EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for March 20, 2017

• March 21, 2017, 10:00 AM: Rep. Hunter Protest Rally for #ResistTrumpTuesdays:  

• Join Indivisible NCSD @ 1611 N. Magnolia Ave., Ste 310, El Cajon, CA 92020
• Join Indivisible Fallbrook @ 41000 Main St., Temecula, CA 92590

• March 24, 2017, 5:30 – 9:00 PM: Protest #TrumpCare at Rep. Issa’s Meet the Leaders with Vista Chamber of Commerce at Shadowridge Golf Club, 1980 Gateway Drive, Vista, CA 92081.
• March 25, 2017, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Healthcare Town Hall with Assemblymember Todd Gloria, State Senator Dr. Ed Hernandez, O.D. (Chairman of the Senate Health Committee), State Senator Toni G. Atkins, and Congresswoman Susan Davis at UCSD Price Center, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, California 92093.
• March 25, 2017, 1:30 PM: ACLU’s People Power Action Meeting at Escondido, CA. Agenda: Freedom Cities. Please RSVP at People Power.
• March 26, 2017, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: TWW NC’s "Meet the Candidate Series" with Col. Doug Applegate for CA-D49 @ Harding Community Center, 3096 Harding St., Carlsbad CA, Carlsbad, CA 92008.  Please RSVP at Eventbrite.
   

• April 1, 2017: EscInd Group Activity: Save the day for San Diego's Easter Eggstravaganza at Felicita Park.

Mindful that we want to have fun and grow our bonds of community, members of Escondido Indivisible and their families are invited to get together on April 1 at Felicita Park for the County’s EGGstravaganza.  This event will be a nice time in a beautiful Escondido Park.  There will be an egg hunt and LOTS of activities for little ones but us big kids can hang out, schmooze and maybe play some horseshoes!

Save the date.  More info later!

We are also looking into other Happy Huddles including: Trivia Contest at Orfila Winery, hike in the San Pasqual valley, and a trip to a local restaurant.  If YOU have an idea for a Happy Huddle, let the planning team know!

• Read-up on This is what it’s like answering all those phone calls to Congress, What the latest research says about contacting Congress and Report - Citizen-Centric Advocacy: The Untapped Power of Constituent Engagement.
• Follow-up with Senator Anderson and explain why you’re in favor of SB-54 (California Values Act), which limits local resources to federal immigrant enforcement unless there is a judicial warrant. After his town hall and op-ed, he will not vote in favor of SB-54, but we still want to let him know how ICE deportations have negatively impacted us and our community. See Fear of Felons or Fear of Change?, 5 Reasons to Support the ‘California Values Act’ (SB 54), California must pass the California Values Act now and State-by-State Estimates of the Family Members of Unauthorized Immigrants.
• Contact Senator Feinstein and explain why you’re opposed to Neil Gorsuch for SCOTUS. Gorsuch’s nomination hearing is scheduled starting today. As ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Feinstein will preside over the hearing, and she has already noted that the documents that Gorsuch have provided are incomplete. See #SupremelyExtreme: Filibuster Gorsuch, This is what Neil Gorsuch was like in college and Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings must focus on his views on religious freedom.
• Contact members of congress and ask them to oppose the American Health Care Act (AHCA). See Oppose the American Health Care Act (the Proposed ACA Replacement), CBO Cost Estimate of the AHCA and Key Points from CBO Analysis of AHCA.
   

• Attend Protest Rally for #ResistTrumpTuesdays at Duncan Hunter's Office at 10:00 AM:
  • Join Indivisible NCSD @ 1611 N. Magnolia Ave., Ste 310, El Cajon, CA 92020
  • Join Indivisible Fallbrook @ 41000 Main St., Temecula, CA 92590
• Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to apologize to President Obama for publicly accusing Obama, without evidence, of wiretapping President Trump. Ask him to demand President Trump and Press Secretary Spicer apologize to the UK government and President Obama for accusing them of spying on Trump Tower. See Duncan Duane Hunter town hall (annotated), Duncan Hunter Town Hall: Sedition, Witch Hunt & Wiretaps, Intelligence chairman: Justice report shows no evidence for Trump’s claims of wiretapping during campaign and A timeline of President Trump's unsubstantiated wiretapping claims - ABC News.
• Contact members of congress and ask them to demand Sebastian Gorka resign over ties with a neo-Nazi organization. See Top Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka Denied A Report That He Belongs To A Nazi-Allied Group and CAIR Calls on President Trump to Fire Adviser Sebastian Gorka Over Links to ‘Nazi-Allied’ Group.
• Contact members of congress and ask them to oppose the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
   

• Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and ask them to oppose Alex Acosta for Secretary of Labor.  His nomination hearing is scheduled for today. See New Labor Nominee: Fair Leader or Self-Serving One?
• Contact members of congress and ask them to demand Chief of Staff Priebus because of his interference with the Trump-Russia investigation. See Priebus talk with FBI appears to break White House rules.
• Contact members of congress and ask them to oppose the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
• Contact the House Ethics Committee about their public meeting that was scheduled for today and ask what decision has they reached regarding the release of the  Office of Congressional Ethics report on Rep. Hunter. The Ethics Committee had previously extended the release of the OCE report until sometimes after the 115th Congress convenes. See Jig up for Duncan Hunter this week? [Address: 1015 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC  20515 | Phone: 202-225-7103 | Fax: 202-225-7392]
   

• Follow-up with Senator Anderson and explain why you’re in favor of SB-149 which requires presidential candidates to release their last 5 tax returns to be listed on CA election ballot. The Judiciary Committee, of which Senator Anderson is a member, scheduled a hearing for the bill on March 28, 2017. Talking points: During the campaign, President Trump promises to release his tax returns and he has yet to fulfill his promise. We, the public, deserve transparency and honesty from our president and future president candidates.
• Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and ask them to oppose Jay Clayton for Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. His nomination hearing is scheduled for today. See Oppose Jay Clayton for SEC Chair and Jay Clayton as SEC chair akin to a fox guarding a hen house.
• Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and ask them to oppose Sonny Perdue for Secretary of Agriculture. His hearing is scheduled for today. See Ethics Questions Dogged Agriculture Nominee as Georgia Governor.
• Contact members of congress and ask them to oppose the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
   

• Attend Protest #TrumpCare at Rep. Issa’s Meet the Leaders with Vista Chamber of Commerce at 5:30 PM.
• Contact members of congress and explain why you’re concerned about President Trump’s proposed budget cuts. See Trump budget cuts: U.S. federal funding 2018, Trump’s Budget Cuts Some Agencies to Their Lowest Levels in Decades and Trump’s budget makes perfect sense and will fix America, and I will tell you why.
• Contact members of congress to oppose the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
• Contact Secretary of State Tillerson and explain why you’re concerned about his lack of openness and transparency as a public official. See Rex Tillerson Defends Not Taking Reporters On Foreign Trip, Says He Doesn't 'Need' Them. [Address: U.S. Department of State, 2201 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20520 | Phone: 202-647-4000]
   

• Attend Healthcare Town Hall at UCSD Price Center at 9:30 AM.
• Attend ACLU’s People Power Action Meeting at Escondido at 1:30 AM.
• Read-up on Donald Trump: Breitbart Dominated the Media and Study: Breitbart-led right-wing media ecosystem altered broader media agenda.
• Read-up on The Mercers and Stephen Bannon: How a populist power base was funded and built and The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency.
• Contact your debit and credit card companies and ask them to cut hate organizations from their payment processing services. See Stop corporate funders of hate groups.
   

• Attend TWW NC’s "Meet the Candidate Series" at Harding Community Center at 12:30 PM.
• Read-up on How much is Donald Trump’s travel and protection costing, anyway?, Trump’s camp made three big promises to donate money to charity. What happened?
• Read-up on All of Donald Trump’s Ties to Russia and Putin, in 7 Charts and What to Ask About Russian Hacking.
• Write a thank you note to AG Becerra and thank him for joining as a plaintiff and in the amicus brief against the Muslim travel ban. See A timeline of Trump's immigration executive order.
• Write a thank you note to AG Bob Ferguson and AG Doug Chin for fighting against the Muslim travel ban, and to Judge Derrick Watson and Judge Theodore Chuang for their rulings.