EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for September 23, 2019
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for September 22, 2019! Please take our Escondido Indivisible 2019/2020 Member Survey. Thank you for your time and feedback!
Climate Change
- Read-up on San Diego County Students, Teachers Join In Global Climate Strike, Young People Lead Millions To Protest Global Inaction On Climate Change and Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns.
- Contact Rep. Hunter, Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and reiterate your support of the Green New Deal, H.Res.109 and S.Res.59. Note: Senator Harris is a co-sponsor of S.Res.59. See Tell your Democratic Member of Congress to support the Green New Deal and Support Green New Deal.
Trump Impeachment
- Listen to The Report, Episode Eight: The End of the Beginning.
- Read-up to Whistleblower complaint about President Trump: what we know, Report: Trump pressured Ukrainian president 8 times to investigate Biden’s son and Corey Lewandowski’s chaotic congressional testimony, explained.
- Contact Rep. Hunter, Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and ask them to support H.Res.257 to begin investigating whether Trump should be impeached. See Demand the House Open an Impeachment Inquiry, Demand your member of Congress support Rep. Tlaib's Impeachment Resolution and Impeach Trump Now.
- In related news: read-up on Brett Kavanaugh: the new allegation and its impact, explained.
Border Wall
- Read-up on Funding Trump's border wall means cancelling these construction projects, putting military personal at risk, Interior Department transferring federal land to Army for border wall construction, Army Will Build New Border Wall In Otay Mountain Wilderness and Border fence construction could destroy archaeological sites, National Park Service finds.
- Contact Rep. Hunter, Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and express concerns about the funding sources for the border wall, citing reported critical military project cancelations, federal land transfers and environmental harms. See also Defund Hate Toolkit: Calls & Email scripts.
- In related news: read-up on Border Patrol agents, rather than asylum officers, interviewing families for ‘credible fear’ and Trump Wants Increase In Court And Appeal Fees For Immigrants [from $110 to $1000+].
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