Sacred Harp song of the day: The Grieved Soul[Click] By Joseph Hart, 1759
Lyrics:
Come, my soul and let us try For a little season
Ev’ry burden to lay by, Come and let us reason.
What is this that casts thee down? Who are those that grieve thee?
Speak and let the worst be known? Speaking may relieve thee.
—Alan (Who thinks it sounds like pretty up-to-date therapy.)
From The Boston Globe: Why Trump has struggled to assemble a legal team.[Click] Hint: He’s the client from Hell. It occurs to me that Mafia capos were/are far more likely to be able to hire first-rate legal talent.
National Democrats Intervene In Primary Fights[Click] “The approach is laced with peril…” You don’t say! “A Democratic effort to undercut a liberal insurgent in a Houston-area congressional primary in March stirred an outcry on the left and may have inadvertently helped drive support to that candidate, Laura Moser, who qualified for the runoff.”
Blue Wave Rising; Senate Dems Still Crushing Their GOP Rivals In Fundraising.[Click] “These numbers are a funhouse mirror of what’s happening on the House side, where Democrats out-raised Republicans in a whopping 60 GOP-held districts, including in 43 with Republican incumbents running for reelection, and 16 House Republicans have less cash on hand than at least one Democratic opponent.”
The Reinvention of America[Click] “Americans don’t realize how fast the country is moving toward becoming a better version of itself.” By James Fallows
It's good to see someone blaming Bill Clinton and his New Democrats for something for a change. Sometimes I think I'm the only one who sees how much damage he did both to the country at large and to the Democratic Party.
In light of my recent decision to change from Democrat to Non-Party Affiliation to run as an independent against Debbie Wasserman Schultz, I am pleased to announce that we have changed our donation platform from ActBlue to Action Network.
While with ActBlue in the last campaign, we broke all records for the highest percentage of small online donations received for any campaign for federal office in U.S. political history. Now we open a new chapter, running as an independent with Action Network. Effective immediately, your donations will go through Action Network and not ActBlue.
Please celebrate our change from the Democratic Party and its affiliated ActBlue platform to the independent Action Network by making a significant commitment to our campaign. This move to independent is such a critical and challenging moment in our campaign. If you usually donate $20, please consider a $40 or $60 donation.
If you have been a recurring donor and want to remain so, you will need to select the recurring donation option again.
By leaving ActBlue, we are now free of any ties to the Democratic Party and their consultants and vendors. We are and have always been free of corporate ties and corporate money. We rely entirely on small donations from grassroots supporters with limited means, like you and me.
That’s why I’m thrilled to announce two unusual matching gift offers. If we receive 5000 individual donations this month, we will receive “matching” gifts totaling $5000 – that’s one dollar in matching gifts for every new donation.
In addition, if we receive ten donations of $2700 each, the maximum amount permitted, then we will receive an eleventh donation of $2700 from a matching donor. If you have donated lesser amounts in the past and you bring your total contribution up to $2700, that will count toward the ten donations required for this matching gift.
Please click here to donate whatever you can. We intend to defeat Debbie Wasserman Schultz in November and this time to make sure that every ballot is properly counted.
Our present lawsuit against the Broward Supervisor of Elections led to their illegal destruction of all the paper ballots in our 2016 Democratic primary. Now they know we will challenge the results this November. They will not get away with any election rigging this time around.
Let’s ring in our independence from the parties and their predatory corporate backers – and celebrate our change from ActBlue to Action Network – with a fundraising bang!
Thank you and keep the faith, we will stay the course!
I became interested in Tim in the 2016 cycle. Given DWS's actions, positions and corporate donor base, it shouldn't have come as a surprise that Tim shifted to Independent. Still, it did. Of course, my support is unflagging, though I am somewhat troubled. I hope this shift doesn't cost him donors.
The Sierra Club has been a leader in the fight to stop the Sabal Trail Pipeline. That’s why I was surprised to learn the Sierra Club recently endorsed Wasserman Schultz without so much as an endorsement questionnaire, a screening process, a candidate’s forum or debate.
That's rather shocking. I suspect Tim is right that Sierra Club members will vote with their feet and take their donations elsewhere when they realize how environmentally unfriendly DWS is. Oh well, it's their problem. Other environmental groups will benefit from the Sierra Club's poor judgment.
Sacred Harp song of the day:
ReplyDeleteThe Grieved Soul[Click] By Joseph Hart, 1759
Lyrics:
Come, my soul and let us try
For a little season
Ev’ry burden to lay by,
Come and let us reason.
What is this that casts thee down?
Who are those that grieve thee?
Speak and let the worst be known?
Speaking may relieve thee.
—Alan (Who thinks it sounds like pretty up-to-date therapy.)
From The Boston Globe:
Why Trump has struggled to assemble a legal team.[Click] Hint: He’s the client from Hell. It occurs to me that Mafia capos were/are far more likely to be able to hire first-rate legal talent.
National Democrats Intervene In Primary Fights[Click] “The approach is laced with peril…” You don’t say! “A Democratic effort to undercut a liberal insurgent in a Houston-area congressional primary in March stirred an outcry on the left and may have inadvertently helped drive support to that candidate, Laura Moser, who qualified for the runoff.”
Blue Wave Rising; Senate Dems Still Crushing Their GOP Rivals In Fundraising.[Click] “These numbers are a funhouse mirror of what’s happening on the House side, where Democrats out-raised Republicans in a whopping 60 GOP-held districts, including in 43 with Republican incumbents running for reelection, and 16 House Republicans have less cash on hand than at least one Democratic opponent.”
The Reinvention of America[Click] “Americans don’t realize how fast the country is moving toward becoming a better version of itself.” By James Fallows
—Alan
American Hubris, or, How Globalization Brought Us Donald Trump [Click] "It was “free trade” mania, pushed by both major political parties, that destroyed working-class prosperity and laid the groundwork for his triumph." By William Greider
ReplyDelete--Alan (Who has long-standing respect for Bill Greider.)
It's good to see someone blaming Bill Clinton and his New Democrats for something for a change. Sometimes I think I'm the only one who sees how much damage he did both to the country at large and to the Democratic Party.
DeleteYou're not, Cat. And he was but one member of the crew (or should I say posse?).
DeleteAlan
Waffle House assassin arrested; still no comment from the "President" of the United States on the incident. Why am I not surprised.
ReplyDeleteAlan
He was a mentally disturbed (big time) white Nazi murdering brown people. The President approves.
DeleteFrom the inbox:
ReplyDeleteDear Friend,
In light of my recent decision to change from Democrat to Non-Party Affiliation to run as an independent against Debbie Wasserman Schultz, I am pleased to announce that we have changed our donation platform from ActBlue to Action Network.
While with ActBlue in the last campaign, we broke all records for the highest percentage of small online donations received for any campaign for federal office in U.S. political history. Now we open a new chapter, running as an independent with Action Network. Effective immediately, your donations will go through Action Network and not ActBlue.
Please celebrate our change from the Democratic Party and its affiliated ActBlue platform to the independent Action Network by making a significant commitment to our campaign. This move to independent is such a critical and challenging moment in our campaign. If you usually donate $20, please consider a $40 or $60 donation.
If you have been a recurring donor and want to remain so, you will need to select the recurring donation option again.
By leaving ActBlue, we are now free of any ties to the Democratic Party and their consultants and vendors. We are and have always been free of corporate ties and corporate money. We rely entirely on small donations from grassroots supporters with limited means, like you and me.
That’s why I’m thrilled to announce two unusual matching gift offers. If we receive 5000 individual donations this month, we will receive “matching” gifts totaling $5000 – that’s one dollar in matching gifts for every new donation.
In addition, if we receive ten donations of $2700 each, the maximum amount permitted, then we will receive an eleventh donation of $2700 from a matching donor. If you have donated lesser amounts in the past and you bring your total contribution up to $2700, that will count toward the ten donations required for this matching gift.
Please click here to donate whatever you can. We intend to defeat Debbie Wasserman Schultz in November and this time to make sure that every ballot is properly counted.
Our present lawsuit against the Broward Supervisor of Elections led to their illegal destruction of all the paper ballots in our 2016 Democratic primary. Now they know we will challenge the results this November. They will not get away with any election rigging this time around.
Let’s ring in our independence from the parties and their predatory corporate backers – and celebrate our change from ActBlue to Action Network – with a fundraising bang!
Thank you and keep the faith, we will stay the course!
Sincerely,
Tim Canova
I became interested in Tim in the 2016 cycle. Given DWS's actions, positions and corporate donor base, it shouldn't have come as a surprise that Tim shifted to Independent. Still, it did. Of course, my support is unflagging, though I am somewhat troubled. I hope this shift doesn't cost him donors.
DeleteExcerpted from another of Tim Canova's e-mails:
ReplyDeleteThe Sierra Club has been a leader in the fight to stop the Sabal Trail Pipeline. That’s why I was surprised to learn the Sierra Club recently endorsed Wasserman Schultz without so much as an endorsement questionnaire, a screening process, a candidate’s forum or debate.
That's rather shocking. I suspect Tim is right that Sierra Club members will vote with their feet and take their donations elsewhere when they realize how environmentally unfriendly DWS is. Oh well, it's their problem. Other environmental groups will benefit from the Sierra Club's poor judgment.
Strange things goin' on. Florida? Not the only place.
ReplyDeleteAlan