Fight Hate Crime: Demand a DOJ Task Force to Address the Rise in Domestic Hate Crimes

Script: I am writing (https://www.justice.gov/doj/webform/your-message-department-justice ) to urge Attorney General Sessions to support Sens. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) request to create an interagency task force to address the tragic increase in domestic hate crimes.

The recent outburst of violent racism and domestic terrorist activity by white supremacist organizations and individuals in Charlottesville, Virginia, has made the senators’ call for action even more urgent.

More info:  Continue reading “Fight Hate Crime: Demand a DOJ Task Force to Address the Rise in Domestic Hate Crimes”

Update on our National Monuments from Sierra Club’s Jim Hines – 8/22

Greetings Public Lands Activists:
 There is a flurry of activity going on at the U.S. Dept of the Interior right now. In the next few days concluding on Thursday (August 24th) we will see Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke make a number of recommendations to the President of the United States regarding the status of the most spectacular natural landscapes in the American west (and one in Maine) as well as 5 marine national monuments in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Most recommendations have been agreed upon, several more are still being discussed by the executive staff at Interior. According to the draft which was circulated among Interior executive staff last week it looks like we are going to lose around 12 national monuments (either completely eliminated or reduced in size).
We are in a epic struggle for the very heart of America, YOUR national parks, national monuments, national marine sanctuaries, national conservation areas, national wildlife refuges and national forests.

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Tues 8/22 – Fight Extreme Right Wing Media – Part 1

Oppose the Merger of Sinclair Broadcasting and Tribune Media! – Call the FCC.

Minimal Script for FCC: I’m calling FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to protest the proposed merging of Sinclair Broadcasting and Tribune Media, which will take it beyond its legal cap of 39%. Don’t bend the rules for Sinclair!

(Additional if you want to: Preventing the unfairness of Sinclair Broadcasting sending it’s pro-Trump right-wing messaging out to 72% of the available audience is exactly why the rules were created in the first place.)

Contact FCC Chairman Ajit Pai: 202-418-1000

For more information on why this action is so important, go here:  Continue reading “Tues 8/22 – Fight Extreme Right Wing Media – Part 1”

Tues 8/22 – Fight Extreme Right Wing Media – Part 2

YES on HR 3478 – “Local and Independent Television Protection Act of 2017.

Keep them local. Keep them independent.

Minimal Script: Hi, I’m calling to ask Rep. [___] to co-sponsor and vote YES on HR 3478.

(Additional if you want to: “We need to close the loophole that would allow one company, especially one with a political agenda, take so much control over the nation’s media.”)

Call Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779

OR

Rep. Salud Carbajal:(CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348

Other Rep Contacts:

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Fight White Nationalism: Government Must Fund the Countering Violent Extremism Program!

Minimal Script: I’m calling to ask {Sen.[2 calls] (&) Rep [1 call]}  to require that the Countering Violent Extremism program stays focused on white nationalism, and that CVE grants are fully funded.

(Additional script if you want to: A substantial portion of CVE grants are awarded to respond to the threat of white nationalism. We need a Department of Homeland Security that fights domestic terrorism on every front—including white nationalism—and they need to have the budget to do it.)

Call Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430

AND Senator Harris: DC (202) 224-3553, LA (213) 894-5000, SAC (916) 448-2787, Fresno (559) 497-5109, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884

AND Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779

OR Rep. Salud Carbajal: (CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348

Not your people?: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More info: 

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Thu 8/17 – Fri 8/18 – The ground beneath our feet.

There are so many pressing issues for the Resistance to concentrate on…

Where to start?… immigration limits, discrimination against Muslim Americans and their families, the environment including climate change, clean air and water, toxic chemicals, the protection of drilling/mining/logging interests, the removal of science-based information, DACA & Dreamers, the border wall, status of our economic refugees, the border wall with its environmental and human costs, the preservation of our national monuments and wildlife sanctuaries, the protection of the Endangered Species Act, the eminent defunding and breakup of our school system, predatory loans against students, and banking practices against consumers, the suppression of voting rights and threats of “investigation” for illegal voting, civil rights for all minorities, women’s rights to for bodily autonomy and equal pay, LGBTQ rights for equal access, corporate and presidential overreach, prisoner and arrestee rights, threats to the privacy of “resisters”, destruction of our health insurance system along with the rest of social safety net including Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security…more than we can list…

Our president has unleashed his pack of political scavengers and corporate predators  upon us. They will take all they can and pick us clean, affecting almost every aspect of our lives.

Can anyone stop him? Continue reading “Thu 8/17 – Fri 8/18 – The ground beneath our feet.”

NO on Sam Clovis – yet another climate change denier – and worse! Where does Trump find these people?

Script: I’m calling Senator [Feinstein/Harris] to oppose Sam Clovis to serve as the Department of Agriculture’s top scientist. He is neither a scientist, nor does he accept that climate change is real. He has accused progressives of “enslaving” minorities, and called black leaders “race traders.” He is a purely political appointment with no real qualifications to serve.

Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430

Senator Harris: DC (202) 224-3553, LA (213) 894-5000, SAC (916) 448-2787, Fresno (559) 497-5109, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884

Not in California? Other Senator Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

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NO on Amy Coney Barrett – Bible over Constitution? Really?

Script: I’m asking Senator [Feinstein/Harris] to oppose Amy Coney Barrett for US Court of Appeals judge. She has declared that the Bible takes precedence over the Constitution. Respect for our Constitution must be what guides our judges, not privately held religious beliefs.

Call Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430

AND Senator Harris: DC (202) 224-3553, LA (213) 894-5000, SAC (916) 448-2787, Fresno (559) 497-5109, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884

Not in California? Other Senator Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

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Keep up the pressure to save our beautiful Channel Islands!

COMMENT PERIOD TO SAVE CHANNEL ISLANDS EXTENDED TO AUG. 15

Script Idea (tweak this to make it your own words!): The Channel Islands are a valuable public resource and must be protected from exploitation for private profit.  I strongly oppose any rollback of environmental protections for our Marine Sanctuaries.  Any change in their size, designation or loss of environmental safeguards must be rejected. 

Comment page: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=NOAA-NOS-2017-0066-0001
or https://www.tinyurl.com/save-marine-sanctuaries