You did it! You beat back ACA repeal—again. I’d love to say “once and for all,” but repeal seems to be the Thing That Won’t Die. But for the third decisive time, public outcry kept the GOP from stripping millions of their coverage and kept Obamacare in place. Next challenge: to get the Republican party to …
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We are excited to kick off our new speaker series, "Understanding Autocracy," with the writer Sarah Kendzior. Get tickets below or on Eventbrite. Kendzior has been eerily prescient about the Trump administration. Her essay "We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump," published on November 18, …
Tuesday, Sept. 26 is National Voter Registration Day. It's also important to note that Oct. 10 is the last day to get registered before November 2017 elections (which in Travis County will be mostly ballot issues). Here are a few voter-registration drives happening around town. You can find more on the official website. Travis County …
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Before we get started with upcoming actions, read how your voices made a difference last week. We are also excited to announce that we are hosting writer Sarah Kendzior in Austin on October 19. Get your tickets here. This week’s priorities are largely the same as last week’s--healthcare and DACA (with added scripts on North Korea and …
John McCain once again has the stones (and character) to defy his party to do what he feels is best for his constituents, announcing he “cannot in good conscience” vote for the half-baked Cassidy-Graham health care bill (zombie TrumpCare 3.0) that will jeopardize health care for the elderly, the ill, and women, and has been denounced by a …
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The Senate Finance Committee is accepting comments on Graham-Cassidy (aka Trumpcare aka Zombiecare) until 12 P.M. (CENTRAL) ON MONDAY, SEPT. 25. Here are instructions from our friends at Community Catalyst: Working against the September 30th deadline for the budget reconciliation instructions, Senate republicans are trying once again to ram a repeal bill through the Senate. …
We know you are tired of beating back health care repeal bills. We are, too. We’ve been doing this for months, and it doesn’t get any easier. The only saving grace is that the the Senate Republicans can only attempt to repeal the ACA through the gimmick called reconciliation until September 30. (And really, it’s …
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Introducing a new effort: Indivisible Technology Austin, the IT group that can help you #resist. If you hate the Trumpist agenda but love technology, we'd love to have your help. We'll have regular working meetings for whoever can join – the first will be on Thursday, Oct. 5. We also plan to have a Challenge …
We’re changing the formatting of our weekly actions. Let us know what you think! This is looking like quite a week. On top of the ongoing threats to DACA and DREAMers, ACA repeal — in the form of the Graham-Cassidy bill — once again threatens the lives of millions of Americans. Oh, and the president is …
After his categorical announcement terminating the DACA “dreamers” program that helps hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants on a path to education, jobs, and potentially citizenship, the ever-unpredictable Donald then did an about-face and he’ll be working with Democrats (his new BFFs “Chuck and Nancy”) to help pass legislation that protects them. Despite Paul Ryan’s bleated denials and …