Fwd: Why I’m running for Senate with Brand New Congress

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From: John H

I don't often shill for candidates, but this year two groups, Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress, have joined forces to find and fund progressive candidates for office between now and 2020 and beyond.  This, in my opinion is an extremely worthwhile and important movement and well deserves our financial support if at all possible – whether or not the particular candidate is running in your district or your state.  Each of the candidates running under the JD-BNC commitment foreswear taking money from large corporate interests which means that we, the people, will have to provide the necessary time, talent and treasure to get them elected.  Now is the time for us all to do our parts.

 

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John

 

From: Paula Jean Swearengin [mailto:paula-swearengin@brandnewcongress.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 12:18 PM 

 

 

John --

My name is Paula Jean Swearengin. I was born in West Virginia, a coal miner's daughter and granddaughter. My stepdad was in the coal mines. My uncles were in the coal mines.  As a little girl, I was proud of my coal heritage. I was proud to know that America was built on the backs of West Virginians and by families like mine.

But times have changed, and now my eyes are open. For far too long, West Virginia has been told we need to choose between clean water and jobs -- I'm here to put an end to that myth. That's why I'm running for US Senate to create a Brand New Congress and put Joe Manchin out of a job.

This won't be an easy fight and I'm going to need your help. Can you put up $27 today to show my opponent we're done with corporate cronies?

My state can't afford six more years of the rudderless leadership Senator Manchin is providing. His cozy relationship with mining bosses and corporations is going to lead to more suffering like my family has endured. It will lead to more grandfathers lost to black lung, more uncles with heart disease, more children struggling with cancer -- and no access to health care. Senator Manchin lacks the vision to see the coal industry is dying. It's time to invest in new industries with clean, safe jobs for all.

From Tennessee through West Virginia and all the way to Pennsylvania Appalachia is struggling, and leaders like Joe Manchin are content to stand idly by while the jobs dry up, leaving whole towns in the dust.

These last few months I found myself wondering: Why is Joe Manchin cozying up to the people trying to gut Medicaid coverage for his state instead of fighting to make sure coal miners don't lose their health care? I bet the answer lies in over $330,000 he got from drug makers and insurance companies.

Well I'm not like Joe. I can't turn a blind eye to the stagnation in our state and I can't be bought. I'll push for investments in infrastructure and new energy -- industries that bring in good jobs and fair wages. I will fight against Trumpcare because I won't allow our people fall through the cracks of America's broken health care system. I will fight for Medicare for All. I want the people of West Virginia to have the future we deserve. The future we've paid for with generations of hard work and sacrifice.

Can you donate $27 to give my campaign team the resources we need to win?

I tried to work with Senator Manchin as a concerned citizen. I wrote, I called, I went to his town halls. A lot of us did, but he blew us off.

I got tired of our concerns being ignored, and I decided it's time to stop playing by their rules. It's time to change the game. I'm running for Senate to do something Manchin won't -- represent you. I believe in West Virginia and I think it's worth investing in.

Like every Brand New Congress candidate, you have my word that I will never take a dime from special interests groups or lobbyists. My campaign will be fueled entirely by small dollar donors like you. I'm ready to go to the US Senate and show America what Appalachians are made of.

As someone who has donated to Brand New Congress in the past, I'm asking you to give me a fighting chance to take down Manchin. He's got millions of dollars from a handful of people so I'm going to need a handful of dollars from millions of people.

Your $27 donation today can help my campaign get access to the tools we need, like the voter file, to get us started on the right foot.

When I confronted my legislators at town halls for being on the take from coal companies instead of investing in new industries that could provide better, safer jobs, I received death threats from folks who the coal companies had spread their lies and propaganda to. But they found out that Appalachian women don't scare so easily. If you help me get elected, I will never back down from anyone in power -- I will take your fight to them.

I believe in a West Virginia where good jobs don't have to come at the cost of clean water. I know Appalachians are determined, hard working and smart. And when we band together, there's nothing we can't accomplish. I'm ready to stand up for you and your family to deliver the prosperous, healthy future we all deserve.

Will you stand with me? Help us raise $25K to purchase the voter file and campaign materials to get started. If everyone reading this gave $27 today, we'd have enough to launch my campaign and the next 8 Brand New Congress candidates right behind me.

I am honored to join candidates across America to create a Brand New Congress, and I believe in the vision of a corruption-free Congress that works for all Americans. I believe that when we go into Congress together, we can do more than fight for what's right -- we can turn what is right into law. All my life, I have fought for the rights and opportunities of every West Virginian and now, I'm ready to take the fight to Washington. This isn't about me and it's not just about West Virginia -- this is about all of us. We built this nation, now it's time to invest in ourselves. This is our time.

In solidarity,

Paula Jean Swearengin
Brand New Congress Candidate for Senate, West Virginia

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Fwd: Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder and Wikia cofounder, answered 32 questions

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How is WikiTribune different from other news platforms? Jimmy Wales on May 3, 2017 Jimmy Wales answered 32 questions How is WikiTribune different from other news platforms? Jimmy Wales, worked at Wikimedia Foundation Written Wed I would say that there are two essential differences that WikiTribune has to distinguish it from most other platforms. First, we will have paid professional journalists work...  Read More » What action should media outlets take to combat fake news? Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder and Wikia cofounder Written Wed There are (at least) two problems that give rise to the "fake news" phenomenon. But let me pause for a minute first to define how I'm using the term for the purposes of thi...  Read More » How does Jimmy Wales get the money from Wikipedia? Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia Written Wed I don't get money from Wikipedia. I generally don't accept expenses, even. There are rare exceptions, such as in some cases where the Foundation has asked me to take a spec...  Read More » How can I work for the WikiTribune? Jimmy Wales, worked at Wikimedia Foundation Written Wed Send your resume to jobs@wikitribune.com. I usually try to answer Quora questions in a "timeless" manner but I'll also give some current information since interest is high r...  Read More » Fake news has been around for some time. What started WikiTribune at this point in time? Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder and Wikia cofounder Written Wed There were really two key reasons for launching now. I've been thinking about this concept for a long time, and working on what I call "community design" issues in my head ...  Read More » What are the benefits of paid journalists working alongside with the community as equal partners? Jimmy Wales, works at Wikia Written Wed There are a lot of things that paid journalists can do that volunteers doing things from home in their spare time can't do. I think the combination is stronger than either ...  Read More » What are the upcoming major projects you are currently focusing on? Jimmy Wales, I am Jimmy Wales and therefore have a reasonable amount of knowledge about what ... Written Wed The main thing I'm working on right now is WikiTribune.  Read More » How is WikiTribune's approach different from other efforts to combat fake news? Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia Written Wed How is WikiTribune different from other news platforms?  Read More » Why has Jimmy Wales picked only left-leaning figures to head his WikiTribune crowdsourced project? Why are there no Conservative advisors? Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia Updated 5h ago The people listed there now weren't chosen for their political leanings. I'm not even aware, for example, of what Guy Kawasaki's politics are. All were chosen because I have...  Read More » Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia Written Wed I've answered this question here: Why have only left-leaning figures been picked to head the WikiTribune crowdsourced project? Why are there no conservative advisors? I don'...  Read More »   Read More from this Session We sent you this email because you follow Journalism. Unfollow Journalism This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.

Fwd: Matt Taibbi does Trump . . . and Hillary

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Check it out, Taibbi is really good!

John

Fwd: war evermore . . .

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From: John H

The United States of Terror . . . what more needs be said?

John

Articles

• Terror Is In the Eyes of the Beholder
• Honeymoon with Generals is FINISHED

Fwd: There's no playing nice with Antifa

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From: Tom Woods 

May 3, 2017 View this email in your browser So now St. Joan of Arc is an oppressor of minorities, even though she never met or interacted with any. For today's email, let me share the comments of my friend Larry Beane, pastor of Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gretna, Louisiana. Savages in New Orleans vandalized the St. Joan of Arc statue last night. It is a beautiful guilded equestrian work of public art given to the city by her elder-sister namesake Orleans, France. The current attack on our monuments by communist thugs is being embraced and stoked by the Democrat mayor and the Democrat city council -- and their complicit allies in the local media -- with tacit approval of the Democrat governor who will not support a state monument protection act (as has been enacted or is being enacted in other states). Defenders of our monuments have been threatened, attacked, and physically assaulted by Antifa thugs while the NOPD look on, like a cow observing a new barn door, allegedly under orders to do nothing. The mayor -- who seems to be in a bit of hot water himself -- blames the peaceful multiracial crowd that gathered at the monument in vigil. The narrative is that our historical monuments are racist - in spite of the fact that most of them honor military heroes who defended the city of New Orleans from invasion, and who after the war, were leaders of a society in need of rebuilding, forces for national reconciliation, and advocates for minority civil rights. But St. Joan of Arc had nothing to do with anything racial. She likely never met a single black person in her entire short life. Her 'crime' according to Antifa and the apparatchiks of identity politics is that she was white and Christian. Remember the chant at liberal colleges and universities: "Hey hey! Ho ho! Western Civilization has got to go!" and the rejection of the 'canon' of our western intellectual tradition? That's what this is all about.  These attacks are intended to rewrite our history and tear down Western civilization: its history and heroes and symbols, its liberal intellectual tradition, its Christian ethical backbone, its emphasis on individual rights such as speech and conscience, its contribution of limited government and its libertarian streak, its capitalist economics, etc.  The Communist revolutionary experiment was an unmitigated disaster in Eastern Europe and the former USSR. So now the poison is being spread to our country, to historically illiterate young people largely born after the fall of the Berlin Wall.  This isn't about monuments.  The best construction is that our politicians are magnificently stupid and nearsighted, for the alternative explanation is far more horrifying. I'll bet that makes you feel like getting far, far away. I've got just the thing, and it involves me: http://www.ContraCruise.com   Tom Woods Our mailing address is: Tom Woods PO Box 701447 Saint Cloud, FL 34770

Tuesday's game of water polo at CMU gets a re-do on Thursday

Earlier this week, I took these photos, then was the on-deck referee, for a water polo scrimmage from 9 to 11 pm at CMU. 

Come out tonight for a re-do. Perhaps we'll get some visitors in town to join the Pittsburgh Masters for the Collegiate Club Championships at Pitt that starts on Friday morning.

Fwd: Looking forward

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From: John H

If you read nothing else this week, read this!

John

Article: 

• Leading Historian Believes 'It's Pretty Much Inevitable' Trump Will Try tonStage a Coup and Overthrow Democracy.