Kochs this close to getting Kav on the Court. Their goal: first ever Section 5 Constitutional Conven

[jodymarie aimee]

This was my August Letter published Stevens Point WI.....I thought it might bear looking at AGAIN...things are dire folks...Kavanaugh is their linchpin....Jody Hurrish.

TRUMP IS THE SIDESHOW FREAK, KOCHS ARE THE RINGMASTERS


Cottage cheese with ketchup was Richard Nixon's favorite meal. There, you've had your levity, now I'm going to make your blood run cold. In 1917 Fatima, Blessed Mother embarked on a comeback tour appearing to three Portuguese kids giving them three Prophecies. The Lady hit a chilling bullseye. Two World Wars and "Russia spreading its errors" were forewarned.

What if there had been a fourth Prophecy? I'll take over for Fatima now. America will cease to exist, returning to the Gilded Age and a rebooted confederacy, destroying the equality of all its citizens. Trump's America is small potatoes in comparison to a Koch America. As we've seen with Trump's election, 25% can do enormous damage to society's norms and the operation of government. While we are distracted by Trump's tweets, the Kochs have been playing the long game, quietly. Corporate media use the latest technology to dumb us down as steadily as if they were standing on a stool pounding our brains with a frozen ham.

The brothers are this close to getting Kavanaugh on the Court. Their goal: The first ever Section 5 Constitutional Convention, radically changing our Constitution. Unlikely scenario? So were Brexit and President Trump. In the works for 50 years, the groundwork has been laid.

They aim to repeal the Bill of Rights. Our Constitution is already the most restricted of majoritarian democracies in the world. We have four veto points. Most have two or three. These guys are so greedy they want to add more. The Kochs want to effect a Constitution not of checks and balances, but one of locks and bolts. They've been lining up authorizations and have 29 of the 34 states needed. Three linked measures were just fast tracked in Wisconsin. They have 10 Liberty Amendments teed up and ready to go. Their "Balanced Budget" Amendment would end Social Security, Medicare, the New Deal and the Great Society/Civil Rights.

Universal Voter ID, installing Christianity as the law of the land, revoking the 17th Amendment(Senators used to be appointed) are all in there. State Governments are easiest for corporations to capture and preempt. The Kochs own 30 states, putting a chokehold on progressive policy.

Republicans are aware they are the permanent minority and Americans will never accept their version of America. How do they get around that? Hijacking the Constitution. Fatima warns be vigilant and actually read the other side's stuff. Trump is their misdirection tool while the rich change the game permanently. Kochs are working overtime(they're aging) to set up a government to do their bidding, now.

There are times we can feel destiny closing around us like a fist around a doorknob. It won't budge. Terrified? You should be. Kick in the jamb. Vote while you still can.

[BluegrassDem]

1. The Dems will likely take back control of several state legislatures

So I just don't see this happening.

[murielm99]

2. I agree. n/t

[Cosmocat]

3. The dems had control of some of these states 2006

None of them withdrew their applications when they had the chance.
This is VERY real.
The problem is Republicans are so sick and out of control, devious and power-hungry, they keep moving the ball forward whenever they get a little bit of control.
Democrats don't see it as a problem, or don't want to do anything about it. In fact a lot of democrats favor it.

[Alpeduez21]

6. Why not?

You think reasonable arguments workout against greedy selfish autocrats? How'd that work in 2016?

I'm sure most Iranians "just [didn't] see this happening in 1979. Most Germans "just [didn't] see this happening in 1932. Most Cambodians "just [didn't] see this happening in 1973.

If the evidence you need is stormtroopers kicking your door, you've already lost.

I am not convinced these elections are going to happen. IF dems win in November repukes still have till January to enact their goals. Don't think you'll wake up to a new world. If you want to prevent a Brave New World you should be far more cynical.

[Atticus]

4. We're gonna hafta break some of their stuff --- bigly. Only way to get their attention. nt

[Alpeduez21]

7. I don't want their attention. I want them gone

[FBaggins]

5. How does Kavanaugh get them any closer to that goal?

Also... I think you're conflating all the groups that you disagree with. I don't think that the Kochs are religious... certainly not "installing christianity as the law of the land" religious.

[gordianot]

8. Hopefully Mother Nature will take care of the Koch's in the coming decade.

They may want pockets in their shrouds but will not be able to use them.

[lunasun]

11. They are not alone in thier network

Most donors clearly give a lot more than that. One member of the hotel staff serving participants at the winter 2011 seminar claimed he heard donors standing up to make pledges in increments of $5 million. According to estimates from journalists and tax records from the Koch operation itself, the seminars went from raising just shy of $100 million in 2008 to just under $300 million in 2014, and the Kochs’ organized donors plan to raise somewhere between $700 and $900 million for the current 2016 election cycle.

The explosive growth of the seminars shows just how important it is to think about the Koch network as the joint project of many super-wealthy conservatives determined to reshape US politics and public policy in libertarian and anti-government directions. A huge and growing slice of America’s conservative-minded billionaires and multi-millionaires are now organized into a self-righteous movement to take charge of our government and politics.
https://billmoyers.com/story/five-myths-about-the-koch-network-and-why-it-matters-to-set-them-straight/

[jodymarie aimee]

12. the Rs are..have you been paying attention?

I am conflating nothing. When I write I do weeks of research.

[lunasun]

13. Kochs do fund anti abortion groups and have for years . Like trump, they use fundies as tools

[watoos]

9. One thing to not minimize,

is the role of the corporate media, which is pretty much all of the M$M, unless you are listening to a few people on Sirius.

The corporate media gave us Trump, this thread is not so far fetched. Just passing a balanced budget agreement would devastate our democracy. With a balanced budget agreement there would only be tax dollars left for the military and the rich. I would like to know our nation's IQ, it has to be pretty low, we are so easily conned. We now have code words rather than rational debates, anything that benefits the poor and working class is Socialism, which we all know is very bad, just look at the country du jour, Venezuela, right?

[Duppers]

14. M$M, hell yes! It'll have to get so bad that even the herd

Will awaken.

Our nation's average IQ? 98. Blue states rank higher.




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