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Change.org user "elijah berg" of [[North Carolina]] started a [https://www.change.org/p/electoral-college-electors-electoral-college-make-hillary-clinton-president-on-december-19 petition] to ask members of the [[Electoral College]] who normally would have placed their vote for Trump to instead vote for Clinton, in accordance with the popular vote. It had reached almost 3.8 million signatures by the morning of November 13 (metadata on the page suggests that the petition was created at "2016-11-09T23:35:41Z", the day after the election). While many have objected to this idea as a form of cheating, it is in fact directly in accord with the intentions of the Founding Fathers in setting up the Electoral College in the first place (while the fact of the College awarding victory to Trump ''despite'' the popular vote clearly was not).  
 
Change.org user "elijah berg" of [[North Carolina]] started a [https://www.change.org/p/electoral-college-electors-electoral-college-make-hillary-clinton-president-on-december-19 petition] to ask members of the [[Electoral College]] who normally would have placed their vote for Trump to instead vote for Clinton, in accordance with the popular vote. It had reached almost 3.8 million signatures by the morning of November 13 (metadata on the page suggests that the petition was created at "2016-11-09T23:35:41Z", the day after the election). While many have objected to this idea as a form of cheating, it is in fact directly in accord with the intentions of the Founding Fathers in setting up the Electoral College in the first place (while the fact of the College awarding victory to Trump ''despite'' the popular vote clearly was not).  
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===Sanctuary===
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[[Boston]], [[Chicago]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Minneapolis]], [[New York City]], [[San Francisco]], and [[Seattle]] have all pledged to be or remain sanctuary cities, and the government of [[California]] has also expressed opposition to any deportation plan that doesn't respect Constitutional protections.
 
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** [http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Tito-Jackson-Boston-Sanctuary-City-Illegal-Immigration-Donald-Trump-401112555.html Boston Is Sanctuary City, Councilor Reiterates to Trump] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/AVM2AC5dC4a via])
 
** [http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Tito-Jackson-Boston-Sanctuary-City-Illegal-Immigration-Donald-Trump-401112555.html Boston Is Sanctuary City, Councilor Reiterates to Trump] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/AVM2AC5dC4a via])
 
** [http://www.citypages.com/news/betsy-hodges-minneapolis-will-remain-a-sanctuary-city-despite-trump-threats/401121615 Betsy Hodges: Minneapolis will remain a 'sanctuary city,' despite Trump threats] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/TwoWTEpYy2r via])
 
** [http://www.citypages.com/news/betsy-hodges-minneapolis-will-remain-a-sanctuary-city-despite-trump-threats/401121615 Betsy Hodges: Minneapolis will remain a 'sanctuary city,' despite Trump threats] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/TwoWTEpYy2r via])
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** [http://www.kcra.com/article/san-francisco-vows-to-remain-sanctuary-city/8289059 San Francisco vows to remain 'sanctuary city'] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/QxVG3ndjN1w via])
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** [http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/ny-lawmakers-push-new-law-guaranteeing-women-access-to-abortion-if-trump-supreme-court-ends-roe-v-wade/ NY lawmakers push new law guaranteeing women access to abortion if Trump Supreme Court ends Roe v. Wade] ([via https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/L91jCpv7iZb])
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** [http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-los-angeles-police-immigration-20161114-story.html LAPD will not help deport immigrants under Trump, chief says] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/R7QwwPnSwK9 via])
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** [http://abc7chicago.com/news/emanuel-chicago-to-remain-a-sanctuary-city-for-immigrants/1606252/ Chicago to remain a sanctuary city for immigrants, Emanuel says] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/gLC74tHU4f4 via])
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* '''2016-11-13'''
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** [https://www.facebook.com/bentolkin/posts/10154842221939258 so I just found out that steve bannon is going to be donald trump's chief adviser and...] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/beKnB2ontWZ via]) (see also [[Steve Bannon]])
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** [http://sd24.senate.ca.gov/news/2016-11-13-california-senate-leader-trump-abandon-dangerous-path-immigration California Senate Leader to Trump: Abandon this dangerous path on immigration] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/gLC74tHU4f4 via] [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/3oN9HHcKn1B and]))
 
* '''2016-11-12''' [https://chartwellwest.com/2016/11/12/what-now/ What Now?] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/QBAhe5AXnCZ via]): a conservative lectures Trump supporters
 
* '''2016-11-12''' [https://chartwellwest.com/2016/11/12/what-now/ What Now?] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/QBAhe5AXnCZ via]): a conservative lectures Trump supporters
 
* '''2016-11-11'''  
 
* '''2016-11-11'''  
 
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3iKj28KqNg This is who to blame for Trump]: captioned video explaining how the Hillary camp are complicit in their own defeat
 
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3iKj28KqNg This is who to blame for Trump]: captioned video explaining how the Hillary camp are complicit in their own defeat
 
** [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161111/civic-center/de-blasio-trump-idnyc-undocumented-immigrant 'We Have Your Back,' De Blasio Promises Undocumented Immigrants] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/L3C6kbgGegn via])
 
** [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161111/civic-center/de-blasio-trump-idnyc-undocumented-immigrant 'We Have Your Back,' De Blasio Promises Undocumented Immigrants] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/L3C6kbgGegn via])
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** [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/11/11/if-you-voted-for-trump-because-hes-anti-establishment-guess-what-you-got-conned/?tid=ss_gp If you voted for Trump because he's 'anti-establishment,' guess what: You got conned] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/111632351423888854979/posts/ZWpaDkqiQY4 via])
 
* '''2016-11-10''' [http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/qa-whats-it-mean-for-seattle-to-be-a-sanctuary-city-for-immigrants/ What does it mean for Seattle to be a sanctuary city for immigrants?] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/5xu5K71adrL via])
 
* '''2016-11-10''' [http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/qa-whats-it-mean-for-seattle-to-be-a-sanctuary-city-for-immigrants/ What does it mean for Seattle to be a sanctuary city for immigrants?] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/5xu5K71adrL via])
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===Projects===
 
===Projects===
 
* safety-pin project
 
* safety-pin project

Revision as of 13:46, 15 November 2016

About

The election of Donald Trump was a massive shock to much of America, causing widespread fear, outrage, and depression[1] Reasons for this include:

  • fears that the Trump administration will:
    • weaken LGBT rights
    • weaken abortion rights
    • engage in massive deportation of undocumented aliens
    • end Social Security
    • end Medicare
    • cancel Obamacare (campaign promise)
    • abolish the EPA
    • abolish the Department of Education
    • take steps which will reverse all progress towards carbon abatement and accelerate global warming
      • withdraw from the Paris treaty and Kyoto accord (campaign promise)
    • eliminate all incentives and regulations designed to encourage a transition from fossil to sustainable energy
    • remove equal-rights protections for women and minorities
    • do nothing at all to discourage, and probably encourage, police abuse of minorities
    • withdraw from NATO, possibly destabilizing Europe and damaging our international relations
    • stop providing pushback against Russian imperialism (invasions of Ukraine, Baltic states, etc.)
    • start a trade and/or economic war with China
    • significantly cut taxes for the rich, leading to more trickle-down poverty (and probably a major recession) as budgets are cut to compensate
    • start a shooting war
      • possibly with a nuclear first strike
  • the fact that a near-majority of Americans apparently found Trump suitable for the highest office, despite his:
    • blatant misogyny
    • tacit approval of racism
    • encouragement of violence against dissenters
    • demonstrated lack of business sense and integrity
  • deep disappointments:
    • that a woman didn't finally become President, after it had looked almost certain that she would
    • in the reversal of social progress which these results seem to indicate

Most of these reasons are solidly grounded in evidence, though a few are not.

Change.org user "elijah berg" of North Carolina started a petition to ask members of the Electoral College who normally would have placed their vote for Trump to instead vote for Clinton, in accordance with the popular vote. It had reached almost 3.8 million signatures by the morning of November 13 (metadata on the page suggests that the petition was created at "2016-11-09T23:35:41Z", the day after the election). While many have objected to this idea as a form of cheating, it is in fact directly in accord with the intentions of the Founding Fathers in setting up the Electoral College in the first place (while the fact of the College awarding victory to Trump despite the popular vote clearly was not).

Sanctuary

Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City, San Francisco, and Seattle have all pledged to be or remain sanctuary cities, and the government of California has also expressed opposition to any deportation plan that doesn't respect Constitutional protections.

Links

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Projects

Footnotes

  1. ↑ One friend reports that a friend of hers committed suicide over the news, and two people I know didn't eat for at least a day afterwards due to lack of motivation. My therapist reports receiving considerably more calls for help, and this is confirmed by things I've heard from other people. --~~~~
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