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Vrede too wrote:.... What charity or charities (up to 3) do you pick?
Pick any from the list...
http://hellogiggles.com/24-organization ... -election/
So many good ones and you're the winner. Narrow it down?
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I started off aiming for representative groups that Trump has particularly offended and abused. That seems appropriate. So, I eliminated "Queer civil rights" because he doesn't seem too homophobic. But the list is still pretty long.

I'm zeroing in on direct action because that's how I am.

Black Lives Matter
http://blacklivesmatter.com/

NoDAPL movement
http://standingrock.org/

Border Angels
http://www.borderangels.org/

Can't leave out Muslims and women, though, because that's how Trump is.

Muslim Advocates
https://www.muslimadvocates.org/

Planned Parenthood
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

$15 going to each.
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We don't yet know whether Trump will listen to Pence and the fundies, but he very well might.

Strengthening laws against sexual assault not on the list? Hmmm....

“I’m a Christian, a conservative and a Republican … in that order.”

American not on the list? Hmmm....
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billy.pilgrim wrote:Okay. I'm starting a new poll with the same criteria plus estimated time of riots it thumper loses ...
Maybe we should worry more about the riots celebrating his win.

Acts of intimidation, violence and vandalism reported after Trump win

Kristallnacht anyone?
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Huh, I didn't notice the anniversary date of Kristallnacht when I posted about it above.
Ku Klux Klan to hold North Carolina rally celebrating Trump victory

... In 1927, Donald Trump's father was arrested after a KKK riot in Queens when over 1,000 white-robed Klansmen marched through the Jamaica neighbourhood.

A Daily Star article stated that Trump Senior was detained "on a charge of refusing to disperse from a parade when ordered to do so."

On Wednesday (9 November), protesters took to the streets in at least 10 US cities to march against president-elect Donald Trump. Nazi graffiti was spray painted on the glass window of a South Philadelphia building with the words "Seig Heil 2016", while a swastika was added to the word Trump.

The Philadelphia Police Department are investigating the vandalism although have not yet said whether it will be treated as a hate crime.

The incident happened between 9–10 November, the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht, when Jewish-owned businesses were attacked by the Nazis in Germany. Synagogues were set on fire and nearly 100 Jews were killed.

"We are horrified by the appearance of hate graffiti on a storefront in South Philadelphia," said Nancy K. Baron-Baer, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League. "Swastikas and the Nazi salute send a message of intolerance and hate to the entire community. The fact that today is the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht adds another layer to this already sickening act."
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Vrede too wrote:... I'm zeroing in on direct action because that's how I am.

Black Lives Matter
http://blacklivesmatter.com/

NoDAPL movement
http://standingrock.org/

Border Angels
http://www.borderangels.org/

Can't leave out Muslims and women, though, because that's how Trump is.

Muslim Advocates
https://www.muslimadvocates.org/

Planned Parenthood
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

$15 going to each.
Done.
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New pool - onset of the Trumpcession.

Closest to correct names a charity for the losers to donate $25 to, honor system, keeping in mind that obnoxious charities will never really see a check. Losers can request an alternate. Deadline: Inauguration Day.

I pick 4th quarter 2018.
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Yellen: Repealing Dodd-Frank would increase odds of another financial crisis

... President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly stated he would dispatch the legislation....
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O Really wrote:Pick any from the list...
http://hellogiggles.com/24-organization ... -election/
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Border Angels
http://www.borderangels.org/

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