MiniprotesterTodd
MiniprotesterTodd's JournalA buffet of memes on political themes, sometimes harsh but with a happy ending
As the #VolunteerBlueIn2022 call went out on Twitter today, I pondered what I should do. Don't like phone banking. Knees don't like canvassing. So I decided to share many of my thoughts through memes I've made in a long thread, and tossed them out for everybody to use.
Including you!
https://twitter.com/ProgVoters/status/1586064380646432768?s=20&t=nVf9mxGMnQbPRkxA1MwWvQ
Copy and reuse, all created by me and thus #OptimizingDemocracyInAmerica. (Please remember though that the Inclusion Mobius logo remains our exclusive baby)
And if you do use them and want #ODiA to spread them further, post a link below and we'll put them up on our Facebook page!
CRT and how the GOP plays the #MachoWimp card
One of most effective paradoxes of today’s #CORPservative GOP is their ability to play the
#MachoWimp card. For decades they’ve stridently demanded that we have no right to hurt their feelings with the truth.
Their clamoring over Critical Race Theory, something NOT TAUGHT anywhere but law school, provides the perfect example of this tactic. They aggressively rail about hurting the feelings of their poor children, making them feel bad about their Southern white heritage. Sorry #NeroCons, but your protestations can’t apply to teens and pre-teens.
But it sure feels good to play the victim when it can’t possibly apply, right?
In your comments, please share your recollections of other examples of the right wing’s effective use of the #MachoWimp ploy.
Ditching Mitch and the case to #REpeach Trump for abuse of the public trust on #Coronavirus
Supporting Amy McGrath right now should be priority one for progressives. America needs her to take Mitch McConnell’s seat in November. He MUST be prevented from tainting the Senate chambers any further, either as Majority Leader or as the filibuster leader. He has proven that he’s willing to #MakeAmericaMediocre to preserve power for Trump and the Republican Party.
Not bound by ethics or integrity, McConnell is the de facto chair of the #OathBreakersCaucus, getting 52 GOP senators to ignore their Constitutional duty to be fair jurors in the impeachment removal trial. Therefore, the blame for every horrible thing Trump will have done after that point can be laid in #MoscowMitch’s lap.
#ItsAllOnYouMitch.
And if we find that the choice to NOT use World Health Organization #Coronavirus test kits was made to 1) suppress the number of actual CV infections; and 2) restrict testing opportunities to funnel profits specifically to #BigPharma GOP donors, then don’t we have more grounds for impeachment? There can be no clearer case of abusing the public trust, inflicting unnecessary suffering on what could be millions for the profit of political allies.
As I’ve said before, it’s time we treated Trump like your 4th grader’s head lice:
Lather, rinse, repeat
Impeach, Senate acquits, #REpeach
Do it enough times and the scourge will be vanquished.
Maybe in round two McConnell will finally see that his political career will not survive either way the second removal trial goes, and the only thing he’s fighting for is his personal legacy in history. Only then is he likely to make the right choice for America and orchestrate a unanimous consent removal vote. By then, after many thousands have died from CV and 98% of Americans will have been economically crippled, will the Trump base be down below 20%. That will mean game over for the #CORPservative GOP. And that will mean game on for progressives working together to again restore America’s greatness.
Here’s how to donate to the McGrath campaign: https://amymcgrath.com/
#RepubloFascism to replace democracy on Wednesday
With an acquittal vote on Wednesday, #CORPservative Republicans are ready to leave democracy in the dumpster and confirm
#RepubloFascism
as the new order of the land. They are willing to
#MakeAmericaMediocre
as long as they can keep unjust power. Law, integrity, compassion, inclusion, mean nothing to them.
McConnell: chair of the #OathBreakersCaucus
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Think these hashtags accurately depict our current national disgrace? They come from Peace Party Populists, and we’d love to see them popularized as part of our resistance to GOP/billionaire control of the direction of our nation. #PeacePartyPopulists
Time for Trump to Use His Lying Skills for the Greater Good
Now that Iran has played their hand in what can be viewed as a proportional, not egregious response to the killing of their general, the ball is in America’s court. Their government is already boasting of dozens of American casualties on the two Iraqi bases targeted, so they’re projecting sufficient payback.
But an American response to that will, according to them, bring massive escalation involving multiple previously uninvolved nations such as Israel and Dubai as included targets.
Here’s how Trump can play this and end this episode after only a few more news cycles. He should lie to the American people, saying that there were no American casualties at all at these bases. Then he can assert that the US military has launched an effective cyber attack on Iran. #DonaldStrangelove can claim he shut down their internet, disrupted their electrical grid, and frozen the assets of high-ranking government officials and business titans.
Iranians will say no such attack occurred, to which Trump will say, “AHA! They have to say that to cover up the devastating effects of our attack.”
There may be a nod and a wink involved on both sides.
Iran can claim that there was no American response and in this war of wills, Iran won. Trump can also claim victory in the standoff, saying (ironically) that there’s a coverup hiding the digital mayhem. Not only that, he can say that there’s more malware at the ready if he needs to really cripple this country of 80 million people.
With no explosions or tangible damage to the infrastructure or the economy. Trump’s lie will keep his base happy while the more mindful among us will see this episode as him dodging a bullet that he himself fired.
Here's an idea for how WE CAN FORCE McCONNELL TO RECUSE HIMSELF
Since McConnell went on Hannity and admitted that he has been coordinating with the Trump team on rules and format, including the possibility of choosing not to allow witnesses to be called, isn’t this evidence of a conspiracy to obstruct Congress if the intention is to inhibit a fair trial?
House Democrats should add this new count to the existing evidence of Obstruction of Congress. Once it is voted on and part of the Articles of Impeachment, wouldn’t McConnell have to recuse himself? He can’t preside over an impeachment removal trial that includes his actions as evidence, right?
And if he does recuse, that would put Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in charge, wouldn’t it? Then Schumer could bring on the witnesses and issue more subpoenas, including documents. The rules would still have to be voted on, but Dems would need only two GOP Senators to switch. If they stonewall, and don’t even confirm rules that allow for witness testimony, they will be proven as cowards trying to deny the democratic process called for in the Constitution..
PLEASE ASK YOUR DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN/CONGRESSWOMAN IF THIS IS POSSIBLE, and if it is, might they please take the reins and run with it? This needs to happen before the full House vote on Wednesday.
Link to article that analyzes pre- and post-Senate impeachment trial scenarios
Dig deep on permutations of politics before and after the Senate takes up the impeachment removal trial. See how things change if more damning beans are spilled, particularly the Trump tax returns. See why Senate Republicans may choose conviction over acquittal for the sake of their careers. Then share your thoughts in the poll at the end (and here too after you’ve read it...)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/13/1905521/-A-Full-Analysis-of-the-Scenarios-Before-and-After-an-Impeachment-Removal-Vote
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Name: Todd TelfordGender: Male
Hometown: Novato, CA
Home country: USA
Current location: Petaluma, CA
Member since: Mon Oct 4, 2010, 07:48 PM
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