oops...that was supposed to go to somebody whose email address begins with "people."mike _____________________// *“For me, the most ironic token of [the first human moon landing] is the plaque signed by President Richard M. Nixon that Apollo 11 took to the moon. It reads, ‘We came in peace for all Mankind.’ As the United Stat**es was dropping seven and a half megatons of conventional explosives on small nations in Southeast Asia, we congratulated ourselves on our humanity. We would harm no one on a lifeless ro ...Continue Reading

i know you hate the orange wanker like we all do, but i thought this analysis piece on the significant shifts happening among non-college educated women voters would be of interest.mikeTrump’s data operation is targeting women voters amid warning signs   ...Continue Reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2020Contact: Terry Lodge 419-205-7084              Julian Mack 419-322-1508*__**__**_PEACE, ENVIRONMENTAL, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS JOIN PROTEST OF TRUMP AND PENCE THURSDAY_**/News conference Wednesday, January 8, 2:00 pm, Huntington Center main entrance/*Toledo peace, environmental and civil rights activists will join hundreds of other Toledoans converging on downtown Toledo, Thursday, January 9, to protest the presence and the policies of Presiden ...Continue Reading

Hello FriendsEarlier tonight, 15 people on a conference call (Toledo activists, Refuse Fascism activists from Detroit/Cleveland and others) confirmed plans for a protest on Thursday afternoon when Trump and Pence are in town.One location, already announced by Refuse Fascism, will meet at Promenade Park, 4pm, leaving from at 4:30, to the Planned Parenthood action at Monroe and Huron.To avoid congestion and parking problems, another contingent will meet at 4:00 at the Main Library green, Adams and Michigan, leaving from t ...Continue Reading

Hello FriendsEarlier tonight, 15 people on a conference call (Toledo activists, Refuse Fascism activists from Detroit/Cleveland and others) confirmed plans for a protest on Thursday afternoon when Trump and Pence are in town.One location, already announced by Refuse Fascism, will meet at Promenade Park, 4pm, leaving from at 4:30, to the Planned Parenthood action at Monroe and Huron.To avoid congestion and parking problems, another contingent will meet at 4:00 at the Main Library green, Adams and Michigan, leaving from t ...Continue Reading

45 pages single-spaced from the congressional research service.no doubt the descriptions for what happened and why could be rewritten substantially since apparently what we do is generally limited to responding to attacks or "defending u.s. interests" -- but the listing itself is useful.mhttps://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R42738.pdf _____________________// *“For me, the most ironic token of [the first human moon landing] is the plaque signed by President Richard M. Nixon that Apollo 11 took to the moon. It reads, ...Continue Reading

Please take photos of today's demonstration and... 1. share them on the NWOPC Facebook group page https://www.facebook.com/groups/102900016426607/ 2. or send your best pics to me to post on the NWOPC page. 419-559-37593. And, of course, share them any way you can, including on the social media feeds of our legislators.  Thanks!   On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 12:15 PM Terry Lodge tjlodge50@PROTECTED [nwopc] <nwopc@PROTECTED> wrote: __  /*For Immediate release -- please share widely*/Contact:  Ter ...Continue Reading

Remember how, last spring, we attempted to get Kaptur to simply sign on to a bill forbidding any warmaking against Iran w/o the imprimatur of Congress?    And how even the day of our attempt to meet with her staff, Kaptur's website still advocated regime change in Iran? And how the big "reform" of her face to the world was simply to remove that wording?   And how the proposal for Congress to have a measly say in whether or not to start World War III got deep-sixed by the jockeying of ...Continue Reading

Here is the Facebook event page for tomorrow's emergency demo against US war on Iran.  Please share any way you can, friends. https://www.facebook.com/events/765457523956952/ *Does anyone have a group who would like to cosponsor?  Let me know and I'll add it to the page.***I have sent it to Codepink to be cross listed to Codepink's nationwide call to action for tomorrow.  Here's the link to the nationwide events. https://www.codepink.org/01042020On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 12:15 PM Terry Lodge tjlodge50@PROTEC ...Continue Reading

Terry, thanks for organizing this and doing this excellent news release.  I'll put up a Facebook event page and spread it widely.  Plus I'll spread your release by email. I regret I cannot be there, but  I'm trying to get some local folks from Fremont area to show up. *Can anyone do a big banner specific to this event?  Or maybe someone already has one in their stash.  Who?*On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 12:21 PM Terry Lodge p.p. PEOPLE who still give a shit <people@PROTECTED> wrote:__  Fro ...Continue Reading