Day 408:

Robber Barrons

Every time Exxon pays off a politician to deny global warming people die. Same is true for pollution from pesticides, dirty cars, NRA guns etc. Look how big pharma kills folks by raising prices on drugs, by pushing Oxy, by pushing people off insurance. All facilitated and allowed because of payoffs to congress. Look at all the suicides from bankruptcy from medical debt, or from bank crashes.

Just because these companies dont go out and nerve gas people doesn’t mean that they are not killing people. Although sometimes they do actually go kill people, just usually in other countries, or they have our military do it, or the CIA. Read your history better. A lot of what our government does is to secure the interests of big companies in other countries.

The right wing doesn’t want to unify the working class, they want to keep it fractured, so they are busy fighting over guns, gays, and god, while the super rich turn into the mega rich. Its a very old, and well tested strategy in America that has been used many times with many groups.

We have had extreme concentration of wealth before, it was called the gilded age, and it required strong government intervention to prevent the break down of society (the new deal). This is not a new problem, just the current version of it.

Further Reading:

Breitbart’s readership plunges

Trinidad and Tobago elects their first woman President!

Empty half the Earth of its humans: There are now twice as many people as 50 years ago. But they can all survive – in cities. Leave about half the Earth’s surface mostly free of humans, so wild plants and animals can live there unimpeded as they did for so long before humans arrived.

26 year old progressive challenger Aaron Ortiz backed by Our Revolution Illinois unseated incumbent State Rep. Dan Burke tonight https://t.co/D1AABhQjp6

— Michael Sainato (@msainat1) March 21, 2018

Beef Eaters Contribute Almost Half of the U.S.’s Diet-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions

‘Christianity as default is gone’: the rise of a non-Christian Europe | World news

Trump firing Mueller could lead to impeachment: Lindsey Graham

The power players behind Cambridge Analytica have set up a mysterious new data company

The Latest: Cambridge Analytica links to Blackwater founder

No, Obama Didn’t Employ the Same Strategies as Cambridge Analytica

Trump Criticizes Mueller, Again, as a Former C.I.A. Director Suggests Russia ‘May Have Something’ on the President

Cambridge Analytica’s parent company reportedly offered a $1.4 million bribe to win an election for a client

Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica’s collection of Facebook data, according to former employee

Trump went way off-script on his Putin call — reinforcing the peril of the looming Kim Jong Un meeting

Austin bombing suspect kills himself with explosive device

Trump’s national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin. He did it anyway.

Suspended Cambridge Analytica CEO reportedly used the N-word in an email to describe potential clients

Denounced by G.O.P. as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois Congressional Primary

Kelly furious over leak of warning to Trump to not congratulate Putin

How Cambridge Analytica poisoned Kenya’s democracy

Judge denies Trump bid to get sexual accuser Summer Zervos’ defamation suit tossed: ‘No one is above the law’

The Mueller report must be shared with the public

Abortion rates go down when countries make it legal: report

Holocaust denier is officially the GOP nominee in Chicago-area House race

An “Ashamed” Fox News Commentator Just Quit The”Propaganda Machine”

Cambridge Analytica CEO: I met Trump ‘many times’

A stunning leak rattles Trump and his aides

Children’s Book About Mike Pence’s Gay Bunny Jumps to No. 1

WaPo: Trump ignored briefing materials that said not to congratulate Putin

GOP Rep’s Office Got A Student Suspended For Cursing While Asking For Gun Control

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Tools of change:

Feel like this is all a bunch of bullshit? Want to do something about it?

Calling your government representative:

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You can also use 5Calls.org if you are having a hard time figuring out what to say.

Tell them in no uncertain terms that you want them to fight to stop Trump from doing these things. Tell them you will be watching them closely on how they vote, and will hold them accountable during the next election if they cave to Trump. You can also call other states congress people and threaten to donate to their opponent if they don’t do what you want.

Phone Bank for Progressive Candidates:

https://www.grassrootspb.com/

Call the White House:

202-456-1111

Call the “White House”:

Use this website to call one of Trump’s many properties he has not put into a blind trust yet, and let them know how you feel (be polite, they are workers just like us, but be firm).

Do a little Slacktivism:

Send Some Text Messages for progressive causes (I know it says textforbernie, but its for a range of progressive candidates) Or you can have your texts turned into faxes by the ResistBot

Go to a town hall and talk to your congress person in person:

Check when the next town hall is here

Monitor your congressperson:

Keep track of how your senator is voting on cabinet picks here, so you can call them up and give them hell if they vote for any of these worthless fuckers.

See how your elected representatives are voting for or against Trump.

Elections!

Also be sure to keep track if you live in a district with an upcoming flip-able seat (flip to the left that is)

See if you have a special election in your area!

Is your mayor up for election? Find out, get involved!

Upcoming house votes:

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/

Upcoming senate bills:

http://www.senateseeker.com/vote.php?upcoming=true

Monitor Trumps Conflict of Interests:

From CNN of all people.

The Atlantic

General Guides:

Guidelines by former Congress staffers on how to get Congress to listen. https://www.indivisibleguide.com/

Run For Office!:

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