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July 1, 2018

THE ENTIRE COUNTRY DESERVES BETTER.

Why is it that the only battle plan the democrats seem to have is "defense". IMO we NEVER challenge the repugs until it's way to late. Case in point. SCOTUS seat. Now everyday dozens of emails from dozens of groups running around with their hair on fire AFTER the Kennedy resignation. All looking for money of course.

It now personally feels to me like throwing good money after bad. Of all the checks I have written and petitions I have signed
I have never been told or shown that my effort really helped.

Not even once. Was there a clear back and white result where anyone wrote and said Thank you, because you and 1000, 100,000 or 1,000,000 other people gave and sign we won this one battle.

Where was the outrage when McConnell STOLE Merrick Garland's / Obama's seat. GDamn it! fight as if your life depends on winning BECAUSE it does. The life of this democracy is on advance life support right now.

I have to wonder if we are not seeing a similar situation that we have recently seen on a smaller scale. The case where Stormy Daniel's original attorney was privately selling her down the road by colluding with Trump's attorney Cohen. Colluding against her all along.

What the hell have the DNC and the DCCC been doing to protect our interests. Colluding for their personal benefits. It seems like for congress members and their decisions it is ME FIRST, PARTY SECOND, never all Americans.

June 23, 2018

Dead on the RePutins are using every trick in the book to hold onto power.

The Russian interference is only one. Many of the things that are going on are still unknown to most Americans. Yesterday I heard a podcast where a former ambassador Michael McFaul said he wished he could tell the American people the whole truth about the Russian intrusion into Americans infrastructure. He was precluded from saying much because of classified national security issues.

Listen to Rachel Maddow's Jun 22, 2018 podcast. Last Friday night. Guest host Ari Melber. Listen to the last 10 minutes Ambassador Michael McFaul.

June 16, 2018

Did we not learn that incarceration of a whole class of people will leave a red mark in history.

We as a country incarcerated Japanese families during World War II. The history books will not let us forget that good people looked away and let it happen.

The Nuremberg Trials held the Nazi responsible for inhuman atrocities to an entire class people. The history books will not let us forget that good people looked away and let it happen.

The history books will not let us forget that 45th president of the U.S. and the Republican party incarcerated thousand of children for political gain. And that his party including Congressional leaders looked away and let it happen. They looked away and lied about the justification for separating families seeking asylum. They look away and lied by weaponizing passage from the bible. They lied and blame the entire program of tearing children as young as infants away from their mothers and families on an opposition political party.

History will mark this dark moment. And it will name the those who perpetrated these atrocities.

How are we any different than those in other countries who, in the name of religion, terrorize innocent people.

We are creating a new generation of people who will hate Americans and seek revenge on future generations.

A vicious cycle.

June 15, 2018

With all due respect to readers who aren't as enraged about this as

I am I apologize for the following.

FUCK YOU..... D.J.T. May you and all your poisonous offspring end up broke and in federal prison for your treasonous acts.

And may any republican who FAILED to condemn this crazy idiot be voted out of office and seen by the county as cowards and co-conspirators to this idiot.

June 15, 2018

Where in the U.S. CONSTITUTION does it say that the bible

has any influence or standing for a sworn U.S. official to state "Romans 13: obey the laws of the Government because God has ordained the government for his purposes"

AG Session is an idiot! And if ANYONE should know what his job is as AG it should be the AG.
1. HE IS NOT THE PRESIDENTS ATTORNEY!
2. He is the American Citizen (The Peoples) attorney
3. He was not given the job to preach scripture to the people.
4. He needs to respect the established relationship of church an state as it is spelled out in the First Amendment.

The first amendment to the US Constitution states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" The two parts, known as the "establishment clause" and the "free exercise clause" respectively, form the textual basis for the Supreme Court's interpretations

5. Finally he needs to resign if he can understand the simple principle.

Don't you just love these GOP folks who make the Second Amendment say more that it does and ignore the clear First Amendment. Both to make their personal / religious beliefs have the force of law. Falsely bending both 1 & 2 for delusional believes of a few. In stark contrast to the realistic views of the majority.

June 12, 2018

What this country needs is a cyber wall surrounding all incoming internet traffic.

Individuals do not have the capacity to out smart cyber hackers. We need the government to take responsibility for protecting our internet connected devices and the traffic that passes through them.

When we see reports (after the fact) of foreign adversaries attacking our voting systems, our power grids, our military hardware and software, our private personal data, US companies trade secrets and now hijacking a private individuals router to be use as a gateway to further attack other internet users. We should all see this a cyber warfare.

We don't need concrete and steel walls to prevent people fleeing from oppressive terrorist attacks in their home countries from seeking asylum in America.

WE NEED cybersecurity to protect US interests and US citizens from illegal activities from foreign and domestic enemies.

June 10, 2018

AND hopefully children will not be shot in their schools.....

if their voter registration tour is successful.

June 10, 2018

Good one!

June 10, 2018

She signed under duress. She earned the right to speak as "Valedictorian" .

The last lesson the school felt they were going to TEACH her was censorship.

Maybe they should have considered the parents of underclassmen deserved to know that the school environment is not safe for all kids. Threats exist and they could be ignored.

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