EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for March 27, 2017

Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for March 27, 2017! Escondido Indivisible is a grassroots group dedicated to affecting changes in our local community. Our website is at EscondidoIndivisible.com, and our sister group is at Escondido Indivisible on Facebook.  Send us links and comments at EscondidoIndivisible50@gmail.com and @EscInd50 on Twitter.  If you were forwarded this letter, you can subscribe here, and check the archive here.

• Join us for a mini-Twitter & Facebook 101 training with the Escondido Chamber of Citizen on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 @ 6:30 PM at 649 West Mission Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025. Note that the time has been moved from 7:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Sorry for the inconveniences! The training is aimed for those who are unfamiliar with the services and those who are familiar but hesitant about using new technology.
  
  If you haven’t already, please RSVP so we have a headcount. The tentative agenda is: 1) Welcome, 2) Purpose and Goals, 3) Local Activist Organizations, 4) Introductions, 5) Brief Overview of Mission, 6) Media Training: Twitter & Facebook and 7) Announcements
• Join us on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 @ 6:30 PM for our Escondido Indivisible group meeting. Please RSVP to be notified of the location.
• Note that we’re cancelling our meetup at the San Diego's Easter Eggstravaganza on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Planning is underway for another protest rally against Rep. Hunter on Saturday, most likely the same time and place.  More info is forthcoming!
   

• March 28, 2017, 6:30 PM: Mini-Twitter & Facebook 101 training at 649 West Mission Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025.
   

• April 8, 2017, 10:30 AM: Escondido Democrats Club at Joslyn Senior Center, 210 E Park Ave, Escondido, CA 92025.
• April 18, 2017, 6:30 PM: Escondido Indivisible group meeting. Please RSVP to be notified of the location.
   

• Read-up on Per House members, phone calls on the GOP health bill run 50-to-1 against, Left out of AHCA fight, Democrats let their grass roots lead — and win and How the Health Care Vote Fell Apart, Step by Step.
• Contact Governor Brown, Senator Anderson and Assemblymember Waldron and ask them to support SB-54 (California Values Act). SB-54 passed the Appropriations Committee and is set for a third reading in the CA Senate today. See California Values Act (SB 54).
• Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to vote against S.J.Res.34 (& H.J.Res.86) which allows your internet provider to sell your browsing data. The resolution was passed in the Senate, and it is scheduled for a hearing in the House Rules Committee today. See Senate votes to let ISPs sell your Web browsing history to advertisers.
   

• Attend the Mini-Twitter & Facebook 101 training at 649 West Mission Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025 at 6:30 PM.
• 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 today. 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 Rep. Hunter and ask him to co-sponsor H.Res.186 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to provide the President’s the tax returns. Markup for H.Res. 186 by the Ways and Means committee is set for today. Talking points: Accountability and transparency are high priorities for Rep. Hunter given his promise to cooperate with the Department of Justice’s investigation, and he should demand the same of the president. See House Resolution 186: Demand President Trump's Tax Returns.
   

• Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and let them know that you stand behind their decision to oppose Neil Gorsuch for SCOTUS. See #SupremelyExtreme: Filibuster Gorsuch and Behind Neil Gorsuch’s Non-Answers.
• Contact Rep. Hunter and ask when is his next town hall. Script: “Hi, I’m a constituents from [City, Zip Code], and I heard on the news that Rep. Hunter is under criminal investigation for campaign funds misuse. When is he planning to hold his next town hall that he promised his constituents? I’m concerned about the news, and Rep. Hunter needs to address the issue to his constituents in an in-person town hall.” See On-going: Rep. Duncan Hunter’s Campaign Funds Misuse.
   

• Contact members of congress and demand a complete and independent investigation of Trump-Russia ties. See Updated Trump Russia election timeline FBI and Rep. Devin Nunes's latest stunt could make Trump's Russia problem worse.
• Contact the Escondido Union School District and ask them to join in an amicus brief in County of Santa Clara v. Trump challenge against the President Trump’s “Sanctuary Jurisdictions” Executive Order like the San Diego Unified School District did. See 'Sanctuary Schools' Pledged by San Diego-Area Educational Leaders and 34 cities and counties urge a federal judge to block Trump's 'sanctuary cities' executive order.
   

• Contact members of congress and explain your concerns about the conflict of interests in the White House. Ask them how they plan to address these conflict of interests. See A White House Without Rules and We Need to Talk About Ivanka Trump’s White House Office.
• Contact Governor Brown and state your support of California Air Resources Board’s decision to to “move forward with greenhouse gas reductions and zero emission programs through 2025”. See Climate change: California opposes Trump, reaffirms regulations on tailpipe emissions.
   

• Read-up on Timothy Caughman’s murder was a lynching in Trump’s America and Fatal stabbing in New York was ‘practice’ for more attacks on black men, police say.
• Read-up on Week 19 in Things Subtly Changing with a Trump administration and The Life Cycle Of A Donald Trump Lie.