RESISTANCE CONTINUED

People around here have begun stumbling around how to respond. Some have started signing petitions to eliminate the electoral college,others have signed up for training on social issues and others are donating to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

But one thing to watch for as the new unitary Republican regime takes office is who is going to get the money. Already Paul Ryan has started his campaign to voucherize Medicare. This nonsense will sold on false information. Ryan claims Medicare is running out of money, while in fact it gained 11 years with Obamacare. He would privatize it, which would put health care financially impossible for the majority of senior citizens.

I have begun getting the drumbeat about Obamacare and its premiums and how the insurance companies are pulling out. Please keep in mind that Aetna threatened to leave because the DOJ won't give them a waiver on anti-trust regulations on their planned buy of Humana. And Marco Rubio wounded Obamacare when he eliminated the "bumpers" that provided the government for picking up Obamacare losses the first few years. Remember Obamacare capped insurance companies profits so that more money into health care. Also Obamacare resulted in an increase of taxes on the wealthy. 

If you recall the early days of this blog I commended Thomas Franks' "The Wrecking Crew". They are back.

Every so-called "reform" will be a transfer of wealth to corporations and the very wealthy--even before we get to tax breaks.

 I'm receiving all sorts of lists of how Obama ruined the country. Again the amnesia has then hold. There is no recollection of the global crash and virtually no awareness of the dire situation of our economy and its affects on people. So let's just start again now that we have total power--deregulating, eliminating anything that would prevent the crash again. This is a mentality found in the 19th Century where we experienced Crashes and Panics regularly.

The mood and tone is already changing. Yesterday, when Trump was in town he ate lunch at the Congressional Golf Club. When Obama was around from the beginning even to these days,there was always a buzz and excitement. Even is you didn't see him,you felt good. Yesterday,there was no curiosity and no let's just see the new President. Nothing just deadness. 

There is a tension even among Republican staffers in the House,many quitting or thinking abut quitting. They feel no one knows what will happen and they are not anticipating good things.And their side won.

Trump's transition team is recruiting people like Mr. Anti-immigrant ,Kris Kobachs and now rumored to be recruiting Pete Thiel as its head. The national security team is attracting some people I know that haven't been in government this century. 

So keep a close eye on the small stuff. It will have a vastly negative impact on your lives. For instance, it is highly likely that the new Attorney General will got the civil rights division of the Department of Justice. Little recognized but Eric Holder restored it after W and Obama put in more resources to aggressively fight housing discrimination, job discrimination and police brutality. In fact those things are considered a good by the incoming administration.

The right is going nuts over protests against Trump saying the Left--it's always the Left--who are not democratic. While they are?

Harry Reid issued a forceful indictment of Trump saying that his victory doesn't excuse his sins. Reid said he had two daughters and 12 granddaughters that bombarded him with anxious e-mails about what is to happen. Reid came out for the whole range of people who should be concerned and demanded Trump make "reassuring " statements. As my wife said,Trump won't and doesn't feel he has to.

The California legislature on the presidential election and how the state will uphold the values that America hold dear.

The KKK will hold a victory parade in North Carolina in December. 

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