2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhiteHouse.gov petition to deny Donald Trump national security briefings
https://wh.gov/iFRPvGOP presidential nominee, Donald Trump, said Russia, if youre listening, I hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. This is calling on a foreign power to commit espionage against the United States for political gain. He cannot be trusted with state secrets and, although there is a tradition of including presidential nominees in national security briefings, President Obama has no obligation to do so. For the safety of our nation, deny Donald Trump this privilege.
Qutzupalotl
(14,305 posts)auntpurl
(4,311 posts)Everyone should sign and tweet/Facebook this, and we should see if we can get it pinned to the top of the forum.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)It said 1 when I clicked on your link, I signed and then verified through the email, then exited the page, then clicked on it again, and it still says 1 signature.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)It's the first time I've ever created a petition, but it seemed pretty straight forward. I don't think it's anything I did in the set up.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)But it still says 1.
Blanks
(4,835 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)auntpurl
(4,311 posts)2naSalit
(86,577 posts)auntpurl
(4,311 posts)along with 6 RTs from people with 1000-5000 followers so I still think it's counting in batches.
2naSalit
(86,577 posts)I'm not up to snuff on how that site counts signatures. And thank you for getting the word out, that's awesome!
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)And we KNOW it's had more than that since we posted because other people have posted on this thread saying they signed. So we'll see where it's at tomorrow morning.
You're welcome! I'm on Twitter a lot, so it's not too taxing. Literally the least I could do!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,000 posts)auntpurl
(4,311 posts)SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)KT2000
(20,577 posts)chillfactor
(7,575 posts)thank you for the link.
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)sheshe2
(83,748 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)Think it shows now.
sheshe2
(83,748 posts)I just was there and it is moving up.
Thanks so much for the link, Pacifist Patriot.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)Never done one before. Momentous milestone for me.
renate
(13,776 posts)sheshe2
(83,748 posts)I don't twitter or tweet, those that do need to get this out there.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Get this out everywhere guys!
greatauntoftriplets
(175,733 posts)marybourg
(12,622 posts)auntpurl
(4,311 posts)with the link to the petition. Let's get this going!
Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)sheshe2
(83,748 posts)K&R
2naSalit
(86,577 posts)Liberal In Red State
(442 posts)cheyanne
(733 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)geardaddy
(24,926 posts)I hope this gets some traction.
Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)Chemisse
(30,809 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)duncang
(1,907 posts)his head would explode.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)duncang
(1,907 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)8 track mind
(1,638 posts)leftieNanner
(15,084 posts)It now has 135 people signed, but that number didn't rise after I did.
(on edit) I also posted it on my FB page. Let's get this done!
Awesome idea! I have been concerned about this very issue. Thanks PP
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)classykaren
(769 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)It's up to him to disclose such information. I trust him to keep secrets out of Trump's puny little hands.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)Pretty much symbolic on my part. This way other people may stumble across it and get a sense of how serious it is, and not just another "political gaff." If it resonates with one person it will have been worth the effort.
Dalai_1
(1,301 posts)Laser102
(816 posts)shireen
(8,333 posts)Good grief, where is everyone?
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)It was stuck at 60 for ages, and now stuck at 135. I know people are signing it, because they're telling me on Twitter. And we're seeing them here on this thread.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Wow that was quick!
aeroman
(64 posts)Trumps supports Foreign government espionage. No Security briefings for you!!!
cstanleytech
(26,286 posts)briefings anymore than I see them bowing to the idiots who tried something similar with regards to Hillary receiving them because of her past email issue.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)That it's an apples to apples comparison, as much of the media would have us believe.
If nothing else it increases the exposure of the outrage.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)Gestures like this can have more impact than just achieving the stated objective.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,184 posts)Assholes yes. But Trump is in a class of his own.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)And all the more reason for our side to push back on the normalizing and legitimizing of his utterly inept candidacy.
I'm fed up with pundit after pundit countering EVERYTHING he does with some pulled thread of something out of Clinton's history that somehow makes what he does and says just more of the same ol' politics.
No. Just no.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)0rganism
(23,944 posts)really, i doubt he'd miss them anyway
GoneOffShore
(17,339 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)auntpurl
(4,311 posts)a John Kasich icon just retweeted the tweet I posted with the petition.
Interesting, no?
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Posting a link there could have some traction.....
Kathy M
(1,242 posts)Bill USA
(6,436 posts)Wednesdays
(17,359 posts)his status as an inept, amateur statesman.
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)OK, I'm letting my inner Star Trek nerd out here, but this might actually work better than the action proposed in this petition. Please, hear (read) me out:
In a TNG episode entitled "The Defector" an enemy alien was fed false information about military strategies to test his loyalty. He failed that test, spilling the "rotten" beans to the good guys, and was destroyed in the revelation.
What if the current administration included a similar red herring in a briefing to Drumpf? Something so irresistibly tantalizing to Putin that his (Putin's) ego would override Russian intelligence safeguards, and -- once revealed -- would show the solid-line between these two psychopaths?
Too far-fetched? I dunno. All the dysentery that has spewed from Drumpf has exceeded previously-held notions of what's allowed, appropriate and acceptable in presidential campaigns.
The gloves are off.
We're not going to prevail over such evil by playing it safe.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)are nothing new in spy craft. Personally, I'd be curious to see what came of that. Wouldn't be surprised at all if he hung himself. You are on to something.
Doodley
(9,088 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)and counting
DemonGoddess
(4,640 posts)sunnystarr
(2,638 posts)2theleft
(1,136 posts)We are up to 425. Sharing on FB and other places!!
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)Prisoner_Number_Six
(15,676 posts)Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)701!