I’m asking a favor. Even if you don’t like me. Even if you hate my opinions.
PLEASE read this and consider what I’m saying. If you find some truth here, please retweet. This is a CALL TO ACTION for all resisters
On the matter of impeachment:
-The House has the power to Impeach
-Only the Senate has the power to remove potus from office
-without removal from office, impeachment is a slap on the wrist
-assuming that trump will care about impeachment is questionable logic
-impeachment without removal from office will do NOTHING to stop trump’s destruction of our country
-impeachment proceedings take a LONG time
-The House started official impeachment proceedings a few weeks ago
-Nadler announced this
-Nancy Pelosi’s job is to oversee the House
-She knows what her Reps tell her about public support for impeachment
-If the entire country supported impeachment, all Reps would say so
-When you say that you call your Reps everyday or comment on how many of us support impeachment, you are assuming that Twitter is everyone
-If you listened to Nancy speak, you would hear her telling you that she needs more of a public outcry
-She isn’t talking about us
-When you say the Dems aren’t upholding their constitutional duties, you’re actually angry because they ARE
-they cannot remove him from office
-when you say you want “something said” about what Dems are doing to fight trump, you’re ignoring the speeches & tweets outlining over 100 Bills the House passed & McConnell blocked from Senate Vote
-You respond to these tweets telling Pelosi she’s a coward & is doing nothing
-The House Bills have covered healthcare, gun reform, LGBTQ rights, women’s repro freedom, election security, tax cuts, environmental protections, etc
-The House is working #ForthePeople
-If you choose not to see it because there is no magic impeachment button, that’s on you
-On the Watergate timeline, official proceedings had not yet begun
-Pelosi has stated that she wants trump in jail
-indictment is a definitive path to removal from office
-Complaints that the 25th Amendment hasn’t been invoked are misguided
-only Pence & trump’s cabinet have that power
-Pelosi said if Hillary were president, she would have retired by now
-the assertion that she is working to protect trump is unfounded & unfair
-while the GOP stands united behind a criminal, we are attacking each other & our leaders
-This course of action will fail
-So, where does that leave us?
What can we do to be proactive instead of Twitter backseat drivers?
I have a few suggestions. I’d love it if you’d add some to the list.
TO DO:
•Call your local & state Reps
Demand impeachment &indictment
•Then call your Senators
•Have the tough conversations wherever you go. Make the case for calling MOC
•Make postcards & carry them everywhere
-Include all local &federal MOC info & a short script
-Distribute them EVERYWHERE
-Don’t be shy. #RESIST
-Change tactics. Instead of attacking Dems, focus rancor on the GOP. They control Senate, judicial & executive
-Donate to Dem candidates
-Donate to ACLU, Planned Parenthood, SPLC, etc. They NEED funding
-Volunteer for candidates & non-profits fighting for our causes
-Attend protests
-Support each other
-Think twice before you leave a nasty comment
-Remember that we are in this together. That CANNOT change
As always, we are #StrongerTogether
I say all of this with love and care
Sincerely believing that we can pull together and focus our energy on defeating trump, not each other
This is a team of magnificent people
We don’t have to agree on everything
We do need to stand united
Sweet dreams
Much love💗 #RESIST
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Yesterday was a day of huge revelations for me
Besides the obvious rage & sorrow, I saw a lot of disturbing shit here
I saw a lot of disturbing shit within myself
None of this is meant to shame or preach at anyone
I'm sharing some perspectives
Men have a very hard time sitting quietly & listening without controlling
This patriarchal system is so deeply engrained in all of us
I don't know how we'll ever deprogram ourselves
I saw almost no men ask women what they need
Very few offering support without dominance
And when I asked myself why this is, I realized no one who wasn't facing the reality of losing autonomy over their bodies, could truly comprehend the magnitude of losing Roe
(Trans people felt the fear, I'm sure)
But even though men knew this was outside their reality,
A thread of seriously important facts we all need to know:
How/why to kill the filibuster
How to expand SCOTUS
How Many votes are needed
Why Pres Biden & Speaker Pelosi CANNOT
expand the Supreme Court
Why we need more senate seats
Where to focus our energy
First, Congress is the House and the Senate
Democrats have a large majority in the House
This is why the House has passed so much legislation over the past 4 years
The Senate, however, is a much different story
The Dems hold 48 seats
There are 2 independents who vote with Dems
The GOP holds 50 seats
In the case of a tie vote, the Vice President breaks the tie.
Obviously VP Harris votes with Dems
Instead of a simple majority, the GOP can invoke the filibuster
Any Senator can debate their case endlessly until the procedure called cloture
The tension is palpable
Waiting day after day for SCOTUS to dehumanize women by removing our body autonomy
This affects every woman in this country
I'm too old to get pregnant
Many of the women who've fought for our repro freedom are too old to worry about needing abortions
But we still fight
Because we understand what's at stake and we know when one woman loses control over her body, we all lose
Overturning Roe is horrifying
It's an act of control over women
It has nothing to do with when life begins
That being said,
To all the strong, courageous, honorable men who are our allies
Allow women to take the lead on this
Please don't correct women's reactions or words
Don't react by centering yourselves
Stand with us
Not in front of us
Use your voices to support
Our anger & fear
I'm sick of trying to convince people that humanity and decency is more important than their cult leader and their cowardly political party
You still support trump? Still making excuses?
Congrats.
You'd be making excuses for Jews disappearing off the streets of Poland and Germany. You'd be informing the SS of where your former neighbors were hiding with their families. 6 million deaths wouldn't faze you because your leader told you the Jews were taking away what was yours.
You'd be saddling up to fight to keep your slaves. Defending centuries of racism upon which this country was built. This is your place in history.
I'm not being mean. I'm telling you. This is who you've proven yourself to be and it's heartbreaking for the rest of us to watch.
I have a few helpful hints for newer resisters or anyone who cares to listen. I’m not a “twitter censor” as I was called earlier this evening
I want to help resisters build their accounts and I’m tired of seeing friends suspended.
🔹When you @ someone in a tweet or reply, it’s called “snitch tweeting”
Some people do it intentionally. Some do it to cause chaos. Some do it because they don’t realize that every time you @ someone, it notifies them of the thread. It also attracts trolls.
They are everywhere
They LIVE to mass report us. Please, think twice before you invite them into any thread. You can refer to someone without @ them.
🔹Retweet each other. Twitter is designed for us to amplify each other’s voices
🔹Don’t call ANYONE names. Any name. Easy suspension to avoid.
My last doom and gloom post of the day, but it’s important
We all knew he would burn down the house when the end was near. That’s what he’s doing. Now we have to stay calm, keep pressure on our Members of Congress & Resist with all we have
Once that report is released, he’s done
What we are witnessing is dangerous.
The firing of anyone who won’t pledge loyalty, expansion of detainment camps (who are they for?), refusal to hand over info, attempt to start war in the Middle East, dog whistle to neo-Nazis by misstating that his father was born in Germany
Now we see a travel warning for immigrants & POC in Florida
I’m asking you to do a few things EVERYDAY until we successfully defeat him:
🔹Call your MOC 202-224-3121
Demand release of the report
Demand separation of families stop
Demand taxes released
🔹Be prepared to March in DC