Wednesday 6/26 CTA

Wednesday June 26
The United States is in crisis. Just this week we have children and families suffering (and dying) at our southern border, Trump was accused of his 22nd assault/rape, there are escalating tensions between U.S. and Iran fabricated by Trump and his warmongering Cabinet, Senate Majority Leader McConnell is still blocking all the things, Trump’s cronies are still ignoring House subpoenas, Trump’s administration is suppressing scientific research, and more. The most disappointing part for me is the lackluster response by our members of Congress. I see a lot of posting on social media but not much else.
Let’s talk about things we can do this week.

Children’s Concentration Camps
We are currently witnessing human rights violations occurring at our southern border and many of those suffering are children.
How can you help? Give money. Groups working to help those detained need donations to keep going. Please donate as you can.

This article lists a number of places to donate. http://stories.brightest.io/best-ways-stop-ice-detention-i…/

You can donate to ActBlue and they will divvy up your money to a number of worthy groups: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kids-and-families-border

If you are bilingual (Spanish/English) or an immigration lawyer, consider volunteering to help down at the border. If you have a surplus of frequent flier miles, you can donate them to get interpreters and lawyers down to the border. https://www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/…/what-can-you-do-…

Write a letter to your local newspaper about this. I bet there are a lot of people in our state who do not know what’s going on. Fill them in on the atrocities.

Join Minnesota Immigrants Rights Action Committee https://www.facebook.com/miracmn/ “MIRAC is an activist organization, and they champion a variety of causes, and it’s helpful to be aware of what they are advocating and what kind of activities they’re involved in, because they’re Minnesota-based and they have their finger on the pulse of many of the most important immigration-related issues of the day.”

Did you know that Minnesota has 36 ICE detention centers? There are centers in Albert Lea, Elk River, Chaska, and Crookston. If you live in a town with a detention center, call you state legislators and ask them about it. Call Governor Walz as well and ask him what’s going on.https://www.businessinsider.com/ice-immigrant-families-dhs-…

"Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill on Friday that bans private immigration detention centers in the state, making it the first in the nation to forbid the practice, according to a release from the governor's office. Pritzker signed the legislation, HB 2040, as part of a three-part package to protect undocumented immigrants, as the state braces for Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that are expected in Chicago and nine other major cities starting Sunday." - We must still understand that the non-profit industrial complex is just as much a part of this growing no. of concentration camps in the U.S. - https://www.cnn.com/…/illinois-private-detention…/index.html

Call you members of Congress, again and again until this problem is solved. Tired of calling? Write a letter to the editor or use Resistbot: https://resistbot.io/. You can also call the Chairs of these two committees.
Congressional Committee on Homeland Security https://www.govtrack.us/congress/committees/HSHM
Senate Committee on Homeland Security https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/

Take to The Streets Join MIRAC and CAIR-MN on Sunday, June 30th in Minneapolis from 2-4 PM to tell our government to stop separating families. https://www.facebook.com/events/297434524532185/

Vote them out.
We have GOT to flip the Senate (state and federal) in 2020. Thousands of volunteer hours are needed to accomplish this. Decide now what you will do to help and get started.
The first Democratic debates are tonight and tomorrow! Be sure to check it out. https://www.nytimes.com/…/moderators-first-democratic-debat…
Parade Season-As parade season gets started, our favorite elected officials will be marching. Why not volunteer to walk with them? This is a fun, easy way to support the legislators who do good work for us.

Mueller Report
Don’t stop calling your members of Congress about Trump’s impeachable digressions. Call again, and again, and again. Ask them what they are doing about that fact that members of Trump’s administration are ignoring subpoenas.

A number of actors did a dramatic reading of the Mueller Report. Check it out here: https://lawworksaction.org/

Here’s an audio version of the report so you can listen to it while you clean the house or drive to work. https://www.audible.com/…/The-Mueller-Report-Aud…/B07PXN468K

Politifact is hosting a Mueller Report book club. Sections of the report and introduced each week and lively discussions follow. https://www.politifact.com/…/introducing-politifacts-muell…/ Sign up for their weekly email to get started. https://www.politifact.com/signup/

And last but not least, The Trump Administration continues to suppress research and hide the climate science.
https://www.politico.com/…/agriculture-department-climate-c…

Keep tabs on all the great things going on in CD2 here:https://cd2action.com/
2020 Democratic Debate Schedulehttps://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/…/2020-democrat…/
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 Walz https://mn.gov/governor/

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