Season 2, Episode #8: President Hillary Clinton

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The Plot Is Sickening

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All-Out Assault On Black Americans Has Begun

The United States government kicked off its "celebration" of Black History Month yesterday with a series of unforgettable—and unforgivable—acts:

1. Jeff Sessions, a lifelong bigot with a decades long resume of racist rhetoric and behavior, was confirmed by the Senate Committee to the position of Attorney General; he has one final step to bypass and the job is officially his.
   
   
2. Trump held a Black History Month breakfast wherein he briefly spoke about civil rights leaders he clearly knew nothing about (i.e. Frederick Douglass) before spending the rest of his speech discussing his favorite subject—himself.
   
   
3. 

   Neil Gorsuch was nominated by Pretender-President Trump to SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States). Gorsuch was the founder of the Fascism Forever Club in his youth—not exactly a reassuring qualification for people of color. 
   
   His appointment to SCOTUS could be equally detrimental to other minorities as well. As a judge, he flatly stated in 2005 that he does not interpret the constitution as protecting gay marriage. For women, his record is even bleaker. Gorsuch supports allowing business owners with certain religious beliefs not to insure women's birth control. He is also an advocate for defunding Planned Parenthood even though no tax monies are used at PP for abortions. Although Gorsuch never had to rule on an abortion case, it isn't a huge leap in logic to assume he would vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade if given the chance. In the birth control case he wrote, “No one before us disputes that the mandate compels Hobby Lobby and Mardel to underwrite payments for drugs or devices that can have the effect of destroying a fertilized human egg.”

   
   
4. House Republicans passed a resolution to nullify the Stream Protection Rule, effectively allowing coal mines to contaminate water sources. As always, polluted water disproportionately affects minority and poorer communities.
   
   
5. Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos, perhaps the world's first gay AND Jewish Nazi, deliberately scheduled a campus speech for February 1st at the University of California at Berkley.
   
   Needless to say, his presence was not welcomed at what is perhaps the most liberal college in the U.S. Riots broke out, forcing the idiot to cancel his speech. As of this writing, it is unclear whether actual students participated in the riot or if the disruptors were all members of a Black Bloc. Whatever the case, Nazi-Boy has been milking the incident for every drop of publicity he can. As that's a common tactic for Yiannopoulos, the Black Bloc possibility cannot be easily dismissed.

Every day, being an American becomes less and less of a distinction. At this rate, Mexico might just build that wall yet—to keep us out of Mexico rather than the other way around.

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March 4 Life or March 4 Control?

Some Powerful Photos from the Women's March (Global)

Berlin

There are too many striking images from yesterday's march-gone-global to post them all so I'm choosing some of my personal favorites to highlight for a variety of reasons. (All photos can be enlarged by clicking on them.)

Artistry: Whichever photographer landed this shot managed to walk away with a visually striking and symbolically powerful piece. The beautiful German woman s/he photographed looks exactly like the poster directly behind her 😊

Paris

Humor: You'll definitely want to click this pic from Paris to see one of the funniest signs ever!!

I probably looked at this photo half a dozen times before I saw the LOL moment. I'll make it easier for you by dropping a hint: 

• Focus on the sign that has four pieces of yellow tape on it. 
• See it? 
• 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Chicago

P Is For Vendetta: The next photograph is humorous as well, but it adds a little ass-kicking oomph to the comedy category. 

This Chi Town woman ain't playin'! But judging by the expression on her male companion's face, he's probably grateful for that fact 😉 

Chicago: it's not just known for its deep-dish pizza anymore.

Washington D.C. 

Poignancy: The next picture imbues the very point of political photography—it forces the viewer to stop and think. 

This young man exposes Trump and the GOP for the heartless, money-wasting vultures that they are. Comrade Trump wants to build a damn wall, while Comrade Ryan is scrambling to gut medicaid, medicare, social security, welfare, and a myriad of other social programs that serve to assist the poor, the elderly, the disabled, and veterans.

FUCK THE WALL. 

Pay more attention to the young man in the picture who NEEDS ramps and less (or zero) attention to the racist snowflakes who apparently get a case of the vapors just from thinking about a Mexican crossing the border. What comes after the wall, comrade? Are we going to start flinging virgins over it as sacrificial appeasements to El Chapo? (Hint: this ain't Skull Island and El Chapo ain't King Kong 😒)

Washington D.C.

Triple Hitter: This photo wins for three YUGE reasons.

1) The lighting is gorgeous and makes for a beautiful backdrop.

2) That's one of my best friends holding up her signage all loud and proud. (Go Amy go!)

3) Click on the photo for an enlarged view and check out what those fallopian tubes are up to 😂 🙌

I was supposed to be in D.C. with her, but I was too ill to go. It is literally the only life event I'll look back on with the coulda-shoulda-wouldas. 

Washington D.C.

Snarkaliciousness: This photo—damn! It needs no explanation. All I'll say is: You go girl!

Actually I will say one more thing. Namely, Comrade Ass makes this entire damn nation look like a huuge, bigly loser. Some people take pride in classless vulgarity—they refer to it as not bowing to political correctness!—but the majority of us prefer human decency to sleaze.

One thing I have found to be true about the most vocal proponents of the First Amendment on Twitter is they tend to be less concerned with protecting free speech for its constitutionally intended applications than they are concerned with their right to use free speech to degrade and humiliate others. If you see the words 1a/2a in a Twitter profile, save yourself a headache and block them. All 1a/2a means is "I'm an obnoxious racist and misogynist troll who gets off on demeaning others. Oh and I love guns. Yeehaw."

Washington D.C.

Hell Hath No Fury Like A Girl Scout Scorned: It might be time to reevaluate your life and morals (or lack thereof) when even the Girl Scouts hate you. Or at least that's what a normal person would do. But the Man-Baby-In-Chief? 

It won't happen. On the contrary, I doubt any of us will be surprised if he goes on a Twitter rampage against Thin Mints, Samoas, and the little girls who sell them. "The Girl Scouts are huge losers. Their cookie-selling business is going under. Sad." [insert long-suffering sigh]

New York City

Irony: Yes, Trumpel Thinskin, even the introverts hate you enough to protest your funky ass. They might have a hard time saying it, but they can write it out in signage like nobody's business. Which brings me to yet another point...

There was no group of people NOT represented in yesterday's historic, global march. Despite the disadvantage they would have been at had the demonstrations turned riotous, wheelchair-bound and blind citizens protested. Our fellow deaf Americans were so numerous that interpreters were on podiums at every speech.

All races, genders, sexual orientations, religions, ages, and political identities were accounted for. It was the definition of democracy and beauty.

heh heh

Karma: There are so many other photos that should be included here, but I have to end with the one that irritates Comrade Trump most of all: the side-by-side comparisons of Obama's first inauguration to his.

Trump's propagandist #ScarySpicer had the nerve to flatly lie during his first post-inaugural press conference ever by stating that Trump's inauguration was the most heavily attended in history. (Obama's first inauguration actually holds that honor.) When pressed about this lie today on Meet The Press, Kellyanne Conway told Chuck Todd that Spicer hadn't lied, but had provided "alternative facts" 😒

Hold on to your alternative Xanax, peeps. It's gonna be a long, anxiety-ridden four years.

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Season 2, Episode #5: The American Civilutionary War Is Coming

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The Resistance Has Only Begun

While it is difficult in this specific moment to see the forest from the trees, we must. Despair isn't an option. Settling for subhuman status isn't on the menu. If you can't pull yourself together for you then take your strength from the enduring love you have for your children/parents/spouses/etc. In other words, wo/man up. Cry if you must—rage if you must—but be quick about it. Time is not on our side.

Fight. Resist. Refuse nothing less than total victory. We cannot let it come to power...

Ever.

#MidnightMartyrs 

Petition To Give Liberals Our Own Republic

You can sign the petition at Change.org. Because we are brand new and hardly anybody knows about us, we will be leaving this petition up for as long as it takes to get the needed signatures.

Where the Hell is the ACLU, NAACP, and NOW?

I'm not feeling particularly forgiving of as of late. This sentiment especially holds true for the civil rights groups whose coffers have been enriched by the very people they are failing to protect. Why hasn't a single one of our nation's highest level advocacy groups legally challenged this farce of an election? All of them relentlessly solicit for donations so they can fight Trump's future policies, yet nary a one has attempted to stop the Orange Menace from being inaugurated.

This is not acceptable—period. That there are any number of valid cases that can be made on a federal level makes it all the more appalling.

1. Math Increasingly Suggests Voter Fraud Against Hillary Clinton: Recap: the only exit polls that did not match up to alleged votes cast were the ones in crucial swing states. David Pakman points out that this phenomenon has only happened in the past during instances of widespread voter fraud.
   
2. The Electoral College Was Meant To Stop Men Like Trump From Being President: Recap: the Electoral College is charged with the duty of insuring a madman is never inaugurated. I don't recall off the top of my head if the reporter brought up what I'm about to say, but many states like Ohio have passed laws which prevent members of the EC from fulfilling its constitutional obligation. Instead of allowing the members to vote their conscience, doing so can provide stiff fines and allegedly jail time.
   
3. We are not a democracy if rule by the people is not upheld. The people did not vote in Trump; the people voted in Hillary Clinton. By the time all votes are counted, Clinton is expected to win the popular vote by at least 2 million votes. She is also expected to have more than 50% of all votes, which is an even bigger mandate that something be done.
   
4. Our republic's viability, much as our position in world affairs, cannot afford to chance a Trump presidency. God forbid a teenager in North Korea sends Orangie Porgie a mean kid tweet. It'll be game over for all of us.
   
   
5. It is both indecent and un-American to put a man in power who surrounds himself with white nationalists and who has used his campaign to normalize hate speech against vulnerable people. Over 700 incidents of hate crimes against minorities have been reported by the Southern Poverty Law Center since November 9th.
   
   
6. When only 17% of voters (all of who live in white, rural America) have more voting power than the other 83%, no election is free.

That is but 6 of the simplest-to-explain issues. This says nothing of more complex problems such as the role Republican congressmen played in obliterating the nation's long held (and long respected) system of checks and balances. Having executive, legislative, and judicial branches that operate independently of each other means little to nothing when all three branches are dominated by one party's archaic ideology—an ideology not shared by the majority of Americans.

So where are the civil rights groups with deep pockets? Why aren't they stepping up to the plate proactively by doing everything humanly imaginable to stop the inauguration of a dangerous, intolerant, greedy, pathological liar?

I have no answers; I only have questions.

Boycotting Hate

If you're looking for a way to protest this farce of an election, but don't have the time, health, and/or stamina to join the thousands of awesome Millennials continuing to pour into the streets of metropolises across the country (keep it up, lovelies!) then you still have some pretty doable options left to you.

Fox News

Fox's misinformation, propaganda network continues to thrive at our expense. The teeth clincher? If you have a subscription to even the lowest tier of cable television available, you are paying them to carry on with their dirty work.

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Boycotts

Left Republic

Left Republic has recently started the Lock Up This campaign to boycott specific brands and/or popular shopping dates. Here's the first collective effort:

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Although the number of people who belong to our Facebook page campaign is currently a grand total of 6 (hey we just got going lol) the number of shares for the Black Friday Boycott banner has been phenomenal. 

Brands

A spreadsheet of stores that sell anything Trump has been making its rounds across the internet. The Huffington Post finally did a write-up on the database, making it much easier to implement into your daily life.

Clickbait

A fast way to make misinformation and fake news sites die a quick death is to quit funding them with clicks. Most of those sites can afford to thrive because of programs like Google Adsense which pays out monies for every click subscribing sites receive. If you don't recognize the address or website? Don't click on it.