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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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!

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Tom Homan + Our Money = We’d like some answers!

Action – Call Your Legislators!

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“Truth or Dare” Budget Asks for Legislators!

(https://www.youtube.com/c/PatrioticMillionaires, https://www.instagram.com/p/DOq5OybDzMj/)

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Make Polluters Pay! Finally!

(Sierra Club) “Make Polluters Pay for Climate Disasters!

From deadly heat waves to raging fires to devastating floods, fossil fuel pollution is fueling extreme weather that endangers lives, destabilizes ecosystems and communities, and costs billions of dollars per year. Families nationwide are left with higher insurance costs, rising food prices, and mounting health bills, all while Big Oil rakes in record profits and pays nothing for the damage they’ve caused.

It doesn’t have to be this way: The Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act in Congress, introduced by Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Judy Chu (D-CA) would require oil and gas companies to contribute just a fraction of their profits to a federal Climate Superfund. That funding would go directly to rebuilding communities, protecting frontline neighborhoods, and preparing for future disasters.”

Action Call: It’s time to put people over polluter profits. Tell Congress to act now!

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Federal and State LGBTQ+ legislation update for 2025!

Time to call your legislators again!

Update on the status of Federal and CA State bills that affect the lives of the LGBTQ community.

FEDERAL

PRO-LGBTQ legislation
- Equality Act (S.1503/H.R.15):This landmark bill seeks to amend existing civil rights laws to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It would cover areas like employment, housing, education, and public accommodations. “The nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) found that nationally, support for a bill like the Equality Act topped 75 percent, which includes a majority of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. The bill has been endorsed by more than 600 organizations, including civil rights, education, health care, and faith-based organizations, as well as hundreds of major corporations and business associations.”
- Senate Cosponsors: Padilla and Schiff – YES
- House Cosponsors: Brownley and Carbajal – YES
- Transgender Health Care Access Act (H.R.2487):This bill aims to ensure access to gender-affirming care for transgender individuals. It defines gender-affirming care broadly, encompassing various medical, behavioral, and supportive services related to the treatment of gender dysphoria. This includes improving medical education for gender-affirming care providers, expanding gender-affirming care at community health centers.
  - Cosponsors: Brownley – YES, Carbajal – NOT YET
ANTI-LGBTQ legislation
- Do No Harm in Medicaid Act (H.R.498):This bill proposes to prohibit federal Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures, including hormone therapy, for individuals under the age of 18, with specific exceptions for what they consider genetic disorders. The GOP tried to sneak this legislation into the similarly duplicitously named “Big, Beautiful Bill” but it was stripped out by the Senate parliamentarian. So it’s still lurking out there.