PETITION: Every senator should sign onto Sen. Jeff Merkley's letter calling on Trump to fire racist Steve Bannon & Here's Evidence Steve Bannon Joined a Facebook Group That Posts Racist Rants and Obama Death Threats .18NOV16

IT is no surprise drumpf's/trump's administration is going to be filled with pickin's from the basket of deplorables, those are his supporters. We don't have to take this lying down. There are BOLD PROGRESSIVE organizations across our country joining together in opposition to the looming right wing neo-nazi fascist assault on our Republic. steve bannon can not be allowed any position of power and authority in any administration. His racist, white supremacist beliefs are toxic and will only promote bigotry,  hatred and strife in America. Please sign this petition to all US Senators telling them to tell pres elec drumpf/trump to fire steve bannon and not appoint him to any position in his administration. From the +BoldProgressives , UltraViolet  Demand Progress and +Mother Jones ....

Steve Bannon is a white supremacist former Goldman Sachs banker. And Donald Trump has made him his Chief Strategist.

Elizabeth Warren said this week, "This appointment will put a bigot beloved by white supremacists and supported by the American Nazi Party and the KKK a few steps from the Oval Office."

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is sending an urgent letter to Trump demanding that he fire Steve Bannon.

10 senators have already signed onto this letter. But all senators -- Republicans and Democrats -- should sign and disavow bigotry.

SIGN THE PETITION urging all senators to sign Jeff Merkley's letter calling on Trump to fire racist Steve Bannon. 

(And call your senators to make this request directly.)

Merkley's letter is getting circulated among Senate offices, and will be delivered directly to Trump Tower early next week. It calls on Trump to "exclude the proponents of discrimination and hatred from the ranks of your Administration, and that includes immediately firing Steve Bannon as your Chief Strategist."

169 of 188 Democratic House members have signed a similar letter led by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI). THAT'S what unity looks like!

Warren has been drawing a clear line in the sand against bigotry.

She said this past week, "On core issues about treating every single human being in this country with dignity, on that we stand up and we fight back. We do not back down. We do not compromise, not today, not tomorrow, not ever."

SIGN THE PETITION urging all senators to sign Jeff Merkley's letter calling on Trump to fire racist Steve Bannon. 

(And call your senators to make this request directly.)

Thanks for being a bold progressive.

-- Sarah Badawi, PCCC Capitol Hill team

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Here's Evidence Steve Bannon Joined a Facebook Group That Posts Racist Rants and Obama Death Threats

Another clue about his politics?

DAVID CORN AND AJ VICENSNOV. 18, 2016 12:02 PM

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Stephen Bannon, whom Donald Trump tapped as his chief strategist in the White House, has come under fire for his self-admitted promotion of the alt-right, a haven of white nationalists, when he was head of far-right Breitbart News. His defenders have insisted Bannon is no racist or anti-Semite. But Mother Jones has uncovered another clue about Bannon's political personality: Bannon joined a conservative Facebook group that has featured racist and extreme material. This material includes posts urging a military coup against President Barack Obama, featuring an image of the president dressed as an SS officer, celebrating the Confederate flag, highlighting a photoshopped picture of Obama with watermelons, praising a police officer who called Obama a "F*cking Nigger," and calling for Obama to be "executed as a traitor."

This Facebook group is for an outfit called Vigilant Patriots, which claims its goals are defending and upholding the Constitution and preserving "our history and culture." As of Friday morning, it listed nearly 3,600 members, including Stephen Bannon, who apparently joined the group seven years ago.

Vigilant Patriots is a collection of right-wing Facebookers, including members who hail militias and decry Muslims, immigration, progressives, sellout Republicans, and the president with hateful, violent, and racist rhetoric. It has an active Twitter feedthat is virulently anti-Islam. Its website does not seem to be functioning currently.

Bannon has not engaged in much public activity on Facebook. He is listed as a member of 31 groups, most of them conservative, with several comprising supporters of Sarah Palin. (Bannon once made a gushy documentary about the tea party star.) A search of Facebook turned up only a handful of posts attributed to Bannon, none on the Vigilant Patriots page.

With Facebook, there is always the chance an account could be a spoof or phony. But the Facebook account attributed to Bannon—the one that joined the Vigilant Patriots group—does appear to be legitimate. The Facebook page for the Breitbartradio show that Bannon once hosted contains a post from Matthew Boyle, a Breitbart editor, that linked to Bannon using this particular Facebook account. The Facebook page for Bannon's Palin documentary also linked to this Facebook account for Bannon. And a private and official Facebook group for media professionals lists Bannon as a member using this Facebook account. Bannon had to be added to this group by a Facebook staffer. (Facebook would not confirm whether this account belongs to Bannon.)

This Bannon Facebook page joined a group that has provided a platform for extremism and racism. The Vigilant Patriots page on Facebook pushes a vicious mix of agitprop and conspiracy theory. It has published calls to arrest, impeach, and execute Obama. A 2012 post declared that Obama must be arrested as a "terrorist" for "Treason, Espionage, Sedition and Fraud" and derided him as "an Illegal Commander-in-Chief." A long anti-Obama rant from a member in 2011 called for hanging the "traitor." A different member referred to Obama as "the muzzie usurping lying POS traitor." ("Muzzie" is a derogatory term for a Muslim.) A group member in 2013 said Obama "must be tried, convicted, and executed as a traitor." One member railed, Obama "still occupies the office because white members of Congress are too afraid of being branded racist to file Articles of Impeachment against him. It's time to stop the charade. He is destroying America. Black, White, Green, Brown, or Purple, the man is a traitor. IMPEACHMENT NOW!"

One Vigilant Patriot offered this critique of Obama:

America is in danger of a complete take-over by the Muslim Brotherhood. Our military and governmental resources have been subverted to benefit the cause of Islamic Jihad…As RADICAL as that sounds, an Islamic take-over is the ONLY fact that snaps all of the puzzle pieces together and makes sense of the last 25 years of American History. Barrack Obama is a Muslim Brotherhood TRAITOR to America. He stands convicted in the eyes of all true American Patriots.

A group participant claimed that Obama wants to "enforce Marshall [sic] law" to stay in the White House." And one post contended that US troops were purposefully bringing back Ebola from Africa.

There's a lot of hate among the Vigilant Patriots. A participant assailed Obamacare as "totalitarian socialist" and claimed that Rahm Emanuel, an Obama aide who became mayor of Chicago, had "justified mistrust of Jews by the KKK." Another proposed putting the "criminal news media into prison" (with Obama and Hillary Clinton). One post suggested adopting the Confederate flag as a symbol of resistance. Another declared that the Koran is a "declaration of war on you, your family, your friends, all you hold dear."

Mother Jones sent a Trump spokeswoman and Trump's presidential transition team a request for comment and a series of questions. The questions included the following: Did Bannon create this Facebook account? Does he personally control the account? Why did he apparently join the Vigilant Patriots group? Does he agree with the views expressed on this Facebook page? Does Donald Trump believe it would be appropriate for his senior staff to associate with a group that promotes racist material and death threats directed against Obama? The Trump spokeswoman and the transition team did not respond.

Bannon appears to have been rubbing Facebook elbows with racists and haters. On Thursday morning, Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign manager, said Bannon "treats everyone kindly" and "has the ear and trust" of Trump. For those claiming Bannon is getting a bum rap on the white nationalist issue, this Facebook connection between Bannon and the Vigilant Patriots will not make their work any easier.

Here is a sample of the content posted on the Vigilant Patriots Facebook page:

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VIDEO: What did Merkley say? Check out this Bold Progressive and remember to vote Tuesday 4 NOV 14 18OKT14

THIS is why I am a proud member of the Elizabeth Warren Wing of the Democratic Party and am supporting and donating to the Bold Progressives endorsed by the PCCC / BoldProgressives.org Check out Sen Jeff Merkley D OR in this video clip and the donate to his and other Bold Progressive's campaigns and / or sign up to make calls for them by clicking the link in the article below. VOTE 4 NOV 14 because Democracy is not a spectator sport!!!!!

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Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley just gave everyone a lesson on exactly how to be a bold progressive.
During his debate this week against his Koch-funded Tea Party challenger, Jeff was asked by the debate moderator whether he was "comfortable" with being labeled a progressive ally of Elizabeth Warren. His answer?
Watch the video to see. Then, chip in $3 so this proud progressive can keep fighting alongside Elizabeth Warren in the Senate.
Or, watch the video here and sign up to make calls from home for Jeff Merkley and other allies of Elizabeth Warren.

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BOLD PROGRESSIVES AND THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION IS ON THE LINE 30SEP14

THE PCCC / Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Sen Elizabeth Warren are asking for our support for Bold Progressive candidates for the US Senate and House. So much is at stake, and so much damage will be done if progressives are not elected on 4 NOV 14. This is not an exaggeration, check out Rolling Stone's expose of the koch brothers and their pac, american's for prosperity. Please do what you can, no donation is too small, no amount of time volunteered is too little ( I donated $3 to each candidate, you can pick who you want to donate to on the list). And be sure to VOTE ON TUESDAY, 4 NOV 14!!!!

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Two of the boldest progressives in the Senate -- my friends Al Franken in Minnesota and Jeff Merkley in Oregon -- are in tough re-election battles.
Thanks to a ton of right-wing Super PAC attack ads, the polls in both races keep getting closer and closer.
This is our team on the line. Losing them would be a disaster.
It would shrink the number of real, bold progressives we can rely on in the Senate. And it would likely mean losing the Senate majority and spending the next two years putting everything we believe in on hold.
And just imagine what will happen if a Supreme Court vacancy comes up while Republicans are in the majority in the Senate. Or what will happen to our efforts to hold Wall Street and its regulators accountable. It won’t be pretty.
The PCCC is going all out to defend these two bold progressives and keep all of us in the majority. Can you help?
Please chip in $3 to make sure Al Franken and Jeff Merkley can keep fighting by my side -- in the majority.
(Please also sign up to make calls from home for progressive Senate candidates this coming week or at least once by Election Day. I kicked off some volunteer shifts last election and look forward to joining PCCC volunteers again!)
Bold progressives like Al, Jeff, and me need to stick together. Al was there for me during my 2012 campaign -- traveling all across Massachusetts to talk to voters and thank volunteers. And Jeff has been my mentor and ally in the Senate Banking Committee, working feverishly to hold Wall Street accountable for breaking the law.
Without Al and Jeff -- and playing defense in the minority in the Senate -- is not how I want to spend the next two years.
Can you chip in $3 to make sure Al, Jeff, and I can keep fighting together in the Senate?
(Please also sign up to make calls from home for progressive Senate candidates this coming week or at least once by Election Day. I kicked off some volunteer shifts last election and look forward to joining PCCC volunteers again!)
This is a team that needs to stay together. Thanks for making sure it does.
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Do you know what's in your food? & Senator Merkley vs. Monsanto, Tell the Senate: Repeal the Monsanto Protection Act 22MAI13

WE have the right to know what is in our food. If there wasn't something wrong with GMO / GE food the industry wouldn't be fighting this bill in Congress. Even the prc and Russia (along with 60 other countries) require this labeling! Click the link to tell your Representative and Senators to pass the Boxer-DeFazio bill mandating genetically engineered labeling of our food. AND the monsanto protection act needs to be repealed. This should have never become law, and Sen Jeff Merkley D OR has introduced a bill to repeal this legislation, click the link below to tell your Senators to pass his bill! 

Do you know if the foods you’re eating contain ingredients that are genetically engineered? Right now, there is no law that says food containing genetically modified ingredients must be labeled. Consumers should have the right to know what is in their food, and make the decision about what food they want to buy for themselves. Join our friends at Food & Water Watch, and tell your members of Congress to support the Boxer-DeFazio bill to label genetically modified food. -- Gene Let's Label Genetically Engineered Foods Tell Your Members of Congress to Co-sponsor the Boxer-DeFazio bill! We deserve the right to know what's in our food. Send your members of Congress a message today! Can you feel it? The groundswell of grassroots support to label genetically engineered foods is overwhelming. Communities all over the country are coming together to force action on the state level, and Congress is taking notice. Ask your members of Congress to co-sponsor federal legislation to label GE foods! By now, you've probably heard about the "Monsanto Protection Act," a rider that was added to the budget bill needed to keep our government running. It seriously limits the ability of our federal agencies to protect consumers against harmful genetically engineered (GE) crops. Monsanto is never going to stop using its money to infringe on our right to safe, healthy food, but we can fight back by giving consumers critical information about what we're eating. Email your members of Congress to support the Boxer-DeFazio bill to label GE foods! It's critical that we win on GE labeling at the state level, and we're working hard with our partners on the ground to make that happen. At the same time, we need strong, uncompromising federal legislation to ultimately ensure that all Americans have the right to know what's in their food. Just as labels list fat, sodium and sugar, labels should tell consumers whether the food we eat contains GE ingredients. It just makes sense. Over 60 countries, including China, Japan and Russia, require GE foods to be labeled. Shouldn't we be next?  Take action to support federal legislation for GE labeling: http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=749 Thanks for taking action, Sarah Alexander Deputy Organizing Director Food & Water Watch act(at)fwwatch(dot)org Tell the Senate: Repeal the Monsanto Protection Act The petition to your senators and Senate leadership reads: "The Monsanto Protection Act is an outrageous and dangerous giveaway that forces approval of genetically modified foods ahead of our safety. Please support Senator Merkley's amendment to repeal this shameful act of Congress." "One of the most outrageous special interest provisions in years." That’s what Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) calls the Monsanto Protection Act, which became law in March.1 Now we have an opportunity to stop it. Senator Merkley has proposed an amendment to the Senate Farm Bill that would repeal the Monsanto Protection Act – but it will take serious grassroots pressure to even make sure the amendment comes up for a vote. Tell the Senate: Repeal the Monsanto Protection Act. Click here to automatically sign the petition. Cynically dubbed the "Farmer Assurance Provision," the Monsanto Protection Act allows Monsanto and other companies to ignore existing food safety rules, and continue selling genetically modified seeds even if a court has blocked them from doing so. Even worse is how this shameful giveaway became law. It was inserted anonymously, and without review into the must-pass budget bill to avoid government shutdown in March. CNN said that "the law passed without most of Congress even knowing about it."2 Jon Stewart put it a different way: "The laws of the most powerful nation on earth are written with the same level of accountability as internet comments."3 Even from our dysfunctional Congress, this was stunning. Tell the Senate: Repeal the Monsanto Protection Act. Click here to automatically sign the petition. Our system of ensuring the safety of genetically modified foods is already insufficient, and wrought with industry influence. The FDA and USDA routinely approve foods without sufficient review, and often rely on shoddy industry-generated studies to determine the safety of GMO foods. The courts provide a vital check to allow us to challenge approvals that were conducted too hastily – as when federal courts found the USDA’s 2009 approval of Monsanto’s GMO sugar beets to have been based on an insufficient review. But the Monsanto Protection Act strips the courts of the power to halt seed sales, and actually compels the USDA to approve products whose approval the courts have challenged. It’s so outrageous, the USDA says the provision might not be enforceable.4 Now our legislators have an opportunity to undo this appalling act of putting special interests like Monsanto ahead of our health and the safety of our food. Urge the Senate to take action now: http://act.credoaction.com/go/675?t=5&akid=7959.179403.jF2AMC. Thanks for fighting industry influence in our food. Elijah Zarlin, Campaign Manager CREDO Action from Working Assets Learn more about this campaign 1. "'Monsanto Protection Act' Repeal Effort Officially Backed By Sen. Jeff Merkley," Huffington Post, 5/20/13 2. "Last Minute Legislation: Bad for Our Health," CNN, 3/29/13 3. "Jon Stewart explains the ‘Monsanto Protection Act’," Mother Nature Network, 4/12/13 4. "Group says Monsanto law skirts courts, requires approval of genetically engineered seeds," Politifact, 3/29/13

Stop the J.P. Morgan Loophole 13JUL12

THERE are a few in Congress not afraid to challenge the bank-financial cabal, Sen Merkley D OR is one of them. Hope you will add your name to his petition....

Below is an email from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, who is leading the charge for a ban on high-risk trading by big Wall Street banks, including J.P. Morgan. Sen. Merkley created a petition on SignOn.org that's spreading like wildfire. Now, he's asking for help from MoveOn members in Virginia and across America.

Please add your name to Senator Merkley's SignOn.org petition urging Ben Bernanke and the Fed to close down the J.P. Morgan loophole.

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Bankers on Wall Street wrecked our economy by taking reckless risks in pursuit of massive paydays. And, as J.P. Morgan has made clear, Wall Street learned nothing and is still gambling.

If you agree that big banks should not gamble with the federally insured deposits that families and small businesses depend on, click here to sign my petition:

http://signon.org/sign/tell-wall-street-stop?source=mo&id=46133-17549061-HUQxdgx

I successfully fought for a ban on high-risk trading by big Wall Street banks. This rule, called the Volcker rule firewall, is meant to ensure that when Wall Street's bad bets blow up, you and I don't get burned again. But for the last two years, Wall Street's legion of lobbyists have been trying to blow holes in that firewall.

Wall Street lobbyists want the Fed to write the J.P. Morgan loophole into law. We can't let that happen. And with your help, we won't. Pleaseadd your name to my SignOn.org petition urging Ben Bernanke and the Fed to close down the J.P. Morgan loophole.

Thanks!

–U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley

This petition was created on SignOn.org, the progressive, nonprofit petition site that will never sell your email address and will never promote a petition because someone paid us to. SignOn.org is sponsored by MoveOn Civic Action, which is not responsible for the contents of this or other petitions posted on the site.