EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for February 5, 2018
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for Feb. 05, 2018! It’s okay if you can’t do everything on the plan. Pick 1 action every day or 3-5 actions for the week and commit yourself to doing them. Whatever your commitment, as President Obama said in his farewell speech: Believe in your ability to bring change. Show up, dive in, stay at it.
Events | SDC Events Calendar
- Saturday, February 10, 2018, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM: Escondido Democratic Club’s General Membership Meeting at the Park Avenue Community Center (formerly Joslyn Senior Center), Auditorium Room, 210 E. Park Avenue, Ste. A, Escondido CA 92025.
Future Events
- Saturday, February 17, 2018, 9:30 AM–1:00 PM: Super Saturday Monthly Canvass, a joint effort between the Escondido Democratic Club and Escondido Indivisible. Sign up at Super Saturday Monthly Canvass. ***Date Change***
- Thursday February 22, 2018, 5:00 PM–6:30 PM: 2018 Democrats Gubernatorial Debate at Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, 404 Euclid Ave, San Diego, CA 92114.
- Friday-Sunday, February 23-25, 2018: California Democrats State Convention at San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101.
Monday
- Read-up on The Weekly List: Week 64.
- Read-up on Escondido's November elections look to be competitive, Rep. Duncan Hunter spent more than three times as much on legal defense as he raised last quarter & Duncan Hunter's quarterly campaign donations were lowest ever for him.
- Write a letter to the editor about local election races in Escondido or in District 50.
Tuesday
- Share Call to Action if Trump fires Mueller Rally.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to co-sponsor H.R.3654 (Special Counsel Independence Protection Act) which allows a special counsel only to be removed after judicial review or H.R.4669 (Special Counsel Integrity Act) which allows a special counsel to be removed only by a Senate-confirmed Attorney General, but also allow the removed special counsel to file for a judicial within 14 days of their removal. See Protect Mueller and the Russia Investigation.
- Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to co-sponsor S.1735 (Special Counsel Independence Protection Act) which allows a special counsel only to be removed after judicial review or S.1741 (Special Counsel Integrity Act) which allows a special counsel to be removed only by a Senate-confirmed Attorney General, but also allow the removed special counsel to file for a judicial within 14 days of their removal.
Wednesday
- Read-up on FEMA To End Food And Water Aid For Puerto Rico, In Reversal, FEMA Says It Won't End Puerto Rico Food And Water Distribution Wednesday & Four months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico struggles with lack of electricity, food and water.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and let him know that you’re concerned about FEMA's ending shipment of new food and water supplies to Puerto Rico when a third of Puerto Rican customers still lack electricity.
- Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and let them know that you’re concerned about FEMA's ending shipment of new food and water supplies to Puerto Rico when a third of Puerto Rican customers still lack electricity.
Thursday
- Read-up on The Trump administration’s weird explanation for withholding Russia sanctions, The Kremlin Report: How Not to Design Russia Sanctions and The Other Russia Scandal This Week.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to push for the implementation of H.R.3364, which sanctions Russian government for interfering in 2016 election and which President Trump declined to implement this past week. See Demand Trump Implement Russia Sanctions.
- Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to push for the implementation of H.R.3364, which sanctions Russian government for interfering 2016 election and which President Trump declined to implement this past week. See Demand Trump Implement Russia Sanctions.
Friday
- Read-up on ICE is out of control.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and let him know that you support a path for citizenship for Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients. Ask him to work on a bipartisan, clean DREAM Act to product Dreamers & TPS recipients.
- Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and reiterate your support for a path for citizenship for Dreamers & Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients. Express concerns about the White House’s demands for a $25 billion border wall & a 50% cut to legal immigration. See The Trump Shutdown: What Was at Stake for Dreamers, TPS Holders and Our Country, Demand Congress Pass the DREAM Act and Protect TPS Recipients.
Saturday & Sunday
- Read-up on What Happened to All the Jobs Trump Promised? and How the Swamp Drained Trump.
- Read-up on White Supremacists Are Targeting College Students 'Like Never Before'.
- Read-up on Report: Examining Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections.
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