Friday 5/14: Urgent action items!

Social media storm to end the filibuster 10-11 am PDT today.

(DemCast USA) The clock is ticking to pass the S.1 – “For The People Act.” The crisis facing our democracy couldn’t be more real, and addressing it couldn’t be more urgent.

But the Jim Crow filibuster still stands in the way of action. It’s time for us to come together to eliminate the filibuster.

Join us today from 1-2pm ET for a social media storm to spread the word.

Just use this link, chose your message and picture and then share! https://share.demcastusa.com/campaign/7CA72503-BB5D-4D26-A7A8-D135D336E833/tailored_post/facebook/

AB 481 will help stop the flow of military equipment to CA law enforcement agencies.

 AB 481 (Chiu), which will help stop the flow of military equipment to California law enforcement agencies. 

Today, Friday, 5/14/21 is a Day of Action to help to move AB 481 out of the Appropriations Committee.

  1. Tweet Appropriations Committee Chair Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez @LorenaAD80 using sample tweets from the social media toolkit where you can also download & share graphics from the toolkit for Instagram or Twitter.
  2. Call Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez at (916) 319-2080 to urge her to support AB 481 and move it out of the Appropriations Committee – especially if you live in her district.
  3. Write a letter of support (attached) for the Appropriations Committee. Please submit to the online portal here by tomorrow, 5/14/21, and email it to eIizeth@youth4justice.org. 

Rep. Cheney just accused her own party of undermining democracy. It’s up to us to save it with (3) basic actions.

Need an emotional lift today? Listen to this amazing song for National John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Action Day and remember why we do this work! Remember what we’re fighting for and pick up your phone!

Action #1: “S.1 – For the People Act” – the guardrails for democracy we never knew we needed – until a lawless and corrupt man became president.

The GOP is now at war with itself, with Rep. Liz Cheney accusing fellow GOP legislators who follow Trump of perpetrating the Big Lie which is undermining America.

S. 1 -“For the People Act” will protect Americans’ voting rights NATIONWIDE, and it just advanced to the floor, after being deadlocked 9-9 on partisan lines in the Rules Committee. The meeting’s GOP contingent included Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, armed with destructive amendments which failed, along with Senator Ted Cruz, who called the bill “Jim Crow 2.0” and falsely claimed that it would allow undocumented immigrants to vote. (Apparently the GOP no longer worries about their lies being recorded.) However, despite the GOP’s best efforts, S.1 includes reforms that are broadly popular with Americans across the political spectrum.

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AB 1139 is an investor-owned utility proposal to kill rooftop solar in CA. Seriously.

“NO” on AB-1139 – “Utilities are threatened by solar panels because it cuts into their profits. Tell your legislator to stop their profit grab.

(from Indivisible CA Green Team) Consumers suffer when power is concentrated in the hands of a few. This was the lesson learned from the 2000 electricity crisis and out of that grew California’s commitment to consumer solar and localized energy. 

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This is what the revolution for America’s promise looks like!

Listen to this amazing song for National John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Action Day tomorrow. (See Action #3 below!)

Action #1: Call your senators and have them pass these bills without delay.

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PFAS are forever. Literally. Inside us. Let’s stop making them now.

  • Action #1: Tell your legislators that you want them to support the PFAS Action Act.
  • Action #2: Write a comment to the EPA to stop the dumping of these “forever chemicals” into our drinking water. Deadline May 17.

Action #1: Tell your legislators that you want them to support the PFAS Action Act.

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America hurts its kids. It’s time to stop. “YES” on H.R. 1234 – Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act.

  • Action #1: Tell your legislators to vote “YES” to H.R. 1234 – Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2021.
  • Action #2: Tell Joe Biden to use an executive order to stop corporal punishment now.

Action #1: Tell your legislators to vote “YES” to H.R. 1234 – Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2021.

(Trigger warning – violence towards a child.) Video cameras inside our smartphones are affecting justice in ways we could not have conceived of a decade or so ago. A brave teenager’s footage of the murder of George Floyd put a bad cop in jail. Now, we’re hoping that a mother’s video, who filmed the violence as proof that it happened, will be the end of this abusive and racially discriminatory practice of corporal punishment in our country. But it will need your voice to happen.

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May Day! Support American workers. “YES” on the PRO Act.

  • Action #1: Sign this petition to Democratic senators who haven’t signed onto S.420 – The PRO Act yet.
  • Action #2: Contact your senator and tell them vote “YES” on the S.420 – the PRO Act.
  • Action #3: Tell Jeff Bezos that he’s not keeping the customers satisfied.

Action #1: Sign this petition

Amazon won it’s first round of unionization against it’s own workers, but it will not win the public relations war.

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AB-20: Clean Money Act is coming up Thursday morning. (4/29) Put in a call or email to Asm. Steve Bennett.

Minimal script: I’m calling from [zip code] and I want Assemblymember [___] to vote “YES” on AB 20, the “Clean Money Act.”

This act is first up at 10:30 tomorrow (4/29) in the Assembly Elections Committee. Our Asm. Steve Bennett is a member. Call or leave a message on his machine, even after 5:00 pm.

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Tucker Carlson is just a symptom. We are the cure.

  • Action #1: Stop their money machine. We are paying for Fox through our cable fees.
  • Action #2: Write to your cable company’s CEO.
  • Action #3: Write to the NFL. Their largely Black players profit Fox, while being denigrated by them.
  • Action #4: Write to the FEC – The Federal Election Commission. Fox is providing services to the GOP.

UPDATE: “Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs a Voter Suppression Bill, and Fox News Has the Only Camera” (MotherJones) (Axios) Hard-right politicians recognize Fox “News” for what it is – the propaganda wing of the GOP, just as Roger Ailes envisioned. DeSantis baldly using them as a force-multiplier for his message, while denying all other news media access, makes Fox a political actor rendering services. Contact the FEC. (Action #4 below)

(Graphic quote here.) Watch the CNN video below here. Then we have four actions for you to do.

Action #1: Stop their money machine.

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Three Actions for Earth Day.

  • Action #1: UPDATED ACTION – Call Newsom. He needs to do more to ban fracking.
  • Action #2: Tell your federal legislators to invest in infrastructure & create green jobs – The American Jobs Act.
  • Action #3: The House passed HR 803: Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act (PAW+). Talk to your senators.

Action #1: UPDATED ACTION – Call Newsom. He needs to do more. – This is a tragedy of leadership and vision.

4/26/2021: New action – email Governor Newsom here: First, thank you for declaring a fracking ban to take place in 2024. That’s a great start. However, we urgently need you to issue an immediate moratorium on new oil and gas permits within 2500′ feet of homes, hospitals, schools, and other sensitive receptors. The science has been clear for years. Adults, children, and even unborn babies are injured by their close proximity to oil and gas industry installations. That we allow these toxic sites near enough to harm people is a reflection of our long and shameful indifference to low-income and minority communities. 2500′ is the bare minimum to escape some of the most serious health effects and our state is behind the curve on this issue. Mandatory minimum distances between oil & gas extraction sites and homes, schools, and hospitals are already law in Idaho, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, New Mexico, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Illinois, Colorado, and Texas. Please state that all Californians are worthy of this basic health protection, as well.

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