Friday, June 30, 2017
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Sometimes I forget there are two parallel universes here in the US: fact based and rational and alternate facts.
Recently, I encountered such a person who then proceeded to tell me he'd debate all day. Except apparently he doesn't understand what debate means. A debate is where both of you present your thesis and defend it. I did. He didn't. Looking back I can see I was mildly baited into a discussion just so he could "win." So much winning!!!
Look here are some basic facts about the election:
The Russians sought to influence our elections, and did so.
Though "we" don't know the details, the intelligence community has told us it was more than influence.
The election machines in 21 states were hackable. Whether they were during the election is still unknown, but a post Morton in the election data and information that was leaked from the NSA certainly would suggest that at least some of them were.
In those and a few other states, election databases were hacked. The DNC was hacked, by Russia. There was - a few days ago - the inadverted posting of all voter information.
Many members of the trump campaign are under investigation for topics ranging from collusion, obstruction of justice, lying under oath, and/or money laundering to name a few. I will tell you that it is unknown whether trump himself is actually under investigation for any of these. But as the top of the ticket and the most ties to Russia himself, it's at least possible that he is, particularly where it comes to money laundering.
That's reality.
But there's an alternate reality where all of this is contrived, and trump is doing great things. The problem is that he has yet to sign a single piece of meaningful legislation. To actually have a real accomplishment.
Because his game is to distract and deflect while he gets rich, while violating the principle of the emolument clause, which congress refuses to consider in reality.
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Monday, June 12, 2017
Stop trumpcare! Contact these States to help people with disabilities.
If you know anyone in these states below please ask them to contact their senator to help people with disabilities of any age from 0 – 100+ years old.
Alaska -Lisa Murkowski (202) 224-6665 AND David Sullivan (202) 224-3004
Arizona -Jeff Flake (202) 224-4521
Arkansas- Tom Cotton (202) 224-2353
Colorado - Cory Gardner (202) 224-5941
Louisiana- Bill Cassidy (202) 224-5824
Ohio- Rob Portman (202) 224-3353
Maine -Susan Collins (202) 224-2523
Nevada -Dean Heller (202) 224-6244
Pennsylvania- Pat Toomey (202) 224-4254
West Virginia - Shelley Moore Capito (202) 224-6472
The US Senate is now drafting a revision to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) that would hurt Medicaid--and hurt people with disabilities who rely on Medicaid.
Please contact your Senator with the following message:
Under existing law, people on Medicaid--including thousands children and adults with disabilities--have a RIGHT to certain services that Medicaid funds. The Senate is considering imposing "per capita caps" or "block grants" on Medicaid. These would ELIMINATE THE RIGHT to certain services that people with disabilities on Medicaid currently have, because it would limit the funds available for such services. Please OPPOSE PER CAPITA CAPS and OPPOSE BLOCK GRANTS.
You can find contact info for all senators at https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/
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Sunday, June 11, 2017
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Call your senators and ask them to vote NO on changes to the ACA
Friday, June 9, 2017
#MakeAmericaSmartAgain - The NY Times is part of the problem, on reporting climate change
An interesting take on how they use headlines, and sub heads to sell essentially mis-information.
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