EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for August 27, 2018
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for August 27, 2018! It’s less than 72 days until the Primary Election on November 6, 2018. Be sure to confirm that you’re registered to vote at sdvote.com. If you’re not registered to vote, you can register at registertovote.ca.gov. The deadline is October 22, 2018. If you would like to request a vote-by-mail ballot, you can mail a request application to the Registrar Of Voters.
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Future Events
- Saturday, September 8, 20188, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM: Rise for Climate March at Civic Center Plaza, City Hall, 202 C Street, San Diego, CA 92101.
Monday
- Read-up on Rep. Duncan Hunter and wife indicted on fraud and campaign finance charges and The Indictment of Duncan Hunter, Explained.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and ask for his resignation for being indicted of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, wire fraud, falsification of records and prohibited use of (~$250,000) campaign contributions.
Tuesday
- Read-up on San Diego County Legislator Accused Of Threatening To Assault Female Lobbyist, California legislator investigated over altercation with lobbyist and Lobbyist lodges complaint alleging that California lawmaker threatened to hit her.
- Contact State Senator Anderson and ask for his resignation for being credibly alleged of sexual harassment and threats of violence.
Wednesday
- Read-up on Cohen Implicates President Trump. What Do Prosecutors Do Now?, Everyone Who’s Been Charged as a Result of the Mueller Investigation and Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort among charged with felonies
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and ask them to block President Trump’s SCOTUS nomination, Justice Brett Kavanaugh. None of President Trump’s nominations should continue given that President Trump has been criminally implicated in a conspiracy and that a number of his former campaign & White House staff have been criminally charged with wrongdoings. See Why We Must Stop Kavanaugh From Becoming Trump’s Next Supreme Court Justice and Suspend Kavanaugh Hearings in Wake of Cohen Guilty Plea.
Thursday
- Read-up on Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data during Calif. Wildfire and Mendocino Firefighters' Internet Access Limited by Verizon 'Throttling'.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and ask her to support SB-822 which “prohibits internet service providers from blocking, throttling, and prioritizing paid tiers of traffic if they use state-provided funding or infrastructure, like utility poles”. See Net Neutrality – Yes on SB 822.
Friday
- Read-up on DNC calls FBI after appearing to thwart hack of its voter database, Russian hackers targeted U.S. Senate, think tanks: Microsoft and Facebook Identifies New Influence Operations Spanning Globe.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and ask them S.2593, the latest proposed legislation to secure our election and which “establish[es] an information sharing system between local election officials and federal security agencies so threats and attacks can be quickly shared throughout the country”. See Protect Our Elections from Foreign Interference.
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