Day 356:
Oligarchs Are Not Looking Out For You
Clinton wanted to raise the min wage only after being politically forced to by her much more left leaning opponent. (and to 12, not 15). She also has said she is very good friends with wall street. And LOUDLY proclaimed that universal health care would NEVER EVER come to pass (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG7w3Oey3xs)
Obama took two wars and turned them into 7, ramping up dramatically the amount of conflicts America was in, not as you describe it “slowed” (http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-na-pol-obama-at-war/)
Obama bailed out wall street banks instead of people in trouble on their mortgage and as such most of the “recovery” from the recession went to the top, which is why we see rich people doing great, the stock market soaring, but huge levels of poverty and a shrinking middle class. (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/secret-and-lies-of-the-bailout-20130104 https://townhall.com/tipsheet/conncarroll/2015/01/20/sotu-fact-check-obama-bailed-out-banks-on-the-backs-of-the-middle-class-n1945592 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/06/one-percent-2008-recession-recovery-income)
He created Obama care, but it was a right wing health care plan thought up by the heritage foundation, implemented by Mit Romney first in Mass., and as we have seen is a program with no cost controls, and is not even close to universal health care, that while it has helped a lot of folks get health care is mostly good at making private hospitals and pharma companies very rich. (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/05/top-health-insurers-profit-surge-29-percent-to-6-billion-dollars.html)
He did all this while controlling both houses of congress and the executive…If he had so wished he could have used executive power to break up large companies and then rammed through universal health care while the D’s controlled the government. He/the d’s could have closed gitmo, ended the NSA spy program, removed the bush tax cuts (which they made permanent instead), bailed out the home owners instead of the banks, not used drone strikes to kill ameican citizens without trial, not started wars all over, raised the min wage, got us free public college, etc etc etc.
Obama and Clinton are not progressive, they would hardly be considered liberal. They are more like moderate republicans from the 80s. They could have done a lot to help the poor, they could have done a lot to stop the oligarchy trying to take over this country, but they didn’t and that is why we have Trump.
You don’t get a Trump when folks are doing well, you get a Trump when racism, late state capitalism fueled inequality, and government by private money intersect.
I fear what will happen if we can’t right this ship.
Further Reading:
Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit
Trump Will Try to Fire Mueller. Again.
Mayor quits FCC committee, says it favors ISPs over the public interest
EPA ends clean air policy opposed by fossil fuel interests
Larry Nassar: Women reported him for years, but no one acted
Nation “Too Broke” for Universal Healthcare to Spend $406 Billion More on F-35
It’s Now Likely Mueller Thinks Trump Obstructed Justice
Donald Trump booed at Davos after attacking ‘nasty, mean, fake’ press
Blumenthal pushes bill to protect special counsel after report Trump ordered Mueller fired
Trump calls report he ordered Mueller fired “fake news”
Kimmel to interview Stormy Daniels after Trump SOTU
8 times since June the White House denied Trump was considering firing Mueller
All the Republicans Who Said Trump Wouldn’t Fire Mueller—After Trump Tried to Fire Mueller
Trump ignores questions about ‘shithole countries’ during meeting with Rwandan president
Let’s Pause to Appreciate That Trump Thinks Mueller Is Biased Against Him Because of Golf Club Fees
Sean Hannity Is Forced To Admit That Fox News Confirmed The NYT Report On Robert Mueller
Trump denies trying to fire Mueller
Scarborough breaks down laughing over Hannity coverage of NYT story
Report: Dutch Intel Services Saw Russian Hackers Break Into DNC in 2014
Dutch intelligence agency spied on Russian hacking group: media
Trump-Russia probe: President ‘tried to fire special counsel Robert Mueller’ – report
GOP candidate says feminists have ‘snake-filled heads,’ hopes daughters don’t become ‘she devils’
Senate Dem: Firing Mueller a red line Trump ‘cannot cross’
Sean Hannity Already Defending Donald Trump’s Attempt to Fire Robert Mueller
U.S. economic growth slowed in 2017’s fourth quarter, missing Trump’s targets
Donald Trump Was the Inevitable Result of Republicanism
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Tools of change:
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Calling your government representative:
Call your Senator
Call your House Rep (Or use this spreadsheet)
Call your Governor
Call your Attorney General
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Fax Congress here (free!)
You can also use 5Calls.org if you are having a hard time figuring out what to say.
Tell them in no uncertain terms that you want them to fight to stop Trump from doing these things. Tell them you will be watching them closely on how they vote, and will hold them accountable during the next election if they cave to Trump. You can also call other states congress people and threaten to donate to their opponent if they don’t do what you want.
Phone Bank for Progressive Candidates:
Call the White House:
202-456-1111
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:
Send Some Text Messages for progressive causes (I know it says textforbernie, but its for a range of progressive candidates) Or you can have your texts turned into faxes by the ResistBot
Go to a town hall and talk to your congress person in person:
Check when the next town hall is here
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!
Also be sure to keep track if you live in a district with an upcoming flip-able seat (flip to the left that is)
See if you have a special election in your area!
Is your mayor up for election? Find out, get involved!
Upcoming house votes:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/
Upcoming senate bills:
http://www.senateseeker.com/vote.php?upcoming=true
Monitor Trumps Conflict of Interests:
General Guides:
Guidelines by former Congress staffers on how to get Congress to listen. https://www.indivisibleguide.com/
Run For Office!:
Remove the Corporate Democrats!:
Join the fight to clean out the democratic party: Justice Democrats!
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