Wednesday
1.
Helsinki- One Week Later
Yesterday,
the House Democrats pushed a resolution denouncing Trump’s behavior
in Helsinki. The
new resolution, although nonbinding, is their latest attempt to get
the House on the record affirming Congress’s commitment to liberal
democracies — like those composing the NATO alliance — above
hostile autocracies like Putin’s Russia.“This
is a very important and pivotal moment for our country,” Pelosi
told reporters Monday evening in the Capitol. “We cannot
appear to endorse what the president is doing by our
silence.” http://thehill.com/homenews/house/398473-house-dems-press-resolution-denouncing-trump-in-wake-of-helsinki
Let’s tell our representatives that we agree. None of us can
be silent.
During
the question and answer period at the meeting between
Trump and Putin
in Helsinki last
week,
journalist Jeff Mason asked the following: “President Putin, did
you want President Trump to win the election? And did you direct any
of your officials to help him do that?”
Here’s
Putin’s answer: “Yes,
I did. Yes, I did. Because he talked about bringing the U.S.-Russia
relationship back to normal.”
Wow,
right? That reflects pretty badly on Trump doesn’t it? Here’s the
problem. Official transcripts from the White House have changed
Mason’s question. They
have removed the first half of the question where Mason asked, Putin
if he wanted Trump to win the election. So sneaky! It amazes me that
this has essentially flown under the Radar. It’s a testament to the
barn fire that is our country right now.
Read
more about that here:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/trump-putin-press-conference-transcript/565385/
Or
watch Rachel Maddow’s take on it here:
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-white-house-cuts-putin-support-for-trump-out-of-transcript-1284716611545
via @msnbc
This
seems like a really good thing to make some noise about. Why not
tweet, call, or email your members of Congress and see what they
think? Don’t forget Resistbot( https://resistbot.io/)
is a great way to contact them if you are sick and tired of calling.
2.
$$Trump and The Fiscally Conservative GOP$$
From
my friends at Rogan’s List: Trump's
upcoming self-aggrandizing military parade is estimated to cost
taxpayers 12 million dollars
(http://fortune.com/2018/07/18/trumps-military-parade-cost-taxpayers-12-million-report/)
and his unnecessary repainting of Air Force One to red, white and
blue is estimated to cost 3.9 million dollars of our money
(https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/18/donald-trump-air-force-one-red-white-and-blue-cost-3-9-billion/794735002/).
Add in the ever-increasing and unexpected cost of Trump’s “zero
tolerance” policy
(https://www.bna.com/zero-tolerance-immigration-b73014477161/)
and we see so much of our taxpayer dollars that could have been spent
on so many other much worthier. Let’s let our MoCs know where
we want these dollars to be spent instead.
These
expenses would make excellent topics for tweeting our GOP members of
Congress. Those fiscal hawks sure have been silent about all this
unnecessary spending.
While
you are on the phone why not ask about the $1 trillion that the
government is borrowing, an 84% increase from last year. According to
the CBO, the increase in borrowing is attributed to the fact that the
new tax law has
decreased tax receipts. This is the largest
jump in borrowing during a non-recession time since Ronald Reagan
was president and he was trying to beef up the U. S. military.
3.
Don’t Forget The Kids!
Tomorrow
is the deadline for returning children (over 5 years old-the deadline
for under 5 is long past due) that were separated from their families
at the border. Many of those children’s parents have already been
deported back to their countries of origin and the outlook for
reunification is bleak. I know we are all so very tired, but let’s
not forget these kids. This forced separation is causing irreparable
damage to them. Today, we can work to put their plight back into the
minds of our members of Congress. Make some noise. Make some good
trouble. You would hope for the same if these were your children.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-family-separation-and-detention-affect-children-2018-6
4. Let’s Get out The Vote!
I
think it’s going to take an overwhelming wave of blue voters to
stop this terrible Trump administration in November. All hands on
deck! At this point, you should be helping out a campaign at least
once a week. Expect to do more as the midterm elections get closer.
Check
out these calendars for upcoming events near you.
Study
after study shows that the most effective way to get people to vote
is by having conversations with them in the four days before Election
Day (Saturday, November 3rd–Tuesday, November 6th).
Volunteer here to be part of the last big push.
https://thelastweekend.org/?source=MN02
Indivisible
is pushing for a weekend of action this weekend. Learn more about
activities in your area here: http://www.indivisible.org/events/
5.
Primaries
are August 14th
Don’t
forget to vote in the primaries on August 14th.
Check out this website for more information on who’s running in
Minnesota.
https://politicalcharge.org/2018/07/23/minnesota-8-14-primary-at-a-glance/
If
Trump fires Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, please
be ready to take to the streets in protest.
https://act.moveon.org/event/mueller-firing-rapid-response-events/search
MN02
Congress Watch http://mn02congresswatch.org/
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/
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