Trump and Putin have their Helsinki summit today, on the heels of Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians for hacking Democratic organizations. Trump will meet with Putin alone.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-putin-helsinki/index.html
They also seem to have gotten rid of a Russia Hawk from the National Security Council.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-hawk-axed-from-national-security-council-right-before-trump-putin-summit
1. The House Freedom Caucus is putting forth a bill to impeach Rosenstein. Although the bill doesn't seem likely to pass, they continue to test the waters. Let's remind our representatives to stay on board with the Mueller investigation.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/13/house-republicans-rod-rosenstein-impeachment-719816
2. Meanwhile, the Trump trade war is escalating in the background.
"There’s no need to worry about a trade-triggered recession today, then. But it might be worth worrying about one tomorrow."
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/07/the-costs-of-trumps-trade-war/565208/
3. Vote Now From Home!
**Secretary of State Steve Simon is reporting a 60% increase in absentee voter applications from the last election cycle! This is awesome!!**
Minnesota is lucky. We have a great voting program that makes it easy for us to get out the vote. You are now able vote early for the Primaries that take place on August 14th. Check out this page from CD2Action that answers some FAQ’s about primary voting. https://cd2action.com/voting-in-the-primaries-101/
Don’t forget, you can vote from home in your jammies. Just sign up here ( https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/ABRegistration/ABRegistrationStep1.aspx ) for an absentee ballot and one will be mailed to you for free.
If Trump fires Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, please be ready to take to the streets in protest.
https://www.trumpisnotabovethelaw.org/
MN02 Congress Watch http://mn02congresswatch.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/572562169758984/
Klobuchar-202-224-3244
Smith (202) 224-5641
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/
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