I wanted to write a short note to let you know that I’ve signed the No

Fossil Fuel Money Pledge. I’m doing this in large part because I was

asked to by students that I met at William & Mary University when we

were in Virginia. Students, activists and young people I’ve met all

over the country already understand that we don’t take PAC money or

accept help from corporations, lobbyists, and special interests.

But given the enormity of our challenge to keep this planet from

warming 2 degrees over pre-Industrial Revolution levels, we wanted to

take this additional step. We know that the planet has already warmed

more than 1-degree Celsius just since 1980 — helping to cause historic

fires, floods, droughts, and the cost of human life that we've seen

and continue to see throughout this country and the world. This

warming is caused by our own excesses, our emissions and our own

inaction in the face of the facts and the science. We need everybody

on board to meet this challenge, and we don’t want there to be any

real or perceived conflicts of interest.

In accordance with the pledge, we returned any money we’ve received

over $200 from any fossil fuel company executives. We will not take

any of that money going forward. And we will continue to try to run

the largest grassroots campaign in this country.

All people, all fellow Americans, all focused on the same goal:

confronting climate change before it’s too late. Before I go, I want

to say to those students, especially those at William & Mary who spent

the time to talk with us, thank you for your advocacy and your

leadership on this issue. I look forward to working with you going

forward.

If you’re ready to be part of this grassroots effort, make your first

donation now. Your donations mean so much for our people-powered

campaign that refuses checks from PACs, special interests, lobbyists,

and corporations.

Beto

Thank you for any contribution you can make

To make a donation to Beto O’Rouke’s campaign go here

Beto O'Rouke Donation Page

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If you are going to be in Los Angeles on Friday May 24th, then March and Rally

Los Angeles continues to strengthen the unity of environmental activists and organizations, together we will save our planet! If you want to make an impact on an issue of importance to you, then all you have to do is show up. We'll make sure you have a role. Your presence does make a difference.

Momentum is high and we invite you to join us for the second global strike in downtown Los Angeles

Organizer: March And Rally Los Angeles

Event Website: http://marchandrallyla.com/

More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/590151701454191/

Date of Event: Friday, 24 May, 2019

Time of Event: 12 PM – 3 PM PDT

Address: Pershing Square station 500 S Hill St, Los Angeles, California 90013

City: Los Angeles, California

I spent some time in a homeless shelter, there I met Lisa who I started spending time hanging around with. Lisa had been homeless for six years. She kept all her belongings in a grocery cart and the shelter let her keep the cart there. She told me a story about how she got be homeless. Her boss where she was working found out that she was sole provider for herself and got her fired just because he thought it would be funny. Lisa stated that she wasn’t in contact with her family.

I liked Lisa a lot. One night she had breathing problems, and was taken to the hospital. Lisa had no other person to call a friend, she stayed to herself. I like Lisa a lot, and due to my proclivity for the downtrodden, I went up to see Lisa in the hospital. One day I brought her clothes, and her bags on another day. She was to have a follow-up visit with a doctor once she left the hospital. However, Lisa had no money, no insurance, and no way to get to the doctor’s.

After the shelter closed on April 1, Lisa went to live under a bridge. Several other homeless people followed her. The bridge was next to police station. Several fights broke out among the other homeless people, and the police eventually ran off everyone who was living under the bridge. At this time, I was working two jobs and living in my car. One job was working in another state (Winchester, Virginia). After work, I would drive to the bridge where Lisa was staying and would give her money for food. I had it, she didn’t, and because of the way I feel about her I couldn’t just let her starve.

One time when I went to the bridge where Lisa was staying, I asked her if she wanted to go on a date to a fast food restaurant just up the street from where she was staying. Lisa stated that the last time she left her belongings unattended she ended up getting in trouble.

I used to have a twitter account but it got suspended for “suspicious activity” (I was campaigning for Conor Lamb and posting those ads on other people’s threads. Yes homeless people can be politically active. Congrats to Conor). I also did a get out the vote campaign, and posted Conor’s, Beto O’Rouke (Dem. Candidate for Tex.), and Randy Bryce’s (Dem. Candidate for Speaker Ryan old seat Wis.) donation page. I did a similar thing for the campaigns of Doug Jones (Dem. Sen. Ala.) and Ralph Northam (Dem. Gov. Va.) [Campaigning for those candidates and having a get out the vote campaign], and twitter didn’t do anything to my account then. I wrote to former congressman John Delaney about my situation just prior my bankruptcy and all he stated was that he couldn’t help at that time. One time on twitter I posted a birthday card to Bill Gates (it was around the time Jeff Bezsos had just overtaken Bill wealth wise. I also posted a birthday card to Former president Jimmy Carter, I liked his work with habitat for humanity). I remember thinking to myself, after I posted the card if I only had $15.00/hr. full-time job that would be my big break and I wouldn’t have to deal with social services, live in my car, etc. In a later post on twitter to Mr. Gates I thanked him for all his philanthropic work (I would also thank Social Services and the churches that supported me as well as homeless advocates agencies and organizations, but it’s not like being independent.). Having someone rich for a President (who is only interested in having tax reform benefit the top 1% and having a foundation as a piggy bank for himself and his family makes me appreciate people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet all the more.).

I also made jokes about politics, sports, and other things on twitter. Something like “When Donald Trump last met with Vladimir Putin, the big question everyone wanted to know was is President Trump going to ask President Putin about meddling in our election. It turns out that the only question President Trump asked President Putin was how high.”

Comparing Wilt Chamberlain to Christian Laettner I stated “Wilt is ONLY basketball player who has made the 20,000 plateau on the court and off, does that mean Laett isn’t great. No Laett is great there is no debate.”

I also stated, “How is playing football with Tom Brady like negotiating a nuclear treaty with Iran? You know they are both going to cheat.”

Also, “How many times are the middle class going to get screwed? The answer my friend is Joe Bi-den, the answer is Joe Bi-den.”

And “You’re on the golf course when you should be, all the time. And when you’re not your with some Russian spy or a porn star. You’re so vain I bet you think this post is about you.”

And “Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulating', I'm sitting' here, just contemplating',

I can't twist the truth, like Trump’s carnation, Republicans are in control they can’t pass legislation, Marches alone can't bring salvation, Middle and low class respect is disintegrating', And immigrant families just get brutalization, A white house press secretary is a clown. Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of another government shutdown.”

I have a picture of an Iceberg and the caption read Global warming is an illusion, Larsen B just seceded from Antarctica.