Tag Archives: Resistance
Tax Scam Fight Continues
Yesterday, resistance groups across the country opened the day thinking we had a fight to get the Tax Bill into conference (to avoid having the House simply pass the Senate bill and send it to Trump for signature). It turns out that the Senate passed their bill in such haste that they made a mistake […]
Continue readingCoconino Voices: What I saw in Phoenix at the anti-Trump demonstration | Local | azdailysun.com
I went to the anti-Trump demonstration Tuesday disguised as a 65-year-old bald, white man with short grey hair. In other words, I was dressed as I was. Read More: Coconino Voices: What I saw in Phoenix at the anti-Trump demonstration | Local | azdailysun.com
Continue readingSinclair = Trump News
In April, Sinclair hired former White House aide Boris Epshteyn, who had organized Trump’s TV surrogates, as an on-air political analyst. Now, the FCC is set to bend the rules to allow Sinclair to buy 42 Tribune-owned TV stations, vastly expanding its audience. Sinclair is known for requiring local stations to broadcast nationally produced conservative […]
Continue readingHealth Care — The Latest
The new Senate health care repeal bill is the same as the old Senate bill, including the disastrous cuts, cost increases, and the millions who would lose their health insurance. The old bill is the most unpopular bill in three decades. The new bill shouldn’t stray far from the mark, given that it still: Slashes hundreds […]
Continue readingTake Action: Stop the Republican Health Care Bill in Its Tracks
The Republican’s Senate Bill came out of hiding on June 22 and it’s just as “mean” as the House Bill. Read the details here. Disabled protesters were dragged from Mitch McConnell’s office immediately after the announcement. The Arizona Democratic Party and Obama for America are calling for a demonstration at Senator Flake’s Phoenix office on […]
Continue readingEnlist Your Friends to Save Affordable Care Act
“I would hope it gets changed over there,” Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) told Bloomberg News, echoing other “moderate” members who explicitly said they were willing to pass Trumpcare 3.0 in hopes that the Senate would strip out the harsher provisions. Provisions like pushing sick people into high-risk pools where the cost of their insurance […]
Continue readingDirect from Indivisible: Correspondents Dinner Action
TAKE ACTION: Call the Media (Contact info below) The 2017 White House Correspondents Association dinner is this Saturday, April 29. The group was founded in 1914 in order to preserve first amendment rights of a free press when it was rumored that President Woodrow Wilson was going to hand pick journalists he would permit to […]
Continue readingWhat Calling Congress Achieves
Stay the course. We are in an historic moment and you are participating. What Calling Congress Achieves, Kathryn Schultz in the New Yorker.
Continue readingTwo Things Every Democrat Should Be Doing Right Now
There are two things that all Democrats should be doing all the time right now, and they’re by far the most important things. You should NOT be bothering with online petitions or emailing. #1. The best thing you can do to be heard and get your congressperson to pay attention is to have face-to-face time […]
Continue readingMarch On
The Women’s March(es) last Saturday were fabulous. Over three million Americans marched in opposition to Donald Trump, and millions more around the world. What are those people doing today? The Women’s March should not become the new Occupy Wall Street. Instead, it must grow if we are to rescue ourselves from Trumpism. Peaceful revolutions take […]
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