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- FW: EU Express: Standing with Las Vegas
- FW: We're taking on the NRA directly. Here's how
- FW: Emergency petition: Gun control now
- FW: things about automatic guns and today's gun culture
- FW: One Faculty, One Resistance
- FW: the moral unfitness and lack of human empathy of
- FW: UPDATE: Abortion ban PASSED
- FW: BREAKING: House PASSES abortion ban! Join me in fighting back now>>
- FW: Health, Law and Trumplandia; Faculty Hires; American University; NFL and #TakeAKnee
- FW: "Trump's Criticism of Anthem Protests Infuriates Military Veterans Who Fought 'Precisely' for that Right"
- FW: Tell the NFL: Support the players’ platform for racial equality
- FW: America, Honor Your Promise! Adoptees without citizenship need your help - call your Senators TODAY!
- FW: Press Statement: New Bill Invests in Health of Farmers and Communities &
- FW: Save the date, October 10th The Big Give
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From: European Union Delegation to the U.S.
Subject: EU Express: Standing with Las Vegas
We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of the victims killed in the Las Vegas shooting on Sunday... 
Standing with Las Vegas
We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of the victims killed in the Las Vegas shooting on Sunday. During this time of mourning we stand in solidarity with the American people, authorities, and medical professionals working diligently to attend to the hundreds of victims injured in the attack. We wish them a full and speedy recovery. On Monday, European Council President Donald Tusk said, "Every killing of innocent people is an attack on us all. Europe mourns victims in #LasVegas."
From: Maria, Seth, Hawley, Ann, and the rest of the team, MoveOn.org Political Action
Subject: We're taking on the NRA directly. Here's how.
In any other country, what happened in Las Vegas, NV, on Sunday and its aftermath would be unthinkable: a devastating gun massacre followed by zero legislative action. But here in the U.S., that's just how it is—because our politics are frozen by the perceived power of the NRA.
The key word: "perceived." Because Republican politicians see the NRA as ultra-powerful, they think that staying in power means always siding with the gun lobby—against public safety. So the only way to end this lethal political limbo is to show that the NRA is not a political blessing, but, in fact, a political curse.
We've got a massive opportunity to do this—to take on the NRA in its own backyard. On November 7, Virginia—the state where the NRA's headquarters are located—will elect a governor and state legislature. This is becoming, in part, a referendum on NRA's power and has the potential to transform the perception of the gun lobby's strength—especially important as we head into the 2018 elections.
MoveOn is ready to scale up our work in Virginia to the next level—if we have the resources. Can you chip in to help? Donate
The GOP candidate for governor of Virginia, Ed Gillespie, has an "A" from the NRA and says that it's "too soon" to discuss policy change after the Las Vegas shootings. By contrast, the Democratic candidate, Ralph Northam, has an "F" from the NRA and argues that "we do not need assault weapons on our streets."1
Gun safety will be a critical issue in the House of Delegate races, too. As The Washington Post reported, "[g]un violence roils Virginia election"—the NRA is already on its heels, delaying a huge planned ad campaign by a week.2
This is it. We've got just 33 days to puncture the myth of NRA invulnerability in Virginia. Can you help? Donate
With your support, here's what MoveOn will do:
- Mega-volunteer mobilization through our new custom-built, volunteer-driven text message mobilization tool. Not only can we get volunteers out in the streets, we can start testing tactics that will be central to our 2018 efforts.
- Viral gun-safety videos on social media. The video that we posted two nights ago—featuring a gun-owning MoveOn member urging gun safety laws—has already notched a million views. We'll pay to get those videos in front of every person who needs a reminder of what's at stake. We'll also use these videos to test their impact and fine-tune our micro-targeting.
- Media advocacy to make our message clear: In print and on TV, we'll make sure that the Virginia election serves, in part, as a referendum on the NRA's power.
If Democrats win big in Virginia, Republicans nationwide will see the wave building—accelerating a growing wave of GOP retirements and giving us our best shot at taking the House (and perhaps even the Senate) in 2018. We'll make progressive policies possible in Virginia and nationwide. And we'll show that an unapologetic anti-gun-violence position can help win elections.
Can you support this critical work? Donate
In the United States of America, power should flow from people voting at the ballot box, not a shadowy special interest group committed to undermining public safety. The horror in Las Vegas should not paralyze us, but propel us to action. Let's stand up to fight for a country in which no one has to live in fear and where our democracy is worthy of its people.
Sources:
- "Northam: 'We do not need assault weapons on our streets,'" The Washington Post, October 3, 2017
https://act.moveon.org/go/18201?t=5&akid=190866%2E1195276%2ENyGEWy - "Gun violence roils Virginia election — NRA puts ad on ice, gun control advocates cancel events," The Washington Post, October 2, 2017
https://act.moveon.org/go/18202?t=7&akid=190866%2E1195276%2ENyGEWy
Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back towards sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your support, now more than ever. Will you stand with us? Donate
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From: Murshed Zaheed; Political Director, CREDO Action from Working Assets
Subject: Emergency petition: Gun control now
Emergency petition: Thoughts and prayers are not enough. We need gun control now.
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From: Andrew Tierman
Subject: things about automatic guns and today's gun culture
some things about automatic guns and today's gun culture for us squishy non-gun-loving liberals to know....
https://www.thetrace.org/2015/11/ar-15-bump-fire-legal/
From: Rudy Fichtenbaum; President, AAUP
Subject: One Faculty, One Resistance
After last November’s election, we expressed our concern about unique threats posed by the new administration to core institutions of our democracy and to academic freedom. In the months since, we have seen these threats begin to unfold.
Faculty members are being targeted and harassed, the freedom to join together on the job is in jeopardy, and producers of independent thought and knowledge, including faculty, scientists, and journalists, are threatened. The academic year has begun with a spate of racist incidents on campus, another travel ban aimed primarily at Muslims, the decision to end the DACA program that grants residency to many of our students, and, just last Thursday, a decision by the Supreme Court to take up a case that could strip workers in unions of rights.
We believe that democracy thrives on dissent, critical inquiry, free speech, and free research. And that means that we must do more than witness these events; we must resist them.
That’s why we invite you to check out our One Faculty, One Resistance campaign.
The AAUP is the voice of the profession. As such, we've been speaking up for academic freedom for more than 100 years. And in these troubled times, we’re doing it with renewed urgency and vigor.
We’ve created a central space for our campaigns and materials related to these threats-- materials to help you fight against targeted harassment of faculty and for the right to teach and conduct research freely, and to resist political interference and litmus tests in higher education.
Take a look around and share news of the campaign! A powerful resistance requires collective action and voice. Click here to share.
From: Andrew Tierman
Subject: the moral unfitness and lack of human empathy of
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/1/1702877/-Recent-Released-Audio-Trump-Mocks-a-Dying-Man-Proving-He-s-A-Sociopath?detail=emaildkre
should be shared with those who may have voted...and still may support....
From: Nita, Shaunna, Kat, Karin, Adam, Holly, Kathy, Susan, Anathea, Audine, Shannon, Emma, Pilar,
Natalie, Melody, Pam, Lindsay, and Ryan, the UltraViolet Action team
Subject: UPDATE: Abortion ban PASSED
Yesterday, instead of working to help Puerto Rico or address the Las Vegas tragedy, the House of Representatives passed a 20-week abortion ban. We need to start our campaign NOW to stop the ban in the Senate. Will you chip in?
House of Representatives has scheduled a vote TODAY to ban abortion after 20 weeks nationwide.
That's right. Less than 48 hours after the tragic shooting in Las Vegas and with Puerto Rico still in ruins, this is what Trump and the anti-choice Republicans in Congress have been up to.
Worse yet, the bill is so extreme that abortion providers who help women in the most desperate health situations will face up to five years in prison.1 But with anti-choice Republicans in charge of both houses of Congress and Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court, this abortion ban could actually become law--unless we mobilize the kind of public outcry that stopped Trumpcare.
UltraViolet is launching an emergency push to stop this awful bill from getting to Trump's desk. Will you chip in $5?
Under the 20-week ban, women facing the most tragic and difficult circumstances threatening their health, future ability to have children, and other risks will suddenly be unable to access the care they need. Women often discover fatal fetal anomalies and other complications after 20 weeks. But instead of women making decisions about their own bodies, Trump will be deciding for them.
And you have to ask, with all the problems facing us from Puerto Rico to Las Vegas, why are Republicans pushing an abortion ban now? To appease their far right base, which is livid over their failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
To fight back, we need to organize a rapid response effort to flood Congress with phone calls and generate the kind of widespread media coverage that put so much pressure on Republicans to back away from Trumpcare.
But we don't have much time, and already three Democrats in the Senate have come out in favor of the ban. So we'll need to fight tooth and nail to keep the bill off the president's desk. Will you chip in $5? Yes, I'll chip in $5 to help stop the 20-week abortion ban.
Source:
1. Congress Will Vote On a 20-Week Abortion Ban, a Small Step Toward a Scary Political Goal for Anti-Choice Groups, Slate, September 28, 2017
Want to support our work? UltraViolet is funded by members like you, and our tiny staff ensures small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.
From: Kathleen Turner; PFAW Supporter and PFAW Foundation Board Member
Subject: BREAKING: House PASSES abortion ban! Join me in fighting back now>>
Republican leadership is once again trying to distract from their inability to govern by attacking who they see as an easy target: women.
House Republicans just passed a BAN on abortions after 20 weeks! The bill is an unconstitutional attack on women's health, reproductive freedom, and even our basic equality ... part of the Right's ongoing campaign grant “personhood” to fetuses at the expense of women's fundamental rights.
We don't have any time to waste and must move quickly to STOP this abortion ban in the Senate! Will you join me?
Please sign the petition demanding your senators stop the 20-week abortion ban>>
The anti-choice Right's disregard for women's lives is disturbing, and it's up to all of us to do everything we can to stop these ideologues' efforts to control women's bodies.
This bill -- championed by Arizona Representative Trent Franks and sponsored by a group of 170 representatives which includes only 12 women -- doesn't just ban abortion at 20 weeks. It also introduces criminal penalties for doctors who perform these abortions -- signaling to doctors that they could go to prison for doing their jobs.
Please join PFAW and me in standing up to the right-wing, mostly male politicians who don't understand the realities of women's lives and want to run roughshod over our fundamental rights.
Add your name. Demand that your senators vote against the 20-week abortion ban!
From: Thomas Scott
Subject: Health, Law and Trumplandia; Faculty Hires; American University; NFL and #TakeAKnee
Counties with poor health were more likely to vote Trump, study says
GOP Health Care Proposals: More Decisions, Less Money For States
Unhealthiest places in US made ‘dramatic’ switch to back Trump in 2016 election, study finds
Opinion | An Ivy League professor on why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color: ‘We don’t want them’
American University is responding to another racially charged incident
From Louis Armstrong to the N.F.L.: Ungrateful as the New Uppity
The #TakeAKnee protests have always been about race. Period.
From: Judy Burnette
Subject: "Trump's Criticism of Anthem Protests Infuriates Military Veterans Who Fought 'Precisely' for that Right" - Waking Times Media
http://wakingtimesmedia.com/trumps-criticism-anthem-protests-infuriates-military-veterans-fought-precisely-right/?utm_source=Waking+Times+Newsletter&utm_campaign=777b73e970-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_25f1e048c1-777b73e970-39413993
From: tbacane
Subject: FW: Tell the NFL: Support the players’ platform for racial equality
TRAITOR Trump is trying to play us again pretending he cares so much about the flag when all he cares about is himself and money. He apparently does not support the Constitution because that document provides "Freedom of Speech" which is what the NFL players are displaying. By the way who is this SOB to tell the NFL owners and players what the hell to do when he is not doing the job he and the Russians stole. WAKE UP AMERICA, we don't have a President!
-----Forwarded Message that is From: "Brandi Collins, Color Of Change"-----
Don’t let Roger Goodell and the NFL owners co-opt and whitewash this racial justice movement.
Tell the NFL: Support the players’ platform for racial equality and Unity Month
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The whitewashing and erasing of the national anthem movement began in earnest this week. While we saw many players take emotional stands for racial justice, many teams, owners, and media outlets began to erase Colin Kaepernick and racial justice from this protest movement in favor of vague statements about “unity.”
From Roger Goodell’s weak rebuke of Trump’s comments, to owners Jerry Jones, Dan Snyder, and Shahid Khan using the protests as a photo-op, to Sports Illustrated erasing Kaepernick by leaving him off their athlete activism cover, to teams like the Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints being pressured into standing for the anthem, it’s clear that those in charge want to avoid the much-needed conversation regarding police brutality and racial justice.1 2 3 4
With these efforts to erase the core message behind the anthem protests, and the ongoing blackballing of Kaepernick, it’s critical that we reaffirm what these protest are about and not let the league off the hook. They are about ending police brutality and racial justice. And the league has been given a concrete plan by their own players for how to engage and use their considerable resources to make a difference in the fight against police brutality and racial injustice. It’s time for the NFL to move past words and meaningless displays of “unity” and support the Support Players’ Platform for Racial Equality and Criminal Justice Reform.
Tell the NFL: Support Players' Platform & Plan for Racial Equality
Until justice is real,
-- Brandi, Rashad, Arisha, Evan, Jade, Corina, Johnny, Chad, and the rest of the Color Of Change team.
See our earlier email below with more details about the Players’ Platform & Plan for Racial Equality.
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Once again, 45 has proven that Black people are nothing more than property to him. In response, athletes and individuals around the league and our country united to fight back. Now, we’re calling on owners to reject Trump’s words by doing more than linking arms with players but actually working to protect their safety, rights, and freedoms both on and off the field.
Tell the NFL: Support Player's Platform & Plan for Racial Equality
On Friday night in Alabama, Donald Trump reaffirmed his disdain for Black people by referring to any NFL player who peacefully protests racial inequality during the pregame national anthem as a “son of a bitch” who should be forced off the field. During his rambling speech, Trump also took the time to criticize the NFL for implementing rules to promote player safety because those efforts impact his personal entertainment. This came about a week after Trump went after sports journalist Jemele Hill and tried to publicly strongarm ESPN into firing her for comments made on her personal social media.
Perhaps he was feeling emboldened by NFL buddies like Dan Snyder (Washington), Shad Khan (Jaguars), Bob McNair (Texans), Robert Kraft (Patriots), Woody Johnson (Jets) and Stan Kroenke (Rams), all of whom each contributed $1 Million to his inauguration. Kraft even gave him a Super Bowl ring. Or perhaps he had the consent of the league itself, as their marketing department contributed $100,000. Either way, Trump feels way too comfortable demanding the NFL be nothing more than a league of modern day gladiators whose sole purpose is to destroy their bodies for entertainment. Now it’s time for Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL owners to choose which side they’re on.
The NFL can’t have it both ways: either support the people who are the reason the league exists or continue to cower to a bigot.
Earlier this year, a group of players and a former player, Malcolm Jenkins, Michael Bennett, Torrey Smith and Anquan Boldin, met with Goodell and NFL officers to discuss the Player's Coalition's activism in their local communities. They delivered a recently publicized memo calling on the NFL to declare November a month of social activism to advance racial justice causes, including criminal justice reform, to elevate the issue in the same way the NFL does with Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The request is detailed and includes an ask for owners and league officials to attend player-led visits to local prisons and meetings with formerly incarcerated people and their family. It also makes clear that the request is not for permission but financial support and genuine collaboration.
Demand the NFL listen to players and designate November an official month for racial justice activism.
After Trump’s Friday night tirade, several NFL owners rushed to release statements condemning his words.5 But we need action- not more words. To this day Colin Kaepernick remains blackballed by league owners, despite public acknowledgment from elite quarterbacks around the league from Cam Newton to Tom Brady that Kaepernick is more talented that numerous QBs who have jobs today. Equivocation and calls for unity from the league are no longer acceptable.
Now that several NFL owners claim to support of their players’ rights, it is time for Commissioner Goodell to declare November a “month of unity.” NFL rosters are 70% black, and the league owes it to its players to recognize the heroes who have stood up to racial intolerance in America.6 Soccer leagues around the world are working to stand up to racism;7 it is past time for the NFL to do the same. As DeMaurice Smith, the president of the players’ union, said on Saturday, “We will never back down. We no longer can afford to stick to sports.”8
Tell the NFL: Support Player's Platform & Plan for Racial Equality
Until justice is real,
-- Brandi, Rashad, Arisha, Evan, Jade, Corina, the rest of the Color Of Change team.
References:
- "Colin Kaepernick, Sports Illustrated and How Media Complicity Is Erasing His Movement," The Root, 27 September 2017. https://act.colorofchange.org/go/9367?t=13&akid=7981%2E1986191%2Eix8-Sl
- "Broncos players say they plan to stand together for national anthem," Denver Post, 27 September 2017. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/9368?t=15&akid=7981%2E1986191%2Eix8-Sl
- "Saints QB Brees Says Team Will Kneel, Then Stand For Anthem," CBS, 29 September 2017. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/9369?t=17&akid=7981%2E1986191%2Eix8-Sl
- "Packers quarterback: Protests are about unity in the face of Trump's divisiveness," The Hill, 29 September 2017. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/9370?t=19&akid=7981%2E1986191%2Eix8-Sl
- "NFL Owners Are Closing Ranks Against Trump — Here's What They're Saying," Fortune, 24 September 2017. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/9019?t=21&akid=7981%2E1986191%2Eix8-Sl
- "White House doubles down on ESPN attacks, cites previous 'suspension' as reason Jemele Hill should be fired," The Undefeated, 26 April 2017. https://act.colorofchange.org/go/9020?t=23&akid=7981%2E1986191%2Eix8-Sl
- "FIFA is finally stepping up its anti-racism measures in soccer," Quartz, 15 June 2017. https://act.colorofchange.org/go/9021?t=25&akid=7981%2E1986191%2Eix8-Sl
- DeMaurice Smith, 23 September 2017. https://act.colorofchange.org/go/9022?t=27&akid=7981%2E1986191%2Eix8-Sl
From: Adoptee Rights Campaign
Subject: America, Honor Your Promise! Adoptees without citizenship need your help - call your Senators TODAY!
Call your Senators TODAY!
America, Honor Your Promise: Citizenship For ALL Adoptees
On October 4th and 5th, members of the Adoptee Rights Campaign, led by those directed impacted, will meet with our members of Congress in Washington DC to advocate for the Adoptee Citizenship Act, legislation that will grant citizenship to ALL adoptees.
We need YOUR HELP to amplify OUR VOICE, so our elected officials know this is an issue that matters to us all! Call your Senators TODAY and urge them to support the Adoptee Citizenship Act.
Calling your Senator takes less than 2 minutes! Here is a sample script:
For Adoptees:
Hello! My name is ________ and I am an adoptee from _________. I am calling to remind you about the Day of Action that is happening right now and to strongly urge you to support the Adoptee Citizenship Act. Adoptees should have citizenship, like their parents, because it is our human right.
For Adoptive Parents:
Hello! My name is ________ and I am an adoptive parent from _________ who proudly supports the Adoptee Citizenship Act, which will grant citizenship to people adopted as children by US citizens. I'm calling to remind you about the Day of Action that is happening right now and to strongly urge you to support this very important cause.
Help us reach our goal of $4,000 to ensure voices of Adoptees without citizenship are heard! We need your help to ensure that our legislators understand the urgency of passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act!
DONATE TODAY!
When the United States facilitated our adoptions, intercountry adoptees were promised a better life as American citizens and children of US citizen parents. 35,000 adoptees who grew up in America still lack US citizenship today. Join us as we call on Congress to close this legislative loophole, granting citizenship to ALL adoptees once and for all.
From: OEFFA
Subject: Correction: Press Statement: New Bill Invests in Health of Farmers and Communities
New Bill Invests in Health of Farmers and Communities
Statement from Amalie Lipstreu, OEFFA Policy Program Coordinator
For Immediate Release on September 25, 2017
Contact:
Amalie Lipstreu; OEFFA Policy Program Coordinator, (614) 421-2022, amalie@oeffa.org
Lauren Ketcham; OEFFA Communications Coordinator, (614) 421-2022, lauren@oeffa.org
Columbus, OH—Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced the Local Food and Regional Market Supply (FARMS) Act (HR 3941) yesterday. This legislation directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture to continue positive investments in local food systems, community economic development, and public health.
Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association (OEFFA) Policy Coordinator Amalie Lipstreu, released the following statement:
“The bill introduced by Senator Brown makes important investments that will allow farmers to reach new markets; increase community access to fresh, healthy, local food; and support the food infrastructure that connects producers to buyers. With commodity prices falling, farmers are increasingly looking for new opportunities and for some that means investments close to home where markets for locally and regionally produced food continue to rise.
Even with the growing demand for food produced in Ohio, some farmers struggle because they don’t have access to the infrastructure they need. It could be storage, transportation, or processing that limits the growth of markets that enrich farmers and local communities. Ohio is home to many thriving cities, rural communities, and farmland. By connecting the dots we can create wealth and health and move toward greater sustainability.”
From: Prevent Blindness, Ohio Affiliate
Subject: Save the date, October 10th The Big Give
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