1/23/17 links roundup
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thisfinecrewWomen's March
* These women never met till today and practiced this song online. (Twitter). Incredible. (Additional info via the BBC)
Activism / Resources
* Celeste P is a quality Twitter follow re: practical ways of affecting Congress, including both elections and contacting your reps. She is also involved with Road to 2018 (org focused on preserving Dem Senate seats - Twitter here) and It's Time to Fight, which I've linked before, focused on calls to action.
Good news
* Supreme Court Rejects Texas Appeal on Voter ID Law (Daily Beast). REALLY GOOD NEWS.
* After ethics review, Senate postpones committee vote for Betsy DeVos (Washington Post)
* Ethics lawyers sue Trump over foreign payments (BBC)
* Congress Gutted Researchers' Ability to Study Gun Violence. Now They're Fighting Back. (Mother Jones)
* U.S. judge finds that Aetna misled the public about its reasons for quitting Obamacare (LA Times). Not sure if this news is good or bad, but it undermines a GOP talking point, so I guess we'll take it.
Bad news
* Republican Lawmakers in Five States Propose Bills to Criminalize Peaceful Protest (The Intercept.) Note: the article is incorrect in that only the WA state house is majority Democrat, not the senate, so take other claims w/grain of salt as well.
* Donald Trump just named a net neutrality foe to head the FCC (Vox)
* White House press conference: Sean Spicer suggests Donald Trump will push through Dakota Access Pipeline (Independent)
* Trump names his Inauguration Day a ‘National Day of Patriotic Devotion’ (Washington Post)
* Trump floats rolling back food regulations (The Hill, Sep 2016).
* Trump’s Health Plan Would Convert Medicaid to Block Grants, Conway says (NYT)
* These women never met till today and practiced this song online. (Twitter). Incredible. (Additional info via the BBC)
Activism / Resources
* Celeste P is a quality Twitter follow re: practical ways of affecting Congress, including both elections and contacting your reps. She is also involved with Road to 2018 (org focused on preserving Dem Senate seats - Twitter here) and It's Time to Fight, which I've linked before, focused on calls to action.
Good news
* Supreme Court Rejects Texas Appeal on Voter ID Law (Daily Beast). REALLY GOOD NEWS.
* After ethics review, Senate postpones committee vote for Betsy DeVos (Washington Post)
* Ethics lawyers sue Trump over foreign payments (BBC)
* Congress Gutted Researchers' Ability to Study Gun Violence. Now They're Fighting Back. (Mother Jones)
* U.S. judge finds that Aetna misled the public about its reasons for quitting Obamacare (LA Times). Not sure if this news is good or bad, but it undermines a GOP talking point, so I guess we'll take it.
Bad news
* Republican Lawmakers in Five States Propose Bills to Criminalize Peaceful Protest (The Intercept.) Note: the article is incorrect in that only the WA state house is majority Democrat, not the senate, so take other claims w/grain of salt as well.
* Donald Trump just named a net neutrality foe to head the FCC (Vox)
* White House press conference: Sean Spicer suggests Donald Trump will push through Dakota Access Pipeline (Independent)
* Trump names his Inauguration Day a ‘National Day of Patriotic Devotion’ (Washington Post)
* Trump floats rolling back food regulations (The Hill, Sep 2016).
* Trump’s Health Plan Would Convert Medicaid to Block Grants, Conway says (NYT)
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Date: 2017-01-24 02:59 am (UTC)Ahhh okay. I think probably most people won't think to look in the comments for more links, so if you want eyes on it, posting it to the comm is the awy to go. :)