Renee Nicole Good was Murdered – 3 Community Actions

(This action is adapted from “3 Community Calls to Action for Renee Good.” Check with our “Events” page for scheduled protests.)

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley introduced a motion to the Federal Law Enforcement Oversight Committee, to subpoena footage of Renee Nicole Good’s death. The vote was split 50/50 and the motion failed. But there are 7 Republicans on the committee but only 4 Democrats. That means two Republicans voted in favor of a subpoena. They only needed one more vote!
(Watch video here: https://substack.com/@reppressley/note/c-196710204)

1. We must contact each committee member + demand another vote!

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“First, Project 2025 came for a small group of kids…”

Write a comment against the Heritage Foundation’s attack on gender-affirming care for youth. (Deadline Feb. 17)

(This video is the best! Leeja Miller was one of the first to sound the alarm about Project 2025 – she is wicked smart and absolutely ferocious!)

(https://youtu.be/KfVE4xyNrO0?si=TJXGMeKbAHck_TT8 – Her sources she mentions are here)

Our Dr. Oz-run Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they intended to eliminate gender-affirming health care for trans youth, hiding Project 2025’s Christian Nationalist agenda behind bad science. Their proposed rules would block Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-affirming care for transgender youth; and punish hospitals and providers that offer this care by threatening their ability to participate in Medicare and Medicaid altogether.

Like bullies everywhere, they’ve picked the smallest and most vulnerable target to pick on first. But these kids are symbolically important to Christian Nationalists, as they challenge the narrow set of conservative values they intend to force on all of us:

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Call your legislators – NO ILLEGAL WAR FOR OIL!

Please watch this important video by historian Heather Cox Richardson before you immerse yourself in the MAGA cesspool of misinformation!

(https://www.youtube.com/live/7JXQhff9aGc?si=SvdZBbsAei5oqCpO)

(reason) “The real question isn’t whether this action was legal; it is what to do about its illegality. Ignoring the law and the people’s will in this fashion is a high crime,” writes Conor Friedersdorf in The Atlantic. “Any Congress inclined to impeach and remove Trump from office over Venezuela would be within their rights.

Action – Call and email all your federal legislators!

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“Beloved Community!” Show up on Jan. 19th to your local MLK Jr. Day observance event!

Yeah, go do a “Day of Service” project…
But FIRST, show up in the morning to pay your respects with the community who’ve been dealing with the Trumps of this world for generations!

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeCzzRY_RI8)

Ventura County will be celebrating its 40th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observance on Monday, January 19th.

8:00 am – Freedom March starting from Oxnard Plaza Park
9:00 to 11:00 am – Observance Program am at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center (OPAC)

Note to organizers: If you are arranging a “Day of Service” event on that Monday instead of the weekend before, please time it for AFTER this local observance! Encourage your people to take part in what MLK Jr. called the “Beloved Community.”

Mobilize link here: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/878233/
$10 admission to the Observance Program includes great refreshments and vendor exhibits. Tickets may be purchased from MLK Committee members, at the door, or online at www.mlkventuracounty.com.

The Freedom March

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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?

(UPDATED 12/20) No terrorist group has ever caused as many deaths in the U.S. as our morally bankrupt GOP legislators are set to do – every year.

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(https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSawq_YkqAU/)

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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!