Stop Trying to Recruit Me, Dem Party

You had your chance and you blew it. I have been an independent voter (uncommitted) for as long as I have been of voting age and that has been since 1966. When Bernie Sanders came along, I listened to his message and was hooked. I understood intellectually why he decided to tie his campaign to the DEM party. I was all set to consider converting to the Democratic party, when and if Bernie Sanders became president. My family was all on board the Bernie train. I worked volunteering for Bernie from the start. I phoned banked for Bernie as part of the party primary. The phone bank included trying to sway people, who were unregistered or registered to another party, to consider the Democratic Party candidate. After Bernie did not clinch the nomination, I was willing to follow his lead and vote for the party choice. I was less likely to convert but might have been swayed, until it became abundantly clear what a corrupted self-centered group of people were at the core of this political organization. How DARE you steal the election and my vote and give it to someone of your choice. That was not your right. Regardless, Bernie being my political advisor, and based on who had won the nomination on the other side, I followed Bernie's lead and cast my vote accordingly. As more and more information was released about party antics behind the scenes I became angry at how you used me and Bernie. The most insulting thing of all is that there has never been an admission or an apology or even a hint of remorse and the party liners and elites are continuing to blame everyone (Putin), every group (Wikileaks), every other party (Green) and even Bernie for the failure, of one of the most disliked and mistrusted candidates of all time, to secure the presidency. It matters not if I believe or go along with those beliefs. It is and was a fact of which the party was fully aware. Last but not least, the party could not even secure a significant win for itself after the election, which would have been an important political victory as Trump came into office, by approving the bi-partisan supported amendment that Bernie Sanders championed. While 12 republicans supported it, 13 democrats did not and so it failed. The reason given by some, with great political aspirations and large donations from pharmaceutical companies, was safety. No one believes, or that anyone in our congress thinks, that drugs purchased through Canada, originating in the United States, are a safety concern. If the reason is not concern for their own donations then maybe, just maybe, a grudge is still being held.

I am getting emails and phone calls and mailers and am sick of hearing from you. Stop. I do not give you any indication that I care. I do not and will not respond. I believe the best course of action is a new party. Not The Green, they had no real platform. Not Libertarian, they could not even find a reasonable candidate. I think a party of and for the people is in order and that surely is not the Democratic Party. I will be looking for political leadership and do hope that Bernie will provide that outside the realm of the DEM party going forward.

Journalism in network media is dead: BOYCOTT MSM Network (News) Magazine shows.

I'm soooooooooo over them all. CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, PBS, they all got involved in the elections in one way or another because they all agreed to play ball. We were fed a bunch of BS (and I certainly do not mean Bernie Sanders) by their "analysts" who are nothing more than glorified actors. They promote the agenda of their bosses. Their "analysis" is canned and boring and wrong. They are all cut from the same mold. The question becomes can you trust them. If the handlers ( are beholding to big business interests ) and they all are, what is it that they are selling and how does that impact their "reporting". You sure can't call it journalism.

So do we turn to "state sponsored media". I think not. Defined by wikipedia "The term state media is primarily understood in contrast to corporate media, and occasionally non-corporate independent news, which has no direct control from any political party.[2][3] Its content, according to some sources, is usually more prescriptive, telling the audience what to think, particularly as it is under no pressure to attract high ratings or generate advertising revenue[4] and therefore may cater to the forces in control of the state as opposed to the forces in control of the corporation, as described in the propaganda model of the mass media. In more controlled regions, the state may censor content which it deems illegal, immoral or unfavourable to the government and likewise regulate any programming related to the media; therefore, it is not independent of the governing party.[5] In this type of environment, journalists may be required to be members or affiliated with the ruling party, such as in the former Soviet Union or North Korea.[4] Within countries that have high levels of government interference in the media, it may use the state press for propaganda purposes"">

The better bet is public media however they too are beholding through sponsorships, as are PBS and NPR. So is social media the answer? Most social media news is owned by the same companies. Social media journalism is on the rise. Citizen journalism through social media content sites is maybe the way of the future. Currently it must be validated.

Testing and checking of information provided is recommended, until you trust a source, using Google, Wikipedia, Snopes as well as good old fashioned profile examination. Who follows this source? How big is the following? It is shared? Are there troubling relationships or trusted ones. Can you verify the contact info? For now we live an an uncertain newsland but if we are resourceful enough we can find alternative sources to the mainstream outlets. additional sources:http://guides.library.jhu.edu/c.php?g=202581&p=1335031

Michael Moore's five-step program for Dems to get over the election

https://twitter.com/MMFlint Michael Moore's five-step program for Dems to get over the election: Filmmaker Michael Moore said the Democratic Party must be taken over in a populist revolution after correctly predicting Donald Trump would win the White House. Arguing that there is no time to mourn, Moore tweeted out a link to his five-step progressive political recovery program on Wednesday after Trump's electoral college victory left the Democratic Party reeling. My "Morning After To-Do List": 5 things to get done today. No time to mourn. https://t.co/TLTRsxg1XG— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) November 9, 2016

The People's Summit - Who's There? #Women4Bernie and many many more

At the People's Summit, Portia Boulger, of #Women4Bernie is interviewed and is spreading #BernieSanders message that leaders are important to moving forward. We need them. We need to all lead but we need a leader who creates more leaders. Everyone needs to get involved in politics at a local level right on up to federal. It is a matter of paying it forward. #Bernie2016 has done that for us. We now to do that for him by paying it forward. We must #GOTV for real progressive candidates as we have done with #BernieSanders.

Disappointment with Senator Warren from a MA progressive liberal

As Nina Turner says in the attached , it is easy to get into a twitter war and attack #Drumpf for anyone outside of the GOP. The hard endorsement would have been to go with her own ideological views and endorsed #Bernie2016 while she had the chance and could have made a real difference in the direction of this race.



Sanders surrogate blasts Elizabeth Warren: She doesn’t get ‘brownie points’ for slamming Trump



My disappointment with her weakens any interest I have in supporting any possible run she may make in the future. It is sad when your heroes fall short of your expectations.

BERNIE vs TRUMP Southern California rallies

SHARE SHARE SHARE This video clearly shows the difference in the inspiration delivered from #BernieSanders to his supporters what is delivered by #Drumpf to his. This is not about actions by external agitators with questionable loyalties. It is about the interaction between candidates and their supporters.



You can not deny the evidence of this video as the contagious impact of the speaker to the audience. Bernie is spreading love, hope, enthusiasm while Trump is spreading anger, distrust and division. 

Women activists decry Steinem, Albright statements

Women activists decry Steinem, Albright statements: Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tried to shore up her flagging support among young women last week with the help of feminist icons Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright.