Turning The Ballot Box Against Republicans

Humans of New York's Brandon Stanton on Trump
https://www.facebook.com/yahoo/videos/10154146624574714/

Donald Trump Says He Doesn't Support the GI Bill
http://www.mrctv.org/blog/donald-trump-says-he-does-not-support-gi-bill

Telling Republican the TRUTH About Planned Parenthood
https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/videos/971248656301522/

Finally an occupyDemocrats not taken over by Bernie Sanders adoring fans. It didn't have cc, but from title I can tell it is about something which important and in danger from being destroyed by republicans.

Where is the respect that a good upbringing instills in a person?

We can thank Ann Coulter for coining the word "godless" which amply describes the republican party today.

"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools..."

Asheville Brewery Has A Profanity-Filled Message For The North Carolina Bathroom Law

The Wedge Brewing Company out of Asheville has a little message for North Carolina lawmakers in regard to its controversial anti-LGBT bathroom law that forbids public schools from allowing transgender students to use the correct bathroom, for which it is currently being sued by the U.S. Justice Department for violating the Civil Rights Act. And that message is currently printed on the bottom of its Iron Rail IPA cans.




http://uproxx.com/life/north-carolina-trans-bathroom-law-brewery/

Back by popular demand.

Accounting Error: Bernie's Growing Troubles with Illegal and Foreign Contributions
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/3/14/bernie-sanders-potentially-illegal-campaign-contributions

"The most benign of all possible explanations for these questions raised by the FEC on Sanders' campaign finances is an astounding level of incompetence."

"And no, Bernie's signature, dismissive diatribe of "our money comes from people giving $27" is just not cutting it anymore."

"Right now, there remains at least $23 million - nearly a quarter of Bernie's total haul as of last reporting - completely unaccounted for. Right now, there are nearly 700 contributions from people who, for all the FEC knows, could be foreign nationals. And the FEC continues to find new problems with every report."

Comment: I still love Bernie but he is far from my first choice...

Whenever anybody says we can't afford free collage or skill training or universal healthcare, show them this. Remind them of the over $1,000,000,000,000 F-35 strike fighter fiasco, or the over $2,000,000,000,000 spent to date in Iraq or the over $500,000,000,000 spent in Afghanistan.

Media Asking Wrong Questions on North Carolina’s ‘Bathroom Law’

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/media-asking-wrong-questions-north-carolinas-bathroom-law

The real question: “How is the government supposed to figure out a person’s biological sex?”
By Janine Jackson / FAIR
May 6, 2016

In the wake of North Carolina’s new law banning transgender people from using restrooms that correspond with their gender identity in publicly run facilities and schools, you will have heard media asking what things like the cancellation of a Bruce Springsteen concert might mean for the state’s economy.

You will have heard how Gov. Pat McCrory, who signed the law, now finds himself in the “Crossfire of GOP Civil War,” as a Washington Post headline sympathetically put it.

You will have heard the question posed as a battle between freedoms: The Today show April 10 spoke of backlash against “various religious freedom laws,” and explained, “At issue: the rights of the LGBT community pitted against those of people with religious objections.”


What you have heard little or none of is what Media Matters research fellow Carlos Maza called “The Question Every Reporter Should Be Asking About Transgender Bathroom Bans,” namely: “How Is the Government Supposed to Figure Out a Person’s Biological Sex?”

Maza noted that media are amplifying right-wing myths about privacy and women’s safety, even though

the idea that men will pretend to be transgender to sneak into women’s restrooms has been debunked by law enforcement experts, government officials and women’s safety advocates in cities and states across the country.

But while media are busy working through anti-LGBT talking points, they aren’t asking Republican politicians to explain how they’ll enforce laws that would require people to prove their “biological sex” at the bathroom door. The law says people must use facilities that corresponding to the sex “stated on a person’s birth certificate.” So people should carry their birth certificates with them at all times?

You can’t prove someone is transgender just by looking at them. But business owners and, hey, other bathroom-goers should make snap judgments about who does and doesn’t belong?

Scarier still, Maza notes that some states are looking at bills that would award damages to anyone who shared a bathroom with a transgender person. So if media are indeed concerned with encouraging violations of privacy and safety, there are plenty of questions to ask. They just need to be sure they’re asking the right people.

Janine Jackson is the program director of FAIR, and the co-host and co-producer of FAIR's syndicated radio show CounterSpin—a weekly program of media criticism airing on more than 150 stations around the country.

Dept. of Education: Yes, Title IX Protects Trans Students
http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/5/12/dept-education-yes-title-ix-protects-transgender-students

The one on top is much too nutty.

Got to love the main drag in Austin!

What in the world does this have to do with Hillary's e mail FBI investigation?

This is Bernie's net worth:

http://moneynation.com/bernie-sanders-net-worth/

What is Bernie Sanders’ Net Worth?
Tom GerencerJan 1, 2016
Net Worth

Bernie Sanders’ net worth is $528,014. Our Bernie Sanders net worth calculations come from analyzing his U.S. Senate financial disclosure forms.

U.S. Senators aren’t required to disclose their exact net worth. The closest anyone can get to Bernie Sanders’ net worth is to dig through disclosure forms and do the math. Since senators report assets and debts within preset ranges, finding Bernie Sanders’ net worth means averaging reported max and min figures.

In August of 2015, Bernie Sanders reported net worth assets at a minimum of $187,026 and a max of $759,004. Sanders also owns a condominium in Vermont valued at about $100,000. He has debts of at least $25,002 and as much as $65,000.

Figuring Sanders’ maximum possible debt and minimum possible assets gives a minimum possible Bernie Sanders net worth of $222,026. Figuring lowest possible debt and highest possible assets gives a net worth a high as $769,002. Combining average assets with average debt gives an average Bernie Sanders net worth of $528,014.

Bernie Sanders Net Worth 2

Donald Trump has called Sanders a “wacko.” Sanders has argued that Trump is pushing policies intended to help only himself and other billionaires like him. Sanders claims Trump’s plan is to ride into office with the help of misguided members of the working class.



Above the Rose Parade, a skywriter wrote, “America is great, Trump is disgusting, anyone but Trump.” On 1/5/16 on The Nightly Show, Larry Wilmore accused Sanders of being behind the skywriting. Sanders defended himself, saying, “I don’t have to spend money to make Donald Trump look dumb. He does it all by himself.” Watch the clip below.

Sanders is at least tentatively on the primary ballot in several states, including Ohio, New Hampshire, Texas, Vermont, Alabama and Virginia. Sanders is the only candidate to get on the ballot in Texas through voter signatures rather than by paying a fee.
Bernie Sanders Net Worth Facts

Bernie Sanders net worth: $528,014 (August 2015 average)
Bernie Sanders net worth estimate from May 2015: $440,511bernie sanders net worth facts
Out of 100 U.S. Senators, Bernie Sanders’ net worth is #86.
Bernie Sanders minimum possible net worth 2015: $222,026
Bernie Sanders maximum possible net worth 2015: $769,002
Bernie Sanders net worth vs Jeb Bush net worth: 40 times smaller.
Bernie Sanders net worth vs Carly Fiorina net worth: 112 times smaller.
Bernie Sanders net worth vs Hillary Clinton net worth: 47 times smaller.
Bernie Sanders net worth vs Bill & Hillary Clinton net worth combined: 230 times smaller.
Bernie Sanders net worth vs Donald Trump net worth: 10,795 times smaller.
Bernie Sanders net worth vs median U.S. household net worth: 7.8 times larger.
Bernie Sanders net worth vs Bill Gates net worth: 151,515 times smaller.

We estimate Bernie Sanders’ net worth at $528,014. That’s 7.8 times larger than the net worth of the median American family. However, since all senator net worths are estimates, it’s possible Bernie Sanders’ net worth is much lower. In fact, Bernie Sanders’ net worth could be as low as $222,026. That’s 3.3 times larger than the net worth of the median American family. Finally, the Bernie Sanders net worth average of $528,014 is about twice the net worth of others in his age group.

Compared to Bill and Hillary Clinton’s combined net worth of $121 million, Bernie Sanders’ net worth of $528,014 is 230 times smaller. Compared to Bill Gates’ net worth of $80 billion, Bernie Sanders’ net worth is 151,515 times smaller. Finally, Jeb Bush has an estimated net worth of about $21 million. That’s 40 times larger than Bernie Sanders’ net worth.