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Next Meeting
February 14th, 12:30 - 2:30 via ZOOM
Featured Guest: We have Madiba Dennie - author of "The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back".
See you there!
CALL TO ACTION:
Update!!
ICE agents have injected terror, cruelty and chaos in our communities.
Show your solidarity with the activists in Minnesota by joining this protest meant to draw attention to how the Trump regime is using ICE to terrorize our communities and the corporations that are complicit in supporting these actions.
APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Its up to us to stop ICE
JOIN US in calling members of Congress Members and Senators to demand "No votes for the Appropriation Bill that doesn't rein in ICE" (deadline to call Jan 30)
CALL DEM LIST:
Congress Member Mike Levin 760.599.5000
Congress Member Scott Peters 858.455.5550
Congress Member Sara Jacobs 619.280.5353
Senator Alex Padilla 202.224.3553
Senator Adam Schiff 202.224.3841
Your message can be brief:
“This is (your name) from San Diego. I’m a voter and a taxpayer and I’m asking you to vote NO on the new Appropriations Bill. No more DHS funding for ICE until their terror campaign is reined in. Thank you for taking my call.”
ACA SUBSIDIES
Email your Senators and demand they restore ACA subsidies.
File a DOGE FOIA Request
Representative Jamie Raskin has a job for us that may actually help us all deal with the DOGE hijinx. Mail this FOIA request (as a physical copy, hand signed). It is your right as a citizen to know what data that group has pulled out of the various departments (for instance Social Security data) and who they have given it to. Plus if we swamp them with requests, that will slow them down.
Send These Postcards to your Representatives
It's important that your representatives hear from you as to the things that are important to you. This can include: Other GOP representatives in your state, Your Senators, Chuck Schumer, Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, and maybe others. The Majority Project has a great way to do it, with this handy (printable on card stock) postcard download. You can also get pre-made postcards sent to you via their website (charges apply).
I'll be updating this column frequently, so check back for more events as the year progresses.
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Contact your Representatives!
Contact the people who work for you. Are they doing a good job? Let them know!
ICE is Killing Us
Renee Good, in her Honda, seconds before she was murdered by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. "I'm not angry with you," were her last recorded words.
Minneapolis is not a war zone, yet. But it's clear that this administration is trying to make it one.
Armed with cell phones, whistles, and Minnesota-courage, observers and protestors are peacefully attempting to record the civil rights violations that are happening right now in the "Land of a Thousand Lakes." They are being beaten, tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed, and even killed now, in this administration's attempt to create an "insurrection-level" incident as yet another distraction from the Epstein Files, and potentially to set the stage for nationwide voter suppression later this year.
Just the day before the Pretti shooting, between 50 and 100 thousand residents showed up in the streets of Minneapolis to protest this unnecessary and unconstitutional invasion. Governor Walz once again called on Trump to remove ICE from Minnesota.
At this point, with the Senate votes on federal budget actions, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has indicated the Democrats will oppose ANY bill that includes ICE funding. This could lead to another government shutdown.
Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, seconds before five or more agents pumped bullets into his body.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Call your senators and indicate your support for this position (numbers are on this page below). You can call Republican senators as well. This should be a non-partisan issue.
Additionally, there are many groups out there that could use our help. Legal help orgs, such as the ACLU, are successfully helping people who have been arrested with their legal defense. Other groups are helping with grocery delivery and other purchases for people too afraid to leave their homes.
Buy a whistle. ICE is operating everywhere, and if they show up in our neighborhoods, our neighbors need to know!
The Parasite in the White House
All the while this administration has hammered at our country's sacred institutions and ruined the economy, this so-called "president' has benefitted massively through a level of grift that is only imaginable with a guy who thinks only of himself. Let's consider the following actions over the last 10 months:
- East Wing Ballroom
Grift is a hallmark of any construction enterprise managed by Trump. Gifts pour in from corporate donors hoping to get business benefits. At least $350M and probably more here.
- Gaza "Peace Deal"
Trump may make good on his idea to "relocate" the Palestinians, clearing the way to creating a real estate empire along that section of the Mediterranean coast. The massive construction effort will create opportunities for even more grift.
- Crypto Market
Here's how the Trumps utilize the presidential brand to extract even more money from those who can't afford to lose it. Crypto coins. It's only a gold rush for the big investors who get in early. Everyone else loses in this Ponzi scheme
- Inauguration Celebration
This one was good for the Trumps in 2017 and it was good this year too. It's another way to get corporate donations from businesses looking for preferential treatment.
- Tariffs and backroom dealings
This was always about grift. The country takes a hard line, but Trump is there looking for personal goodies in exchange for modifications to his tariff policy.
- Assault on Universities
Same with the attack on our university system. Universities that offer gifts may get the government off their back... for a while.
- Saudi Arabian Military Deal
Trump businesses are directly involved with the sale of exceptional weaponry to the Saudis.
In all cases, the actual numbers are not known, and that's the way the Trumps like it. But with the country turning against the GOP in general, they have to be looking at this guy as an absolute parasite that is sucking the life out of one of our two major political parties.
Photos from the No Kings Protest / March
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