MAGA SUPREME COURT JUDGES MUST BE STOPPED
The MAGA Supreme Court Judges, beset by conflicts of interest and corruption, must be reined in. Last year, they overturned Roe, rewrote the 2nd Amendment, cratered church-state separation, and stymied the EPA’s regulation of carbon emissions. This year, they’ve prevented us from keeping water unpolluted, will soon allow corporations to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people, and will further gut voting rights, equity in higher education, Indigenous people’s rights to decide their futures, and student loan debt relief.
BIDEN-MCCARTHY DEAL EMBOLDENS MAGA REPUBLICANS WHILE HURTING AMERICANS
President Biden’s newly announced border policy is a disaster in the making. Essentially an extension of Trump’s Title 42 program, it violates international human rights law, will negatively affect our economy, and will essentially close our doors to those seeking sanctuary in the United States.
Biden’s Inhumane Immigration Policy Violates Our Values
President Biden’s newly announced border policy is a disaster in the making. Essentially an extension of Trump’s Title 42 program, it violates international human rights law, will negatively affect our economy, and will essentially close our doors to those seeking sanctuary in the United States.
WE CANNOT LET MAGA REPUBLICANS TANK OUR ECONOMY
We cannot let MAGA Republicans hold our economy hostage. If our Members of Congress cannot guarantee passage of a clean debt ceiling bill, they must convince President Biden to continue paying the government’s congressionally approved obligations, as the Fourteenth Amendment requires. Succumbing to the blackmailers now would only embolden them next time.
Our Problems Are Much Bigger Than Just Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson is only a symptom of a much bigger problem. How do we define “news” and identify propaganda masquerading as news? Is it possible to regulate the impact of misinformation on our democracy without its dismissal as partisan game playing or an attack on the press?
THE SUPREME COURT MUST BE REFORMED
The Supreme Court desperately needs an enforceable Code of Conduct, given the glaring ethical violations of Justices Thomas, Gorsuch and Roberts and the Chief Justice’s refusal to clean up the mess. Our Members of Congress must demand Thomas’ resignation, push for Judiciary Committee hearings on these ethical violations, co-sponsor and push for an enforceable Code of Conduct and work for Supreme Court expansion to prevent further erosion of our rights by MAGA Justices who ignore precedents and impose their extremely unpopular personal and religious beliefs on the rest of us.
MAGA Budget Plan’s Devastating Consequences for Americans and Our Environment
MAGA Republicans want to drastically cut the non-defense budget by $4.5 trillion over the next decade and completely eliminate Biden’s environmental achievements, which would be disastrous for most Americans and our economy. They’re threatening not to raise the debt ceiling to force Biden to agree to their terms. Biden and Congressional Democrats must continue to stand firm against this MAGA blackmail attempt.
CONGRESS MUST PROTECT AMERICANS FROM THE GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC
America cannot continue as a country where the fear of gun violence makes parents and children afraid to live life to the fullest. The price to our citizens, and especially our children, is much too high. We call on our representatives to take immediate action by passing common-sense, reasonable, gun safety legislation. Refusing to act is no longer an option.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO PROTECT OUR PLANET
It is clear from the science that, unless the Biden Administration and Congress stop supporting fossil fuel developments, we will be unable to prevent irreversible catastrophic damage to our planet—which requires rescinding approval of the Willow Project in Alaska, ending drilling on federal lands, requiring banks to stop financing fossil fuel developments, and limiting funding for major polluters like the Defense Department.
Let’s Not Put Foxes in Charge of Hen Houses
In response to last weekend's banking crisis, a group of Democratic senators have proposed a reversal of Trump era banking deregulation. In addition, they have asked for higher oversight standards and an expanded capacity to punish executives at failed banks.
“Enough Is Enough.” DISCLOSE Dark Money And Clean Up American Elections
We need Congress to pass the 2023 DISCLOSE Act to address the destructive influence of dark money on federal politics and prevent billionaires, corporations, and foreign interests from secretly buying the outcomes of American elections.
Congress Must Challenge “Judge Shopping” And Restore Judicial Legitimacy
The GOP’s practice of “judge shopping” undermines public interests and invalidates judicial legitimacy. We must compel district courts either to change their own rules about judge distribution or have Congress step in with legislation requiring a random selection of judges nationwide.
We Must Not Surrender to Economic Terrorism
We must not allow a party with whisper-thin control over one house of Congress to force unpopular policy upon the nation to placate MAGA extremism. We must abolish the debt ceiling, generate a clean bill to raise it, or pursue other constitutional options.
FRIDAY RECAP: Nov. 4, 2022
Democrats have just five days left to convince the American electorate that they, alone, have the will to combat corporate greed (which is fueling inflation), to ensure that we all have the right to economic security, and to protect our fundamental freedoms (including abortion), our democracy, our voting rights, the integrity of our elections and the peaceful transfer of power.
Please choose one or more of the topics from this week’s Daily Actions, or any other concerns, and call your Members of Congress.
DEMOCRACY IS ON THE BALLOT
President Biden said yesterday: “I wish I could say the assault on our democracy ended [January 6]. But I cannot. As I stand here today, there are candidates running for every level of office in America: for Governor, for Congress, for Attorney General, for Secretary of State, who won't commit to accepting the results of the elections they're in. That is the path to chaos in America. It's unprecedented. It's unlawful. And, it is un-American . . . "