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snickfic ([personal profile] snickfic) wrote in [community profile] thisfinecrew2017-02-08 05:51 pm
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2/817 link roundup

Activism / resources
* 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.
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[personal profile] loligo 2017-02-09 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the link to VoteRiders! I was wondering earlier if there were any organizations focusing on assisting with ID!
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[personal profile] tanaqui 2017-02-09 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Via [personal profile] falcon_horus: [personal profile] havocthecat has a post with links to courses on the Constitution at Coursera:
https://havocthecat.dreamwidth.org/2017/02/02/2017-is-a-great-year-to-learn-even-more-about-the-us-constitution.html

For those working in tech (and allied industries): a pledge to not act in ways that will support data collection that will allow the Trump administration to target individuals based on race, religion, or national origin:
http://neveragain.tech/