Thursday, November 9, 2017

Thursday 11/9 Call To Action

Thursday 11/9

1. Stacking the courts
Now that the GOP has seen the tides shift they will be moving more quickly to stack the courts with dangerous, radical, unqualified nominations. Compared to past presidents this administration seems to be moving quickly and aggressively at reshaping the federal courts. We must continue to urge our Senators to oppose these outside-the-mainstream nominations.


2. Anti-environmental nominees
Taken from D.H.’s post on Tuesday
From NRDC Action Fund, contact our senators to reject Trump's anti environmental nominees.
Trump's EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, has already been hard at work eviscerating the common-sense safeguards that protect our clean water and air, and stalling our progress in fighting climate change. Now, these new nominees have the potential to wreak even more havoc on our environment and public health:
Andrew Wheeler, nominated to be Pruitt's EPA deputy, has spent the past eight years as a lobbyist for the coal industry and other industrial polluters, fighting against efforts to limit dangerous carbon pollution.
Michael Dourson, Trump's pick to oversee chemical safety and pollution prevention at the EPA, has spent decades as a consultant doing the bidding of chemical and tobacco companies. He's built a career out of making it easier for companies to expose people to unsafe levels of toxic chemicals linked to cancer — and even fought to allow them in municipal drinking water supplies.
Bill Wehrum served as acting head of the EPA's clean air office under President George W. Bush. Courts found that, under his leadership, his office violated the Clean Air Act over 30 times, and increased dangerous air pollution. But Trump has nominated him to take control of the office again.
Kathleen Hartnett White, Trump's nominee to serve as chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality is a career fossil fuel apologist and oil industry shill. Not only does she deny the threat of climate change, she has dismissed the promise of renewable energy as "diffuse, unreliable, and parasitic" — in total opposition to all science and evidence.
3. Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2017
Minnesota is a big agricultural state. Rep. Walz had introduced a bill that will support the next generation of farmers. “It is among our top priorities as a nation to ensure our next generation of farmers is able to provide the U.S. and the world with a safe, abundant food supply,” said Rep. Walz. “To accomplish this goal, we must provide young Americans with the training and tools they need to take up and keep up farms of their own. By promoting access to land, making credit readily available, and funding world class research and education programs, the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act works to do just that.”

If there is one thing that we want to do to change rural areas from voting red and start voting blue is by connecting with these voters, and I think that this bill can help with that. Not only is this bill good for growing the next generation of rural farmers but also good for those of us who like knowing where our food comes from. For those who live in Walz’s district you can thank him for introducing this. For everyone else, urge your representative to support this legislation.


4. Hearing Tuesday on Trump's ability to use nuclear weapons
Stick a pin in this. Next Tuesday, Republican Senator Bob Corker will be holding a hearing to look into the presidential authority to use nuclear weapons. This is something of great concern, especially as Mueller closes in on Trump, Trump may use war as a distraction.

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House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Congressional District 2 residents: Check out this website for information about groups and events in your area.mn02progressiveactionnetwork.com

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