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Lots of encouraging news over the past week from races that went to recounts or simply took a while to call. We have an Election Results: The Sequel! thread to talk about the results coming in. There's also still work to be done in the run-off election in Mississippi -- and plenty of new and ongoing actions in other areas to get to grips with as the fight goes on.

Mississippi Run-Off Election
Action: Vote Forward Rides Again For The Ms Senate Runoff
More Postcards To Voters
Another Republican Candidate Says The Quiet Bit Out Loud

Protecting the Mueller investigation
Encourage your senators to follow Flake's lead
Call script for Congress to protest Whitaker's appointment

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Write Letters of Support for Muslim Girl Who Received Threatening Letters
Links on Voting Rights Movement
Donate to Honor Dr. Blasley as an Educator
Boycotting Fox: Call To Boycott Companies That Advertise On Fox, We Got A List and Petition

( Housekeeping )

So, what have you all been up to in the last week or are planning to get involved in next week?

Poll #20740 The Week

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called my one senator
4 (44.4%)

called my other senator
2 (22.2%)

called my representative
1 (11.1%)

called my governor
2 (22.2%)

called my state reps
1 (11.1%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
4 (44.4%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
4 (44.4%)

attended an in-person activist group
0 (0.0%)

participated in phone/online training
1 (11.1%)

went to a protest
0 (0.0%)

signed up for alerts
1 (11.1%)

worked for a campaign
0 (0.0%)

did textbanking/phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
5 (55.6%)

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

did something else
1 (11.1%)

committed to action in the coming week
4 (44.4%)

rydra_wong

this seems like it could possibly be a useful thing for people to pressure their senators to do:

TPM: Flake Threatens To Block Judicial Nominees Until Senate Votes On Mueller Bill

rydra_wong

From the Guardian liveblog: Here are some photos and videos from protests from across the US, now underway.

Also lots of pictures on Twitter under the #ProtectMueller hashtag.

Yay anyone who mustered the energy to get out there!

cadenzamuse

there's no harm (and may even be some help) in calling our Congresspeople to step up.

I put together a calling script that is entirely composed of: the 5 Calls calling script from August, the ACLU statement regarding Sessions' firing, and the Twitter statement by Chuck Schumer. Feel free to use it!

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I'm a constituent from [LOCATION.]

I'm calling to urge [CONGRESSCRITTER] to make a public statement demanding that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker commit to not interfere in the special counsel investigation of the 2016 presidential election. Robert Mueller MUST continue to operate under the special counsel regulation, and Whitaker should recuse himself from oversight based on his previous comments advocating defunding and imposing limitations on the Mueller investigation. It's the duty of Congress to serve as a check on Trump and prevent him from sending our democracy into a constitutional crisis.

Thank you for your hard work answering the phones.

[IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]

Call both your senators and your representative. If they've already spoken out against Whitaker, thank them.

Call the Department of Justice. I'm not 100% sure which number to use for the Department of Justice, but it's probably one of these two: Department Comment Line: 202-353-1555
Department of Justice Main Switchboard: 202-514-2000

White House: Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414

If anyone else has suggestions for those of us who get antsy if we can't do anything RIGHT NOW, please let me know in comments. I'll be updating this all evening.

rydra_wong

and Trump has appointed an Acting Attorney General who will be overseeing the Mueller investigation rather than Rosenstein:

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1060261453037486080
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1060262014721900544

Hopefully firing Sessions has been enough to quieten Trump down for the evening, but if not:

Make sure you have the details for your local Mueller Firing Rapid Response rally

I am actually relieved that the new Acting AG has previously been speculating about shutting down Mueller without firing him by starving him of funds, because it suggests he might try that first and you guys get to regroup a bit before the constitutional crisis:

https://twitter.com/billhatfield/status/1060263971666714625

rydra_wong

Rosenstein is apparently either resigning or being fired or expects to be fired; unclear (but very important) which, since it affects Trump's ability to install a replacement (and whether the Rapid Response plan kicks in -- which it does if he's fired).

Talking Points Memo,

joshtpm and

NatashaBertrand seem to be on the ball with updates.

If he's fired, or if he is replaced and his replacement fires Mueller or otherwise tries to shut down the investigation -- good luck to all USians and power to your protests.

ETA: Rosenstein appears to be in a state of quantum superposition (joke not original to me, alas) and not actually fired at present, at least until Thursday.

ETA2: I don't think this was a false alarm:

The Daily Beast: Trump Lawyers Demand Mueller Probe ‘Time Out’ if Rosenstein Is Ousted

Sekulow and Giuliani already have their scripts to say that that the investigation should be halted and "reviewed" if Rosenstein goes.

Whether Rosenstein's managed to bluff Buttercup into backing down until Thursday or what, who the fuck knows. But that would appear to be the game plan.

rydra_wong

Given the signs and portents (like Trump ordering one of his lawyers to publicly call for Mueller's firing) this might be a good time to check the location of your nearest Mueller firing rapid response protest (because the site will probably go down under load if/when it happens):

Mueller Firing Rapid Response

March For Truth also have a thing where you can sign up to get a text if Mueller's fired:

Mueller Rapid Response

tanaqui

From It's Time To Fight:

Ok, I think all you have to do is go online, and get a sense of why this is not great news. Yes, we all think Comey's a wanker who definitely helped influence the election negatively.

With that being said, we're not all outraged right now FOR Comey. I keep seeing people on the left and the right make this mistake. We're outraged over:

1) Why Comey was fired,
2) What it means that POTUS abused his powers like this.
3) Trump flat-out lied in his letter, and is trying to fool the masses.

(It's Time To Fight also has a copy of Trump's -- gobsmacking -- letter, if you haven't seen it yet, as well as other useful links and information.)

Contact your representatives. Here's a suggested script (also from It's Time To Fight):

You: Hi, [my name is] and I’m calling from [zip code].

You: I’m asking [MoC/Senator] to push for a special prosecutor and an independent commission to investigate the Trump Administration.

You: The firing of Director Comey was a clearly a partisan act, based on false reasons. This reinforces the idea that we are in need of non-partisan investigations, urgently.

You: Please support this effort, and do what you can using the Ethics in Government Act. Please do what you can. Thanks. [hang up]

A group are also working on organising marches/demonstrations for Saturday 3rd June to:

call for an impartial investigation into Russian interference in the US election and ties to Donald Trump, his administration and his associates.

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