The Austin Sanctuary Network Needs Your Help Memorial Day Today we honor the men and women who died while serving in the United States military. As the Trump administration yet again rattles its sabers in the Middle East, it’s worth reading the responses from military veterans to this tweet from the official U.S. Army account. …
Category Archives: Weekly Newsletter
The Rights of Women and Girls; Zombie SB 9; End the “Dead Suspects” loophole | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action The Rights of Women and Girls While the Texas legislature is no friend to comprehensive health care, this past week the state of Alabama’s new, near total ban on abortion dominated headlines. The law is so extreme that it would force a 12-year-old rape survivor to carry a pregnancy to term—and this in …
Last chance to stop SB 9; Demand that Barr be held in contempt of Congress | Take Action Newsletter
2020 Central Texas Election Resources Happy (belated) Mother’s Day! ❤️ Every day thousands of mothers languish in jail simply because they cannot afford bail. Make a donation today to the National Bail Out Collective, the force behind the #FreeBlackMamas Mother’s Day bail-outs. Throughout the year, the collective also provides fellowship and employment opportunities for those …
Support the #txlege children’s health coverage bill; Guess who’s not running against Cornyn; Run Wendy Run | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Help Children’s Health bill HB342 get a vote in the Texas House! Texas has the nation’s highest uninsured rate for kids and it is getting worse. When kids get enrolled in Medicaid, they would get six uninterrupted months of coverage at a time. The current process gives children month to month coverage for …
Last chance to #PurgeWhitley; Say YES to Civics Education; Cornyn vs. Twitter comedians; Defend Paid Sick Leave | Take Action Newsletter
Early Voting runs through Tuesday in Williamson, Bexar, and parts of Travis County. Election Day is on May 4. Take Action Say no to David Whitley for Texas Secretary of State We won! Civil rights groups—and you—successfully pressured state elections officials into rescinding the attempted purge of almost 100,000 voters. Now it’s time to double …
Impeachment must be on the table; Stop SB9; A new candidate in TX31 | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action The Mueller Report confirms what we already knew: Trump is unfit for office. On August 7, 1974, Sen. Barry Goldwater, along with Sen. Hugh Scott and Rep. Scott Rhodes—all Republicans—told Nixon the game was over. The House was set to impeach, and Nixon’s support in the Senate had completely collapsed. Nixon resigned the …
Stand with Rep. Ilhan Omar; Oppose SB9; Vote for Texas Children’s Health | Your Indivisible Austin Weekly Newsletter
RSVP for the Indivisible #TXLEGE Summit Take Action Stand with Rep. Ilhan Omar In a clear incitement of racist violence, the president tweeted a video that intercuts four words spoken by Rep. Ilhan Omar with graphic footage from 9/11. Our representatives—and presidential candidates—should all condemn the president’s latest Islamophobic demagoguery. Democratic representatives need to make …
Stop SB15; Cheers and boos on #VAWA19 reauthorization; 2020 Congressional Candidates! | Indivisible Austin Weekly Newsletter
Take Action Stop SB15 and related bills in the TXLEGE Image: CPPP SB15—which would not only revoke local control in Texas cities but do so in a way that allows business to discriminate—has now been broken into several bills. From League of Women Voters of Texas: Senate Bill 15, a proposal banning local communities from …
Trump’s latest move to gut the ACA; Release the full Mueller report; Oppose SB9 | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Watch: Indivisible Austin Board President Lisa Goodgame on Trump’s latest move to gut the ACA Get ready for action: Release the full Mueller report Waiting for Mueller is not a substitute for organizing, advocating, and voting—but Attorney General William Barr’s four-page summary of Mueller’s 300-page report is an insult. It’s gaslighting of the …
Congress must act to #ReleaseTheFullReport; Medicaid expansion vote this Wednesday in the #TXLEGE; Oppose SB9; John Carter Town Hall | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Congress must act to #ReleaseTheFullReport Attorney General William Barr released his summary of the Mueller report. Celeste Pewter has this short list of things to do next: Continuing to push for Congress to get the full report Continuing to push for the public to receive a declassified version of the report Supporting the …