https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2734248/trump-muslim-ban-protest-seatac-pepper-spray/
Month: January 2017
Day Nine: Executive Branch Violates Court Ruling, Hassles Senator. #OccupiedAmerica #Resist
As Jackson famously said, the court ruled. Now let’s see them enforce it.
Sadly, as the CPD show, men with guns may hold more authority in this administration than the constitution, judges rulings, or God given rights.
Sunday Reading: Christians Denounce Trump Plan that Benefits Christians
Republicans Must Stop Trump
Attacking Gerrymandering in the Courts
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/27/wisconsin-legislative-maps/97148552/
It’s a long game strategy but can definitely help stem the tide towards a more proportionately representative electorate.
Remember, Clinton won by 3M votes. The electoral college can be thought of as a form of gerrymandering at the highest level.
Also this blog has argued gerrymandering I something holding back our democracy.
If the Dossier were True, You’d Expect Various Sources to Start Dying
Horay! Trade War! We’re not even a week in.
Day 6: The Hollowing Out of The Bureaucracy Begins #OccupiedAmerica #Resist
Senior State Department Staff Resigned Wednesday. (Care of the Washington Post)
I implore anyone who works in government to hang on as long as possible. While it might work as a protest in the short term, in the long term, you will be backfilled by Trump Loyalists.
The best form of protest from inside the bureaucracy is Work-To-Rule.
These sorts of resignations are to be more and more expected as Trump purges the Bureaucracy. He’ll have to do that first before he can get a loyal government that will go far beyond what any of us think in terms of evil.
Scientists’ March on Washington
Day 5: Disloyal Departments are being Squelched #OccupiedAmerica
http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2017/01/trump-has-already-cracked-down-epa-and-usda
This is the second step towards departmental purges. The first was the transition team asking creating a list of names of scientists who worked on Global Warming.
The Empirical Econocrat 