Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Wednesday 8/23 Call to Action

Wednesday
1. Did you hear that Trump had a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona last night? I couldn’t bring myself to watch it so I am going off clips and transcripts today. It sounds like it was more of the same bile, hatred, and lies from the president.
Trump threatened to allow the government to shut down if he did not receive funding for the border wall
Trump hinted that he has or will be pardoning former sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was recently convicted of criminal contempt for detaining people because he suspected them to be undocumented immigrants. https://www.vox.com/…/2017/8/22/16151256/trump-pardon-arpaio
He called Arizona’s U.S. Senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake thugs.
He used rhetoric to continue to divide America
Today would be a good day to contact your representative and senators and get their opinion about any of these points. Do your members of Congress (MoC) support allowing a government shut down? Do they agree with pardoning Mr. Arpaio? If they haven’t already (Reps. Lewis and Emmer), why won’t they speak out about Trump’s support of Neo-Nazis, racists and white nationalists?
Last night’s speech ties in with this call to action from Rogan’s list below:
A resolution to censure Trump has been introduced in the House, with 78 cosponsors: http://politi.co/2wXwD78 While some Republicans have been outspoken against Trump's failure to fully condemn white supremacists from the Charlottesville march, zero Republicans have cosponsored the resolution so far. Let's contact our representative and make sure that they cosponsor and support H.Res. 496: Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump. 5Calls has a call script and phone number we can use: https://5calls.org/issue/recMfNw76XvEO833U
2. A New Health Care Idea
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz has proposed a new health care idea. He would like to see Medicaid expanded to allow more Americans to enroll. Each state will be able to choose how broad this coverage will be. This could eventually parlay into single payer. Read more here: https://www.vox.com/…/…/16171160/schatz-health-care-medicaid It is not so much this particular health care plan that I am excited about but the fact that the Democrats are finally proposing ideas instead of just opposing the GOP’s health care. Let’s call our senators and let them know we would like to see more of this.
3. From Rogan’s List
More than 200 U.S. mayors have joined the Anti-Defamation League and United States Conference of Mayors in a new initiative to fight extremism and bigotry in America. Let’s make sure our mayors sign on, too. https://mayorscompact.org/
Here is a list of Minnesota’s elected officials who have signed on so far:
Elizabeth B. Kautz, Burnsville, Minnesota
Emily Larson, Duluth, Minnesota
Nancy Tyra-Lukens, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Shep Harris, Golden Valley, Minnesota
Betsy Hodges, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ardell F. Brede, Rochester, Minnesota
Jake Spano, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Chris Coleman, St. Paul, Minneosta
4. Don't forget your Republican party job evaluation.
Do you have a Republican elected official working for you (state or federal)? Today is your chance to evaluate their job performance!
https://www.change.org/p/chair-mngop-com-mn-republican-part…
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/
Congressional District 2 residents: Check out this website for information about groups and events in your area. mn02progressiveactionnetwork.com
Out and About
August 28th 6-8 pm
CD2 Town Hall
Burnhaven Library
1101 County Road 42 W, Burnsville, Minnesota 55306
Thursday, August 31st 5pm
RebStock 2017 Picnic
Blackhawk Park Pavilion
1629 Murphy Pkwy, Eagan, Minnesota 55122
I apologize for this song. It has been my ear worm for the last few days and now it will be yours. Gotta love the 80's.
The War Song HD (A melhor qualidade!!)
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