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find out how to get online access through them.
1.
The head of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Javier
Palomarez, has resigned from Trump’s National Diversity Council due to the
rescinding of DACA:http://www.abc15.com/news/national/hispanic-business-leader-ill-quit-wh-council-if-trump-ends-daca You
can read his own statement about his decision here:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/opinion/javier-palomarez-trump-diversity-coalition.html Let’s
take a moment to thank Palomarez for resigning:http://ushcc.com/contact-us/
2.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops came
out with a statement condemning the rescinding of DACA and calling on Congress
to find a legislative solution: http://www.usccb.org/news/2017/17-157.cfm Let’s
say thanks to them also:http://www.usccb.org/about/contact-us.cfm and then be
in touch with our own MoC to demand action to secure the futures of DACA
recipients.
3.
"U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Sheldon
Whitehouse (D-RI) today (September 5, 2017) are submitting a brief with the
Supreme Court in a case that could address wildly partisan gerrymandering of
political districts and loosen the grip of special interests on American
politics. In their friend-of-the-court brief, the senators describe the effects
of hyper-partisan redistricting and special interest influence in Washington,
and call on the Court to adopt a new standard for assessing the
constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering. Americans do not like
gerrymandering,” the senators write. “They see its mischief, and
absent a legal remedy, their sense of powerlessness and discouragement has
increased, deepening the crisis of confidence in our democracy. We share
this perspective. From our vantage point, we see wasted votes and silenced
voices. We see hidden power. And we see a correctable problem.”
https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=press-releases&id=A3CC57F7-0ED9-4FB9-AAF3-872CBB81874B Lets thank senators McCain and Whitehouse for
stepping up and addressing the partisan gerrymandering and special interest
money.
4.
Some Congressional Republicans are trying to use the
passage of the Dream Act as a bargaining chip for border wall funding http://politi.co/2eWfcMP Let's
call our MoC and make sure that they support DREAMers with a clean passage of
the Dream Act of 2017. We can also sign CREDO Action's petition https://act.credoaction.com/sign/trump_daca
5.
The Center for American Progress has created a Dream
Act Toolkit, which enables us to more easily contact swing vote MoC regarding
the House and Senate Dream Acts. The toolkit includes each MoC's phone number,
as well as links we can use to tweet at each MoC. Let's take advantage of the
great tool and do what we can to get the Dream Act passed ASAP https://dreamacttoolkit.org/
6.
It is imperative that Congress raise the debt ceiling
to keep the government functioning. Currently, the GOP is at odds whether the
bill should include funding for Hurricane Harvey relief, be a clean bill, or
include funding for a border wall http://bit.ly/2eFlVKH Let's let our MoC know that a
clean bill, or a bill that would include funding for Hurricane Harvey relief,
should be supported. We can use the script at 5calls as a starting point for
the conversation http://bit.ly/2j3pcID
7.
From 5 Calls: McCain has flipped positions on healthcare,
now supports the Graham-Cassidy ACA repeal bill! We only have a few weeks to
stop this. Call Senators NOW. OPPOSE GOP'S LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO REPEAL THE ACA: https://5calls.org/issue/recT4p3RFsud6rxuf [background reading here: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/349462-mccain-backs-graham-cassidy-obamacare-repeal-effort]
8.
Mind the kleptocracy. “[F]or the first time in US
history, wealthy people with interests before the government have a chance for
close and confidential access to the president as a result of payments that
enrich him personally. It is a view of the president available to few other
Americans.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/09/06/trump-gets-millions-golf-members-ceos-and-lobbyists-get-access-president/632505001/ As
the swamp get swampier, let’s do the following:
·
Tell our MoCs to pass veto-proof, with-teeth
legislation clarifying that the American Presidency is for the American people
and not up for sale.
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Blow the whistle on Trump using this form from
the House Oversight Committee:
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Share this story far and wide:
State Actions
1.
NY: State Assembly member Nily Rozic is "proposing
a bill to rename a state park named after President Donald Trump in honor of
the woman run down by a white supremacist in Charlottesville last month. A
bill set to be introduced by Assembly Member Nily Rozic directs the
commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation to change the name of the park to 'Heather D. Heyer State
Park.'" https://www.buzzfeed.com/darrensands/new-york-official-pushes-to-rename-trump-park-for-heather?utm_term=.xprGQ3q2Z#.rqp8BEV0W You
can sign Rozic's petition in support of renaming the park here: http://assembly.state.ny.us/member_files/025/2017_77098/petition77098.php
Other Actions
1.
"Lunch at New York City public schools will be
available free of charge to all 1.1 million students beginning this school
year, Carmen Fariña, the schools chancellor, said on Wednesday in the
basement cafeteria of a Hell’s Kitchen elementary school. This move has been
long sought by food-policy advocates and many members of the New York City
Council, who said that some students would prefer to go hungry rather than
admit they cannot afford to pay for lunch. Nationally, the practice of “lunch shaming” — holding children
publicly accountable for unpaid school lunch bills — has garnered
attention. The vast majority of New York City public school students are
poor: About 75 percent of them had already qualified for free or reduced-price
lunches, officials said, and in New York City those who qualified for the lower
cost received it for free, as well. Still, the new initiative will reach an additional
200,000 students and save their families about $300 per year. The full price
for a school lunch is $1.75 per day."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/nyregion/free-lunch-new-york-city-schools.html
Let's encourage all of our cities to
feed the children in our poorer school districts. A full stomach leads to
better focus, better education and no bullying or embarrassment.
Petitions
1.
Even as Wells Fargo argues in court that claims of
wrongdoing against them must be brought one-by-one in the secretive arbitration
process, the Senate is considering repealing a recent rule from the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau that would restrict forced arbitration (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-30/wall-street-lobbyists-descend-on-obscure-senator-before-big-vote).
Let’s join Americans for Financial Reform in writing our senators and telling
them to stand with us and not the big banks: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/senators-support-my-right-to-a-day-in-court.
2.
Our advocacy has successfully stopped Donald Trump and
Ryan Zinke from eliminating any national monuments, but they are still pushing
for an unprecedented assault on public lands with their proposed boundary
changes (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/24/handful-national-monuments-targeted-changes/599877001/).
But they’ll need congressional approval to do so, so we have another
opportunity to stop them. Let’s join the Sierra Club in calling on our members
of Congress to block this attempt to shrink our national monuments: https://sierra.secure.force.com/actions/National?actionId=AR0086209.
Marches/events/teleconferences
to attend/organize
1.
If we can’t be in DC with the March from
Charlottesville to DC to Confront White Supremacy, we can keep watch on the
activities via their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cville2DC/
Reading/Watching
1.
Need a DACA primer about the lies in what the White
House said on Tuesday about their decision before you reach out to
your MoC? Associated Press did a fact check: https://apnews.com/20dd16f97a144a049bc502e51198c25c
2.
Wondering how automated accounts (i.e.
"Bots") contribute to our perception of news circulating on Twitter?
It's quite subtle, and very frightening how propagandists can use this medium
to make us feel about particular news items. To understand better how we can be
manipulated -- and how to better avoid it -- let's read Caroline Orr's (aka
@RVAWonk's) fascinating case study "How Russian & Alt-Right
Twitter Accounts Worked Together to Skew the Narrative About Berkeley": https://arcdigital.media/how-russian-alt-right-twitter-accounts-worked-together-to-skew-the-narrative-about-berkeley-f03a3d04ac5d
3. ‘White person to white supremacist person:
What is wrong with you?’ – https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/06/white-person-to-white-supremacist-person-what-is-wrong-with-you/?utm_term=.61d7bfe1608a
Rogan’s
List is a participant in and strategic partner of the Action Alliance,
a loosely-federated group of organizations that, in
the wake of the
2016 election, are sharing daily or weekly calls to
action.
Other
member sites are listed here: https://www.actionalliance.co/ --scroll down and click through and you'll
find many more opportunities to make a difference.
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Resistance
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