Of
the top five people who should have been already doing time in
Leavenworth - T-Rump, McConnell, Pence, DeVos, Cruz, Graham - Louis
DeJoy should have been thrown under the jail.
His
destruction of the US Postal Service, and continued destruction must be
stopped immediately if not sooner. It's a federal offense, as well as a
violation of our rights as Americans.
1
year ago, in May 2020, when it became apparent that T-rump hired him
deliberately to destroy the postal service, and to mail in voters, I
tried to circulate a petition to stop him from doing so. However, it
was apparent that Move-On, the organization through which I circulated
it, was not on the same page with me; so I didn't get the support they
promised to promulgate the petition in time to stop him from appointing
his own personal hatchet man. SEE BELOW: As I had predicted, under
T-Rump's orders, DeJoy immediately set about dismantling the United
States Postal Service.
What I don't understand is why it's taking more time to get rid of T-rump vermin, than it did for him to put them in place.
Why
can't we kick him to the curb? Why the debate? Why the so-called due
process in putting him out, when there was none when he was hired?
In
point of fact - we Dems must stop dancing to the repuglycon's music
and tune, and be much more aggressive in ridding ourselves of these
problems -
In other words: FIRE HIS ASS !!! AND THEN WE AMERICANS WILL SUE HIM.
Arrest T-rump for trying to over throw the government, and continued subversive activities. Why all this foot dragging!
President
Biden - issue an executive order to re-establish and strengthen the
VOTING RIGHTS ACT - we can still do a symbolic vote for John Lewis
Voting Rights Act; and George Floyd Police Reform, etc.
Do
an executive order to undo any and all executive orders instituted by
T-rump - and get the FBI and State Department to drag any and all
individuals who are complicitous with his nefarious efforts to destroy
and overthrow America. Stop allowing them to throw monkey wrenches in
due process - something we would not be able to do when the situation
was reversed.
Stop
playing 'Mr. and Ms. Nice Party/guy/gal! The Ball's in our court -
play to win. When you ask for my contribution, I want to make it's being
used to get rid of the muck and dreck left by the former Predator in
Chief.
And
let's stop putting Americans through torture and bogus medical
procedures. Make it possible for Stem Cell procedures to be covered by
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID - so that Americans can stop being violated by big
Pharma, and be able to heal from such deleterious diseases as
Arthritis. The rest of the world is using the procedure. Must we
always be on the late show with modern medical technology and coverage?
We need you to listen to us little people - not the pundits and so-called authorities.
That
said - by all means sign the petition - and any and all petitions that
speak to the dismantling of any and all things left behind by T-rump;
but demand the pols get up off it and get the job done.
USPS Update: The Senate voted to confirm two of Biden’s nominees to the Postal Service Board of Governors
Louis
DeJoy is unapologetic about his attempts to undermine the Postal
Service amid nationwide mail delays. With millions relying on the USPS
to get essential resources, we need real leadership in place.
So, Gloria, we need you and 37 top Democrats from PA to submit your response today:
Should Postmaster General Louis DeJoy be replaced?
Please submit your response to represent PA by midnight tonight.
First:
Louis DeJoy, the GOP mega-donor Trump appointed Postmaster General, put
forth policy changes that have slowed down mail delivery, raised
prices, and undermined the USPS' most basic services.
Then:
DeJoy started taunting Democrats, promising to put a decade-long plan
in place that would further slash through essential USPS services and
claiming he can't be removed. But that's not true, Gloria.
Now:
the Senate voted to confirm two of Biden’s nominees to the Postal
Service Board of Governors – the only governing body that can FIRE Louis
DeJoy! Now, President Biden needs to fill the third and final board
vacancy. This is the last step in the
process of putting the board in Democratic hands, allowing Democrats to
finally remove DeJoy, and putting a stop to widespread delays in mail
delivery.
With
millions of Americans relying on the Postal Service to get groceries,
medicine, and other vital resources during the pandemic, we can’t afford
to lose this vital institution – especially not now. That's why we need
15,000 grassroots Democrats to speak out before it's too late –
including you, Gloria.
Before 11:59 p.m., please let us know:
URGENT 1-QUESTION SURVEY Should Postmaster General Louis DeJoy be replaced?
The
president has told us in innumerable ways that either he will be
re-elected or he will delegitimize the vote by claiming that all mail-in
ballots — a time-honored tradition that has ushered Republicans and
Democrats into office and has been used by Trump himself — are invalid.
Trump’s
motives could not be more transparent. If he does not win the Electoral
College, he’ll muddy the results so that the outcome can be decided
only by the Supreme Court or the House of Representatives (where each
state delegation gets one vote). Trump has advantages in both right now,
which he has boasted about for the past week.
I
can’t say this any more clearly: Our democracy is in terrible danger —
more danger than it has been since the Civil War, more danger than after
Pearl Harbor, more danger than during the Cuban missile crisis and more
danger than during Watergate.
I
began my career as a foreign correspondent covering Lebanon’s second
civil war, and it left a huge impact on me. I saw what happens in a
country when everything becomes politics, when a critical mass of
politicians put party before country, when responsible people, or
seemingly responsible people, think that they can bend or break the
rules — and go all the way — and that the system won’t break.
But when extremists go all the way, and moderates just go away, the system can break. And it will break. I saw it happen.
I would like to think that such a thing could not happen in America. I’d like to think that … but I am very, very worried.
I
worry because Facebook and Twitter have become giant engines for
destroying the two pillars of our democracy — truth and trust. Yes,
these social networks have given voice to the voiceless. That is a good
thing and it can really enhance transparency. But they have also become
huge, unedited cesspools of conspiracy theories that are circulated and
believed by a shocking — and growing — number of people.
These social networks are destroying our nation’s cognitive immunity — its ability to sort truth from falsehood.
Without
shared facts on which to make decisions, there can be no solutions to
our biggest challenges. And without a modicum of trust that both sides
want to preserve and enhance the common good, it is impossible to
accomplish anything big.
“Politics
needs a reference point outside of politics,’’ argues the Hebrew
University religious philosopher Moshe Halbertal. “It needs values, it
needs facts and it needs leaders who respect that there is a sacred
domain of decisions that will never be used to promote political gain,
only the common good.’’
Public trust
is eroded, added Halbertal, when people feel that this notion of the
common good doesn’t exist because everything has become politics. That
describes the United States today. The institutions we have relied upon
to be outside the game of politics so as to adjudicate what is right and
true — scientists, certain news media, the courts — have become so
ensnared by politics that fewer and fewer of them are universally
trusted to define and pursue the common good. Even mask-wearing has
become partisan.
You cannot sustain a healthy democracy under such conditions.
And
that is why the only choice in this election is Joe Biden. The
Democrats are not blameless when it comes to playing politics, but there
is no equivalence to the Republicans. The Democratic Party sorted
through all the choices, and, led by older Black men and women in South
Carolina, rejected the Democratic socialist candidate and said they
wanted a moderate unifier named Joe Biden.
The
Republicans — who in the past voted for Ronald Reagan and George H.W.
Bush, sane conservatives who could be counted upon to uphold the common
good — have done no such equivalent thing. They have fallen in line lock
step behind a man who is the most dishonest, dangerous, meanspirited,
divisive and corrupt person to ever occupy the Oval Office. And they
know it. Four more years of Trump’s divide and rule will destroy our
institutions and rip the country apart.
To
me, the only hope for America is to elect Biden and split the G.O.P.
between the Trumpists and whatever is left of the moderate Republicans,
and then hope that a big center-left and small center-right can agree on
enough things to propel the country forward, heal the divide and act
together for the common good.
Admittedly,
Biden did not particularly shine in tonight’s debate. Alas, I have
never seen him shine in any debate. But I have no doubt that the people,
values and integrity he would bring into government would be of a
quality that the nation deserves.
If
Trump’s monstrous performance left you feeling that you want four more
years of his presidency — that he will respect the outcome of the
election if it goes against him, that he will reunite the country, that
he will do the presidency proud and surround himself with people of the
quality that the country deserves — then you and I were watching
different debates.
To get back a
semblance of unity and sanity, Biden has to win. And that is why I have
only one answer to every question now: Vote for Biden — do it by mail
early if you must, but if you can, please, put on a mask and do it in
person. If enough of us do that, Biden can win outright with the votes
cast on Election Day, instead of waiting for all the mail-in ballots to
be counted, thereby giving time for Trump and Fox News to muddy the
outcome.
So help register someone to
vote for Joe Biden. Phone bank for Joe Biden. Talk to your neighbor
about Joe Biden. Volunteer for Joe Biden.
Drive someone to the polls to
vote for Joe Biden:
PHILADELPHIANS!!! PARTICIPATE IN PHILADELPHIA'S MOBILE VOTERS.PA - and help transport voters to the polls free of charge. We need massive turnouts across the board: mobilevoters.PA@gmail.com - 267-416.0177 Sign up to ride and or volunteer!!
Do it as if your country’s democracy depends on it, because it does.
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A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 30, 2020, Section A, Page 25 of the New York edition with the headline: Trump Sent a Warning. Take It Seriously.
I just received this recent memorandum from the Center for American Progress Action Fund in reference to voting by mail. Apparently there are several repuglycon governors who have decided to allow voting by mail in their states. This is indeed positive news. Of course, there are still those who are stuck on stupid - including the governor of my home state of Oklahoma - and are denying people their basic rights.
For those of you in Ohio, the deadline for registering to vote and to sign up to vote by mail is SATURDAY APRIL 25 - yep! very short notice. I actually just received the info myself. Hopefully you've been apprised of this via your local news and community organizations - if not, they have made it possible for you to go online and sign up for it. *(SEE INFO BELOW) Also, just to throw more ish in the game, ersatz president T-rump has threatened to defund the US Postal Service, claiming that they are facing bankruptcy. Look at it as another ploy to thwart voters from being able to use the mails to vote by pulling funds away from the US Postal Service the backbone of America, and the time honored institution that goes back to colonial times - please don't think he won't do it - remember who and what you're talking about - a miscreant who will stop at nothing - regardless of who it hurts, to get his way.
TO BE FOREWARNED IS TO BE FORE ARMED - AND YOU ARE BEING WARNED - HOW MANY OTHER EGREGIOUS ACTS OF INHUMANITY, CHICANERY, TRICKERY, LIES AND DECEIT DOES HE HAVE TO COMMIT BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T GET AWAY WITH ANY MORE OF HIS CRAP? We have to make sure our congressmen and women stop him from any further egregious acts against the constitution under the guise of funding issues or the pandemic - when in reality his intent is to disenfranchise the voting population.
MEMORANDUM
RE: Republican Governors Must Act Now to Expand Vote-By-Mail Option
As the nation continues to suffer through the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become imperative that governors take decisive steps to expand the option for voters to cast ballots by mail in the remaining primary elections and the November general election. While some voters will need to utilize in-person options, having large numbers of people vote in person endangers the safety of voters and poll workers alike. We saw this play out in the Wisconsin election a few weeks ago, where thousands of voters were forced to wait for hours in line because voting by mail wasn’t sufficiently available.
Many Republican governors have recognized the importance of offering their constituents a robust option to vote by mail safely and securely – and some have already taken decisive action to do so. These governors have rejected President Donald Trump’s fallacious claims that voting by mail leads to fraud, as explained in a recent publication from the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAP Action). Moreover, Governors in the following states have made positive statements and/or taken actions to expand voters’ options to cast ballots by mail in at least some upcoming elections: New Hampshire, Nebraska, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, and Vermont. CAP Action discussed several of these governors in a recent publication, which explained that voting by mail traditionally has not been a partisan issue, despite Trump’s attempts to make it so.
For example, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu told his constituents, “Basically, if you feel more comfortable voting absentee because of the outbreak or your inability or nervousness about just appearing in person to vote, you can vote absentee….” And in Nebraska, Gov. Pete Ricketts defended voting by mail, saying, “It’s a great way for people to be able to vote….I’d encourage people to take advantage of that.”
Unfortunately, as detailed below, many Republican governors have refused to take action to expand voting by mail or tout it as a safe voting option. Their refusal endangers the health and safety of voters in their states, especially because in many cases, their states have onerous hurdles that make it difficult to vote by mail. Their refusal to act also ignores the popularity – even among Republican voters – of mail-in balloting. These governors must immediately tell their constituents about the importance of a vote-by-mail option, and they should start the process of amending their rules and preparing their infrastructure to accommodate a much higher amount of absentee voting by mail.
The following Republican governors are thwarting the expansion of vote-by-mail in their states:
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey: Following in Trump’s hypocritical footsteps, Ivey said she believes that expanding absentee voting by mail would lead to fraud, yet she plans herself to vote by mail. Ivey’s views contradict the Republican secretary of state, who said that voters’ fear of contracting COVID-19 is a valid excuse for absentee voting.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey: Although Gov. Ducey knows the effectiveness and security of mail voting, given that roughly 80% of Arizonans vote absentee by mail without an excuse, he rejected his secretary of state’s request to expand mail voting options and has not disputed Trump’s lies about vote-by-mail fraud.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves: Gov. Reeves has repeatedly stated that “he does not see the need to address potential General Election changes at this juncture, meaning in-person voting will still be the primary method” for voting in Mississippi, unless people can present a permissible non-COVID-19 excuse to vote absentee.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson: Despite the fact that county clerks around the state have asked him to make it easier for people to vote absentee by mail, Gov. Parson has refused, saying he does not believe COVID-19 is an acceptable excuse. He also cravenly claimed vote-by-mail is a “political issue … a Democrat-Republican issue,” which should not be debated now.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt: Gov. Stitt has remained silent on the issue of voting by mail, and although his Election Board has reminded voters that they can indeed vote absentee without an excuse, it has argued against removing an onerous notarization requirement that is virtually impossible to meet without violating social distancing guidelines. This is why we need to reverse the Oklahoma Ruin of 1889 -
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee: Gov. Lee has not discussed expanding vote-by-mail. To make matters worse, the secretary of state’s office expressed concerns about allowing more people to cast their ballots by mail, saying, “Tennesseans are in the habit of voting in person.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: In March, Abbott claimed that all voting options are on the table for consideration – but he resisted lawmakers’ calls to support voting by mail. In fact, in April, *the state attorney general determined that Texans who encourage voters to use COVID-19 as an excuse to vote absentee by mail will be prosecuted, a decision that a county judge quickly overruled; several federal and state lawsuits are pending. The Texas Democratic Party has launched an online tool allowing any resident, regardless of political affiliation, to request a registration form or fill out the form online and have the blank or pre-filled form mailed to them with a postage-paid envelope already addressed to the proper county clerk. *The fact that Texas' Attorney General even made such a threat points out Texas' eternal redneck cracker roots - SMH
The Center for American Progress Action Fund is the sister advocacy organization of the Center for American Progress. The Action Fund transforms progressive ideas into policy through rapid response communications, legislative action, grassroots organizing and advocacy, and partnerships with other progressive leaders throughout the country and the world. The Action Fund is also the home of the Progress Report.
Absentee Ballot Application Deadline for OHIO is 4/25/2020
We are 4 day away from Ohio's 2020 April 28th Primary.
You still have time to get your absentee ballot.
"Now is the time to either print the form yourself at voteohio.gov,
to call our hotline 877-SOS-Ohio and request an absentee ballot request
form, or you can even make your own form just with a plain piece of
paper and all of the instructions for how to do that are at voteohio.gov/makeyourown," said Secretary of State Frank LaRose
Voters
can pick up an application at the local board of election until
Saturday, April 25, but ballots will have to be mailed to voters.
You
can mail your ballot back until April 27. It must be postmarked on or
before April 27, or you can drop off your voted ballot at the board no
later than 7:30 p.m. on April 28 in order for your vote to count.
