Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda

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Written by a group of former Congressional staffers, this is, as it says, an extremely practical guide to influencing your local members of Congress. It is full of really useful, basic knowledge for dealing with your reps - especially helpful if, like me, you've never tried to interact with your reps before. Also outlines the basics of how to get a local group organized so that you can start talking to your reps en masse.

Seriously, this is the most practical, informative thing I've seen about organizing and responding to the election. Highly recommended.

Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda

To this end, the following chapters offer a step-by-step guide for individuals, groups, and organizations looking to replicate the Tea Party’s success in getting Congress to listen to a small, vocal, dedicated group of constituents. The guide is intended to be equally useful for stiffening Democratic spines and weakening pro-Trump Republican resolve.

Action: GOP in NC aims to hold onto control via special session

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North Carolina GOP legislative leaders have called a second special session, starting at the end of a special session on disaster recovery called by outgoing governor Pat McCrory, to make:

sweeping changes to state government, including proposals that would diminish the governor’s authority to make appointments.

Lawmakers want to hobble the incoming Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, before he takes office Jan. 1 by making his Cabinet appointments subject to approval by the state Senate and cutting his ability to appoint members to UNC schools’ boards of trustees and the state Board of Education.

Another proposal in the mix would equally divide election boards between the two major political parties, ending control by the governor’s party.

Yet another provision would cut the number of employees who serve at the governor’s pleasure from 1,500 to 300, reversing an expansion approved for Republican Gov. Pat McCrory at the start of his term.

Of the two dozen bills filed by both Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday night, only a handful are likely to be voted on during this special session. Those that are likely to move forward represent a significant shakeup by the Republican-controlled legislature.

There are lots more details in the article quoted above.

If you're in North Carolina (or if you went to school there and are willing to name the school when you call), call the Speaker of the House and the General Assembly and/or your representatives to voice your objections to the way the session was called and the specific bills that are being proposed:

Senate leadership contact details

List of Senators

List of House Represenatives

Families USA Tax Break for Wealthy

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http://familiesusa.org/product/repeal-affordable-care-act-huge-tax-cut-wealthy

Analysis of the tax effects of "repeal-only" for PPACA--basically, low-income people would lose their current tax breaks related to insurance, and the money would be transferred to tax breaks for corporations and wealthy people.