Daily Action: "Phoning our legislators, as New York Times recently reported, is an extremely effective way to make our voices heard. That’s where the Daily Action alerts come in. We follow the news cycles closely to determine where we can collectively make the greatest impact. The point of Daily Action alerts is to make civic engagement easy and ( Read more... )

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A list that could not possibly be comprehensive enough ( Read more... )

They wanted to know what I thought, so I told them: 1. GROW A SPINE and fight the Republican fascists with everything you've got. Stop being Charlie Brown trusting Lucy to not pull the football away again ( Read more... )

"It is a very great mistake to imagine that the object of loyalty is the authority and interest of one individual man, however dignified by the applause or enriched by the success of popular actions ( Read more... )

These are mostly Hail Mary-type passes. I don't know how much difference any of these will ultimately make, but I present them for those who are interested in signing such things. Please share as widely as you like ( Read more... )

In email today:
The fight to protect the water and land in Standing Rock IS NOT OVER. Anybody who is telling you that has been misinformed. Energy Transfer Partners fully intends to build the Dakota Access Pipeline on the same path as always. As the weather there has turned to blizzard conditions, the people there need our help ( Read more... )

Lately I've been thinking about a phenomenon that I've observed numerous times over the years and wondering if there's research on it. In peaceful times, most people seem to be able to live amongst each other and get along reasonably well with their neighbors. However, in times of strife -- whether it's political tension, armed conflict, some kind ( Read more... )

Last week there was a postcard avalanche organized on Facebook, urging people around the country to send a postcard to the Orange One via his business, saying only, "Not Bannon!". Apparently tens of thousands of people (including me!) participated in this action. Now someone else has decided to do something similar, this time sending postcards to ( Read more... )

From the group Fight for the Future: We have 36 hours to stop the government from being able to remotely hack your computer and phone ( Read more... )