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I expected chauvinistic propaganda from the Rs and the Trumpeters.
Not from Hillary and the Democrats.
I'm saddened, and in a way, frightened by what CiC Hillary and Gen Allen have in mind after Jan 20, 2017.
The first is of cruel and excessive punishment
Chelsea Manning may face charges relating to a suicide attempt this year, which could lead to indefinite solitary confinement or transferral to a maximum-security facility, according to a civil rights group.
The definition of The American Dream varies depending on the individual, but it almost always involves owning a home.
Which is why this should alarm you.
I visit a site called "newsmap" regularly because it gives me a high level heatmap of what MSM is talking about. Here's what today looked like:
At some point today, Sarah McBride will speak for five minutes on the stage of the DNC and become the first transgender person to speak to a major party convention.
Preparatory to that event, Sarah spoke yesterday to Katie Couric of Yahoo news and Katy Steinmetz of Time magazine.
I am moved and inspired that there will be a chance for someone on a stage at a national convention to say that they are a transgender person. And my hope is that for anyone who is watching, who worries that their dreams and their identity are mutually exclusive, who worry about whether they can be accepted and succeed as who they are, that they can find some comfort and some hope in the fact that a person will be standing on that stage saying those words.
--McBride
We cannot all be in Philadelphia, either inside the convention hall as brave Bernie delegates making their voices heard on our behalf, or outside protesting in the streets. But we can do something else, especially those of us on social media, particularly Twitter and Facebook.
Here is what I am asking all of you with social media accounts to do.
ON TWITTER
This is Hillary Clinton's official twitter handle (i.e., her username): @HillaryClinton
(Today's update appears at the bottom of this essay)
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In the last couple of days I have heard both Elijah Cummings and President Obama at the Democratic Convention say that as part of the next great pragmatic jump forward, Democrats have evolved to the point where they can aver officially and unequivocally that "healthcare is a right" in their 2016 platform.
Our government sponsored exporting of violence is reaching new heights.
The Nation reports record weapon sales by the Obama administration under Secretary of State Kerry and Clinton.
I think by now the Unity meme is dead.
So where do Bernie people go?
Not to Trump.
