FRIDAY RECAP: April 15, 2022
Following Judge Jackson taking the oath to become the first Black woman justice on the Supreme Court, we took a look at what is happening with the rest of the court. We wrote: “Congress must intervene to prevent the Supreme Court’s ultraconservative super-majority from constraining both the executive and legislative branches and destroying our democracy in the process.” Check our Daily Action here on the court.
We also took a hard look at what Gov. DeSantis calls “the free state of Florida.” DeSantis’s attack on “woke-ness” is a page from the Republican playbook. Avoiding substantive debate, the GOP takes social wedge issues and, using fear-mongering and lies, further drives Americans into opposing camps. But woke means to be aware of issues of racial and social justice. So his attack on those of us who are woke is another example of Republican racism in new clothes. Read it here.
And the war in Ukraine is a crisis and an opportunity. A total embargo on Russian oil and petroleum products together with a rapid transition to renewable energy is not only smart environmental policy but can help Ukraine and reduce our dependency on petro-dictators. The surprisingly rapid changes have so alarmed scientists that the United Nations Secretary-General put it bluntly. “Delay is Death.” Read it here:
As our MoCs pivot towards the midterms, we must urge them to sharpen their message and regularly repeat it–outlining Democratic successes in understandable terms and clearly painting the massive differences between them and obstructionist Republicans.
So, no matter how often you’ve called this week, commit to calling some more. And whatever the script, keep stressing the need to remind voters how Dems are working to improve our lives.
Here are the great topics from which to choose:
April 12: THE SUPREME COURT NEEDS MORE THAN JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON — Indivisible Oregon
April 14: The War in Ukraine AND the Crises of Climate Change — Indivisible Oregon
Now, pick up your phone, click on your chosen link(s), and push for a government that works for all Americans.
