Day 336:

New Year New Fight!

Think like a Utopian.

Further Reading:

DC bookstore sold out of ‘Fire and Fury’ 20 minutes after midnight release

The FCC Cited Zero of the 22 Million Consumer Comments in its 218-Page Net Neutrality Repeal: “Despite the millions of comments, letters, and calls received, this Order cites, not even one consumer comment.”

In a huge “fuck you” to Jeff Sessions, the Vermont House of Representatives voted 81-63 in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana merely hours after Sessions removed protections for states that have voted to legalize. Badass, Vermont. Badass.

“Something has gone grotesquely wrong when chefs brag that the chickens they buy lived happy, stress-free lives, but can’t promise us that the women they employ aren’t being assaulted in the storage room.” – A call for restaurateurs to let their actions speak louder than their apologies

No, Attorney General Sessions. Marijuana is not the same as heroin. No one who has seriously studied the issue believes that. Quite the contrary. We should allow states the right to move toward the decriminalization of marijuana, not reverse the progress that has been made.

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 4, 2018

61% of Americans favor legalizing marijuana

Trump Wants to Open Nearly All US Offshore Waters to Drilling – The Trump administration unveiled an unprecedented blueprint for expanding oil and gas drilling in fragile waters.

Michael Wolff says Donald Trump is least credible person ‘who has ever walked on earth’

Wolff Book: Trump Privately Rationalized KKK After Charlottesville

The psychiatrist who briefed Congress on Trump’s mental state: this is “an emergency”

Job growth slows to a six-year low in Trump’s first year

Kushner directed Flynn to lobby foreign officials over U.N. vote: report

Michael Wolff on Trump’s Legal Response: “He’s Proving the Point of the Book”

Schiff: The case that Trump obstructed justice just got stronger

Republican Senators Recommend Charges Against Author of Trump Dossier

Trump ‘job boom’ actually the fewest number of jobs created in the last 6 years

As ‘Fire and Fury’ is published, Europe openly debates: ‘Is Trump still sane?’

Republicans are helping Trump impede Mueller’s Russia probe

Michael Wolff Did What Every Other White House Reporter Is Too Cowardly to Do

I’ve Studied the Trump-Fox Feedback Loop for Months. It’s Crazier Than You Think.

Michael Wolff: Trump had little interest in repealing Obamacare, floated ‘Medicare for All’

Reporter Asks Question on Minds of Many: Will Trump’s Physical Exam Also Test His Mental Acuity?

‘A direct violation of states’ rights’: Alaska reacts to federal marijuana policy change

For a third year in a row, police shot and killed nearly 1,000 people across the U.S. in 2017

Bharara: If NYT story on Sessions is true, ‘he must go now’

Ex-Trump adviser: I ‘probably’ called Trump an ‘idiot’ in new WH book

Top Judiciary Dem: White House counsel must be removed immediately

Donald Trump Called Melania His ‘Trophy Wife,’ Barely Spent Time With Her Before Presidency and Was Absent Father to Barron, Book Claims

Robert Mueller may have a Deep Throat witness on Russia

Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls Americans who don’t see a positive impact by the Trump Administration “mentally unstable”

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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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