I'm driving 1 or 2 clients in a treatment center to their neighboring counties so they can vote early. Took 3 yesterday to vote in the county next to mine.
I'll leave the last minute details to you kids. I'm so tired. As a 70 year old white male, I've done(by a factor of 100+) more to get out the vote for Kamala than ive ever done for anyone.
I have two reasons. First, I believe that Kamala Harris is serious when she talks about the changes she will make while upholding the Constitution and our democracy.
Trump, some former Republicans, and ALL of MAGA are actually evil. I don't know what form our government would take under their control.
I honestly believe that a MAGA/Trump/Elon government would be some combination of Naziiism, authoritarian dictatorship, or just plain chaos.
Don't expect them to just walk away after 4 years either. If we lose this, America as we've known it, will cease to exist. It will be the beggining of an American Dark Ages.
We will have to fight a very long and bloody Civil War because to return the United States to Democratic government will require the death or expulsion of every single MAGA supporter in America. That's what is at stake with this election.
I would normally say to vote, no matter who you vote for.
That's not enough this time.
Vote for Kamala Harris or you'll have to live the rest of your life with the result.
If Trump wins please ask youself, everyday from now on, " why couldn't I have just seen through all of the lies and hate put out daily by Trump, MAGA, and Elon Musk.
MAGA can't see through Trump's lies for the same reason that you can't see through the Democrat's lies--propaganda. Read my post today if you really want to know what's going on.
The difference is that I haven't seen one instance where a Democrat was lying in this election. Except maybe when Joe denied calling Trump suporters garbage. I wish he hadn't denied it because Trump supporters ARE garbage.
Now, you are worse because you know that MAGATS ARE LIARS. So I guess that just makes you an asshole.
Yep, just another MAGAT running their mouth and pretending to be someone else. You clowns are full of shit. trump is the lying, rapist, convicted felon in this race. All of the crap you claim about Democrats is false. May God forgive you. Because if he doesn't, you'll spend eternity in Hell giving oral to your cult leader, donald trump.
The Republicans and Democrats are using your tax dollars to fund, arm, and provide political cover for genocide—the worst crime known to man. To add insult to injury, these heinous war criminals say that they support Israel’s right to defend itself—like slaughtering thousands of innocent children could ever be considered self-defense. If this is not enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two horrifically corrupt political parties—what the hell would be?
What if I told you that I could prove the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to subvert the rule of law? You know, conspiring together to strip away everyone’s constitutional rights--including yours. Would proof of treason be enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two bought and paid for political parties? Well, I have that proof. I put it in a book. All you have to do is read it. (There is a link for a free digital copy in this post.)
My name is Ted Martin. I have finished writing a book about my first hand encounters with a morbidly corrupt federal judicial system. The book is titled: The Illusion of Justice and contains documented, incontrovertible proof of widespread systemic corruption in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of United States Courts, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Supreme Court not only ignored two of the most egregious cases of judicial misconduct imaginable (my cases) but also an amicus brief by former Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner in which he blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Posner’s amicus brief is posted on the Supreme Court’s website at www.supremecourt.gov and can be accessed by typing in the following case number: Martin v. Living Essentials (Case No. 17-8352)
It will be painfully obvious to anyone who reads my book (or Judges Posner’s amicus brief) that the Supreme Court denies certiorari without even bothering to read the petitions submitted by the citizens of the United States. This obscene betrayal of the public trust is a clear-cut violation of every Justice’s judicial oath and a crime under federal law that is commonly referred to as honest services fraud.
In short, my book proves that the leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to pack the courts with corrupt corporate judges who will never side with the American people. This was abundantly clear when Senator Chuck Schumer and the other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee repeatedly refused to use irrefutable evidence of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett (a Republican nominee) at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
This bipartisan band of seditious conspirators also refused to address the underlying corruption in clear violation of their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
The only difference between the two major political parties is the rhetoric. The special interest groups running this country don’t give a damn which bribe taking stooge you vote for or even if you vote at all. They have already successfully rigged every election by controlling “our” choices.
The leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been caught red-handed conspiring to pack the courts with corrupt judges who will never side with you. If there was ever a reason to be a one issue voter, this is it. Besides, any politician caught lying about their fidelity to the Constitution and laws of the United States is obviously lying about everything—particularly their agenda.
Republicans push the corrupt corporate agenda. Democrats pretend to be opposed. Together, they sell their offices to the highest bidders. They foment war for the military industrial complex, promote racism for the prison industrial complex, refuse to restrict access to assault weapons for the gun manufactures, permit large quantities of toxic cancer causing chemicals to be dumped into our air, land, and water for the chemical manufactures, deny needed medical care to our country’s citizens for the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and turn a willful blind eye to the catastrophic effects of global warming for the fossil fuel industries. The list of their greed fueled crimes against humanity goes on and on.
Voting your current elected representatives out of office should be a no brainer. But, to make sure that they are not replaced with another batch of equally corrupt corporate stooges, we’re also going to have to take back both the Republican and Democratic parties and get the money out of politics.
While this may appear to be a daunting task, all we really need is a sound plan. After giving this matter some careful consideration, I have the following proposal: We agree to put aside all of our ideological differences and unite as Americans in support of the Constitution of the United States.
If you read my book, it really won’t be that difficult. You will know who the real enemy is and it certainly isn’t your fellow citizens. We just need to become one issue voters. Ignore their contrived wedge issues, bullshit talking points, and cringe worthy campaign ads. If they are not fighting tooth and nail to get the money out of politics—don’t legitimize them with your vote.
Seriously, if in doubt—throw them out. Besides, any government official who is not forcefully calling for the resignations of the corrupt leaders of their own political party is, by definition, violating their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Whether Republican or Democrat, a treasonous corporate criminal is a treasonous corporate criminal, they serve the same master and nothing is going to change until we get the money out of politics.
*You get the money out of politics by publicly funding elections, banning all campaign contributions, and, in exchange for their broadcasting/operating licenses, requiring news organizations to give every candidate for public office an equal amount of free advertising space.
In the future, I may write a book titled: The Illusion of Journalism. But for now, I’m just going to say that the media is not going to help anyone blow the whistle on their partners in crime. In the past four years, I couldn’t find a single news organization that hadn’t sold us out.
All an honest journalist would have to do is read Judge Posner’s amicus brief to know that the courts are irretrievably corrupt. Reading my book will conclusively show that the courts are corrupt by design.
P.S. I blame the Federalist Society for the corruption in the federal judicial system. The six so-called conservative justices on the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell, and all the Republican Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee are members of the Federalist Society. Donald Trump picked “his” judicial nominees from lists provided by the Federalist Society.
I didn’t know that the Democrats were in on it until I tried to give them proof of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. If you would like to read about their reprehensible conduct, you can skip ahead to the Postscript on page 221 of my book. But, for goodness sake, read the rest of the book. The courts are more corrupt than you can possibly imagine!
The judges in both of my cases incorporated the defendant’s fraudulent defenses into their opinions even after I pointed out the fraud in every brief that I filed. These “judges” are clearly taking dictation from corporate defense counsel without even reading the plaintiff’s briefs. These black robed grifters obviously fixed both of my cases. But, by far, the worst part of the whole ordeal was knowing that they were systematically violating everyone’s constitutional rights—they just got caught violating mine.
Shut up, you jerk! Stop trying to throw Democrats into the same cesspool where trump wallows. Now I see that maybe your just mentally ill with all of your bat-shit crazy theories. Don't bother to respond, because I can't waste another second on a nut like you!
You could also use your phones to do voter turnout. I’ve been invited by several groups, including the Harris campaign. It’s not perfect but I get a few votes a day and I’m part of a large team calling.
Don't know where you happen to be, but the weather's been kinda good here in Canada (no we aren't under snow, don't live in igloos) this autumn. Get outside in your neighborhood, go for a walk, say hello, strike up a conversation. Halloween was fun, now it's Diwali, join in on the celebrations, fireworks. Just get out in your community.
Sitting with your phone is all well and good, what a great tool. It will never replace face to face. It's why campaigns still use canvassers - whether you agree with them or not - you have the opportunity to chat with another human - in real life.
Yes, do what Michael suggests otherwise, but here's some wise advice for all times:
12. Make eye contact and small talk. This is not just polite. It is part of being a citizen and a responsible member of society. It is also a way to stay in touch with your surroundings, break down social barriers, and understand whom you should and should not trust. If we enter a culture of denunciation, you will want to know the psychological landscape of your daily life.
13. *Practice corporeal politics. Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen.* Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them.
*my emphasis
14. Establish a private life. Nastier rulers will use what they know about you to push you around. Scrub your computer of malware. Remember that email is skywriting. Consider using alternative forms of the Internet, or simply using it less. Have personal exchanges in person.
Natalie, thank you for # 12, 13, and 14! These are important points and very true. I spent my earliest years in Hamilton, Ontario, with my mother's family. Canadians were then and are now much more measured, nuanced, and respectful than many Americans. Here in the US we are so reactive and so enthralled with technology's ability to allow for quick (knee-jerk) responses to any stimuli that we forget the loopholes, especially our vulnerability. When I hung a Ukrainian flag shortly after Putin attacked Ukraine, a neighbor vandalized it on Halloween. As a result I generally don't announce my political views in this very transient Santa Fe neighborhood, but I have talked with a few long-term neighbors and so far, so good!
I hope Michael’s feeling is on the right track, and I appreciate like you to be living in this time. When you said Men have been in charge since the ice age, it’s a fact! We are going to experience leadership in our Country that we have never had. Hooray for all the women that fought for the right to vote, and many other rights that have grown. Women will soon have right to decide what is best for their reproductive health care. No one slack off, work for every last vote 🗳️
I finished making a video for my new pro-Harris song that I will be sharing all day tomorrow with friends and relatives that lays out my case for why I believe Vice President Harris deserves the votes of Progressives. It's a hip-hop western made here in my home state of Montana and the beats were made by an award-winning Salish/Blackfeet guy named Foreshadow.
Tracy, I think it's the undecided and the heads-in-the-sand non-voters Michael is talking about. You're right - apparently Trump's people have drunk the Cool-aid and they're a lost cause (until they experience the lies for themselves). The folks who won't vote because they don't like either candidate are the target here. I'm old enough to have watched newsreels of Hitler during WWII - the similarity to Trump is chilling.
It's not my district, but when I posted that my blue votes were counted, I commented a short statement hoping that we would see the last of sleazy Boebert in Colorado and the link for her great opponent Trisha Calvarese......... https://www.trisha4colorado.com/
Soon this American Democracy will be put to the test never before tried. To attempt to see whether or not we can "keep it." We are permitting a candidate whom by all intents and purposes is not qualified for the office of the President of the United States. Trump has been deemed to be unfit to hold that office by the voices of our congress, of his own staff, members of his own party, the highest members of his own cabinet; the armed forces, and the justice department. Trump has been indicted and found guilty of many crimes, and is now awaiting the results of such crimes. He has attempted once to overthrow our government and caused the lives of government people in their attempt to protect our government, and that is only the tip of the iceberg. He has announced he would be a dictator if elected and take his wrath upon elected officials and others who oppose him. However, we can not find any reason to deny taking a shot at it once more. Whatever the outcome, we are taking an incredible risk to just handing over our country to a declared dictator capable of malicious and dangerous retributions and horror upon the United States and the rest of the world, and we are responsible, with eyes wide open, and must bear the responsibility as the whole. God be with us.
Both political parties have warmongers and those warmongers hate Trump because he won't bow down to the military-industrial complex. To stop Trump, the warmongers on the Republican side (Cheney's and more) have joined forces with the warmongers on the Democrat side. So all those Republican politicians saying Trump is dangerous, Trump is a fascist etc. are really politicians that are controlled by warmongers who want war and who make money from war either directly or indirectly and they are trying to stop Trump. If you take those unreliable sources like that out of your email then you don't have much left. Regarding J6, there is *no* way thousands of protesters without guns can overtake the capital building and put in an unelected president. Congress is *not* going to be scared into putting in Trump. Even if the protesters had a significant amount of guns, the US military has much more powerful weapons so how could they do it? it would be impossible. Given that the warmongers, CIA, Homeland security etc hate Trump, I believe they would do anything to make Trump look bad or make him look dangerous. So I think they put a lot of undercover agitators in the crowd and those undercover agitators did most of the violence. And I don't think was just a few agitators, I think it could be in the hundreds. If Trump is re-elected, I hope he finds out how many "Feds" were in the crowd. I'm a former democrat that went door to door for Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren - but now I am an Independent and supporting RFK and Trump.
We have done our share of "warmongering," and I am not proud of it. We may also have paved the way for others to take that manner of solving the world's problems. However, that is no reason to hand our country and the world over to a lying, law breaking, self-proclaimed dictator, with no respect for humanity. Trump has proved to be exactly whathe is and what he will do, and you undoubtedly will be ok with at.
so what will he do that you are so sure of? both parties have their faults but RFK jr will be there to guide trump away from hiring worst people (i.e. the corrupt ones)
"What he will do" is what is shown by what he already has done, and what he has said he will do. His platform for the future increases the budget by trillions in tax cuts for the rich, to name just one. The impact of his plans for "what he will do" is outlined in his promises, and increases the tax burden on tax paying workers and by an additional 4000 dols per each person, economic experts agree. I'm sure you can google the rest. Trump is corrupt. Everything he touches is corrupt. He has failed in at least five business transactions of his own which ended in bankruptcy. You're not being serious, Jeff, I get it!
All considered, and it is a boatload of obvious serious concern, that raises the question; where are the senators, the representatives in congress, the leadership in our current administration, and all other very intelligent, or thought to be intelligent, spokesmen and women, also aware of all the information surrounding Trump, and it isn't even classified, done anything about it? They certainly have the power of their offices to address the seriousness of this matter, and take the appropriate action? Are they just props without the ability to act? This has become really scary.
AND WHEN YOU ARE DONE(OR JUST TIRED OF) PHONING AND TEXTING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO VOTE, HELP VOTERS IN SWING STATES ELECT HARRIS BY PHONING AND TEXTING THEM!
Get on board, folks. Phonebanking and more is happening right up to and including November Fifth. SEED THE VOTE is even paying travel/lodging for folks to go to swing states and canvass. I UPDATED THIS LIST 10/29 BASED ON THOSE GROUPS I KNOW CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE AND NEED VOLUNTEERS.
If you would like to work with a non-profit or other groups that want to elect Harris and are not funded by the Democratic Party, there are many organizations that are working hard to help swing states get Harris elected. SEVERAL OF THESE ORGS. FOCUS ON CONTACTING NON-VOTERS. Please help, no matter where in the world you live. I welcome you to copy and share this list with others. Thank you.
PHONEBANKING and DONATIONS are the primary options, with some CANVASSING and TEXTING also possible. PHONEBANKING is done without revealing your phone number. I do not know how that works with Texting.
Experts who study these things have seen that such simple actions as personal phone calls or texts to specifically identified voters can and do make a difference. The organizations below are either the experts or are groups that partner with the experts. Some of these organizations promote who to vote for, while others just encourage infrequent voters to vote, knowing that the people they contact typically vote Democratic. All of these groups can benefit from your time and/or your donations (some of which can be tax-deductible).
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: The ENVIRONMENTAL VOTER PROJECT identifies millions of non-voting environmentalists and turns them into consistent voters. I have done canvassing and phonebanks with them. https://www.environmentalvoter.org/
PHONEBANKING and TEXTING: THIRD ACT primarily recruits Seniors as volunteers, but all are welcome. https://thirdact.org/
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: Programs with ACTIVATE AMERICA have Volunteers contact voters via Phonebanking, and Canvassing. https://www.activateamerica.vote/
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: SEED THE VOTE pays travel/lodging to canvass in Swing States and also teams up with organizations like SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE (SURJ) with phonebanking campaigns of volunteers calling voters in Swing States.
Woke up with a bonus hour this morning. Made sure all my donations had been posted while having coffee. Put on parka and gloves, walked a refreshing 2 miles to our little farmers market and said “don’t forget to vote” to everyone I passed and at the market. Got home, had cocoa and called my neighbors who may not have voted to let them know where the new ballot boxes are and asked if they needed a ride. Then texted all my nieces to make sure they had their ballots in. Now going through all on my contacts list to make sure I didn’t miss anyone. Keeping off the news and only thinking positive thoughts for Kamala and this wonderful country we are blessed to live in.
I'm driving 1 or 2 clients in a treatment center to their neighboring counties so they can vote early. Took 3 yesterday to vote in the county next to mine.
I'll leave the last minute details to you kids. I'm so tired. As a 70 year old white male, I've done(by a factor of 100+) more to get out the vote for Kamala than ive ever done for anyone.
I have two reasons. First, I believe that Kamala Harris is serious when she talks about the changes she will make while upholding the Constitution and our democracy.
Trump, some former Republicans, and ALL of MAGA are actually evil. I don't know what form our government would take under their control.
I honestly believe that a MAGA/Trump/Elon government would be some combination of Naziiism, authoritarian dictatorship, or just plain chaos.
Don't expect them to just walk away after 4 years either. If we lose this, America as we've known it, will cease to exist. It will be the beggining of an American Dark Ages.
We will have to fight a very long and bloody Civil War because to return the United States to Democratic government will require the death or expulsion of every single MAGA supporter in America. That's what is at stake with this election.
I would normally say to vote, no matter who you vote for.
That's not enough this time.
Vote for Kamala Harris or you'll have to live the rest of your life with the result.
If Trump wins please ask youself, everyday from now on, " why couldn't I have just seen through all of the lies and hate put out daily by Trump, MAGA, and Elon Musk.
MAGA can't see through Trump's lies for the same reason that you can't see through the Democrat's lies--propaganda. Read my post today if you really want to know what's going on.
The difference is that I haven't seen one instance where a Democrat was lying in this election. Except maybe when Joe denied calling Trump suporters garbage. I wish he hadn't denied it because Trump supporters ARE garbage.
Now, you are worse because you know that MAGATS ARE LIARS. So I guess that just makes you an asshole.
If you had read my post, you'd know that the Democrats are lying about everything including their support for the Constitution of the United States.
Yep, just another MAGAT running their mouth and pretending to be someone else. You clowns are full of shit. trump is the lying, rapist, convicted felon in this race. All of the crap you claim about Democrats is false. May God forgive you. Because if he doesn't, you'll spend eternity in Hell giving oral to your cult leader, donald trump.
The Republicans and Democrats are using your tax dollars to fund, arm, and provide political cover for genocide—the worst crime known to man. To add insult to injury, these heinous war criminals say that they support Israel’s right to defend itself—like slaughtering thousands of innocent children could ever be considered self-defense. If this is not enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two horrifically corrupt political parties—what the hell would be?
What if I told you that I could prove the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to subvert the rule of law? You know, conspiring together to strip away everyone’s constitutional rights--including yours. Would proof of treason be enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two bought and paid for political parties? Well, I have that proof. I put it in a book. All you have to do is read it. (There is a link for a free digital copy in this post.)
My name is Ted Martin. I have finished writing a book about my first hand encounters with a morbidly corrupt federal judicial system. The book is titled: The Illusion of Justice and contains documented, incontrovertible proof of widespread systemic corruption in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of United States Courts, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Supreme Court not only ignored two of the most egregious cases of judicial misconduct imaginable (my cases) but also an amicus brief by former Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner in which he blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Posner’s amicus brief is posted on the Supreme Court’s website at www.supremecourt.gov and can be accessed by typing in the following case number: Martin v. Living Essentials (Case No. 17-8352)
It will be painfully obvious to anyone who reads my book (or Judges Posner’s amicus brief) that the Supreme Court denies certiorari without even bothering to read the petitions submitted by the citizens of the United States. This obscene betrayal of the public trust is a clear-cut violation of every Justice’s judicial oath and a crime under federal law that is commonly referred to as honest services fraud.
In short, my book proves that the leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to pack the courts with corrupt corporate judges who will never side with the American people. This was abundantly clear when Senator Chuck Schumer and the other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee repeatedly refused to use irrefutable evidence of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett (a Republican nominee) at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
This bipartisan band of seditious conspirators also refused to address the underlying corruption in clear violation of their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
The only difference between the two major political parties is the rhetoric. The special interest groups running this country don’t give a damn which bribe taking stooge you vote for or even if you vote at all. They have already successfully rigged every election by controlling “our” choices.
The leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been caught red-handed conspiring to pack the courts with corrupt judges who will never side with you. If there was ever a reason to be a one issue voter, this is it. Besides, any politician caught lying about their fidelity to the Constitution and laws of the United States is obviously lying about everything—particularly their agenda.
Republicans push the corrupt corporate agenda. Democrats pretend to be opposed. Together, they sell their offices to the highest bidders. They foment war for the military industrial complex, promote racism for the prison industrial complex, refuse to restrict access to assault weapons for the gun manufactures, permit large quantities of toxic cancer causing chemicals to be dumped into our air, land, and water for the chemical manufactures, deny needed medical care to our country’s citizens for the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and turn a willful blind eye to the catastrophic effects of global warming for the fossil fuel industries. The list of their greed fueled crimes against humanity goes on and on.
Voting your current elected representatives out of office should be a no brainer. But, to make sure that they are not replaced with another batch of equally corrupt corporate stooges, we’re also going to have to take back both the Republican and Democratic parties and get the money out of politics.
While this may appear to be a daunting task, all we really need is a sound plan. After giving this matter some careful consideration, I have the following proposal: We agree to put aside all of our ideological differences and unite as Americans in support of the Constitution of the United States.
If you read my book, it really won’t be that difficult. You will know who the real enemy is and it certainly isn’t your fellow citizens. We just need to become one issue voters. Ignore their contrived wedge issues, bullshit talking points, and cringe worthy campaign ads. If they are not fighting tooth and nail to get the money out of politics—don’t legitimize them with your vote.
Seriously, if in doubt—throw them out. Besides, any government official who is not forcefully calling for the resignations of the corrupt leaders of their own political party is, by definition, violating their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Whether Republican or Democrat, a treasonous corporate criminal is a treasonous corporate criminal, they serve the same master and nothing is going to change until we get the money out of politics.
*You get the money out of politics by publicly funding elections, banning all campaign contributions, and, in exchange for their broadcasting/operating licenses, requiring news organizations to give every candidate for public office an equal amount of free advertising space.
In the future, I may write a book titled: The Illusion of Journalism. But for now, I’m just going to say that the media is not going to help anyone blow the whistle on their partners in crime. In the past four years, I couldn’t find a single news organization that hadn’t sold us out.
All an honest journalist would have to do is read Judge Posner’s amicus brief to know that the courts are irretrievably corrupt. Reading my book will conclusively show that the courts are corrupt by design.
If you want a government that actually acts in your best interests, I urge you and everyone you know to read my book as soon as possible. You can get a digital copy of my book free of charge at the link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_vaMH1riLodzOfQn0kI7ow0RDrPM0NqE/view?usp=sharing
P.S. I blame the Federalist Society for the corruption in the federal judicial system. The six so-called conservative justices on the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell, and all the Republican Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee are members of the Federalist Society. Donald Trump picked “his” judicial nominees from lists provided by the Federalist Society.
I didn’t know that the Democrats were in on it until I tried to give them proof of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. If you would like to read about their reprehensible conduct, you can skip ahead to the Postscript on page 221 of my book. But, for goodness sake, read the rest of the book. The courts are more corrupt than you can possibly imagine!
The judges in both of my cases incorporated the defendant’s fraudulent defenses into their opinions even after I pointed out the fraud in every brief that I filed. These “judges” are clearly taking dictation from corporate defense counsel without even reading the plaintiff’s briefs. These black robed grifters obviously fixed both of my cases. But, by far, the worst part of the whole ordeal was knowing that they were systematically violating everyone’s constitutional rights—they just got caught violating mine.
Shut up, you jerk! Stop trying to throw Democrats into the same cesspool where trump wallows. Now I see that maybe your just mentally ill with all of your bat-shit crazy theories. Don't bother to respond, because I can't waste another second on a nut like you!
You could also use your phones to do voter turnout. I’ve been invited by several groups, including the Harris campaign. It’s not perfect but I get a few votes a day and I’m part of a large team calling.
Problem is the reliance on 'the phone'.
Don't know where you happen to be, but the weather's been kinda good here in Canada (no we aren't under snow, don't live in igloos) this autumn. Get outside in your neighborhood, go for a walk, say hello, strike up a conversation. Halloween was fun, now it's Diwali, join in on the celebrations, fireworks. Just get out in your community.
Sitting with your phone is all well and good, what a great tool. It will never replace face to face. It's why campaigns still use canvassers - whether you agree with them or not - you have the opportunity to chat with another human - in real life.
Yes, do what Michael suggests otherwise, but here's some wise advice for all times:
12. Make eye contact and small talk. This is not just polite. It is part of being a citizen and a responsible member of society. It is also a way to stay in touch with your surroundings, break down social barriers, and understand whom you should and should not trust. If we enter a culture of denunciation, you will want to know the psychological landscape of your daily life.
13. *Practice corporeal politics. Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen.* Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them.
*my emphasis
14. Establish a private life. Nastier rulers will use what they know about you to push you around. Scrub your computer of malware. Remember that email is skywriting. Consider using alternative forms of the Internet, or simply using it less. Have personal exchanges in person.
Thank you Professor Snyder.
Natalie, thank you for # 12, 13, and 14! These are important points and very true. I spent my earliest years in Hamilton, Ontario, with my mother's family. Canadians were then and are now much more measured, nuanced, and respectful than many Americans. Here in the US we are so reactive and so enthralled with technology's ability to allow for quick (knee-jerk) responses to any stimuli that we forget the loopholes, especially our vulnerability. When I hung a Ukrainian flag shortly after Putin attacked Ukraine, a neighbor vandalized it on Halloween. As a result I generally don't announce my political views in this very transient Santa Fe neighborhood, but I have talked with a few long-term neighbors and so far, so good!
And my phone is my bestest friend in da whole world.
OHH, BOO HOOOOOO !!’
Doing it! My friends have voted…but have their friends voted? We’ll give them a jingle!
I hope Michael’s feeling is on the right track, and I appreciate like you to be living in this time. When you said Men have been in charge since the ice age, it’s a fact! We are going to experience leadership in our Country that we have never had. Hooray for all the women that fought for the right to vote, and many other rights that have grown. Women will soon have right to decide what is best for their reproductive health care. No one slack off, work for every last vote 🗳️
AN ELECTION DAY CAROL
By L.D. Michaels (With No Little Help From Charles Dickens)
It should be noted
That I've rarely ever voted.
What difference does one vote make?
Is it really worth my time to take?
I'll devise a lie
Why I passed it by.
So tonight, I'll start a book to say
It mesmerized me right through Election Day.
What better book to read than Dickens
In which each page the plot thickens.
It will divert me till the polls close.
It's the best excuse to interpose.
To get me past November 5th
"A Christmas Carol" is the ideal myth.
As the sunset fades,
I lower my shades
And settle into bed
With this book I've never read
With a faint bedside light
That dims my sight
I begin the first page,
Immortalized by age:
"Marley was dead; to begin with."
This will last past November 5th.
I read on that Scrooge was to await 3 Spirits
That Marley’s ghost told him would visit.
As I read through the pages,
The Spirits emerged from the ages
At the tolling of Scrooge's bell
To lead him to Heaven or to Hell.
Each night as the bell tolled
Scrooge's past and present did unfold
On each visitation, the Spirit let him see
How morally bankrupt his life has come to be.
Over many days of reading,
I cringed at Scrooge's pleadings
To the Ghosts of Christmas Present and Past
Having lived a greedy life in which the die was cast.
Awaiting the Spirit of Christmas Future to appear,
It was the future that Scrooge had the most to fear
When judgment for his sins he would hear.
I continue to read at a faster pace
To learn what sins Scrooge will face.
But I begin to wonder if I were in Scrooge's place
What sins would the Spirit of the Future call upon me to face?
Could Heaven possibly punish me for avoiding to vote?
It's such a minor sin the Lord would never take note.
I tremble with fright awaiting Scrooge's fate
As I strive to stay awake in my half-sleep state.
My reading slows down to a snail's pace,
As I begin to drift off to the sleep I'll embrace.
My mind drifts as I begin to envision
The potential consequences of my own decision.
I continue to read and imagine the worst
Would the Spirit address Scrooge or possibly me first?
THE BELL TOLLS
Did I just read "The bell tolls" on the next page?
Or was it a figment of my old age?
Or did I hear the bell with my own ears,
Or did I dream it from my rising fears?
Am I awake or asleep?
A hooded black-draped vision now appears without a peep.
An unearthly apparition appears before me,
Whether friend or foe I am unable to see.
My blood turns cold.
I must be bold.
Is this ghost as real as he seems?
Or is he a figment of my heat-oppressed dreams?
He offered an outstretched hand,
Which I took as a gesture to stand
To get ready to see the future land.
"I beg thee Spirit to speak to me
So that I can believe what I hear and see.
If you are here for me,
Then tell me my fate
And if I can change it
Before it's too late."
"I've come " said the Spirit "to reveal the future to you
Because without your vote and that of others too
You'll see that what lies ahead
Will be four years of misery and dire dread".
"Touch my robe" to me he then said.
As my left hand clutched the Spirit's black robe
I expected to see the future unfold.
The Spirit took my arm with a cold tight fist,
And off we flew into a thick dark mist.
And when we emerged, it was now the 4th of July,
With Trump at the helm having barely squeaked by
With 1 Electoral College vote more than Harris could supply
Because of low voter turnout no one could deny.
Trump returned to the Capitol his mob had stormed
But this time to be sworn in with a government to form.
He had proven that lies, hatred and bigotry
Were a winning formula for election glee.
Justice Alito gave the inaugural prayer
For which Trump took credit with an egotistical air.
Trump, he said, was to serve as an Apostle of Jesus
Banning all abortions (though with his usual distortions)..
The Gospel of Jesus Trump would spread from sea to sea
To convert our country into a Christian theocracy.
And if successful, Alito agreed to propose
That this con man be deified after he rose.
His inaugural speech went over an hour.
It rambled and rambled and quickly turned sour.
The only real theme was self congratulation
And the size of the crowd admiring his oration.
The rest was babel that revealed his mental deterioration
Which progressively worsened as he promised mass deportation.
All eyes were then on Vance whom everyone believed
Was calculating his chance that Trump would be relieved.
The takeaway on Trump was that he was out on a limb
And would make a deal with Vance to pardon him.
The House and Senate also went red
By only a couple of votes that caused this dread.
The narrowest of margins across the land
Gave Trump and Congress the right to command.
Together they passed the most oppressive laws
Aimed at freedoms to which they now closed the doors.
Trump quickly appointed his lackey AG
Who dismissed all his indictments with alacrity.
He also declared that Trump could do no wrong
Now armed with full immunity and a hit-list 10 yards long.
Having warned the country he would be a dictator
Trump's first six months was a reign of terror.
With revenge against his opponents at the fore,
He rained down arrests, lawsuits and prosecutions galore.
White Male Christian Supremacy was the platform advanced
And implementing Project 2025 was given to JD Vance.
With Vance as Trump's Goebbels and Himmler rolled into one,
Reducing non-whites to second-class citizens he had deftly done
As he denounced all women who produced neither daughters nor sons.
Dripping with smoothness, polish and ooze,
Vance is being groomed to step into Trump's shoes.
Hidden behind a beard and feigned suavity,
He's a rabid champion of White Supremacy.
To enforce the new laws of the land
Trump looks to his faithful January 6 clan.
He sprung and pardoned the entire lot
And recognized over 700 of them to be America's Patriots
(Including those who assaulted or killed Capitol cops.)
To memorialize their heroism on that glorious day
Trump declared January 6 a federal holiday.
Uniformed, armed and reporting only to him
The Proud Boys and others are to serve his every whim.
"Be there. Will be wild!" is again Trump's call
To report to duty and give Trump their all.
Trump's first order was to round up migrants and "vermin"
Which the Proud Boys had the discretion to determine.
Trump's "Day of Violence" lasted 10 weeks.
Doors were busted down as they lay in their sleep
Like the Jews in Paris seized by the Nazi elite.
Bloodied families and children were herded into box car lots,
And when the country was outraged, all Trump would say was "So what!"
The unstable huckster showed no end to his iniquities
From filling his Cabinet with sycophants and misfit employees.
To purging civil servants who couldn't prove their MAGA loyalties
To cutting down Medicare, Social Security and other benefits,
To granting tax breaks to the rich that causes huge deficits.
To the elimination of the Department of Education
To enable red state far-right indoctrination.
Finally, to the Spirit of the Future, I quoted Dickens: :
"Spirit - Show me no more. Take me back"
"These things you have shown me - Must they come to pass
or could the future be different?"
"Why show me this if these are the shadows of things that must be
or are they the shadows of things that may be?”
'Why show me this if I am beyond all hope?"
"Spirit. I am not the man I was ! "
That was the last I saw of the ghost.
He vanished into thin air as I awoke.
My eyes opened from a very deep sleep
With Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at my feet.
I was shivering in a cold sweat
I must have dreamt it all, I would bet.
But the dream was so real
That it made my feel
So cheap that I would sacrifice my vote
To enable a con-man to gloat.
But it was the dream I needed
To show me what I should have heeded
That the right to vote
Carries a duty to vote
If not for my sake
But because our democracy is at stake.
"I am not the man I was ." I kept mumbling
"I am not the man I was !" I started to shout.
"I am not the man I was!!" I shouted even louder
I don't know if I have cause to hope
That I have not missed my chance to vote.
I ran to the window and shouted to a boy:
"What's today, my fine fellow?"
"Why today? It's Election Day" he bellowed.
Then I haven't missed it and replied:
"Ask when the polls close of any driver
And come back in 20 minutes and I'll give you a dollar.
Come back in ten and I'll give you a fiver."
The polls are still open, and vote I will
Freedom loving Americans have a duty to fulfill.
"Never send to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." (John Donne, 1572-1631)
EPILOGUE
As I think back upon last night's drama,
It was likely an hallucination that produced my trauma.
But I still churned round and round my dream
As to why it felt as real as it seemed.
Round and round I twisted my ring
As I tried to sort out this curious thing.
As I kept turning my ring back and forth
Appearing under it were threads of black cloth
How curious it was that the hand with this ring
Was the same one I used to help me cling
To the hooded Spirit's black robe
When he transported me into the Future to probe.
I finished making a video for my new pro-Harris song that I will be sharing all day tomorrow with friends and relatives that lays out my case for why I believe Vice President Harris deserves the votes of Progressives. It's a hip-hop western made here in my home state of Montana and the beats were made by an award-winning Salish/Blackfeet guy named Foreshadow.
It's FRESH, I promise: https://youtu.be/i2p8HFRSpaQ?si=M9V7FejSMZ5hCAzb
Please feel free to listen and share if you, or anybody else on this thread, think it could be effective in drawing in rural folks.
Some people can sway Trump people to change and to vote for Kamala, but I know I could neverr change the mind of anyone
Tracy, I think it's the undecided and the heads-in-the-sand non-voters Michael is talking about. You're right - apparently Trump's people have drunk the Cool-aid and they're a lost cause (until they experience the lies for themselves). The folks who won't vote because they don't like either candidate are the target here. I'm old enough to have watched newsreels of Hitler during WWII - the similarity to Trump is chilling.
It's not my district, but when I posted that my blue votes were counted, I commented a short statement hoping that we would see the last of sleazy Boebert in Colorado and the link for her great opponent Trisha Calvarese......... https://www.trisha4colorado.com/
Good, but a little repetitive, Sean.
Done in fifteen minutes, either I don’t know many people or I text real fast! Actually got a response already! Let’s take the fight to them now! 😎🌈
Soon this American Democracy will be put to the test never before tried. To attempt to see whether or not we can "keep it." We are permitting a candidate whom by all intents and purposes is not qualified for the office of the President of the United States. Trump has been deemed to be unfit to hold that office by the voices of our congress, of his own staff, members of his own party, the highest members of his own cabinet; the armed forces, and the justice department. Trump has been indicted and found guilty of many crimes, and is now awaiting the results of such crimes. He has attempted once to overthrow our government and caused the lives of government people in their attempt to protect our government, and that is only the tip of the iceberg. He has announced he would be a dictator if elected and take his wrath upon elected officials and others who oppose him. However, we can not find any reason to deny taking a shot at it once more. Whatever the outcome, we are taking an incredible risk to just handing over our country to a declared dictator capable of malicious and dangerous retributions and horror upon the United States and the rest of the world, and we are responsible, with eyes wide open, and must bear the responsibility as the whole. God be with us.
Both political parties have warmongers and those warmongers hate Trump because he won't bow down to the military-industrial complex. To stop Trump, the warmongers on the Republican side (Cheney's and more) have joined forces with the warmongers on the Democrat side. So all those Republican politicians saying Trump is dangerous, Trump is a fascist etc. are really politicians that are controlled by warmongers who want war and who make money from war either directly or indirectly and they are trying to stop Trump. If you take those unreliable sources like that out of your email then you don't have much left. Regarding J6, there is *no* way thousands of protesters without guns can overtake the capital building and put in an unelected president. Congress is *not* going to be scared into putting in Trump. Even if the protesters had a significant amount of guns, the US military has much more powerful weapons so how could they do it? it would be impossible. Given that the warmongers, CIA, Homeland security etc hate Trump, I believe they would do anything to make Trump look bad or make him look dangerous. So I think they put a lot of undercover agitators in the crowd and those undercover agitators did most of the violence. And I don't think was just a few agitators, I think it could be in the hundreds. If Trump is re-elected, I hope he finds out how many "Feds" were in the crowd. I'm a former democrat that went door to door for Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren - but now I am an Independent and supporting RFK and Trump.
We have done our share of "warmongering," and I am not proud of it. We may also have paved the way for others to take that manner of solving the world's problems. However, that is no reason to hand our country and the world over to a lying, law breaking, self-proclaimed dictator, with no respect for humanity. Trump has proved to be exactly whathe is and what he will do, and you undoubtedly will be ok with at.
"and what he will do",
so what will he do that you are so sure of? both parties have their faults but RFK jr will be there to guide trump away from hiring worst people (i.e. the corrupt ones)
"What he will do" is what is shown by what he already has done, and what he has said he will do. His platform for the future increases the budget by trillions in tax cuts for the rich, to name just one. The impact of his plans for "what he will do" is outlined in his promises, and increases the tax burden on tax paying workers and by an additional 4000 dols per each person, economic experts agree. I'm sure you can google the rest. Trump is corrupt. Everything he touches is corrupt. He has failed in at least five business transactions of his own which ended in bankruptcy. You're not being serious, Jeff, I get it!
All considered, and it is a boatload of obvious serious concern, that raises the question; where are the senators, the representatives in congress, the leadership in our current administration, and all other very intelligent, or thought to be intelligent, spokesmen and women, also aware of all the information surrounding Trump, and it isn't even classified, done anything about it? They certainly have the power of their offices to address the seriousness of this matter, and take the appropriate action? Are they just props without the ability to act? This has become really scary.
AND WHEN YOU ARE DONE(OR JUST TIRED OF) PHONING AND TEXTING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO VOTE, HELP VOTERS IN SWING STATES ELECT HARRIS BY PHONING AND TEXTING THEM!
Get on board, folks. Phonebanking and more is happening right up to and including November Fifth. SEED THE VOTE is even paying travel/lodging for folks to go to swing states and canvass. I UPDATED THIS LIST 10/29 BASED ON THOSE GROUPS I KNOW CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE AND NEED VOLUNTEERS.
If you would like to work with a non-profit or other groups that want to elect Harris and are not funded by the Democratic Party, there are many organizations that are working hard to help swing states get Harris elected. SEVERAL OF THESE ORGS. FOCUS ON CONTACTING NON-VOTERS. Please help, no matter where in the world you live. I welcome you to copy and share this list with others. Thank you.
PHONEBANKING and DONATIONS are the primary options, with some CANVASSING and TEXTING also possible. PHONEBANKING is done without revealing your phone number. I do not know how that works with Texting.
Experts who study these things have seen that such simple actions as personal phone calls or texts to specifically identified voters can and do make a difference. The organizations below are either the experts or are groups that partner with the experts. Some of these organizations promote who to vote for, while others just encourage infrequent voters to vote, knowing that the people they contact typically vote Democratic. All of these groups can benefit from your time and/or your donations (some of which can be tax-deductible).
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: The ENVIRONMENTAL VOTER PROJECT identifies millions of non-voting environmentalists and turns them into consistent voters. I have done canvassing and phonebanks with them. https://www.environmentalvoter.org/
PHONEBANKING and TEXTING: THIRD ACT primarily recruits Seniors as volunteers, but all are welcome. https://thirdact.org/
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: Programs with ACTIVATE AMERICA have Volunteers contact voters via Phonebanking, and Canvassing. https://www.activateamerica.vote/
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: SWING LEFT is coordinating or has information about both: https://swingleft.org/take-action
PHONEBANKING: The PENNSYLVANIA RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTER are phonebanking to get Pennsylvanians voting. https://rac.org/take-action/rac-your-state/rac-pa
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: SEED THE VOTE pays travel/lodging to canvass in Swing States and also teams up with organizations like SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE (SURJ) with phonebanking campaigns of volunteers calling voters in Swing States.
https://seedthevote.org/get-involved/#door-knock
https://seedthevote.org/get-involved/#phone-bank
https://www.mobilize.us/surj/event/653094/?utm_source=website_cc
https://surj.org/
TEXTING and PHONEBANKING: VOTERIDERS is currently mobilizing folks to phonebank and textbank.
https://www.mobilize.us/voteriders/event/673365/
https://www.mobilize.us/voteriders/event/697271/
https://www.voteriders.org/
PHONEBANKING: VOTE SAVE AMERICA is a clearinghouse of opportunities to phonebank with various organizations.
https://www.mobilize.us/west/?is_high_priority=true&utm_source=&source=&refcode=
https://www.mobilize.us/east/?is_high_priority=true&utm_source=&source=&refcode=
TEXTING and PHONEBANKING: KEEP ARIZONA BLUE mobilizes young voters in Arizona to elect Democrats. https://www.keepazblue.org/volunteer
PHONEBANKING: CALLS FOR CLIMATE is phonebanking to elect climate champions.
https://www.callsforclimate.com/make-calls/
https://www.mobilize.us/climatehawksvote/event/668120/
PHONEBANKING: The CENTER FOR COMMON GROUND is a grassroots, primarily volunteer-run campaign that focuses on increasing BIPOC voter turnout. https://www.centerforcommonground.org/reclaim-our-vote
Woke up with a bonus hour this morning. Made sure all my donations had been posted while having coffee. Put on parka and gloves, walked a refreshing 2 miles to our little farmers market and said “don’t forget to vote” to everyone I passed and at the market. Got home, had cocoa and called my neighbors who may not have voted to let them know where the new ballot boxes are and asked if they needed a ride. Then texted all my nieces to make sure they had their ballots in. Now going through all on my contacts list to make sure I didn’t miss anyone. Keeping off the news and only thinking positive thoughts for Kamala and this wonderful country we are blessed to live in.
I am lucky I never signed a contract nor ever saw one nor an NDA - but frankly - no one would or could ever be able to "Consent" to this...