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Keep up with the latest bills and issues to call your MOC about. Find the links to the explainers and the resources to call your MOC as well as what to do in case their voicemail box is full — an all too frequent occurrence.
Find out the latest on the list of calling your MoC! Big surprise — NOT! — it’s about delaying the SCOTUS nominee vote until after the inauguration. Hey, it worked with the ACA repeal, why not with #RBG’s replacement? Follow the links and make the call!
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The thing that makes the Trump base so tenacious is cognitive dissonance. They are so invested in covfefevirus denial that it is better to get #COVID19 than give up on Trump’s hoaxism! That’s crazy, and part 1. Part 2, explains about how to overcome the effect of cognitive dissonance.
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Ever wonder what makes MAGAs and other members of Trump’s base hold on even in the face of overwhelming evidence that Trump doesn’t care whether they live or die? Ever watch in absolute awestruck wonder as MAGAs go through all sorts of mental gymnastics to justify their support for someone who is actively trying to kill them? Well, lucky for you, we here at Ye Olde Blogge have answers and in part 2, we’ll show you how to put those answers to work breaking that support.
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Really? We’re all surprised that Trump LIED to us about the covfefevirus? Trump doesn’t care about the deaths of 197,000+ deaths? He’s a narcissist. It’s all you need to know.
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We’ve all thought about suicide at some time or other in our lives. During the raging out of control #COVID19 pandemic forever lockdown — thanks Trump! — probably more often than we’re comfortable with. So, here’s a handy how-to prevent suicide guide just in time for World Suicide Prevention Day on Thursday 10 September.
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Why would Trump attack his generals so cruelly? Why would he say such mean things about them? Why is he such a comical buffoon? Like everything else he does, it is because he’s a narcissist.
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How bad are Trump’s derisive comments about the US military being suckers and losers? Bad. Real bad. That kind of divisiveness is destroying the country
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Ever wonder what all the crazy crap that Trump says means? Here’s your guide to interpretting the full on bizarre cray-cray that Trump dumped on us this week during Laura Ingraham’s interview
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We’ve all encountered the Bernie Princesses and other folks form the far left who tell us that Biden or Clinton were just more of the establishment same and they would never give us the just and fair country that we were promised so we should all just… After that it is not clear, but what is clear that a false equivalency has been drawn between Obama, Clinton, and Biden and W and the Ol’ Pussy Grabber. It is a cynical nihilistic narcissism that states all one percenters are the same, so why bother.
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With all the mishegas running around about the election just 77 days away as of this writing, I thought it timely to put together this little annotation of websites that will help you navigate it all. My advice: bookmark this post and consult it often!
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Everyday we read about some other idiot who reacts irrationally, violently, and stupidly when they are asked to wear a mask to help us contain the #COVID19 pandemic. It’s almost like they don’t want to contain it. Here is the psysplainer that helps us understand their behavior, but also, what to do about it.
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The fourth and final post inspired by Tim Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.” This time I outline the five most important lessons for the #Resistance in America today.
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Behavioral economics has helped Ye Olde Blogge predict the rise of Trump, the qualities and nature of his time in office, the nomination of Biden. Now it predicts the outcome of election 2020.
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This is part one of two installments based on Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. We learn our Reagan’s politics of inevitability has led to Trump’s politics of eternity and how #COVID19 played right into Putin’s scheming little hands or how we’re all fucked unless we fight like hell.
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We know that much more is going to be required of us if we are going to keep our democracy. Trump and the GOP will not lose this election even if they have to personally sue every Democratic voter to have each and everyone one of our votes disallowed! You know that there will be all kinds of high jinks played to rig the elections. We should be preparing now for mass non-violent protests. We will need organizations, training, and commitment. Here are Gandhi’s thoughts on non-violent protest to help get us started.
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The most salient feature of Trump is his mental illness, specifically, his narcissism. It explains his authoritarian urges, attempts, and aspirations as well as his plunge in the presidential polls and his approval ratings.
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Perhaps you’ve noticed that the rapidly rising tide of tyranny and authoritarianism is swamping all boats. Tim Snyder, author of On Tyranny, explains how to Tell if we’re living in tyranny and what to do about It.
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If you’re like me you are anxious about the election in November and want to do everything you can to get the bastards out of office! Here’s a way for you to help do just that: send postcards to voters in swing states! It’s easy and fun!
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I’ve started a page devoted to links about calling your MoC. I’ve called it “Call Your MoC.” The link is in the menu under the banner. You’ll find links to highlighted legislation, tips for calling, other suggestions, links to contact information, and a link to Indivisible.
Come on, y’al, call your MoC! Get involved in our democracy!
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