Saturday, May 9, 2020
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO- CORTEZ: 48 hours to donate masks to workers
This is critically important and time-sensitive. We have 48 hours to raise enough money to send more than 100,000 N95 masks to essential workers across the country.
Here’s the situation: For the next 48 hours, two generous donors have offered to match whatever we raise, up to $70,000. That means your donation has DOUBLE the impact for healthcare, delivery, transit, and other essential workers, as well as families and small businesses in low-income communities.
If you’ve been waiting for a chance to donate to COVID-19 relief, this is it. Make a donation right now.
This pandemic has poured gasoline on our slow-burning crises. But also, it’s brought out the best in us as a community.
Folks have donated almost $400,000 to COVID-19 relief through emails just like this one. Every week, our volunteers call to check in on our neighbors and our organizers work with food banks to deliver groceries to hungry families.
When we work together, our power can move mountains. That’s why we’re asking you to join us today.
These times are hard. If you can’t afford a donation, we understand. But if you have the ability to make a difference, now is the time.
Let’s go,
Team AOC
P.S. Every donation you make to this organization is tax deductible.
Paid for by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress
To contribute via check, please address to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress, PO Box 680080, Corona, NY 11368.
Email us: us@ocasiocortez.com
RSN: FOCUS: Jeffrey Toobin | The Flynn Dismissal: A Shot in Trump's War on the Mueller Investigation
09 May 20
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FOCUS: Jeffrey Toobin | The Flynn Dismissal: A Shot in Trump's War on the Mueller Investigation
Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker
Toobin writes: "For someone who lies a great deal, President Trump can be remarkably transparent. Shortly after Attorney General William Barr's Justice Department moved to dismiss the guilty plea of Michael Flynn, the former national-security adviser, Trump tweeted, 'Yesterday was a BIG day for Justice in the USA.'"
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RSN: Michele L. Norris | We Cannot Allow the Normalization of Firearms at Protests to Continue
09 May 20
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Michele L. Norris | We Cannot Allow the Normalization of Firearms at Protests to Continue
Michele L. Norris, The Washington Post
Norris writes: "This we know: Black or brown people gathering in the streets or at the statehouse with rifles and body armor would not be tolerated."
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Trump Administration Buries Detailed CDC Advice on Reopening
Jason Dearen and Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
Excerpt: "The Trump administration shelved a document created by the nation's top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus outbreak."
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Jobless Rate Soars to 14.7%, Worst Level Since Great Depression
Anneken Tappe, CNN
Tappe writes: "With much of the American economy in self-imposed shutdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, April's colossal surge in unemployment delivered a historic blow to workers."
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Republican Senators Want to Halt Immigration, Just When the Economy Needs It Most
Karen Ho, Quartz
Ho writes: "Four Republican senators are pressuring US president Donald Trump to further restrict work visas due to coronavirus job losses, arguing foreign students and specialized workers take jobs away from Americans."
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Aimee Stephens Brought the First Major Trans Rights Case to the Supreme Court. She May Not Live to See the Decision.
Katelyn Burns, Vox
Burns writes: "When Aimee Stephens told her boss in 2013 that she planned to transition to female, she was fired from her job. Stephens then sued her former employer for sex discrimination."
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Colombia: The Green Erasure of Indigenous Life
Christina Noriega, NACLA
Noriega writes: "A wind energy boom on Colombia's Caribbean coast threatens to continue the dispossession of Indigenous communities - with a green veneer."
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Billions Could Face Temperatures Inhospitable to Life in the Next 50 Years, Study Finds
Joe Purtell, NBC News
Purtell writes: "A third of the global population - 3.5 billion people - could be living in temperatures inhospitable to human life in the next 50 years because of climate change, a study released Monday found."
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TRIVIA!
The tRump virus is creeping closer and closer...his valet, FBI agents, NAZI Stephen Miller's new wife....
Step by step....
Step by step....
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: Congress must eliminate surprise medical fees!
In a medical emergency, the last thing people should be worrying about is whether the closest hospital will take their insurance. In the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime public health and economic crisis we have a responsibility to eliminate surprise medical bills faced by people who seek out-of-network care.
People seeking emergency medical care should not leave the hospital with bills that will leave their family in financial ruin. We need to make a change, no one should refuse care because they are afraid they won't be able to pay out-of-network fees.
As members of Congress make plans to return to Washington to take action to support the American people through this crisis, astronomical costs of out-of-network care need to be addressed. Insurance companies cannot continue to take advantage of consumers, especially in this crisis, by profiting off of these exorbitant medical fees.
Thank you for your advocacy and hoping you and your family remain well in these challenging times.
In community,
Charlie, PFAW
PFAW is fighting back every day with:
✔ Grassroots organizing
✔ Lobbying and advocacy
✔ Research and education
✔ Voter mobilization
✔ And more…
But we can’t do this vital work without the robust grassroots financial support of our members and activists.
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