FRIDAY RECAP: october 7, 2022
Every week, the differences between Republican and Democrat visions of government become clearer. Biden and the Democrats want to end hunger in America and extreme income inequality that is destroying the middle class and working families, while Republicans are committed to protecting white evangelicals and the rich and powerful. Democrats and most Americans are outraged that the Supreme Court’s ultraconservative supermajority are threatening our freedoms. And progressive Democrats want Biden to declare a climate emergency so that we can attack climate change more aggressively, while Republicans are not only in bed with fossil-fuel industries but actually deny the existence of a climate crisis. Between now and November 8 our Members of Congress need to educate Americans about these differences, and each of us needs to work as hard as we can to elect more Democrats who share our vision for America’s future. So, check out this week’s Daily Actions and get to work defending democracy.
october 4: hungry children and extreme income equality are unamerican
Last week President Biden unveiled a plan to end hunger in America by 2030. He announced a public-private partnership to make healthful food more affordable and accessible and pushed Congress to make the child tax credit permanent, raise the minimum wage to $15/hour, and expand nutrition assistance programs, all of which will help reduce the obscene concentration of wealth now characterizing American society. To attack these problems requires more Democrats in Congress, because Republicans serve only the rich and powerful. Our Members of Congress must carry this message to American voters. Check out Tuesday’s DA.
October 5: the maga supreme court rips america apart
The Supreme Court is now “more politically polarized than at any point in more than three decades of polling,” Pew research found. Its decisions now closely conform to the views of the average Republican, not the average American. But as the Court’s current term unfolds, it has only one asset to protect, and that is the public’s trust in the Court. This trust is already badly battered, but, if the Court continues to pursue its conservative agenda, that trust will evaporate. Check out Wednesday’s DA.
October 6: What we’ve accomplished is a mere drop in the ocean
Despite bold strides taken by the current administration on climate change, we are still in a crisis of epic proportions. We are asking President Biden to declare a climate emergency in order to promote urgent change through executive action. Check out Thursday’s DA.
Then choose one or more of them and make your calls.
