EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for March 6, 2017
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for March 6, 2017! Escondido Indivisible is a grassroots group of neighbors, friends, and residents dedicated to affecting changes in our local community. FYI, our sister group has a public Facebook at Escondido Indivisible if you want to join in the conversations.
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. 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 | Indivisible | San Diego County Progressive Events
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March 7, 2017, 10:00 AM: Rep. Hunter Constituents Rally for #ResistTrumpTuesdays:
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Join Indivisible NC @ 1611 N. Magnolia Ave., Ste 310, El Cajon, CA 92020
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Join Indivisible Fallbrook @ 41000 Main St., Temecula, CA 92590
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March 8, 2017: A Day Without Women.
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March 9, 2017, 6:00 PM: State Senator Joel Anderson's Escondido Community Coffee @ Veterans of Foreign Wars, John R. Simpson Post 1513, 230 E. Park Ave, Escondido, CA 92025
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March 10, 2017: Rise with Standing Rock and Native Nations March
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March 11, 2017, 10:00 to 11:30 AM: Representative Duncan Hunter’s Town Hall @ Ramona Mainstage, 626 Main St., Ramona, CA 92065 (first-come, first serve)
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March 11, 2017, 10:00 AM: Escondido Democratic Club’s General Meeting @ Escondido Chamber of Commerce, 720 N Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
Future Events
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March 14, 2017, 6:00 PM: North County Immigration Taskforce’s General Meeting @ 370 Mulberry Ave, Suite E, San Marcos, CA 92069
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March 15, 2015: The Ides of Trump
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March 28, 2017, 6:00 PM: North County Immigration Taskforce’s General Meeting @ 370 Mulberry Ave, Suite E, San Marcos, CA 92069
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April 15, 2017, 10:00 AM: Trump’s Tax Day @ 1200 Third Ave, San Diego, California 92101
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Earth Day, April 22, 2017: March of Scientists in Washington
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April 29, 2017: People's Climate March
Action Plan
Indivisible Action Calendar | the 50th | Daily Action | 5 Calls | The 65 | Damsels In Defiance | It’s Time To Fight | re:act | Resistance Database | Resistance Manual | Rogan's List: Today's "To-do" List | Weekly action checklist for Democrats, Independents, and Republicans of conscience | WTF Happened Today
Monday
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to demand AG Sessions to resign and for a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate Trump-Russia ties. Rep. Hunter doesn’t believe AG Sessions should recuse himself from the Trump-Russia investigation. See Call for the Resignation of Attorney General Sessions and a Full Investigation Into Trump Administration Ties to Russia, What to Do With Jeff Sessions and How the Justice Department Could Investigate Jeff Sessions.
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Contact Senator Harris and thank her for demanding AG Sessions resign. Ask her to continue putting pressure on AG Sessions to resign and for a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate the Trump administration’s ties to Russia.
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Contact Senator Feinstein and thank her for demanding (1) AG Sessions recuse himself from the Trump-Russia investigation, (2) AG Sessions provide testimony re: lying during his confirmation hearing, and (3) DOJ inspector general investigate into AG Sessions’ involvement with Russian officials. (AG Sessions has recused himself, and Chairman Grassley refused to recall AG Sessions for a testimony.) Ask her to demand AG Sessions to resign and for a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate Trump-Russia ties.
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Contact members of congress and ask them to demand a Congressional Budget Office review of any ACA repeal plan. An ACA replacement plan draft, being worked on by the House Energy and Commerce & House Ways and Means Committees, is being deliberately hidden, and its authors plan to push ahead for a vote without a CBO score. See Demand Congressional Budget Office Review of Any ACA Repeal Plan and We won’t know what’s in the Republican health-care repeal plan until they pass it.
Tuesday
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Attend Constituents Rally for #ResistTrumpTuesdays at Duncan Hunter's Office at 10:00 AM:
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Join Indivisible NC @ 1611 N. Magnolia Ave., Ste 310, El Cajon, CA 92020
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Join Indivisible Fallbrook @ 41000 Main St., Temecula, CA 92590
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Contact elected officials at all level (see Feinstein & Harris below) to speak out against DHS enforcement policies expanding the arrest, detention, and deportation of undocumented migrants. Ask them how they plan to protect innocent families being torn apart in their represented district, to meet the needs of innocent children left behind as a result of their guardian’s deportation, and to prevent inhumane and unconstitutional treatments of undocumented migrants. See Exclusive: Trump admin. plans expanded immigrant detention and previous Impact of New Executive Orders and DHS Memos on Enforcement in California, ICE Raids/New DHS Deportation standards and Deportation splits up Escondido family.
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Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris, and thank them for (1) speaking out against previous DHS enforcement policies & for (2) co-sponsoring S.128 to continue protecting DREAMers. Ask them how they plan to continue fighting for the rights of undocumented migrants and DREAMers. See Senator Harris Statement on President Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan and Feinstein Statement on Immigration Executive Order Implementation.
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Follow-up with members of congress and ask them to save the ACA from repeal or the dismantling of. See Without Obamacare Or A Replacement, 370,000 In San Diego County Could Lose Insurance, True Costs of Repeal: Republican Plans to Repeal the Affordable Care Act Will Harm Every Congressional District and Study: ACA enrollees’ costs would spike under Republican plans.
Wednesday
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Participate in A Day Without Women: (1) take the day off, from paid and unpaid labor, (2) avoid shopping for one day (with exceptions for small, women- and minority-owned businesses), and/or (3) wear RED in solidarity with A Day Without A Woman.
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Contact Assemblymember Waldron and Senator Anderson and ask them how they plan to protect the California Clean Air Act from being revoked by executive orders or federal legislation. Ask Senator Anderson to vote in favor of SB-49, SB-50 and SB-51 to preserve California’s environmental protections (SB-49 is set for a March 14, 2017 hearing). See EPA to reconsider vehicle fuel standards, may move against California targets.
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Contact members of congress and ask them to demand an investigation into the Yemen raid that resulted in the death of William "Ryan" Owens and up to ~30 Yemeni civilians. See A raid in remote Yemen and a SEAL’s death still reverberate for Trump.
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Follow-up with members of congress and ask them to save the ACA from repeal or the dismantling of.
Thursday
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Read-up on Trump Human Rights Tracker.
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Attend State Senator Joel Anderson's Escondido Community Coffee at 6:00 PM @ Veterans of Foreign Wars, John R. Simpson Post 1513, 230 E. Park Ave, Escondido, CA 92025.
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Follow-up with Senator Anderson and ask him to vote in favor of SB-54 (California Values Act) which limits local resources to federal immigrant enforcement unless there is a judicial warrant. The bill is set for March 13, 2017 hearing, and Senator Anderson has been using SB-54 to appear in local TV and radio news programs. Ask him how he plan to protect innocent families being torn apart in his district, and how to meet the needs of innocent children left behind as a result of their guardian’s deportation.
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to co-sponsor H.R. 496 to continue protecting DREAMers. See Protect America's Dreamers with The Bridge Act.
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Follow-up with members of congress and ask them to save the ACA from repeal or the dismantling of.
Friday
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Follow-up on members of congress and ask them to demand a full investigation on Trump-Russia ties. See Trump's Untruths About Russia Are Piling Up, Trump and Russia: What we know -- and what we don't and The web of relationships between Team Trump and Russia.
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Follow-up on members of congress and ask them to demand President Trump’s tax returns. See Demanding Trump’s Tax Returns and Two Republicans sign on to effort demanding Trump’s tax returns.
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Follow-up on the White House and ask when the President will release his tax returns.
Saturday
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Read-up on Guest Commentary: Constituents will choose location of congressman’s town hall meeting (on Rep. Hunter’s upcoming town hall).
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Attend Representative Duncan Hunter’s Town Hall at 10:00 AM @ Ramona Mainstage, 626 Main St., Ramona, CA 92065.
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Attend Escondido Democratic Club’s General Meeting at 10:00 AM @ Escondido Chamber of Commerce, 720 N Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
Sunday
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Write a letter or postcard to an elected official or multiple elected officials about health care, immigrations and/or Trump administration's ethics and/or ties to Russia.
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