Day 374:

Love Your Country, VOTE!

If you love your country, don’t get all in a tizzy because the flag gets dirty, go out and participate in your government, and make sure its representing you.

Further Reading:

New Dutch law makes every adult an organ donor. Netherlands narrowly passed new legislation on that will register every citizen aged 18 and over as a potential organ donor, unless they explicitly choose to opt out.

Christopher Steele is a hero – and Americans owe him their thanks

Happy Valentine’s Day! Trump lawyer admits paying porn star. (After repeatedly lying, now the story is: Michael Cohen gave Stormy Daniels $130,000 of his own personal money, for not having had an affair with Trump, and it’s just a coincidence that it was immediately before the election.)

BBC to ban single-use plastics by 2020 after Blue Planet II

Democrats just flipped a Republican-held Florida state legislative seat in a district Trump won

Trump’s infrastructure plan: no money, no action, no surprise

Candidate Thrown Out of West Virginia Legislature for Reading Off Fossil Fuel Donors Raises Historic Sum of Campaign Money

Stormy Daniels Payment May Be Illegal, Even If It Came From Trump’s Lawyer

White House won’t say what Melania’s parents’ immigration status is

Cory Booker joins colleagues pledging to reject campaign contributions from corporate PACs

Trump lawyer admits paying porn star

Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Says He Paid Stormy Daniels Out of His Own Pocket

Twitter deleted 200,000 Russian troll tweets. Read them here.

Democrat Margaret Good Flips Seat in Florida, The 36th Democratic Flip Since Trump’s Inauguration

Democratic candidate turns House of delegates eviction into $45K fundraising haul

Seattle Ice Lawyer Charged With Stealing Immigrants’ Identities And Using Them To Commit Fraud

Report: White House Banned New Interim Security Clearances In November

Judges Say Throw Out the Map. Lawmakers Say Throw Out the Judges.

Pepsi announced it’s laying off employees the same day it touted $1,000 bonuses because of the new tax law

Conservatives usually hate big government. Why are they cheering Trump’s food-stamp overhaul?

Trump Still Doubts Russia’s Election Interference—That’s Giving A ‘Green Light’ to Putin, Says Ex-CIA Analyst

Duckworth says she can’t ‘technically take maternity leave’

Trump administration giving Russia what it wants on sanctions

Court orders full restoration of DACA program

Heritage Foundation: Republicans are “bankrupting the country”

Kelli Ward touts endorsement from fake-news site

Chair of Michigan Republican party resigns saying he ‘can no longer remain silent’ about Trump

Michael Cohen’s story on his Stormy Daniels’ payout doesn’t pass the smell test

Gowdy: Oversight panel launched Porter investigation ‘last night’

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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!:

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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