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6.03.2020

YOU ARE INVITED TO BECOME A PART OF BLACK WOMEN 4 BIDEN - Save America's Soul

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson




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America is under the grip of one of the most reprehensible administrations ever in US History.
Marred by irresponsible racist, unconstitutional, and unethical practices, the T-rump administration has been instrumental in destroying the progress made during the previous Obama Administration, and set our country on a collision course with disaster. 
Joe Biden is the Democrats Choice for President of the United States, but we need your help!

For a closer look as to why Joe Biden is the logical choice, log on to our website (PS: You're going to love our map, it's interactive - just point to it to get essential information):

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WE NEED YOUR HELP: T-rump is pulling every trick in the book to make sure he is re-elected.  We can't let that happen.  It's not going to help by prayers or wishful thinking.  So much is at stake - and we can't leave anything to chance!  
Please complete the information above and indicate your city, state and affiliation.  We will not only be working in behalf of Joe Biden for PRESIDENT, but we will be working with other major candidates in your area to make sure we win across the board.
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Thanks so much for your interest and involvement

Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria Dulan Wilson













NOW THAT YOU KNOW
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

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3.06.2017

LIAR IN CHIEF TRYING TO INVESTIGATE PRESIDENT OBAMA - SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP THE MADNESS

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson



Hello All!!

Well the blowhard in chief is now trying to cast aspersions on President Obama to deflect from his own bogus lying shortcoming swindling track record!! LOL 

I'm sure that if he pays enough liars, he'll come up with someone who'll give a fake testimony.  It's what he does. It's like the electoral - or should I say selectoral college - give enough money and patriotism can be purchased at a premium.  Making deals with the devil to obtain his own nefarious ends is what t-rump does best - but his hands have been repeatedly caught in the cookie jar, so now he's trying to place blame in other areas.

My word to the rest of congress - what's left of it since the repuglycon onslaught  - do not let this prevent you from doing an in-depth, no holds barred, up and down, through and through investigation of t-rump and Putin and how they conspired to screw Americans by skewing the election.  And when you find out that what the rest of us know to be true, is reality, kick him, his vp, and the rest of his sorry cabinet out and put the righteous president in - HILLARY CLINTON.  

Regardless of who certified it, if the presidency was obtained under treacherous and bogus circumstances, then the perpetrators are all traitors and must be punished accordingly.  That means all of them - ALL OF THEM!  The presidency cannot be handed  by default to the ersatz VP, because he got in under the same bogus means as the ersatz president.  They all must go!!  The attempt to overthrow the American Government by screwing and skewing the votes is treason - do I need to say it again?  

And don't drag your feet in getting the investigation under way, either.  This must be dealt with immediately, if not sooner!!  I'm saying this to my fellow Democrats - petitions are good, but petitions alone is not going to get the job done.  Americans have to demand to know and you have to push for the investigation to commence NOW!!! Enough with the shilly-shallying - This is not a party line issue any more - this is American People being ripped off, disrespected, disfranchised.

Like I said, petitions alone will not get the job done, but petitions do help.  I'm posting this from the DCCC that you must sign.  Here's what you need to do:

MAKE A COPY AND FORWARD IT TO FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES
SIGN THE ORIGINAL AND EMAIL IT BACK
REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT 
WE MUST FLOOD THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH, THAT WE WILL NOT BE BAMBOOZLED AND B.S'd AND WE ARE OF ONE ACCORD AND ON THE CASE.


BREAKING: Republicans plan to investigate Trump’s false claims that Obama wiretapped him
 
SIGN YOUR NAME: Condemn the Republican attacks on President Obama >>

President Trump claimed that President Obama illegally tapped his phones during the election -- with NO evidence.

And now Republicans in Congress say they’ll investigate President Obama over it!

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We’re speechless.

FIRST: President Trump, the creator of the birther lie, insisted that President Obama illegally tapped his phone during the election -- with ZERO proof.

THEN: Republicans fell in line with Trump and continued to spread his lies.

NOW: House Republicans say they’ll investigate Trump’s ridiculous claims!!!

It’s absolutely ludicrous that Republicans are even entertaining this idea.

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NOW THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?  
TAKE ACTION NOW!  
THE COUNTRY YOU SAVE WILL BE YOUR OWN 


11.27.2016

Saying Farewell to Fidel


By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Hello All:

It was with great sadness that I, along with so many others, learned of the transition of Cuban President Fidel Castro into the realm of Ancestor/Angel on Friday, November 25, 2016.  Lionhearted Leo to the end, Castro never sold out - he was unbossed and unbought - though we all know that both the Russians and the US tried to do so on various levels.  This brother was virtually bullet proof, much to the chagrin of his enemies.  He was highly educated - a lawyer - and stood for his people regardless of all that was thrown against him.  Goliath came after him, and like David, he not only withstood the battle, he made Goliath back down.

What a hero!! What a fabulous leader, man, example.

I remember the first time I heard about Castro was in my Social Science class - but then Cuba was only seen in the context of Ricky Ricardo (husband to Lucille Ball).  We were a lot more sophisticated by the time he and Che` Guevara began their guerilla warfare against Batista - but that was because we had the best teachers in the world - Mr. Buford and Sam ______ (my Oklahoma Homie Classmates will have to fill in that blank).  It was they who tied in Lumumba's disappearance and assassination with the unrest in Cuba and the rest of Africa - when they said Black people the world over are finally waking up.  At that time I was knee deep in the Civil Rights Movement up to my eyebrows.  We were sitting in, kneeling in, being sprayed and everything else in Oklahoma City, OK.  And, while what was happening in Cuba was definitely of interest, we had much more pressing issues right under our noses.

When Castro finally overthrew Batista, our teachers made sure we realized that this was a positive thing for Cuba.  We did, however, as kids, question the fact that he had aligned with Russia - since the Cold War was a big deal and Russia was the enemy and our direct competition.  The fact that the US immediately determined to boycott all Cuban products - sugar, their beloved cigars (my dad loved Cuban Cigars), and whatever else they made  in an attempt to break them, sort of psychologically put Cuba on the outs with us as well - at least for a while. As far as we were concerned, Communism was the scourge of the world.  

The Sixties was a period of liberation for Black people the world over - Civil Rights gave way to Black Power - which saw us re-united with our brothers and sisters from Africa in ways the US and Europe never imagined, and definitely did not want.  It was also an era of awakening for us in terms of who we were and who our friends and enemies truly were.  Folks who were supposed to be our friends and supporters turned out to be our enemies; and those we were told were our enemies, turned out to be in our corner.   And Fidel Castro  was most definitely a friend and an ally.  He stepped in on the side of Angola in Africa during an attempt to topple their regime, providing them with weapons, food, training, and medicine.  If he was so horrible, why was he helping Africa? 

It became patently clear to us that the treatment of Cuba at the hands of the US was unorthodox and unfair - and most of all, racist.  Their concept was to break Castro - and this predominantly Black and Latin island down, and grind them under their heels for having the temerity and the gall to stand up against them.  A movie came out in the 60s entitled "The Mouse That Roared" that was lightly based on this.  It's still hilarious to this day.  Cuba kind of showed other Caribbean countries that it could be done.  Britain suddenly faced the loss of all of its holdings in the Caribbean - Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana.  Africa had already begun to throw off the shackles - starting with Ghana in 1957 under Kwame Nkrumah - but the dominoes were really beginning to fall.  And many of us think it was for this reason the US and Russia moved their hostilities to African soil - to thwart the unification of African countries by enlisting them in battles that had absolutely nothing to do with Africa itself.  

Battles that would eventually derail Africa's own trajectory towards independence and unity.  And when the countries began to fall apart, and need assistance, Cuba, under Fidel Castro, was the only helping hand they could depend on - with no strings attached.   President Mandela always spoke highly of how President Castro was with them through thick and thin.  



Someone asked the question of what would have happened if the US had supported Fidel. My response is this:
Not much, since racist white American regimes are what kept former Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista, in place!!  He was as corrupt as Trump!!   People in Cuba were dying. When Fidel overthrew Batista,  women and children were being forced into prostitution, drugs, all kinds of dibauchery. Whites would fly down to Cuba on the week end to do what they couldn't do in legally in the US. They had made Cuba their official toilet.(check out the old movie musicals that took place in Cuba - some of everything was going on there - not to the benefit of the people).

When Castro stopped it, those who were making money off of it - Batista's followers - were furious. American racists didn't like the fact that a predominantly Black country had the affrontery to stand up to them - 90 miles off the coast of Florida, they had overthrown a dictator and wrested themselves from the grips of leviathan. 
There were so many who jumped into boats and headed for Florida in hopes of overthrowing Castro - thank goodness they failed.

However, Castro was just as surprised as anyone else at the US's attitude. As a result, he looked initially to Russia for help, because America was actually trying to re-establish the Batista regime. This then was the biggest scandal of all, and a major thorn in America's side:   A "communist" country in the US's backyard - not just a "communist" country, but a predominantly Black and Latin "communist" country. Not that Russia did that much for Cuba. They were as racist as the US. But having the alliance maintained a stalemate so that the US did not dare touch Cuba.  When the Russian empire died in the 90's,  she was essentially on her own.  But it only made them stronger, more resilient and more determined than ever to continue moving forward - under Castro's steadfast leadership and vision.
I was a freshman at Hampton Institute in Virginia when America was at the height of its anti-Cuban mania in 1963.    Because Hampton, VA was a hub of military bases - Langley AFB, Ft. Eustice, Ft. Monroe, and others, it was deemed a prime target if anything should jump off.  They were going to shut down the school and send us all home.  Those were very tense times.  President Kennedy was able to avert the disaster.  And many of us erroneously saw Castro as the bad guy - at least in that instance.  But as things began to evolve, and the crises in Africa escalated - we saw who Fidel really was, and began to realize that his victory was our victory as well.  (Sadly, November 22, 1963 was when President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX).

Like it or not, all the great progress made in Cuba was because of Castro's love and vision; courage and integrity, discipline and intelligence; imagination and focus - which he shared with his people. Those who left like the rats they were - and thank goodness they did - would have been a pain in the butt anyway. So they ran like rats to the US and flooded Florida. For those who were looking at the "economic" failure of Cuba, are looking at the wrong end of the situation.  The fact that Cuba has not been relegated to the level of a banana republic as so many other countries have that kowtowed to the US, is more than a victory - it's a symbol of what you can do when you stay true to who you are and what you stand for. 

And while the US continued to throw invectives at Castro, blockade trade, etc, Cuban people began to use their own strength and creativity, and began to thrive and grow. Without the influence of the big brother imperialistic, overbearing dictatorship of the western empire - and then to excell. And now surpass the US, and the rest of the world. That tiny little Island made everyone else sit up and take notice. Even with the so-called US boycotts, many African American brothers and sisters would go and work in the sugar cane fields and do whatever else they could to help.

While it was wonderful that President Obama visited Cuba, and threw out an olive branch; I hope that Cuba will not allow itself to be sucked in, and flooded with America's crap again. You are too far ahead of the rest of the world. Stay that way. 

And for those who claim he caused a lot of pain; the wonderful things he did for his people far outweigh any so-called pain you felt. If you had really loved your country and your people, you would have stayed. The fact that you ran to the US shows where you were coming from.

Black people in American all know the wonderful things Castro did. The only other time you have ever seen such a turn out for a man visiting Harlem was Marcus Garvey, and President Mandela. We so flooded the streets of Harlem to just be in the same vicinity of Fidel, that the police finally gave up trying to direct traffic or deal with crowd control. 
I am including a post from brother Julio Pabon, who orchestrated Castro's visit to the Bronx in the 90s.  It sums up the magnitude of this magnificent leader in so many wonderful ways:
For all those who have their doubts about how to feel about Prez. Fidel Castro's passing. Check these facts:
Not many can bring down a dictatorship with 20 men defying the American Empire.
Not many can eliminate illiteracy in a year.
Not many can decrease child mortality from 42% to 4%.
Not many can develop a health system that provides more than 130 thousand doctors, guaranteeing 1 doctor per 130 people, with the highest index of doctors per capita in the world.
Not everyone creates the largest Medical Faculty in the World, graduating 1500 foreign physicians per year (including many African Americans & Latinos from here), with 25,000 medical graduates from 84 nations.
Not everyone sends more than 30 thousand doctors to collaborate in more than 68 countries of the world summing near 600,000 missions.
Not everyone manages to build a country to be the only Latin American nation without child malnutrition.
Not everyone manages to be the only Latin American country with no drug problem.
Not everyone achieves 100% of schooling.
Not everyone can travel in their country without seeing a single child sleeping in the street.
Not everyone manages to be the only country in the world that fulfills ecological sustainability.
Not everyone achieves that their population has 79 years of life expectancy at birth.
Not anyone creates cancer vaccines.
Not everyone manages to be the only country to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
No one manages to have the most Olympic medals in Latin America.
Not many can survive more than 600 attempts on his life and 11 American presidents trying to overthrow him.
Not anyone survives 50 years of blockade and economic war.
Not many help accelerate the end of Apartheid in So. Africa & liberate Namibia.
Not many could have helped save the lives of so many poor folks in LA during Katrina when they volunteered to parachute their top medical units in less than 1 hr from Havana, but rejected by Pres Bush who let many of those people die cause did not want to be embarrassed by Cubans helping to save Americans.
Not everyone reaches 90 years, with so much protagonism in world history.
Fidel is respected and loved by millions & Misunderstood by others. What no one can do is ignore these facts.
R.I.P Fidel Castro!



Fidel Castro is one of me most wonderful shining examples of leadership and manhood in modern times. He let nothing stop him from saving his people, Africa, Cuba -

VIVA FIDEL!!!

You are up there with the other ancestor angels - Che Guevara, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, Senghor, Fanon, Diop, Kwame Toure, Sekou Toure, and a whole pantheon who welcome you with open hearts and arms.

Stay Blessed - we are eternally grateful for all you have done. And truly hope that you have had the wisdom to groom many others to carry what you've done forward, and follow in your illustrious footsteps.

Gloria

STAY BLESSED



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11.23.2016

GUEST ARTICLE FROM RSN: Here's What We Do Now - a Personal Note

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Hello All:

Happy Thanksgiving to most, Day of Mourning to Many, and Day of Gratitude to All - Just wanted to make sure I covered all the bases.

My true Thanksgiving will come later to day - I just wanted to make sure that you saw this article that recently appeared in RSN - Reader Supported News.

We can continue to gripe about this bogus election, or we can be materially a part of getting the job done of getting it thrown out - and this time we won't just leave it in the hands of the Subprime Court to make a decision that would curse us as a country for the next four years.

Rather than to go into detail, I'm posting the article - including all the commentaries - in its entirety - you can then take action, as I have, to support making sure this truth gets before our Attorney General, the President and all others who have the right, responsibility and power to stop the madness.

Read it, share it, and take action NOW - before the Oaf takes the Oath of Office.  

Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria 

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Investigative reporter Greg Palast. (photo: GregPalast.com)
Investigative reporter Greg Palast. (photo: GregPalast.com)

Here's What We Do Now - a Personal Note

By Greg Palast, GregPalast.com
21 November 16

eing right never felt so horrid.
“This is the story of the theft of the 2016 election.
It’s a crime still in progress.”
So opens my film, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.
And on Election night I waited for the returns to make a fool of me.
Instead, the returns made the fool a President.
And so, my vacation’s cancelled. My life’s cancelled; that is, a life of anything but sleuthing and exposing the details of the heist of our democracy.
What’s at stake?
No way around it, this is one frightening moment.
Decades of progress created with sweat and determination face destruction.  Within the next six months, we may see the Voting Rights Act repealed—and civil rights set back 50 years; the entirety of our environmental protection laws burnt in a coal pit; police cruelty made our urban policy; the Education Department closed to give billionaires a tax holiday; and a howling anti-Semite as White House Senior Counselor.
But the horror we face is countered by this one hard and hopeful fact: Donald Trump did NOT win this election.
Trump not only lost the popular vote by millions — he did not legitimately win the swing states of the Electoral College.
Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Ohio:  every one was stolen through sophisticated, and sickeningly racist vote suppression tactics.
If you saw my report for Democracy Now! on election morning, it revealed that Ohio GOP officials turned off anti-hacking software on voting machines, forced Black voters to wait hours in line (while whites had no wait).
And, crucially, I confirmed that purged tens of thousands of minority voters on fake accusations they’d voted twice.  I first exposed this bogus double-voter blacklist called Crosscheck, in Rolling Stone. It’s the sick excrescence crafted by Kris Kobach, the Trump transition team's maven who also created the Muslim-tracker software he’s bringing to the Trump administration.
What can we do now?
I have been INUN21 November 16D with requests for my factual reports and findings by media and, most important, the front-line activist groups preparing for the fierce fight to protect our votes. Some examples:
  • Rev. William Barber of the NAACP filed a suit based in North Carolina,  hoping to overturn the Trump "victory" — and protect the tiny margin of the Democrat’s win of the Governor’s mansion.  The NAACP cites my discovery of "Crosscheck" — in which North Carolina removed upwards of 190,000 voters on false charges they voted twice.
They now need my facts.
  • Congressmen Keith Ellison and Alcee Hastings of the Congressional Black Caucus, personally presented Attorney General Loretta Lynch with my investigative reports and demanded investigation — "and indictments."  That investigation must kick off immediately.
They now need my facts.
  • The Asian-American civil rights group 18 Million Rising has gathered 50,000 signatures to push the Justice Department to investigate my evidence of a massive attack on the Asian-American vote.
They now need my facts.
  • In Michigan, the ACLU is ready to take action on the purge scheme I uncovered, "Crosscheck," that wrongly gave the state to Trump. In Ohio, voting rights attorney Robert Fitrakis is going into court with evidence, much that I uncovered, of racist voting games — from 5-hour-long lines in Black precincts to shutting off ballot security measures on the voting machines.
The team need my facts.
I expect to be in Washington at the Justice Dept and meeting with civil rights groups in December before the Electoral College meets.
Information—plus film, video, investigative reports
And beyond the voluminous files and confidential documents my team has uncovered that is sought by activists, we are deluged with requests for our film, videos, writings and more.
And now we have US networks, even major comedy shows, asking for our material and, of course, new investigative findings.
Information and facts make a difference
With our investigative reports, with our hard and unassailable evidence, we can challenge the legitimacy of the Trump "election."  Most important, we must begin the difficult but necessary work of protecting and restoring voting rights.  The 2018 Election — and the threat of more stolen elections — is upon us.
What we need to keep going... 
Your extraordinary support and faith in our work funded my film The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, which is now more relevant than ever and being seen by ever more audiences.
Now we need your financial support again to keep this fight going. We just did not budget for the GOP's in-your-face steal of the Congress and White House.  All our resources went into raising the alarm before the election.
So, now, I have to re-hire the staff, hit the road again. Ohio, North Carolina, Washington DC and who knows where, retain attorneys—and retain our team of technicians from cameramen to outreach organizers.
Can this new work be done?
Is there any choice?
Honestly and personally, I was hoping for some rest and time off.
But a lifetime of your work and mine is now in the balance.
  • Be listed as a producer ($1,000) or co-producer ($500) in the credits of the broadcast version of my film The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
  • Stay informed and get a signed DVD of my film The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, a signed copy of the book with the same title or better still - get the Book & DVD combo.
And does an angel have the $8K needed for our Washington work and filming?  If so, flap your wings.
I can't thank you enough for all the years of support. Alas... our work is not done.
Greg Palast
and the Palast Investigations Team

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+115# Farafalla 2016-11-21 14:11
Greg is an example of what an investigative journalist should be doing. His research shows how indifferent and complicit corporate media does nothing despite their huge resources.
+96# grandlakeguy 2016-11-21 14:34
Yes, Greg Palast (www.gregpalast.com) has been doing great work on this subject for years as has Bev Harris (www.blackboxvoting.org), Brad Friedman (www.bradblog.com), Mark Crispin Miller (www.markcrispinmiller.com), Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman (www.freepress.org).

I keep getting e-mail requests from elected officials with lists of "what we must do now" and see countless articles by so-called liberal journalists along the same lines but…
NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE THEFT OF OUR ELECTIONS!

What the hell is wrong with all of these people?
Are they too stupid or blind to see what has been happening in our elections since 2000 and has only gotten worse each year because nobody is doing anything about it?

We will never have a government "OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" again if we continue to allow this treasonous theft of our basic freedom to choose our leaders.

The fact that Greg Palast is telling us that all of a sudden media outlets and other groups are interested in his findings is very encouraging!

The MYTH of American elections being fair and honest MUST BE DESTROYED!
+64# grandlakeguy 2016-11-21 14:47
DONALD TRUMP IS NOT THE LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT-ELECT

HILLARY CLINTON WAS NOT A LEGITIMATE NOMINEE

BERNIE SANDERS WOULD BE OUR NEW PRESIDENT IF ONLY OUR ELECTIONS WERE HONEST!
+34# Ted 2016-11-21 15:52
I'm with you 100 percent GLG.

I am actually excited and proud to be make a donation to Palast's fund right now...
+35# Ted 2016-11-21 16:06
Done.

Okay, we know the corporate media won't touch this BUT we really need to get people to understand what's actually hapening in our "Democracy", somehow!

This is, seriously, outrageous.
+19# grandlakeguy 2016-11-21 18:36
I have been screaming about this for 16 years!

Visit:
www.flickr.com/photos/grand-lake/

and read some of the hundreds of marquee messages I have posted during those years.

I have even been ridiculed in that so called liberal newspaper "the San Francisco Chronicle" for my statements!
+20# Ted 2016-11-21 19:13
Well I for one THANK YOU! and I promise to keep screaming about it with you until the U.S. wakes up and does what Ireland and other conutries have already done; BAN COMPUTERIZED VOTING!
+4# JJS 2016-11-22 18:12
Maryland took 9 years to get back to paper ballots. This year the ballots were 100% audited to qualify that the system works. It can be done.

"In 2007, the Maryland General Assembly unanimously decided the state would go back to using paper ballots.

The decision came after concerns from voters that there wasn't a paper trail to verify votes.

Funding for the paper systems became available in October 2014. The contract went before the Board of Public Works two months later and was approved.

According to the State Board of Elections, this system is a voter-verified paper based solution. All marked paper ballots are scanned, and anything outside the of box alerts voters that the ballot needs to be corrected.

Election officials can compare ballots marked by voters with the results if need be, and all paper ballots are stored by the local board of elections for auditing and recounting.

The system was put in place and used in the 2016 primary and general elections."

http://www.abc2news.com/news/national/democracy-2016/why-the-paper-ballots-in-maryland
+2# indigo16 2016-11-22 18:19
"Today is an example of how government is supposed to function. Without partisanship and without political advantage," said U.S. Representative Robert Wexler. "Governor Crist and the State Legislature have come together and delivered an election system that is a model for the nation. One person, one vote - guaranteed - with a paper record to prove it."
http://votesmart.org/public-statement/264484/governor-crist-signs-legislation-creating-paper-trail-for-florida-votes#.WDTgePkrKM8
-3# JJS 2016-11-22 19:05
I disagree with one man one vote. There are many opinions written by the "founding fathers" that justify the electoral college you may research on your own. Basically, it gives small states a voice and resists the "tyranny of the majority". Do you really want the leader of ALL the United States to be decided solely by California, Texas and New York? What about Iowa and Missouri? North Dakota? Come on man!
+31# Lolanne 2016-11-21 17:52
Agree 100%, GLG! I am thrilled beyond words to know that media is requesting facts and data. Maybe, just maybe, they will wake up and start blasting out what has really been happening with our elections at least since 2000. I want this to hit the air and headlines with such force that it will blast herr drumpf right out of the White House, even before he gets in! I live on SS and a small annuity, but you can believe I will send what I can to Palast.
+10# lorenbliss 2016-11-21 20:15
@Lolanne: Sorry but don't hold your breath. Remember "mainstream media" is owned by the same capitalists -- i.e., Nazis -- who own both the Democratic (sic) and Republican parties and 99.99 percent of their politicians.
+8# lorenbliss 2016-11-21 20:09
@glg: The fact "no one wants to talk about" election theft proves beyond argument the criminal complicity of both parties.

It also lends great credence to the ever -more-obvious probability Hillary was the diversionary-ca ndidate from the very beginning -- that the Ruling Class ran Sanders, then stole the nomination from him and gave it to Hillary precisely to guarantee Trump's election.

Why? Think not just Marx, Engels, Trotsky and Lenin but Sun Tzu and Machiavelli: with fully half the nation reduced either to official low-income status or official poverty, its pre-revolutiona ry anger is fast approaching the explosive transition to revolution per se. Thus the One Percenters and their Ruling Class vassals suddenly need the shortest, fastest route to Nazism -- the only way these predators can protect their power and wealth. Ergo Trump, the first Führer of the USian Empire, literally the Fourth Reich.
+12# grandlakeguy 2016-11-21 20:42
I certainly hope that you are wrong lorenbliss but as I watch the group of people that Trump is assembling for his administration I am very worried!
+5# librarian1984 2016-11-22 07:45
We figured on this. We'll pay the price here but there will be less war.

And I agree with Jimmy Dore -- we're supposed to help the DP for 2018 when they just elected Chuck Schumer? Who gives a rat's about the DP? They learned nothing from this election.

loren, if you showed me proof that Clinton was the stalking horse I wouldn't be shocked, but it would be SO macchiavellian! As Radscal has said -- they're not omnipotent. I think Trump was difficult to predict, at least his being able to 'win', and I don't see Hillary being willing to throw it. Though she DID give up awfully easily ....

I think the simpler explanation is that HRC was the objective and TPTB will just threaten Trump and surround him with their tools to steer him.
+37# gdsharpe 2016-11-21 16:50
I wish he had also pointed out the closing of over 700 voting places in Texas, just "coincidentally " they all were in "non-white" voting precincts, the same thing happened in Florida and several other states.
+29# grandlakeguy 2016-11-21 17:59
The "crosscheck" scam reported by Greg is ONLY ONE of MANY ways that the Republicans are stealing our freedom!

There is:
Electronic vote theft
Fractional Electronic vote shifting
Misreporting of tabulated "results"
Caging Lists
Voter intimidation
Fraudulent mailers (example: Repubs. vote on Tuesday, Dems. on Wednesday)
Broken voting machines in Democratic districts
Insufficient # of machines in Democratic districts.
Altering of ballots (this was done during the Dem. primary when the San Diego Registrar of Voters was filmed whiting out Bernie votes before being scanned!)
Gerrymandering
Police roadblocks preventing polling place access (In Florida 2000)
Electronic vote "Flipping"
Elimination of polling places

And so much more!

The Republicans cannot win in an honest showdown so they MUST cheat..it is their glorious path to victory!

However the REALLY disgusting part of this is that the MSM and the Democratic party keep allowing this to happen!
+1# indigo16 2016-11-22 19:22
In 2004, Thomas Frank published "What's The Matter with Kansas," a book asking why so many working-class and poor white Americans in the heartland had taken to voting for a party that in both word and deed advanced policies of great value to the rich. In short, the question was: Why were these folks Republicans when Republicans weren't with them?
+66# Moxa 2016-11-21 14:34
Let me tell you what is the scariest thing about this.

Look, I voted for Jill Stein. I don't even like Hillary. But if Hillary actually won and Trump gets into office, that is a terrible crime. But what is even worse is the fact that apart from Greg Palast, NO ONE is talking about this. I did a Google search for Trump stealing the 2016 election and Palast's site was the only link that came up! All the other links predated the election and were about Trump's predictions the election would be stolen in Hillary's favor.

Google, along with all the Democratic pols--including Bernie and Hillary, the media, and even the people who are wringing their hands because Hillary lost and a misogynistic crazy person won are saying nothing about ELECTION FRAUD. What is this conspiracy of silence in this country? Is it un-American to question the validity of our election results? Is this terribly corrupt and intentionally flawed system so hallowed that it can't be investigated for criminal behavior?

Why, in this nation where we still do have demonstrations against climate change and pipelines and cops getting away with murder and even against Donald Trump himself, do we never have demonstrations against the stealing of elections? Why do we just go silent? Where are all the pundits now that we need them? Where do they all go? This to me is even more sinister than the actual theft, because it represents the entire ruling class on "both" sides.
+49# grandlakeguy 2016-11-21 14:52
About 12 years ago I had a face to face discussion with a liberal Democrat sitting member of Congress.
We discussed the theft of the 2004 Presidential vote in Ohio and the ever emerging proof that our elections are fraudulent.
This elected member of the House of Representatives acknowledged that the Democratic Party KNEW that vote counts were being manipulated!

When I demanded an answer as to why nothing was being done about it the reply stunned me:
"Because if the American people knew that then they would not bother to vote!"

The Democratic party is locked into a blind mindset of denial, defeat and corruption as demonstrated by their act of shoving Clinton down our throats!
We can never achieve real representative governance as long as this abomination continues!
+7# lfeuille 2016-11-22 00:48
Geez, they are not bothering to vote now. Fixing this sham may help reverse things. Why won't you name this liberal Democrat sitting member of Congress?
+19# Saberoff 2016-11-21 15:01
"...All the other links predated the election and were about Trump's predictions the election would be stolen in Hillary's favor."

Hmmm...

Figures. These guys have been thinking ahead since Pharoah.
+40# grandlakeguy 2016-11-21 16:01
Trump was engaging in a diversionary tactic of accusing the other side of the theft he was involved in committing.
For years the Republicans have been using the myth of "Voter Fraud" as a smokescreen for their election theft.
This is nothing new!
+10# Cassandra2012 2016-11-21 19:25
Yeah, it's called 'projection'!
+1# indigo16 2016-11-22 19:26
Psychological projection is a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against their own unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others
+18# economagic 2016-11-21 16:11
Fitrakis and Wasserman at columbusfreepre ss.com have independent information. There is an article on Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/fair-election-serious-hard-explain-questions-arise-about-trump-vote-totals-3-key

Possibly others:

Maybe there's hope? :
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/11/18/election-audit-paper-machines-column/93803752/Also

Also see:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/shy-voters-probably-arent-why-the-polls-missed-trump/

And my friends at the Chicago Political Economy Group, especially Ron Baiman, who have contributed to some of the above, may also have some info at cpegonline.org
+4# chapdrum 2016-11-21 16:35
Thank you Moxa - perfectly stated.
+11# Lolanne 2016-11-21 17:59
Moxa, strange that this one didn't also come up: http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/40381-how-the-gop-flipped-and-stripped-yet-another-american-election.
And there's even a third one I've read posted on something called the Palmer Report, though I haven't been able to verify whether this is a legitimate site. Whether it is or not, though, his piece says essentially the same things as the other two.
And yes, it desperately NEEDS to be investigated thoroughly and the perpetrators prosecuted. This kind of crap has been happening at least since 2000.
+6# Cassandra2012 2016-11-21 19:23
When Der Drumpfkopf/ i.e., Trumpolini whined and whined that if he did not win, the election was 'rigged', he was just engaging in his usual projection.
But in fact, the election WAS rigged, by Trump and his morally bereft minions! to elect Trump through fraud, and cheating, and stealth.
+23# Ray Kondrasuk 2016-11-21 15:02
Here in Wisconsin, a sea of red engulfed the state except for the predictable blue bastions of Madison and Milwaukee and two tiny azure entities... Bayfield county on the shores of Lake Superior, and my own little rectangle of Eau Claire County where we are squeaky-clean in election procedures.

I've worked the polls for the last ten years, same-day registering new voters, overseeing the electronic machine (with paper trail) and checking photo IDs as voters sign in on the poll books to get their ballots. "Rs" and "Ds" jointly and amiably rotate in pairs through all the procedures and sign off together on tabulated results.

Here, at least, the system works.
+27# grandlakeguy 2016-11-21 15:47
Dear Ray Kondrasuk: You may THINK that the system works in your polling place but if you are using electronic machines how do you really know?
Are the paper trails audited to see if they match the black box results?
Have they been hand counted with observers from each side watching?
Have exit polls been taken and do they absolutely match the results?

The ONLY way we know for sure is to return to a completely open system of hand counted paper ballots with vigorous exit polling and major scrutiny if the exit polls are off by as much as 2%.
+2# Ray Kondrasuk 2016-11-22 14:32
Good questions, GLG. Electronic voters using the EDGE machine see a printed roll-out of their choices alongside the touchscreen. They review it and hit the final "Cast your ballot" spot only if they agree.

We had a very close state supreme court election several years ago; close enough to trigger a recount. Those printed rolls were retrieved, put on spindles, and cranked through the watchful gaze of both Ds and Rs as two scribes noted the count.

Exit polls.... I haven't the first-hand knowledge to reply. But thanks for your concern.
+6# lfeuille 2016-11-22 00:52
What about the people thrown off the rolls before the election? They were mostly minority who most likely would have gone for Clinton. There are so many ways to cheat and they don't all occur on election day.
+3# Ray Kondrasuk 2016-11-22 14:34
Agreed, Ifeuille. That's far more effective than miscounting votes.
+4# Floe 2016-11-21 15:19
Fighting within this system is a complete waste of time. We need to build a digital democracy alongside this madhouse. And make all politicians obsolete.
+1# Patriot 2016-11-23 02:58
Sure would be nice if there were a foolproof way to do it: If the questions of local, state, and national concern interest you, vote on them. If not, go your merry way. We'd have government by those who are interesteed enough to bother to vote, but without all the self-serving politicians.

Alas, however, we'd still need to choose SOMEONE at every level to execute the things we voted for.... It never ends, does it?

Floe, have you read anything you could cite about creating a digital democracy? I'd like to have a look, if you have.
+30# Blackjack 2016-11-21 15:54
When Al Gore's election was stolen I was livid because, even from my perspective in front of a TV screen, it was clear that the Dems sat on their hands and let Gore twist in the wind while the Repukes were out in force, banging on doors, having tantrums, yelling and screaming at vote counters, and generally raising hell. Through all the chaos created Repukes got their way and the election was called for Shrub. Now I'm seeing the same thing with the Clintonistas. . . just sitting by and saying nothing about another stolen election. The Dems are wimps. They dare not risk anything. For Repukes, risk is their middle name and look how they benefit from it. I am livid again--at the Party that will not rise in its own defense and take on the liars and cheaters. Of course, the party has its own problem with lying and cheating, but that only occurs within the primary election with the party's pre-selected candidate. Well, Dems, hope you're proud of your accomplishment of turning the country over to the Trump Gulag! Bernie would have won by a margin large enough that even the cheating wouldn't have been enough.
+14# grandlakeguy 2016-11-21 16:48
I could not agree more Blackjack!

The Democratic Party elites and their golden girl Hillary (actually Goldwater Girl) own the blame for what has happened.

Absent their corrupt manipulation we would all eagerly be awaiting the dawn of a new America…
The President Sanders years.
+8# grandlakeguy 2016-11-21 20:12
Blackjack, I might add that the Dems cannot scream too loud about THIS particular stolen election because of THEIR OWN ELECTION THEFT in the primaries!

They are just as guilty and their dishonesty backfired on them...and may take down our country in the process!

I certainly hope that if there is actual scrutiny and major analysis of this election that the theft of the Dem. primary "election" is also exposed.
+7# Moxa 2016-11-21 22:56
That is probably the actual answer to my question why nobody talks about this. The Dems are corrupt too and don't want the skeletons removed from their own closets. The system is so corrupt there is no one left to expose it. The mainstream media won't touch it so there are only a few of us on the extreme fringes talking about it.
+6# lfeuille 2016-11-22 00:55
I was in DC demonstrating in front of the SC for days. We tried, but it didn't go any good. We didn't try riots, but since most of us weren't wearing Gucci's it wouldn't have helped.
+9# economagic 2016-11-21 16:20
There is plenty of reason to be afraid, but I think it is past time to ramp down the rhetoric of fear.

A little fear may paralyze people, or it may spur them to ill-considered action as it did on 9/11/01 and on 11/9/16. A little more fear may lead to more constructive action, or it may deepen the paralysis.

But we all know what is happening, myriad reasons to be fearful, and myriad possibilities to be afraid of. At this point, we need careful thought and planning a lot more than we need to be told there is need for fear. At some point even more people become paralyzed, and rational action becomes even more difficult.

Popular Resistance (popularresista nce.org), one of several active spinoffs from the Occupy movement, is a good source for information and inspiration, with a well-written weekly newsletter.
+17# Mainiac 2016-11-21 16:34
I hope that people wil respond to Greg’s request for financial help. But I also hope that they will remember to make a contribution to RSN as well. Marc brought us this article from Palast so that we would be informed!!
+7# Ted 2016-11-21 17:27
Here's a good vid jam-packed with computer voting fraud FACTS from over a year ago;

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hbBE3qZUgJc
+3# NurseJudyCA 2016-11-22 09:04
We need to enforce section 2 of the 14th Amendment. Those states which have had their voter ID laws and redistricting plans thrown out in Federal Court should have their congressional representation reduced (I'd like to see to the bare minimum of 3) and therefore reduce their representation in the Electoral College. Since it is probably too late for reapportionment --the electors in these states should be required to vote for the national winner or not vote at all.
+5# PCPrincess 2016-11-22 12:32
As I sit here reading this, I can't help but be extremely frustrated by the fact that there seems to be little effort made by the author and others involved in the write-up to provide facts that the Democratic nomination was also stolen.

To put forth such energy which could, in essence, award the Presidency to a different person, when that very person was ALSO the beneficiary of election-theft, and not put forth the same energy, time and resources to ensure that both political parties are exposed for their theft and complete lack of regard for the voter's will, seems like a big slap in the face to those of us who were seriously looking forward to having the first ethical President in decades. (Sanders, of course.)
+2# moonrigger 2016-11-22 16:33
We have one important tool for keeping track of our votes--the cell phone camera, which was disallowed in many states. I voted by mail and copied my ballot, but people in the voting booth weren't able to make their own record in many cases. Why? We weren't making selfies. We just wanted to make our own records because we knew what was coming.

TPTB indeed know that the day of reckoning is here. We make our own videos and photos, and can send them around the world, so the whole world's watching.

What will they do next? Jam our cells? One wonders...

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