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#TheResistance; Mike Pence was Charles Koch's 1st Choice for President of the U.S. in 2012. Source; DARK MONEY - Jane Mayer. OPEN UR EYES. NO LISTS
Jan 15, 2019 8 tweets 6 min read
@SenWarren @purnimabarve We are going to have to grit our teeth and look honestly and straight at what the currently-operating "capitalist system" has turned into and what it produces besides useful stuff --- which is an entire culture that in 500 public-relations ways tells Americans: "Buy buy buy." @SenWarren @purnimabarve Buy whether it's good for your or kills you - JUST BUY IT - DAMN IT --- FROM MY COMPANY. Work for less. Be heroic. You know you should dedicate your life to working for MY COMPANY more hours for less: LESS EVERYTHING. OH "BUY THE WAY" (PUN INTENDED) -- my company will
Oct 19, 2018 26 tweets 6 min read
"MONEY IS SPEECH" CHAPTER NINE "DARK MONEY" by JANE MAYER. who writes for "the New Yorker." 'MONEY IS SPEECH" = The passage of CITIZENS UNITED. Citizens United allowed the tsunami of money in politics which gave us the KOCH-MEDIATED CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES WE HAVE NOW THE THREE MOST FAMILIAR NAMES PUNCTUATING CHAPTER NINE OF "DARK MONEY" ARE KOCH, DeVOS AND ****MITCH McCONNELL.**** These names have been LINKED TOGETHER BY ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY -- NO TAXATION OF THE WEALTHY, NO PUBLIC SPENDING, EVERYTHING FOR THE RICH, NOTHING FOR THE POOR.
Oct 13, 2018 5 tweets 2 min read
@_SJPeace_ Yesterday, I lost my wallet in a large Metropolitan area -- doing things I had to do. A Black woman from the Shaw Neighborhood (many would call it poor) found my wallet, found my phone # and called me; I met her in a library. She returned my wallet to me. I gave her a 'gift' @_SJPeace_ of some $$ but what was the BEST PART -- i threw my arms around her smack in front of the service desk of the public library and she threw her arms around me. She then told me....."This was a GOD THING' for me - because I know If I lost my wallet I would WANT SOMEONE TO DO THIS
Jun 25, 2018 9 tweets 5 min read
@Maddow @SenWarren @SethAbramson U.S. Constitution Threatened as Article V Convention Movement Nears Success commoncause.org/resource/u-s-c… … Yesterday I read only 2 more states are needed to sign to MAKE THIS CONVENTION AN ACTUALITY. Identify all "major players" driving this As far as I know the Koch Brothers, The Council on National Priority (Rebekah Mercer on Exec. Board) all the right-wing tax-exempt (but actually Political Advocacy) groups/foundations such as Scaifes named in "Dark Money" (J. Mayer), Carl Rove's groups? All Ultra-Conservative
May 31, 2018 16 tweets 4 min read
Dominionist Christianity in the U.S. in 2018 - 18} "There are two main expressions of Dominionism, each influential far beyond their foundational thinkers. Briefly, Christian Reconstructionism, founded by the late theologian R.J. Rushdoony (1916-2001) advances the idea that Christians must not only dominate society, but institute and enforce Old Testament biblical law. Unlike the doctrines developed within specific denominations, Christian Reconstructionism has been a movement of ideas that transcends denominations and has influenced far more people