Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Wednesday 8/2 Call to Action

Wednesday
1. Trump has threatened to stop health insurance subsidies that help keep payments affordable for millions of Americans. Yesterday, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that 16 attorneys general may intervene if this were to occur. This means that Trump and the GOP would be in for a court fight if they decide to give up the payments.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/85b3ab66-7727-11e7-9eac-d5…
The Senate has begun to work together to stabilize the insurance market for 2018. Senator Lamar Alexander is urging Trump to continue the cost sharing payments to health insurance companies.
https://www.nytimes.com/…/senators-launch-bipartisan-effort…
2 Security Clearance Review Act
When Jared Kushner is able to to keep his security clearance after failing to disclose multiple meeting with Russian nationals, you know there is a problem. House Democrats are working to solve this problem by introducing the Security Clearance Review Act.
http://bit.ly/2tWhfdA
This bill gives the Director of the FBI (Christopher Wray was just confirmed as the new FBI director, by the way. Klobuchar and Franken voted for him.) the authority to remove someone’s security clearance if they appear to be a threat to national security.
Today, give your representative a call and ask him/her to support this bill. If Betty McCollum is your MoC. Call and thank her since she co-authored this bill.
3. What a Long Strange Trips it’s Been
Want a recap of last week’s craziness? Read this article.
‘The moment when it really started to feel insane’: An oral history of the Scaramucci era
When the news is relentlessly shooting at us day after day, it is difficult to keep track of it all. This is a fantastic recap of everything that occurred. These are such strange, times. https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/84ac2232-739b-11e7-8839-ec…
Franken-202-224-5641
Klobuchar-202-224-3244
House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
MN Legislators: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/legislators
Resistbot: https://resistbot.io/
Governor Dayton- https://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/
Out and About
Wednesday, August 2nd 7:30-9 pm
Richard Painter on Government Ethics
Church of St. Dominic
104 Linden St N, Northfield, Minnesota 55057
https://www.facebook.com/events/1792663734077951/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A4%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&source=4&action_history=null
August 2-6
Democracy Convention, Minneapolis
https://www.democracyconvention.org/
August 5-6
SHETalks WETalk Minneapolis Race Talk for Women
514 Lowry Ave NE, Minneapolis 55418
http://www.shetalkswetalk.com/Join-Us-.html
Saturday, August 5th 1-2:30pm
Rally for Research
Minnesota State Capitol
75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/minnesota-rally-for-research-t…
August 5th 3-8 pm
DFL Hog Roast and Hootenanny
2785 210th St E, Farmington, MN 55024-9722, United States
https://www.dfl58.org/hogroast


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