Day 487:
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
Tax the rich, or eat the rich, let the rich decide.
Further Reading:
Glenn Greenwald Interviews Democratic Primary Challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York
Here are the debates between Ocasio-Cortez and Crowley
Her campaign site if you want to make a donation:
A U.N. report on extreme poverty in the U.S. ought to serve as a wake-up call to vote
“in a rich country like the USA, the persistence of extreme poverty is a political choice made by those in power.”
here is the letter written by the UN Special rapporteur:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22533
Here is a letter signed by Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren Cory Booker and others demanding trump do something about the report:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4502348-Congressional-Letter-to-Ambassador-Haley.html
here is a good breakdown of the issue:
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/6/15/blistering_un_report_trump_administrations_policies
And here is a good video breakdown about the new poor peoples march going on right now to demand change:
Conclusive proof that it is Trump’s policy to separate children from their families at the border
Democrats: Start Defending Mueller Right Now. It’s Only the Future of the Republic That’s at Stake.
Kim Jong Un More Popular Than Pelosi Among Republicans: Exclusive Poll Results
Trump Explodes After Strzok Agrees to Testify Before Congress
Nazis separated me from my parents as a child. The trauma lasts a lifetime
Roger Stone suddenly admits to meeting with a Russian national to seek dirt on Hillary Clinton
North Korea isn’t Dismantling Missile Facilities, Satellite Imagery Reveals
Bishop suggests ‘canonical penalties’ for Catholics who help carry out Trump immigration plan
‘Trump is ours!’: Russian state TV celebrates Trump’s suggestion that Crimea is part of Russia
Laura Bush says Trump Putting Immigrant Children in “Cages” is Like WWII Japanese Interment Camps
Laura Bush: Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’
Trump’s policy of breaking up migrant families is ‘unconscionable’, says UN human rights chief
Laura Bush blasts Trump migrant policy as ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’
Michael Eric Dyson: Donald Trump is “what black people have warned America about”
Melania Trump, Conway Pretend Trump Can’t Immediately Stop Family Separations
Family separation policy starts dividing Republicans
Trump says it doesn’t matter if he misled the media about a Russia meeting at Trump Tower
Roger Stone’s and Michael Caputo’s damningly false denials of contact with Russians
Trump separation policy: Children ‘in cages’ in Texas
U.N. Rights Chief Tells U.S. to Stop Taking Migrant Children From Parents
Mueller examining previously undisclosed meeting between Roger Stone, Russian
Wilbur Ross Never Sold Stakes in Companies Co-Owned by China, Report Says
Scaramucci: Trump ‘Has To End’ This ‘Atrocious, Inhumane Policy’
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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:
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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