Day 437:

Keep the focus on inequality

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

Further Reading:

The richest 1% are on track to control two-thirds of the world’s wealth by 2030

AP Poll: 78 Percent Say Public School Teachers Aren’t Paid Enough

Net neutrality is officially dead. Now what? – The FCC has taken the final step in erasing the 2015 rules protecting the internet.

Sinclair Broadcast Group executives reprimanded and ultimately ousted a local news reporter who refused to seed doubt about man-made climate change and “balance” her stories in a more conservative direction.

Bernie Sanders Is Quietly Building a Digital Media Empire

A Man Set Himself on Fire. We Barely Noticed.

Pulitzer-winning reporter David Cay Johnston: “The evidence suggests Trump is a traitor”

BBC to ban all single-use plastics by 2020

New Jersey’s Governor Signs a Bill Prohibiting Offshore Oil Drilling

Real estate holdings linked to Hannity are spread across more than 20 shell companies. He declined to note his financial interest when he hosted Carson for a discussion about HUD and housing. Hannity praised privatization plans pushed by Trump and Carson. | The Guardian

Sean Hannity received HUD help on multimillion dollar property deals

Earth Day: Time for a plastic-free planet

Democratic Socialists Aren’t Just Demanding #MedicareForAll, They’re Organizing For It

Ohio violated Planned Parenthood’s freedom of speech in effort to defund it, federal court rules

John Bolton chaired anti-Muslim think tank

GOP support for Trump begins to crack

How a race for resources and climate change has led to Louisiana sinking

What We Know About Sean Hannity’s Shell Companies and Why It Matters

Michael Cohen case shines light on Sean Hannity’s property empire

Police use anti-KKK law to arrest people protesting neo-Nazis

Waffle House suspect has identified as a ‘sovereign citizen’

The Pacific Ocean has a plastic problem. Here’s the bold plan to fix it.

ABC makes unusual decision to release all of Comey talk

Hannity’s relationship to Trump called ‘parasitic, co-dependent’

Michael Bloomberg to pay $4.5m to cover US contribution to Paris climate pact

New York Governor unveils new energy efficiency target. Meeting the new energy efficiency target will deliver nearly one third of the greenhouse gas emissions reductions needed to meet New York’s climate goal of 40 percent reduction by 2030.

America is still unprepared for a Russian attack on our elections

Betsy DeVos Is Making It Easier for Schools to Send Black Kids Like This 13-Year-Old Girl to Jail

Bolton chaired nonprofit that shared false anti-Muslim news

Facing rare opposition from the Senate, Mike Pompeo might not make it to Secretary of State

Nashville mayor demands stricter gun control after Waffle House shooting

Trump blamed as U.S. colleges lure fewer foreign students

Pennsylvania Judge Calls ICE to Arrest Couples on Their Wedding Days

How letting Mother Nature reclaim prime farmland and allowing cattle and ponies to run free produced breathtaking results

Wells Fargo just got fined $1 billion. Republicans cut its taxes by $3.7 billion

It’s time for Trump’s doctor to be examined – by Congress

NYPD searching for man in MAGA hat over alleged assault

Congress must act before America falls into a student loan debt crisis

Porn star says Stormy Daniels telling the truth about alleged Trump 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!:

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