Weekly Check In February 17

[tanaqui]

The threat of a renewed shutdown is averted with the the signing of the spending package bill -- without most of the money the Orange Menace was demanding for the wall. Of course, he then declared a "National Emergency" (which he also said was "unnecessary"!), so it's time for the courts to do their work….

It's been quiet in the comm, but sathari posted a great suggesion to Be Kind To Your Democratic Congresscritters (And Their Staffers!), including a couple of suggestions for House bills you might want to urge them to support. And for continued fun/horrified boggling, executrix posted a link to the follow up poll for Trump's SOTU.

As the comm's been quiet, we don't have any other specific ongoing actions, but you can find plenty in our check in posts or use the tagset to find actions on specific issues.

Housekeeping (the usual stuff)
Reminder that we now have a Friending Meme and a (locked) post where you can connect with others who live in the same area. We hope you find both of these posts useful!

We also have a suggestion post if there’s a topic that you’d like to see discussed but would like to ask the mods to look into. This can be anything from general information, or a how-to-do-a-thing, or something you may want to discuss as a community. Folks are welcome to post directly to the comm as always, but if you’re not comfortable/don’t have spoons, we can help too.

As we don't always get the time to pull things out of the suggestions post into their own separate posts, it may be worth checking every week (or tracking the post) to see if there's any new information you're interested in.

Also if you need help with tags, PM redbird, who is our tag guru. Both tassosss and I are very grateful for the help.

So, what have you all been up to in the last week or are planning to get involved in next week?

Poll #21398 The Week

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7

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called my one senator
2 (28.6%)

called my other senator
2 (28.6%)

called my representative
2 (28.6%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
2 (28.6%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
0 (0.0%)

attended an in-person activist group
0 (0.0%)

participated in phone/online training
0 (0.0%)

went to a protest
0 (0.0%)

signed up for alerts
0 (0.0%)

worked for a campaign
0 (0.0%)

did textbanking/phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
4 (57.1%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
1 (14.3%)

did something else
2 (28.6%)

committed to action in the coming week
1 (14.3%)