Weekly Check In April 2

[tassosss]

Sorry this is late going up again. I'm D-14 from major life event so I'm a little out of it. If I don't respond to comments, that's why, not that I'm not reading them.

Housekeeping
Reminder that we have a suggestion post if there’s a topic that you’d like to see discussed but would like to ask the mods to look into. This can be anything from general information, or a how-to-do-a-thing, or something you may want to discuss as a community. Folks are welcome to post directly to the comm as always, but if you’re not comfortable/don’t have spoons, we can help too.

Get Involved
April 5: Resistance School online training in four session. Weds, April 5 is the first.
Tonight: Ready to Resist Call (might already be done but should have the recording soon): Gorsuch and Tax Day protests
Sign up for Amnesty International action alerts
Indivisible goes to the States
Democracy in Color organizing to mobilize voters now in key states

Action
Supreme Court Confirmation Vote
Info on Gorsuch filibuster (one to call your congress people about)

Anti-Nazi Buttons

Tools
Use Resistbot to use texting to fax your reps. It's extremely easy. More discussion of more selective options here.
Facebook Town Halls

Upcoming Protests
April 1: March for Health
April 15: Tax Day March
April 22: March for Science
June 11: LGBT+ March

News to know
Linkspam: Healthcare analysis, government spending, immigration, tax reform, lgbtq+ civil rights, The Resistence's money

Online Privacy or Lack Therof is now law

Russia
Trump, Russia, and Oil (locked to comm)
Michael Flynn wants immunity in exchange for tetimony (Vox)
The most powerful members of the Trump administration disagree with him about Russia (Vox)

Healthcare
(See linkspam above)

Immigration/Muslim Ban
Update: DACA Recipient Daniel Medina Ramirez released from detention
Culver City votes to be a sanctuary city, written by a fen who was there
Trump just lost his best chance to avoid a Supreme Court battle over his travel ban (hold on the EO extended) (Vox)

How is everyone doing out there? Let me know if you want me to add categories to the check-in poll.

Poll #18135 This week

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

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called my one senator
2 (25.0%)

called my other senator
2 (25.0%)

called my representative
4 (50.0%)

called my governor
1 (12.5%)

called my state reps
1 (12.5%)

sent a letter/postcard/email/fax
3 (37.5%)

donated money to a cause
4 (50.0%)

went to an in person activist group
2 (25.0%)

participated in an online training or call
1 (12.5%)

went to a protest
0 (0.0%)

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signed up for alerts
1 (14.3%)

took care of myself
3 (42.9%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
2 (28.6%)

did something else
5 (71.4%)

committed to action in the coming week
2 (28.6%)

Comments

[nanila]

Just wanted to put this here re the "did something else": I completed the nomination form to run as a candidate for the local council elections in the UK. I had a lot of help from my local party organisers but I did go out and forage for a few of the 10 required signatures myself.

[tassosss]

That's awesome! Go you for running and good luck with the campaign. If you are interested in posting about your experience, I know I'd be interested in hearing about it.

[tanaqui]

Go you - that's a great thing to do! Wishing you all the best. Do let us know how it goes if you feel up to that!

(I'm also in the UK and aware of how much impact local councillors have on our daily quality of life and on either softening or worsening whatever tomfoolery the national government comes up with. We've got county council elections here and I'm really hoping -- if not entirely expecting -- to see a change in control because the current council are such money-wasting idiots and we don't need another four years of them.)