Friday, February 15, 2019

EMERGENCY CALL


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Trump has just declared a national emergency to satisfy his whim of an expensive, unnecessary, vile wall he justifies by a humanitarian crisis he himself created.

There is a petition to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate calling on Congress to stop this fake national emergency and take action against Trump's racist and anti-immigrant policy. Please add your name to the petition. 

We must stop Trump; his "national emergency" to build his wall is the act of a would-be tyrant. It is no exaggeration that if we do not stop him now, we may lose whatever democracy we have been able to build in the 242 years this country has existed. We must do this immediately.

Please join the National Mobilization Against Trump's Power Grab this Presidents Day, Monday February, 18 at noon local time.

Pledge to attend at: crisisresponse.us / details about individual events will be posted here by Saturday morning.

 How serious the situation is cannot be overstated. The Atlantic is very clear about this warning among many other threats that:

1. The moment the president declares a “national emergency”—a decision entirely within his discretion—he is able to set aside many of the legal limits on his authority. (This is especially likely with a Supreme Court heavy with his ilk of fascists ready to do his bidding.)

2. The president could seize control of U.S. internet traffic, impeding access to certain websites and ensuring that internet searches return pro-Trump content as the top results including social-media platforms. The government could monitor emails or prevent them from reaching their destination. It could exert control over computer systems (such as states’ voter databases) and physical devices (such as Amazon’s Echo speakers) that are connected to the internet.

3. The president can readily call in military participation in police activity and deploy troops inside the United States to suppress any citizens' protest.


------------See you in the streets.


 


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