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Write Your Reps! Dear John Cornyn: Your failure to act on the climate crisis is a dereliction of duty

"One theory of government is that it only reacts to a crisis; trouble comes when we cannot even agree on what a crisis is." —Molly Ivins, on the danger of climate change denialism, in 1995. It's taken a generation for leaders in Congress to begin taking seriously the threat of climate catastrophe, and now it may …

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Statement on Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Public Charge Rule

The board of Indivisible Austin joins with those fighting for the rights of immigrants in condemning the administration’s decision to make it harder for immigrants to become citizens. The final version of the public charge rule, which will go into effect in 60 days, was announced on the heels of the horrific act of domestic …

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The majority of Americans favor tighter regulation of weapons | How your voices are making a difference

The Web company used by 8Chan, the hate site where recent El Paso shooter posted his white supremacist hate messages against immigrants before driving nine hours to the border town, announced it will no longer provide services to the racist site, effectively shutting down the 8Chan page. A Nebraska Republican lawmaker called out the GOP—and Donald directly—for …

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Learn to bear with fortitude | How your voices are making a difference

John Ratcliffe, Donald’s nominee for head of intelligence despite his having little experience and having embellished his credentials, lying about his accomplishments, is out. New York state prosecutors are continuing their investigation into Donald’s payment of hush money during his campaign to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, subpoenaing related documents from the Trump Organization. Speaking of Stormy …

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Write Your Reps! Tell Your Senators We Need Stronger Gun Laws Now

“We stuck together like neighbors are supposed to do.” | How your voices are making a difference

No doubt you’ve read plenty about Mueller’s testimony before Congress this past week, so we won’t rehash it here—but watch Donny deny things Mueller clearly said in this video comparison. Major automakers bypassed the White House’s resistance to upholding higher standards for gas mileage in vehicles by secretly negotiating a climate deal with California to limit vehicle emissions. …

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