RSVP: Final night of the Mueller Report LIVE featuring voice actor Shannon McCormick and other guests! Take Action This is not normal. It’s time to end gun violence in America. Our hearts are broken for the victims and survivors of mass shootings in El Paso, Dayton, and everywhere. Our hearts are broken for the 36,000 …
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Donate to Annunciation House; Demand impeachment; Keep writing to Cornyn about Trump’s racism | Take Action Newsletter
RSVP for the next LIVE reading of the Mueller Report—featuring Julie Oliver Take Action Make a donation to Annunciation House It seems like there has been only bad news on immigration recently, and it’s hard to know how to help. Children are still being detained, and dying in captivity. The Supreme Court ruled that Trump …
John Cornyn doesn’t care that Trump is a racist | Take Action Newsletter
We’re lining up an all star cast for LIVE readings of the Mueller Report. RSVP now! Take Action Let’s send 1,000 letters to John Cornyn condemning Trump’s racism Last weekend, Trump tweeted that four members of congress—all women of color—should “go back” to their countries of origin. (Never mind that three of them were born …
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Demand an impeachment inquiry; Trump’s overt racism; Lights for Liberty; MapTheVote training | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Demand an impeachment inquiry now. Trump’s election in 2016 was the Molotov cocktail that ignited the Indivisible movement, including Indivisible Austin. Broadly speaking, our primary means of resisting Trump is congressional advocacy. For a lot of us, this strategy provides a coping mechanism: We can actually do something—that is proven to work. We …
5 things you can do to support an accurate census; Register voters in your district | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Tell your reps that Trump is not above the law: He must accept the Supreme Court’s ruling on the census question When the Supreme Court ruled that the 2020 census must not include a question about citizenship status, most thought the battle was won. It should not surprise anyone that the President feels …
Liberty & Justice for Migrant Families; Honor E. Jean Carroll; In Memoriam: Marguerite Ponder | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Honor E. Jean Carroll and other survivors of sexual violence Writer E. Jean Carroll is the latest to accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault. This allegation would end any other presidency. And it should end this one, but likely won’t. The injustice of a serial sex criminal continuing to occupy in the Oval …
Stop playing games with kids’ lives | Take Action Newsletter
Join us for six nights of live readings of the Mueller Report. Begins Friday, June 28. Details below. Take Action Tell your reps: Stop playing games with kids’ lives (Much credit to Celeste Pewter) Trump is treating his border crisis like a game: He announced sweeping ICE raids in 10 cities, and then hours later …
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Tell your Rep to Defund ICE and CPB; Fire John Cornyn; Mueller Report Read LIVE in Austin! | Take Action Newsletter
Join us for six nights of live readings of the Mueller Report. Details below. Take Action Tell your Rep to Defund ICE and CPB Last week, the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill to fund agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The bill has some strengths—like taking back …
Fight for expanded healthcare access in Texas | Take Action newsletter
Take Action Join the Healthcare Activist Leadership Network to build power for 2020 Are you mad that the lege did nothing significant about healthcare this session? Indivisible Austin has endorsed a new campaign to fight for expanded healthcare access in Texas. This statewide coalition of advocates is looking for individual healthcare champions to build a …
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Tell Cruz and Cornyn: Pass the background check bill; It’s time to impeach; TXLEGE Sine Die | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Tell the do-nothing Senate: Pass the background check bill The House of Representatives has sent over 100 bills to the Senate only to see them languish because Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is not allowing votes. One such bill is H.R. 8, which passed the House with bipartisan support, and would close the gun-show …