As we were finishing this week’s actions, news broke of another horrifying mass murder, this time about 80 miles away in Sutherland Springs, TX. Many of us have family in the area. While we wait for details to emerge, our statement on last month’s slaying in Las Vegas, and statements on Sutherland Springs from Rep. Lloyd …
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What We’re Reading This Week: First Charges Filed in Mueller Investigation (CNN) Early voting goes through November 3: Here’s a guide to the Texas Constitutional Amendments (TXLEGE Indivisible) Rep. Bill Flores’s Campaign Just Endorsed State-Sanctioned Execution of Political Opponents (Indivisible Austin) Burning Down the House: Joe Straus and the End of the Moderate Texas Republican …
Quick Links: Keep Calling: CHIP is Still not Funded Keep Calling: For a clean DREAM Act Read: How your voices made a difference last week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4cy0Zg5E3w&feature=youtu.be Calls to Make This Week Texans Have a Moral Obligation to Help Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands The outpouring of support for Texans affected by Hurricane Harvey …
Quick links: Last chance to buy tickets for Understanding Autocracy: An Evening with Sarah Kendzior Read how your actions made a difference this week Keep Calling: CHIP is Still not Funded Tell John Cornyn to Withdraw Support for Judicial Nominee Jeff Mateer The House is in recess this week. Calls to make and Austin-area events …
Tickets on Sale Now for “Understanding Autocracy: An Evening with Sarah Kendzior” NY Times: How to Help Puerto Rico and Other Islands After Hurricane Maria Read how your voices made a difference last week We were beyond saddened last week when a Las Vegas man fired on concertgoers through his hotel window, killing 58 and injuring …
Tickets on Sale Now for “Understanding Autocracy: An Evening with Sarah Kendzior” Read how your voices made a difference last week UPDATE: Read our statement on the Las Vegas shooting. Sabotage In a week when Trump issued a revised Muslim Ban, went on several racist tweetstorms about the Mayor of hurricane-ravaged San Juan, and fired …
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 …
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 …
This week, as hurricanes and wildfires devastate much of the country, the Trump administration will continue to act on the executive order to rescind DACA from 800,000 immigrants–including 138,440 DACA recipients in Texas. Each year Texas DACA recipients contribute $313,095,000 in State and local taxes. Now it’s up to your representatives in Congress to stand up …
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Defend DACA Jeff Sessions is making a statement on Tuesday at 10 a.m. in which he is expected to announce the Trump administration’s plan to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA grants protections to immigrants brought to this country as children. DACA recipients work, pay taxes, and have no criminal records. There …