
Daily Kos Recommended
Daily Kos Recommended
Daily Kos Campaigns
Moar m00bies
Holy shit...!!!!!
Hey, media--watch your sources!
E plebnista...
Brilliant!!
4 July 2017 post:
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
My dad and I are sitting here watching the Macy's 4th of July show with fireworks, patriotic music, and the best stars our popular culture has to offer.
And I confess, it feels absolutely jarring.
I mean, here is a corporation--Macy's--funding and hosting a patriotic party when the country has undergone a hostile take-over...a bloodless coup...by PEWtin with inside help from orange twAtler and his adherents.
It's hardly even the America I know and love any more.
When he's not out on the golf course protecting us from ISIS one duff and double-bogey at a time, tRump is working at a fever pitch to tear down our government--our nation--from the inside. He alienates our allies while cozying up to the nastiest dictators. He only hires people who hate the agencies they're not even qualified to understand and turns them loose to happily dismantle those institutions from the inside. He gleefully repeals the health care and regulations that keep us safe. He turns away the legal immigrants and visitors who make us strong in our variety by broadening our perspective on the world. He destroys our current and future technical edge, handing it over to China, by replacing science with religious superstition in the classroom.
We are more fucked than I can even describe...and, yet, here is Macy's...ginning up happy-clappy, feel-good patriotism...manufacturing consent in the sheep being herded into PEWtin's USSA abattoir.
Alas, this 4th of July hardly feels happy--it feels more like a funeral for the America we all knew and loved rather than a celebration of what is.
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
Damn, son...
Who knew how smoothly and easily tRump would go from being a national embarrassment to being an international one?
Who knew how easily the tRumpists would get triggered by our very own Declaration of Independence as tweeted by NPR on Independence Day? As more than one smart Tweep said, if you think the Declaration of Independence is against you, it is.
Who knew that tRump would go right back to denying Russia's interference in our election while still blaming O'Bama for not punishing Russia for interfering in our election?
FML.
Before I slawg on with le blawg, let me please again remind you: we REALLY need community organizers...as in REALLY REALLY need community organizers...to stand up a nationwide 100% everyone out in the streets we are shutting this whole thing down get every last everlovin' Republican's attention and show them we're more powerful than they are GENERAL STRIKE...and to organize an all-out voter drive to engage America's least served and most vulnerable poor populations so that we can find out what they know, share what we know, find out what they need, and elect Democratic leaders who will give it to them so we can achieve 80%+ participation in free and fair elections for all.
No more bullshitting around, friends--no more whitesplaining or mansplaining or anyonesplaining.
Just stand up good, progressive Democrats who will
- Restore accountability, ensuring that no one is above the law, no matter how rich or powerful--which means not only prosecuting the tRump junta for corruption, treason, etc. but also prosecuting past administrations, like Bush and Cheney, for war crimes if found guilty
- Restore free and fair elections with automatic voter registration and mail-in voting (like Oregon does), abolishing "Crosscheck" and addressing gerrymandering
- Get big money or of politics, which means not taking corporate dole and overturning Citizens United
- Make the rich pay their fair share (hey, the top tax rate was 90% under Ike)
- Make the economy work for everyone so that the rich don't get richer at our expense
- Establish a living wage so that, if you work 40 hours/week, you don't need Welfare, Medicaid, SNAP, or any other government benefits
- Restore women's rights of bodily autonomy and free access to birth control, abortion, and whatever health care a woman and her doctor choose in her best interests only
- Institute sensible gun control measures, like background checks and no-fly = no-buy
- Reform police to teach cops how to do de-escalation so that it's not up to Us the People to de-escalate wigged out cops so we don't get shot
- Restore science in the science classroom and build a big, beautiful wall between church and state
- Eradicate superstition-based policy-making and education and replace them with evidence-based policy and education
- Kick O'Bama's clean energy initiatives into high gear, as Hillary described, and rein in global warming while we still have time (assuming we still do, that is)
- Identify high return-on-investment science to pursue and pursue it
For the richest nation on earth, this is not asking too much!
- Dot Calm's shadow
*****
Choo choo time headlines
Newsweek: Newsweek on Twitter: "Could Putin's time be running out? A critic speaks out on why Russian youth are fighting back
...Encouraging because the youth don't remember what life was like before PEWtin, after the former Soviet Union imploded, when there was...democracy. And a robust free press empowered and emboldened to satirize those in power. Without ever having experienced those brief, relatively golden days, the youth are fighting PEWtin. Encouraging.
BBC: BBC - Future - The day a mysterious cyber-attack crippled Ukraine
HuffPo: Three Decades Of Trump's Russian Ties Exposed In One Democratic Coalition Report
...Please support Scott Dworkin (Twitter user "funder") at the Democratic Coalition!
NY Times: What Can Trump Do About North Korea? His Options Are Few There's also The Boston Globe: For Trump, threats but few options in confronting North Korea
Baltimore Sun: Baltimore police spokesman on brother's killing: 'he was targeted'
...Awful horrible story. The young man was targeted. Deliberately. Sick.
ABC News: Mueller probe could draw focus to Russian crime operations
The Guardian: Investigators explore if Russia colluded with pro-Trump sites during the election
...Within a month, dozens of sites sprang up and started producing insane quantities of...content. Strange. Here's another tidbit, this time from the Bernie campaign: "We were pawns in this but very effective pawns." Yikes.
War on the Rocks: Struggling with Cyber: A Critical Look at Waging War Online
...As in, we have yet to define what exactly cyber warfare really means.
Billboard: Moby Claims Trump Is Being Blackmailed by Russian Government, Wants War With Iran
...So. Has Moby turned spy, or is he just a step or three above the "Scooby gang" consisting of Louise Mensch (aka the next Mile), Claude Taylor, and their ilk?
NY Times: What's the Matter With Republicans?
...Why do they reliably vote against their own best interests? (And do they know this--do they know what's wrong with them?) Here's another from the NY Times: Understanding Republican Cruelty...*cringe*
Foreign Policy: Present at the Creation
...How IS got started
ShareBlue: Former CIA Director Brennan: "With every last ounce of devotion to this country, resist"
...I couldn't have said it better myself!
NY Times: Russia Deploys a Potent Weapon in Syria: The Profit Motive
...You see, Russia's motive is to get 25% of the oil lands captured from IS in Syria.
Second Nexus: Florida Approves "Anti-Science" Legislation In Victory for Religious Right
...Friends, this is so dangerous. And you wonder why I think the world would be better off if there were no religion.
Foreign Policy: The End of History Is the Birth of Tragedy
...Too many Americans are too young to remember tragedy, like the Great Depression and WW II. We are so removed that we see no reason to avoid living these horrors ourselves. I mean, how bad could it be? ...Urk.
The Nation: The Trump Administration's Voter-Suppression Plans Are Backfiring Badly
Progressive.org: Republican States Send Voter Information Files to Kobach, Even While Claiming to Resist
...HOLY SHIT!!! Hey, I heard that even some Democratically-run states, like Virginia, did the same thing. BOO!
Business Insider: House Republican leader balks at Russia sanctions bill over concerns it would harm Texas energy companies
...In other words, the GOP cares FAR more about money than insignificant trivia like national sovereignty. TIME TO RESISTBOT, E-MAIL, and CALL PETE SESSIONS, FRIENDS! DO IT NOW!!!!!
HuffPo: This DOJ Letter May Be More Alarming Than Trump Commission's Request for Voter Data
...Have I told you how these people REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY hate America?!??!??
https://www.iiss.org/: International Institute for Strategic Studies | IISS
..."The International Institute for Strategic Studies, IISS, is a global think tank researching political & military conflict. Visit our website, see what we do."
Sarah Kendzior: What does the election mean for Poland and Polish people
...Shockingly relevant, especially given tRump's trip to Poland this week.
MoJo via GONG Politics: These 4 lawsuits could make Trump's life miserable
...Ha...good. The more miserable, the better.
NY Times: Trump's Life-Tenured Judicial Avatar
...For as awful, dreadful, bad, no good, and horrible as you thot Gorsuch was...he's actually a whole lot worse than you could possibly imagine. He needs to be REMOVED.
FT.com: Russia-born dealmaker linked to Trump assists laundering probe
...This is a very important article, friends. Shitty n00z for tRump; great n00z for us.
*****
Links you can use
...Todaze focus: surviving in a post-truth America
Continuum | University of Minnesota Libraries: How do we become better citizens of information?
MediaBiasFactCheck.com: Media Bias/Fact Check
*****
DKos, ANet, and DN! headlines
- "I don't like Obamacare because of Obama" says woman on Obamacare
- Trump speech in poland and hostile press conference! Questions summarized! WOW
- Indiana's Republican Party got a shock on Facebook after asking for Obamacare horror stories
- Daily Kos is going all-out to stop Trumpcare and save Obamacare. Please chip in $3 to Daily Kos to support our work defending health insurance for tens of millions of Americans.
- Republicans caught between a repulsive rock and an abhorrent hard place: Thursday's good news
- Just three states are happy about Trump voter suppression commission's information grab
- She had the right line ready just when she needed it! 4th of July fun in a redneck town.
- Stop Trumpcare in the Senate: Call the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202-224-3121. Tell your Republican senators to vote NO. Tell your Democratic senators to shut down the Senate. After you are done, tell us how it went.
- Trump goes to Poland to criticize US intelligence, free press
- RNC asks Democrats 'Where's your plan?' for health care, gets owned in response
- GOP Congress OFFICIALLY takes responsibility for mandate enforcement sabotage
- Poland promised to bus In cheering crowds for Trump as part of invitation
- Trump wanders around looking for limo after deplaning
- Republican Congressman records political commercial inside Auschwitz gas chamber
- Thou shalt not steal: Hobby Lobby Xtians charged with looting Iraqi artifacts
- Trump's own Department of Health and Human Services: Obamacare "working as intended", not failing.
- I was ambushed by InfoWars - and won
- Meet the foster father who's a haven for dying children that have no one. A Libyan Muslim immigrant.
- Abbreviated pundit round-up: Dealing with N. Korea; attacking journalists; Gorsuch breaking norms
- Trump wanders around looking for limo after deplaning
- Donald Trump has a 'Tell'
- Trump 'patriot' accidentally shot himself at Confederate rally by resting his flag pole on his gun
- Daily Kos is prepared to resist Trump every single day for the next four years and beyond. Can you chip in $1 to support independent, progressive media?
- Journalist who revealed Neo-Nazi creator of Trump's CNN tweet now receiving death threats
- Trump's cake diplomacy collapses, he gives up on China as North Korea targets 'American bastards'
- Michael Cohen pushed out of Trump's inner circle, into center of FBI investigation
- Trumpists triggered by the Declaration of Independence... because god-emperor Trump
- Two gaping holes recently emerged in Siberia accompanied by explosions with billowing smoke and fire
- Ethics watchdog at Justice Department resigns over Trump's corruption
- Stop Trumpcare in the Senate: Call the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202-224-3121. Tell your Republican senators to vote NO. Tell your Democratic senators to shut down the Senate. After you are done, tell us how it went.
- Trump is deranged but 42 percent of Republicans say 'freedom of the press' is out of control
- Did Kris Kobach violate the Hatch Act? Attorneys launch lawsuit regarding the violation.
- Trump's own Department of Health and Human Services: Obamacare "working as intended", not failing.
- After ignoring Pride Month, Trump appoints anti-trans activist to Gender Equality position
- The myth of guest workers' threat to US jobs is coming home to roost in Trump country
- Frederick Douglass: a thorn in Lincoln's side, and his partner. Plus his fiery July 5, 1852 speech
- The citizens WILL be heard from
- Sign the petition: Elect the president by national popular vote
- Sign the petition to Homeland Security: Investigate cyberattacks on voting machines
- Sign if you agree: Suspend Jared Kushner's security clearance
- Sign the petition: NO BACKROOM DEALS on Trumpcare
- Sign the petition to the Special Counsel: Subpoena Republican leadership
- Sign if you agree: Enough is enough. Trump must be impeached.
- Sign the petition: States must resist Trump's outrageous War on Voting
- Sign the petition: I want my state and city to join the Paris climate agreement.
- Want to take revenge on House Republicans who voted to destroy health care? Here is how.
- Sign the petition to PBS: Schools Inc. is right-wing propaganda
- Sign the petition: Investigate Jeff Sessions for violating his recusal
- Sign the petition: I am not a reporter, and I want to see Donald Trump’s tax returns
- Sign the petition: Don’t mess with Social Security!
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Moar m00bies
Holy shit...!!!!!
Hey, media--watch your sources!
E plebnista...
Brilliant!!
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4 July 2017 post:
Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!
My dad and I are sitting here watching the Macy's 4th of July show with fireworks, patriotic music, and the best stars our popular culture has to offer.
And I confess, it feels absolutely jarring.
I mean, here is a corporation--Macy's--funding and hosting a patriotic party when the country has undergone a hostile take-over...a bloodless coup...by PEWtin with inside help from orange twAtler and his adherents.
It's hardly even the America I know and love any more.
When he's not out on the golf course protecting us from ISIS one duff and double-bogey at a time, tRump is working at a fever pitch to tear down our government--our nation--from the inside. He alienates our allies while cozying up to the nastiest dictators. He only hires people who hate the agencies they're not even qualified to understand and turns them loose to happily dismantle those institutions from the inside. He gleefully repeals the health care and regulations that keep us safe. He turns away the legal immigrants and visitors who make us strong in our variety by broadening our perspective on the world. He destroys our current and future technical edge, handing it over to China, by replacing science with religious superstition in the classroom.
We are more fucked than I can even describe...and, yet, here is Macy's...ginning up happy-clappy, feel-good patriotism...manufacturing consent in the sheep being herded into PEWtin's USSA abattoir.
Alas, this 4th of July hardly feels happy--it feels more like a funeral for the America we all knew and loved rather than a celebration of what is.
Heartbreaking...
...but there is hope.
Friends, there are good, intelligent, reasonable, patriotic people on both sides of the aisle fighting tooth and nail to restore our nation to its accustomed greatness--and more.
So, this year, as I mourn for the horrific mess we're in, I feel hopeful that, because there are so many more of us than there are of them, that, even as we lose a battle here and there, we can ultimately win the war to take America back from the oligarchs--Russian and American--and put it squarely back where it belongs: in the hands of Us the People.
Yes, it's doable...but it won't be easy.
We will all have to sacrifice.
As I said last time, we need community organizers to set up a 100% general strike--every single one of us out in the streets, even if (ouch...ugh) we have to give up a day's pay.
Think about it: which would you rather have...one day's pay today, or your nation squarely back in your hands for your and your children' future?
I know, I know...what if we lose our jobs for protesting?
Again, what are our options?
Is it really worth it to keep a job today that PEWtin's USSA will only take away from you tomorrow as tRumPEWtin turns us all into serfs?
What do you really have to lose?
I speak as someone who's close to the edge myself.
I lost my home when DEFLATed Cruz shut down the government...I was out of work for nine months. I managed to sell my house before it got foreclosed on, but I'm still recovering financially. So, I'm not exactly insulated if I were to lose my job again.
And yet I'm willing to put my body into the cogs of the machine because, like I said, what are our options?
I know what you're thinking.
Maybe, if I keep my head down, I can fool myself into thinking I'm safe for today.
Only we'll ultimately find ourselves out of work as the oligarchs take firmer and firmer hold...like when they finally deign to crash the economy, just like they did when chimpie was in the Oval.
Then, just like last time, we'll find ourselves out of a home and out on the street...but, this time, I'll be with my partially-disabled dad and no health care for either of us.
So, again, ask yourself: what do you really have to lose?
And what do you have to gain by NOT letting tRumPEWtin take our country away from us and hand it over to the oligarchs?
The other thing we need community organizers for is to organize us so that we can all volunteer to get every single eligible American registered to vote.
Like I said last time, this is going to include setting up one or more GoFundMe pages so that we can cover the salaries of the working class and poor voters we get registered and help vote.
This way, they won't have to choose between voting to save their own asses tomorrow or putting food on the table today. I sure hope there are enough wealthy Dems--especially in Hollywood--who'd be willing and able to help fund us in this effort so that we who live on the edge won't have to get too pinched trying to help the poor register and vote.
I'm all in, and I hope you are, too. Let's do this...together.
- Dot Calm's shadow
*****
As one smart Tweep observed,
the photos of Chris Christie on the empty beach
give the perfect image of America today:
the few exclusively enjoying
what rightfully belongs
to the many
*****
As one smart Tweep observed,
the photos of Chris Christie on the empty beach
give the perfect image of America today:
the few exclusively enjoying
what rightfully belongs
to the many
*****
Choo choo time headlines
Gizmodo: Florida Republican Who Teamed Up With Guccifer 2.0 Says Secretly Working with Russia is NBD
POLITICO: RNC paid intel firm for Clinton dirt
...And the intel firm was Russian, and the RNC lied about using it.
The Daily Beast: How Russian Hackers Can Blackmail Donald Trump and the GOP
...This is why there can be no accountability until or unless we take back the House and possibly the Senate.
Market Watch: The richest people on the planet just got even richer, but one country was a super-star
...There isn't one of tRump's "policies" that isn't aimed at crashing our economy...hard. These PEWtinists aren't going to stop until they've made chimpie's great recession look like a super-fun pool party by comparison.
...In other words, both sides of the aisle approved NOT letting tRump drop bombs like so many water balloons.
Daily Mail: National Enquirer 'paid a Playboy model $150000 for a story about her alleged Trump affair'
...In other words, the National Enquirer, which used to dish on politicians and celebs, deliberately squelched the story of tRump cheating on plastic surgery Barbie Melania. Why?
...So piss off orange twAtler and click through to read this article!
The Globe and Mail: Be afraid: Trump may have bought the Fourth Estate
...Frightening...but a must-read.
Center for American Progress: 6 Things Betsy DeVos Has Done on Higher Ed
...These people really hate America...and I mean REALLY hate America.
The New Yorker: The National Enquirer's Fervor for Trump
...Like I said, these people REALLY hate America...and I mean REALLY REALLY hate America.
The Daily Beast: Spies Fear Trump's First Meeting With Putin
...PEWtin's not afraid. Russian spies aren't afraid. It's OUR spies who are afraid--meaning the patriots who bust their butts and risk their lives trying to keep us safe. Why? Because tRump-PEWtin are planning a tete-a-tete in which only PEWtin has an agenda...and orange twAtler is more than likely to blab whatever seekrits he thinks will impress his boyfriend Vladdy. Like the nuclear codes.
...Cambridge Analytica is a Russian-connected piece of the tRump-Russia scandal. Kushner is involved with them, too. And now tRump wants to give them ALL of our personal voting information so they can tie a bow on it and hand it over to PEWtin. Isn't that special? What could go wrong?
..."Shane Harris, national security reporter for the Wall Street Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about his new reporting about Peter Smith"
...Just think--every hotel and golf course is a soft target for someone who wants to piss off tRump and cause a war to bomb. What could go wrong?
Talking Points Memo: Reporters Need to Pull Out of Trump's Dominance Rituals
...Ya think?!??
Prospect.org: The Limits of Lying and Cheating - The American Prospect
..."A federal judge's decision to fine voter-restriction advocate Kris Kobach reminds us that the courts can be a potent ally in protecting voters' rights"...it was only $1000, but it was something.
...Bastards! Have I told you yet how much these people REALLY REALLY hate America? And I mean REALLY REALLY REALLY hate America!
KansasCity.com: Kobach: Kansas won't give Social Security info to Kobach-led voter commission at this time
...cue Nelson from "The Simpsons": HA HA! Not even ruby-red Kansas will jerk off tRump.
The Daily Beast: Why the Republican Brand Is So Strong Where I Live
...Important read if you have the time.
WhiteHouse.gov: July 1, 2017 Report - MASTER.xlsx - The White House
...In other words, the least qualified, least patriotic semi-humans in all history are being the most overpaid to wreck the country. Deliberately. If you're not pissed off yet, you're not paying attention.
...I feel safer already...NOT. These girls risked their lives to cross the necessary borders to try for visas. Their exclusion is something I'd expect from a dictatorship.
Talking Points Memo: Were Voting Machines Actually Breached? DHS Would Rather Not Know
...Have I mentioned yet that these people REALLY REALLY REALLY hate America?!?? Well, they REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY hate America!!
...Our double-wide "predisent" is defeating ISIS one duff and double-bogey at a time!
...The short answer seems to be "no." Alas, they're all we have. Friends, this is why no nation should ever give those in power a pass. The first wink-and-nod leads to another and another and another...until you finally amass a toxic buildup of unaccountability, dead weight, and inertia...and you've waited far too long past when you can actually fix anything to even start trying. And your "friends," the Russians, step in and say, "Do svidanya, comrade chumps!"
Lawfareblog.com: The Time I Got Recruited to Collude with the Russians
...Important read, friends.
Commentary Magazine: Russia, 'Collusion,' and Trump's Hillary Problem | commentary
..."Trump may never be able to disprove the Russian collusion narrative"
Bill Moyers: Why I'm Not a Democrat - Moyers & Company
...Some advice from a disillusioned member of the Reagan White House for the Democratic Party to help it get its act together--we haven't a moment to lose!!
Bipartisan Report: Morning Joe Leaks 'Very Ugly Screaming Call' With Trump That Shows Donald is Guilty
...The simple fact that tRump feels entitled to blackmail people is a serious problem, let alone over celebrity gossip. It shows how the asshole operates. Joe and Mika thumbed their noses at him--and so should we all.
Lawfareblog. com: Reading the Office of Legal Counsel on Emoluments: Do Super-Rich Presidents Get a Pass?
The Hill: Security expert: GOP attempt to find Russian-hacked Clinton emails had Trump campaign ties
TakeCareBlog: How the DOJ Brief in CREW v. Trump Reveals that Donald Trump is violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause
New Republic: It's Time for a Bluexit
...The "modest proposal" is for blue states to exit red America. This is problematic because there are too many blue individuals stuck in red states for us to abandon. In Dot Calm's Page of Truth & Sedition: Can America survive?, I re-posted a piece written during chimpie's administration: "Our defunct sister blog, a satirical news site named 'The Scallion,' posted an article on Tuesday, March 04, 2003, titled 'Unamerica to Secede from America,' in which the Christo-fascists got to keep 'America' while the rest of us stood up 'Unamerica.'" The idea was for blue American individuals to secede in place. It was satire at the time, but it was, erm, rather telling.
PoliticsUSA: Mika Brzezinski Humiliates Trump By Releasing Details Of How He Begged Her During A Meeting
...tRump wanted to know Mika's chin tuck doctor.
The Conversation: Putin's flacks: Russia's stealth public relations war
...And they're infiltrating American companies to spread PEWtin's propaganda to unsuspecting Americans. Holy phuque!!!!!
...RVAwonk strikes again with her insightful analysis and commentary on yet another important issue affecting us daily. In this article, Caroline examines the issue of gun violence from the point of view of gun availability. It isn't really possible to assess whether or not gun control "works" to reduce gun violence, but it IS possible to show causality between the number of guns and the amount of gun crime.
Stonekettle Station: Fox in the Henhouse
...This is a long but important read, friends--it explains the nasty, nasty implications of tRumPEWtin's drive to collect all our voter data to disenfranchise us.
...*sigh*
NY Times: The Hijacked American Presidency
MediaMatters: John Oliver highlights Sinclair Broadcast Group's consolidation of local news to push their conservative propaganda
Brennan Center: Securing Elections From Foreign Interference
...Here's something you'll never hear tRump address. He LIKES foreign interference in our elections--that's how he's hoping to skr00 us out of 2018 and 2020.
NY Times: Declaration of Disruption
...Another approach for evicting tRump is to nail him on the gross instability he creates.
NY Times: Five Misleading Republican Claims About Health Care
The Daily Beast: Donald Trump Attacks U.S. Spies, Will They Strike Back?
VeryWell: How Your Family Health Insurance Deductible Works
...This is a great article that explains the difference between single-payer, universal health care, Medicare, Medicaid, employer insurance, etc.
NPR: A Plan For Raising Brilliant Kids, According to Science
FEC: July 13, 2017 open meeting | FEC - Federal Election Commission
...How to respond to tRump-Russia and keep that shit from happening again by engaging as members of the public with the FEC. Be sure to look up the Republican election commissioners and e-mail them--apparently, they're not "convinced" that PEWtin dorked with our election. Traitorous bastards.
FEC: June 22, 2017 open meeting | FEC - Federal Election Commission
...Here's some background on the above. All of this goes to explain what the FEC can actually do and how We the People can help.
Inquisitr: Chris Christie Goes Viral In Beach Chair — Photoshopped Galore On Social Media
...Hehe. Although less prolific than trump's tweets, meet Chris Christie's legacy. Definitely one for the history books...urk.
Crooks and Liars: EU & US Must Declare Russia's Cyber-Attacks Acts Of War
The Hill: NATO military head warns Russia threat is growing
*****
This year's 4th of July
feels more like a funeral for what was
than a celebration of what is
*****
This year's 4th of July
feels more like a funeral for what was
than a celebration of what is
*****
Links you can use
Change.org: Petition · IMPEACH: Legal Removal of President & Vice President, et al., for Misprision of Treason
"Whoever made this is a genius… You can instantly tweet at Hannity's advertisers w a single click—check it out & RT"
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Daily Kos, AlterNet, and Democracy Now! headlines
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As evidence of campaign collusion with Russian hackers mounts, Donald Trump is falling apart
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A column on Trump Charles M. Blow had trouble writing
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Trump escalates his desperate War with Reality
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Daily
Kos is prepared to resist Trump every single day for the next four
years and beyond. Can you chip in $1 to support independent, progressive
media?
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The President of the United States is using Twitter today to incite violence against the free press
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Chris Christie closes N.J. state parks then lounges on the beach at one. Twitter not amused.
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Nazi Super Weapon - The Me-262
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If our Founding Fathers were all Christians, why did they say this? #DailyKosClassic
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Stop Trumpcare in the Senate: Call the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202-224-3121. Tell your Republican senators to vote NO. Tell your Democratic senators to shut down the Senate. After you are done, tell us how it went.
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Shaming Trump's voters, his supporters and apologists is exactly what we should do.
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How to troll Trump supporters, ancestry.com style
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Republicans in disarray while Democrats take cues from the Resistance
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My opinion is as good as your facts!
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$30k in healthcare expenses in one year
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Republican health care bill on life support
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Independence Day Special: Thirteen facts about America conservatives would like you to forget. #DailyKosClassic
- Trump posts something on Twitter that has to be seen to be believed
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Man mistakenly detained is tenth immigrant to die under ICE custody this year
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Cartoon: Hot take wave
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Black farmers in America continue to wait for their 40 acres and a mule that will never come
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Cartoon: Health care solutions
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Trump's empty National HIV Testing Day statement ignores he's trying to dismantle HIV care
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Trump team: White House Office on Women and Girls? Meh. Who needs it?
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Sign if you agree: We will never end mass incarceration if citizens convicted as felons are stripped of their right to vote.
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Trump calls facts he doesn't like 'fake news.' That's why we need an
independent, progressive media to hold him accountable. Can you chip in
$1 to help Daily Kos keep fighting?
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State election officials are saying no to Trump voter suppression commission's information grab
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Republican budget being held hostage by Republicans demanding to cut safety net to shreds
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My fellow white people, we need to talk
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I've just answered Kris Kobach's request. Have you?
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NASA makes official announcement: No child sex slaves on Mars
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Saving America from smart schoolgirls: Afghan teenagers denied visa for robotics competition
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'Rather go to jail than to die without Medicaid!' Disability activists arrested at senator's office
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Cartoon: GOP-care defended
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Cartoon: Because healthcare works best when it's free market
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MSNBC fires Greta Van Susteren
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Joe and Mika: Trump staffers threatened to plant tabloid stories about them (and they have proof)
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Here's the Morning Joe segment that caused Trump to lose his mind on Twitter
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The
GOP is desperately trying to resurrect Trumpcare. Please chip in $1 to
the Daily Kos activism team to support our work defending Obamacare.
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Trump attacks 'bleeding badly from a face-lift' Mika Brzezinski and she claps back
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White House spokesperson escalates Trump's trashy schoolyard attack on MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski
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Trump: Just repeal Obamacare now, they'll be desperate for whatever we give them
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Collusion alert: Michael Flynn may have worked with GOP operative to obtain hacked Clinton email
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Melania defends Trump's attack on MSNBC host: 'when attacked, he punches back 10 times harder'
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Red alert! Trump's 'election integrity' crew asked states for data on every single voter in the U.S.
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Mitch McConnell wants to buy off Republican senators to pass Trumpcare. Call your senator at (202) 224-3121, tell them "NO DEAL" and let us know how it went.
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Trump's unhinged behavior is beneath the dignity of the presidency
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Have an employer health plan? You too could lose it under Trumpcare
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Operative who colluded with Russians to get emails to Michael Flynn was one piece of puzzle
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9/11 recovery worker facing deportation freed from ICE custody
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Abortion providers put themselves at risk of violence and sexual assault for simply doing their jobs
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'Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)'—the powerful new Hamilton Mixtape video
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The must-see video of 'Trump' having tantrum at children's school goes viral
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Fox News host turned against Trumpcare as he grilled Paul Ryan
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Donald Trump reacts to a Washington Post story saying he's 'confused' by threatening Amazon
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We've
stopped Trumpcare for now, but the GOP is still planning to bring it
back after the July 4 recess. Please chip in $1 to the Daily Kos
activism team to support our work defending Obamacare.
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A DC hotel wouldn't cancel a hate group event, so these are the signs that 'greeted' attendees
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Creep-in-chief interrupted a call with the Irish prime minister to comment on a reporter's looks
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Trump backs off threats to go after James Comey, because threaten and run away is what Trump does
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House Republican: 'We just simply don't know how to govern'
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The NRA declares war on America: 'the only way we save our country ... is with the clenched fist'
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Smiling, healthy, insured Fox News host mocks Medicaid defenders: 'we're all going to die' sometime
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We delayed Trumpcare—for
now. But the GOP leadership is working hard to coerce Republican
senators, so they must hear from constituents. Call your senator at (202) 224-3121, tell them 'NO DEAL' and let us know how it went.
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World's best pretend deal maker sabotages real world Trumpcare deal
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MN scientist shuns EPA head who pressures her to lie—this is what scientific resistance looks like
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Brace for food price hikes thanks to Donald Trump's deportation force
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Pentagon may thank foreign-born recruits for their service by deporting them
- Yes, healthcare cuts ARE cuts, yes, they'll kill
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By Reynard Loki, AlterNet
The famed cosmologist warns Earth's atmosphere could resemble Venus. READ MORE»
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By Noor Al-Sibai, Raw Story
"Ark Encounter" founder Ken Ham previously accused atheists of scaring away visitors. READ MORE»
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By Heather Digby Parton, Salon
Embittered and in need of money, a general turns against his own country. Sounds familiar. READ MORE»
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By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet
The New Jersey governor is just trolling his constituents at this point. READ MORE»
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By Jen Hayden, DailyKos
Demonstrators had gathered to protect a Confederate memorial that doesn't exist from Antifas who never showed. READ MORE»
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By Sarah K. Burris, Raw Story
For years, these numbers were fake. Now they prove the greatness of his presidency. READ MORE»
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By Keith Knight, AlterNet
Only one group gets away with "youthful indiscretions." READ MORE»
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By Ilana Novick, AlterNet
He's convinced threatening our allies is the best way to achieve a win. READ MORE»
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By Robert Reich, RobertReich.org
The former secretary of labor dissects the president's bizarre wrestling tweet. READ MORE»
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By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet
The "Last Week Tonight" host explores the myriad dangers of the Sinclair-Tribune merger. READ MORE»
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By Peter Montgomery, Right Wing Watch
This administration plans to roll back so much more than Obama's legacy. READ MORE»
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By Lauren Kaori Gurley, AlterNet
"His tweet was just another pebble on a mountain of vulgarities." READ MORE»
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By Carol Anderson, The Guardian
Trump has no desire or intention to govern. He wants to rule and make his word our command. READ MORE»
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By David Sirota, International Business Times
"I wanted no more part in it." READ MORE»
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By Travis Gettys, Raw Story
“It’s not easy returning to an environment where you mean nothing.” READ MORE»
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By Brian McFadden, AlterNet
Where you reach your lifetime cap as soon as you're born. READ MORE»
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By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
McConnell’s bill will turn a nation with plenty of hardship into an even harsher place. READ MORE»
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By Robin Scher, AlterNet
Energy drinks have a lot more caffeine than coffee, and it's easy to overdo it. READ MORE»
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By Sue Curry Jansen, The Conversation
Is public relations simply a more insidious form of fake news? READ MORE»
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By Lulu Friesdat, AlterNet
Opaque machinery raises questions about the vote count. READ MORE»
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By Noor Al-Sibai, Raw Story
In a new report ten women name their harassers. READ MORE»
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By Kerry Eleveld, Daily Kos
Is Trump deteriorating as reality encroaches on his fragile psyche? READ MORE»
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By John W. Dower, Haymarket Books
Terror tactics assumed the center stage. READ MORE»
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By Zen Honeycutt, AlterNet
The documentary negatively portrays the entire organic food movement. READ MORE»
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By Bill Curry, Salon
Obamacare was a historic accomplishment. But single-payer or a "robust" public option are now achievable goals. READ MORE»
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By Elise Gould and Jessica Schieder, Economic Policy Institute
Work sick or lose pay? READ MORE»
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By Celisa Calacal, AlterNet
The award-winning journalist discusses the future of resistance and her new book. READ MORE»
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By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet
AlterNet visits SiriusXM for a live taping of Michelangelo Signorile's "Queer In Trump's America." READ MORE»
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By Tom Porter, Newsweek
Support of Israel is declining among younger Americans and especially among the black and Latino population. READ MORE»
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By Jessica Huseman, ProPublica
Experts are reacting with a mixture of alarm and bafflement. READ MORE»
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By Bonnie Kristian, Rare
A perfect storm of drug war idiocy leaves Karlos Cashe wondering where is the justice? READ MORE»
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By Steven Morris, The Guardian
Is there really a hoard of ancient acid somewhere near a quaint Welsh village? READ MORE»
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A new study indicates that militarized police forces are more likely to deploy violent tactics against people, and even pets. READ MORE»
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By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
The Kansas Secretary of State is at the forefront of GOP efforts to suppress Democratic votes and deport immigrants. READ MORE»
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By Arn Pearson, PR Watch
Two steps forward and three steps back… from the brink of a political experiment untried since 1787. READ MORE»
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By David Ferguson, Raw Story
Is marital trouble brewing in the White House? READ MORE»
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By Margie Burns, The Progressive Populist
The process is toxic. READ MORE»
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By Jeff Bryant, Education Opportunity Network
Recent polling has found wide support in both parties for increased spending on schools, not privatization. READ MORE»
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By Martha Mills, The Guardian
If
you say you’re depressed, people are quick to dispense wisdom on how to
deal with it. Martha Mills decided to take them literally, and try them
out for herself. READ MORE»
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By Sarah Kite, AlterNet
Mauritius is one of the world's largest suppliers of non-human primates for inhumane medical experiments. READ MORE»
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There's nothing shocking about this health care plan; Republicans have punished the poor for decades. READ MORE»
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By Heather Digby Parton, Salon
New reports link Michael Flynn to hacking and expose the president's business ties to the former USSR. READ MORE»
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By Travis Gettys, Raw Story
"I think we have to talk about it now." READ MORE»
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By Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
The New Burgos Pipeline will carry up to 108,000 barrels of refined petroleum products per day. READ MORE»
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Demonstrators flashed hilarious signs during a 20-minute walkout Thursday. READ MORE»
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"We are continuing to feel the Bern." READ MORE»
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"We're OK—but the country's not." READ MORE»
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Better start your GoFundMe campaign now. READ MORE»
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Stories |
In
a Fourth of July holiday special, we begin with the words of Frederick
Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of
the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he
gave one ... Read More →
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The
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe recently won a major legal victory in federal
court which may have the power to force the shutdown of the $3.8
billion Dakota Access pipeline. District Judge James Boasberg ruled Wednesday that ... Read More →
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As
we continue to look at how the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is embracing
renewable energy, we turn now to Scott Wallace and Ellen Dorsey of the
Wallace Global Fund. The fund recently awarded the Standing Rock Sioux
Tribe the ... Read More →
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*****
Orange twAtler on the golf course:
fighting ISIS
one duff and double-bogey at a time
*****
M00bies!
ICYMI
Hypocritical sleazebag.
*****
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
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.)
@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
- 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 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
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!
posted by Dot Calm @ 8:25 PM
