By Gloria DULAN-Wilson
Greetings All!
This
started out with me sharing the 61 indications of voter suppressions by
Barbara Arnwine; but you know me - I can't just post something this
important without making my own preliminary commentary.
So, Here it goes:
In
case you've been on another planet, sequestered in an ashram, or just
plain isolated from TV, Radio, Computers, Social Media, and all other
forms of communication, we are in the middle of a new Pandemic called
the perpetually, poisonous, prevaricating, perpetrating, propagandistic
tirade of T-Rump, the megalomaniac - that is crisscrossing the US,
spreading lies, deceit, and racist venom - otherwise known as his
"campaign."
With
him are the usual suspects of miscreants, menials, mendicants, and
mobsters who are threatening to take the US back to the bad old days of
deprivation, Jim Crowism, anti-Semitism, anti-feminism, greed, graft,
and gore that have become the hallmark of the Repuglycon (aka
republican) party.
The
defeat of T-rump in 2018 (midterms) and 2020 (presidential election)
has disrupted his goosestep into a fascist, NeoNazi regime that has so
insensed his egotistical mentality, that he has done everything in his
monetary and medacious power to try to bully Americans into reversing
the count and proclaim him "emperor of the US - dictator for ever."
Concomitant with that hissy fit that is his tirade, is his using racist
invectives to agitate a base of ne-er do wells who have never had the
opportunity to come out from the under belly of the rural backwoods
which spawns them. Cleverly he's played to their lack of self-esteem,
low level education, and poverty mentality, to become part of his motley
crew of followers.
Add
to that the greed, avarice, and borderline treason of the Repuglycons -
especially the US Senate, an their blatant willingness to violate the
Constitution of the US in their grab for power - coupled with the
passing of predatory, punitive laws that deprive Black (and other)
people of their constitutional right to vote freely in all elections in
the United States, clearly shows that we are in perilous times; we are
in crises, and we must stand up and stand firm, or put our hands up so
they can put the chains back on again.
The
laws that have been passed by nearly 30 states show that T-rump and the
Repuglycons (Rethuglicans/republicans) are afraid of our power. They
have studied how we won in 2020, and have tried to enact "laws" to
prevent us from making it a THREE-PEAT!!
WE ARE NOW IN THE MIDST OF A STRUGGLE FOR OUR LIVES
LIKE DAVID DEFEATED GOLIATH, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH A 21 CENTURY GOLIATH/LEVIATHAN/BEELZEBUB/AND ALL HIS (ITS) MENIALS!
We now have to make sure that NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US SHALL PROSPER!
While still in office, he told us from the beginning that he had no plan to step down,
he
told us he was going to disrupt the mail, put bogus judges in seats,
put babies in prisons, break up families, support the rich, deprive the
poor, disrupt health, healing, homes and everything else he can put his
greedly little pudgy hands on - and if we don't wake up and stay woke,
active, and aligned he will snatch our victory and trample it. Some
misguided individuals think it cool that this mendicant thumbs his nose
at other people's rights, is unethical, and depraved. They find it
exciting - until the tables are turned on them, and he grinds them into
the dust, once they are no longer useful to his plan.
This
is nothing new!! Authoritarian mendicants have been around for
centuries. However, in the US, we don't allow them headlines and we
certainly don't allow them to walk free after they have tried to
overthrow the government, which is what happened on January 6, 2021!! We
are in danger here in America - not just Black people - but all
Americans!! In much the same way that Hitler fomented Kristallnacht
nearly 80 years ago: book burnings, condemning teachers, disrupting
education, incarcerating educators, aligning with powermad moguls like
Putin and Kim Jung Un to disrupt our elections is beginning to happen
here in the US in 2022!!
He
enjoys instigating conflicts by hiring thugs to start fights, and set
off chaos to make it look as though the victim was the perpetrator. He
loves having people fight for him, while he sits back and watches. He
has a perverse amusement in misdirecting attention to one issue, while
he is sabotaging others. It's his stock in trade.
Having studied media, T-rump is adept in manipulating minds, and turning truths into lies via Paid Advertisements masquerading as the news
(MBB)- check out how many minutes are spent discussing T-rump's alleged
"slow moving coup," as opposed to the progress being made by President
Biden, and you will that we are being brainwashed and lied to by the
very media that is supposed to keep us informed and up to date. How is
it that CBS has hired Mulvaney, T-rump's former chief of staff to be a
co-anchor on their "news" shows? How is it that the only people who see
through the trickery, lies and deceit are late night talk show hosts -
while the ersatz news reports the same crap over and over in lock step
with they are fed via his propaganda team.
The
Repuglycons are afraid of us, they are afraid of our votes, they are
afraid of our resilience, they are afraid of our unity, they are afraid
of courage, they are afraid that if we unify, they will never again come
to power. If we win in the 2022 MidTerms, they will never again be
able to exert their fascism over the US.
Make a choice:
How comfortable are you with the fact that T-rump admires a warmongerer
like Putin; and would most likely form an alliance with him and his
regime, if he is allowed to return to any form of office?
How
comfortable are you with the fact that the Repuglycon party is so
racist they would rather see us starve and be deprived than to see this
country thrive in unity?
How comfortable would you be if you saw all this happening and did nothing about it?
How
comfortable would you be living under racists jim crow laws of the 50s
and early 60s, where you sat in the back of the bus, where your children
were groomed to become boot blacks, lackeys, maids, and hard labor.
You got a glimpse of what mis-education looked like under Betsy DeVos
when she took education out of the schools, cut the budgets, and
replaced competent administrators with lowlifes -
How
comfortable would you be if you sat there, argued about who slapped
who; who slept with who; who disliked who; how many tattoos you got; or
who's party you did or did not get to, while the country you live in is
taken over and you become part of a concentration camp?
Think
it can't happen here - in the US? Well look around you - the mendicant
is gathering forces to do just that. And while the government, the
congress, the president are doing what they can to follow "protocol," we
had best be consolidating our power, intelligence, energy, strength to
come together, vote like you never voted before; but also build
community immunity so that we and our children have a future and a hope.
If
I frightened you, I'm glad - I've done my job. T-rump is a wake up
call that evil walks among us, and has no compunction about doing us
harm.
To
be forewarned is to be forearmed: We are not bumps on a log! We are
men and women - our ancestors gave their lives for us - we have make
sure their efforts are not in vain. Vote the T-rump regime down!
DEMAND
THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT REINSTATES OUR RIGHT
TO VOTE, AND STRIKES DOWN ANY AND ALL LAWS THAT WOULD ABROGATE OUR
RIGHTS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, FORM OR FASHION.
PUT
TOGETHER FUNDS ($5.00 TO $10 OR MORE) EACH AND SEND THEM TO SUPPORT
YOUR LOCAL CANDIDATE, OR A NATIONAL ONE - IF NO ONE IS RUNNING IN YOUR
DISTRICT. UNITE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND GET "VOTERCADES(c) TOGETHER TO GO FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY TO REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE
BUILD
VOTER SURVIVAL KITS IN CASE YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE MAJOR REDNECK STATES
THAT HAVE TRIED TO DEPRIVE YOU OPENLY AND BLATENTLY OF YOUR RIGHTS AS
CITIZENS OF THE US!
It's
time to get into GOOD TROUBLE, and make sure you don't stop until you
build a critical mass of voters who are not intimidated or thwarted by
the threats, trickery lies and machinations of a racist regime out to
sabotage your right to life, liberty, and the accomplishments of
happiness that are our rights.
THE REPUBLYCONS ARE AFRAID OF BLACK VOTERS -
OR
THEY WOULDN'T BE TRYING SO HARD TO SUPPRESS US. LET'S REALLY GIVE THEM
SOMETHING TO BE AFRAID OF - OUR POWER AS A PEOPLE AND CHILDREN OF THE
MOST HIGH GOD!
NOW THAT YOU KNOW
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
Join one of the many organizations that are helping people vote
or start one of your own!
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria DULAN-Wilson
Note:
I thought it might be helpful to see what some of these voting
restrictions are that are being leveled against us in various states. I
came across the one below that was compiled by Barbara Arnwine, Esq, in
2019.
Please share with family, friends, and others - we can never know too much when we are in the fight for our lives:
Below is a list of the 61 Voting Restriction 'Laws"
The Voting Rights Alliance
61 Forms of Voter Suppression
(to be Aware of & Report)!
Strict voter photo ID laws
Closing of DMV’s in strict voter ID law states
Failure to accept government-issued state university and college student ID’s
No early voting
Early voting cuts
No Sunday Souls to the Polls Early Voting
Harsh requirements/punishments for voter registration groups
Tough Deputy Registrar Requirements
Harsh voter registration compliance deadlines
Failure to timely process voter registrations
Cuts to Election Day (Same Day) registration
Polling place reductions or consolidations
Polling place relocations
Inadequate or poorly trained staffing at polls
Inadequate number of functioning machines, optical scanners, or electronic polling books
Running out of ballots at polling sites
No paper ballots
Failure to accept Native American tribal IDs.
Barring Native American voters through residential address requirements for Native American lands which have PO Boxes
Failure to place polling sites on Native American lands
Refusal to place polling sites on college campuses
Lack of available public transportation to polling sites
Excessive Voter purging
Disparate racial treatment at polling sites
Student voting restrictions
Ex-felon disenfranchisement laws
Requiring Payment of Fines or Fees As Condition of Vote Restoration
Failure to Inform Formerly Incarcerated Persons of Their Voting Rights or Eligibility to Vote
Excessive Use of Inactive voter lists
No Public Outreach or Notification to Voters Placed on Inactive Lists
Language discrimination
• Failure to accommodate
Lack of language-accessible materials
Failure to accommodate voters with disabilities
No disability accessibility
No Curbside Voting
Not enough disability accessible voting equipment
37. Barriers to assistance by family members or others for voters
38. Deceptive practices
• Flyers
• Robocalls
39. Voter intimidation
• Impersonating law enforcement personnel or immigration officers
40. Police at polling places
41. Racial gerrymandering
42. Creating polling place confusion by splitting Black precincts
43. Partisan gerrymandering
44. Barriers for homeless voters to voter registration
45. Voter caging
• Use of One-Time Post cards/Mailers
46. Voter challengers at polls
47. Voter challenges to voter registration lists
48. Use of Suspense lists
49. Absentee Ballot Short Return Deadlines
50. Exact match requirements for signatures or other information
51. Complicated Absentee Ballot Requirements
52. Proof of Citizenship Laws
513 Out-of-precinct = no vote counted requirements
54. Failure to pre-register 17 year olds
55. Restrictions on straight-party voting
56. Interstate voter registration Crosscheck system
57. Jailed persons’ preconviction: denied right to register and/or vote
58. DOJ demanding voter records
59. Employers not providing time off or enough time
60. Failure to assist or accommodate voters displaced by natural disasters
61. Long lines
© 2019 Barbara Arnwine. All rights reserved.
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