Now we have suffered through the first 100 days I am going to be changing up the format of these daily blog posts. Just to see if I can get something more efficient and useful.
Day 107:
Fox The New State Run Media Outlet:
In Trumps america people will lose health care, rich people will become so rich they are almost kings, and the environment that supports our civilization will flounder, but god damn it if the FDA isn’t going to show Fox News and ONLY fox news.
Fox news is positioning itself as the new state run TV. Is Trump so petty as to actually care what news people in the Food and Drug Administration are watching? It says to me that there are some serious authoritarians in the white house and we had better take all these warning signs seriously. This man has aspirations of royalty.
Further reading:
Poll: Most federal employees disapprove of Trump
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House GOP Start To Feel Repercussions From Passing Horrible Health Care Bill
You can’t pass a law that takes away health care from millions, steals a trillion dollars from the poor, and gives it all to the rich, without some blow back. The House GOP is about to find out what happens when they actually just do what their donors ask them to.
If you have a republican rep, you need to be calling them daily to remind them that health care is a right and not a perk. Make no mistake about it, this law would murder tens of thousands of people a year, yes murder. If you need insulin and I don’t give it to you, even though I could, that’s murder. If you need medical treatment, but I decide my profit margin is more important, that’s murder. This debate has too long been framed in terms of “choice” and “access” but lets be clear, this is about murdering poor people to make rich people richer.
Further Reading:
House-passed GOP health care plan is ‘unconstitutional,’ NY attorney general says
Trump says Obamacare is broken. He’s the one who broke it.
I was raped. Thanks to Republicans, I could be denied insurance for surviving.
“I’ve never seen anything like this”: progressives see huge donation spike after AHCA vote
House Republicans Have a Simple Strategy to Defend the Health-Care Bill: Lying
House Republican didn’t know the health care bill he voted for could cost his state $3 billion
Got Asthma? That’ll Cost You $4,000 Extra Under the Republican Plan
Trump: ‘Everybody’ has better healthcare than US
Republicans who voted to repeal Obamacare are hiding from their constituents
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Upcoming Action Against Trump:
June 9 – 11, Peoples Summit 2.0
Tools of change:
Feel like this is all a bunch of bullshit? Want to do something about it?
Calling your government representative:
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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:
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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:
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Elections!
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Monitor Trumps Conflict of Interests:
General Guides:
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