Take Action Testify at Texas Senate Select Committee on Violence in Schools & School Security On Tuesday, June 12 at 9 a.m. the select committee hearing issues related to the governor’s school safety proposals — which largely ignore gun violence prevention measures — will hear public testimony on armed school safety proposals, including school marshals …
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How your voices are making a difference: “Commander of Cheese”
6/11 “Commander of Cheese” Let’s jump right in with… Republicans Against the Law A federal judge ruled that a lawsuit filed by the ACLU against the White House for its policy separating children from parents at the border will be allowed to proceed. “The government conduct at issue shocks the conscience and violates Plaintiffs’ constitutional right to …
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Take Action: Tell Congress: Condemn the Trump Administration’s separation of families
Take Action Tell Congress: Condemn the Trump Administration’s separation of families Fact: The Trump Administration’s new policy of systematically ripping children from the arms of migrant mothers and fathers at the U.S. border—as punishment for seeking asylum in the U.S—is a moral crisis. There are babies as young as 18 months old being taken away …
How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: “‘Make America Great Again’ shouldn’t mean ‘Make America 1929 Again'”
6/4 “‘Make America Great Again’ shouldn’t mean ‘Make America 1929 Again.’” The steel industry and steel workers union, the auto industry, U.S. allies, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and even Republicans decried the trade war Donald started with the EU, Mexico, and Canada, the effects of which will likely hit red states the hardest. As Republican senator Ben Sasse …
Q & A with Cat Yuracka of the Resistance Choir of South Central Texas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOzyCBLEJWE The Resistance Choir of South Central Texas was the brainchild of TX21 Indivisible activist Cat Yuracka, who in April 2017 pulled together like-minded, “more enthusiastic than talented” activists to partake in the joy of communal singing. Since then, the Choir has brought traditional and contemporary protest songs, songs of social justice and “revolutionary snark” …
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How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: “Our presidency has been debased”
5/28: “Our presidency has been debased.” That quote comes from a Republican senator, Jeff Flake—one of the handful of lawmakers freed of the need to pander to the base with announcement of his retirement, who is speaking out openly against Don John and his abuses of office. At an address to Harvard Law School, Flake called …
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Take Action: Tell your reps to stop separating families at the border
Take Action Tell your reps to stop separating families at the border Earlier this month, Jeff Sessions announced a new policy to separate migrant children of asylum seekers from their parents, using them as pawns to force their parents to make impossible choices. According to John Kelly, the children “…will be put into foster care …
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Take Action: Vote on Tuesday, May 22
Oh, Donald. The Senate voted to overturn the FCC’s attempt to repeal net neutrality rules Women won the living crap out of primary elections Nobody in the private sector wants to hire anyone who worked for Donald Read more ways your voices are making a difference >> Take Action Vote on Tuesday, May 22 Polls …
How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: 5/22: “We do not hide our feeling of repugnance towards him.”
No, that’s not “Things Americans say about Donald Trump” (or at least not just that). That’s from a statement Kim Jong Un issued referencing security adviser John Bolton, while making noises about backing out of Donald’s much-vaunted meeting with the mentally deranged dotard in chief. I know this is hard to believe, but the very stable genius …
My Sister Was Murdered With An Assault Weapon, and Better Gun Laws Might Have Stopped It From Happening
Note: This article, by Indivisible Austin Board President Lisa Goodgame, was originally posted on xojane.com in April 2013. “Her death created a rift in our family. We will always be the Goodgames before and the Goodgames after. Because she was so young, after is proving to be a very long time.” On the night of …