Tonight, the Senate is debating voting rights. After decades of debate and a year of delay, they’re finally coming to the question: what is more important — the right of all Americans to vote, or the Jim Crow filibuster. Democrats are not expected to win the vote, or pass the bill tonight. But regardless of …
*Update* Today is the day, Martin Luther King Jr Day. Crowds have already formed in many states and the surviving family of Dr. King Jr have led a march across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge into downtown DC, headed for the Capitol. Tune in at noon eastern for a live-stream from the event with speakers …
Read more “How long? Not long. Mobilize now for voting rights.”
One year ago, fossil fueled fascists descended on DC to try and overturn a free and fair election: They stormed the Capitol, attempted to hunt down members of Congress and tried to steal the presidency for Donald Trump. They failed on Jan 6, 2021, but that wasn’t the end of it. As we’ve talked about …
Read more “Call Congress and tell them to Expel all Fossil Fueled Fascists”
One year ago, fossil fueled fascists descended on DC to try and overturn a free and fair election: They stormed the Capitol, attempted to hunt down members of Congress and tried to steal the presidency for Donald Trump. They failed on Jan 6, 2021, but that wasn’t the end of it. As we’ve talked about …
Read more “Jan 6 2022, tell fossil fueled fascist losers to stay outta our town”
The Jan 6 2021 insurrection at the capitol was a dress rehearsal for Trump and his enablers to plan their overthrow of Democracy. Both sides — Trump’s fossil fueled fascists and ours — learned about each others’ strengths and vulnerabilities. Trump’s side has spent months passing laws to make it easier for partisan officials to …
Read more “One year after the coup: Join us Jan 6 2022 to stand up to fossil fueled fascists”
A few years ago I started a tradition of using a few charts, graphs and maps to illustrate our work. The idea is two-fold: First, some people take in visual data better than they do a written-out story. And while I spend a lot of time writing and researching these posts and emails, it’s nice …
Read more “3 graphs, 1 chart, 2 maps and a mission for 2022”
*UPDATE* It’s official, Trump is planning a press conference on Jan 6, 2022, the one year anniversary of the Capitol riot and attempted overthrow of American Democracy. A lot of people think Trump will take this opportunity to announce he’s running for President again in 2024. For sure, it is a moment he intends to …
It’s a deadline for Democracy: We’re running out of time for Congress and the President to take the action we need on climate change this year (2021). President Biden’s Build Back better act is stalled in the Senate, and the legislative log jam is preventing action on a host of important priorities – voting rights, …
Read more “Deadline for Democracy – join us in the streets Dec 7!”
* Update * No surprise, climate-denying coal baron Joe Manchin has blocked progress on President Biden’s agenda, again. The Announcement was shocking too many not because Manchin changed his position, but because he announced it on Fox news, and broke a promise he’d made explicitly and in-person to the President and party leadership. As House …
Read more “Climate denying coal barons can’t be in charge of Energy Policy in the US Senate”
President Biden and his Interior Department need to act fast to cancel next week’s Gulf lease sale – known as sale 257. Despite promising climate action, Biden’s Department of Interior is scheduled to sell more than 80 million acres of the Gulf for oil and gas drilling and fracking. To add insult to this grave injury …
Read more “Tell Biden: Keep your promise. Stop the Gulf lease sale!”