Monday March 06, 2017
3/6/17 To-do List
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Contact Government Officials
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If your senators and reps aren't saved in your phone yet, text your US postal address to (520) 200-2223 and get a text back with your STATE & FEDERAL legislative rep phone numbers.
Keep calling to demand Jeff Sessions' resignation, as well as a full investigation into Trump's ties to Russia. The Indivisible Guide has a script available: http://bit.ly/2mB3Gw7
Recent studies have shown that school vouchers are not as beneficial as their promoters claim. http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/02/private-school-vouchers-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem.html American United for Separation of Church and State has an opportunity for us to contact our legislators to oppose school vouchers: http://p2a.co/Wt9D29x
From The White House: “Tens of thousands of Americans gave us input before the President addressed the Nation. We listened because we want to hear directly from Americans like you. Please take just a few seconds and let us know your opinions on President Trump’s speech and vision for the future. “ Here is their Joint Address Exit Survey: https://www.whitehouse.gov/joint-address-exit-survey
From one of our own: The White House proposal to reduce the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) budget is dangerous for all of us. The radar images you see in your weather app and on tv forecasts all come from NOAA satellites. A 22% cut to that program alone would be devastating. There would be cuts to other programs as well. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/03/03/white-house-proposes-steep-budget-cut-to-leading-climate-science-agency/?utm_term=.973a897a51c8 Please contact your rep on the House Budget Committee to ensure these essential services. Member listed here: http://budget.house.gov/about/115th-membership.htm
Other Actions
It is not too early to make sure we and our friends are all set to vote in the next election and to help others be set as well. Thankfully, the folks at VoteRiders can help us make sure: http://www.voteriders.org/get-voter-id Here are other ways to help: http://www.voteriders.org/spread
President Obama has been named the recipient of this year’s John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. Let’s congratulate him here: https://profileincourageaward.org/
On March 11, the ACLU is holding a Resistance Training. This event will launch People Power, the ACLU’s new effort to engage grassroots volunteers across the country and take the fight against Donald Trump’s policies not just into the courts, but into the streets. We’re organizing grassroots events in communities across the country to watch the livestream together. Sign up here: https://go.peoplepower.org/signup/join
March your calendars for April 22, Earth Day, for the March for Science. You can find details about the Washington, D.C. march and satellite marches here: https://www.marchforscience.com/ They also have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/marchforscience/
Shall we weigh-in on this poll from the Conservative Tribune? The question is: Do you think Obama is organizing protests against Trump? http://forms.conservativetribune.com/tools/polls/poll-do-you-think-obama-is-organizing-protests-against-president-trump/
More postcard art! Mary Engelbreit is offering the "Nevertheless, She Persisted" drawings as free downloads to make postcards, in case you have any concerns you'd like to discuss with your elected officials but can't get them on the phone! Go to maryengelbreit.com and click the appropriate button you'll see near the top of the page.
Petitions to Sign
Let’s join Sen. Durbin (D-IL) in seeking an independent commission to investigate Russian involvement in the election: http://action.dickdurbin.com/page/s/acq_russia_involvement
Sign to help Sen. Franken (D-MN) defend the NoDAPL Water Protectors from investigation as terrorists: https://actionsprout.io/A3F91F/initial
Reading
“This account of the administration’s tumultuous recent days is based on interviews with 17 top White House officials, members of Congress and friends of the president, many of whom requested anonymity to speak candidly.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-fury-the-president-rages-at-leaks-setbacks-and-accusations/2017/03/05/40713af4-01df-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html?utm_term=.eb04f48db6c2
Be ready and on the look out for Trump's new "travel ban" executive order today (3/6/17): http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-travel-ban-executive-order-monday-235683
We need to keep paying attention to the Bannon agenda. It does not bode well for “we the people”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/28/steve-bannon-once-suggested-only-property-owners-should-vote-what-would-that-look-like/?utm_term=.4e08ce0d892b
While this is a further-left publication than usually site here, this story from a former neo-Nazi member fits well with the Bannon story: http://www.vox.com/videos/2017/2/27/14738170/former-neo-nazi-dont-ignore-threat-of-white-extremism-picciolini
Rogan’s List is now a participant in and strategic partner of the Action Alliance, a federation of more than 60 #resistance sites located throughout the nation, each with its own methods and approach. Other member sites are listed here: https://www.actionalliance.co/ --scroll down and click through and you'll find many more opportunities to make a difference.
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