It’s
starting to get mighty uncomfortable here in the U. S. and I don’t
like it one bit.
Trump
has stated that ICE is planning to start making mass arrests sometime
next week. ICE will aim to round up thousands of migrant parents and
children across U. S cities. How is that going to happen? Where will
those families go? Ugh, my stomach hurts.
Children
are being held in detention centers in Homestead, Florida.
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez has called the centers what they truly
are, concentration camps. She has faced a lot of backlash, but she is
correct in calling them that. If you ever wondered how the atrocities
of the Holocaust occurred, its beginnings were very similar to what’s
going on right now.
Read
this thread to learn a bit more.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1141101726390464518.html
We
need to act on this stuff NOW. We can’t look the other way because
it’s going to keep getting worse. Children have already died in
detention. Children and families have suffered and are suffering now.
Congress
is currently debating funding for agencies. Call your members of
Congress ant tell them to CUT funding for ICE & CBP and get rid
of the ICE slush fund.
We
Count! is an organization working to close the Homestead camp. Check
them out and donate $$ if you can. http://we-count.org/
Check
out this group that is bearing witness to what’s going on at the
border: https://www.facebook.com/groups/339957239906299/
Jewish
activists from Massachusetts went to Homestead this past
weekend
to protest these concentration camps. Read their blog here:
https://jewishactivistsforimmigrationjustice.blog/
Here’s
another blog about experiences from Texas:
https://www.suitupmaine.org/annunciation-house-journal/
Don’t
stop making noise about this.
Mueller
Report
Have
you read it yet? Here’s an audio version so you can listen to it
while you clean the house or drive to work.
https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Mueller-Report-Audiobook/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/truth-o-meter/article/2019/jun/06/introducing-politifacts-mueller-report-book-club/
Sign
up for their weekly email to get started.
https://www.politifact.com/signup/
Election
Security
“Senate
Maj. Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly told his colleagues that
he will not allow the Senate to vote on election security legislation
this session. Lobbyists for the two biggest voting machine makers
have started writing him four figure checks.”
https://readsludge.com/2019/06/10/as-he-blocks-election-security-bills-mcconnell-takes-checks-from-voting-machine-lobbyists/
Why
is McConnell able to be such a road block in the Senate? A good
question to ask Senators Klobuchar and Smith.
The
first presidential primary debates will happen on June 26 and 27.
Buckle up! Here we go!
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/business/media/moderators-first-democratic-debate.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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.
2020
Democratic Debate Schedule
https://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2020-debate-schedule/2020-democratic-debate-schedule/
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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