Active Again!
I’ve been away for far too long.
I’m now back & reinventing this site as I’m adding multiple new social media sites to my repertoire.
Stay tuned and check back often!
BebopSpaceCowgirl
I switched gears on Twitter in mid 2016. Trump’s campaign messaging had me reacting at max volume; the Pulse tragedy had me fighting with NRA zealots; I needed to take it off Facebook, and onto an anonymous Twitter account.
I chose a character from my favorite anime: Radical Edward, from Cowboy Bebop. Ed travels with a crew of space bounty hunters on the good ship Bebop, usually while fully immersed in the internet behind her VR goggles.
When I started resisting on Twitter, I was increasingly worried about Trump, but on the plus side, I was heartened to see so many Sci Fi geeks resisting. Fighting Trump and the GOP – while proudly owning geekhood – the Resistance became a daily inspiration.
I believe that the Resistance plays a critical role in countering the toxic disinformation being blasted out daily by this administration. We have so many dedicated, talented voices. I aim to do all I can to amplify.
My avi, Ed, loves “data, data, data”, and so do I: researching news, resources, legal developments, vetting candidates … I’m up for all of it.
When harrowing stories of separated families began to surface, I was devastated. Since then, I’ve been following and researching the impacts of Trump’s cruel immigration policies; and doing whatever I can to help the support organisations, attorneys, social workers, and many others on the front line fighting for immigrants.
I’m grateful for the groups who have welcomed me in, and all the support, learning, the projects we work on. I hope I give back as much as I gain! #HeroesPersist was the very first, and #GeeksResist the most recent, just yesterday … and love to all the wonderful groups I’ve joined in between!
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Aunt Crabby calls Bullshit
As with many Americans, over 65.8 million to be exact, Tuesday, November 9th, 2016 crashed my hopes of having the first woman President in the United States. While Clinton received 2.87 million more popular votes, a margin of 2.1%, she lost the election because of the archaic Electoral College.
I curled up in a ball on the floor that evening and didn’t move for about a week. Depression sucks.
Looking back, here are the facts as I know them:
- Hillary won the popular vote by 2.87 million votes, which mean Trump IS beatable.
- The propaganda spewed by the media that she was a flawed candidate was bullshit.
- Her campaign was torpedoed by a targeted, determined, and coordinated effort by the Trump campaign, a well-organized group of Russian actors and Conservative organizations bent on making the vilest person alive President of the United States.
So, here we are stuck with a moronic, low IQ, game show host who hates women, the poor, people with brown skin, and anyone else who does not conform to his Hitleresque idea of his kind of people. Today, we now know of the Trump crime family’s lying, cheating, stealing, conspiring, and colluding to do anything possible to enrich themselves. To put it bluntly, it’s all about the Trump brand name and money. But, we don’t know the entire story yet. There are a few more puzzle pieces to be filled in, and much more litigation to come before Trump is either removed or voted out. As of today, there are 541 days until the 2020 election.
I grew up as a Methodist missionary kid who traveled around the world, but was never comfortable in the formal structure of the organized church and raising massive amounts of money for support. My daddy broke my heart in the 80’s when he told me that HIV/AIDS was God’s punishment on those who sinned. Our relationship was never the same after that. My mission since then has been equal individual human rights for all, and holding politicians accountable with my own particular brand of snark-a-licous contempt for Conservatives and Right Wing Nut Jobs.
My liberal/progressive views were solidified in the late ’60s, and the early ’70s in Southern California at UCLA, where I was a full-time student getting my teaching certificate and part-time flower child. I later went on to teach high school civics and government classes, along with a periodic business class.
When Jon Stewart retired from The Daily Show, I was so moved by his final show monologue in which he called on us to not put up with the norm, and call bullshit on bullshit when we see it. That has been my mission ever since; to call B.S. on all Republican lies and hypocrisy whenever I see it and now, especially now, with the Trump Crime Family in the White House.
I believe in fundamental human rights for ALL. That includes the right to life-sustaining food and water for ALL; the right to free basic healthcare for ALL; the right to clean, pollution-free air for ALL; the right to free, safe shelter for ALL. And, EVERY woman has the absolute right to control their own bodies. Period, full stop. No debate here. That is NOT Communism. That’s just common sense.
The First Amendment of the Constitution, and every person’s Individual Rights is PARAMOUNT! The Right to Free Speech MUST include ALL speech, regardless of whether you agree with it or not. The Right to Religious Freedom MUST include every person’s right to worship ANY religion they wish. This also includes the Freedom FROM religion if one chooses. And, the Freedom of the Press – we were founded on the idea that the press is a crucial component to our Democracy that has a primary responsibility of holding the government and our leaders accountable.
My (Our) Call to Action
- Be Engaged.
- Talk to friends and neighbors, but don’t preach or fight.
- Call Bullshit whenever you see it.
- Let your local Representatives know you are watching them, and will hold them accountable. They work for you. Not lobbyists.
- Be active locally by attending Town Halls and rallies.
- Join a local group like Indivisible, Move On, Rock the Vote, etc.
- Volunteer to register voters, work the phones, canvas neighborhoods, and/or work the polls on Election Day.
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Tatiana
I actually detest the word “resist” to describe our movement. For me, it calls to mind images of someone being assailed and quietly, unmovingly, not-too-indecorously trying to find ways to distance themselves and escape from potential harm. We are being actively harmed, and that demands a reciprocally forceful response. These times do not call for mere “resistance,” but active revolt.
Witnessing the mindless, heartless, and soulless power-grab of rising international fascism opens our eyes to more than merely the political and personal threats engendered by our own past complacency. Focusing attention on the “what” of where we are and the “why’s” and “how’s” of our path here inevitably exposes systemic oppression. Most of us have come to this movement by following one personally-impacting, objectionable thread of injustice, only to find ourselves suddenly confronted with a vast tapestry of toxicity that can be overwhelming to acknowledge. It is up to no one but us to decide if we are going to be defeated by it, or rise to defeat it.
Knowledge is more than just power. In actual fact, knowledge is entirely impotent –even unhealthy and dangerous– without action. Knowledge is responsibility.
I feel an inescapable, compelling, and inspiring responsibility to learn, to engage, and to fight, but I fight against no one and nothing.
I fight FOR.
I fight solely from love, and I fight only for Justice.
Triumph is contingent upon our Unity, and in this war, we must adopt the ethos of the trench. Warriors don’t care about disagreement on nuances of policy application when they’re being attacked. Warriors stay laser-focused on what matters: strategy, survival, and victory.
Activist victories, however, exists on three timelines. There is the immediate (within a year or two), the mid-term (within a decade or two), and the long-term (laying the groundwork for others to carry on the fight into successes we will not live to see). I would add, moreover, that there is a fourth timeline: the personal day-to-day.
Overarching goals are one thing, but my quotidian work is born of something else entirely. My everyday activism is informed by the determination of my conscience, the compulsion of my sense of duty, and the self-propagating resilience of living in alignment with my ethics. There’s a part of me that can’t even worry about winning or losing, because there’s a level at which it doesn’t even matter. What matters is knowing that, in the choice between inaction and action, between paralysis and motivation, between despair and inspiration, the decision to fight is simply my most important and necessary daily act of self-care.
Millman wrote, “to rid yourself of old patterns, focus all your energy not on struggling with the old, but on building the new.” That can be challenging when faced with new outrages by the hour. When faced with adversity, what I find helpful is to try to find a way to circle back to gratitude and empathy, because I need the resilience their positivity reinvigorates me with. As such, I can’t help but be grateful for the current global crises, in that they have drawn our attention to inequity, galvanized us to respond, and afforded us a phenomenal opportunity to create a world aligned with the best in us, capable of providing the best for all of us. I am fiercely, resolutely, and passionately focused on building the new.
Call to Action
My current focus is on healthcare justice, as the issue has incredible momentum right now. Our collaborative effort is so close to garnering us a monumental win, and we need your help to ensure success. I know @AdyBarkan and the Center for Popular Democracy (@popdemoc, @CPDAction) would love to have you join us in the fight for Medicare for All.
We have weekly conference calls with inspiring speakers every Thursday night at 8PM ET (7PM CT/6PM MT/5PM PT) which discuss actions you can take from home, or in the field.
Call-in #: 669-900-6833
Login: 251 012 8015#
Sign up here for updates, info, and actions:
bit.ly/joinleagueofheroes
See you in the fight, my beloved Warriors!
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The Hummingbird
November 9, 2016 was the day I had no choice but to become an activist. It was the day hate, misogyny, racism, Islamophobia, lies, and moral bankruptcy was given the highest possible platform. The highest public office in the whole nation. It was a day of disgrace, but a day average folk woke up from their sleepwalk.
I hated politics because of the corruption and toxicity. But after that dark day, it was clear as day that for evil to triumph, all it requires is for good humans to do nothing. Without us normal folk on the table of influence, it leaves a vacuum of those fringe groups to exploit this opportunity to take that seat, and in fact, the driving seat. Why? Because it is empty.
I felt Twitter was the right platform to raise my voice. This is because you can reach those in positions of influence – whether it is politicians, celebrities, or journalists. To my surprise, a vast number of people had done the same thing, and took to Twitter to vocalize their resistance to 45 and his vile administration.
This is when #TheResistance community was created, and I am proud to be a small part of it.
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Scott Dworkin
Scott Dworkin is a patriot who loves America. That’s why, in March of 2016 with a pro-Trump movement building, he founded the Democratic Coalition. His group has helped lead The Resistance since the beginning. In 2016, he drafted the Dworkin Report, which helped uncover the Trump-Russia affair, well before Special Counsel Mueller’s probe began. Scott’s investigative reporting has been featured on MSNBC and most major publications including, but not limited, to the US. He served as a deputy director for both the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee, and the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Scott has one of the largest social media reaches in the world, and he uses that daily to fight against Trump and the corruption at a constant. His account on Twitter (@Funder) had 3.472 billion impressions, over 44 million retweets, and over 75 million likes over just the last two years. Scott is one of the biggest political influencers online, leading the campaigns for over 100 hashtags to trend nationally on Twitter since 2017, including #TrumpRussia, #ImpeachTrump, #ProtectMueller, & #TreasonSummit.
“I am thankful to all of the American patriots in The Resistance. They stood in the way of Trump’s attempt to completely destroy our country. For that, I’ll be eternally grateful to every single one of them. I wouldn’t want to ever imagine a world without them.” Dworkin said.
Scott is the series editor of at least nine 2020 Presidential candidate voter guides with Skyhorse Publishing, distributed by Simon & Schuster.
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DAMA 2 SPIRITS
My Uncle is a current Democratic Senator in the United States Congress, so I was born into politics. When I was three, my Grandma gave me a spoon to dig with in the dirt, and I have been playing in the dirt ever since!
My Grandma introduced me to Bob Graham when he was Governor of Florida, so I met Gwen when she was a teenager!
I worked in Agriculture as a service worker, then, over the years, I received my education and started to work for the government at the county where I lived! Even though I was over-qualified, I started as a grunt, and had to work twice as hard as the men in my department just to prove myself!
I was the first female in the county to hold various supervisor positions in my department! I continued to obtain my education and license, and bid on more productive jobs and challenges. After Rick Scott was elected and started to destroy Florida’s beautiful environment, I knew that I had to take action! I campaigned against him, and extremely hard for Gwen Graham! I was blocked by other Resistance members because they chose other candidates!
When Andrew Gillum ran, I turned my efforts towards helping him get elected! My goal was 10,000 New Democratic voters. However, I was only able to register 8,757, my 19-year-old adult child being my first! After Florida became the laughing stock because of the “hanging chads” and other voting mishaps, I believed that voting the Republicans out would be the best revenge!
I have been working to help past-felons restore their voting rights. I was in Tallahassee this past Monday, when many of them spoke in front of the Senate, opposing the bill requiring them to have all fines, cost, and restitution paid before being able to vote!
Nowadays, I contract my services with the government in order to help recovery efforts caused by natural disasters! I made three trips to Puerto Rico to evaluate the environmental impact of the Hurricane, and was able to help the residents with some basic needs! I have a pilot’s license, and fly anywhere there are natural disasters where coordinating help is needed!
I submit short- and long-term goals to help in the recovery caused by climate change; whether it is flooding, droughts, extreme weather, or the environmental impact it has on our country! I work with an amazing group of scientists and educators, trying to prove, with FACTS, that climate change is real to non-believers, especially politicians!
I am the parent of an Autistic adult child, and enjoy meeting many other parents of Autistic children who also RESIST in order to make the world a safer and more accepting place for future generations!
My main concern with the resistance, especially with the upcoming elections, is for the infighting to stop! We should be more respectful to each other, and at least civil! Do not allow anyone to tell you who to follow or block, but think for yourself, and contribute in your own unique way! Choose quality over quantity, and stick to the facts! As an Environmental Scientist, I have to rely on facts and statistical probability. However, I do occasionally give my formulated opinions! Be kind to each other, and remember that there are real people behind these accounts!
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The Loyal Opposition
Our Origin Story: The Loyal Opposition was founded in 2016 by Matt Scharfstein as a non-partisan anti-Trump organization to fight disinformation, to act as a bulwark against polarization, and to protect the vulnerable. LO was modeled on the Indivisible Guide, and relied on dedicated volunteers to resist authoritarian attacks on democracy. For almost a year and a half, LO put out daily calls to action – usually calls to elected officials on key resistance issues.
By early 2018, it had become clear that Republicans would never hold Trump accountable in any way, and LO became explicitly Democratic to support the election of Democrats at every level in order to bring accountability to the Trump administration. While we didn’t succeed in taking the Senate, the Democratic victory in taking back the House was huge, giving us true institutional power to fight authoritarianism and not just become “resistance”, but to be leaders and defenders of democracy.
Looking Ahead: After midterms, we took a look at the landscape, and established our priorities going forward. There’s still a lot of work to do. We are committed to defending free and fair elections, confronting propaganda and disinformation efforts, protecting vulnerable populations, and working within the grassroots community to develop effective approaches to fight against ongoing attacks on the rule of law and our constitutional democracy.
Over the last few years, LO has built alliances with other Resistance groups and leaders, including both grassroots groups and well-known organizations. These relationships are invaluable, and we are both proud and honored to be fighting alongside fellow dedicated patriots to ensure we preserve a healthy and functional democracy.
A few months ago, Matt retired, and Adrienne Kirschner stepped in as Executive Director. The fight goes on. It is our hope that, as Trump and complicit members of the GOP are fully exposed and held accountable, America will become less polarized, and we will all come together to support our core American values. There are no quick fixes. This will be a long and, at times, bumpy road. Ultimately, we aim to get to a place where all Americans recognize that we all have a voice, that an engaged citizenry is essential to a functioning democracy, that we can’t do this without relying on truth over propaganda, and that supporting democratic norms and institutions ensure a diverse and fair America. We’re in this together.
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The Loyal Opposition website TheLoyalOpposition.net
Tea Pain USA
Tea Pain was born to love America… literally. Born on July 4th, 1976, and swaddled in Old Glory, Tea Pain grew up with a healthy respect for his hometown, a closeness with his community, and bold patriotism for the country that bore him.
Tea approaches politics like he approaches everything in life, with a healthy dose of horse sense. As Tea likes to say, “Horse sense is what a horse has that keeps him from bettin’ on people.”
Tea’s economy of speech makes him a natural for Twitter. As a matter of fact, he’s usually ranked in the top 500 users. For the past two years, he’s been a tireless voice for the resistance, speakin’ truth to power, and takin’ Trump to task for every breach of Tea’s beloved Constitution.
Tea Pain’s authored two books, “American Tweetheart” and “Home Tweet Home,” both available on Amazon. Tea’s latest project is The Tea Pain Train (www.teapaintrain.com), a grass-roots website with a mission for a Democratic House, Senate, and White House in 2020.
There are two immutable truths in the Twittersphere: Tea Pain loves his followers, and they love him.
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