Day 495:
Keep the focus on inequality
Analysis: If you’re rich, you’re more lucky than smart. And there’s math to prove it
‘CEOs don’t want this released’: US study lays bare extreme pay-ratio problem
Tax the rich, or eat the rich, let the rich decide.
Further Reading:
Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban
Progressives have won the narrative. Will they start winning some primaries Tuesday?
Poll: Two-thirds see American democracy getting weaker
(note this video is from yesterday, the primary IS TODAY!)
Bernie Sanders: US is not a nation which tears kids from their parents
U.S. court dismisses climate change lawsuits against top oil companies
ICE is planning to build a 47,000 bed tent prison. It's hard to overstate how horrified we should be. It would be nearly 5x bigger than the world's largest prison and alone would more than double the number of people ICE detains.https://t.co/PY988KUmkX
— Anoop Prasad (@anoop_alc) June 25, 2018
ACLU: History will judge Supreme Court harshly for Trump travel ban ruling
Ivanka Trump Puts Her Money Where Her Mouth Is – by Donating $50,000 to Anti-LGBT Church
Mueller Poised to Zero In on Trump-Russia Collusion Allegations
Jack Daniel’s price to jump 10% thanks to Trump’s trade war, whiskey maker warns
If You Want Fiscal Responsibility, Elect Democrats
Trump threatens Harley-Davidson with taxes ‘like never before’ and eventual collapse
A Texas Democrat has one the best ads — and most effective opponent attacks — you’ll see in 2018
Stephen Miller’s apartment building target of immigration protest
GOP increasingly opposes legal — not just illegal — immigration
‘Morning Joe’ plays montage of the many times Trump encouraged violence
Thanks, Red Hen, for kicking out Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Xi has strong words for Trump: ‘In our culture, we punch back’ — report
What the Red Hen owner did to Sarah Huckabee Sanders is called leadership
Donald Trump is the most un-American president in living memory
Protesters are shutting down ICE facilities by blockading them
In MLK’s day, conservatives didn’t think he was so “civil”
Trump warns Harley-Davidson of ‘big tax’ for shifting some production abroad
Avenatti: Any Gag Order Against Me Must Also Silence Trump
Factory workers aren’t getting what Trump promised
Everything President Trump Has Said That Sounds Like He Longs to be a Dictator (No, Really)
White woman cites Trump, calls man ‘rapist’ and ‘animal’ in viral video
‘Why Do You Hate Us?’ He Asked. ‘Because You’re Mexicans,’ She Replied.
Trump warns it will be the ‘beginning of the end’ if Harley-Davidson moves overseas
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Tools of change:
Feel like this is all a bunch of bullshit? Want to do something about it?
Calling your government representative:
Call your Senator
Call your House Rep (Or use this spreadsheet)
Call your Governor
Call your Attorney General
Or try this website
Fax Congress here (free!)
You can also use 5Calls.org if you are having a hard time figuring out what to say.
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:
Call the White House:
202-456-1111
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:
Check when the next town hall is here
Monitor your congressperson:
Keep track of how your senator is voting on cabinet picks here, so you can call them up and give them hell if they vote for any of these worthless fuckers.
See how your elected representatives are voting for or against Trump.
Elections!
Also be sure to keep track if you live in a district with an upcoming flip-able seat (flip to the left that is)
See if you have a special election in your area!
Is your mayor up for election? Find out, get involved!
Upcoming house votes:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/
Upcoming senate bills:
http://www.senateseeker.com/vote.php?upcoming=true
Monitor Trumps Conflict of Interests:
General Guides:
Guidelines by former Congress staffers on how to get Congress to listen. https://www.indivisibleguide.com/
Run For Office!:
Remove the Corporate Democrats!:
Join the fight to clean out the democratic party: Justice Democrats!
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