Posted at https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/14/1871786/-Trump-s-Waffle-SS-fail-their-immigration-raids This information is from the ACLU. Don’t open the door. Opening the door does not give the agents permission to come inside, but it is safer to speak to ICE through the door. Ask the agents what they … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): National Call-in Day Monday, July 22nd Once again, the Administration and Congress are headed towards the brink. In September, services we need may come to a screeching halt unless new funding levels and … Continued
From Americans for Tax Fairness (https://americansfortaxfairness.org/): Right now, private prison corporations―including those running despicable detention centers on our southern border―are abusing more than the children and families being detained by the administration. They’re also abusing a loophole in our tax … Continued
From Americans for Financial Reform (https://ourfinancialsecurity.org/): Tell Your Representative to Sign On to Letter Urging CFPB to Rescind Harmful Payday Rule Proposal that Harms Consumers Earlier this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced it would rescind the ability-to-repay standard … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): On July 15th, this administration announced its plans to ban asylum seekers and those who seek safety at the U.S. southern border if they travel through another country en route to the United States. This … Continued
From Environment America (https://environmentamerica.org/): Editor’s Note: I plant for pollinators, including milkweed for monarchs. Last year I had a number who laid eggs and hatched out. I’ve seen none this year. Monarch butterflies are in crisis. Toward the end of … Continued
Tenth annual report dives deeper into the ways government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion have changed, from 2007 to 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 15, 2019) – Over the decade from 2007 to 2017, government restrictions on religion … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Interfaith Power & Light is encouraging congregations to join the effort to care for Creation and move our country to clean, renewable energy by signing the Paris Pledge, committing to reduce their carbon emissions … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Since virtually the first day of his administration, Donald Trump and his cabinet have been systematically working to undermine labor protections that have taken a century to build. But together we’re fighting back to … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Activists have been near Miami, Florida, at the Homestead Facility, where thousands of migrant children are being held. What they are seeing is devastating. © Jonathan Kirn for Getty Images Migrant children are being held … Continued