[EM] Fwd: Declare your independence from the 2-party trap

Sat Jul 20 10:58:09 PDT 2024

Third time’s the charm!

But “63% of Americans want a third party” doesn’t mean 63% want a leftist
third party. Some want it for sure — like you and me. Others want a group
of milquetoast centrists. And still others want something even more Nazi
than the GOP.

On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 1:55 PM Michael Ossipoff <email9648742 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In this message she refers specifically to polling percentages.  Is she
> lying. You want to know her sources? Then ask her or her campaign for the
> sourc.
>
> Likewise Public Citizens, to which I linked in my other post. Are they
> lying too?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Jill Stein for President <info at jillstein2024.com>
> Date: Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 11:24
> Subject: Declare your independence from the 2-party trap
> To: Michael Ossipoff <Email9648742 at gmail.com>
>
>
> Time to fight for real democracy.
>  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
>
> [image: Jill Stein for President]
> <https://www.jillstein2024.com/nv?e=fd2fdf8a58d486db63dbd3f538d9a65a&utm_source=jillsteinforpresident&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th_of_july&n=1>
>
> Michael - Are you feeling free today?
>
> We all grew up with the fairytale of Independence Day, that the Fourth of
> July is a celebration of democracy and freedom from the tyranny of an
> unaccountable ruling elite.
>
> But that was never the real story.
>
> From the beginning, our country was founded on white supremacy and
> genocide, governed by the wealthy, landed class. But 248 years into the
> American experiment, have we become a democracy governed by We the People?
>
> Here’s where things stand today:
>
>    - *63% of US voters want a new major party (a record high)* because
>    neither Democrats nor Republicans represent the people.
>
>    - *77% of Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the
>    country. *Trust in government has also plummeted to historic lows,
>    with just 22% saying they trust the government to do what’s right most of
>    the time.
>
>    - *An overwhelming majority believe (correctly) that moneyed interests
>    have too much control in our government* – backed up by an
>    already-20-year-old bombshell Princeton-Northwestern study proving economic
>    elites and organized big money interests determine US government policy,
>    while average Americans have “near zero” influence.
>
> All of these statistics tell a clear story: *the United States is in the
> grip of an unaccountable ruling elite that doesn’t represent us* - and
> what little democracy we have is on life support.
>
> This is what “lesser evil” voting has brought us. The twin parties of war
> and Wall Street have thoroughly sold us to the highest bidder.
>
> And if this election year has shown us anything, it’s clear that “politics
> as usual” is only getting worse. But we don’t have to live this way.
>
> *It’s time to declare our independence from the two-party trap.*
>
> It’s time to pull out of the duopoly death spiral and fight for real
> democracy.
>
> “Politics as usual” is accelerating the climate emergency and dragging us
> closer to the brink of world war with nuclear powers.
>
> *It’s time to fight for real democracy as if the survival of humanity
> depends on it – because it does.*
>
> <https://www.jillstein2024.com/matching?e=fd2fdf8a58d486db63dbd3f538d9a65a&utm_source=jillsteinforpresident&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th_of_july&n=2>
> DONATE
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>
>    - *We demand an actual** democratic voting system* that empowers
>    people to vote for what they want, instead of voting against what they
>    fear. That means ranked-choice voting for all elections, and proportional
>    representation for legislative elections. These voting systems are common
>    in democracies around the world - voting for “lesser evil” is not.
>
>    - *We demand open debates* with all ballot-qualified candidates. The
>    recent Biden-Trump debate was a national embarrassment. It’s hard to think
>    of a better argument for more voices and more choices in debates.
>
>    - *We need to end anti-democratic, restrictive ballot access barriers,
>    enact full public financing of elections, and provide free public airtime
>    for candidates.* The ruling class has created a system that ensures
>    only candidates backed by big money can get on the ballot and reach the
>    huge numbers of voters necessary to win major elections. Once again, the US
>    is a major outlier, while many democracies around the world provide public
>    resources that enable regular working people to run competitive campaigns
>    at all levels of government.
>
>    - *We need to revive our democracy* with a full spectrum of reforms to
>    empower the people - see our platform
>    <https://www.jillstein2024.com/platform?e=fd2fdf8a58d486db63dbd3f538d9a65a&utm_source=jillsteinforpresident&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th_of_july&n=3>
>    for more.
>
> We can have real democracy, but *only if we demand it* - and vote for
> candidates who are fighting for it. Those who tell you to vote for “lesser
> evil” are telling you to give away any power you have to demand a better
> future.
>
> *Join the fight for democracy - declare your independence from the
> two-party trap!*
>
> In solidarity and gratitude,
>
> Team Jill Stein 2024
>
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>
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