Trump Watch April 20 2018

Day 437:

Keep the focus on inequality

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

Further Reading:

Dear Canada: Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet Is Not a Crime

Arizona teachers vote to strike

A Worrying Number of Amazon’s Warehouse Workers Are Reportedly Living Off Food Stamps

Appeals court rules against Trump policy punishing sanctuary cities: A panel of GOP-appointed judges upheld an injunction blocking the Justice Department from enforcing new grant conditions that require sanctuary cities to cooperate with immigration enforcement

The Chicago White Sox announced Thursday that the organization would become the first MLB team to no longer provide plastic straws with drinks sold at their stadium in an effort to reduce plastic waste.

Read: James Comey’s memos leaked

Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400. Here are the tapes.

Trump went into extraordinary detail on his pitch to put reporters in jail over leaks

Russia: We Told the U.S. Where in Syria It Couldn’t Bomb

Michael Cohen Says He’s “Never” Been to Prague. He Told Me a Different Story.

Columbine students hold voter registration rally ahead of shooting anniversary

Papadopoulos discussed getting Clinton e-mails from Russian govt.

Senators worry Koch brothers have too much influence in Trump administration

AP obtains memos drafted by former FBI Director James Comey on interactions with President Donald Trump

Lock them up! GOP goes full banana-republic with demands to jail Comey, McCabe and Clinton

Trump was upset at Flynn for not telling him first post-inauguration call was from Putin

“Michael Cohen Is Going to Be Indicted”: Stormy Daniels’s Attorney Is Now Cooperating with the Feds

Comey: Trump has ‘an emptiness inside of him and a hunger for affirmation’

Chuck Schumer will unveil a marijuana decriminalization bill on friday—which, yes, is 4/20

Trump Grumbles That Gorsuch Is Too Liberal After Immigration Case Vote

Trump complains Comey can ‘leak and lie’ while Flynn was ‘totally destroyed’

Sen. Chuck Schumer to introduce bill to “decriminalize” marijuana

Comey: Trump says Putin bragged about Russia having the ‘most beautiful hookers in the world’

Kushner Cos. subpoenaed by feds after AP report

Day of the trope: White nationalist memes thrive on Reddit’s r/The_Donald

Arizona teachers vote for 1st statewide strike

Trump decided not to fire Rosenstein after being told he wasn’t a target in the Cohen probe, reports say

Comey says Trump threatened to sue Christopher Steele

Torrent of mockery lands on Ted Cruz after gushing praise of Donald Trump

Chris Christie portrait to cost taxpayers $85,000, more than 3 past N.J. governors combined

Judge rules Trump administration’s cut to Teen Pregnancy Prevention program illegal

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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:

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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!:

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