Weekly Check In February 12
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In a week that has (finally!) seen some significant "wins", I urge everyone to take a few minutes (re-)read
teaotter's post with Comforting words after the Cabinet confirmation battles (reposting text from the Indivisible Guide Facebook), along with the links provided by
rydra_wong in the comments. Because, as the Indivisible team says: "You have already made history. "
Muslim Ban
As I'm sure everyone knows, the appeal court confirmed the temporary restraining order on certain parts of the Executive Order. That means the worst of the measures have been rolled back while the case to decide on the legality of the Executive Order itself is considered. For ongoing actions, you can check for protest marches and rallies, or look for information in our Muslim Ban tag for organisations that need donations or other kinds of support.
Confirmation Hearings
It's no surprise that all of Trump's nominations, including DeVos and Sessions, have been approved by a Republican-dominate Senate, though more slowly than in any previous administration -- but the Democrats have found their spines again, some Republicans have crossed the floor and voted against the nominations, and we have a new rallying cry: "Nevertheless, she persisted". So let's go on persisting!
More Confirmation Hearings by Senate Committees are scheduled for the coming week, so we'll be posting about those over the next few days.
What else?
Get involved
Get training for Town Hall Participation
Join a local protest or find the nearest protest on an issue you care about (Check the comments for a second link, originally posted by
snickfic)
Go to your local Huddle (Post-Women's March meetings - go here to find your nearest one)
Help elect scientists, pro-choice women and women in general, and progressive young people into public office.
Defend PPACA
Write a Letter (with the help of an "Organising for Action" tool)
Petition the Army Corps of Engineers to do a full environmental impact for DAPL (The developers have started work again on the pipeline after the "So-Called President" signed an EO ignoring ongoing legal issues and granting permission to do so.)
Help with winning upcoming elections in 2017
Donate to support educators
Work to reduce Voter Suppression
Get educated
Two sites providing daily roundups of the news
Sign up for text alerts from NARAL
Read an article in The Atlantic on how to re-frame your arguments to persuade Conservatives
Have something to share?
Leak information (safely) to news agencies
Don't forget to check our What's Next? Resources Roundup (and the comments) for more links, as well as
snickfic's terrific link roundup posts. Remember that you can use the comments to add more links.
Housekeeping Note
We're a bit behind on tagging, so feel free to tag your own posts if there are suitable tags available. (If you'd like us to create a tag, put a request in your post, comment on the Suggestions Post, or shoot the mods a PM.)
Please also check recent posts to see if a link has already been posted. If someone has made a post on the same topic with different links in the last couple of days, consider adding new links in the comments to that post.
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Muslim Ban
As I'm sure everyone knows, the appeal court confirmed the temporary restraining order on certain parts of the Executive Order. That means the worst of the measures have been rolled back while the case to decide on the legality of the Executive Order itself is considered. For ongoing actions, you can check for protest marches and rallies, or look for information in our Muslim Ban tag for organisations that need donations or other kinds of support.
Confirmation Hearings
It's no surprise that all of Trump's nominations, including DeVos and Sessions, have been approved by a Republican-dominate Senate, though more slowly than in any previous administration -- but the Democrats have found their spines again, some Republicans have crossed the floor and voted against the nominations, and we have a new rallying cry: "Nevertheless, she persisted". So let's go on persisting!
More Confirmation Hearings by Senate Committees are scheduled for the coming week, so we'll be posting about those over the next few days.
What else?
Get involved
Get training for Town Hall Participation
Join a local protest or find the nearest protest on an issue you care about (Check the comments for a second link, originally posted by
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Go to your local Huddle (Post-Women's March meetings - go here to find your nearest one)
Help elect scientists, pro-choice women and women in general, and progressive young people into public office.
Defend PPACA
Write a Letter (with the help of an "Organising for Action" tool)
Petition the Army Corps of Engineers to do a full environmental impact for DAPL (The developers have started work again on the pipeline after the "So-Called President" signed an EO ignoring ongoing legal issues and granting permission to do so.)
Help with winning upcoming elections in 2017
Donate to support educators
Work to reduce Voter Suppression
Get educated
Two sites providing daily roundups of the news
Sign up for text alerts from NARAL
Read an article in The Atlantic on how to re-frame your arguments to persuade Conservatives
Have something to share?
Leak information (safely) to news agencies
Don't forget to check our What's Next? Resources Roundup (and the comments) for more links, as well as
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Housekeeping Note
We're a bit behind on tagging, so feel free to tag your own posts if there are suitable tags available. (If you'd like us to create a tag, put a request in your post, comment on the Suggestions Post, or shoot the mods a PM.)
Please also check recent posts to see if a link has already been posted. If someone has made a post on the same topic with different links in the last couple of days, consider adding new links in the comments to that post.
Poll #17984 The Week
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15
This week I...
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called my one senator
8 (80.0%)
called my other senator
7 (70.0%)
called my representative
4 (40.0%)
got on a resistance call
0 (0.0%)
signed up for daily or weekly action alerts
3 (30.0%)
called my state senator
3 (30.0%)
called my state representative
2 (20.0%)
called my governor
1 (10.0%)
went to a protest
4 (40.0%)
got involved with a local group
2 (20.0%)
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sent a postcard/email/letter
4 (26.7%)
donated money
7 (46.7%)
took care of myself
11 (73.3%)
committed to action in the coming week
5 (33.3%)
did something else
7 (46.7%)