[mpen-dayton] FW: "The Domestic Conspiracy That Gave Trump The Election Is ..." & "Tom Price: Health care killer" & "The Yanks Are Coming!" and more
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- FW: "The Domestic Conspiracy That Gave Trump The Election Is In Plain Sight"
and "Trump: he is orange. He is actually, really orange." - FW: Sign this if you're not a reporter and you want Trump to release his taxes
- FW: Doctors march on Washington
- FW: Sign if you agree: Democrats should stand with Rep. John Lewis
- FW: Sign this, please?
- FW: Happy days are here again!
- FW: Tom Price: Health care killer
- FW: They're already coming for Social Security
- FW: Trump vs. CNN (sign the petition)
- FW: [DAWN] FW: "The Yanks Are Coming!"
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From: Eric Kramer
Subject: The Domestic Conspiracy That Gave Trump The Election Is In Plain Sight | The Huffington Post
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_587ed24fe4b0b110fe11dbf9
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Subject: Trump: he is orange. He is actually, really orange.
And people were worried about having a 'Black' President! Think about that, for a moment.
OMG.....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/why-donald-trump-turned-orange
From: Heidi Hess; Senior Campaign Manager, CREDO Action from Working Assets
Subject: Sign this if you're not a reporter and you want Trump to release his taxes
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From: Isabel Chen, MD, MPH and Kyle Ragins, MD, MBA
Subject: Doctors march on Washington
On Saturday, January 21, Doctors for America is partnering with national groups around the country to attend the Women's March in Washington, DC to stand up for our patients' care as Republicans in Congress threaten to repeal the Affordable Care Act and put the health coverage of 30 million Americans at risk.
We invite you to join a group of physicians, medical students, and health care professionals as a "white coat" contingent in the march.
If you plan on coming, please RSVP using this link, so that we can text/email you with any last second changes in plans.
Doctors March on Washington
January 21, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. ET
Meeting Point:
Patriot's Plaza
355 E St SW, Washington, DC 20472
(In between the CDC Building and Casey's Coffee)
RSVP to join us
Please feel free to invite friends, colleagues and allies to join our group, whether they are DFA-affiliated or not. The more the merrier! We suggest health care professionals and medical students wear their white coats.
For those, who aren't able to attend the Women's March in DC, there are sister marches occurring around the country that we encourage you to attend to stand up for progressive ideals across this country.
Whether attending the Women's March in DC or or in your hometown, we suggest health care professionals and medical students wear your white coats to present a clear voice from the medical community for media in supporting our patients. You can amplify the impact of your participation by taking pictures of your white coat group and using the following social media tags:
Facebook: @DoctorsForAmerica Twitter: @DrsForAmerica #ProtectOurCare #WhyIMarch
From: Nicole Regalado; Campaign Manager, CREDO Action from Working Assets
Subject: Sign if you agree: Democrats should stand with Rep. John Lewis.
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From: Munsup @Siscom Seoh
Subject: Sign this, please?
I just signed a petition urging Democratic leaders to resist Trump's hateful agenda by skipping the inauguration. Will you join me in speaking out? https://act.credoaction.com/sign/dems_inauguration?sp_ref=260025934.4.177991.e.565212.2&referring_akid=.1004336.ZUBkje&source=mailto_sp
From: albert baca [mailto:albertbaca@att.net]
Subject: Happy days are here again!
A BEAUTIFUL GOP LOVE STORY!!
A couple were in a busy shopping center just before Christmas. The wife suddenly noticed that her husband was missing and as they had a lot to do, she called him on the cell phone. She said, " Where are you, you know we have lots to do."
He replied "You remember the jewelers we went into about 10 years ago, and you fell in love with that diamond necklace? I could not afford it at the time and I said that one day I would get it for you?"
Little tears started to flow down her cheek and she got all choked up. "Yes, I do remember that shop." she replied.
"Well I am in the gun shop next door to it."
From: Nita, Shaunna, Kat, Karin, Adam, Holly, Kathy, Onyi, Susan, Anathea, Audine, Shannon, Megan, Libby, Emma, PaKou, and Pilar, the UltraViolet team
Subject: Tom Price: Health care killer
Trump's upcoming cabinet pick is waiting in the wings--and he's poised to unleash havoc on women.
Starting next week, the Senate will begin to rush through confirmation of Representative Tom Price (R-GA) as the head of the Health and Human Services Department (HHS).1 Rep. Price is widely known for his staunch opposition to abortion, reproductive access, Planned Parenthood, Obamacare, and even birth control. If he is confirmed as the head of HHS, he could lead the charge to gut the health care services that millions of women, children, and families rely on every day.
We can't stand by and let this happen without putting up a fight. Rep. Price is about to appear before a key Senate committee, and we need to make sure our voices are heard loudly by committee members and the entire Senate BEFORE his confirmation hearing next week. Will you sign the petition?
Rep. Price has never hidden his disdain for Obamacare. In fact, he's gone to great lengths to cut funding to key programs like Medicare and Medicaid--both of which offer health care services for some of our country's most vulnerable citizens. Rep. Price is especially dangerous for women and reproductive health care and has committed to policy changes that could eliminate abortion access and increase the cost of birth control, making reproductive care virtually impossible for innumerable women.2 As the director of HHS, he would also have the power to green-light major funding cuts to women's health care programs, a move similar to last year's efforts by Floridian lawmakers who set out to withhold Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood in an attempt to force clinics to close.
Time is of the essence because Rep. Price's confirmation hearings are scheduled to begin in less than a week. Even worse, two days ago Republicans began the first step to repeal Obamacare (literally in the middle of the night while most of the nation was sleeping3). By doing so, they've essentially laid the red carpet that could lead HHS nominee Price directly to his goal of ripping apart the health care provisions so many of us have come to rely on.4
Time is ticking, and we have to move to block Rep. Tom Price's confirmation as the head of Health and Human Services. Will you join us today?
Sources:
- Trump names Rep. Tom Price as next HHS secretary, The Washington Post, November 29, 2016
- Why Tom Price 'Could Take Women Back Decades', Vocativ, November 29, 2016
- Republican-led Senate takes first step to repeal Affordable Care Act, Chicago Tribune, January 12, 2017
- Donald Trump says Obamacare repeal and replacement to come with confirmation of Price as HHS chief, CNBC, January 11, 2017
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From: John Sellers, Other98
Subject: They're already coming for Social Security
Trump isn't even sworn in yet, and the GOP has already made the first moves to destroy Medicare. Social Security will be next. We don't have a second to lose.
Donald Trump ran on a promise of no cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. His base needs them. The GOP is split on them. This is winnable.
Other98 is working directly with Bernie Sanders and other national leaders at "Our First Stand" rallies across the country on Sunday, January 15. Click here to find an event near you.
On the first day of the new Congress, Republicans introduced a budget resolution that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and lay the groundwork for annihilating Medicare.
And in December, while they knew you were looking the other way, the GOP unveiled their plot to obliterate Social Security – Rep. Sam Johnson's dangerous "Social Security Reform Act." This ruthless collection of benefit cuts would slash America's most important safety net by almost 30% - and the cuts would only get bigger as we get older. The GOP has no shame about their eagerness to destroy Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
But we can stop this.
Other98 will be partnering with Senator Sanders to defend these programs and the people who need them. But we'll need you, too. It starts now.
Join us: find out if there's an "Our First Stand" rally near you.
This will be a tough four years, but we can keep winning—as long as we keep fighting. Thank you for everything you do.
From: Angelo Carusone; Media Matters
Subject: Trump vs. CNN (sign the petition)
At Donald Trump's first press conference as president-elect, he berated and blacklisted CNN reporter Jim Acosta for daring to ask questions in reference to CNN's bombshell reporting on Trump's relationship with Russia. The incoming White House press secretary threatened to throw Acosta out for daring to do his job and ask questions, and another Trump adviser verbally attacked him, too.1
Will you sign my petition calling on the White House Correspondents' Association to stand strong against Trump's outrageous bullying of the media?
If Trump blacklists or bans one of you, the rest of you need to stand up. Instead of ignoring Trump's bad behavior and going about your business, close ranks and stand up for journalism. Don't keep talking about what Trump wants to talk about. Amplify your colleague's inquiry or refuse to engage until Trump removes that person or media outlet from the blacklist.
You would expect that the press would be outraged at such behavior from the administration. But you would be wrong. The press acted like none of this happened.2 They ignored that their colleague was being punished and shut out right in the middle of the press conference and continued engaging with Trump as if nothing out of the ordinary was going on.
Trump has a history of doing this to the press—and worse.
He banned The Des Moines Register from covering his events. He banned Univision from attending his events. He revoked The Washington Post's credentials for a length of time in retaliation for a headline that he didn't like. He revoked Politico's credentials for a while to punish them for an article that he didn't like.3 BuzzFeed—which Trump called a "failing pile of garbage" during the press conference—has been on a blacklist since June of 2015.4 The Daily Beast is on the blacklist and is almost always denied credentials as a result.5 And this list isn't exhaustive.
But journalists covering Trump don't learn. Time and time again—as one outlet after another is frozen out—reporters continue to go about their interactions with Trump and his people as if nothing is wrong.
Enough is enough. Some principles are more important than competition among news outlets.
If a free press has any hope of surviving the next four years, we need the journalists covering Trump to pledge: If Trump blacklists one of you, the rest of you need to stand up.
Tell the White House press corps: If you see Trump blacklisting a reporter or a media outlet, speak up and fight back. If not, you could be next.
Sources:
- "Acosta: Trump spokesman threatened to expel me," CNN, January 11, 2017
http://act.moveon.org/go/7504?t=5&akid=176195.1195276.06Msqr - "Trump Just Shot Jim Acosta In The Middle Of Fifth Avenue And The Press Didn't Blink," Media Matters, January 11, 2017
http://act.moveon.org/go/7505?t=7&akid=176195.1195276.06Msqr - "'The Blacklist': Here are the media outlets banned by Donald Trump," CNN, June 14, 2015
http://act.moveon.org/go/7506?t=9&akid=176195.1195276.06Msqr - "Furious Trump torches BuzzFeed: It's a 'failing pile of garbage,'" Business Insider, January 11, 2016
http://act.moveon.org/go/7507?t=11&akid=176195.1195276.06Msqr - "'The Blacklist': Here are the media outlets banned by Donald Trump," CNN, June 14, 2015
http://act.moveon.org/go/7506?t=13&akid=176195.1195276.06Msqr
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From: Daytonians Against War Now (DAWN) On Behalf Of Logan Martinez
Subject: [DAWN] FW: "The Yanks Are Coming!"
"The Yanks Are Coming!" - Obama Orders
Greatest Redeployment to Germany in a Quarter Century
Victor Grossman on January 8, 2017, Portside
Hit that old song again, loud and clear! "Over there, over there, Send the word, send the word, That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming." Yes, sirree! Shades of 1918 and the Battle of the Marne! Shades of 1944 and the beaches of Normandy! But no, not just shades and not just words have already been sent. The U.S. is sending significant military assets to Germany, and to countries bordering Russia.
2017 had hardly begun in Germany's port of Bremerhaven when 4000 lads and lasses in Yankee uniform disembarked and unloaded three shiploads, over 2,500 tanks, trucks and other combat vehicles, and sent them on by rail, on ferries through the Baltic or clanking along those Autobahn highways through North Germany. So many memories!
Colonel Bertulis at US Command Headquarters in Stuttgart called it "the greatest redeployment operation of the US Army to Germany since 1990.It will ensure that the necessary combat power is brought to the right place in Europe at the right time." Higher up the ladder, Lt. Gen. Frederick Hodges, commander of US forces in Europe, said, "Three years after the last American tanks left the continent, we need to get them back."
What dangerous front are they moving to defend? Where, this time, is "over there"?
Well, it is not exactly a front. Or not yet! Not one BB gun has been fired along the Russian border with Latvia or Estonia, nor along the short Polish or Lithuanian borders around the small, fully surrounded Russian enclave at Kaliningrad. Nor has anyone heard Putin or any other Russian leader utter a single threat or make one demand directed at any of those countries.
But, as General Hodges told journalists, the measures were a "response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea." He added consolingly, "This does not mean that there necessarily has to be a war, none of this is inevitable, but Moscow is preparing for the possibility."
Peace demonstrations (far too few) point out that Russia has 900,000 armed troops while NATO has 3.5 million, stationed in over a hundred bases in a world-wide ring around Russia. It threatened to shut off Russia's only warm-water naval base on the Crimea (where most people, Russian-speakers, voted for their "take-over" in a referendum) while moving to close the ring from the south. It's coup d'état Ukrainian government of Russophobes (and many fascist types) was largely set up by Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in 2014. "'Yats' is our man," she telephoned and, after more money and violence, Yatsenyuk it was! People wondered what Washington would do if friends of Russia moved right up to American borders. Then they recalled coups or invasions in Guatemala, Cuba, Grenada, Panama, Chile. Not to mention Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, hardly closer to US borders!
Some Europeans even wondered at the planned arrival date of the new troops at the Russian borders, January 20th of all days! Were there any star-struck generals or well-groomed connivers who hoped to end an era not with a whimper but with a bang? Did some fear that Donald Trump, while switching back and forth on nearly everything else he said in his campaign, might just possibly, for whatever reason, keep his word about getting along peacefully with Putin? For the highest ranking neo-con enthusiast down to the last deluded riveter at Lockheed-Martin - that sounded alarming!
How many Germans believe all the New Year's fireworks from Washington about Putin's electoral hacking? Most of them certainly drew other conclusions as to why Clinton was defeated. They have many questions about that mysterious American institution, the Electoral College, which somehow offers nothing remotely resembling anything like an academic degree. Many have lost old faiths in their great friend and protector.
But some welcome this operation, "Atlantic Resolve", like smaller ones which preceded it. Although it is not sponsored by the UN, not even by NATO, but only by the outgoing US administration, some political leaders, as in Canada and Britain, now want to have the German Bundeswehr get into the act and send a battalion to Lithuania. The Baltic countries are not far from St. Petersburg. Then still called Leningrad, a million and a half people died there, mostly of hunger and cold during the genocidal Nazi siege in 1941 to 1944. The flags and uniform colors of those who maintained that siege were different, but some traditions have long lives, as too many have been demonstrating in loud marches and more and more voting booths.
As yet, at least, not too many in Germany like the idea of playing mass scale Russian roulette. In Augsburg, over 50,000 people, many old-timers unable to walk, had to leave homes and hospitals on Christmas Day so a giant triple-fused bomb from World War Two, 75 years ago, could be defused. And now there are those, only a hundred miles away in Stuttgart, who speak lightly of a Number Three! And today's missiles can have phosphorus, uranium and nuclear components, and be delivered by unmanned drones.
If this Operation Atlantic Resolve somehow recalls the idea of New Year's resolutions, millions could supply a few of absolute, overriding urgency; move troops and weapons out and away, negotiate, make peace, break with the conscience-less plans and ambitions of a limited number of greedy adventurers and turn to the planet's vitally crucial problems - a decent life for all its people and plans for saving our tortured planet.
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