SUN 4.16.2017
Georgia Democrats See Chance To Send A Message With Special Election Upset
Off topic, but this is the best.
TUES,2.28.2017
THURS,2.9.2017
“If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Revolution”
- Emma Goldman
WED,2.8.2017
From the Smithsonian, another article on building walls - from a constructability perspective.
What Geology Has to Say About Building a 1,000-Mile Border Wall
TUE,2.7.2017
Good Luck with that F*cking Wall
I stumbled across this video inside Martin C. Pedersen's FastCo Design article, Designers Here's Your Chance to Stop Trump's Wall:
THURS,2.2.2017
What the refugee vetting process actually entails.
WED,2.1.2017
There's hope for common ground in opposition to HR 621. Let's keep close track of this.
Public lands support knows no political boundaries
Will Trump Stand Up To Congress When It Comes Selling Off Our Public Lands?
Source: Missoulian.com
MON,1.30.2017
Still processing this weekend's current events? Listen to Pod Save America's latest episode, "Protest is the New Brunch."
SUN,1.29.2017
Trump's anti-immigration ban
Trump's anti-immigration ban is appalling. While it's one thing that we put the brakes on refugee applications so he can actually understand the very thorough vetting and background checks that already existing within the system, but to ban legal immigrants is absurd, horrifying, and completely uninformed.
Donald Trump's Muslim Ban is Cowardly and Dangerous
There Have Been No Fatal Terror Attacks In The U.S. By Immigrants From The 7 Banned Muslim Countries.
Strenth and Resistance from the NPS
FRI,1.27.2017
Get up-to-date on the state of the Cabinet confirmations
See full status report at NPR:
Senate hearings complete
- Ben Carson (Housing and Urban Development): Unanimous approval from the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday
- Elaine Chao (Transportation): Senate Commerce Committee approved by a voice vote Tuesday
- Rick Perry (Energy): No committee vote set
- Wilbur Ross (Commerce): Senate Commerce Committee approved by voice vote Tuesday
- Ryan Zinke (Interior): No committee vote set
- Betsy DeVos (Education): Committee vote Jan. 31
- Jeff Sessions (Attorney General): Committee vote delayed; possibly Jan. 31
- Steve Mnuchin (Treasury): No committee vote set
- Scott Pruitt (Environmental Protection Agency): No committee vote set
Sessions and DeVos are up next for votes - so keep calling! See Thursday's directions below.
Today's Reading:
Tariffs are a regressive tax that imposes the greatest burden on low-income Americans (AEIdeas)
Trump's Infrastructure Scam by Robert Reich
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THURS,1.26.2017
See today's action item.
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WED,1.25.2017
What Trump’s Proposed Spending Cuts Could Mean for the Arts Economy (Fortune)
"The combined budgets of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) accounts for just over .002 percent of federal discretionary spending."
And arts and cultural production contributed approx. $704 billion to the U.S. economy in 2015.
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