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ENSURE LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Thursday, July 19, 2018
Submitted by Margaret Petty

ENSURE LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
The more than 2,000 children who were forcefully separated from their parents at the border are now going through the process of immigration hearings. Because seeking asylum is not a crime, the standard requirement for court-appointed attorneys is not in place for these children. The result is that children as young as 3 years old are left to rep…

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NEWSWEEK.COM
The short film “Unaccompanied: Alone in America” re-enacts real immigration court hearings using transcripts

“Do you know what a lawyer is? No? Do you have a lawyer? No? The respondent is present in court, but without an attorney.”
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CONFRONT TRUMP’S SIDING WITH RUSSIA

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Submitted by Margaret Petty

DEMAND CONGRESS COUNTER TRUMP’S SIDING WITH RUSSIA
At a press conference following a closed door meeting with Russian authoritarian President Vladimir Putin on July 16 in Helsinki, Trump rejected the findings of his own U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia was responsible for the attacks on the 2016 election and instead readily accepted Putin’s denial. His obsequious deference to Putin over American …

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NYTIMES.COM
Confronted With Evidence of Russian Hacking, Trump Reverts to Conspiracy

A smoke-and-mirrors effort by Mr. Trump after being briefed extensively on the specific roles by Russian military commanders to tamper with the 2016 presidential election.
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TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Submitted by Margaret Petty

PROTECT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES WITH TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS
Trump’s zero tolerance border policy, which has led to unconscionable family separations, is not the only policy threatening to tear immigrant families apart. The termination of temporary protected status (TPS) for 406,000 immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and Honduras is also a dire threat to immigrant families. TPS allows immigrants from coun…

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WASHINGTONPOST.COM
Opinion | Trump is set to separate more than 200,000 U.S.-born children from their parents

The immediate answer is for the president to reverse the DHS’s decision to terminate the temporary protected status for as many as 400,000 Hondurans, Salvadorans and Haitians.
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URGENT ACTION IF TRUMP FIRES ROSENSTEIN

URGENT ADDITIONAL DAILY ACTION—MON.-FRI., JULY 16-20, 2018
Submitted by Margaret Petty

TELL YOUR MoCS: TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF TRUMP FIRES ROSENSTEIN
(Please try to make the following call each day this week.)

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INDIVISIBLE.ORG

If Trump Fires Rosenstein, Here’s What You Can Do Next. – Indivisible

This is an unacceptable red line, and Trump will have crossed it. Learn more about what you can do to force Congress to act.
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BLOCK KAVANAUGH APPOINTMENT TO SCOTUS

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Monday, July 16, 2018
Submitted by: Margaret Petty

BLOCK BRETT KAVANAUGH FOR THE US SUPREME COURT
On July 9, Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh spent 12 years on the D.C. Circuit appeals court, where he repeatedly issued extremist opinions. While the Supreme Court is intended to be apolitical, Kavanaugh also has a history of partisanship, even participating in the drafting of the Kenneth Starr report that laid the groundwork …

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Analysis | Lawmakers look to Kavanaugh’s past confirmation fight for lessons in new Supreme Court battle

President Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was the subject of one of the Senate’s most contentious confirmation battles a dozen years ago.
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BLOCK TRUMP NOMINEE UNTIL INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Friday, July 13, 2018
STOP KAVANAUGH APPOINTMENT
Submitted by Jean Sealey & Cari Boyce
Contact Senator Rubio (202 224-3041 or 904 354-4300) and Senator Nelson (202 224-5274 or 904 346-4500) and your House Representatives to tell them the American people will not accept the appointment of a judge to the Supreme Court upon the recommendation of a president who is himself under criminal investigation. Allowing Donald Trump to nominate anyone for the upcomi…

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THEHILL.COM
Dems in terrible bind on Kavanaugh nomination

Senate Democrats are in a terrible bind as they search for a strategy to block Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who is expected to determine the ideological balance of the court for decades.
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CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT NEEDED

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Thursday, July 12, 2018
CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT NEEDED NOW
Submitted by Jean Sealey
Contact Senator Rubio (202 224-3041 or 904 354-4300) and Senator Nelson (202 224-5274 or 904 346-4500) and your House Representatives to tell them it is time to assert their duty to oversee and challenge, if necessary, actions of the president that have questionable outcomes related to the protection, security, civil rights and benefit of the American people. Recent acti…

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WASHINGTONPOST.COM
Why nothing seems to be stopping Trump’s trade war

Congress, Wall Street and farmers aren’t pushing back as hard as they could.
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BLOCK KAVANAUGH FOR SCOTUS

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION Wednesday, July 11, 2018
BLOCK KAVANAUGH TO PRESERVE INDEPENDENT SCOTUS
Submitted by Jean Sealey
Contact Senator Rubio (202 224-3041 or 904 354-4300) and Senator Nelson (202 224-5274 or 904 346-4500) and your representatives in the House to tell them the checks and balances system of government created by the Constitution rests on the premise of three independent branches of government. That system already is precarious with one party solidly in control o…

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REUTERS.COM
Trump picks conservative judge Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday as he aimed to entrench its conservative control for years to come, but the federal appeals court judge faces a tough confirmation fight in the bitterly divided Senate.
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VOTE NO ON BENCZKOWSKI

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Tuesday, July 10, 2018
OPPOSE BENCZKOWSKI TO HEAD DOJ CRIMINAL DIVISION
Submitted by Jean Sealey
Contact Senator Rubio (202 224-3041 or 904 354-4300) and Senator Nelson (202 224-5274 or 904 346-4500) to tell them Brian Benczkowski poses too great a security risk to the United States to be considered to lead the Department of Justice Criminal Division, which is responsible for enforcement of all federal criminal law, because of his history with Alpha Ban…

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POLITICO.COM
Dems urge Trump to drop nominee who represented Russian bank

The bank came under scrutiny in 2016 after it was named in a dossier alleging ties between Trump’s presidential campaign and Russian officials.
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DEMAND BALANCED SCOTUS

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Monday, July 9, 2018
DEMAND BALANCE ON SCOTUS
Submitted by Jean Sealey
Call Senator Rubio (202 224-3041 or 904 354-4300), Senator Nelson (202 224-5274 or 904 346-4500) and your House representatives and tell them we will not tolerate a Supreme Court that is dominated by the White House. We must restore balance to the court and maintain a separation between our three branches of government. Approval of a partisan nominee favoring the extreme right will e…

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NYTIMES.COM
Trump to Name Supreme Court Nominee: What to Watch

President Trump is set to choose among four finalists and announce his Supreme Court nomination on Monday night.
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