 Help build a better future for our country! VOTE! HELP REGISTER OTHERS TO VOTE!!! Will you be in the USA at all this summer? Join the massive voter registration effort. Contact a grassroots organization near you. Swing Left Indivisible Rock the Vote League of Women Voters They'll show you what to do and put you to work in places where your efforts are most needed to boost turnout in November.  The golf! The mistresses! The immigration restrictions! The incoherent speeches! Is it Harding or is it Trump? STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! by Kathy Sherretts Principled Partisan The tributes from politicians and journalists on the death of John McCain show a real appreciation for his ideas of patriotism and service. I hope that our lawmakers will be inspired by his example and step up in the coming months. Last October Senator John McCain was awarded the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal; here is his acceptance speech. I swear I’m trying to keep this list to 3 items, but seriously! Maybe in one year things will be more tranquil, and my weekly list will consist of baseball scores and casserole recipes. --Kathy Sherretts Department of DejaVu: The Daily Beast: Sex Scandals and ‘America First’: Warren G. Harding Was Donald Trump 1.0 by Peter Mikelbank Forget the Nixon parallels—let’s look back to the Harding administration. In 1920, H.L. Mencken wrote, “On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” Podcast: MSNBC/The Rachel Maddow Show: Cohen likely to deepen legal woes of Trump family, associates, business (44 min) Maddow walks us through the clearest explanation I have heard so far of the murky intersection of the Trump Foundation, the Trump Organization, and the Trump Campaign. Article: New York Magazine/Daily Intelligencer: The Improbable Story of How the National Prisoner Strike Came Together by Nick Tabor Prisoners in at least 17 states are staging the largest and most ambitious prison strike in U.S. history in protest of labor exploitation and poor living conditions. The strike will run from August 20, (anniversary of the death of the Black Panther leader George Jackson at San Quentin) until September 9, the anniversary of the Attica Prison riots. Get out the vote: Fortune Magazine: Lyft to Offer Free and Discounted Rides to Voters on Election Day By McKenna Moore Lyft will cooperate with organizations like Vote.org, Voto Latino, and TurboVote to provide rides and encourage voting in underserved communities.  Barack Obama pays tribute to former political opponent John McCain  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 check out the online training platform of Resistance School and sign up to any of the more than 15 free courses they offer on organizing 101, team building, contacting voters, and building movements.
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 Do you have an opinion on the issues? VOTE! HELP REGISTER OTHERS TO VOTE!!! Will you be in the USA at all this summer? Join the massive voter registration effort. Contact a grassroots organization near you. Swing Left Indivisible Rock the Vote League of Women Voters They'll show you what to do and put you to work in places where your efforts are most needed to boost turnout in November.  New Veterans Administration Headquarters? STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! by Kathy Sherretts Don't know much about history...? Or geography, apparently. What's with the confederate flag here in PA, anyway? Mounted beside the US flag? They don't go together, you know. (There's a popular version of the two flags merged together. With a Don't Tread On Me snake in the center. Aside from the cognitive dissonance, it’s a design nightmare.) And Pennsylvania is solidly north of the Mason-Dixon line in any case. Here is another site with concise information on voting and registration requirements, searchable by state: Overseas Vote, an initiative of the U.S. Vote Foundation. The site provides tools and information services to voters to simplify absentee ballot requests. --Kathy Sherretts Article: Fast Company: This is how tiny changes in words you hear impacts your thinking By Vivian Giang People do not necessarily vote in their self-interest. They vote their identity. Conservatives seem to have a better grasp of this basic principle than progressives do. In depth: In this 27-minute CNN podcast linguist George Lakoff explains how the press inadvertently helps Trump spread his misinformation. Article: Pro-Publica: The Shadow Rulers of the VA by Isaac Arnsdorf From Mar-a-Lago, three big campaign donors are secretly shaping the Trump administration’s veterans policies. Article: Associated Press: ACLU of Georgia slams plan to close many of county’s polls by Brinley Hineman The Randolph County elections board proposes to eliminate seven of its nine polling locations. The Georgia ACLU says there is evidence the move is intended to make it harder for African Americans to vote (and incidentally bolster Republican Brian Kemp’s bid for governor against Stacy Abrams). Article: Washington Post: What happens when the government stops doing its job? by Steven Mufson From labor violations to financial crimes to climate protections—do regulations matter, if the executive branch won’t enforce them? Happy Holidays: Slate: Islam’s Great Meat Feat by Irineo Cabreros Muslims around the world mark Eid al-Adha, “festival of the sacrifice,” with a donation of a sheep, goat, or cow to the needy.  "What an honor today to welcome hundreds of new citizens, fresh from their swearing-in ceremony, and offer them the opportunity to register to vote. The day was full of sunshine, flowers, photos, laughter, and hope. I felt so lucky to be part of it." Karen McCann, California, August 9th, 2018 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 check out the online training platform of Resistance School and sign up to any of the more than 15 free courses they offer on organizing 101, team building, contacting voters, and building movements.   Don't wake up on November 7 and think "If only..." VOTE! HELP REGISTER OTHERS TO VOTE!!! Will you be in the USA at all this summer? Join the massive voter registration effort. Contact a grassroots organization near you. Swing Left Indivisible Rock the Vote League of Women Voters They'll show you what to do and put you to work in places where your efforts are most needed to boost turnout in November.  Taking up rage-knitting? (Photo: Emily Manktelow for Slate) STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! by Kathy Sherretts What to watch for... • It's been one year since the violence in Charlottesville, VA; to mark the anniversary, this year's "Unite the Right 2" rallied in front of the White House, where they perhaps thought they would be among friends. • Paul Manafort's trial goes into week 3. • The Boston Globe is calling on editorial boards of newspapers nationwide to write and publish editorials on Aug. 16 denouncing President Donald Trump’s ‘‘dirty war against the free press.’’ • Take the opportunity to weigh in with your senator ahead of Brett Kavenaugh's confirmation hearings, scheduled for early September. Don't let Trump's nominee slide onto the Supreme Court bench without getting a couple splinters in his bum. There's more, of course, but that's all I have brain space for right now. —Kathy Sherretts Article: Slate: Felted Red Faces and Crocheted Toupees by Emily Manktelow Knitting and female activism have a long history, from socks for our boys in the trenches to pussy hats. Trump’s angry little mug has clearly inspired the crafting community. Podcast: WNYCStudios: Why Don't More Americans Vote? (47 min) On the 53rd anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a look at the state of voting rights across the country, and why so many Americans choose not to take advantage of those rights. Report: Texas Observer: In Violation of Texas Law, Most High Schools Aren’t Giving Students the Chance to Register to Vote by Ruben Paquian Texas high schools are required to distribute voter registration applications to all students who will be 18 years old that school year. But without enforcement or outreach by the state, compliance has been “abysmal,” according to the Texas Civil Rights Project’s report. Fashion statement: Sports Illustrated: Wide receiver Randy Moss’s tie at his induction into the Football Hall of Fame  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 check out the online training platform of Resistance School and sign up to any of the more than 15 free courses they offer on organizing 101, team building, contacting voters, and building movements.  Now more than ever VOTE! Democracy Depends on You!! Will you be in the USA at all this summer? Join the massive voter registration effort. Contact a grassroots organization near you. Swing Left Indivisible Rock the Vote League of Women Voters They'll show you what to do and put you to work in places where your efforts are most needed to boost turnout in November.  If you stab your finger, don't bleed on the quilt. (Photo, K.Sherretts) STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! by Kathy Sherretts Points of light As I usually do when I'm visiting, I spent a morning quilting with the ladies at my mom's church. While we work, they talk matter-of-factly about their gardens, families, doctor visits, neighbors that need a hand. They are kind and funny. It's hard for me to believe that most of them still support a president and a party that has so completely abandoned not only their interests, but their basic values. (Benjamin Soskis in the Washington Post argues that the Republican Party, remade in Trump’s image, no longer cares about volunteerism and service). Podcast: Washington Post/Can He Do That?: Trump says that even if there were collusion, there was no crime. (17 min) What are the legal lines surrounding collusion? An analysis of the legal and political consequences of President Trump’s claim that “collusion is not crime.” Article: Mother Jones: A Federal Judge Just Ordered the Trump Administration to Fully Restore DACA by Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn DC District Judge John Bates’s decision may conflict with another DACA ruling expected in Texas next week. Interview: The Atlantic: How History Classes Helped Create a 'Post-Truth' America by Alia Wong James W. Loewen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, finds that American history is taught in incomplete, distorted, or otherwise flawed ways—leaving students less capable of thinking critically, and weakening our country’s civic health. Article: Rolling Stone: The NRA Says It’s in Deep Financial Trouble, May Be ‘Unable to Exist’ by Tim Dickinson Ojalá.   Some of Donald Trump's latest tweets. The rest of his tweets are all propaganda about how great HE is making America great again (sigh).
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