[mpen-dayton] FW: "Trumpcare is not dead yet" & "Repeal Health Law or Lose Your Seats" & "How South Korea Innovated the Social Movement" and more

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• FW: Trumpcare is not dead yet
• FW: NYT Today's Headline: Trump Warns House Republicans: Repeal Health Law or Lose Your Seats
• FW: No ACA repeal vote today (Thursday)!
• FW: The Trump Voters Who Don't Deserve Democrats' Sympathy
• FW: How South Korea Innovated the Social Movement
• FW: It's time to shut this administration down
• FW: Action Alert: Call your member of Congress at 202-224-3121
• FW: Coincidence? Not likely....
• FW: Tell Congress: Keep my boss away from my DNA!
• FW: Job-Stealing Robots? Millennials see hope -- and fear in automation

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From: Alex Lawson; Executive Director, Social Security Works
Subject: Trumpcare is not dead yet

The House of Representatives' planned vote to institute Trumpcare has been postponed. This disaster of a bill would destroy Medicaid, raid Medicare of over $117 billion, and raise health insurance premiums for older, poorer, and sicker Americans by as much as 750%. It would leave 24 million Americans uninsured, and drastically weaken coverage for millions more by eliminating essential benefits. All of this to to give a massive tax handout to billionaires, health insurance CEOs, and big pharma.

Your Representative needs to hear from you, right now. Our allies at the Alliance for Retired Americans set up a toll free number that will connect you directly to your Congressional Representative. Call 1-866-828-4162 now!

Unbelievably, the current incarnation of the bill can't pass the House because it is not cruel enough to the American people. In the coming days and weeks, we can expect the bill to be rewritten to gut our country's health care system even more to provide even larger tax handouts for the wealthy.

Now is not the time to become complacent that this horrific plan will fail – the fight is only beginning. We will continue working with our allies and grassroots activists around the country to defeat Trumpcare and work towards a future where every American has a right to quality health care coverage.

Call your Representative right now, toll free, thanks to our allies at the Alliance for Retired Americans. Tell them to reject Trumpcare. Call 1-866-828-4162 now!

Thank you for standing with us.

P.S. This fight is just beginning, and we are in it for the long haul. Can you donate $3 to help us have the resources to keep defending Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security?

Paid for and Authorized by Social Security Works

 

 

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Subject: Today's Headlines: Trump Warns House Republicans: Repeal Health Law or Lose Your Seats

Trump Warns House Republicans: Repeal Health Law or Lose Your Seats

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEAR

The president threatened wavering lawmakers with political payback as Republican officials conceded that they still lacked the votes to pass their bill.

 

 

From: Doctors for America HQ
Subject: No ACA repeal vote today!

Your calls worked!

House Republicans were unable to get enough support to vote on the ACA repeal bill today. This is a victory for us, but we can't let up the pressure. A vote on the bill is still possible in the days ahead.

Congressional Republicans remain committed to making sweeping changes to health care. Changes that will have devastating consequences for patients and the doctors who care for them.

We need you to stand with us to keep fighting. We must continue to make it clear to Congress that doctors and medical students oppose efforts to repeal the ACA, dismantle Medicaid and other attempts to undermine patient care.

Can we count on you to join us at our National Leadership Conference on May 6-7th? Register now to attend.

Let's ensure physician advocates are prepared to fight for our patients at this critical time.

 

 

From: Thomas Scott
Subject: Franz Fanon; No Sympathy; The New GOP

The Trump Voters Who Don't Deserve Democrats' Sympathy
By Frank Rich

If some people want to vote against their own self-interest, maybe the party should let them.

 

 

From: Jim Vance
Subject: How South Korea Innovated the Social Movement | Fast Forward | OZY

Hi Munsup, This item might interest you.   Best, Jim
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Millions of women march in the nationʼs capital. Thousands gather in cities around the country for spontaneous protests. An aroused citizenry floods its legislators with emails and increases donations to the political party in opposition.
Continue reading through the link:
http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/how-south-korea-innovated-the-social-movement/76133?utm_source=aah1&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pp&utm_content=inf_10_92_2&tse_id=INF_d57ee2b00e4e11e79b1a07d5f3e08d7d

 

 

From: Arisha, Rashad, Brandi, Anika, Jade, Evan, Bernard, Corina, the rest of the Color Of Change team
Subject: It's time to shut this administration down

This administration is compromised. After months of allegations and revelations, FBI Director James Comey announced this week that Trump and his Klan's ties with Russia and Russia's interference in the presidential election are finally being investigated.

Meanwhile down the street in Washington, the confirmation hearing is under way for the person who plans to push forward Trump's agenda for the next 30 plus years.

This is no longer business as usual. We cannot allow Congress to sit down and move forward with Neil Gorsuch's nomination while the last illusions of the legitimacy of this presidency come crashing down. It's time for Senate Democrats to take a stand and put a hiring freeze on Trump's appointments until the full truth of this investigation is revealed.

Will you join us in telling Congress it's time to shut down?

 

It's time to the pull the emergency brake now before Trump totals our democracy. TAKE ACTION

The original email is below
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From the moment that he was elected, Donald Trump carefully selected and ushered through chief strategists, advisors, and department heads that would deliver on his dangerous and divisive campaign promises. In just 12 days, we have seen this regime deliver on those promises and destroy access to reproductive rights,¹ detain and deport hundreds of people,² and decimate healthcare.³

It won't stop there. Trump has continued to build his regime by just announcing Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court justice nominee. Trump's promise to appoint a judge in the image of Antonin Scalia means our freedom to vote, reproductive rights, and so much more will be threatened if Judge Gorsuch is confirmed. Enough is enough. We will not sit back and watch as the rights we have fought for are swept away. Starting today, we are demanding Congressional Democrats lead a hiring freeze on Donald Trump's nominees.

Tell Democrats to stand up and block Trump's appointees.

For the past eight years, we watched as the Republican party banded together and opposed President Obama at every turn. Their collective defiance led to defaulting on the national debt and blocking appointees to various bureaus.⁴ They even went so far as to stand up and read Green Eggs and Ham to delay the passage of the Affordable Healthcare Act.⁵ In fact, Antonin Scalia's former seat on the Supreme Court remains empty because the Republicans remained strong and withheld their consent.⁶

We now are living in an unprecedented era where the reigning president has no mandate to rule and has nominated astonishingly unqualified and morally corrupt individuals to govern. It's time for Senate Democrats to borrow this playbook and hold the line on not confirming Trump's appointees. We've already seen the effectiveness of this collective power. Today, Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee boycotted the confirmation hearings for Steven Mnuchin and Tom Price and successfully blocked the vote from happening⁷ while Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee also came together and used procedural tactics to stall the confirmation of known racist Jeff Sessions.⁸ When Democrats put their foot down, we are able to delay and derail Trump's agenda.

Tell Congressional Democrats it's time for a hiring freeze on Trump's nominees.

This Supreme Court justice nomination is particularly important to block. In this role Judge Gorsuch would reign indefinitely and make decisions whose effects would echo for a lifetime. As a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Judge Gorsuch's record is frightening. During a time where police violence runs rampant, Judge Gorsuch ruled to protect a police officer who murdered a young man with a stun gun as he ran away from the officers.⁹ We cannot allow a man who refuses to hold police officers accountable to ascend to the halls of the Supreme Court.

Tell Democrats to join us and put a hiring freeze on Trump's SCOTUS appointee.

The Trump administration has made a clear statement about his new world order. Until last Sunday, the "Our Government" section on the White House website listed "The Judicial Branch" alongside the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch.¹⁰ The Judicial Branch was deleted from the site. We cannot allow Trump to delete the very checks and balances that exist to create justice and protect our rights.

The Supreme Court has afforded us the right to marry who we love, go to the schools of our choice, be appointed a lawyer, and has safeguarded the right to protest. We've watched as our most basic rights have quickly been placed in jeopardy by Trump's cabinet. And we've taken to the streets¹¹ and airports¹² armed with these rights to let our voices be heard. Without a Supreme Court justice on our side, the rights that we now enjoy can quickly be rolled away and replaced with discrimination. We cannot allow Trump to insert another one of his cronies into our government and usurp the power of the judiciary.

Tell Democrats it's time to the pull the emergency brake before Trump totals our democracy.

References:

1. "Trump's global gag rule hurts the world's most vulnerable women." The Hill, 31 January 2017. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/7387?t=9&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr
2. "Of Course It's a Muslim Ban." Slate, 31 January 2017. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/7388?t=11&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr
3. "Repealing the Affordable Care Act will kill more than 43,000 people annually." The Washington Post, 23 January 2017. https://coc.actionkit.com/go/7389?t=13&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr
4. "How Republicans turned the unprecedented into the new normal," Daily Kos, 21 February 2017.  http://act.colorofchange.org/go/7390?t=15&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr  
5. "Ted Cruz Reads 'Green Eggs and Ham' on Senate Floor — And That's Not the Weird Part." Swampland, 25 September 2013. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/7391?t=17&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr
6. "McConnell: Blocking Supreme Court Nomination 'About A Principle, Not A Person'." NPR, 13 March 2016. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/6263?t=19&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr
7. "Democrats boycott confirmation hearings for Price and Mnuchin, blocking votes." The Washington Post, 31 January 2017. https://coc.actionkit.com/go/7392?t=21&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr
8. "Dems delay Sessions vote." The Hill, 31 January 2017. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/7393?t=23&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr
9. "A LOOK AT NEIL GORSUCH, POSSIBLE TRUMP SCOTUS NOMINEE." 21 January 2017. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/7394?t=25&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr
10. "Judicial branch explainer missing from WH website." The Hill, 29 January 2017. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/7395?t=27&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr
11. "Women's March Highlights as Huge Crowds Protest Trump: 'We're Not Going Away'." 21 January 2017.  https://coc.actionkit.com/go/7396?t=29&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr 
12. "Thousands of people are protesting Trump's immigration order at airports across America." Vox, 28 January 2017. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/7397?t=31&akid=7143.239715.wGJorr

Color Of Change is building a movement to elevate the voices of Black folks and our allies, and win real social and political change. Help keep our movement strong.

 

 

From: R. Scott Poppen MD MPA, Doctors for America
Subject: Action Alert: Call your member of Congress

Tomorrow, on the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the House of Representatives will vote on an ACA repeal bill that would take away healthcare from 24 millions patients, make disastrous cuts to Medicaid and strip away consumer protections.

Now is the time to urge your member of Congress to oppose this bill, which hurts patients. Members of the House are divided about the bill and that gives us an opening. We must make certain Congress hears from doctors and medical students right now about our opposition to this bad bill.

Action Alert: Call your member of Congress at 202-224-3121.
Urge them to VOTE NO on the ACA repeal bill.

This is the time to stand up and speak out for the progress we have made together over the last seven years in getting America covered. We must not go backward.

 

 

From: Eric Kramer
Subject: Coincidence? Not likely....

In case you missed it, this was pretty impressive.  No histrionics.  No grandstanding.  Rep Schiff merely laid out the facts, all of which are a matter of public record, in a clear and concise timeline, and it was a thing of beauty  to behold....  - 😉 E

https://thinkprogress.org/this-congressmans-short-speech-crisply-lays-out-the-evidence-of-collusion-between-trump-and-russia-d166801a11fa#.p32frz601

 

 

From: Andrew Tierman
Subject: Tell Congress: Keep my boss away from my DNA!

There's a new bill in Congress that would let employers force their workers into DNA testing, and fine them if they refuse.
Will you join me in telling Congress to vote NO on this outrageous bill?

SIGN HERE: http://act.demandprogress.org/act/tell-congress-keep-my-boss-out-my-dna?sp_ref=286073193.325.179621.e.570994.2&sp-source=sp-email

 

 

From: LinkedIn
Subject: Job-Stealing Robots? Millennials see hope -- and fear in automation
   

Job-Stealing Robots? Millennials see hope -- and fear in automation
Cathy Engelbert, CEO at Deloitte

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