2/817 link roundup
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* DonorsChoose - a charity for funneling donations directly into projects supporting specific classrooms in the US. Given top rating by Charity Navigator.
* Jason Kander Launches Let America Vote To Fight Voter Suppression Laws Across The Country (main website here)
* VoteRunLead, an organization which "VoteRunLead supports the aspirations of women who want to transform our country and democracy through their participation as leaders."
* CAWP: Center for American Women and Politics (Rutgers) (including their Ready to Run campaign training)
* Vote Riders, an organization that is "making sure that no eligible citizen is denied his or her right to vote for lack of ID."
* Knock Every Door, a nationwide canvassing effort
* Movement Voter Project: "Movement Voter Project (MVP) is a service to donors – from grassroots individual donors to major donors and foundations. We talent-scout both national movement-building efforts and local efforts in all 50 states that are focused on voter engagement."
Good news
* Pentagon recommending exemptions to immigration ban for Iraqis working with U.S. forces (Politico)
* These 23 Republicans hold congressional districts that voted for Hillary Clinton (Daily Kos)
Bad news
* Lawmakers move to fine charities that help refugees (AZ Capitol Times)
Analysis
* The big lesson of Trump's first 2 weeks: resistance works (Vox)
* The Rise of Progressive 'Fake News' (Atlantic)
* Liberals On the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown (Politic). An opinion piece on whether Trump really has a secret plan.
* Why Congress just killed a rule restricting coal companies from dumping waste in streams (Vox). This has a lot of background and recommended reading on stuff like the making and repealing of rules, why Congress went after this rule specifically, etc - chewy stuff that applies to a lot of topics besides streams.
* The dream of a conservative carbon tax will never die (Vox)
* Democrats look to 2018 governors races for rebuild (Politico)
* Let’s be clear on the precedent here: it’s the 1836-44 gag rule that forbade any consideration of abolition in the House. 1/ (Twitter). The background of the rule that silenced Sen. Warren. WOW.
* DonorsChoose - a charity for funneling donations directly into projects supporting specific classrooms in the US. Given top rating by Charity Navigator.
* Jason Kander Launches Let America Vote To Fight Voter Suppression Laws Across The Country (main website here)
* VoteRunLead, an organization which "VoteRunLead supports the aspirations of women who want to transform our country and democracy through their participation as leaders."
* CAWP: Center for American Women and Politics (Rutgers) (including their Ready to Run campaign training)
* Vote Riders, an organization that is "making sure that no eligible citizen is denied his or her right to vote for lack of ID."
* Knock Every Door, a nationwide canvassing effort
* Movement Voter Project: "Movement Voter Project (MVP) is a service to donors – from grassroots individual donors to major donors and foundations. We talent-scout both national movement-building efforts and local efforts in all 50 states that are focused on voter engagement."
Good news
* Pentagon recommending exemptions to immigration ban for Iraqis working with U.S. forces (Politico)
* These 23 Republicans hold congressional districts that voted for Hillary Clinton (Daily Kos)
Bad news
* Lawmakers move to fine charities that help refugees (AZ Capitol Times)
Analysis
* The big lesson of Trump's first 2 weeks: resistance works (Vox)
* The Rise of Progressive 'Fake News' (Atlantic)
* Liberals On the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown (Politic). An opinion piece on whether Trump really has a secret plan.
* Why Congress just killed a rule restricting coal companies from dumping waste in streams (Vox). This has a lot of background and recommended reading on stuff like the making and repealing of rules, why Congress went after this rule specifically, etc - chewy stuff that applies to a lot of topics besides streams.
* The dream of a conservative carbon tax will never die (Vox)
* Democrats look to 2018 governors races for rebuild (Politico)
* Let’s be clear on the precedent here: it’s the 1836-44 gag rule that forbade any consideration of abolition in the House. 1/ (Twitter). The background of the rule that silenced Sen. Warren. WOW.
