Mueller Report and the Green New Deal

Thursday, March 28, 2019, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

This was a bad week for Democrats. Over the weekend, the Mueller Report cleared Trump on collusion with the Russians. Then, on Tuesday, the Dems were forced to vote on the Green New Deal. They planned to all vote "Present", but three Dems and one independent voted with the Republicans to defeat the Green New Deal, 57 to 0. The six Dem Senators running for president, had cosponsored the Green New Deal.

I am still collecting videos for the meeting, but HERE is a debate on the Mueller Report, Glenn Greenwald vs. David Cay Johnston. This video is almost 40 minutes long, so we will not have time to show it at the meeting, but we will discuss it.

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Here are the videos shown at the meeting:

• Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Coordination
• All the Other Reasons Trump Is a Bad President
• McConnell believes climate change is real
• Republican solution to climate change
• Real climate change fix is to have more kids

The Ides of March

Thursday, March 21, 2019, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

The Ides of March, March 15, was in Roman times the day to settle debts, and according to Shakespeare, a day to beware of. The Ides of March, last Friday, was chosen for the big international strike by school children for action on climate change. The kids showed in force but were overshadowed by two other tragedies that day, Cyclone Idai and the New Zealand shooting. We also became aware of dangers we previously missed, a deadly design flaw in the Boeing 737 Max and an unnoticed large meteor strike over the Bering Sea. Beware of the Ides of March indeed. 

Here are the videos for the meeting:

• Students Across the Globe Go on Strike for Climate Change
• Thousands feared dead after Cyclone Idai rips through southern Africa
• New Zealand mosque suspect embraced white supremacy
• Investigators find similarities between Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes
• Earth hit by meteor 10 times more powerful than nuclear bomb, but no one noticed

The Rise of Andrew Yang

Thursday, March 14, 2019, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

Possibly the most exciting Democratic presidential candidate is someone you never heard of, Andrew Yang. He is getting a lot of attention from the power of his ideas; see the first video below. He also knows how to frame his ideas for the race against trump and effectively communicate them to the crowds, see the second video. He does not have a chance of winning the nomination, but he could have a surprising impact on the direction of the party.

Here are the first two videos for the meeting:

• ANDREW YANG - UBI and the 2020 Election
• Andrew Yang's Pitch to America

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Here is the lead-on video at the meeting that was not in the list above:

• Should Americans fear automation?

Children Climate Crusade

Thursday, March 7, 2019, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

Children are now leading the battle for action on climate change. Children are pushing Congress to support the Green New Deal. Children are suing the Federal government for lack of climate action. Children around the world are skipping school to protest climate inaction. Are the children being used by climate activist or are they doing this on there own? 

Here are the videos for the meeting:

• Dianne Feinstein rebuffs young climate activists' calls for Green New Deal
• The climate kids suing the government
• Climate Kid Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
• Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at four school strikes in a week
• The disarming case to act right now on climate change

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In the FULL MEETING, Feinstein comes across less harsh and there is more discussion about her alternative resolution. In the meeting she declines to summarize how her proposal differs from the Green New Deal, but she does hand out copies to the kids. HERE is a draft of the resolution from her website.

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Here are the other videos shown at the meeting:

• Our Children's Trust: An Introduction
• Teens Skip School to Strike for Climate