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Primary elections or primary runoffs coming up on Tuesday, June 26:Colorado, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah. Arkansas will hold a primary runoff on June 19! Look up information on candidates and ballot issues affecting your home state at Ballotpedia.org. "How can I find out if I am still registered?" If you have any doubts, check with your election official. Government guidelines suggest expats re-register every year.  STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! by Kathy Sherretts Luck of the Draw Editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers was fired by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this week over drawings critical of President Trump. When I drew sports cartoons for the Post-Gazette, years ago, it was the liberal morning publication in a two-newspaper town. At that time Rogers worked for the afternoon Pittsburgh Press; he joined the Post-Gazette staff in 1993. The paper had been gradually drifting to the right for years, until a new publisher and editorial director took a distinctly pro-Trump stance this spring. Rogers had more of his drawings rejected, and was finally fired. See Rogers' last six rejected cartoons here. Kathy Sherretts Article: Slate: It’s All Too Much, and We Still Have to Care by Dahlia Lithwick Jeff Sessions says that “if people don’t want to be separated from their children, they should not bring them with them.” This is the “I only beat her because she made me do it” logic that domestic abusers use to blame their victims. Article/Audio: ProPublica: Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border (7 min) An audio recording adds real-life sounds of suffering to a contentious policy debate that has so far been short on input from those with the most at stake: immigrant children. A few ideas: Here’s How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border Essay: The Internet Archive: Children in prison and other cruelties of prison life by Oscar Wilde After his 1897 release from Reading Prison, Oscar Wilde wrote to the Daily Chronicle about the children imprisoned there. “The inhuman treatment of a child is always inhuman, by whomsoever it is inflicted. But inhuman treatment by Society is to the child the more terrible because there is no appeal...”  For more ways to take action check out the action plan put together by PAGE (Progressive Action Global Exchange), and Americans of Conscience; read the featured action suggested by Indivisible; or watch Resistance School, Leadership: Story, Structure, Strategy.
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The Supreme Court just ruled in favor of a policy that makes it easier to kick registered voters off Ohio's rolls. Other voting rights cases will be coming before the court before the November elections. It is more important than ever to make sure you are registered to vote in your state! "How can I find out if I am still registered?" If you have any doubts, check with your election official. Government guidelines suggest expats re-register every year.  President Nixon with Chinese Premier Chou En-lai at a banquet in Shanghai, February 28, 1972. (AP/Bob Daugherty) STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! by Kathy Sherretts Well, THAT went well. Leaving behind the smoking ruins of the G7 summit, President Trump is now off to meet with the difficult leader of an isolated and potentially dangerous foreign power. I just listened to a podcast about a parallel situation: Richard Nixon’s trip to China in 1972. John Dickerson details the long and careful diplomacy that led up to the event, and the president’s meticulous preparation for his meeting with Premier Chou En-lai. Even Nixon is looking pretty good these days. Check out the Whistlestop Podcast: Nixon Goes to China, Part 1 (33 min), Part 2 (23 min), Part 3 to come. Kathy Sherretts Article: Politico: Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together by Annie Karni Under the Presidential Records Act, the White House must preserve all memos, letters, emails and papers that the president touches, sending them to the National Archives for safekeeping. White House aides were unable to stop Trump from ripping up paper after he was done with it and throwing it in the trash or on the floor. Articles: Washington Post: Companies take first steps to drill for oil in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin No drilling has been done there since it became a refuge in 1980 and no seismic work has been done since the mid-1980s. Grist: At the edge of the Arctic Circle, oil drilling threatens the indigenous Gwich’in by Nathanael Johnson Report: Southern Poverty Law Center: Whose Heritage? A Report on Public Symbols of the Confederacy Should public entities play a role in honoring a secessionist government that waged war against the United States to preserve white supremacy and the enslavement of millions of people? In its updated interactive map, the SPLC identifies 110 Confederate symbols that have been removed since the Charleston attack – and 1,728 that still stand. Article: Slate Explainer: Would a Former President Get Secret Service Protection in Prison? by Daniel Engber We can dream, can’t we?  For more ways to take action check out the action plan put together by PAGE (Progressive Action Global Exchange), and Americans of Conscience; read the featured action suggested by Indivisible; or watch Resistance School, Leadership: Story, Structure, Strategy. Are you sure you're still registered? If you have any doubts, ask your election official. Join us at Merchant, June 7, 8:30 pm Find out what the Resistance is doing over the summer. Raise a glass to the cause!  STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! by Kathy Sherretts Look it up, write it down In addition to picking the candidates for Representative to Congress and Senator, you may be electing a governor in your state this year. With the paralysis in Congress, and the outright abdication of responsibility by so many federal agencies, the role of state government in safeguarding our land and citizens is more important than ever. What are the issues and candidates in your state? There are state senators and reps on the ballot, as well as judges, DAs, and various state and county level offices; and in many states, ballot initiatives. You can see who and what is on the ballot, both for the primary and this fall, at Ballotpedia. This site compiles information for every state and provides sample ballots and candidate profiles. I'll be mailing my primary ballot this week. Just a reminder — overseas voters may need to re-up this year, so be sure to register with FVAP.gov or VoteFromAbroad.org. Meanwhile, a metaphor opened in the White House grounds this week. --Kathy Sherretts Video: The View: Leslie Stahl on Trump’s Media Strategy (3:33 min) Lesley Stahl said in an interview with PBS News' Judy Woodruff that Trump told her he keeps hammering the press so that when they write negative stories no one will believe them. Article (long read): The New Yorker: Trump vs. the Deep State by Evan Osnos Amid purges, infighting, and loyalty tests, civil servants liken the Administration’s tactics to a “hostile takeover and occupation.” The federal government is treated like a vanquished foe. Over time, Trump has rid himself of questioners—conformists thrive, dissenters depart, and advisers compete to be the most explicitly quiescent. Interactive list: Columbia Law School: Silencing Science Tracker, from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law This list documents reports of government attempts to “silence science” since the November 2016 election. Just for fun: Roy Zimmerman (formerly of The Foremen) reminds you to Vote Republican.  "How can I find out if I am still registered?" was the most common question asked of the voter registration team at the American Women's Club book exchange on May 25. If you have any doubts, check with your election official. Government guidelines suggest expats re-register every year.  For more ways to take action check out the action plan put together by PAGE (Progressive Action Global Exchange), and Americans of Conscience; read the featured action suggested by Indivisible; or watch Resistance School, Leadership: Story, Structure, Strategy. |
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