Mon – 11/12: Keep your damn pants on, Mr. President. The election’s not over ’til it’s over.

For a little perspective, votes were still being counted A MONTH after Trump’s election to office in 2016. It was during this time that Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead grew to 2.8 million nationwide, which rankled Trump so badly that he created, in connection with Kris Kobach and V.P. Pence, the money-wasting, gaslighting Election Integrity Commission to chase down the illegal voters of their darkest dreams. 19 actual fraudulent votes were eventually found by the DOJ. Over the entire country. 

This all aside, we still have work to do.

Action #1 – Volunteer to make this Senate seat blue.

Mike Espy is running against Senator Cindy (“If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row”) Hyde-Smith, an appointee who replaced GOP Senator Thad Cochran earlier this year and who has voted with Trump 100% of her short time in the Senate. In 1986, Espy became the first African-American from Mississippi elected to Congress since Reconstruction. In 1993, he became Secretary of Agriculture in the Clinton Administration. Continue reading “Mon – 11/12: Keep your damn pants on, Mr. President. The election’s not over ’til it’s over.”

Fri 11/9: Vigil for the Victims of the Thousand Oaks shooting – Ventura

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Please meet in front of the Ventura County Government Center with your protest signs, fire-safe candles and best behavior tonight, Friday, Nov. 9 at 4:45 PM.

Facebook link here.

Thurs – 11/8: The wicked don’t rest, and neither shall we. Your action plan for Thursday and Friday.

Photo: People learning to dance at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks. People from three counties come to take a variety of dance classes here every week. Last night, during Wednesday’s “College Country Night”, 12 people were shot to death in this place of laughter, fun, and long-term friendships. Please see the notice for our Ventura vigil tomorrow (Friday) below and actions in T.O. today – procession, vigil and blood drive.

  • Borderline shooting information page  WWW.VCEMERGENCY.COM. Hotline (805) 465-6650. CHECK FOR ROAD CLOSURES!
  • Family Reunification Center: 1375 E. Janss Rd. in Thousand Oaks.  

Action #1 – Thursday, 11/8 – Flash Mob Protest to protect Mueller investigation.

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The Nobody Is Above the Law network demands that Whitaker immediately commit not to assume supervision of the investigation. Our hundreds of response events are being launched to demonstrate the public demand for action to correct this injustice. If you are in Ventura, go here. (Facebook link)

Please meet in front of the Ventura County Government Center with your protest signs and best behavior today, Thursday, Nov. 8 at 5 -7 PM.

Our NRA-loving president crossed a red line today when he forced Sessions out and put a crony in charge of the Mueller investigation.

If you are elsewhere, go here to check for your closest rally. Over 400,000 people are getting ready to join in.

Action #2 – Thursday 11/8 – Procession at 10 am. for Sgt. Ron Helus, T.O. vigil information and more…

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Continue reading “Thurs – 11/8: The wicked don’t rest, and neither shall we. Your action plan for Thursday and Friday.”

Wed – 11/7: Well, that didn’t take long… get ready to rally tomorrow AND call your legislators!

Hmmm…a lame-duck government until Jan. 3, leaving our country without meaningful congressional oversight for the next 60 days and loud rumors from various sources that Donald Trump Jr. will be indicted before the end of the year by the Mueller investigation…

What could go wrong?

Action #1 – Call your legislators and demand that Matthew Whitaker recuse himself from the Mueller investigation.

Continue reading “Wed – 11/7: Well, that didn’t take long… get ready to rally tomorrow AND call your legislators!”

Mon – 11/5: Don’t be left behind. Check your Voting Plan today!

Action #1. How do I choose what and who to vote for?

Click here for our VOTING GUIDE. It will show you what organizations like the Sierra Club, labor groups, Democrats, progressive physicians and others believe to be the best choices for our future.

This is not a test and you can leave items blank. Just do your best.

Vote for the future. Yours, and the world your children and grandchildren will inherit.

Action #2 – Check that you’re actually registered.

A lot of people aren’t sure. No problem. If you’re a resident of Ventura County, check here. If you live elsewhere, go here.

If you ARE REGISTERED – YAY! Go on to step #3.
If you aren’t…don’t panic. Your voice is important. Go to step #10

Action #3 – Confirm your polling place.

Continue reading “Mon – 11/5: Don’t be left behind. Check your Voting Plan today!”

Tonight – Candlelight Vigil for Victims of Hate.

This has been a hellish week in America…

A white supremacist Trump fan sent bombs to Democratic political leaders, donors, and CNN; black people were murdered at a grocery store after the domestic terrorist was locked out of the predominantly black church he was targeting; and a rabid anti-semite, inflamed with conspiracy theories, attacked a synagogue, killing 11 in the deadliest targeting of the Jewish community in American history. The administration is preparing to erase the existence of transgender people and troops are gathering at our borders to stop people who are coming to plead for their lives. And now, our president appears ready to create a class of stateless citizens, an act similar to one that preceded the worst atrocities of the Holocaust.

Martin Luther King said that “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Continue reading “Tonight – Candlelight Vigil for Victims of Hate.”

Fri – 11/2: What you can do about hate – today and tomorrow.

Members and supporters of the Jewish community come together for a candlelight vigil, in remembrance of those who died earlier in the day during a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, in front of the White House in Washington, DC on October 27, 2018.

Action #1: Go to this tonight.

Details here.

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Fri – 11/2: What you can do this weekend.

Why we need EVERYONE to canvass…

  • No, not just extroverts who love knocking on doors and talking to people.
  • No, not just expert canvassers. 
  • No, not just political wonks who know the argument for everything.

Everyone!

Continue reading “Fri – 11/2: What you can do this weekend.”

Fri – 11/2: Things you can do from home.

Ben and Jerry’s “Pecan Resist”  supports four organizations that are working on the front lines of the peaceful resistance: Color of Change, Women’s March, Neta, and Honor the Earth. Check out their new campaign  here.

Action #1 – Additional phone bank opportunities.

North Carolina needs phone bankers and you can do it from your home. All the materials you need are right here to make the phone calls that can make a difference in these critical races to break the Supermajority in North Carolina. Click on this link, and get instructions on how to use the Virtual Phone bank link, along with information on the candidates and an access code to get started.

More phone bank opportunities here.

Action #2 – Help Florida!

756,000 Democrats received Vote By Mail ballots and it’s now time to call or text to remind them to get those ballots turned in asap. Sign up to text: here or to sign up to make phone calls, email rita@arccd.com for instructions.

Action #3 – Nov. 6th Youth Walkout – Spread the news.

Continue reading “Fri – 11/2: Things you can do from home.”

Wed 10/31: Contribute to these funds.

(Note: A scholarship fund is in the process of being set up in honor of Maurice Stallard, 69, one of the two victims of a racist domestic terrorist in Louisville, KY on Oct. 24th. More information when it comes in…)

Action #1- Be a part of this.

WATCH: Leader of Islamic Center of Pittsburgh announces Muslim community has raised more than $70,000 for synagogue attack victims and their families. Continue reading “Wed 10/31: Contribute to these funds.”