Weekly Check in May 15

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Sorry for the late post.

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.

It's been quite quiet in the comm this week, but here are some reminders of ongoing or future actions

Action
General
A list and contact info for "Rubber Stamp Reps", Congresspeople who are wholesale supporting Trump (Organizing For America)
Contacting Congress people who have turned off their fax machines with ResistBot

Russia, or So that was a hell of a week.
Scripts for responding to Comey's firing and calling for a special prosecutor

Healthcare, or Now it's the Senate's problem
Info on Senate Healthcare Repeal efforts and the Payback Project to track die-ins, town halls, and other protest efforts

Environment, or The Destruction of Protections that Affect Our Health and the Environment Begins
EPA seeking public comment on rolling back Clean Air Act regulations. Deadline has passed but don't worry, more are coming /sarcasm

Net Neutrality
John Oliver set up a redirect to the public comment page so it's easy to comment


Upcoming Protests
May 18: Net Neutrality protest in front of the FCC in Washington DC
May 21: Applications due for MoveOn Community Organizer training
June 5: Applications due for Organizing for America Community Organizer training
June 11: LGBT+ March

Other Info
Immigration
Information package with lots of links on sanctuary cities.

Town Halls
Organizing for America toolkit for Congressional recess

Want to Run for Office?
Emily's List Candidate Training Info

The news is too depressing to list this week.
What a hell of a week. How's everyone doing?

Poll #18376 this week

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

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called my one senator
2 (28.6%)

called my other senator
2 (28.6%)

called my representative
0 (0.0%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a letter/postcard/fax/email
2 (28.6%)

attended a town hall
1 (14.3%)

donated money to a cause
4 (57.1%)

went to an in person activist group
0 (0.0%)

participated in online or phone training
0 (0.0%)

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went to a protest
1 (11.1%)

signed up for alerts
1 (11.1%)

took care of myself
3 (33.3%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
0 (0.0%)

did something else
4 (44.4%)

committed to action in the coming week
2 (22.2%)