- Don Lichterman
- Aug 17, 2020
- 8 min read
Over the past few months, we've moved much of our activism online and re-energized our fight to end gun violence in the midst of unprecedented times.
We now face two crises — both COVID-19 and gun violence are pervasive, deadly, and disproportionately affect Black and brown communities.
With an important election hanging in the balance, our volunteer-led Gun Sense Action Network (GSAN) makes it possible to fight for gun violence prevention while practicing social distancing and staying safe.
The Gun Sense Action Network is a volunteer community that takes action from home to elect leaders who will put the safety of our communities above special interests and the NRA. Whether you have one hour or three hours, you can make a big impact! In GSAN, we contact voters to educate them about updates to the voting process, talk to our volunteers to recruit for election events, and help mobilize our supporters to get out the vote for candidates who will prioritize gun safety.
Just by committing to take action for one hour a week from home, you can help make 2020 a winning year for gun safety. Join GSAN...
With such high stakes, we need your help to reach our supporters across the country. As always, we're so grateful to have you in this movement with us, and we hope you will join us in the fight to end gun violence.
As COVID-19 cases rise again in America and the country grapples with racial injustice, the NRA is unabashedly moving forward with reckless fear-mongering and leaning into racist, xenophobic arguments to advance its extreme "guns everywhere" agenda and drive up gun sales.
We can't let the NRA win in the 2020 elections. And that's why I am writing to tell you how Everytown's advocacy and political organizations are revamping our 2020 election strategies to adjust to the extraordinary circumstances we are all facing. Our work to elect gun sense champions up and down the ballot in November and defeat the NRA's #1 ally — Donald Trump — can only succeed if we can count on you to keep standing up to the NRA with an immediate donation.
Everytown is deploying our unprecedented online strength, protecting voting rights, and working to increase youth voter turnout to defeat NRA-backed candidates and elect gun sense candidates in November.
With nearly 6 million Everytown online supporters in our community and years of experience using digital organizing, the Everytown Victory Fund is better positioned than almost any organization in the country to mobilize online. Together, Everytown organizations and supporters have spent years perfecting sophisticated online communications and organizing tools. Now, with your help, we can ramp up our online activities in the most ambitious online organizing drive ever seen in a presidential election. Help us strengthen this giant online organizing effort to defeat Donald Trump and the NRA.
In an election environment heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have two critical challenges — communicating to voters in a unique climate and making sure people who support gun safety and gun sense candidates cast their vote. That's why Everytown is prepared to protect voters by ensuring people can vote by mail, vote early, and vote safely at polling places. And Everytown is working to make sure at least 100,000 new gun sense voters are registered to increase turnout for gun safety.
In combination with our massive get-out-the-vote operation, these voter protections will help assure that America's gun sense majority is heard loudly and clearly on Election Day. The Everytown Victory Fund will fuel gun sense voter turnout in November.
Data obtained by Everytown through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request shows a giant leap in March 2020 for gun sales that were allowed through what is known as the Charleston loophole. The loophole is simple: if the FBI fails to complete a background check within three business days, the buyer can get their gun — no questions asked.
We estimate that in just one month more than 1,100 guns fell into the hands of prohibited purchasers, including certain domestic abusers and people convicted of violent crimes, as a result of the massive gun-buying wave at the beginning of the pandemic.
The Charleston loophole is named after the tragic 2015 racist shooting at Charleston's Mother Emanuel AME Church. The shooter, a white supremacist, obtained the handgun through this loophole and used it to kill nine Black worshippers.
The NRA believes everyday citizens want AR-15s. We know everyday citizens want universal background checks.
Thank you for being with us as we work to win lifesaving victories in what has become an even more consequential election year.
Take a look at what the NRA recently tweeted.
Simply put, the AR-15 is an extremely dangerous weapon of war designed to kill as many people as possible.
Everyday citizens don’t want AR-15s. Everyday citizens want to feel safe in their communities, not live in constant fear of the next tragedy.
We’re doing everything we can to advocate for the 90% of Americans who want universal background checks — it’s something we know we can accomplish if we work together, so we hope you will join us today.
Universal background checks were passed in the House almost a year and a half ago, but the legislation is still sitting on Mitch McConnell’s desk in the Senate. And it’ll sit there as long as groups like the NRA maintain their control over Congress.
Americans need commonsense gun safety laws like universal background checks — not the NRA’s dangerous more guns everywhere agenda. With your help, we’ll be able to elect gun safety candidates to flip the Senate and pass universal background checks into law once and for all.
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a sweeping lawsuit to dissolve the NRA in its entirety.
After years of contributing to America's gun violence crisis and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people from gun violence, the NRA and its leadership deserve nothing less than the end of their malicious organization.
The real cost of the NRA's corruption isn't money; it's American lives. The NRA has peddled fear to sell more guns and fought lifesaving gun laws at every turn, doing everything in its power to preserve an America where gun violence is the rule, not the exception.
But this isn't the end: We still need to fight the NRA as hard as we can. Just this morning, the NRA announced its intent to spend millions of dollars in battleground states ahead of November. We have the NRA on its heels, but we can't let them claim a victory in any way.
Now is the time to make it count. The NRA needs to be held accountable, not just because it is a fraudulent, morally bankrupt organization; it also needs to be put out of power because it does not care if its agenda continues to lead to hundreds of people being shot and killed and injured every day in America. Help fight the NRA and end gun violence in America once and for all.
Here are some of the highlights from Attorney General Letitia James's announcement:
“Mr. LaPierre exploited the organization for his and his family's financial benefit, and the benefit of a close circle of NRA staff, board members, and vendors.”
The NRA's leaders promoted “a culture of self-dealing, mismanagement, and negligent oversight at the NRA that was illegal, oppressive, and fraudulent.”
“In the past two years alone, Mr. LaPierre spent more than 3.6 million dollars on...travel agent services.”
“For these years of fraud and misconduct, we are seeking an order to dissolve the NRA in its entirety.”
We are activists. We do oppose the NRA. And we aren't shy about it. Fuel our fight against the NRA's dangerous agenda and help end gun violence in America today.
Joe Biden just chose Kamala Harris to be his running mate. That means in November we have the chance to elect the strongest President and Vice President for gun safety in American history.
In the last few years, we've witnessed the continued toll of American gun violence. In this country, 100 lives a day are cut short due to gun violence, hundreds more are wounded, and far too many families are left grieving. Horrific tragedies like the devastating mass shootings in Las Vegas, NV in 2017, Parkland, FL in 2018, and El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH last year left the entire country grieving. Daily gun violence in communities across the country worsens. And yet, we are all still left waiting for the real change we need to end gun violence.
Electing Joe Biden as President and Kamala Harris as Vice President will bring us a giant step closer to that real change. And we're working to ensure Joe and Kamala are in the White House in 2021. Help elect the strongest gun safety ticket in history with a donation to the Everytown Victory Fund today.
Joe Biden has spent a lifetime working to protect Americans from gun violence, repeatedly taking on the NRA—and winning. He has prioritized gun safety in his campaign, pledging action in his first 100 days in office—and we can trust that he'll fight for stronger gun laws.
Senator Harris has co-sponsored critical gun violence prevention legislation, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and prohibiting dating partners and stalkers from having guns. And when she ran for the Democratic nomination for president earlier this year, Sen. Harris vowed to take executive action in the first 100 days in office if Congress failed to pass comprehensive gun safety legislation.
Together, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will bring the leadership our country needs to save lives.
We have less than 3 months left to help elect a Gun Sense President and Gun Sense Vice President — and we need you there with us, fighting to make it happen.
John Feinblatt, Everytown Victory Fund
Take Action, Responsibility & Wildlife...
"Corporations Are People My Friend."
Our companies are known for creating products that enhance people's lives. Through Sunset Corporation of America and its companies, we’re equally dedicated to improving lives. Our commitment extends to helping local communities, fostering better educational systems, supporting the arts and culture, helping disadvantaged youth, protecting and improving the environment, animal welfare, wildlife issues and encouraging employee volunteerism.
The Sustainable Action Network (SAN), A Don Lichterman non-profit organization dedicated to building a global community raising awareness of corruption, injustice and the need for action across a full range of issues impacting people and animal/wildlife welfare around the world, such as conservation, climate change, campaign law, lobbying, government action and rescue work. SAN’s vision is to create safer world, free from political, environmental, and social oppression, where all the inhabitants of Earth can live in harmony within their own natural environments. Our commitment extends to helping local communities, fostering better educational systems, supporting the arts and culture, helping disadvantaged youth, protecting and improving the environment, animal welfare, wildlife issues and encouraging employee volunteerism.
Activism and Sustainability:
Gun Safety & Gun Laws
Cruelty Free
Death Penalty
Demand Action
Sustainable Action Network
Fairness and Equality:
Privatization
Voters Issues & Gerrymandering
Private Prisons & the War on Drugs
Finance, Housing & the Economy Corporate Responsibility:
Candidates, Bills, Laws & Protections
Wildlife & Oceania
Labeling & Transparency
Comprehensive Captivity & Hunting Results Databases
- Don Lichterman
- Aug 17, 2020
- 7 min read
'Corporations are people, my friend'
On The Rampage with Don Lichterman starts back up on Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
JamFest launches this week!
The Radio Host Co has chosen Relia Stream to power its company and radio stations!
Live Jam 107 is now powered through the Radio Host Co and Relia Stream. All radio stations, including Jam Fest will be moved over to the new servers this week.
SCA's Distribution Division broken down into THREE (3) Division...Digital Distribution, Wholesale Distribution & Direct to Consumer via its Marketplaces at WalMart, Rakuten, Etsy and more...
US
7-Eleven
99 Cents Only
Affiliated Foods Inc.
Ahold USA
Albertsons
AmerisourceBergen
AWG
Bed Bath & Beyond
Birchbox
BI-LO
BJ's Wholesale Club
Bluemercury
Boxed
buy buy BABY
Coborn's
CosmoProf
CVS
Dermstore
Do It Best
Dollar General
EXN Nutrition
Fairway Market
Family Dollar
Food Lion
FragranceNet.com
Fresh Direct
The Fresh Market
Fresh Thyme
Gelson's
Giant Carlisle
Giant Eagle
Giant Food
Giant Landover
Giant Martins
Good Eggs
GNC
Grocery Outlet Bargain Market
Haggen
Hannaford
Harvey's
HEB
Hometown Pharmacy
Hudson's Bay Company
Hy-Vee
iHerb
INFRA Member Retailers
Ingles Markets
Jet
KeHE
Lassens
Longs Drugs
Lowe's Foods
Lucky's Market
LuckyVitamin Corporation
MDI
Meijer
Metro Inc.
Newark Natural Foods
Olean Wholesale Grocery Coop
Orchard Fresh
Peapod
Petco
Price Chopper
ProHealth
Publix
Retail Business Services (RBS)
Rite Aid
Safeway
Sally Beauty
Schnucks
Sephora
Smart & Final
Southeastern Grocers
SpartanNash
Sprouts
Stater Bros.
Stop & Shop
Target
Target Fresh Final
The Vitamin Shoppe
Thrive Market
Tops
Tractor Supply Company
True Value
ULTA Beauty
UNFI
Vitacost
Vitamin World
Wakefern
Walgreens
Wawa
Wegmans
Well.ca
Whole Foods Market
Winn-Dixie
AU
About Life
Blooms
Coles Supermarket
Costco
Friendlies Pharmacies
Go Vita
Good Life Health Shop
Goodies & Grains
Healthy Life
Honest to Goodness
Khans IGA
Le Max Group
Metcash
Michaels IGA
Night Owl
Ritchies IGA
Sigma
South Fremantle IGA
SPAR
Thomlek IGA
Ventura Health
Vip.com
NZ
Countdown
FreshChoice
Hardy's
Huckleberry
Jess Underground Kitchen
Monday Wholefoods
Natural Health Consultants Ltd
No8 Retail Group
Nosh Food Market
SuperValue
SCA continues restructuring, expanding, Sunset Home Visual on The Vending Lot & New Drop Ship Plan!
New Distribution plan being implemented at the Vending Lot store and the Sunset Home Visual Entertainment company is being consolidated into The Vending Lot store!
The Sunset Home Visual Entertainment web site will be consolidated into The Vending Lot's store and database. Any new home videos will also be distributed at Sunset TV. Any physical product and all DVD's will be distributed at The Vending Lot (both wholesale and at retail). Also, a new drop shipping program is being implemented this week at The Vending Lot. All physical product, including all merchandise and collectibles, along with all DVD's and Home Videos will be drop shipped accordingly and product will no longer be housed any more in New Jersey.
Live Jam 107 mobile app has been introduced to the Google Play marketplace today!
Start your online Radio Station with Ease!
This week, the Radio Host Co., which allows its clientele to ‘easily’ create and manage their own online radio stations, has launched its services to the global marketplace.
Don Lichterman, the head of SCA announced the plans to do so on his blog and on his most recent podcast. The company is showcasing its new automated system that allows you to create and manage your own radio station on the Internet. The company boasts to having the most innovative and hands on approach to the creation, development, implementation and execution of your very own radio station using our automated system, or you can broadcast live with the newly integrated live broadcasting software, ‘Web DJ.
The host company also makes no bones about the inexpensive pricing model to compete against the likes of Radio.co and Radio King. Don Lichterman says that ‘because of companies like that, is the reason why I am launching the Radio Host Co. These types of very specific hosting companies should not only provide a fully working product on all viable levels, it should cost next to no money to deal with it. Plus, it should also be able to be implemented and executed with the greatest of ease, (Don) Lichterman goes on to say.
The Radio Host Co. also offers add-ons such as mobile app development, the creation of Alexa Skills and even web site development for anyone’s radio station. “Those add on fee’s on merely fixed costs we cannot get away without spending and all we do is cover the cost of dealing with it,” Don Lichterman says about the pricing model at the Radio Host Co.
“The other thing about every one of those companies is the customer service is not only horrid, in some cases it is also very much nonexistent,” Lichterman says, and that “is also in part reason why I wanted to compete against Radio King and Radio.co.” He goes on to say, “and, as far as what we provide, only them has an edit feature and function for each song which is essential for our resale program” Therefore, the Radio Host Co feels it has very minimal competition as it enters into that part of the marketplace and industry.
The main headquarters and offices are based in New Jersey but its plan to service anyone worldwide. Radio Host clients can have many account profiles, from Satellite Radio to the large scaled FM stations to music festivals, let alone being heard on cell phones, via BOSE, SONOS, Smart Speakers in general, in vehicles, on Tune In, Spotify, iTunes and anywhere that plays music for your station. More than 15 radio stations, brands and companies already trust the Radio Host Co as clients were gained during its’ test phases that was also spread out over a few countries. “Seeing that last week was astounding to me and is exactly why I am rushing the company to market this month,” says (Don) Lichterman.
All clients can also use the system for a weeklong trial period which acts as a radio station demo however in that span of time, all phases of the station are fully operational. You can make sure all facets of the station that you create and run is working perfectly for everyone during that trial period. Consumers can also test out the radio players, the marketing tools, the radio websites, the mobile apps and it can embed the radio player all before spending any money.
The official launch of the Radio Host Co is happening today.
Live Jam 107
Now Playing and Just Played at Live Jam 107, The Worlds First and ONLY all 'live radio station' with an 'all live radio format' where every song played is the live version!
Sunset TV
Shows
A Whale Of A Week - Democracy Now! - Dolphin Outlook - Elephant In The Room - Hope For Paws Official PETA - Rescue TV - Stage It - Sunset Daily Featured News - Wildlife Aid TV - Four PAWS - Animals Voices
Events:
2020 Sundance Film festival - Dead & Co. Live Unstaged - Streamy Award Show
American Express Unstaged - Beer Nation - Cable Kooks - Green Home TV - In The Fight - Kevin Pollak's Chat Show - Live From Sugar Hill Studios - Mayor at the Movies - NRDC BioGems - The Odds Couple - Stop Wildlife Crime - Rest Of Everest - The Weakly News - Pro Football Weekly - peta2 TV (now Official PETA TV) - In Transit - Sun Studios Sessions
Sunset
Sunset is an American based record label that operates its business worldwide. It was founded in 2009 by Don Lichterman as his rock, alternative and pop label, and is part of the Sunset Music International Group.
Since 2009, Sunset has fast become one of the top Independent Record labels in the world and is a Sunset Corporation of America (SCA) Media & Entertainment Company.
ARTIST ROSTER: Original Black Pantah Joe Atman with the Riohc Choir Federal Moguls Richtaste Mister Sir Kapital A Mista Latex w/ Bre-Z (from hit TV show, 'Empire') Han Drabur Weed DJ Zevzek
Sunset Special Markets (SSM)
SSM opened its doors 2008/2009 when Don Lichterman started to put together a new label with licensed product.
SSM produces, develops and releases special market products, boxed sets, greatest hits titles, stand up comedy LP's, live recordings, collectible releases and exclusive special markets products in the world entertainment.
SSM Titles and popular artists releases are:
Songs That Won The War: A Salute To The Stagedoor Canteen
Songs That Won The War: A Wing And A Prayer
Songs That Won The War: G.I. Jive
Songs that Won the War: I'll Be Seeing You
Songs That Won The War: Rosie The Riveter
Songs That Won The War: Something To Remember You By
Songs that Won the War: Swing
Songs That Won The War: Swing Again, Yes Indeed
Songs that Won the War: Hollywood Canteen
Songs That Won The War: The Home Front
Pepper Live At The Fox Theatre
Closet Classics
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Kevin Hart I'm A Grown Little Man
Laff House Live Comedy Album
Dreamgirls Remixed
Deon Cole You Should Have Put Me First
Gina Thompson Missing You
How Weed Won The West Soundtrack
American Drug War: The Last White Hope (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Rockin' Party
World Party
Lounge Party
HipHop Party
Dance Party
Classic Collection Presents The Rat Pack
Sunset Party
Pop Party
Studio Group World Music: Germany
Tropical Party
Remix Party
Classical Masterpieces: The Best Of Beethoven
Alice Cooper Live
INXS Need You Tonight (And Other Hits!)
Michael C. & Friends Classics For The Soul
The Wedding Collection: Celebration & Remembrance
My Fellow Americans Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
DMA Dance, Best of Freestyle File, Volume 1
DJ X Club Experience, Volume 4
Tribute To The Hits of America
Barry Manilow, I Write The Songs
The Starlite Pop Orchestra 25 All Time Christmas Favorites
Non Stop Christmas Dance Party Christmas
Songs For Freedom (an album for Animal & Wildlife Welfare)
Cover Bond (Great Music Artists Performing The Songs From Every James Bond Movie!)
Light it Up!
The Reese Project Blue Etude
The Reese Project Eastern Standard Time
The Reese Project This Just In
The Reese Project Apocalyptic Hayride
The Reese Project Vicodin Dreams
Tom Reese & Kirk Reese Connected
The Music From…This is My Country
Susquehanna Ensemble Conversations
Hiroaki Serizawa Energy Of L:ove
Hiroaki Serizawa Light it Up!
Energy Of Love
Ranger Road
Train Christmas In Tahoe (Amazon Original Deluxe Edition)
Garth Brooks The Chase (25th Anniversary Edition)
Mark-Anthony Turnage w/ the London Philharmonic Orchestra Turnage Orchestral Works
Evgeny Svetlanov w/ the USSR State Symphony Orchestra Historical Russian Archives - Evgeny Svetlanov Edition
Sunset Music Supervision
Sunset Home Visual Entertainment
The Vending Lot
Explore New Jersey & Explore New Jersey Film & TV
The Podcast
On The Rampage w/ Don Lichterman airs weekdays wherever you get your podcasts (Tune In, Android App, Google Play & at Google Podcasts, Apple App, Podbean, I Heart Radio, Spotify, SONOS, Spreaker, Deezer & Radio by Deezer, Winamp, YouTube, Mixcloud and through Alexa and Echo, BOSE Smart Speakers and more!
