A recent note from Rep. Pramila Jayapal boasts that she “co-sponsored H.R.676, the Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act, which would provide all residents of United States and U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary … Continue reading
Extending our Influence
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Those of us who live in beautiful blue bubbles have a challenge: our elected officials mostly vote as we want them to. So we call their offices and leave messages asking them to do what they plan to do anyway. … Continue reading
Tracking the Resistance, Finding Events
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So far, I’ve attended the Womxn’s March Seattle that wonderful day after the inauguration; I’ve gone (with my husband – a rare event) to Westlake Park the weekend the Muslim Ban disrupted the world of travel; and I’ve made several, … Continue reading
OFA Gets a Local Voice
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A member of my retirement community held a meeting today to organize a local group for Organizing for Action. I’ve been on an OFA email list for years, but this is the first time I’ve been to a meeting to talk about Doing Something.
After the meeting, I went to the OFA website (http://www.ofa.us, not .org – the .org will take you to an animal welfare group). There I found elements of an action network, so I will check it more often. I learned that someone nearby is organizing for an event on April 1 to support Obamacare. That’s definitely a march that I would attend, pussyhat and all.
If you want to browse their website, I’ve put ilnks to it above and in the right hand column. Consider signing up and choosing issues that you care most about. Ideally we’ll get email notices to prompt us to write letters or attend a march in support of that issue.
I’d love to know how you connect to the Resistance. Twitter? Facebook? Blogs? Email? Good old-fashioned phone tree?
Quick! Vote for One…
Oh, Canada! Oh, Sigh!
Take a few minutes and compare Trump and Trudeau.
While I know that Canadians actually criticize Trudeau over a variety of policies, I can’t believe there’s a single voter north of our border who’d swap leaders. They’re both building pipelines, so no advantage there. Maybe there’s some other issue where there’s no advantage. And it was encouraging to see Trump reading from a paper – maybe he can read after all. But really, truly, there’s just no comparison.
Meanwhile, I’ve added a few links to the resistance. Check them out.
Sauk City Blog 