Senator, Stop Trump’s Sabotage of the ACA!

Minimal Script#1: I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Sen. [___] to oppose Trump’s Executive Order for “Association Health Plans” that will flood the market with junk health insurance plans, and undermine the California insurance market.

More Info:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/politics/trump-obamacare-executive-order/index.html

Minimal Script#2: I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Sen. [___] to compel the Federal government to continue subsidy payments to stabilize the health care markets after Trump’s assault on our health care by executive order.

More Script if you want it: His actions will cause millions to lose access to affordable health care and will plunge ACA markets into chaos.

More Info: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/us/politics/trump-obamacare-executive-order-health-insurance.html

Contact info for both actions: Continue reading “Senator, Stop Trump’s Sabotage of the ACA!” →

Join us as Ventura City Council Votes on a Resolution to Create District Elections!

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Today at 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM, Pre-meeting Rally at 5:15 at Ventura City Hall, 501 Poli St, Ventura, CA.

Join us as Ventura City Council votes on a resolution to create district elections. This will bring the City of Ventura into compliance with the California Voting Rights Act!

District elections guarantee a voice for underrepresented neighborhoods like the Westside, leading to more diverse leadership at City Hall. While one in three Ventura residents is a person of color, Ventura has never had a non-white city councilmember!

By reducing the cost of running for office, district elections keep our representatives more accountable to listening to their neighbors instead of wealthy interests. It currently costs an average of $18,000 to win a seat on Ventura City Council as candidates pay to run expensive citywide advertisements, but districts bring elections down to the neighborhood level, promoting grassroots democracy.

Hey, Governor Brown, don’t forget to sign these!

1. Sign the Disarm Hate Act AB 785

Minimal script: I’m calling to ask Gov. Brown to sign the Disarm Hate Act (AB 785).

More script if you want it: It makes no sense that those convicted of violent misdemeanors are prohibited from possessing or acquiring firearms for ten years. but those convicted of a hate crime misdemeanor still get to keep their guns. Both sets are people

Governor Brown: (916) 445-2841

More info: http://www.bradycampaign.org/sites/default/files/BradyCampaign-FACT-SHEET-AB-785.pdf

2. Sign the Reproductive Health Nondiscrimination Act (AB 569)

Minimal script: I’m calling to ask Gov. Brown to sign the Reproductive Health Nondiscrimination Act (AB 569).

More script if you want it: I do not believe that it should be legal in California for employers to fire a woman for being pregnant and unmarried, or using contraception, or employing in vitro fertilization, or having an abortion.

Governor Brown: (916) 445-2841

More Info: http://www.cwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CWLC-SB-569-Letter-of-Support.pdf

If you don’t think Sinclair Broadcasting is a threat to what is good in America, think again…

Yesterday, Trump quoted the right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting host Sharyl Attkisson kicking Puerto Rico while it’s down. But unlike Ms. Attkisson, he has the power to actually hurt people.

Or allow them to die.

And so do we if we continue to vote for people like him.

Obviously, our President is just as susceptible to right-wing hate-speak overwhelming his common sense and compassion as anyone else. That’s why we’re re-running this column from August on the dangers of Sinclair Broadcasting taking over a majority of local news stations and poisoning the good out of a increasingly larger audience.

If you called about this before…. call again. Continue reading “If you don’t think Sinclair Broadcasting is a threat to what is good in America, think again…” →

Corruption Alert – Keep the EPA’s “Science Advisory Board” Scientific. NO on HR 1431

Minimal script: I am calling from [zip code] to ask Senator [___] to vote no on HR 1431, which would allow industry a voice on the EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board.

More script if you want it: This bill would empower lobbyists and let big money, not science, to shape environmental policy.

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

Other Senator Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More Info: Continue reading “Corruption Alert – Keep the EPA’s “Science Advisory Board” Scientific. NO on HR 1431″ →

Demand an Independent Commission on Election Cybersecurity

Minimal script: I’m calling from [zip code] to urge Senator [___] to support S. 1821 which establishes a national commission on the cybersecurity of US election systems.

More script if you want it: The government must take steps to protect the integrity of our elections, and an investigative commission is a crucial step, in concert with the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC), in combatting future attempts by Russia to interfere with our voting systems again.

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

Other Senator Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More info: Continue reading “Demand an Independent Commission on Election Cybersecurity” →

Senator, how many reasons do you need to oppose the Senate Budget Resolution?

Script: I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Sen. [___] to oppose the fiscally irresponsible 2018 Senate Budget Resolution, which would allow Republicans to give $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to corporations and top earners while slashing Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, public education and opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling.

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

Other Senator Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More Info: Continue reading “Senator, how many reasons do you need to oppose the Senate Budget Resolution? “ →

33,636 points of heartbreak…one year of gun deaths in America and what you can do.

It’s hard to even conceive of what 33,636 deaths looks like…

These blocks of guns, each little gun symbol representing a death, is for all us visual learners out there. This amazing depiction of what 33,636 gun deaths a year really looks like is brought to us thanks to Matt Maughey. (Scroll through it in one solid block here )

But change is happening.

The public is truly done with “thoughts and prayers” as our only defense against urban warfare.

What happened in Vegas put the lie to NRA claims that good-people-with-guns in a crowd could always stop a shooting.

The NRA is grudgingly prepared to sacrifice bump stocks as truly the least they can do.

We are at a tipping point…

Demand more. Make these 3+ calls.

Continue reading “33,636 points of heartbreak…one year of gun deaths in America and what you can do.” →

How much of our money did you just waste, Mr. Vice President?

Minimal script: I’m calling from [___] to ask Rep./Sen. [___] to demand that the Republic National Committee reimburse American taxpayers for all costs incurred by Vice President’s pre-planned protest at the NFL game on Oct. 8th against fellow Americans peacefully and respectfully protesting in accordance with our 1st Amendment rights.

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

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

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

Other Rep Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More Info:

On taking a knee…

Continue reading →

Indivisible’s Potluck Blowout – How do we Move Forward with Healthcare?

Join Indivisible Ventura, Indivisible Ojai Valley, Indivisible Conejo, Physicians for Progress, the National Health Law Program, Grassroots Ventura, MoveOn, and a host of other Ventura County organizations on Saturday, October 21. Bring a dish, bring a friend, and get ready to socialize and hear from a spectacular line-up of speakers!

When: Saturday, October 21, 11:30 – 1:30 PM
Where: Knights of Columbus Hall, 36 Figueroa Plaza, Ventura (directions here)
Bring: Your favorite dish, a friend, and your unbridled energy!
RSVP (and SHARE) on our Facebook Event Page: facebook.com/events/1385884568176423 or by emailing indivisibleventura@gmail.com

Knowledge is key to understanding the options we have for moving forward toward the best healthcare our nation can deliver. Our aim is to learn about these options and share this knowledge into our communities.

Our line-up of incredible speakers (bios below):
Dr. Josephine Soliz will make the case that we as a country spend more money on poorer care on a smaller percentage of our population than all the other developed countries that have figured out, better than we have, how to provide health insurance and thus access to healthcare to 100% of their population.
Dr. Minako Watabe will present the case for universal access to health insurance from the patient harm perspective.
Dr. Clint McBride will key us in about single payer healthcare/insurance.
Michael Williams, Director of Grey Law of Ventura County will speak of the dangers to citizens currently on Medicare and Medi-Cal if the proposed changes to Obamacare are implemented.
Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Staff Attorney for National Health Law Program will give us an overview of our existing healthcare model, touching on single payer and legal implications/ramifications.
Afterward, we will screen the movie Fix it: Healthcare at the Tipping Point