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(11,686 posts)There will be more battles and I have a feeling this was not as bad as they are going to get.
ancianita
(35,933 posts)Add to that the rollout of the FBI indictments and next year is going to be a nightmare for GOP credibility.
Yes, they'll lash out and finger point but we mustmust stay focused and not reactive.
I want the DC disability activist army on our side!
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)In fact CA is having a statewide call Tues at 7:00 to plan for August Resistance Recess.
The organizations have been learning very quickly and I am very, very impressed. It will get worse. That is reality.
Hopefully with the much applauded efforts of the various resisters since Nov 8th more people will realize that we can make successful changes if we work together and stand strong. If people in wheelchairs can do it, there is no excuse for anyone to sit at home and be a mere spectator. This matters for everyone and everyone must be willing to be inconvenienced and do something constructive. It's fine to sit by the sidelines for a parade but this is no party, sporting event, picnic, etc. We all must walk the walk and not be complacent to talk the talk.
ancianita
(35,933 posts)Fighting against insurgencies is to protect the freedoms of future generations so that they may enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as legally defined by the founders. We shouldn't find ourselves fighting against rule of a corporatocracy by fictional personhoods and their henchmen.
People of this country, the way media show it, are embattled every damned day with corporate insurgencies on their land, health, national assets, constitutional rights. It's by design that populations are being worn down in state and local battles of attrition, and distracted and discouraged so much by such battles that they can't find a way to organize against the corporate war for national governance going on against them at the DC level.
The enemies of democracy are dispersed, and only a huge organization like the FBI has the means to locate them, amass evidence against them and rid this country of these predators.
Sometimes, winning the big visibility battles of Washington energizes the people, but until the FBI gives an accurate lay of the land about who is endangering our freedoms, we must create IF/THEN scenarios on how to act, since public voice hasn't been the real problem lately, but respect for, and action on behalf of that voice by the three branches of government has.
Every litmus test for every candidate should be what corporate entities' money they have accepted. One thing that helps is citizens' black list of donors, exposed in media and distributed across states.
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)before each election. It should include all monies (especially from companies abroad). This would be very revealing.
ancianita
(35,933 posts)Present the list to every candidate before they go on the campaign trail.
Those who sign it get party endorsement and monetary support.
Those who don't are on their own.
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)sticking to the reasons the founding fathers wanted to establish a new and different country.
Therefore it will never fly. They have too much to lose (actually they have everything to lose if they OK that idea).
ancianita
(35,933 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)The GOP would never consider it.
ancianita
(35,933 posts)We're bleeding Democrats by hook or crook right now, what with voter roll purges and gerrymandering. We have to find a way to get people off their asses and re-register, then vote.
This commitment to The People's side could help, is all I'm saying.