Check In 29 September

[tanaqui]

This week saw the launch of a formal impeachement inquiry into Trump, following revelations about the phone call with the president of Ukraine. And it turns out there isn't just one whistleblower but two, with other one alleging possible interference with the IRS audit of Trump's tax returns.

We've only had one new post in the comm, but plenty of ongoing actions -- those relating to immigration have new impetus from the news that the administration is drastically cutting the number of refugees allowed to enter the country.

And please do continue to tell us in the comments what you've been doing! It's great to hear about all the amazing things our members are involved in and a chance for you to inspire others to join in.

New Actions

Fandom Auction: Marvel Trumps Hate 2019

Ongoing Actions

Use #Nogoatsnoregistries To Push Back Against Calls For Institutions, Registries
Planned Parenthood Has Been Forced Out Of The Title X Program
Take The Senate (Fund)
Some gun control resources (in a previous check in post)
Help Sleeping Giants contact firms profiting off of concentration camps
Suggested Things To Do For/About U.S. Concentration Camps
More Organizations To Support Helping Kids In Concentration Camps
Acting Locally To Help Immigrants And Refugees

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

Poll #22678 The Week

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

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This week, I...

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called my one senator
1 (11.1%)

called my other senator
1 (11.1%)

called my representative
2 (22.2%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
3 (33.3%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
4 (44.4%)

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

participated in phone/online training
0 (0.0%)

went to a protest
1 (11.1%)

signed up for alerts
0 (0.0%)

worked for a campaign
1 (11.1%)

did textbanking/phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
3 (33.3%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
2 (22.2%)

did something else
2 (22.2%)

committed to action in the coming week
1 (11.1%)

Comments

[sabotabby]

Went canvassing on Tuesday, will be canvassing again next Tuesday.

One protest yesterday to stop the bigots from marching through the gay village, one at an MPP's barbecue today over education cuts.

Oh, and I held a union meeting on Friday.

[tanaqui]

Go you -- you've been very busy. :-) Hope the protests have the desired effect and your preferred candidate(s) are elected!

[sabotabby]

Thanks! That I have been.

[sara]

We went to the climate protest last week...which of course has been a bit overshadowed by the impeachment thing. Oh well.

[tanaqui]

You still did a good thing going to the protest! I did see a lot of good coverage so it wasn't completely overshadowed. :-)

[teaotter]

Postcards to Voters is gearing up for this year's November elections in Virginia, Kentucky, and Louisiana.

Taking state legislatures -- or at least limiting Republican majorities -- is essential to the redistricting fights coming after the 2020 census.

If people are interested in a one-stop site for all the relevant fights on the ballot this year: http://whatsontheballot.com/

(This list includes legislatures, DAs, Sheriffs, and ballot initiatives.)

Massachusetts legislation--election audits

[redbird]

On the suggestion/request of Common Cause, I wrote to my Massachusetts state legislators asking them to support a total of four bills to strengthen election audits. I deleted the Common Cause email (which wanted me to use their website to write the same letter to both my representatives), but I saved the email to William Brownsberger, which has the bill numbers: S. 388, H. 694, H. 687, and H 721.

I try, when I get something like this, to check and see what if any position my representatives have taken; my other rep, Dave Rogers, is co-sponsoring the three House bills, so he got a shorter email thanking him for having done that. I think that, in general, emails will get more attention than petitions, but an email that's at least a bit different from however many others the person gets is probably more effective than one that could be seen as "oh, another person who entered her name and address on the Common Cause website."