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RESIST DAY #76: What You Can Do Today
Resistance in your community, across the country, and around the globe
Apr 05, 2017
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
- Recess is coming. Find a town hall near you
With members of congress heading home at the end of this week for recess that runs from April 8 - April 23, it's time to get together with your friends and neighbors and plan your next moves- Go to the Town Hall Project to find an event in your district here.
- Tell Sen. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the Republican-controlled Senate, there will be big consequences for going "nuclear" over Neil Gorsuch
Republican leader Mitch McConnell has threatened to change the rules by the end of the week so that only a simple majority vote is needed to approve Gorsuch. Even Republicans describe McConnell's threat as the "nuclear option" because it would destroy the way the Senate works and destroy the possibility of bipartisan cooperation. But if McConnell uses this nuclear option, it's only because he believes that the Democrats are too mild-mannered and too polite to actually make it nuclear. To be blunt: McConnell doesn't believe that our Democratic Senators have the conviction or the stamina to punish him. Today's Daily Action if, one of your Senators has backed the filibuster, is to tell them the fight isn't over yet and they need to go public with their intentions to shut the Senate down if McConnell goes "nuclear."- Act now and tell your senator (Call 1-844-241-1141) there will be consequences if the senate goes nuclear in the name of appointed this far-right judge to the U.S. Supreme Court
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And so it begins...
Political revenge. Mass deportations. Project 2025. Unfathomable corruption. Attacks on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Pardons for insurrectionists. An all-out assault on democracy. Republicans in Congress are scrambling to give Trump broad new powers to strip the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit he doesn’t like by declaring it a “terrorist-supporting organization.” Trump has already begun filing lawsuits against news outlets that criticize him. At Common Dreams, we won’t back down, but we must get ready for whatever Trump and his thugs throw at us. As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover issues the corporate media never will, but we can only continue with our readers’ support. By donating today, please help us fight the dangers of a second Trump presidency. |
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
- Recess is coming. Find a town hall near you
With members of congress heading home at the end of this week for recess that runs from April 8 - April 23, it's time to get together with your friends and neighbors and plan your next moves- Go to the Town Hall Project to find an event in your district here.
- Tell Sen. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the Republican-controlled Senate, there will be big consequences for going "nuclear" over Neil Gorsuch
Republican leader Mitch McConnell has threatened to change the rules by the end of the week so that only a simple majority vote is needed to approve Gorsuch. Even Republicans describe McConnell's threat as the "nuclear option" because it would destroy the way the Senate works and destroy the possibility of bipartisan cooperation. But if McConnell uses this nuclear option, it's only because he believes that the Democrats are too mild-mannered and too polite to actually make it nuclear. To be blunt: McConnell doesn't believe that our Democratic Senators have the conviction or the stamina to punish him. Today's Daily Action if, one of your Senators has backed the filibuster, is to tell them the fight isn't over yet and they need to go public with their intentions to shut the Senate down if McConnell goes "nuclear."- Act now and tell your senator (Call 1-844-241-1141) there will be consequences if the senate goes nuclear in the name of appointed this far-right judge to the U.S. Supreme Court
Keep reading...Show less
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
- Recess is coming. Find a town hall near you
With members of congress heading home at the end of this week for recess that runs from April 8 - April 23, it's time to get together with your friends and neighbors and plan your next moves- Go to the Town Hall Project to find an event in your district here.
- Tell Sen. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the Republican-controlled Senate, there will be big consequences for going "nuclear" over Neil Gorsuch
Republican leader Mitch McConnell has threatened to change the rules by the end of the week so that only a simple majority vote is needed to approve Gorsuch. Even Republicans describe McConnell's threat as the "nuclear option" because it would destroy the way the Senate works and destroy the possibility of bipartisan cooperation. But if McConnell uses this nuclear option, it's only because he believes that the Democrats are too mild-mannered and too polite to actually make it nuclear. To be blunt: McConnell doesn't believe that our Democratic Senators have the conviction or the stamina to punish him. Today's Daily Action if, one of your Senators has backed the filibuster, is to tell them the fight isn't over yet and they need to go public with their intentions to shut the Senate down if McConnell goes "nuclear."- Act now and tell your senator (Call 1-844-241-1141) there will be consequences if the senate goes nuclear in the name of appointed this far-right judge to the U.S. Supreme Court
Keep reading...Show less
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