Day 599:
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
America’s 1% hasn’t controlled this much wealth since before the Great Depression
Tax the rich, or eat the rich, let the rich decide.
Further Reading:
Report shows Whole Foods and McDonalds buy meat from the same destructive suppliers
New Verizon Ad Hopes To Make You Forget It Throttled Firefighters For No Reason
Hundreds rally against U.S. Postal Service privatization proposal
Trump tries to fire John Kelly ‘but Kelly just ignores him’, White House official says
Mitch McConnell Is Going to Kill the United States Senate
Taylor Swift reportedly sees bump in album sales after endorsing Democrats
Pelosi: Trump’s tax returns are fair game if Democrats win House
UN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. It’s Actually Worse Than That.
Trump, no longer ratings gold, loses his primetime spot on Fox News
Morning Consult poll: Bernie Sanders is most popular senator, Mitch McConnell is least popular
Every year, some 30,000 Americans die because they lack health insurance. If they died on a battlefield instead we'd spend unlimited sums to defend our country & it wouldn't "be paid for." If we can spend trillions on endless wars we can damn well expand & improve #MedicareForAll
— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) October 11, 2018
A Trio of Wealthy Russians Made an Enemy of Putin. Now They’re All Dead.
The Trump Administration Carried Out Thousands More Family Separations Than Previously Acknowledged
Justice Kavanaugh unlikely to heed calls for recusal
Georgia’s Republican Candidate for Governor Is Blocking 53,000 Voter Registrations
Melania Trump to Survivors of Sexual Assault: Don’t Report Unless You Have Evidence
Stephen Miller’s 3rd Grade Teacher Calls Him ‘A Strange Dude’ Who Ate Glue
‘Trump has had contacts with the Russian mafia for 35 years’: Investigative reporter Craig Unger
Campaign Worker Arrested after IDing His Candidate as Democrat
WaPo Fact-Checker: Trump Op-Ed Has a Falsehood in Nearly Every Sentence
Embattled Republicans Are Defending Popular Obamacare Provisions They Tried to Kill
The White House will ‘look into’ Fox News’ worrisome decision to stop broadcasting Trump’s rallies
Law students walk out of class to protest against Kavanaugh
Nearly two-thirds say they’ve seen no increase in take-home pay from GOP tax cuts: Gallup
Investigative reporter Craig Unger: “Trump has had contacts with the Russian mafia for 35 years”
Who the Hell Is Kellyanne Conway to Call for ‘Civility’?
Republicans keep stating openly that they’re totally fine with Trump’s corruption
‘I Know This Is Shocking,’ Says Sanders, But Trump ‘Lying About Medicare for All’
Brian Kemp Is Blocking 53K Applicants From Registering To Vote, Most Of Them Black
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Tools of change:
Feel like this is all a bunch of bullshit? Want to do something about it?
Lets kick Chuck Grassley out of congress!
If Susan Collins Votes Yes on Kavanaugh we fund her opponent!
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:
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:
General Guides:
Guidelines by former Congress staffers on how to get Congress to listen. https://www.indivisibleguide.com/
Run For Office!:
Remove the Corporate Democrats!:
Join the fight to clean out the democratic party: Justice Democrats!
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