Sunday, March 26, 2017

Monday 3/27 Call to Action

Welcome to Monday! I hope you all had a stress free weekend. Are you recharged and ready to go?
1. Independent Investigation
Rep. Nunes has gone off the rails. Boy oh boy, there is a lot going on. Check out this recap from The Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/2c95ade2-1096-11e7-9b0d-d2…
Rep. Adam Schiff believes that there needs to be an independent investigation to get to the bottom of the Trump/Russia connection. I tend to agree. Listen to Rep. Schiff here:
https://twitter.com/repadamschiff/status/845615021040136192
Here's a local article about it from the Star Tribune:http://m.startribune.com/nation-needs-the-truth-on-russi…/…/
Call your representative today. If they haven't already make a public statement about an independent investigation, ask them to do so now.
2. Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court Nomination
The fantastic Senator Al Franken has publicly stated that he will vote against Gorsuch for Supreme Court justice. Check it out here:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/…/26/al-franken-no-neil-gors…/
Unfortunately, there are rumors that Senator Amy Klobuchar is considering a yes vote. Even if you have called before, take a moment to call her office again and urge her to vote no.
Franken-202-224-5641
Klobuchar-202-224-3244
House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
3. Local government will be very busy in the next few weeks. This is a great time to get active in your Minnesota government.
This is from my pal Dana at Stand Up Minnesota:
Representative Cornish has added Stand Your Ground (HF0238) as a stand alone bill (not part of the omnibus bill) to this Tuesday's hearing in the Public Safety. It is VERY important that we spend the weekend and Monday flooding the GOP members of the committee with phone calls and emails. Also, reach out to family and friends who are constituents of these representatives.
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/committeemembers.asp…
Especially contact Tony Cornish, committee chair, the vice-chair Brian Johnson and the DFL lead Debra Hilstrom.
Here is a link to a Protect MN document with talking points on this bill. http://protectmn.org/2017-minnesota-state-legislature-reso…/
Protect MN also would like to have a strong showing at the hearing, wearing orange and they suggest arriving as much as an hour early! The hearing is currently scheduled for 11:30 in Room 10 of the Minnesota State Office Building, St Paul, MN. They have changed the time and location of this hearing once already.
Lots of other local issues happening. Learn more at Watch Your Reps MN (https://watchyourrepsmn.tumblr.com/) or Indivisible MN Local.
4. Get yourself out of the house!
Monday, 3/27 Tell Jason Lewis: Improve Don't Repeal the ACA
4-5:30 p.m. 2805 Cliff Rd E, Burnsville, MN 55337-3301, United States
Wednesday, 3/29 The Power of Many Happy Hour!!!
7-9 p.m. The Happy Gnome 498 Selby Ave, St Paul, MN 55102
Saturday 4/1 Health Care Town Hall Meeting w/ local legislators
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Metcalf Junior High
2250 Diffley Rd, Burnsville, Minnesota 55337



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