January 19, 2025

EscInd: Action Plan for January 20, 2025

Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s action plan for the week of January 20, 2025! Pick an action or two and commit yourself to doing them. As President Obama said in his farewell speech: Believe in your ability to bring change. Show up, dive in, stay at it.

Events

• Monday, January 20, 2025, 9:00 AM: The Way We Get Through This is Together: A Livestream Celebrating Community hosted by Rebecca Solnit (YouTube Livestream).

Actions

Trump Administration

• Read-up on Indivisible's Nix the Noms: It’s time to nix Trump’s most dangerous nominees.

• Read-up on The Pressure Campaign to Get Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, Trump's defense secretary pick, grilled at contentious Senate hearing and Pete Hegseth’s Secret History: A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job.

• Contact Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff and ask them to oppose Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense. See Oppose Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense and Call Your Senators and Tell Them to Oppose Pete Hegseth's Nomination to the Department of Defense.

Healthcare

• Read-up on Supreme Court to review Obamacare’s no-cost coverage of cancer screenings, heart statins and HIV drugs, A record 24 million people now get Obamacare health plans. Will it last under Trump? and How Trump Could Weaken the Affordable Care Act.

• Read-up on RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout and The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.

• Contact Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff and ask them to oppose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services. See Oppose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services and Call Your Senators and Tell Them to Oppose RFK Jr.'s Confirmation to Lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Immigration

• Read-up on Kern County immigration sweep sets off fears of more CA raids and Measuring the potential impact of mass deportations in San Diego.

• Read-up on Kristi Noem, Trump's homeland security pick, faces scrutiny on immigration plans and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem faces Senate Homeland Security panel.

• Contact Senator Padilla and Senator Schiff and ask them to oppose Kristi Noem for Secretary of Homeland Security. See Oppose Trump's Unfit Cabinet Nominees (Bondi, Noem, Ratcliffe, Duffy, Wright, Vought and Zeldin).

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