Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Tuesday 9/26 Call to Action

Tuesday
1. There’s a Fox in Our Cyber Hen House
This story was dumped last Friday evening amid a tsunami of news and I think it has been overlooked. Let’s focus on it today.
The U. S. Department of Homeland Security reported that Minnesota’s election website was targeted by Russian hackers. This also occurred in 20 other states, including our neighbors in Wisconsin and Iowa. According to Minnesota’s Secretary of State Steve Simon, the attempt was unsuccessful- this time. If they attempted it in 2016, the odds are they will try it again in 2018 and 2020.
America’s electoral systems are painfully antiquated. Electronic ballots and voter registration systems are vulnerable to interference from foreign governments. Now is the time to address this issue and we need to encourage Congress to get to work.
What should you ask your members of Congress to do?
Ask them to upgrade voting technology in every state. All voting machines should include paper ballots so that there is a physical record that can be audited if necessary.
Using these paper ballots, each state should be required to perform risk-limiting audits for every federal race to ensure that computer results are accurate.
Federal agencies should work with states to assess cybersecurity threats and plan how each state will manage voting equipment and elections. Each state should practice how they will respond to attacks now, before the elections, so they will be prepared to act quickly and appropriately if attacks occur.
I think this call to action applies to federal and state legislators. Feel free to call them all!
2. But Their Emails!
In a story dropped by Politico on Sunday, (http://www.politico.com/…/jared-kushner-private-email-white…) six senior presidential aides, including Jared Kushner were found using private emails for official White House matters. This may sound familiar to you because Hillary Clinton was endlessly eviscerated last year for doing the same thing. Tell me, why can’t I find this on the front page of every newspaper? Will Fox New be in an outrage about this? The answer is no. The wording in this Fox article is quite interesting.http://www.foxnews.com/…/kushner-used-personal-email-for-so…Remember, VP Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach were also found to be using their private emails for official business. I don’t have a specific call to action for this, but if you have a member of Congress that was particularly vocal about Hillary Clinton and her emails you may want to call and see if they have an opinion on this as well. Hypocrisy at its finest.
3. A Little Good News
Senator Susan Collins announced on Monday that she will vote “no” on the Graham-Collins healthcare bill. (http://www.cnn.com/…/graham-cassidy-health-care-…/index.html) That’s three no’s right now, enough to keep the bill from passing. Do a little happy dance then get back on those phones. This won’t be over until September 30th. Nice resisting everyone. A special shout out goes to ADAPT and the protesters at the Graham-Cassidy hearing in Washington DC yesterday. You are amazing. http://www.npr.org/…/in-hearing-sens-graham-and-cassidy-def…
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
Thursday, 9/28 6:30- 8:30 pm
MN-02 Candidate Forum with Jake Cassidy & Jeff Erdmann
Burnhaven Library
1101 County Road 42 W, Burnsville, Minnesota 55306
September 30th 10-1
Municipal Mingle
Sabathani Community Center
310 E 38th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55409
October 14th 10:30 - 12
Forum with Erin Murphy, candidate for governor
Burnhaven Library
1101 County Road 42 W, Burnsville, Minnesota 55306
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