[Magdalen] Next Steps

[Rick Mashburn]

I like Tim Kaine a lot and the DNC could do a lot worse than him as the
next leader. I understand he isn't as progressive as some would like but
his leadership skills would be a tremendous asset to the party....even if
the candidates are more progressive than him.

The other thing I've done today is join the ACLU. I have a feeling they're
going to be really busy over the next few years.

Peace, Rick

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tim Kaine is not a progressive.  The Democratic Party has been neoliberal
> for way too long.  Perhaps it should die along with the Clinton machine
> (and Manchin machine in West Virginia).
>
> Michael Moore has just posted his To-Do List for today:
>
> Michael Moore <https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf>
> 7 mins <https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/posts/10153915876426857> ·
> <https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/posts/10153915876426857#>
>
> Day Two's To-Do List:
> 1. Must quickly and decisively form an opposition movement, the likes of
> which hasn't been seen since the 1960s. I will do my part to help lead this
> as I'm sure many others (Bernie, Elizabeth Warren, MoveOn, the hip-hop
> community, DFA, etc.) will, too. The core of this opposition force will be
> fueled by young people who, as with Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives
> Matter, don't tolerate b.s. and are relentless in their resistance to
> authority. They have no interest in compromising with racists and
> misogynists.
>
> 2. Prepare to impeach Trump. Just as the Republicans were already planning
> to do with President Hillary from Day One, we must organize the apparatus
> that will bring charges against him when he violates his oath and breaks
> the law -- and then we must remove him from office.
>
> 3. Must commit right now to a vigorous fight (including civil disobedience,
> if necessary) which will block any and all Donald Trump Supreme Court
> nominees who do not meet our approval. We demand the Democrats in the
> Senate aggressively filibuster any nominees who support Citizens United or
> who oppose the rights of women, immigrants and the poor. This is
> non-negotiable.
>
> 4. Demand the DNC apologize to Bernie Sanders for trying to fix the
> primaries against him, for spinning the press to ignore his historic
> campaign, for giving Clinton the questions in advance at the Flint debate,
> for its latent ageism and anti-Semism in trying to turn voters against him
> because of his age or religious beliefs, and for its anti-democracy system
> of "superdelegates" who are elected by no one. We all know now had Bernie
> been given a fair shot, he probably would have been the nominee and he --
> as the true outsider and "change" candidate --would have inspired and fired
> up the base and soundly defeated Donald Trump. If no apology is soon
> forthcoming from the DNC, that's ok -- when we take over the Democratic
> Party (see yesterday's To-Do List, #1), we will issue the apology in
> person.
>
> 5. Demand that President Obama establish a Special Prosecutor to
> investigate who and what was behind FBI Director James Comey's illegal
> interference into the Presidential election 11 days before the vote was
> held.
>
> 6. Begin a national push while it's fresh in everyone's mind for a
> constitutional amendment to fix our broken electoral system: 1. Eliminate
> the Electoral College -- popular vote only. 2. Paper ballots only -- no
> electronic voting. 3. Election Day must be made a holiday for all -- or
> held on a weekend so more people vote. 4. All citizens, regardless of any
> run-ins with the criminal "justice" system, must have the right to vote.
> (In swing states like Florida and Virginia, 30-40% of all Black men are
> prohibited by law from voting.)
>
> 7. Convince President Obama to immediately do what he should have done a
> year ago: Send in the Army Corps of Engineers to Flint to dig up and
> replace all the poisoned pipes. NOTHING HAS CHANGED; the water in Flint is
> still unusable.
>
> Will try to get these done by sundown. More To-Do tomorrow...
> --Michael Moore
> <https://www.facebook.com/ufi/reaction/profile/browser/?ft_ent_identifier=
> 10154561231336147&av=744476146>
> Here is his post from yesterday:
>
>
> Michael Moore
> <https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fref=nf>
> Yesterday at 10:13am
> <https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/posts/10153913074756857> ·
> <https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/posts/10153915876426857#>
>
> Morning After To-Do List:
> 1. Take over the Democratic Party and return it to the people. They have
> failed us miserably.
> 2. Fire all pundits, predictors, pollsters and anyone else in the media who
> had a narrative they wouldn't let go of and refused to listen to or
> acknowledge what was really going on. Those same bloviators will now tell
> us we must "heal the divide" and "come together." They will pull more hooey
> like that out of their ass in the days to come. Turn them off.
> 3. Any Democratic member of Congress who didn't wake up this morning ready
> to fight, resist and obstruct in the way Republicans did against President
> Obama every day for eight full years must step out of the way and let those
> of us who know the score lead the way in stopping the meanness and the
> madness that's about to begin.
> 4. Everyone must stop saying they are "stunned" and "shocked". What you
> mean to say is that you were in a bubble and weren't paying attention to
> your fellow Americans and their despair. YEARS of being neglected by both
> parties, the anger and the need for revenge against the system only grew.
> Along came a TV star they liked whose plan was to destroy both parties and
> tell them all "You're fired!" Trump's victory is no surprise. He was never
> a joke. Treating him as one only strengthened him. He is both a creature
> and a creation of the media and the media will never own that.
> 5. You must say this sentence to everyone you meet today: "HILLARY CLINTON
> WON THE POPULAR VOTE!" The MAJORITY of our fellow Americans preferred
> Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. Period. Fact. If you woke up this
> morning thinking you live in an effed-up country, you don't. The majority
> of your fellow Americans wanted Hillary, not Trump. The only reason he's
> president is because of an arcane, insane 18th-century idea called the
> Electoral College. Until we change that, we'll continue to have presidents
> we didn't elect and didn't want. You live in a country where a majority of
> its citizens have said they believe there's climate change, they believe
> women should be paid the same as men, they want a debt-free college
> education, they don't want us invading countries, they want a raise in the
> minimum wage and they want a single-payer true universal health care
> system. None of that has changed. We live in a country where the majority
> agree with the "liberal" position. We just lack the liberal leadership to
> make that happen (see: #1 above).
>
> Let's try to get this all done by noon today.
> -- Michael Moore
>
>
> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
> humbly with your God?"
> Micah 6:8
>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Tim Kaine is a genuinely good man.  I say yes, Jim!
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:31 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Something to think about.
> > >
> > > https://youtu.be/iEumay-kcM8?t=1m58s
> > >
> > > Also, we have lately had some of the worst politicians one can even
> > > imagine.
> > >
> > > We elected a buffoon. Then we repeated the error with George Bush, and
> > > eventually everyone on both sides of the aisle knew he was a twit and a
> > > buffoon. And we have elected a bully and a punk, of which nobody has
> ever
> > > been able to say one word of praise.  Insanity is continuing to do the
> > same
> > > thing and expecting different results.
> > >
> > > America not only is not the greatest country in the world, it is up
> there
> > > for the dumbest country in the world. The information is out there, but
> > > people willfully refuse to look at it.
> > >
> > > I'm ashamed of this land, and I deeply regret that I wasted all that
> time
> > > serving in the military to preserve the rights of a few hundred million
> > > slimy dirtbags.
> > >
> > > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
> preserved,
> > > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:04 AM, AT&T <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The first thing the DNC should do is name Tim Kaine DNC Chairman.
> > > >
> > > > Jim Handsfield
> > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > >
> > >
> >
>