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Trump Watch November 16 2018

Day 635:

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

GDP vs human thriving: a “healthy” economy means debt-haunted people, desperately searching for housing

America’s 1% hasn’t controlled this much wealth since before the Great Depression

The wealth of America’s three richest families grew by 6,000% since 1982

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

Further Reading:

Amazon HQ2 Will Cost Taxpayers at Least $4.6 Billion, More Than Twice What the Company Claimed, New Study Shows

Judge Grants CNN’s Motion to Restore Jim Acosta’s White House Press Pass

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t come to Washington to play nice

Kim Kardashian’s Private Firefighters Expose America’s Fault Lines “Rich people don’t get their own ‘better’ firefighters, or at least they aren’t supposed to.”

Mark Zuckerberg ‘not able’ to attend international disinformation hearing

Obamacare repeal architect Tom MacArthur defeated by former Obama adviser

Lou Dobbs casually makes up story that ‘many’ illegal immigrants voted in midterms and had ‘immense impact’

Sen. Hyde-Smith Filmed Talking About Making It Harder For Liberals To Vote

Postal unions making big ad buy to stop postal privatization before Trump releases plan

McConnell Blocks Senate Bill Protecting Mueller Investigation

Gathering Stories of Voter Suppression, Stacey Abrams Weighs Unprecedented Challenge Alleging Misconduct by GOP

US Sen. Ed Markey says mobile carriers’ alleged throttling practices highlight need for ‘net neutrality’

Special Bacteria is Found to be a ‘Battery’ That Turns Sewage Waste into Clean Hydrogen Energy

Kentucky House race: Democrat Jim Glenn wins by just one vote

When Trump complains about elections, it’s bad. When the GOP joins in, it’s worse.

After Massive Blue Wave, Wisconsin’s Gerrymandered Legislature Already Up to Dirty Tricks

Trump reliably melts down under pressure

Julian Assange has been charged, prosecutors reveal in inadvertent court filing

Right-wing extremists are already threatening violence over a Democratic House

Instead of Giving Billions to Amazon, We Could Just Cancel Student Debt

Stacey Abrams’ team prepares push for new vote

Stelter: The ‘caravan’ faded from the news. Obama predicted this would happen.

Trump’s lashing out on Twitter and reportedly increasingly afraid the Mueller probe will indict his family

Turkey says any US attempt ‘barter’ cleric Gulen to hush the Khashoggi investigation won’t work

Democrat Katie Porter flips U.S. House seat in California’s Reagan country, beats GOP incumbent Mimi Walters

In a ‘self-defeating and self-incriminating’ slip-up, Trump just admitted he installed Matthew Whitaker to kill the Russia probe

White House Wants to Sentence a Man to Death to Ease Pressure on Saudi Arabia

Republicans lose ‘Reagan Country’ in Orange County

Beto 2020? O’Rourke invited to Iowa, called most “authentic” Democrat since Obama as presidential speculation mounts

Mueller Promises Judge More Details on Manafort Case in 10 Days

Cindy Hyde-Smith: It’s a ‘great idea’ to make it harder for ‘liberal folks’ to vote

Indictment Watch: WH Tenses As Mueller Prepares To Break Midterm Silence

Trump Mulls Letting Turkey Kill U.S. Resident to Help Saudis Get Away With Killing U.S. Resident

QAnon’s true believers are devastated as the conspiracy theory goes down in flames

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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:

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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