Shady Dealings at the VA The Department of Veterans Affairs, the 2nd largest U.S. government agency, is being unofficially run by three of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago cronies, men who lack government experience and who are not accountable to anyone. Action: Contact the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and ask them to conduct an investigation into the inappropriate influence exerted over the VA by Trump-minions Ike Perlmutter, Bruce Moskowitz, and Marc Sherman. House Committee on Veterans Affairs: (202) 225-3527
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Melt ICE You’ve probably heard about ICE’s arrest of a man driving his wife to the hospital for a C-section, which had been scheduled because she suffers from pre-eclampsia. San Bernardino ICE agents stopped the car, hauled the father off, and left his wife to drive herself to the hospital. ICE (dubiously) claims that Mr. Arrona-Vara is wanted on murder charges in Mexico, which is a very feeble excuse for abandoning a woman with a life-threatening condition. Action: 1. Contact the Los Angeles ICE field office, which is responsible for the San Bernardino area, and complain about their agents’ rotten behavior. Apparently the agents said they were “only doing their job,” which is the worst possible justification for committing evil. 2. Contact the Governor of California, Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown, Jr. and ask him to stop ICE’s Gestapo-like tactics in his state. Kavanaugh Time to speak up again against the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States. Action: Contact your senators and call on them to oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. www.senate.gov http://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php Downloadable Guns There has been a recent legal battle about the permissibility of publishing software for the creation of downloadable guns, and there is a real danger that such plans may become widely available. The State Department is planning a special exemption to allow publication of the blueprints, with no possibility of conducting criminal background checks for those who make use of the plans and no way to trace any of the guns made. http://www.snopes.com/news/2018/07/26/3d-printed-guns-legal/ Action: Send an email to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo via Everytown for Gun Safety’s site: http://act.everytown.org/sign/stop-downloadable-guns/?source=etno_ETHomepage&utm_source=et_n_&utm_medium=_o&utm_campaign=ETHomepage&refcode=ETHomepage&_ga=2.55694763.1853308145.1534382353-473712690.1534382353 or contact the State Department directly via this form: http://register.state.gov/contactus/contactusform, asking them to block publication of these dangerous and deadly blueprints. Endangered Species Act The Endangered Species Act is under threat. Our country is wealthier than ever, and yet wealthy business interests are whining that they can’t become even wealthier because of some of the Act’s provisions. The Deputy Secretary of the Interior, a Trump minion and in the pocket of his former employers who are pushing for a weakening of the rules, is a major threat to the Act. Action: 1. Contact your Member of Congress and demand that the Endangered Species Act continue in full force. 2. The Department of Interior’s proposals for changing the rules are open for public comment until September 23. Leave your comments here: http://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=FWS-HQ-ES-2018-0006-0001 Domestic Violence/Child Abuse It’s a little-known fact that when perpetrators of domestic violence seek full custody and/or unsupervised visitation with their children, they succeed in the great majority of cases. Sadly, judges are not trained in domestic violence and do not usually make the safety, health, and welfare of children their first priority. The recent death of Kayden Mancuso is a sad example. The judge allowed her father - a man with a history of criminal violence - unsupervised contact with Kayden, and she was murdered. Congress and several States have introduced the Safe Child Act which mandates that legal professionals, including judges, receive proper training in domestic violence, and that the health and welfare of children be given priority over parental access. Action: 1. Read this informative article which describes the current situation in the courts and what the Safe Child Act would do to remedy the situation. 2. Sign the Change.org petition demanding the removal of Judge Trauger, who sent Kayden to her death. 3. Contact your state rep and ask them to prioritize passage of the Safe Child Act in your state. 5. Contact your MoC and ask them to make it a priority to pass H.Con.Res 72, a federal version of the Safe Child Act. Billionaire Robber Barons The number of billionaires worldwide has grown and continues to grow, while the gap between rich and poor increases. The money personally possessed by the world’s richest 500 people could end extreme poverty across the globe seven times over. http://time.com/money/5112462/billionaires-made-so-much-money-last-year-they-could-end-extreme-poverty-seven-times/ The charity organization Oxfam has called for governments to intervene by raising taxes, mandating a living wage for all workers, and limiting shareholder returns and executive compensation. Action: Contact your representatives and ask them to implement policies which will decrease the wealth gap and which will prevent individuals from amassing vast fortunes off the labor and efforts of their exploited workforce. www.house.gov www.senate.gov http://faxzero.com/fax_congress.php http://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php |
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