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Trump Watch March 14 2018

Day 401:

Robber Barrons

Every time Exxon pays off a politician to deny global warming people die. Same is true for pollution from pesticides, dirty cars, NRA guns etc. Look how big pharma kills folks by raising prices on drugs, by pushing Oxy, by pushing people off insurance. All facilitated and allowed because of payoffs to congress. Look at all the suicides from bankruptcy from medical debt, or from bank crashes.

Just because these companies dont go out and nerve gas people doesn’t mean that they are not killing people. Although sometimes they do actually go kill people, just usually in other countries, or they have our military do it, or the CIA. Read your history better. A lot of what our government does is to secure the interests of big companies in other countries.

The right wing doesn’t want to unify the working class, they want to keep it fractured, so they are busy fighting over guns, gays, and god, while the super rich turn into the mega rich. Its a very old, and well tested strategy in America that has been used many times with many groups.

We have had extreme concentration of wealth before, it was called the gilded age, and it required strong government intervention to prevent the break down of society (the new deal). This is not a new problem, just the current version of it.

Further Reading:

Today Is The National School Walkout To Honor The Parkland Shooting Victims. Here’s What You Need To Know.

National School Walkout: Live Updates

Despite snow day, Portland students join national walkout in downtown protest

Adidas sold 1 million shoes made out of ocean plastic in 2017

Pennsylvania voters say the GOP’s health care antics cost Saccone their vote

Trump installs former ‘Fox and Friends’ host as under secretary of state

Want to save your job and make more money? Buy out your boss

Teacher accidentally discharges firearm in Calif. classroom. He was trained in gun use.

Democrat Conor Lamb is the apparent winner of Pennsylvania special election in Trump country

There are over 100 Republican House districts that are MORE competitive than the PA district where Conor Lamb won last night. The only thing standing between the Dems and retaking the house is whether or not we vote and make it happen. Register to vote. Now. It can be done online. Here is the link.

Pennsylvania lesson for Democrats: Get angry at Trump & GOP, not your own candidates

Former Equifax executive charged with insider trading for dumping nearly $1 million ahead of data breach

Tillerson Refused to Do Another Russia Deal

Alex Jones is a menace to society. I’m suing him.

‘Students have just had enough:’ Walkouts begin across the nation one month after Florida shooting

Emails show Ben, Candy Carson selected $31,000 dining set – CNNPolitics

Scott Pruitt’s $25,000 soundproof phone booth? It actually cost more like $43,000.

UCLA releases video of Mnuchin getting heckled during speech

Trump Slammed for Tweeting Research From Designated ‘Hate’ Group

Democrat Conor Lamb declares victory in Pa. special election

The Pennsylvania race proves it: Trump is a weight around the GOP’s neck

‘Alt-Right’ Ringleader Richard Spencer: We Attract the Mentally Ill

The U.S. secretary of state was fired. On Twitter.

Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson

Britain to expel 23 Russian diplomats in nerve agent case and will block all high-level contacts with Moscow

“Open revolt” at the State Department over Tillerson dismissal

Trump mocked Tillerson’s ‘mannerisms and Texas drawl’: report

Ryan Zinke says he never took a private jet because the plane he flew on had propellers

How Jeff Sessions Is Sneaking Trump Allies Into Key DOJ Positions That Normally Require Senate Confirmation

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Call the “White House”:

Use this website to call one of Trump’s many properties he has not put into a blind trust yet, and let them know how you feel (be polite, they are workers just like us, but be firm).

Do a little Slacktivism:

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Go to a town hall and talk to your congress person in person:

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Monitor your congressperson:

Keep track of how your senator is voting on cabinet picks here, so you can call them up and give them hell if they vote for any of these worthless fuckers.

See how your elected representatives are voting for or against Trump.

Elections!

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See if you have a special election in your area!

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Upcoming house votes:

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Upcoming senate bills:

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Monitor Trumps Conflict of Interests:

From CNN of all people.

The Atlantic

General Guides:

Guidelines by former Congress staffers on how to get Congress to listen. https://www.indivisibleguide.com/

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