Day 509:

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

GDP vs human thriving: a “healthy” economy means debt-haunted people, desperately searching for housing

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

Further Reading:

Brett Kavanaugh is nominated by Trump to succeed Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

https://dccircuitbreaker.org/kavanaugh-opinions/

His entire record.

Here is what he wrote for the Minnesota Law Review back in 2009

http://www.minnesotalawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kavanaugh_MLR.pdf

“Having observed the weighty issues that can consume a president, Kavanaugh wrote, the nation’s chief executive should be exempt from “time-consuming and distracting” lawsuits and investigations, which “would ill serve the public interest, especially in times of financial or national security crisis.”

Source

Some more quotes about Kavanaugh:

“Kavanaugh has a track record of siding with religious organizations over governments and other groups that challenge them, a particularly attractive trait to conservatives. In Priests for Life v. HHS, Kavanaugh declared the Obamacare contraceptive mandate violated constitutional rights to religious liberty”

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“Kavanaugh has also sided with conservatives on the issue of net neutrality, dissenting when the court upheld Obama-era net neutrality regulations, regulations requiring Internet service providers to treat websites equally.”

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“Kavanaugh has also generally sided against the Environmental Protection Agency in cases over its authority to regulate — a boon for an administration that has worked to loosen or eliminate environmental regulations viewed as too burdensome.”

Source

Call your senator TODAY and tell them to block this madman from destroying the supreme court for decades!

After Stealing SCOTUS Seat, GOP Blasts Dems for Partisan Opposition to Kavanaugh

Giuliani works for foreign clients while serving as Trump’s attorney

McConnell leaves Kentucky dinner amid more heckling over ICE

Democrats must consider court-packing when they regain power. It’s the only way to save democracy.

U.S. Army Is Discharging Immigrant Recruits Who Were Promised Citizenship

Anatomy of a Trump rally: 76 percent of claims are false, misleading or lacking evidence

White House does not dispute report that Trump struck a secret, corrupt deal with Justice Kennedy

Donald Trump falsely says ICE liberated towns from MS-13 control

Trump administration fails to meet deadline to reunite migrant children with their parents

A couple visited their soldier son-in-law on July 4. The Army turned them over to ICE.

Schumer: I will oppose Kavanaugh ‘with everything I’ve got’

EU president warns Donald Trump: ‘Appreciate your allies, you don’t have many after all’

US Republican Delegation Met With Sanctioned Russians In Moscow

Schumer: Senate should reject Kavanaugh’s nomination

Ex-Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn expected back in court for first time since guilty plea

Trump’s Supreme Court nominee decided against net neutrality and for NSA surveillance

Ocasio-Cortez’s Win Has Right Wing Raising a New Red Scare

Judge allows federal lawsuit against 25 neo-Nazis to proceed for violence in Charlottesville

Dem senator: Trump’s Supreme Court pick shows he’s ‘terrified of Robert Mueller

Trump was like a “predator” toward teens at parties in ‘80s and ‘90s, says BBC report

BMW moving some production to China, raising prices on SC-made SUVs in response to tariffs

Trump’s Limo Driver of 25 Years Confirms He’s an Unrepentant Asshole

When Trump Realizes Kim Isn’t Giving Up His Nukes It Won’t Be Pretty

Democratic senators immediately pledge to block Trump SCOTUS pick

Russian trolls on Twitter pose as ex-Democrats for #WalkAway movement

The Trump Administration Wants to Strip a Grandmother of Her U.S. Citizenship and Kick Her Out of the Country

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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:

https://www.grassrootspb.com/

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:

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/

Run For Office!:

Want to run for office in your area to fight back, check this out for positions that are open in your area, how to register, and what you need to do to win office!

Remove the Corporate Democrats!:

Join the fight to clean out the democratic party: Justice Democrats!

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