$107 in memory of RBG

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Saturday September 19, 2020 · 9:16 AM PDT

2020/09/19 · 09:16

“Waste no time on anger, regret or resentment, just get the job done” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the 107th Supreme Court Justice

I haven't written a diary in years.

Last night, I was lying awake with sadness about RBG’s death. And then I realized, Ruth Bader Ginsburg never wasted time wallowing in sadness. She fought for what she believed in, with every moment.

I created this ActBlue page and shared it on my twitter and FB. I wondered if the idea of giving $107 to honor the memory of our 107th Supreme Court Justice might resonate.

secure.actblue.com/…

When I checked this morning, just 8 hours later, this page had raised over $20,000! The money goes direct from ActBlue to the 7 senate races that are closest to tipping to the Democrats plus Joe Biden’s campaign. See update below for more details.*

secure.actblue.com/…

So now I’m sharing it with you. Please join me in honoring RBG’s memory by donating $107 to help flip the Senate and the Presidency. And please share on your social media and with your friends.

We must make vulnerable R senators scared to hold confirmation hearings, so that they keep her seat open. We must elect a new Senate and elect Joe Biden. We must honor RBG’s memory to usher in a new decade of justice for all.

#107forRBG

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*Update: The 7 senate campaigns I chose were based on 538’s data about which seats were closest to flipping to the Democratic candidate: Barbara Bollier (KS), Jon Ossoff (GA), Sara Gideon (ME), Cal Cunningham (NC), Steve Bullock (MT), Jaime Harrison (SC), and Theresa Greenfield (IA). I didn't include AZ or CO, as they seem fairly solid for the Dems already.

Michelle was wrong. We need to go low too.

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Thursday November 10, 2016 · 6:04 PM PST

2016/11/10 · 18:04

I have the sinking feeling that Michelle Obama was wrong. As much as I admire her dignity, eloquence, and grace, when they go low we can't just go high anymore.

Democrats and progressives need to fight the evil we face both low and high. When they go low, we kick their feet out and drown them in the muck. They went low for eight years -- spun racist lies, screamed "traitor" at the President during the state of the union, obstructed his constitutional duties and legislative plans, and tried to blow up the country's debt just to score a couple points. The points they accrued helped them with voters. Going low worked for them. When we only went high, we ceded the low ground to them. And they won.

But we can learn from them. We can keep going high, they'll never beat us high. But we can't shy away from going low too. And when they try to go high, couching their destructive plans in pretty language, we shiv them in the ankles.

Organize, write, listen, convince, like Democrats have always done. But ALSO obstruct, filibuster, exaggerate, hack, leak, investigate, blame. Hold our breaths until we turn blue, and then deny we did anything.

Because we have to win next time, even if we have to get dirty in the process.

"Poor In Spirit" as Biblical code for justifying wealth

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Tuesday March 06, 2012 · 7:52 AM PST

2012/03/06 · 07:52

That Think Progress video clip of Ann Romney, posted on the frontpage by Laura Clauson, got me thinking.

When Ann Romney claimed to be "poor in spirit," it struck me as incredibly strange. Self-insulting even. I mean, isn't being "rich in spirit" a positive term: meaning spiritual, virtuous even? "Poor in spirit" sounds like she's calling herself amoral, soulless... Why would she use such a term in describing her family?

It turns out this phrase may very well be another one of those Republican "coded" talking points.

"We are poor in spirit" simply means "God believes that our wealth is good."

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Thursday April 14, 2011 · 12:40 PM PDT

2011/04/14 · 12:40

In November, right before the great tax compromise deal, Obama said: "Small businesses and families are tightening their belts. Their government should too."

Every day you can hear on the TV a right-wing talking head say something similar.

I'm just sick of it.

There's an email going around that finally made me flip my lid. Here it is:

Philip Greenspun divided the U.S. 2011 federal budget by 100,000,000 and wrote a little parable:
We have a family that is spending $38,200 per year. The family's income is $21,700 per year. The family adds $16,500 in credit card debt every year in order to pay its bills. After a long and difficult debate among family members, keeping in mind that it was not going to be possible to borrow $16,500 every year forever, the parents and children agreed that a $380/year premium cable subscription could be terminated. So now the family will have to borrow only $16,120 per year.

This is so simple, and it sounds so good. It's clever and easy to forward or repeat over the water cooler. The friend I got it from is actually pretty liberal, just a little confused.

I'm not an economist, but my Ec 101 taught me that there are major differences between a family and the federal government. Here's what I think about this analogy...

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Wednesday April 21, 2010 · 11:38 AM PDT

2010/04/21 · 11:38

After being blown away by Glenn Greenwald's impressively well-researched and passionate case for Judge Diane Wood, I believe Judge Wood to be the only person on the "short list" capable of filling Justice Stevens' shoes.

So now here we are, crossing our fingers, hoping and praying that Obama nominates someone like Wood instead of a middle-of-the-road centrist who will be more conservative than the wonderful Justice whose seat has gone vacant.

Let's not just sit and wait and pray. Let's make our voices be heard!

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Friday January 22, 2010 · 1:19 AM PST

2010/01/22 · 01:19

A Modest Proposal.

Since the government is already controlled largely by corporate interests, today's decision in Citizens United is simply a step towards making that control a little more efficient. And as the economists tell us, efficiency benefits everyone.

So, in light of this forward progress towards more efficient government, I would like to propose some further streamlining of our nation's electoral processes.

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Thursday September 17, 2009 · 4:54 PM PDT

2009/09/17 · 16:54

I, like Robert Reich, hope Olympia Snowe will vote against the Baucus health care bill. That's because, as Mr. Reich says:

If Snowe decides not to sign on, history moves in a very different direction. Most important, the Senate Dems know they won't possibly have 60 votes they need. So they'll have to say goodbye to bipartisanship -- perhaps even farewell to Nelson, Landrieu, Webb and Bayh -- and bundle healthcare reform into a "reconciliation" bill that can pass with 51. This new goal post strengthens the hand of Senate progressives on the Finance Committee, like Rockefeller.

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Sunday September 06, 2009 · 11:44 AM PDT

2009/09/06 · 11:44

On the front page of the NY Times today is the story that the Big Financial Wizards, whom the American public has just bailed out to the tune of Trillions, sees their next Big Financial Innovation in betting on Americans to die.

That's right, they want to create pools of risk by packaging tranches (sound familiar?) of life insurance policies. They buy life insurance policies from elderly people who need money, and then resell them to "investors." These investors then get paid when the underlying people die! Sweet!

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How F--ED UP is this?

50 votes Vote Now!

How F--ED UP is this?

Incredibly. I can't believe this is happening.

35 votes

I see what you're saying, but these products would also have benefits to society.

2 votes

Not at all. Love it! Pass the soylent green.

13 votes

We can't give up!

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Monday August 17, 2009 · 10:08 AM PDT

2009/08/17 · 10:08

Like you, I am furious, depressed, and demoralized by the apparent loss of the public option. I read Bob Johnson's heartfelt and emotional diary and felt compelled to recommended it because it described exactly what I was feeling -- that We The People have once again lost to our corporate masters.

But then I remembered back to the spring of 1999...

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How are you feeling today?

19 votes Vote Now!

How are you feeling today?

Depressed, ready to give up on national politics

5 votes

Depressed and angry, let's get ready for primaries!

14 votes

Renters are getting screwed

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Wednesday February 18, 2009 · 10:24 AM PST

2009/02/18 · 10:24

This diary is going to be controversial and piss a lot of people off, but I had to write it. Mostly because I don't hear anybody, anywhere, talking about this.

My wife and I don't own a home. We've been renters all our lives. In Los Angeles, where we live, housing prices have rocketed up every year we can remember. Until last year. We've been saving and saving for years, hoping to be able to afford to buy a home someday. We rented a small place, socking away money. We diversified, putting some of our savings in CDs and such, and some in stocks, putting together a nest egg that would some day allow us to buy a house we can afford.

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 2:31 PM PST

2008/11/05 · 14:31

Around 11pm local time last night, as Angelenos filtered out of various election-results-viewing parties, something amazing happened. People couldn't contain themselves. People couldn't remain in their homes. The joy overflowed everywhere.

There was 82% turnout yesterday in Los Angeles County, an all-time record. And 70% of our vote went to Barack Obama.

We felt like we were retaking our city, retaking our country. After eight years, America belongs to us again.

I've never experienced anything like it, and I wanted to share the photos with you, the Daily Kos community, which has sustained me over these many months.

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 8:25 PM PDT

2008/09/17 · 20:25

I just sent this out to my email list. Please spread it wide.

Here's a story that is being widely reported in the Spanish press, although it hasn't yet broken into the U.S. "news" cycle. In just 60 seconds, John McCain both showed himself to be mentally impaired for the job of President and insulted a major European country.

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Was John McCain...

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Was John McCain...

confused

29 votes

aggressive

8 votes

both confused and aggressive

126 votes

none of the above (please share your thoughts below)

9 votes

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