Thursday 9/7 Call To Action
Does it feel like it’s been longer than 9 months of resisting to anyone else? I hope you all are taking care of yourselves as we get through this together.
1. ACA. This is a code red as McCain has flipped on the ACA deal. “The repeal effort doesn’t seek to solve the problem of covering more people or making healthcare more affordable for American families. If assessed by the Congressional Budget Office, it will surely show many millions losing coverage and higher costs for millions more. Instead they are dividing the country into winners and losers (or losers and bigger losers) to achieve a more straightforward goal — finding the 50 Republican votes that, along with Vice President Pence as the tiebreaker, will give them a Senate win.” Much of this draft from Graham-Cassidy-Heller look the same as the first repeal and replace that were rejected. “But it’s not Graham-Cassidy-Heller’s unpopular policies that are expected to make a repeal effort successful. The secret weapon is a cynical redistribution of federal money from mostly urban, blue states that have expanded Medicaid to rural, red states that did not.” You can read about it below.
2. DACA. 15 states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump to end a program that protects young immigrants from deportation. NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has said that Trump is motivated by prejudice, especially targeting Latinos. Let’s call our own Attorney General and ask her to join this lawsuit and stand with DREAMers.
3. Continue to fight for Mueller. It looks as though Facebook has come clean about Russia spending money on divisive political ads during the campaign. .
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!
Franken-202-224-5641
Klobuchar-202-224-3244
House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Attorney General Lori Swanson-651-296-3353
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
For those of us who missed the Burnout and Sustainability Training for Activists webinar last Saturday, the video is now available on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2wfVcwl We can also check out host Aditi Juneja's Self Care Sundays podcast and make sure that we're taking care of ourselves https://www.selfcaresundayspodcast.com/
September 8-10
The Energy Fair-St. Paul
Harriet Island Regional Park
200 Dr Justus O'Hage Blvd, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55107
September 10th 2:30-3:45 pm
ATTC Learn & Take Action (September): Fake News - note new venue
Southdale Public Library
Edina, Minnesota 55435
University of Minnesota Journalism Ethics Professor Chris Ison will discuss the historical context of today's "fake news" crisis and share practical strategies for sustaining quality journalism.
September 12th 6-8 pm
Journalism: Facts Matter
University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management
321 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Join us for a discussion on the role of journalism in the current political climate. Don Shelby's work as an investigative journalist earned two Peabody awards and three Emmys before his retirement from CBS's WCCO in 2010.
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