The sanctions locked up over $600 billion that Russia had parked in foreign banks, and they have stopped Russia from using the dollar, the Euro, and the SWIFT foreign payment system–all making international sales or purchases challenging. This will likely cause energy prices here to soar. Nevertheless, Biden has brilliantly directed the financial war.

We are living through historic events. Remember when we thought Trump’s election was a disaster? Then a pandemic. Then the sacking of the Capitol. Now, Ukraine. This week, Indivisible Oregon’s Daily Actions sorted through events with two DAs on Ukraine: DEMOCRACY’S BATTLEGROUND on Tuesday, and UKRAINE IS FIGHTING FOR ALL OF US Wednesday. Then Biden has nominated a former public defender, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who we believe will be A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FOR US ALL. Check out the DAs.

For decades, Putin has been fighting a shadow war to divide and destabilize free nations. In the US, his efforts have radicalized fringe Republicans. The Putin Republicans are successfully dismantling democracy’s most fundamental right, the right to vote, in many states. Before he attacked Ukraine, citizens there had rejected a Russian puppet and elected a comedian who has become democracy’s hero.

Even as Europe careens into war, we still need to press our Members of Congress to move forward on progressive legislation and to sharpen and regularly repeat their midterm message–outlining Democratic successes in terms the electorate understands and clearly painting the massive differences between them and obstructionist Republicans. So, keep calling your MoCs using this week’s Daily Action scripts.

And, since the Senate will vote Monday on The Women’s Health Protection Act (S.1975) that safeguards abortion nationwide, demand they support this legislation too.

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine starkly demonstrates the conflict between democracy and dictatorship. Biden has committed the US to protecting democracy, and Americans must stand behind him. We must continue to do so, even if, as Biden has warned, protecting Ukraine’s fragile democracy will likely come with a cost at home.

Democrats need to present our accomplishments and strengths more clearly than we have in the past. So too, our Members of Congress must speak to successes and party unity rather than allow the GOP to control the discourse and define us.

Companies are making record profits because they are charging more, a lot more. Tyson, for example, jumped its meat prices 31.7% in one year. The sticker prices leading to eye–popping profits are set far beyond increases in the inflated cost of labor and materials.

No matter the chatter in Washington, we must keep pressing our Members of Congress to move forward on progressive legislation and work hard to convince Americans to register and vote, so we can elect progressives at all governmental levels. Check out Action 3’s suggestions of how to get involved and keep calling your MoCs using this week’s Daily Action scripts. Whatever the script, also stress the need for them and Biden to remind voters how Dems are working to improve our lives.

With nearly all Americans able to buy marijuana, it shouldn’t be classified as a “dangerous and addictive drug” like heroin. But multiple state laws about weed conflict with tthis view. These laws prevent research and therapies, big investments and big tax revenues. It’s time for a change.

Washington may be focused on a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine and racist Senators’ attacks on Biden’s not-yet-named Supreme Court nominee, but we must continue to press our Members of Congress to move forward on progressive legislation. At the same time, we must work hard to convince Americans of the need to register and to vote, so we can elect progressives at all governmental levels. Check out Action 3’s suggestions of how to get involved and keep calling your MoCs. Whatever the script, stress the need for them and Biden to remind voters how Dems are working to improve our lives.