“The criminal is inside our house!” Pass the “Stop Ballroom Bribery Act!”

This is a “guardrail” bill. Whether it passes or not, make sure your own legislators know we want them at the front lines to pass it!

Trump says his monstrous ballroom is being “gifted” to us. But like a puppy, this “gift” will incur major expenses for us in the future. Maintenance and staffing costs will be passed on to us taxpayers, while he’ll use it for free to to entertain his ultra-wealthy friends in dictator-chic comfort.

But what our venal president and his supporters have overlooked is that it’s actually illegal for it to be funded by private donors. Constitutional attorney Bruce Fein stated that “private money to build a White House ballroom flagrantly violates the Anti-Deficiency Act, which safeguards the congressional power of the purse by prohibiting the president from using non-appropriated funds donated by private parties for a government purpose indistinguishable from plutocracy. Without enforcement of the Anti-Deficiency Act, the congressional power of the purse is a scarecrow in the ‘golden age’ of billionaires eager to curry favor with the government in exchange for multi-million-dollar regulatory or tax favors.” Yeah, that!

And now, there’s a big lawsuit by a preservation group, for which we will also have to pay to defend Trump’s indefensible actions.

Call/email your House Representative!

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3 actions to do during lunch today!

If you get our newsletter, you’ve already had notice of #2 and #3. We were just alerted to #1 this morning.

#1 – Speak out against VCCCD trustee Joe “I-only-won-because-2-Dem-opponents-split-the-vote” Piechowski’s transphobic resolution. Deadline: TODAY – MONDAY, DEC. 1, 3:00 pm.

(This one has the earliest deadline!)

Ventura County Community College District trustee Joe Piechowski is literally the residue at the bottom of the barrel, because 64% of voters split their votes between Democratic candidates Bernardo Perez and Ruth Luevanos. But this residue isn’t wasting his chance to push regressive policies, and now we need to stand up against his resolution to pressure the 3C2A and state leaders into excluding transgender and intersex athletes from women’s sports. He’s misusing Title IX to justify discrimination as “fairness” using selective science based on questionable evidence. This resolution isn’t about protecting women’s sports. It’s about creating a gateway for anti-trans policy in our local colleges.

Urge the board to reject his discriminatory resolution and instead support policies that uphold Title IX’s actual purpose: ensuring equal access and opportunity for all student-athletes.

They meet on December 2! (agenda) Please submit a written comment by today- December 1st, 3pm. to the board here (https://form.jotform.com/253288279842168) Also, could be emailed here (boardoftrusteesclerk@vcccd.edu)

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Take a holiday from supporting the oligarchy!

Target caved to Trump and rolled back their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.
Home Depot has done nothing to protect immigrants in their stores as ICE continues to conduct violent raids on their property.
Amazon has funded the Trump administration through donations and discounted government contracts(including for ICE), all in exchange for massive corporate tax breaks.

Thanksgiving weekend is a peak shopping time. Last year, more than 196 million Americans shopped over the holiday weekend. So it’s an opportune time to send a message to Target, Home Depot, and Amazon: if you collaborate with Trump, we won’t shop with you. They’ll be forced to take notice when they don’t get the record numbers of shoppers they’re anticipating.

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Buh-Bye, Spotify!

Don’t stream fascism. Help cancel Spotify, even if you’ve never used it!

Spotify is running ads recruiting agents for ICE! A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force. When users and musicians called them out, Spotify’s first act was doubling down with “everybody-else-is-doing-it” excuses that would make your mother laugh.

But we’re going to make them listen. When the regime tried to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, three million of us canceled our Disney+ streaming service that month, and about 4.1 million canceled Disney-owned Hulu. If enough of us cancel our Spotify subscriptions, it’ll send a clear message that’s too loud for them to ignore.

Yes, there are other problematic companies, such as HBO Max, Hulu, ESPN, HBO Max, Hulu, ESPN, Pandora, X, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Meta. But Indivisible is concentrating on one problematic company at a time. This maximizes our chances of success, which will make other offenders take notice.

Action #1 for everyone – Email Spotify and tell them to stop collaborating with fascism.

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Where is the line between the GOP’s toxic capitalism and legislative manslaughter?

Here is what seventeen 9/11’s (representing 51,000 deaths a year) looks like. Each premature death due to lack of healthcare access in the richest country in the world is an unforgivable tragedy.

Seriously, no terrorist group has ever caused as many deaths in the U.S. as our morally bankrupt GOP legislators are set to do. Call your senators and tell them to hold the line. Script attached below.

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Help Kill “Citizens United,” Montana-style!

“Each state creates and defines its corporations. It need not permit its creations to consume it.”

“By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.”

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ZlQ-iOgXI)

The American public is sick of the corruption that’s now destroying laws and regulations that protect every aspect of life for the majority of Americans, in favor of deep-pocketed corporations and oligarchs, thanks to Citizens United.

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Stop the Minister of Hate’s sneaky campaign to suppress voting before Oct 20th, 8:59 pm!

WHY IS VOLDEMORT DOING THIS? This video of Paul Weyrich, now-dead founder of the Heritage Foundation, lays out the whole plot in 40 seconds.

His foundation, along with their Project 2025 gang and the GOP want only White wealthy landowners to vote, just like back at the signing of the Constitution. They’ve been working hard for decades to destroy all the pesky constitutional amendments and laws that opened up their private club to us groundlings and they feel this is their time to strike.

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Why “YES” is the Right Vote on Prop. 50 and How to Explain it!

Probably every sentient being in CA received this glossy screed of misinformation, misdirection and outright nonsense from the “No on 50” campaign. It uses different arguments than what the “YES on 50” campaign is focused on, as they are reaching out to the MAGA and undecided demographic. But the damage of an unconstrained Trump for another two years will harm all of us, so we need to be able to competently push back against what they’re shoveling. There are 5 points to cover. Buckle up!