- @RobShattuckAL06 Why do you ask random people questions like you already know the answer?
- I don't get why u I don't realize @BernieSanders & #Berners already support it Will #DeclareForDemocracy endorse #Bernie @RobShattuckAL06 ?
- @RobShattuckAL06 I'm sure he knows. I'll research you and initiative before I recommend, sir. Thank you.
- @RobShattuckAL06 Will do. I’ll read it over right now. Thanks.
- @RobShattuckAL06 Because I wasn’t aware of it. I’ll look it over. That’s the honest answer…
- @RobShattuckAL06 that's one of the ways the top 0.000001% subvert democracy and it has to stop #endoutsourcing #BernersUnited #WeAreBernie
- @RobShattuckAL06 I have no doubt he will support, but the primary focus can't shift right now, stakes are too high.
- @203Haze @RobShattuckAL06 I called my representative - his representative called me back to assure me they don't work during election years.
- @RobShattuckAL06 a Sander's presidency is the ultimate focus right now, then everything else will surely fall into place. #WeAreBernie
- @RobShattuckAL06 right now I am focused on spreading Bernie's message. The revolution doesn't sleep. Bernie will endorse when he can.
- @RobShattuckAL06 I wouldn’t use it. Thanks though.
- @RobShattuckAL06 Ya he's good. It's taken a long time to get to this point. It'll take a while to unwind it. Cheers!
- @RobShattuckAL06 since I'm not trump or sanders how about quit posting your weird messages to me.
- @RobShattuckAL06 Rob, that's what bugs me...Gov't IS 'big money'. They 'print' it & we're reduced to lobbying! :((
- @RobShattuckAL06 The Founders secured sound money for a reason. Vote with YOUR dollar! Not gov't 'Continentals'!
- @RobShattuckAL06 what is your issue
- @RobShattuckAL06 'I don't vote it just encourages them!'
- @RobShattuckAL06 Our first Thunderclap for Bernie just went live PLEASE SIGN ON ASAP https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/38927-ohio-votes-for-bernie … and SHARE!
- @RobShattuckAL06 -signed CU petition. I'm a Co. Dem Central Committeeman, promoting local candidates. Use this acct to promote #Bernie2016
- @RobShattuckAL06 I take a more organic approach to composing Tweets. Probably wouldn't use this. Others probably would, though.
- @RobShattuckAL06 Setting up a thunderclap - should be live by Monday...
- @RobShattuckAL06 You got it!
- @RobShattuckAL06 The solution to ending cronyism in Washington is to depower Washington. No power, no need to influence them.
- Retweeted Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06): @masqueHysteria Tweet for OHIOANS, on March 15th, to help Senator... http://fb.me/SXJELDgp
- @RobShattuckAL06 since I'm not Bernie Sanders, i don't see a point to your tweet to me?
- @RobShattuckAL06 Yes, China is behaving imperialistically to compete with European imperialist capitalism which controls the global economy.
- @RobShattuckAL06 The colonial oppression of Africans everywhere by white power is a material reality and matter of historical record.
- @RobShattuckAL06 Imperialist capitalism is the basis for these problems, because it controls the world economy, exploiting Black people
- @RobShattuckAL06 @BernieSanders "okey doke" is not the appropriate response to colonial genocide--you mentioned me in your tweet.REPARATIONS
- @RobShattuckAL06 I support reparations and self-determination for colonized Africans everywhere, not @BernieSanders http://www.uhurusolidarity.org
- @RobShattuckAL06 I vote, I write, email to my reps and senators sign petitions SERVED 6 years for this Democracy. Do you want my blood too?
- @RobShattuckAL06 Vote them all out! Get a Constitution Convention like we did for President and force a Two Term Limit and illegal 2 take $
- @RobShattuckAL06 Dear #TRUMP go to Russia and live there with your 3rd immigrant wife! Don't look back!
- @RobShattuckAL06 No. Wishing in vain for alternatives on both sides.
- Thanks to my top interactors! @robertcdorsey @JetsPizzaDFW @jenwhitedop @RobShattuckAL06 via http://tweetjukebox.com/thankyou
- @RobShattuckAL06 What's a tweeting bank?
- @RobShattuckAL06 I'm Canadian, NOT American.
- @RobShattuckAL06 duh that means what how can any white expect any black to support a man who wants to boat blacks to Africa? His words
- @RobShattuckAL06 Please tweet this to someone who is interested in living in a democracy, because that's NOT me
- @RobShattuckAL06 @lethemknow Obama wants our country to be defeated Hillary to stupid and has no insight she can't see writing on the wall
- @RobShattuckAL06 @lethemknow Hillary Clinton can't see past the nose on her face she can't see what's coming she's following Obama's lead
- @RobShattuckAL06 @lethemknow this is our last chance to have a Republican president of the United States must get everyone out to vote
- Paul C Beiss Retweeted you
Sunday, March 13, 2016
My Twitter notifications
Copied and pasted below are my past two weeks' Twitter notifications. They are posted here for the purpose of indicating the state of interest (or lack of interest) in what I am doing.
Jeretta Angeline 
OthewhomaniT 
Nick 
GodlessIn2016 
UtahForBernieSanders 
SNAFOO 
BernieRules 
WeAreBernie 
Heather 
JJMCCABE 
Nathan Lucy 
Stuart MacLean 
Andrew Maniotes 
Bernie Thunderclap 
Anatidaephobic 
Holly Mosher 
Turn AR Bernie Blue 
Berned Since 2010 
Nathan Hammond 
David Earl Johnson 
Jade 
Steve Todd 
samantha foster 
Ishan Bhaidani 
PutAmericaFirst 
Tom Gordon 
Shannon Looper 
Linda L Sear 
Sandy C 
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
Billy Joe 
Thursday, March 10, 2016
What to do about moderator cut off
I received an email from John Pudner, Executive Director of Take Back Our Republic, pointing out how the Univision moderator cut off campaign finance debate last night. (Email appended below.)
Senator Sanders has been working the campaign finance issue about as hard as can be.
Campaign finance reformers presumably want to push the issue to the fore during this time of extraordinarily intense public attention to the Presidential election.
Campaign finance reformers presumably don't have funds to do TV or radio advertising or mailings by U.S. mail. Also, there are probably few phone bankers or door to door canvassers on behalf of campaign finance reform.
Leaders in the movement get some publicity for the issue on talk shows, in news articles, and by public speaking.
Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening are busy readying their April actions. Democracy Spring has 2390 pledges of participation.
Rootstrikers has an online petition for telling the Presidential candidates to get serious about fighting big money in politics. The petition has been signed by 219,201 people.
Campaign finance reformers are using social media to publicize their issue. This include thunderclaps and Twitter storms.
I am advocating tweeting banks, such as OHIOANS: Help Sen. Sanders fix Congress. Yesterday, I tweeted to users of the #feelthebern hashtag this tweet:
[John Pudner's email]
Senator Sanders has been working the campaign finance issue about as hard as can be.
Campaign finance reformers presumably want to push the issue to the fore during this time of extraordinarily intense public attention to the Presidential election.
Campaign finance reformers presumably don't have funds to do TV or radio advertising or mailings by U.S. mail. Also, there are probably few phone bankers or door to door canvassers on behalf of campaign finance reform.
Leaders in the movement get some publicity for the issue on talk shows, in news articles, and by public speaking.
Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening are busy readying their April actions. Democracy Spring has 2390 pledges of participation.
Rootstrikers has an online petition for telling the Presidential candidates to get serious about fighting big money in politics. The petition has been signed by 219,201 people.
Campaign finance reformers are using social media to publicize their issue. This include thunderclaps and Twitter storms.
I am advocating tweeting banks, such as OHIOANS: Help Sen. Sanders fix Congress. Yesterday, I tweeted to users of the #feelthebern hashtag this tweet:
Tweet for OHIOANS, on March 15th, to help Senator Sanders fix Congress. …http://2016candidatesdeclarations.blogspot.com/2016/03/ohioans-help-sen-sanders-fix-congress.html …Today, I expect to tweet to users of #CNNdebate hashtag this tweet:
Dear Mr. Trump, please help our country fix Congress by endorsing DeclareForDemocracy. http://2016candidatesdeclarations.blogspot.com/2016/02/dear-mr-trump.htmlAll of the above is not a whole lot of injecting our issue into the intense Presidential election situation, but it seems to be the best we can do.
[John Pudner's email]
From: John Pudner, Executive Director Take Back Our Republic <johnp@takeback.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 10:56 PM
Subject: Debate Wrap: Univision Moderator Cuts off Campaign Finance Debate
To: rdshattuck@gmail.com
MIAMI - Many complain about politicians not coming up with real solutions for money in politics, but the debate here tonight was an example of the moderator being the problem.
Univision debate moderator Jorge Ramos certainly asked hard-hitting questions on other issues, but when campaign finance reform came up in tonight’s debate here he did the opposite – repeatedly cutting off the debate.
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were in a good back and forth over campaign finance reform around 10 pm. We are not concerned over who was winning the exchange, but the fact that they were talking about campaign finance reform. Certainly the logical follow-up questions, was, “What would you do about campaign finance reform?”
Instead Ramos said, “We're going to move on to the next question.” Leading to boos from the crowd. After some push, he finally relented slightly to say, “You have 30 seconds, Senator.” Then after Sanders hit on campaign finance reform a little more, he did say, “Yes. Just a few seconds,” then “We're going to move on.” Then after a few more seconds referencing “corporate welfare,” Ramos insisted campaign finance reform be dropped with, “OK, next question. I want to continue with the issue of trust.”
The crowd booed again. Certainly it is fair to say the Presidential candidates from both parties are almost universally identifying campaign finance as an issue but not laying out their solutions, but … if media representatives are going to try to end the conversation when the candidates do discuss it, then the issues will never be addressed.
As the Republicans take center stage tonight in the same city, we would love moderators to encourage rather than discourage conversation of ways to address money in politics. “Can we make politicians allow banks to verify credit card confirmation on contributions to be sure they are really coming from Americans?” “Should government contractors be required to disclose political contributions before receiving billions in our tax dollars?” “Should we enable small donors to participate in the process by getting a tax credit for small contributions?”
Hopefully the chance for this city to host back-to-back debates including all six Presidential candidates leads to some solutions. - John Pudner, www.takeback.org
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
OHIOANS: Help Sen. Sanders fix Congress
TO: As many OHIOANS (regardless of political affiliation) as we can tweet to
This message is being tweeted to you individually.
We who are tweeting to you are both Ohioans and non-Ohioans.
We believe the only credible Presidential candidate for fixing the country's corrupt campaign finance system is Senator Bernie Sanders, and it is of utmost importance that as many Ohioans as possible get out and vote for Senator Sanders in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, March 15th. (This is an semi-open primary and any Ohio voter can register to vote in the Democratic primary on Tuesday.)
Our efforts with this tweeting are part of a nationwide citizen effort for the American voters to use the 2016 elections to force Congress to confront, before Nov. 8, 2016, whether it is badly corrupt or not, and to pass reform for voters to consider in how they vote in November. For more information, please see 2016 Congressional candidates' Declarations. We are calling this citizen effort DeclareForDemocracy.
While Senator Sanders has not expressly endorsed DeclareForDemocracy, we believe he will, as more citizens join in the effort and look to Senator Sanders as the Presidential candidate who offers the citizens their best chance.
We hope to send individually directed tweets to thousands of Ohioans, which tweets will have links to this page.
If you come to this page and want to help us do even more tweeting to Ohioans to get them to get out and vote for Senator Sanders on Tuesday, please follow the guidance provided below and join in the tweeting.
Thank you very much.
GUIDANCE FOR TWEETING TO HELP SEN. SANDERS FIX CONGRESS
A. General
The tweeting involves a non-standard use of Twitter, namely, the sending of very large numbers of individually directed tweets to users of "relevant" Ohio Twitter hashtags or to followers of "relevant" Ohio Twitter accounts (such as a local political party Twitter account).
A ground has been staked out with Twitter for this method of tweeting. See letter to Twitter @Support.
The object of this method of tweeting is to break out of like minded social media circles in order to "push out" messaging to a wider audience. For discussion of this, please read Breaking out of like minded social media circles.
For questions or discussion about this tweeting, go to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/2016congressionalcandidatesdeclarations. To post there, you need to apply to be in the group, and you will be approved.
B. Suggested tweet message
Here is a suggested tweet messages to use, or compose your own message:
Ohioans should help fix Congress by voting for Bernie Sanders on March 15th. http://2016candidatesdeclarations.blogspot.com/2016/03/ohioans-help-sen-sanders-fix-congress.htmlC. Persons to send your individually directed tweets to
The object is to find Ohio hashtags and Ohio twitter accounts which show a lot of Ohio twitter users that you can send your tweets to. If a person's twitter profile indicates the person is a Ohio, be selective or indiscriminate as you choose in sending the person a tweet or not.
Do not worry about redundancy and whether others participating in this tweeting bank may also be tweeting to the same person. If a "following" list or a "follower" list is long, you might scroll down in the list and randomly pick a person to start with.
Here are suggestions for Ohio hashtags and "following" or "follower" lists to find Ohioans to tweet to:
https://twitter.com/OHDems/followers
https://twitter.com/CuyahogaDems/followers
https://twitter.com/OhioYD/followers
https://twitter.com/PortageYD/followers
https://twitter.com/FCFemDems/followers
https://twitter.com/WayneCountyDems/followers
https://twitter.com/summitdems/followers
D. How to send your tweets efficiently
In doing your tweeting, you are repetitively sending the same tweet message. This can be done very efficiently. Get the tweet message on your mouse clipboard, go to the follower list or hashtag listing you are using for your tweeting, start with the first person on the list you want to tweet to, and do this:
1. Right click on person's Twitter name.
2. Choose "open in new tab"
3. Go to the new tab.
4. Click on the "Tweet to" button.
5. Paste the tweet message in the box.
6. Hit the "Tweet" button.
7. Close the tab, which takes you back to the list
8. Go on to next person, and repeat above steps.
You should be able to send 30 to 40 tweets in a half hour. Send as many tweets as you are willing to. Don't worry about any duplication that you think may arise.
If you are using a hashtag listing, be careful NOT to send your tweet using the "reply" button. Instead, send a clean, new tweet by right clicking on the person's Twitter name as specified in instruction 1 above.
REPORTS ON TWEETING
Please submit to the blog author information about Twitter follower accounts or following accounts you have tweeted to, and such information (without identifying you) will be reported here. Also, numbers of page views of this blog entry will also be reported here periodically to confirm that the tweeting that goes on results on recipients clicking on the link and coming here.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
The Sanders MICHIGAN GOTV tweeting bank
First, a youtube video
TO: As many MICHIGANDERS (regardless of political affiliation) as we can tweet to
This message is being tweeted to you individually.
We who are tweeting to you are both Michiganders and non-Michiganders.
We believe the only credible Presidential candidate for fixing the country's corrupt campaign finance system is Senator Bernie Sanders, and it is of utmost importance that as many Michiganders as possible get out and vote for Senator Sanders in the Democratic primary on Tuesday. (This is an open primary and any Michigan voter can choose to vote in the Democratic primary and vote for Senator Sanders.)
Our efforts with this tweeting bank are part of a nationwide citizen effort for the American voters to use the 2016 elections to force Congress to confront, before Nov. 8, 2016, whether it is badly corrupt or not, and to pass reform for voters to consider in how they vote in November. For more information, please see 2016 Congressional candidates' Declarations. We are calling this citizen effort DeclareForDemocracy.
While Senator Sanders has not expressly endorsed DeclareForDemocracy, we believe he will as more citizens join in the effort and look to Senator Sanders as the Presidential candidate who offers the citizens their best chance.
We hope to send individually directed tweets to thousands of Michiganders, which tweets will have links to this page.
If you come to this page and want to help us do even more tweeting to Michiganders to get them to get out and vote for Senator Sanders on Tuesday, please follow the guidance provided below and join in the tweeting.
Thank you very much.
GUIDANCE FOR TWEETING IN THE SANDERS MICHIGAN GOTV TWEETING BANK
A. General
The tweeting bank involves a non-standard use of Twitter, namely, the sending of very large numbers of individually directed tweets to users of "relevant" Michigan Twitter hashtags or to followers of "relevant" Michigan Twitter accounts (such as a local political party Twitter account).
A ground has been staked out with Twitter for this method of tweeting. See letter to Twitter @Support.
The object of this method of tweeting is to break out of like minded social media circles in order to "push out" messaging to a wider audience. For discussion of this, please read Breaking out of like minded social media circles.
For questions or discussion about The Sanders MICHIGAN GOTV tweeting bank, go to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/2016congressionalcandidatesdeclarations. To post there, you need to apply to be in the group, and you will be approved.
B. Suggested tweet message
Here is a suggested tweet messages to use, or compose your own message:
The object is to find Michigan hashtags and Michigan twitter accounts which show a lot of Michigan twitter users that you can send your tweets to. If a person's twitter profile indicates the person is a Michigan, be selective or indiscriminate as you choose in sending the person a tweet or not.
Do not worry about redundancy and whether others participating in this tweeting bank may also be tweeting to the same person. If a "following" list or a "follower" list is long, you might scroll down in the list and randomly pick a person to start with.
Here are suggestions for Michigan hashtags and "following" or "follower" lists to find Michiganders to tweet to:
[the below list is for Alabama and will be changed if and when this tweeting bank is finalized
https://twitter.com/BCAToday/followers
https://twitter.com/ALcomHuntsville/followers
https://twitter.com/ShelbyCountyGOP/followers
https://twitter.com/UofAlabama/followers
https://twitter.com/AuburnU/followers
https://twitter.com/Sewell4Congress/followers]
D. How to send your tweets efficiently
In doing your tweeting, you are repetitively sending the same tweet message. This can be done very efficiently. Get the tweet message on your mouse clipboard, go to the follower list or hashtag listing you are using for your tweeting, start with the first person on the list you want to tweet to, and do this:
1. Right click on person's Twitter name.
2. Choose "open in new tab"
3. Go to the new tab.
4. Click on the "Tweet to" button.
5. Paste the tweet message in the box.
6. Hit the "Tweet" button.
7. Close the tab, which takes you back to the list
8. Go on to next person, and repeat above steps.
You should be able to send 30 to 40 tweets in a half hour. Send as many tweets as you are willing to. Don't worry about any duplication that you think may arise.
If you are using a hashtag listing, be careful NOT to send your tweet using the "reply" button. Instead, send a clean, new tweet by right clicking on the person's Twitter name as specified in instruction 1 above.
REPORTS ON TWEETING
Please submit to the blog author information about Twitter follower accounts or following accounts you have tweeted to, and such information (without identifying you) will be reported here. Also, numbers of page views of this blog entry will also be reported here periodically to confirm that the tweeting that goes on results on recipients clicking on the link and coming here.
TO: As many MICHIGANDERS (regardless of political affiliation) as we can tweet to
This message is being tweeted to you individually.
We who are tweeting to you are both Michiganders and non-Michiganders.
We believe the only credible Presidential candidate for fixing the country's corrupt campaign finance system is Senator Bernie Sanders, and it is of utmost importance that as many Michiganders as possible get out and vote for Senator Sanders in the Democratic primary on Tuesday. (This is an open primary and any Michigan voter can choose to vote in the Democratic primary and vote for Senator Sanders.)
Our efforts with this tweeting bank are part of a nationwide citizen effort for the American voters to use the 2016 elections to force Congress to confront, before Nov. 8, 2016, whether it is badly corrupt or not, and to pass reform for voters to consider in how they vote in November. For more information, please see 2016 Congressional candidates' Declarations. We are calling this citizen effort DeclareForDemocracy.
While Senator Sanders has not expressly endorsed DeclareForDemocracy, we believe he will as more citizens join in the effort and look to Senator Sanders as the Presidential candidate who offers the citizens their best chance.
We hope to send individually directed tweets to thousands of Michiganders, which tweets will have links to this page.
If you come to this page and want to help us do even more tweeting to Michiganders to get them to get out and vote for Senator Sanders on Tuesday, please follow the guidance provided below and join in the tweeting.
Thank you very much.
GUIDANCE FOR TWEETING IN THE SANDERS MICHIGAN GOTV TWEETING BANK
A. General
The tweeting bank involves a non-standard use of Twitter, namely, the sending of very large numbers of individually directed tweets to users of "relevant" Michigan Twitter hashtags or to followers of "relevant" Michigan Twitter accounts (such as a local political party Twitter account).
A ground has been staked out with Twitter for this method of tweeting. See letter to Twitter @Support.
The object of this method of tweeting is to break out of like minded social media circles in order to "push out" messaging to a wider audience. For discussion of this, please read Breaking out of like minded social media circles.
For questions or discussion about The Sanders MICHIGAN GOTV tweeting bank, go to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/2016congressionalcandidatesdeclarations. To post there, you need to apply to be in the group, and you will be approved.
B. Suggested tweet message
Here is a suggested tweet messages to use, or compose your own message:
Michiganders should embrace #DeclareForDemocracy; we think Senator Sanders is its best embodiment. http://2016candidatesdeclarations.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-sanders-michigan-gotv-tweeting-bank.htmlC. Persons to send your individually directed tweets to
The object is to find Michigan hashtags and Michigan twitter accounts which show a lot of Michigan twitter users that you can send your tweets to. If a person's twitter profile indicates the person is a Michigan, be selective or indiscriminate as you choose in sending the person a tweet or not.
Do not worry about redundancy and whether others participating in this tweeting bank may also be tweeting to the same person. If a "following" list or a "follower" list is long, you might scroll down in the list and randomly pick a person to start with.
Here are suggestions for Michigan hashtags and "following" or "follower" lists to find Michiganders to tweet to:
[the below list is for Alabama and will be changed if and when this tweeting bank is finalized
https://twitter.com/BCAToday/followers
https://twitter.com/ALcomHuntsville/followers
https://twitter.com/ShelbyCountyGOP/followers
https://twitter.com/UofAlabama/followers
https://twitter.com/AuburnU/followers
https://twitter.com/Sewell4Congress/followers]
D. How to send your tweets efficiently
In doing your tweeting, you are repetitively sending the same tweet message. This can be done very efficiently. Get the tweet message on your mouse clipboard, go to the follower list or hashtag listing you are using for your tweeting, start with the first person on the list you want to tweet to, and do this:
1. Right click on person's Twitter name.
2. Choose "open in new tab"
3. Go to the new tab.
4. Click on the "Tweet to" button.
5. Paste the tweet message in the box.
6. Hit the "Tweet" button.
7. Close the tab, which takes you back to the list
8. Go on to next person, and repeat above steps.
You should be able to send 30 to 40 tweets in a half hour. Send as many tweets as you are willing to. Don't worry about any duplication that you think may arise.
If you are using a hashtag listing, be careful NOT to send your tweet using the "reply" button. Instead, send a clean, new tweet by right clicking on the person's Twitter name as specified in instruction 1 above.
REPORTS ON TWEETING
Please submit to the blog author information about Twitter follower accounts or following accounts you have tweeted to, and such information (without identifying you) will be reported here. Also, numbers of page views of this blog entry will also be reported here periodically to confirm that the tweeting that goes on results on recipients clicking on the link and coming here.
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