Give us this day, with our morning public radio and bowl of oatmeal, our...Daily Reason to Rant
Today's nugget which may or may not evoke pearls of wisdom: Mr. EX President should take fashion advice from RantWoman. Hang in with the reasoning!
There is a Rolling Stone article claiming that FORMER President Gropesaurus is starting to worry about being sent to prison, what clothing he might be forced to wear, and whether Congress might revoke his lifetime Secret Service protection.
RantWoman HOPES the questions are as vexatious to ardent prison abolitionists as they are to RantWoman.
RantWoman believes both that the former occupant of the White House deserves substantial punishment and that preserving her own sense of humanity requires note of MANY circumstances which have turned him into the horrible creepy disgusting man-child he is today: a whole river of factors from parental emotional and physical abuse and neglect to decades and scores of enablers.
RantWoman believes there must be some path to spiritual transformation and freely admits she has no idea what that might look like.
For now, the here and now.
A good percentage of the replies to questions arising from the Rolling Stone article in RantWoman's Twitter / X feed are ready to revoke Secret Service protection and fit The Former Guy for an orange jumpsuit, possibly at Gitmo. Never mind whether Georgia might be first in line for housing our national Presidential embarrassment and then perhaps have the option of allowing the defendant to serve his Georgia time in federal prison.
At least Gitmo would be climatically similar to south FL, which is more than could be said for say the federal Supermax prison in CO, known lately for housing one of the most damaging spies for Russia in US history. Reference to spies is not accidental considering some details of the documents case at Mar a Lago, though the worst details of possible transactions may never make it to court.
But RantWoman is getting ahead of herself.
RantWoman is happy to admit, she finds all of Mr. EX President's legal travails fascinating, better than soap operas, sometimes more titillating than the National Enquirer, and of course HUGELY consequential for the US and for democracy. RantWoman also is a little afraid that somehow despite all of what appears to the commentators RantWoman watches to be ironclad blistering evidence of criminal culpability that all of the court cases might wind up with some kind of bizarre out of Q field result comparable to the acquittal of OJ Simpson.
Whatever happens to legal cases, RantWoman thinks it would be a bad idea to revoke Secret Service protection for Mr. Gropesaurus. Maintaining Secret Service protection is as much protecting the US as it is protecting the person of the former president. IF anything, Mr. Propesaurus should be expected to tighten up security wherever he winds up.
RantWoman also notes that Mr. EX President practically wipes his butt with the Constitution at least daily and some times several times an hour. He is as responsible for the single biggest one-day violent crime wave in the US since 9/11. He keeps confessing to malevolent narcissistic intent all over whatever media channel puts microphones in front of his face. There is NO WAY anyone should expect that he will be able or willing to comply with his oath of office any better a second time around than the first time.
In fact, RantWoman keeps wondering why no one has ordered a mental health evaluation to determine his fitness to stand trial and hence his fitness to serve as President.
That said, RantWoman thinks it is fine, just FINE if the real possibility of going to prison MAY be starting to sink in for Mr. EX President. The country has real problems. Everyone needs a break from endless replays of mugshots. Mr. Gropesaurus needs a break. Whatever revolution QAnon or whoever wants to wrack is going to need more than one miserable narcissist to carry out.
So...time to seriously consider a plea deal.
RantWoman is a lot less interested in fitting Mr. Orange with clothing that matches his spray on skin tone than in ensuring that the guy never ever sets foot in the Oval Office again.
RantWoman would let lawyers work out details as long as any deal comes with all of the following:
--Lengthy and substantial limits on Mr. EX President's liberty, for instance home detention at one of his US properties, surrendering his passports
--Stipulation that he is never again eligible to become President.
--Internet and social media access ONLY for content cleared by a court-appointed representative which The Former Guy pays for
In return for sparing the country outrageous trial spectacle, Mr. Gropesaurus could be offered:
--Home confinement as long as he pays the costs of all security measures.
--The opportunity to maintain his preferred diet including level of ketchup consumption
--And the biggest thing: the opportunity to continue to make his own, sometimes regretable, fashion choices!
RantWoman HAS OPINIONS about things that might help pull the rest of the country back from the brink of a political abyss. These opinions get their own post.
PS. Hell YES, this IS election interference. It's also a call to both parties to do a MUCH better job of vetting candidates.
Oh, and RantWoman hopes states keeping working on ways to keep. Mr. EX President Gropesaurus off the ballot just in case.
#January6th #J6 #POTUS45 #P01135809
the IACS and its partners seek the following from the City of Seattle and Seattle Police Department:
Organizations supporting this petition include:
As a wholesome break from the news swamp of wars, political campaigns, indictments, melting sea ice endangering penguins, RantWoman and Ambassador Thwack decided to embrace sunshine and head out to a memorial vigil and #JusticeForJaahnavi march for police accountability.
First the parts RantWoman opted not to say on her other blog about today's vigil in memory of #JaahnaviKandula and calling for real police accountability.
What do we want?
Better Chants,
oh and a more environmentally astute Jesus partisan haranguing the crowd about going to hell.
Now a moment from Dial a Tirade and a sampling of world media:
Jaahnavi's story---with bodycam video
Happy (?) #September11 with prayers and ripples of both trauma and caring
Happy reason the US went to Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction
Happy reason for the US 20-year entanglement in Afghanistan.
Happy single biggest one-day violent crime wave in the US maybe since the Civil War. Happy shitty comparison with the second biggest one-day violent crime wave in the US, #Jamuary6, on RantTWoman's mind for many reasons including presidential indictments and ongoing arrests of #J6 terrorists / rioters and hapless tagalongs.
Yeah, but maybe don't lose contact with the day of.
One more item that mentions a called Meeting for Worship along with a lot else
A high school friend of RantWoman was returning from an international medical conference. Her plane diverted to Gander Newfoundland and she spent 3 days there before finishing the trip home.
A now blind nurse friend who lived in ME at the time THINKS she was in Staples in Portland ME on 9/11 buying supplies related to a labor action when two of the hijackers were buying box cutters.
RantWoman's memory of the 2004 9/11 commission hearings: that was the summer after RantWoman's first detached retina. RantWoman spent the summer with a swollen face and a big "My doctor got paid to do that to me" bruise on one side of her face. RantWoman has weird ideas of entertainment; RantWoman listened to A LOT of the hearings and still has opinions and questions that she has never followed up on.
A fascinating and touching interview
Ticket Agent at Portland ME International Airport
And a couple weird moments just because
Do YOU believe in past lives? This story must have been bewildering for Cade's parents.
One of those tales one files under maybe / maybe not and researches the provenance of before doing anything but making not.
And digression:
F P Wellman On Democracy interviews Alexander Vindman
Coach Tubby and the military holds as attempt to politicize the military
talks about being personally attacked by #TFG
Lack of domestic accountability for Putin vs US
RantWoman does not consider herself good at vote support BASICS like vote registration and Get out the Vote efforts. RantWoman is trying to discern whether that is a path she is called to.
RantWoman is deeply humbled by all the people who have to directly fight vote suppression and voter disenfranchisement.
But first, for people who still have not read the GA election fraud indictment, a couple vids about the creepy religious angle, THANK GOD with body cam evidence!
Damon Garcia on "Rev."Stephen Cliffguard
CBS Chicago report on former Kanye publicist Trevian Kuthi
Some kind of SLIMY nerve criming right in a police station but THANK GOD there is video.
Warning: at the end a clip of Sen. Ted Cruz bloviating.
Fox 32 Chicago report on pastor and publicist surrender
As an aside, RantWoman is frankly amazed about how squeaky shiny Mr. #P01135809, Mr. Meadows, Sydney Powell, and Trevian Kuthi look in their mug shots. In general mug shot quality runs to even more bureaucratic and awful than driver's license / state ID photos; RantWoman is struck by how smooth and polished everyone looks.
TYT on Blacks for Trump guy and initial no bond. Hustler?
The Breakfast club on Harrison Floyd and Brian Kemp
(There is also a Roland Martin segment on Harrison Floyd, the Blacks For Trump guy)
DL Hughley on indictment and ...
Please note: RantWoman considers it important to provide people's view in their own voices.
The following may or may not refer to any actual property for rent from a community still bizarrely dear to RantWoman's heart.
The property for rent IS in better condition than the snapshot at this bus shelter.
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| Sometimes this bus shelter has glass on 3 sides. Sometimes it gets caked in graffiti. Mercifully the bench is permanent |
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| No Parking sign Note extremely pedestrian UNfriendly placement mid-sidewalk |
If RantWoman were to delve into more depth about what information goes into walk score, though, RantWoman is pretty sure the result would be lower.
The property is close to MANY forms of public transportation.
There are a variety of issues with sidewalk and sidewalk discontinuities, partly due to construction in the neighborhood, and partly due to proximity to the ship canal bridge.
Readers interested in the property can find the actual ad on Zillow.
RantWoman's morning Twitter / X feed included news that a total of 61 people have been indicted in Atlanta under the GA version of RICO, the Racketeer and Corrupt Organization law, the same law responsible for the 19-person indictment involving the EX president.
For first pass RantWoman is collecting some media links below.
RantWoman has VERY strong opinions about nonviolence, two-tier justice, criminalizing dissent, comparability of offenses, what-aboutism and assorted other topics RantWoman can easily make relevant. Partly because of other legal matters already in progress, RantWoman will for now defer comment.
But let's start with media links
WRAL report announcing indictments
Update
Chris Hayes of MSNBC interviews lawyer about Cop City indictments
RantWoman tends to like to invest support for democracy in specific directions instead of political parties.
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MVP friends,
This month’s newsletter is about hope.
Not blind optimism, but clear-eyed hope for what is possible – and the progress already happening at the state level (see below).
As you read this, there are hundreds of locally-based grassroots organizations working tirelessly, humbly, under the radar across the country, who hold the key to saving our democracy and our planet.
Next year could be rife with political chaos. Trump’s support has only grown as his criminal trials pile up, which he could use to incite civil breakdown during the Republican primaries.
At the global level, the UN recently warned that the era of “Global Boiling” will only get worse if we don’t fix it. And the only way to fix it is to invest in 2023 like our lives depend on it, win big in 2024, and enact transformational policies in 2025.
Yes, the situation is dire — but it is not too late.
The future we want is possible. The stories below show us the path.
This is NOT a real headline — but it COULD be on November 5, 2024, if we invest like we mean it.
- Stories from the States: Organizing + Elections = Progress!
- Arizona: Advancing the Agenda for Progressive Power
- Ohio: We Won! A Victory for Democracy & Abortion Rights
- Michigan: More Fair Maps = More Progressive Breakthroughs
- The Big Picture: How Do We Build a Durable Progressive Majority?
* Warning: Do not read this if you wish to remain hopeless, cynical, or convinced that we can’t make a difference!
STORIES FROM THE STATES
Organizing + Elections = Progress!
Remember when 2022 was supposed to be a Red Wave? MVP partners defied the odds. Now, we’re seeing the fruits of their labor… and they’re just getting started.
Our new Stories from the States roundup curates nine of the most powerful stories of progress and policy wins, featuring the work of MVP partners in:
- Presidential Swing States, which hold the key to a Blue Wave in 2024.
- Senate Swing States, which could yield a powerful progressive majority.
- Blue Trifecta States, which show us what’s possible when we organize, win big, and build the power to pass bold policies.
Read all nine stories and be inspired »
Read on for a small sampling:
Credit: Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA)
STATE SPOTLIGHT
Arizona: Advancing the Agenda for Progressive Power
- In 2022, MVP partners helped flip the Governor’s race by just 17,117 votes — a 0.66% margin of victory. Suddenly, Arizona went from a red trifecta to a state run by a progressive Democrat who could block the GOP agenda.
- In just the first eight months of 2023, the new Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed a record-shattering 140+ GOP-sponsored bills that would have weakened gun safety, attacked the LGBTQ+ community, fueled voter suppression, and more.
- Heading into 2024, our local partners are planning a coordinated campaign to win Arizona’s eleven electoral votes; elect progressive Democrat, Ruben Gallego, to the U.S. Senate; flip two U.S. House seats; and gain a state trifecta by flipping just two seats in the State Senate and House.
Credit: One Person One Vote, celebrating the defeat of the anti-democratic ballot measure, Issue 1
STATE SPOTLIGHT
Ohio: We Won! A Victory for Democracy & Abortion Rights
- On August 8, MVP partners led the charge to defeat Issue 1, a ballot measure that would have made it harder to change the state’s constitution — including in November 2023, when Ohioans will vote on codifying abortion rights.
- Our partners now head into an abortion rights measure this November with momentum on their side. Efforts are also now under way to gather signatures for a 2024 ballot measure to establish an independent redistricting commission, which will be crucial in undoing Ohio’s extreme gerrymandering.
- Instead of working in silos, MVP partners built a collaborative, powerhouse operation greater than the sum of its parts — which builds power moving forward into 2024, when we need to defend Sherrod Brown’s highly-vulnerable U.S. Senate seat.
Credit: Detroit Action - Rally against evictions
STATE SPOTLIGHT
Michigan: Fair Maps, Progressive Breakthroughs
- In 2022, MVP partners helped win the first Democratic trifecta in 40 years by just 2,770 votes across a 2-seat margin in both the Michigan House and Senate.
- So far in 2023 — thanks to both newfound governing power and grassroots pressure to provide political cover — Democrats have passed new laws repealing an abortion ban and anti-union legislation, as well as instituting clean energy expansion, gun protection, LGBTQ+ rights, and more.
- All of this took years of organizing, culminating in a series of hard-won democracy and voting reforms that led to dramatically increased voter participation and fairer representation.
THE BIG PICTURE
How Do We Build a Durable Progressive Majority?
To close, let’s take a step back and look at the much bigger picture.
Here is the strategic proposition at the heart of MVP’s approach:
- To get to a just, sustainable society, we need transformative policy change.
- To win this policy change, we need a durable progressive elected majority to enact and protect it, and durable public support to back it up.
- To gain this durable elected majority and public support, we need to build lasting progressive political power.
- To build lasting power, we need to organize the New American Majority (voters of color and young voters) — as well as native, LGBTQ+, immigrant, working-class, rural, and other marginalized communities — who can swing the closest elections.
- To organize this constituency, we need to sustainably scale up the grassroots organizations that comprise the voter engagement field.
This is a project that spans multiple election cycles, and the 2024 election is a pivotal moment in the plan.
If we play our cards right, we can create a new normal where we reliably win federal elections by multiple percentage points, enact policies that reflect our values, and rebuild our country with a more sustainable and inclusive vision.
The best thing each of us can do now?
Invest in 2023, so that we win big in 2024.
Thank you for your partnership.
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- The MVP team
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