EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for August 19, 2019
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for August 19, 2019! 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.
- Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 6:00 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. **Agenda includes Escondido Creek Trail Improvements (item #10)**
- Saturday, August 24, 2019, 10:00 AM–11:30 AM: In-District Meeting - Chat with Consuelo Martinez, Deputy Mayor at Starbucks, 121 W Lincoln Ave, Escondido, CA 9202.
- Saturday, August 24, 2019, 10:00 AM–1:00 PM: Walk for Progress: Escondido Canvass at Grape Day Park, Sherman Pl and Broadway N, Escondido, CA 92025.
Hunter Campaign Fund Misuse Trial
- Read-up on Duncan Hunter's trial pushed back, pending appeal of ruling and Former Top Prosecutors Weigh In On Hunter Corruption Case.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and ask for his resignation for his indictment of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, wire fraud, falsification of records and prohibited use of (~$250,000) campaign contributions.
Trump Impeachment
- Listen to The Report, Episode Five: Russian Overtures.
- Read-up on 'No Blame?' ABC News finds 36 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults and Jeffrey Epstein and 22 other Trump-fueled conspiracy theories.
- Contact Rep. Hunter, Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and ask them to support H.Res.257 to begin investigating whether Trump should be impeached. See Demand the House Open an Impeachment Inquiry, Demand your member of Congress support Rep. Tlaib's Impeachment Resolution and The Mueller Report Is an Impeachment Referral.
Immigration
- Read-up on Documents Allege Serious Medical Neglect Inside Otay Mesa Detention Center.
- Contact Rep. Hunter, Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and express concerns about continuing reports of inhumane treatment and separation of asylum-seeking families. Express your support for H.R.1069 (which prohibits unlicensed temporary emergency shelters for unaccompanied migrant children), S.388 (which improves resettlement process for unaccompanied migrant children), S.2135 (which ensures that children in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody have timely access to appropriate medical screening and care as well as proper nutrition, hygiene and sanitation) and the end of mass detention of immigrants. See Defund Hate and Demand Congress Act to End Abuses of Detained Immigrants.
- In related news: Trump’s “public charge” immigration rule change, explained by an expert, America’s Exclusionary Past and Present and the Judgment of History and North County Immigration Task Force's Post about new Public Charge Rule.
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