Hi! I’m a disaffected political critic with formal education in history, government, economics, and the U.S. legal system. My particular passion is immigration. I support the U.N. declaration of human rights. I steadfastly believe open societies are the future of humanity.
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Hello!
I’m not sure how to introduce myself. I’m a political progressive humanitarian. I’ve been following the site for a few months now. I live in Washington State. I voted for Stein in the last election, which didn’t make a difference anyway because of our electoral system. This state was going to be blue no matter what I did.
I’m looking forward to learning, sharing, and resisting together.
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Daryl here from VT, Bernie country. Thanks to my friend for spreading the word about this. First newsfeed I got today looks good and thorough.
Hi everyone! My first observation of where we are at is Constitutional crisis and also we must find the balance between being passive and the temptation to stoop to the level of violence to battle hatred evil and threat to our democracy. It’s tough right now.
-D
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I’m a Californian with some stints in the Pacific Northwest, now back in California for probably forever. The official highlights of my political resume so far have been partly managing a state lege campaign (we lost) and dropping out of grad school. I have a strong interest in public health, repro rights, violence prevention and lgbt issues. If I could get every American on this board to call their congresspeople about one thing, it would be the Global H.E.R. Act (H.R. 671 / S. 210).
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welcome!
I live in So Cal, but originally from Philadelphia (suburbs)!
There are plenty of people working on issues in Pennsylvania…and yes even in central PA. I know of several statewide efforts, ranging from my group (FairDistrictsPA) to RepresentUs, Action Together, SEIU, and so on that all have arms across the state, so don’t be discouraged! You aren’t alone!
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Hello All,
I’m in the SF Bay Area, an artist, also working at a small film company, and I’ve been an on-the-ground activist starting with Howard Dean’s presidential campaign back in 2004. I run a private FB group called “Riding Congress” that regularly badgers Congress critters about what we want done, (and undone). I rely heavily on Matt’s WTFJHT weekday newsletter because frankly I can’t stomach digging through the sickening news on my own anymore. I’m very grateful that Matt’s able to do work for us because without his guide I’d be less informed and less able to do my activism. I’m trying to think of it like flossing. We know it’s good for us to do it every day but it’s a PITA and sometimes it makes you bleed! Anyway, glad to be here and grateful for this resource. Also, born in Philadelphia but been in CA since childhood. I went through Bezerkeley schools and lived to tell!
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@ChrisB: Where is your group located in PA? I know PA07 is criminally gerrymandered. I grew up on the border of PA07 & PA01 (thankfully, I was in PA01!).
I know my Congressman (Dem) is working with a Republican (!) Congressman from PA (north Philly area, I believe?) on potential legislation or some effort to eliminate gerrymandering on the federal level (which SCOTUS might do before they can get anywhere!). When my Congressman was in the CA State Assembly, he played a big role in reforming CA redistricting and establishing our independent commission for redistricting in CA.
I know in CA we don’t have to worry about gerrymandering (bc of the indepentent commission), but fair redistricting is something I’m super passionate about!
Our group is statewide in every city and every county. I am the coordinator for the northeast region.
So, um, I’m R. Francis Smith, the R stands for Russ and I’m okay with it, I just write my name like this because it can actually be found in searches, plus I kind of like it, even though it makes people get all awkward with how to address me. (R? Francis?) Sorry about that.
Let’s see… I live in what may be the reddest state, Oklahoma, but persist in being a big ol’ lefty, and in case that’s not awkward enough I’m a Christian who worships with a church of pretty much all staunch conservatives. On a completely unrelated note, I’m sure, I’m also in therapy for generalized anxiety disorder and possibly OCD, and in all seriousness, WTFJHT has been a lifesaver to cling to, as I’m sure it has been for y’all. Where was I? I’m a husband and an adoptive father of two daughters from Kolkata, India, one of whom is about to turn 18 and did I mention the anxiety?
I’m a university system administrator and have been for the most part for a few decades now; I have a degree and a half in Computer Science and remain a hobby programmer in my spare time, such as it is, most of which is web-related these days because what isn’t? I’m a Patreon backer (is that true of everyone here? I have no idea) and a daily reader since… day 15? Something like that. I tend to just blurt out random facts when asked to introduce myself. I read a lot of webcomics and I more or less can communicate in Esperanto.
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welcome Hello…I’m Joe, close to / west of Boston. Just joined. Lived in NYC (So Bronx Irish Catholic), moved to Canada and then here in 2003. Two grown kids…musicians. I play bass, sing and make no money doing either, so still a working stiff. Health care consultant. Lean left…happy to be here- my goal tonight was simply to praise Matt & co and add - great T shirt!! I’ll wear it with pride!! Carry on…
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HI, I am Jeannine. I live in Arizona. I was a site software coordinator for a high school. Fancy word for teaching teachers how to use their computers. I retired from that, volunteered for our local Fire Department as a EMT/FF for 6 years. Just couldn’t keep up with those youngsters anymore. I found WTFJHT a few months ago. Matt hasn’t missed a beat. I know I can get the latest news and links to keep up with WTFJHT. I would like to find a few more AZ people in this group. It’s lonely here. 
Politically speaking.
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Former GOPer, former elected official, former Democrat, now Independent, voted for all of the third party candidates. I am 5/8 retired, from IT, now working in Low-Income Property Mgmt In Upstate NY. I have expanded form reading Drudge for the other side, very disappointed in Huffingtonpost redesign (and buyout), We have been MSNBC watchers since Jan20, and now enjoy Matt’s newletter. My wife and I wrote to all of the GOP senators for Healthcare (you’re welcome …). We have readability with many websites and cannot join our local resistant group because the entire website is in Purple background with white lettering. Our issues now are with Healthcare, we are considering Nova Scotia. Planning to un-elect John Faso in 2018.
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Hi, im Jessica,
Im a workaholic legal editor/supervisor legal doc poster approver at JD Supra. Ive been doing this for almost 11 years since i graduated law school. Fortunately i got to publish every wonderful thing that Obama did for his 8 years in office and now in the 220 days of the man i call Cheeto Hitler Pussy Bitch, ive had to publish every scummy reversal of all Obama accomplished. I often feel im living in an alternate universe or maybe this is just hell. I find myself obsessed with how chpb could have won, what kind of world we now live in and one night i googled what the fuck and found Matt’s new site. I signed up and swear these daily emails have become my life preserver! Thank you so much for doing what you are doing, your energy, time and brilliant mind truly have helped im sure, many of us hang on! This forum gives me daily hope that in the end good will prevail!!!
Thank you!
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Hi! Big time #Resister here! Single mom from Los Angeles. Passionate about injustice, but tolerant of others as long as everyone is civil.
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Keep calm & carry on…? 
welcome!
Welcome @jcc! Have you checked out for any local Indivisible groups? I know of a few people that are big in the Twitter resistance community that are involved in Indivisble, as well. I’m just not sure where in AZ.
Welcome @booksleuth from a fellow former Democrat, now Independent!
Welcome @Jessicacorbitt! Trust me, you are not alone on this! I often have the same feeling! 
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I’m Paul, now living in Seattle (really North City Shoreline) but originally from Los Angeles. I have taught from sixth grade through university, science and math through French and ESL. I am a veteran of campaigns since Gene McCarthy (but Adlai Stevenson did hold me at a tour stop when I was two!) My personal issues are health care and transportation. I look forward to the exchange of ideas for positive action, so we survive the next few years.
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