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Trump Watch April 19 2018

Day 436:

Keep the focus on inequality

Tax the rich, or eat the rich, let the rich decide.

Further Reading:

Trump allies worry Cohen will flip

Rule change allows Duckworth to nurse newborn on Senate floor

As Workers See Crumbs, Biggest Wall Street Banks Have Already Pocketed $2.5 Billion From Trump Tax Scam

Cohen drops libel suits against BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS

Republicans Push Bill To Protect Mueller, Without McConnell’s Support

Three Kansas Men Found Guilty Of Bomb Plot Targeting Somali Muslim Immigrants

House Republicans Lay the Groundwork for Trump to Fire Rosenstein

Republicans are actively interfering in the Mueller probe to protect Trump

McConnell, the Senate’s decider, discovers the limits of his control

Scott Pruitt Is Now Being Investigated By The House of Representatives, Senate, White House, Office of Management and Budget, Government Accountability Office, and EPA Inspector General : Congressman Don Beyer

Trump declared he’s running again. Many Republicans aren’t ready to back him.

White people in America are sharply divided by education and income: Donald Trump is the result

Parents Didn’t Want Fracking Near Their School. So the Oil Company Chose a Poorer School, Instead. – The first school was 77-percent white. The second is 87-percent students of color.

Democrats Ask Sessions About Whistleblower Allegations That DOJ Is Blocking Immigration Judges Based on Prohibited Political Considerations

GOP strategist: Republicans will lose 40 to 50 House seats

Payday Lenders Convening At A Trump Resort Are Met By Protesters

Comey says there’s “some” evidence that Trump obstructed justice

Police chiefs implore Congress not to pass concealed-carry reciprocity gun law

James Comey: Impeaching Trump won’t fix this crisis. America desperately needs a political reset.

Florida kids sue their ‘completely immoral’ GOP governor

John McCain was tortured as a POW in Vietnam. Will he help sink CIA nominee implicated in torture program?

170 lawmakers sign resolution calling for Scott Pruitt’s resignation, including zero Republicans

Why palm oil could be the next plastic: 7 ways it has permeated your weekly shop

Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe fail to agree on US tariff exemption for Japan

Trump: We’ll put sanctions on Russia ‘as soon as they very much deserve it’

Cuomo restores voting rights to all 35,000 parolees in New York

EPA chief sat in coach when not flying on taxpayer’s dime

Rpt: Trump advised to fire Rod Rosenstein

Last caribou to roam lower 48 US states all but extinct: ‘The herd is functionally lost’

Trump lawyer Michael Cohen drops lawsuit against BuzzFeed over Steele dossier

Wind farms far less harmful to birds than first thought, biggest ever study has shown, because seabirds actively change their flight path to avoid them. Researchers used radar and video to monitor seabirds flying near Vattenfall’s Thanet offshore wind farm in English Channel over two year period.

Ex-Playboy Model, Let Out of Tabloid Contract, Can Freely Discuss Alleged Trump Affair

Half the Coral in the Great Barrier Reef Has Died Since 2016

Single-use plastics could be banned in England next year

Coal is on its way out, says Vistra Energy CEO as company shuts down coal plants

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Calling your government representative:

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Tell them in no uncertain terms that you want them to fight to stop Trump from doing these things. Tell them you will be watching them closely on how they vote, and will hold them accountable during the next election if they cave to Trump. You can also call other states congress people and threaten to donate to their opponent if they don’t do what you want.

Phone Bank for Progressive Candidates:

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Call the White House:

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Call the “White House”:

Use this website to call one of Trump’s many properties he has not put into a blind trust yet, and let them know how you feel (be polite, they are workers just like us, but be firm).

Do a little Slacktivism:

Send Some Text Messages for progressive causes (I know it says textforbernie, but its for a range of progressive candidates) Or you can have your texts turned into faxes by the ResistBot

Go to a town hall and talk to your congress person in person:

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Monitor your congressperson:

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See how your elected representatives are voting for or against Trump.

Elections!

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See if you have a special election in your area!

Is your mayor up for election? Find out, get involved!

Upcoming house votes:

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Upcoming senate bills:

http://www.senateseeker.com/vote.php?upcoming=true

Monitor Trumps Conflict of Interests:

From CNN of all people.

The Atlantic

General Guides:

Guidelines by former Congress staffers on how to get Congress to listen. https://www.indivisibleguide.com/

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