Well, last night was a first for me. After being allowed to leave work a little early, I decided to meet some fellow Indivisible Group members at a town hall meeting in the city of Coppell, a suburb of Dallas, to hear and talk with some local representatives. The scheduled guests were State Representatives Matt …
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CALLS TO ACTION!!! - JAN. 27th, 2017 - TEMPLE PROTEST and PHONE CALLS TO CORNYN AND YOUR HOUSE MEMBER! REMINDER! Many Indivisible folks will be heading to Temple this afternoon to join the Bell County Democrats in a protest outside the Convention Center where Sen. Cornyn is the key speaker. There aren’t many opportunities for …
Dear John Cornyn, Your tweets continue to show that you prefer careful consideration to knee-jerk extremism. Thank you! First, you tweeted -- without comment -- a link to this Politico article about the Democrats' scorched-earth strategy. Both sides will interpret this as a dog whistle: Trump supporters will hear "look at those idiot Dems!" and progressives will …
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URGENT! TEXAS SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, JANUARY 31, 2017! UPDATE: We just received word that this hearing will recess sometime around 10:30 am, and will likely reconvene some time after NOON. Please plan your day accordingly if you plan to attend to give testimony. PLEASE RSVP and plan to join …
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Dear John Cornyn, We know you know that Trump is dangerous. According to the New York Times, you tried to prod Trump to change the subject after he used an unhinged anecdote about a golf buddy to justify his lies, and now a possible Executive Order, on voter fraud: "The anecdote, the aides said, was greeted with …
The Washington Post's 5-minute fix has a write-up of the difficult corner into which Trump's executive orders have backed your members of congress (MoCs). It includes questions that MoCs now have to try to answer or deflect: Do you agree that as many as 5 million people voted illegally in November? Do you support a proposal to revive secret …
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On last week's conference call and again tonight we briefly discussed the UNITE Organizing Guide, which was drafted by some great organizing groups, including Texas' own Pantsuit Republic. This is a deep and rich guide that covers a lot of ground, but there are some suggested practices near the beginning for managing your online communities, staffing …
Today 129 Texans went to visit Sen. Ted Cruz' Austin office to raise their voices about the president's corrupt and unqualified cabinet nominees. This is what happened. It was amazing! Thank you to everyone who came out, and to everyone who had to stay at home or at work, but made calls today instead. Thank …
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On Tuesday, January 24, local constituents will gather outside the office of Sen. Cruz at NOON for a peaceful rally to urge Congress to stop Donald Trump's cabinet of corruption. The rally is one of dozens planned nationwide by Indivisible and MoveOn.org to urge the Senate to delay Cabinet confirmations until Americans can learn more about each nominee, their …
Sunday, January 22 TONIGHT: Emergency call with Indivisible, MoveOn, and Working Families 7 Central Time Monday, January 23 Call your Senators! Senate will vote on the confirmation of Representative Mike Pompeo of Kansas to lead the Central Intelligence Agency (NYTimes) Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on Secretary of State nominee, Rex W. Tillerson (NYTimes) View …