I can not believe this shit...I received 2 emails from MOVEON.org today about the riots last night...Amazing how a trash site like this can send out crap like this and still have people using their site... here are the emails

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

I’m Heather McGhee, president of Demos, a progressive think tank and MoveOn ally.

Last night in Chicago, peaceful demonstrators responded to increasingly hateful and violent rhetoric from Donald Trump. But that violence isn't coming out of nowhere, and it isn't just inside the Trump campaign. It's the predictable outcome of years of dog-whistle politics which use hate and fear as a political tool.

For the past 40 years, the right wing has peddled a winning strategy to keep Americans divided: sell the economic agenda of the 1% to working- and middle-class white voters through a hidden formula:

Fear People of Color --> Hate Government --> Trust the Market and the 1%

And they've been selling us this agenda even as it has hurt Americans of all races whose wages have plummeted and whose economic insecurity has soared.

Will you take three minutes to watch and share We Must Talk About Race to Fix Economic Inequality, a new video I've made with my colleague Ian Haney López in partnership with MoveOn? Especially now, as Trump's hate speech washes across the country, drawing out and inflaming deep-seated racism, it's important for all of us to have the tools we need to fight back.

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Donald Trump's tactics exist in a historical context. Ronald Reagan was able to draw millions of former Democrats to the GOP with this race-baiting formula. He gave us the fictional character of the Black "welfare queen" to prey on resentment against struggling African-American families, but the real targets were government and labor unions. Why? Because these are the only public institutions powerful enough to hold corporations and the wealthy accountable.

The result? No Democrat has won the majority of white voters since Lyndon Johnson. Further, this has lead to "The Inequality Era": corporations writing their own rules, tax cuts for the wealthiest, slashed social spending, and unions on the ropes.

Politicians like Trump are using the same playbook today—whether it’s blatant attacks on immigrants or subtle coded language like "makers and takers" and "free stuff" to pit white voters against people of color and undermine our willingness to fight together for progressive solutions that work for all of us.

This scheme to use race to divide Americans who would otherwise be united in their economic goals is the best-kept secret in American politics—everyone knows it's true, but few political leaders are willing to address it head-on. That's why I teamed up with UC Berkeley law professor and author of Dog Whistle Politics, Ian Haney López, my colleague at Demos, to tell this story of how racism fuels economic inequality and what we can do about it. We’ve made a video with MoveOn that makes it easy to learn and share this call to action over social media and email.

Please click here now to watch We Must Talk About Race to Fix Economic Inequality now and share it with your friends and family.

We can’t win against economic inequality without understanding the right’s best weapon against a unified 99%. Everything progressives want—debt-free college, universal health care, campaign finance rules, climate change solutions, workers’ rights—requires a belief in government and trust in each other. We are better than this, and we won’t stand for politicians denying the humanity and worth of our fellow Americans. Our future depends on creating a multiracial progressive movement that will fight for racial and economic justice together, and we are ready.

Thank you for watching and sharing We Must Talk About Race to Fix Economic Inequality with your family and friends.

And thanks for all you do.

—Heather McGhee

P.S. MoveOn and Demos are starting a pledge for progressives to show that, in the age of right-wing populism, we won't be divided anymore by race or ethnicity. If you agree that combating racism is crucial to the progressive movement, sign our pledge to make implicit dog whistles explicit and call out politicians who use them.

Want to support our work? MoveOn member contributions have powered our work together for more than 17 years. Hundreds of thousands of people chip in each year—which is why we're able to be fiercely independent, answering to no individual, corporation, politician, or political party. You can become a monthly donor by clicking here, or chip in a one-time gift here.

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Dear MoveOn member,

Last night, without consulting local police, Donald Trump abruptly cancelled a rally in Chicago in the face of massive and overwhelmingly peaceful student-led protests.1

Then he blamed MoveOn members for his decision, telling Fox News we must have "staged" the protests and that MoveOn is "not a good group of people."2 Fox News's coverage and other right-wing media have followed his lead—denouncing MoveOn "agitators" for ruining Trump's event. This morning, he called protestors "thugs."3

We're being flooded with aggressive emails and social media posts from Trump supporters. Some of them are threatening.

We refuse to be intimidated by Donald Trump, Fox News, or anyone else. We need to make sure the public at large understands what Trump is up to here—encouraging violence, looking for scapegoats, and then, perversely, trying to paint himself as the victim.

We need to double down on our work, showing that America is better than Trump's bullying, hate-baiting, and incitements to violence.

Will you chip in $3 to help our campaign?

Please stand with MoveOn right now by chipping in.

Let's be clear. Trump has been encouraging attacks on peaceful demonstrators for months.4 On stage at a rally in St. Louis yesterday morning, he called for "consequences" rather than "politically correct" handling of protesters.5

As Rachel Maddow pointed out, and as even the other Republican presidential candidates now seem to understand, Trump is deliberately inciting violence at his rallies.6

Now he's trying to pin the blame on MoveOn for the toxic atmosphere he's fueling.

Please stand with us with an emergency contribution of $3.

Yes, I'll chip in to help stand up to Trump's message of hate.

It's become increasingly clear in recent weeks that Donald Trump's rising fascist rhetoric poses a new and dangerous threat to our democracy. And now, MoveOn members are on the receiving end of his megaphone.

We're not backing down from our work to stand up against Trump, Fox, and the broader right wing that's seeking to divide our country. Not now. Not ever.

We must decisively reject Trump's fascist rhetoric and this rising tide of hatred.

We are committed to nonviolence, but we will not be silent. We will not be invisible.

So here's the plan: We'll support MoveOn members to call out and nonviolently protest Trump's racist, bigoted, misogynistic, xenophobic, and violent behavior—and show the world that America rejects Trump's hate.

And to keep it going, we're counting on you to donate whatever you can to cover the costs of everything involved—the organizers, signs, online recruitment ads, training, and more.

Will you chip in $3 to stand up to Trump?

Yes, I'll chip in right now to help out.

We've been ramping up our efforts for months—from the "We Are Better Than This" ad we helped organize in The New York Times in December, to our collective advocacy for refugees under attack from the GOP, to the support we provided students in Chicago last night by printing signs and a banner and recruiting MoveOn members to join their peaceful protest. We need to double-down in the face of direct attacks on our community.

Thanks for all you do.

–Victoria, Robert, Josh, Anna, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Trump cancels Chicago rally amid safety concerns; police say they weren't consulted," Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2016
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2. "Fox News," Twitter, March 11, 2016
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3. "Donald J. Trump," Twitter, March 12, 2016
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4. "Could Donald Trump be held legally responsible for inciting violence at his rallies?," Washington Post, March 11, 2016
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5. "Donald Trump rallies in Chicago, St. Louis erupt in violence; GOP front-runner says he’s not responsible," Daily News, March 12, 2016
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6. "Maddow: Trump 'Deliberately Tried To Incite Violence,'" Real Clear Politics, March 11, 2016
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