NEW: Sens. Booker and Padilla are proposing a new law to require ICE to unmask and display clear identification. Tell your Senators and Rep they need to support this via the link below. And please share! https://tinyurl.com/bp8cau82
NEW: Tell Congress: Reverse Trump’s NOAA cuts and save the National Weather Service https://tinyurl.com/bdbur8df
K Starling includes several virtual options for those who cannot make a "Good Trouble Lives On" event in person. You can find her listing of all events here:
REPUBLICANS, RACISTS, WHITE SUPREMACISTS have not ended their fights to DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS, they have adopted different tactics by purging voters, supporting ELECTION DENIERS, making it more difficult to REGISTER TO VOTE, discouraging VOTERS with LONG LINES due to inadequate VOTING EQUIPMENT, MOVING POLLING PLACES WITH NO NOTICE, outlawing people providing FOOD & DRINK to those forced to stand in lines for HOURS in order to VOTE.
In order to DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS, the EXTREMISTS are working to eliminate ABSENTEE VOTING, eliminate EARLY VOTING, make it more difficult to REGISTER TO VOTE.
Just consider that if you're a LOW WAGE EARNER working 2 jobs just to get by, how can you take a day off to travel - maybe some place where you have no transportation - in order to REGISTER TO VOTE....
It's DELIBERATE!
That's before considering TEXAS GERRYMANDERING that the ORANGE TURD pushed to accomplish. And now the THREATS against TEXAS DEMOCRATS who want to boycott to prevent action?
CHECK OUT DEMOCRACY DOCKET by Marc Elias among others.
Do we want to sacrifice our RIGHT TO VOTE?
MASSACHUSETTS is not perfect, but VOTER TURNOUT has increased due to ABSENTEE BALLOTS & EARLY VOTING! Isn't that what matters?
BE SUSPICIOUS OF ANY PROPOSED CHANGE IN VOTING!
FOX NEWS = FAKE NEWS LIARS PAID $787 MILLION to DOMINION VOTING for their ELECTION LIES in order to avoid trial. SMARTMATIC has pending trials. (There have been other lawsuits & settlements you can look up if inclined, even NEWSMAX settled.)
I watched the Scottish Open last week and one of the caddies had to be replaced because he had a felony conviction and couldn't enter the country. How is Trump being allowed entry?
Wouldn't that be great if their immigration officers took him to prison and locked him up without due process. Maybe with the loch Ness monster. Fingers crossed!
I'm disappointed in Scotland for allowing felon47 to open anything in their country. I think he already has at least 1 other golf course there; they should make him liquidate any assets there. All other countries should. He apparently hasn't completely alienated our allies.
Canada has similar "no convicts allowed" laws, but politicians can get around them by filing the appropriate paperwork. Bush Jr. was initially banned from Canada because of his DUI record, but special compensation was made when he made State visits to the Great White North. I assume Trump did the same for his recent Canadian G7 visit and Scotland would likely have similar procedures to allow him entry.
I am surprised that the lovely people of Scotland are not protesting his new golf course. The damage he did with the other golf course should have been a lesson for their country. But I guess if you have enough money.
Would love to know who shared that golf pic! As a golfer myself I laughed my head off then wondered if it was real. 🤔 Either way it made my day. Thanks Scott! Every laugh, every piece of good news, every report of defiance and hope keeps us all focused on what we pray will be a more sane future.
Great work today, Scott. You have me smiling. But I would rather mention Reverend Barber who is truly carrying the civil rights banner for our country. He keeps the strong commitment of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. in our ears and minds. ✊
Don't worry , we here in Scotland will be protesting! I am furious that we as tax payers will be funding his security for a PRIVATE visit. He should pay for his own security. But he'll be left in no doubt about how Scots feel about him! Though I can see protectors being kept miles back.
Alligator Alcatraz will be disastrous for the Everglades' ecosystem. No one seems to bring that up. I think the whole idea is awful - perhaps we should just drop a select few from this administration into the waters and see what happens, scrapping the whole alligator alcatraz concentration camp thing.
Hateful labeling of a jail is inflicting such ugliness on the entire country. It is not funny, it is outrageous. And it is now plastered in road signs in the area of Florida where it exists.
That's disgusting. I'm not surprised. But it's utterly disgusting.
There's a big tee shirt business reaping in the dough, too. It's so un-American to make the source/place of suffering and anguish "trendy". Oop - I meant that it's full blown 2025 American, not un-American.
He can sell his own fragrances and gold-plated bibles and currency and turn the White House lawn into a car lot. Trump’s level of corruption has no low to which it won’t go.
It’s clear corruption beyond measure. Imagine if Biden did it. Seriously. Republicans would lose it. And so would everyone else. Because it’s wrong. So wrong. How much of that money for that trip could go to protecting people from floods?
Find a protest honoring John Lewis here: https://goodtroubleliveson.org/
NEW: Sens. Booker and Padilla are proposing a new law to require ICE to unmask and display clear identification. Tell your Senators and Rep they need to support this via the link below. And please share! https://tinyurl.com/bp8cau82
NEW: Tell Congress: Reverse Trump’s NOAA cuts and save the National Weather Service https://tinyurl.com/bdbur8df
K Starling includes several virtual options for those who cannot make a "Good Trouble Lives On" event in person. You can find her listing of all events here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thepeopledissent/p/1200-july-17-protests-and-counting?r=1aiy5t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
The virtual events are listed at the end of the Google sheet. This is the one that sounded most interesting to me:
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/806632/
They are honoring John Lewis's legacy by telling the stories of several fellow activists who themselves make "Good Trouble".
What Cheryl said and what I share below.
I didn't see your post until after I posted.
Keep repeating the message. Whether intended or not that builds the goodness and energy since it was done with love. Amplification!
JOHN LEWIS RISKED HIS LIFE FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE!
REPUBLICANS, RACISTS, WHITE SUPREMACISTS have not ended their fights to DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS, they have adopted different tactics by purging voters, supporting ELECTION DENIERS, making it more difficult to REGISTER TO VOTE, discouraging VOTERS with LONG LINES due to inadequate VOTING EQUIPMENT, MOVING POLLING PLACES WITH NO NOTICE, outlawing people providing FOOD & DRINK to those forced to stand in lines for HOURS in order to VOTE.
In order to DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS, the EXTREMISTS are working to eliminate ABSENTEE VOTING, eliminate EARLY VOTING, make it more difficult to REGISTER TO VOTE.
Just consider that if you're a LOW WAGE EARNER working 2 jobs just to get by, how can you take a day off to travel - maybe some place where you have no transportation - in order to REGISTER TO VOTE....
It's DELIBERATE!
That's before considering TEXAS GERRYMANDERING that the ORANGE TURD pushed to accomplish. And now the THREATS against TEXAS DEMOCRATS who want to boycott to prevent action?
CHECK OUT DEMOCRACY DOCKET by Marc Elias among others.
Do we want to sacrifice our RIGHT TO VOTE?
MASSACHUSETTS is not perfect, but VOTER TURNOUT has increased due to ABSENTEE BALLOTS & EARLY VOTING! Isn't that what matters?
BE SUSPICIOUS OF ANY PROPOSED CHANGE IN VOTING!
FOX NEWS = FAKE NEWS LIARS PAID $787 MILLION to DOMINION VOTING for their ELECTION LIES in order to avoid trial. SMARTMATIC has pending trials. (There have been other lawsuits & settlements you can look up if inclined, even NEWSMAX settled.)
THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS SACRED!
LET'S TREAT IT AS SUCH!
WHY ARE YOU CAPPING (SCREAMING) AT MY COMMENT.
Seriously, it really makes me (and maybe others) run away. A little capping is one thing, but for future reference...
I watched the Scottish Open last week and one of the caddies had to be replaced because he had a felony conviction and couldn't enter the country. How is Trump being allowed entry?
Wouldn't that be great if their immigration officers took him to prison and locked him up without due process. Maybe with the loch Ness monster. Fingers crossed!
I was just thinking the same thing! Let's hope!!
Lol. YESSSSS!!!!!
One can only hope
OMG! That would solve so many problems!! Give Nessie a fattening snack!!
I love this, marcia!!
I'm disappointed in Scotland for allowing felon47 to open anything in their country. I think he already has at least 1 other golf course there; they should make him liquidate any assets there. All other countries should. He apparently hasn't completely alienated our allies.
Canada has similar "no convicts allowed" laws, but politicians can get around them by filing the appropriate paperwork. Bush Jr. was initially banned from Canada because of his DUI record, but special compensation was made when he made State visits to the Great White North. I assume Trump did the same for his recent Canadian G7 visit and Scotland would likely have similar procedures to allow him entry.
That is question that Mz. Bondee should be asked right away. Nothing says double standard like a cheating golfer who never loses...just ask him.
I am surprised that the lovely people of Scotland are not protesting his new golf course. The damage he did with the other golf course should have been a lesson for their country. But I guess if you have enough money.
I think they will be
Oh I’m sure they will!
Once he leaves do what should have been done the first time he left, deny him re-entry as a convicted felon.
Wouldn't this be fantastic? That *is* legal, isn't it? Why hasn't anyone suggested this before?
No heart, no brain, no courage. At least the Tinman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion knew what they were missing.
And they took action to find what they lacked!
Good one!
Plus, they were still kind souls despite their deficits.
Would love to know who shared that golf pic! As a golfer myself I laughed my head off then wondered if it was real. 🤔 Either way it made my day. Thanks Scott! Every laugh, every piece of good news, every report of defiance and hope keeps us all focused on what we pray will be a more sane future.
It is real and I’m never letting it go away (that pic) lol
Great work today, Scott. You have me smiling. But I would rather mention Reverend Barber who is truly carrying the civil rights banner for our country. He keeps the strong commitment of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. in our ears and minds. ✊
Indeed! Rev Barber is great! We gave him props in yesterday’s piece.
For sure JR! We had him in yesterday. But I also will try to get him in for an interview!
Trump is a felon and shouldn’t be allowed to open a course overseas. He no longer can vote therefore, he’s scum.
I hope he opens the greatest golf course in the world and decides to never leave.
I thought Scotland hated him and were protesting his golf course. Guess he greased someone’s palm as usual
Don't worry , we here in Scotland will be protesting! I am furious that we as tax payers will be funding his security for a PRIVATE visit. He should pay for his own security. But he'll be left in no doubt about how Scots feel about him! Though I can see protectors being kept miles back.
Thank you Scotland! Protest away!
Yes. Love this! Happy Wednesday everyone.
Well, they despise him in Scotland. Maybe he'll get buried on the new course! ;)
In K Starling's notes on her personal page she has upped the number to 1350 for Thursday:
https://substack.com/@authorkstarling/note/c-135271271
And John Lewis themed events nearly 1700 over the next several days:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thepeopledissent/p/three-stories-of-everyday-people
I subscribe to K for good reason! Thanks Joe! I also owe you a message been on the road doing a story that’ll come out soon
I think it is a lead pipe cinch that with Comer Fudd (blame Jeff Tiedrich!) Kentucky is not sending their best to Congress...
Thanks again for the good news! I hope he stays in Scotland as well!!
NO import him to Florida's alcatraz
That fat, spoiled all his life clown, wouldn't last 3 hours in the oppressive heat. He'd be crying for someone, anyone to rescue him.
That would be poetic justice though.
Totally agree!!
Alligator Alcatraz will be disastrous for the Everglades' ecosystem. No one seems to bring that up. I think the whole idea is awful - perhaps we should just drop a select few from this administration into the waters and see what happens, scrapping the whole alligator alcatraz concentration camp thing.
Hateful labeling of a jail is inflicting such ugliness on the entire country. It is not funny, it is outrageous. And it is now plastered in road signs in the area of Florida where it exists.
That's disgusting. I'm not surprised. But it's utterly disgusting.
There's a big tee shirt business reaping in the dough, too. It's so un-American to make the source/place of suffering and anguish "trendy". Oop - I meant that it's full blown 2025 American, not un-American.
What has Scotland ever done to us that would be bad enough to inflict Drumpf on them?
Not a thing…I’m sure they don’t want him either…he should build a golf course by his buddy Putin and stay there!!!
Can’t believe that he can open golf courses during his presidency. What has our country become and no one says anything.
Plenty of people are saying something but no one is listening anymore
He can sell his own fragrances and gold-plated bibles and currency and turn the White House lawn into a car lot. Trump’s level of corruption has no low to which it won’t go.
Smells like bottom of a birdcage too
No doubt
It’s clear corruption beyond measure. Imagine if Biden did it. Seriously. Republicans would lose it. And so would everyone else. Because it’s wrong. So wrong. How much of that money for that trip could go to protecting people from floods?
We’re speaking out together every day!
Sad