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So, as y'all know. I made a call to action to protest the Supreme Court Ruling.
As part of this, I reached out to multiple local political organizations. The Pima County Democratic party was pretty excited to work with me. And we'll be having some mutual announcements soon about some neat things we're doing together.
However, contrasting this with the Tucson DSA is stark.
They absolutely refused any sort of solidarity because I had placed some initial rules about not protesting Bidens nomination right now. It's not that I don't believe in that cause (I do!), its that I want to keep the protests from falling to the same issues as Occupy by keeping a narrow focus with specific talking points.
They essentially refused to talk about it at all and walked away.
Folks, to build power, we have to work together. And if we assume everyone else is extremely rigid and walk away any time something even slightly challenges your personal truth, we're all worse for it. We must be open to the fact that compromise is possible
The Democratic Socialists of America will fail to build power. They are too extreme, too dogmatic, and are extremely hostile to even having conversations. They don't build much for anyone except themselves and rely on performance to communicate their virtue.
What was so hard about having a conversation with me on this? I wasn't stating these decisions were final in any way. Yet they weaponized one condition to cast this site as ideological enemies. I was totally down to be like "Well, how about we protest Joe Biden on X day?". Yet we couldn't even get that far because the Tucson DSA slammed the door in my face.
So yeah, I used to donate to them, I even used to like them. But they have failed as a political entity and will continue to fail because they would rather have virtue to signal than to actually build something in the community they are apart of.
I don't understand The Democratic Socialists of America's insistence on turning small disagreements into reasons to not work with allied parties. I formally denounce their performative bullshit and purity testing.
EDIT: Cooled a bit, and decided and use less expletives and refined the conclusion.
https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070224_july_4_closed/whats-open-whats-closed-july-4-around-tucson/
Independence Day falls on Thursday this year. Tucson, state and federal offices will be closed, except for trash collection and emergency services. Most transportation services will run on a Sunday schedule and you can reach prime fireworks viewing spots with the Sun Link streetcar.
Esta es una convocatoria oficial para TODOS los residentes de Tucson - liberales o conservadores.
CUÁNDO:
DÓNDE:
DIRECCIONES:
POR QUÉ:
"Más allá del destino de esta acusación en particular, las consecuencias a largo plazo de la decisión de hoy son graves. La Corte efectivamente crea una zona libre de leyes alrededor del Presidente, alterando el status quo que ha existido desde la Fundación. Esta nueva inmunidad por actos oficiales ahora 'yace como un arma cargada' para cualquier Presidente que desee poner sus propios intereses, su supervivencia política o su beneficio financiero por encima de los intereses de la Nación. El Presidente de los Estados Unidos es la persona más poderosa del país, y posiblemente del mundo. Cuando usa sus poderes oficiales de cualquier manera, según el razonamiento de la mayoría, ahora estará aislado de la persecución penal. ¿Ordena al Equipo 6 de los Navy Seals asesinar a un rival político? Inmune. ¿Organiza un golpe militar para aferrarse al poder? Inmune. ¿Acepta un soborno a cambio de un indulto? Inmune. Inmune, inmune, inmune. Dejen que el Presidente viole la ley, dejen que explote los atributos de su cargo para beneficio personal, dejen que use su poder oficial para fines malvados. Porque si supiera que algún día podría enfrentar responsabilidades por violar la ley, podría no ser tan audaz y valiente como nos gustaría que fuera. Ese es el mensaje de la mayoría hoy. Incluso si estos escenarios de pesadilla nunca se materializan, y ruego que nunca lo hagan, el daño ya está hecho. La relación entre el Presidente y el pueblo al que sirve ha cambiado irrevocablemente. En cada uso del poder oficial, el Presidente es ahora un rey por encima de la ley.
La fijación obstinada de la mayoría en la necesidad del Presidente de ser audaz y expedito ignora la necesidad contrapuesta de rendición de cuentas y restricción. Los Fundadores no eran tan obstinados. En los Documentos Federalistas, después de 'esforzarse por mostrar' que el Ejecutivo diseñado por la Constitución 'combina... todos los requisitos para la energía', Alexander Hamilton planteó una pregunta separada e igualmente importante: '¿Combina también los requisitos para la seguridad, en un sentido republicano, una debida dependencia del pueblo, una debida responsabilidad?' El Federalista No. 77, p. 507 (ed. J. Harvard Library 2009). La respuesta entonces era sí, basada en parte en la vulnerabilidad del Presidente a 'ser procesado en el curso común de la ley'. Ibíd. La respuesta después de hoy es no. Nunca en la historia de nuestra República un Presidente ha tenido razones para creer que sería inmune a un proceso penal si usara los atributos de su cargo para violar la ley penal. En adelante, sin embargo, todos los ex Presidentes estarán revestidos de tal inmunidad. Si el ocupante de ese cargo hace mal uso del poder oficial para beneficio personal, la ley penal que el resto de nosotros debe acatar no proporcionará un respaldo. Con temor por nuestra democracia, disiento."
--Jueza Sotomayor
QUÉ TRAER:
QUÉ NO TRAER:
Nota: Esta traducción al español fue creada con la asistencia de inteligencia artificial y puede contener errores. Por favor, reporte cualquier error de traducción a u/th3raid0r o th3raid0r@tucson.social.
This is an official call to action for ALL Tucson residents - liberal or conservative.
WHEN:
WHERE:
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"Looking beyond the fate of this particular prosecution, the long-term consequences of today’s decision are stark. The Court effectively creates a law-free zone around the President, upsetting the status quo that has existed since the Founding. This new official-acts immunity now “lies about like a loaded weapon” for any President that wishes to place his own interests, his own political survival, or his own financial gain, above the interests of the Nation. The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today. Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.
The majority’s single-minded fixation on the President’s need for boldness and dispatch ignores the countervailing need for accountability and restraint. The Framers were not so single-minded. In the Federalist Papers, after “endeavor[ing] to show” that the Executive designed by the Constitution “combines . . . all the requisites to energy,” Alexander Hamilton asked a separate, equally important question: “Does it also combine the requisites to safety, in a republican sense, a due dependence on the people, a due responsibility?” The Federalist No. 77, p. 507 (J. Harvard Li- brary ed. 2009). The answer then was yes, based in part upon the President’s vulnerability to “prosecution in the common course of law.” Ibid. The answer after today is no. Never in the history of our Republic has a President had reason to believe that he would be immune from criminal prosecution if he used the trappings of his office to violate the criminal law. Moving forward, however, all former Presidents will be cloaked in such immunity. If the occupant of that office misuses official power for personal gain, the criminal law that the rest of us must abide will not provide a backstop. With fear for our democracy, I dissent."
--Justice Sotomayor
WHAT TO BRING:
WHAT NOT TO BRING:
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The law has crippled groundwater regulation in most of the state and large farming operations have been exploiting it for decades. This includes American and foreign-owned companies. Even if the state can stop foreign companies from abusing Arizona’s lax water laws, American mega-dairies and large-scale alfalfa farms will continue to pump the state’s aquifer water at alarming rates.
Just a quick reminder of the actions that are within our locus of control.
We can:
There's probably more, but I've done #1, and am planning to do #2. Feel free to join in - the more voices, the louder the message.
The local Democrat Party office can be reached by email at info@pimadems.org.
Mark Kelly can be reached with this form here.
Mail correspondence and in-person appeals and protesting should occur at the Pima County Democratic Party headquarters located at 2302 E Speedway Blvd Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719.
Again, the names are:
While you're here, I encourage you to also sign the petition to get Abortion Access on November's ballot.
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EDIT - I keep butchering the title. 😢 If I see issues with this one. I'ma wait a bit and assume I'm having a bad brain day. Sorry if you've been "spammed" by my edits/reposts.
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