Real Strategies for Dems & Progressves in General

[Sunny05]

Here are real strategies for Democrats and, more generally, for progressives.

1. Stay in contact with your elected officials AND your political party leaders at all levels of government about the following concerns + ANY of your concerns.

2. Stay in touch with any progressive social/political group or movement that helps your/our cause, whether it be Bernie revolution, Pantsuit Nation, Black Lives Matter, any effort pertaining to Standing Rock, ... surely you get the picture. Participate if you can.

3. Start learning about Medicare (privatization efforts currently & in past) and "Ryan budgets" (of last few years). Start contacting elected officials to ask where they stand on this, express your disagreement with privatization and "supplements"/vouchers. IF YOU LIVE in red state with all red Senators & Rep, still call them BUT stay in touch with your state/local Dem party officials about it.

3.b. Medicare issue -- not only important program BUT also something with structural AND political characteristics that will potentially divide republicans. IF YOU DIDN'T GET item #3, READ ITEM #3b.

4. Start contacting Dem elected officials, esp., maybe all elected officials, and Dem party officials to demand that voter suppression, including gerrymandering, be investigated and ended.

4.b. If you learn of group that will take repub government officials to court over voter suppression, support that group.

5. If you have good reason to believe vote tampering happened in your state, start complaining to elected officials. Demand it be investigated, that those guilty of this be held legally responsible. Stay in contact with Dem party officials if you have red elected officials who won't listen. Stay on them.

6. Let's all start learning whether there are reputable national or international organizations that will look into vote tampering.

The following are NOT strategies at all:

1. Bickering over who would have been the better candidate. The election was likely stolen, folks, and that means noone but the theives had a chance of winning. Plus, internal bickering will not address the bigotry and hatred that spewed their ugly heads this campaign season.

2. Pointing fingers at other progressives. Folks, the conservatives are rowing in the same direction. We are not.

[Sunny05]

1. Quick follow-up

Looking into voter suppression and vote tampering is for the long-run, realistically. I doubt anything can be done about this presidential election. But we've got to stop rolling over while hoping that all the republican-gerrymandered areas and other suppression and tampering efforts don't affect the outcome.

[rwheeler31]

2. Good suggestions.

also look into the backgrounds and history of your local officials, be ready if we have mid term elections.

[Sunny05]

3. Great addition to strategies.

Thanks so much.