This Week in Resistance – Just Can’t Stop Watching the News Edition

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. – Mark Twain

An update on a classic. “School House Rock” for the Trump Era

English Class with Steven Colbert – “Prepositions”

Need us some Seth Meyers

Tom MacArthur is “thanked” by his constituents from bringing AHCA back from the dead. (2 must see videos included inside)

Some news you may have missed… because, seriously, how much can we be expected to absorb?

– Surprise! The House didn’t actually send the AHCA to the Senate! Who knew?

– Our President would like to jail Continue reading “This Week in Resistance – Just Can’t Stop Watching the News Edition” →

Stand for Science at the EPA : We Demand that the EPA Protect the People, Not Industry!

Call Pruitt and demand that he stop removing vital scientific information from the EPA website and stop replacing EPA scientists on the Board of Scientific Counselors with industry representatives. Demand that the EPA develop evidence-based policies that protect the environment and serve the public good, including the regulation of fossil fuels.

Script: Hello, my name is *** I’m calling to demand that Director Pruitt stop removing vital scientific information from the EPA website and that he stop replacing scientists on the Board of Scientific Counselors with industry representatives. The job of the EPA is to protect the environment not industry’s bottom line.

Call Scott Pruitt, Director of the EPA: 202-564-4700

More Info: Continue reading “Stand for Science at the EPA : We Demand that the EPA Protect the People, Not Industry!” →

Expose Exxon’s Lies: Stop Misleading Us About the Impact of Fossil Fuels on Climate Change!

Ask Attorney General Becerra to join Massachusetts and New York in investigating Exxon Mobil for deliberately misleading consumers on the true impact of fossil fuels on climate change. Exxon has spent decades profiting off of carbon emissions while supporting climate change deniers and promoting ruinous public policies. Let’s help put an end to their lies.

Script: Hello, my name is *** I’m calling to urge Attorney General Becerra to join Massachusetts and New York in opening an investigation into Exxon Mobil’s efforts to mislead consumers with respect to the impact of fossil fuels on climate change.

Call CA State Attorney General, Xavier Becerra: 800-952-5225

More Info: Continue reading “Expose Exxon’s Lies: Stop Misleading Us About the Impact of Fossil Fuels on Climate Change!” →

Oppose RAA, REINS and Midnight Rules: Triptych of Terror Acts Against Ordinary Citizens, brought to you by the GOP!

Our indefatigable band of corporate shills has created three deceptively named bills with the express purposes of lessening your health, safety, civil rights and environmental protections against the predations and profits of their industry masters. It’s a horror we have to stop.

Script: I’m calling to ask Senator (______) to vote against all the deceptive attacks on the protections that serve us, your constituents.

This includes: S.951, which will block all new rules that protect our health, environment and civil rights in favor of corporate interests, S.21, which will create regulations that obstruct the operation of the federal government and S.34, will allows the GOP to kill programs and services without consideration of the effects on us.

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 (916) 448-2787, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884

More Info: S.951 “RAA – Regulatory Accountability Act” This bill is described by the Environmental Defense Fund as the “scariest legislation you’ve never heard of”. It gives corporate Continue reading “Oppose RAA, REINS and Midnight Rules: Triptych of Terror Acts Against Ordinary Citizens, brought to you by the GOP!” →

Thanks to all who wrote comments into the EPA! They got more than 55,100 responses and now they’re listening!

EPA asked the public which regulations to gut — and got an earful about leaving them alone! (Our calls to action were here, here, here, and here.)

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency put out a call for comments about what regulations are in need of repeal, replacement or modification. The effort stemmed from an executive order issued by President Trump earlier this year instructing agencies to reexamine regulations that “eliminate jobs, or inhibit job creation” and/or “impose costs that exceed benefits.”

More than 55,100 responses rolled in by the time the comment period closed on Monday — but they were full of Americans sharing their experiences of growing up with dirty air and water, and with pleas for the agency not to undo safeguards that could return the country to more a more polluted era.

“Know your history or you’ll be doomed to repeat it,” one person wrote. “Environmental regulations came about for a reason. There is scientific reasoning behind the need for it. It is not a conspiracy to harm corporations. It’s an attempt to make the people’s lives better.”

“Have we failed to learn… Continue Reading on Washington Post

“Welcome to EXXON/Bear’s Ears National Park!” (Our future nightmare…)

Department of the Interior Request for Comments on National Monuments

The DOI is reviewing large national monuments created since 1996, with the potential to reduce their size. We’re sure Trump has “friends” waiting for profitable leases for drilling, mining, ranching or logging on this land, spoiling them for public access. Bear’s Ears (Utah) is the first on the auction block, and the most threatened. Six monuments in CA are also under threat. Let’s let the DOI know that we like our national monuments unspoiled, and preserved for future generations.

Action: We need lots of comments on the agency website, the first (Bear’s Ears) is due May 26, 2017. Comments for other changes are due by July 10, 2017. We need to get cracking.

Comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=DOI-2017-0002

More Info: Continue reading ““Welcome to EXXON/Bear’s Ears National Park!” (Our future nightmare…)” →

Your Weekly Dose of Sanity-saving Good News! This is What Democracy Looks Like!

“I have never canvassed before, but I will f—ing crawl door to door to make sure you lose.” A mild-mannered 60-year-old in Florida, to her Republican representative

Yep, the GOP has activated us, that’s for sure.

People across the country are refusing to stay silent. You can use Indivisible’s special guide to demand your member of Congress takes action, and then on June 3, you can join the March for Truth.

Click on every one of these amazing links! Citizens are stepping up and doing their jobs! Speaking out at town halls. Special shoutout to the New Jerseyans who confronted Rep. Tom MacArthur, the Congressman behind the key amendment that allowed Trumpcare to pass, for more than four hours and showed us all how it’s done. Crowds also confronted Paul Ryan!

Indivisible Ventura showed up to support our sister districts for die-ins to express our anger about Congressmen’s votes to repeal ObamaCare. Read news items here, here, here, and here.

Betsy DeVos got the respect she deserves…

LOVE THIS. Democrats are showing up at Republican Town Halls! Democratic legislators taking town halls for cowardly GOP members. “Hey, listen, I have a question for you,” he said. “I’m Representative Sean Patrick Maloney. Where the heck is your congressman?”

Despite Trump’s attempt to end the investigation into his ties with Russia, the Senate Intelligence Committee invited Comey to testify next week and subpoenaed Michael Flynn. (Federal prosecutors also issued subpoenas to Flynn’s associates.) Meanwhile, Democrats slowed Senate activity to demand the appointment of a special prosecutor, and the media called out Trump’s “grotesque abuse of power.” A handful of Republicans also expressed concern. KEEP UP THE PRESSURE – MAKE MORE PHONE CALLS TO APPOINT A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR HERE.

Trump’s tax’s haven’t been forgotten… keep hammering away. We DEMAND Continue reading “Your Weekly Dose of Sanity-saving Good News! This is What Democracy Looks Like!” →

A Bit of Much Needed Fun – After a Tumultuous Week! Sally Yates, John Oliver, Seth Myers… Thank you!

Thanks to Raul Labrador and Mark Twain for the above great laugh, a cynical laugh, but still a laugh.

Thanks to Sally Yates for beating Ted Cruz at his own game this piece of political theater!

Thanks to John Oliver for this lovely link and hysterical (yet important) video on Net Neutrality (it’s a bit bawdy, you are forewarned!):

Thanks to Seth Meyers for the great image of Trump as the “ghost” villian in Scooby-doo:

and this one with Paul Ryan fighting against Paul Ryan: Continue reading “A Bit of Much Needed Fun – After a Tumultuous Week! Sally Yates, John Oliver, Seth Myers… Thank you!” →

Submit online comments to the EPA: Global Warming. Save Our Planet for our Children!

The EPA comment deadline is May 15th, and this is our final push. Tell the EPA that global warming is a serious threat and deserves regulatory attention.

As before, we are including some sample scripts to inspire you, but ask that you make your comments with your own words. They are on the lookout for identical comments that appear to come from mass mailings.

Here’s a sample script/inspiration document that we at Indivisible have put together:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qGumuye1NZGY4AK13dabAbdfvQL9sO1vOpzChft1v8o/edit?usp=sharing

Here’s the official comment page:
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190

Support Regulation of Pesticides and Chemicals. We Enjoy Breathing Without Getting Sick!

EPA Request for Comments – We’re up to 45,000 from 4,000! We’re hoping to get into 6 figures, so write, and write often!

Please keep those EPA comments coming! Next we tackle a grab bag of environmental regulations that cover pesticides, chemicals, lead, radiation, etc. The new administration’s open comment period for EPA environmental regulation rollback is NOW. A flood of written public comments is one of our best tactics for slowing the process down. Time to write instead of call!

As before, we are including some sample scripts to inspire you, but ask that you make your comments with your own words. They are on the lookout for identical comments that appear to come from mass mailings.

Here’s a sample script/inspiration document that we at Indivisible have put together: https://tinyurl.com/epa-talking-points

Contact the EPA Today: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190