McConnell Goes to the Mat On Debt Ceiling: Time For Dems To Throw Him An Anvil

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Monday August 21, 2017 · 2:49 PM PDT

2017/08/21 · 14:49

Mitch McConnell came out today saying that there is zero chance that the debt limit doesn’t get raised. The Freedom Caucus will vehemently oppose him on this, so where is he going to get the votes? I’ll tell you where: the Democrats.

I think we need to make our elected Democratic officials aware that THEY MUST NOT HELP THE REPUBLICANS. Not today, not tomorrow and not ever. Sadly, we need to be tribal and stay away from the noble cause of helping the country run smoothly while Trump is at the helm. Until the Republicans hold the Trump administration accountable, they get nothing. We help them when Trump resigns or is impeached and not one second before.

The Democrats did healthcare reform with not a single Republican vote, so why should we help them? They have the House, Senate, and the Presidency. They don’t need or deserve our help. If that sounds unreasonable to you, just think about the sheer terror that we felt when we almost saw the ACA get repealed. He would never help us. Now it’s time to return the favor.

Please call, write and phone your Democratic Reps and Senators and tell them “Hell no! We don’t help Republicans”.

The Reality Is That the Ruling Class is Deplorable

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Wednesday November 09, 2016 · 5:25 PM PST

2016/11/09 · 17:25

This is chickens coming home to roost. The people can only suffer so much. No establishment candidate will get anything done from the left or the right. That’s why the Tea Party is busy primarying the shit out of the ‘reasonable Republicans’.

I want to preface what I am about to say with I am an Independent. I left the Democrats a long time ago, rather they left me. I am no purity troll or Bernie Bro. I am a hanging on by my teeth, middle class Gen Xer with 3 adult kids who are struggling to stay afloat in this shitty economy. It’s great if you are rich. If you are just a regular working stiff, things are pretty shitty. I voted for Obama twice and I just cast my last vote for an Establishment Dem, Hillary Clinton.

The members of establishment parties are looking at this all wrong. This is class warfare not D vs R. The fat corporations have bought the whole joint. That is why the movement MUST come from the grassroots. This is what Kansans are starting to do. They just had a huge wave of progressives (as far as Kansas goes anyway) come in. The biggest since I think the mid 70’s. You see the end of the line staring us in the face for ‘reaching across the aisle’. It’s broken and it’s finished. The rich will continue to squeeze the poor until we rise together to make the politicians do our bidding and not Wall Street’s. It doesn’t matter what Ms Clinton promised. There is no faith in our government institutions and that’s why we now have the Cheeto-in-Chief. Don’t scream at progressives and the working white class who are barely hanging on. We need each other more than ever.

They are consolidating power by turning the poor, the minorities and the working class on each other. People here who are astonished Clinton got trounced don’t even notice that the train for reform has left the station and they are still standing on the platform. We need to rise up together and take our power back. This isn’t hold hands and pray we all get along crap. This is meat grinder, roll up your sleeves, pull your community close to you and vote for people who work for you! School board, sheriff, local dog-catcher and state reps. Vote on every single issue that comes to the ballot box in every election and turn out the vote. DO NOT cling to the establishment candidates. Look at your counterpart across the aisle for how to do it. You can’t fix this by installing a president who has good ideas because it does no damn good when the top is so very corrupt. Kansas is leading the way, as they got to experience what the rest of are about to get shoved down our throats. Can’t believe I just typed that but check out what they got done while the rest of us just got our asses handed to us.

I love my conservative Kansan and Texan brothers and sisters and I love my Seattle died in the wool liberal brothers and sisters. Now we march. Smile at your neighbors, don’t let the darkness bind you up. Half of this country, hell 75% of this country want us all to be well and to succeed. Remember that they want us to fight against one another. They want us busy tearing each other up because that keeps them safe.

Let’s hope some of the corporate tools have a little lingering love for country over their piles of cash because they are the ones that have to try to hold the line on the damage while we use what ever precious time we have left to get something done. Time to get off of our collective asses and rise up!

To the Millennial Bernie Supporters from a Gen X Bernie Supporter

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Friday July 29, 2016 · 5:53 PM PDT

2016/07/29 · 17:53

First I want to say THANK YOU! Thank you for your passion, enthusiasm, energy, love and optimism. You are the new generation of voters that will guide this country into the future. It makes me misty eyed as my children are of your generation. You represent hope and a brighter future. Do not forget that.

Senator Sanders is a good man and has fought for the working people, civil rights and a kinder place for all for his entire life. What happened because of you is a crowning achievement in his long career of trying to push for change for the better. Do not forget this either. It will carry you through the tough times.

The government we have today is a culmination of over 40 years of effort by the hateful extremist rightwing of the Republican party. It didn’t happen overnight and it won’t be undone overnight. The pendulum of democracy swings slowly, but it does swing. I wasn’t sure if I would live to see the end of this country’s march to the extreme right. Things seem to be looking up in that department!

Now the GOOD NEWS!! Senator Sanders helped shape the party platform. THE most progressive party platform I have seen in my entire life. Mrs. Clinton is actually running on this platform. She is pitching the wage increase, climate change action and other great things. She will truly fight for these, because it will be her legacy. She will not win all of these fights. President Obama has had a much smaller amount of success than he would have liked. The government was designed to make change hard. It takes decades to move the government. It takes involvement and unrelenting effort on all of our part to make the change happen we want to see.

You have to be vigilant. You have to support LOCAL candidates and help get them elected. Work for the government you want to see. It may take you your entire lifetime, but the next generation will stand ready to finish the work you start.

Do not be discouraged. You won. You really, truly did. I would ask that you carefully consider for whom you give your precious vote to. It is your sacred right and duty as a citizen of this great country.

I found my reason to vote for Hillary Clinton. It isn’t just “well, it’s not Trump”. I am doing it for my deceased mother. She was a fierce feminist who would have crawled over broken glass to vote for her. I can do it with a glad heart if only for that reason.

Make hay while the sun’s shining! There is too much work to do to despair. The country is way past ready. LET’S DO THIS!

My Mother Targeted With Hate Mail Because Of Obama Campaign Sign

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 8:56 PM PST

2008/11/07 · 20:56

My mother-in-law lives alone in Fort Worth, Texas. She has lived in the same house for 40 years. She had an Obama-Biden sign in her yard. It was the only one in her neighborhood. She is quiet and keeps to herself. She didn't knock on doors or argue politics with her neighbors. She received a series of postcards in the mail. They are disturbing.

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Saturday October 11, 2008 · 4:37 PM PDT

2008/10/11 · 16:37

Go to MichiganGirl's Diary

Please get her diary rec'd up. Her county Democratic Party needs a bit of help with funding. They only need $1000 and we are halfway there. We can do this.

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Thursday September 28, 2006 · 9:47 AM PDT

2006/09/28 · 09:47

The Spector amendment has failed and now they are debating the Rockefeller Amendment. Carry on... Read More

Do Not Waver: Courage

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Friday September 22, 2006 · 2:47 PM PDT

2006/09/22 · 14:47

There are times in all of our lives when we are faced with insurmountable odds. The sky is gray and the rain continues to fall.

It is November and my husband finds a small lump on his neck, right behind his left ear. It is where the drainage tube used to be. The one that was placed there when he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. The doctors did the routine surgery and were positive they had gotten it all. It has been a year and a half since he was diagnosed the first time and was told that he was cancer free. I think maybe it is scar tissue. I am wrong. A month later he leaves our home in Seattle for MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. I pack our home into storage and drop my car off at the dealer. A voluntary repossession means nothing at this point. I quit my job. A week later I join him and his family in Houston. He dies 6 months later. He is 27 years old.

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