Rife with scandal, murmurs of obstructing justice and general foot-in-mouthery on an almost daily basis, it seems president-for-now Trump has become his administration’s own worst enemy. But this is no time to rest on our schadenfreude fellow resistors. Efforts to resist Trump must continue to focus on local issues, local elections and keeping pressure on state representatives … [Read more...]
Silencing Elizabeth Warren
Anyone watching the news on the evening of February 7th may have been surprised to see Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rebuke Senator Elizabeth Warren for reading a letter written by Coretta Scott King, the widow of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Warren offered the letter, originally written to the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986, as part of her objection … [Read more...]
RESIST – Stop Rex Tillerson
SUPPORT A PROJECT OF ADVOCACY COMMONS AND DAILY KOS At 2:30 pm (PT) Monday, January 30, the Senate is scheduled to hold a cloture vote on confirming climate-denying, former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State. That vote will trigger up to 30 hours of debate on the Senate floor before Senators vote on whether to confirm him. In addition to being bought and … [Read more...]
The BUFFETT Rule
Warren Buffett is asking everyone to forward this email to a minimum of 20 people, and to ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in the United States will have the message. This is an idea that should be passed around. Let's see if these idiots understand what people pressure is all about. Salary of retired US Presidents .. . . . .. . . . . .. . … [Read more...]
Trump Muslim Ban Stops Refugees at U.S. Airports
Update, January 28: The Washington Post reports that a federal judge has stayed the deportations of refugees detained today in American airports. Muslim Ban causes Refugees to be Detained Happening now, refugees who had already gone through a comprehensive vetting system and were scheduled to come to the U.S. are being detained at American airports. A growing protest at JFK … [Read more...]
