Trump Watch October 27 2017

Day 272:

Fuck Trump

This is not normal, this is not ok.

There is probably someone horrible you could be voting out of office right now!

Further Reading:

It’s not just Trump, it’s the whole GOP that calls ‘fake things true and true things fake’

New Zealand Prime Minister Takes Non-Religious Oath of Office Without Bible

World’s witnessing a new Gilded Age as billionaires’ wealth swells to $6tn – The world’s super-rich hold the greatest concentration of wealth since the US Gilded Age at the turn of the 20th century, when families like the Carnegies, Rockefellers and Vanderbilts controlled vast fortunes.

The FCC will soon vote to kill net neutrality. But Congress can stop them if they hear from constituents now.

Donald “I Am Very Smart, Believe Me” Trump tweets a birthday greeting to the wrong Lee Greenwood.

EPA chief: ‘True environmentalism is using natural resources that God has blessed us with’

Drug Prices in the US vs. Other Major Countries

Betsy DeVos’s Schedule Shows Focus on Religious and Nontraditional Schools

People are convinced Donald Trump wrote this letter bragging about Donald Trump

Turns Out the Republicans Just Weren’t Ready to Govern

Whitefish Energy contract bars government from auditing deal

Unsealed Documents Show That Kris Kobach Is Dead Set on Suppressing the Right to Vote

US voting server at heart of Russian hack probe mysteriously wiped

Subsidy plan for coal and nuclear plants ‘will cost US taxpayers $10.6bn a year’

Dereliction of duty: John Kelly’s week of silence speaks volumes about the chief of staff.

Betsy DeVos’s incompetence will harm students with disabilities

Republicans are propping up scammers and cheaters

MSNBC host literally left his seat to fact-check Jim Renacci

Trump could make visiting a national park more expensive than a Six Flags ticket

Nurses returning from Puerto Rico accuse the federal government of leaving people to die

Trump pick for NASA chief doesn’t understand science

Blumenthal: Trump data firm reaching out to WikiLeaks ‘significant’

https://youtu.be/irgrm_RN-30State Department Scraps Sanctions Office

Health experts say Trump’s opioid response relies on magical thinking

American Legion calls on Trump to veto bill making it tougher to sue banks

Trump delays release of hundreds of remaining JFK assassination documents, bowing to national security concerns

Incomplete JFK file dump doesn’t provide the drama Trump promised

‘Totally Unhinged.’ Trump Fires Back at California Billionaire Campaigning for His Impeachment

Tillerson eliminates key State Department sanctions office: report

Michigan State students pressure school to divest from Robert Mercer’s hedge fund

CNN host Don Lemon files police report over white nationalist Twitter death threat

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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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