This page lists Daily Actions that you can perform. Some take some time, but others are quick actions that have a lot of impact. We are listing them in Facebook and on this page for maximum visibility. Devote a portion of your day to united activity that, together, makes a difference.  


Oct. 24, 2018

Daily Action: Sign up and show up for HRI Election Group’s phone banking:
Thursday, November 25th
5 pm to 8:30 pm
150 Elden St. Herndon Office Suite 245

It’s now time to Get Out The Vote (GOTV)
Click on the link to sign up: https://www.facebook.com/events/699387613771210/

Less than two weeks from today we will determine the course of this country by voting. HRI is also signing up and showing up for these additional events to GOTV:

Phone banking:
MONDAY through THURSDAY 5pm-8pm at
150 Elden Street, Suite 245, Herndon

Canvassing: (

GOTV for Jennifer Wexton & Tim Kaine

Saturday, 10/27 at 12noon, we will be canvassing out of:
2938 Harvest Glen Ct
Herndon, VA 20171
Rsvp: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/…/67559/

Sunday, 10/28 at 6 PM, Tim Kaine is kicking off the 6pm canvass.
2435 Flint Hill Rd
Vienna, VA 22181
RSVP: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/vavictory2018/event/75811/

+++These staging locations need additional volunteers:

Ashburn Staging Location.
Address: 20937 Ashburn Road, Ashburn, VA 20147
Ashburn RSVP: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/…/79762/

Leesburg Staging Location.
Address: 315 Ayrlee Ave NW, Leesburg, VA 20176
Leesburg RSVP: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/…/67551/

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Today is day 101 at the Kremlin Annex. Thanks for keeping this going.

Oct. 23, 2018

Daily Action: Help get more signatures for the Petition to Protect our Immigrant Communities.

The local immigration coalition in which HRI’s Immigration Issues Committee participate, Fairfax for All, is asking for help getting more signatures, especially from folks in the districts with smaller percentages. Click on the link to see the percentages and to sign the Petition: https://www.facebook.com/…/a.12861457648…/1286145698193780/…

This Petition will be delivered to the Boards of Supervisors and other local elected officials demanding that all agencies of Fairfax County government end their voluntary collaboration with ICE.

**Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Today is day 100 at the Kremlin Annex. Thanks for keeping this going.

Oct. 22, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and demand that they oppose any future arms deals with or military support for Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi Arabian government murdered journalist and permanent US resident Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. Trump continues to support arms deals with Saudi Arabia, we must demand that congress block any future Saudi-US weapons deals and hold the regime accountable for their crimes against humanity.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/block-us-saudi-arms-deals-khashoggi

Senator Warner – 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 19, 2018

Daily Action: Write POSTCARDS to get voters to the polls. Today, October 19th, from 10am-12noon at Fox Mill Starbucks
https://www.facebook.com/events/551800115268544/

Then sign-up and show-up for the next 3 weekends and Election Day to help get Tim Kaine and Jerry Connolly re-elected and Jennifer Wexton elected.

Join Virginia Democracy Forward (VDF) to knock on doors to get out the vote for Jennifer Wexton and Tim Kaine on Saturday, October 20th: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/…

GET OUT THE VOTE:
Dry Run 1: Saturday, 10/21 & Sunday, 10/22
Dry Run 2: Saturday, 10/27 & Sunday, 10/28
Election Weekend: Sat. 11/3, Sun 11/4, Mon 11/5
Election Day: Tues. 11/6
Click on the link to sign up: https://docs.google.com/…/1STi72oNIbZPEj02eUUi0vZ…/viewform…

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin
Thanks everyone for keeping this going!

Oct. 18, 2018

Daily Action: Write some POSTCARDs to get voters to the polls. This is the last week to write postcards:

Tonight, 7pm-8:30pm at Herndon Panera
https://www.facebook.com/events/268823470303600/
Friday, 10/19 from 10am-12noon at Fox Mill Starbucks
https://www.facebook.com/events/551800115268544/

Also, don’t forget:
GET OUT THE VOTE:
Dry Run 1: Saturday, 10/21 & Sunday, 10/22
Dry Run 2: Saturday, 10/27 & Sunday, 10/28
Election Weekend: Sat. 11/3, Sun 11/4, Mon 11/5
Election Day: Tues. 11/6
Click on the link to sign up: https://docs.google.com/…/1STi72oNIbZPEj02eUUi0vZ…/viewform…
We must stand up to Corey Stewart, Barbara Comstock and many more by having face to face conversations with voters. YOU can help to ensure a HUGE win in November for Tim Kaine, Jennifer Wexton and Gerry Connolly.
Contact Maddy White at maddy.white@virginiavictory.org / 571-299-9490

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 17, 2018

Daily Action: Join with Fairfax for All, a local immigrant rights coalition in which HRI’s Immigration Issues Committee participates, to urge Fairfax County to end its voluntary collaboration with ICE.

Today, October 17, and tomorrow October 18, call and/or email Chairman Bulova and your Supervisor to urge them to end the county’s voluntary collaboration with ICE. Click here for talking points, sample email, and contact information for the Supervisors: https://www.fairfaxforall.org/take-action

Also, please join Fairfax for All and the HRI Immigration Issues Committee at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, on October 30 for our press conference (4 PM, outside) and to stand in support of our public comments (4:30 PM scheduled start; 6/6:30 PM anticipated start).

And, if you have not signed the Fairfax for All’s petition, click on the link to sign the petition, which will be delivered to the Supervisors on October 30: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfj231L90B48oGug…/viewform…

If you have any questions about this call to action or would like to attend the next meeting of HRI’s Immigration Issues Committee, please contact Mary Supley at    hriimmigration@outlook.com.

Remember:
This is the Last Week to write POST CARDs:
Wednesday, 10/17 from 3pm-5pm at Herndon Panera
https://www.facebook.com/events/518491428562000/
Thursday, 10/18 from 7pm-8:30pm at Herndon Panera
https://www.facebook.com/events/268823470303600/
Friday, 10/19 from 10am-12noon at Fox Mill Starbucks
https://www.facebook.com/events/551800115268544/

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 16, 2018

Daily Action: Attend the Herndon Reston Indivisible (HRI) monthly general meeting tonight. Gerry Connolly will be our guest speaker. The meeting starts at 6:30 PM, Sunset Hill Montessori School, 11180 Ridge Heights Road, Reston

The HRI Immigration Issues Committee as part of the local immigration coalition, Fairfax for All, is sending a petition to the Fairfax Board of Supervisors and other county officials asking them to voice support for the county ending its voluntary collaboration with ICE and the ordinance proposed/supported by Fairfax for All. The HRI Immigration Issues Committee will be at the meeting to get petition signatures. If you can not attend the meeting click on the link to sign the petition: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfj231L90B48oGug…/viewform…

Also,
This is the Last Week to write POST CARDs:
Wednesday, 10/17 from 3pm-5pm at Herndon Panera
https://www.facebook.com/events/518491428562000/
Thursday, 10/18 from 7pm-8:30pm at Herndon Panera
https://www.facebook.com/events/268823470303600/
Friday, 10/19 from 10am-12noon at Fox Mill Starbucks
https://www.facebook.com/events/551800115268544/

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 15, 2018

Daily Action: Check your voter registration and tell your friends and family to register or check their voter registration. Today, October 15th, is the last day to register to vote in Virginia: https://www.elections.virginia.gov/voter-outreach/

Today is also the last day to submit comments to the National Park Services (NPS) against their proposal to adapt special regulations related to demonstrations and special events at certain national parks in the National Capital Region. Regulations that would limit our ability to protest like we do at the Kremlin Annex protest we have been part of for more than 90 days. Click on the link to comment: https://action.aclu.org/p…/dc-restrict-demonstration-rights…

You can also click her to leave comments: https://www.regulations.gov/comment…

Here’s an example: I vehemently oppose the National Park Service’s proposed rule RIN 1024-AE45 (Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, National Capital Region, Special Events and Demonstrations). This rule will abridge the People’s First Amendment rights guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution: the right of freedom of speech, the right of the People to peacefully assemble, and the right of the People to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. This rule is a political ploy to silence dissent.

Don’t forget the HRI general meeting tomorrow, October 16th, 6:30 PM, 11180 Ridge Heights Road, Reston. Gerry Connolly is the guest speaker.

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 12, 2018

Daily Action: Get ready for the weekend! Sign-up and show-up to knock on doors and/or make phone calls to get Jennifer Wexton elected and to re-elect Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly. We have 4 more weekends to get Wexton elected and to re-elect Kaine and Connolly.

Here are the events:
Herndon Canvassing – 940 Locus St. Herndon
Saturday 10 AM – 2 PM
Sunday 12 PM – 4PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/616523475409847/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1106946052790027/

Hunter Mill Canvassing – 2505 Charleston Ln. Reston
Saturday 10 AM – 2 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/2105431926452743/

Hunter Mill Canvassing – 150 Elden St. Parker Herndon
Sunday 10 PM – 3 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/1510691302367820/

Click on the link for more events: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/

Don’t forget to sign-up for GOTV.

Also, join the HRI Gun Violence Prevention Group at the NRA Vigil on Sunday, October 14, 2 PM – 3 PM. 11250 Waples Mill Rd. Fairfax: https://www.facebook.com/events/330480840843985/

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 11, 2018

Daily Action: Daily Action: Submit your comments to the National Park Services (NPS). NPS is proposing a revision to special regulations related to demonstrations and special events at certain national parks in the National Capital Region.
The last day for comments is Monday, October 15th.

This revision could close down Lafayette Square, the location of the Kremlin Annex rallies, to protests.
Click on the link for more information: https://www.aclu.org/…/trump-administration-seeks-stifle-pr…

Click on the link to leave your comment: https://action.aclu.org/p…/dc-restrict-demonstration-rights…

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 10, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell them to oppose Jeffrey Bossert Clark for Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Environmental and Natural Resources Division. Congress is expected to hold the final vote on Bossert this week.

Clark is a climate change denier who has publicly condemned government regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. His career of fighting environmental protections and his history of opposition to common sense environmental regulation demonstrate that he can’t be trusted to enforce and protect the DOJ’s environmental laws.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/oppose-bossert-clark-doj

Senator Warner – 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 9, 2018

Daily Action: Write a comment to the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance (DMAS) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) against the 1115 Medicaid Waiver.

The Republicans of the Virginia General Assembly included the Virginia Medicaid bill that passed earlier this year a requirement that the state apply for a waiver from the federal government to require premiums and condition Medicaid on “work requirements”.

The Northam administration opposes the waiver and, it will help them make the case to get rid of the Waiver if they get thousands and thousands of comments in opposition.
The comment period is open until October 20.

The Healthcare for All Virginians coalition has made it super easy to submit comments. Click on the link to access their website: http://havcoalition.org/
You can also add your personal story about why health care is so important, and why adding extra paperwork and hassle for people who need it is such a bad idea.

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 8, 2018

Daily Action: Sign-up to volunteer to get Democrats elected. On Saturday, October 6th, the Senate voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme. We can channel our outrage into volunteering to get the vote out and flip the House and the Senate in November.

Click on the HRI calendar to sign-up to write post cards to get people to the polls: https://herndonrestonindivisible.org/events/?tribe-bar-date=#

Click on the Indivisible link to sign-up to phone bank and/or text bank: https://act.indivisible.org/signup/gotv-volunteer/…

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 5, 2018

Daily Action: Sign-up and show-up for these events to elect Jennifer Wexton, re-elect Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly, and change Congress so we don’t get another Kavanaugh.
We have 32 days to go!

Jennifer Boysko’s house 940 Locust Street Herndon
– Sat. shifts at 10:00 am, 12 noon, 2:00 pm
– Sunday shifts at 12 noon, 2:00 pm

Hunter Mill:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2105431926452743/

Sterling Office:
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/event/…/

Herndon Office:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1106946052790027/

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

The KREMLIN ANNEX this Saturday is at a special time, 6-8 p.m., there will be a performance by resistance singers Sing Out Louise! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=323615578444761&set=gm.1367204206744260&type=3&theater&ifg=1

Oct. 4, 2018

Daily Action: Add your name to the growing list of citizen activists opposing publication of blueprints for 3D-printed guns.

This summer the Brady Campaign working together with 20 state Attorneys General and other partners were able to halt Cody Wilson from making blueprints for untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed guns available to anyone, anywhere. Unfortunately, the fight is far from over. Cody Wilson’s company Defense Distributed continues to fight in the courts and sell devices that help criminals make their own guns.

The Brady Campaign has partnered with California State Attorney General, Xavier Becera to keep up the fight and sustain the momentum that led to their victory this summer.We cannot allow Defense Distributed to make available plans for untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed guns to anyone, anywhere.
Click on the link to add your name: https://actionnetwork.org/…/stop-release-of-3d-downloadabl…/

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 3, 2018

Daily Action: Call Deputy Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Thomas Brandon, and tell him to issue a final rule banning bump stocks now.

At the Route 91 Country Music Festival in Las Vegas on October 1st, 2017, a lone gunman armed with several AR-15s – customized to mimic fully automatic rifles – killed 58, left 600 people shot or wounded. In December 2017 three survivors traveled to Washington, DC to testify before the Senate and urge them to take some sort of action – even a simple one like banning bump stocks. The Trump Administration has slowly moved forward on proposed regulations to restrict bump stocks.

The Brady Campaign is asking us to make this call in remembrance of the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas one year ago.
Click on the link for more information: http://www.bradycampaign.org/why-havent-we-banned-bump-stoc…
or, you can text VEGAS to 877-877 or call 202-648-8520.

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 2, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Kaine and Warner and tell them to stop the White House from Obstructing the FBI’s Kavanaugh Investigation.

On Friday Trump ordered the FBI investigation of the sexual assault claims made against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, However, the White House has severely limited what the FBI is allowed to investigate.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/kavanaugh-fbi-investigation

Warner – 202 224 2023
Kaine – 202 224 4024

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Oct. 1, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine, and Representatives Comstock and Connolly and tell them to Protect Mueller and the Russia Investigation by supporting S.2644, the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, and to make a public statement that the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller or Deputy Attorney General (AG) Rod Rosenstein is unacceptable.

It’s been reported lately that Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the Mueller investigation, was resigning or being fired. If he’s fired or resigns that would leave the Mueller investigation under extreme danger of being shut down.

S.2644, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Coons (D-DE), Tim Tillis (R-NC), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), limits Trump’s ability to fire Mueller.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/iss…/protect-mueller-russia-investigation

Warner – 202 224 2023
Kaine – 202 224 4024
Comstock – 202 225 5136
Connolly – 202 225 1492

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need 4 to 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e4cafaf28a5ff2-kremlin

Sept. 28, 2018

Daily Action: Get ready for the weekend. Sign-up and show-up to elect Jennifer Wexton and re-elect Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly.

Saturday, Sept. 29
Sterling, big Grassroots Day of Action: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/…/26751/

Chantilly: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/event/…/

South Reston: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/vavictory2018/event/23784/

Sunday, Sept. 30
Herndon, Jennifer Boysko’s house: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/vavictory2018/event/16529/

Chantilly: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/event/…/

Fairfax Station Latino Canvass, Meet and Greet Tim Kaine and Dalia Palchik: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/vavictory2018/event/37638/

WEEKLY PHONE BANKS:

Walk in Any Evening:
Herndon Coordinated Office: 150 Elden St, Suite 244; 5pm-8pm

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need at least 6 or 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
Thanks for keeping this going

Sept. 27, 2018

Daily Action: Join the Women’s March at 12:30 PM today at the Capital Reflection Pool to support Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and to demand the Senate #CancelKavanaugh.
Click on the link for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/2112173539112276/

It’s important that we show up in FULL FORCE today, when the hearings reconvene and Dr. Blasey Ford testifies.

or,

Join HRI at the Kremlin Annex at Lafayette Park to continue to support Dr. Ford and demand the Senate #CancelKavanaugh.
We will meet at the Wiehle-Reston Metro by fare card machines at 6:30 PM. Wear your yellow HRI shirt if you have one
Click on the link to sign-up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Sept. 26, 2018

Daily Action: Join HRI at the Kremlin Annex at Lafayette Park tonight, Sept. 26, to show our support for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and our demand that the Senate vote NO on Brett Kanavaugh’s confirmation.

Let’s make this a large group to hold letters and chant to get our message to the President and the Senate.

We will meet at the Wiehle-Reston Metro by fare card machines at 6:30 PM. Wear your yellow HRI shirt if you have one. Click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

If the Doodle link is full for today, please click on this Facebook link to let us know you’ll be there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HerndonRestonIndivisible/
See you tonight!

Sept. 25, 2018

Daily Action: Join HRI’s Immigration Issues Committee in telling officials in Fairfax County to end their voluntary collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). HRI’s Immigration Issues Committee is part of Fairfax for All, a local coalition of grassroots, civil rights, immigrant rights, and faith-based organizations. Please sign and share this petition: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfj231L90B48oGug…/viewform…
Also, join the Immigration Issues Committee for their next meeting in Reston at 6:30 PM, on Tuesday, October 9. If you have any questions, please contact Mary at hriimmigration@outlook.com.

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need at least 6 or 7 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
Thanks for keeping this going

Sept. 24, 2018

Daily Action: Join the NON ARREST action in Washington D.C. to make sure that the Senate knows that #WeBelieveChristine and demand that they #CancelKavanaugh and vote no on his confirmation.This action begins today, September 24.
Click on the link for more information: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSc9XCQDZGtZU0kUXO…/viewform

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need at least 5 or 6 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
Thanks for keeping this going

Sept. 21, 2018

Daily/Weekend Action: Sign-up and show-up to canvas and phone bank to help get Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly re-elected and Jennifer Wexton elected.

Reston:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2105431926452743/
Chantilly:
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/event/…/
Herndon:
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/vavictory2018/event/16529/

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. We need at least 5 or 6 volunteers each day to get our message to the President. Please click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
Thanks for keeping this going

Sept. 20, 2018

Daily Action: Write postcards to help get Democrats out to vote tonight, 7 PM at the Panera in Herndon:
https://www.facebook.com/events/272020103398116/

or,
Join DNC Chair Tom Perez and the Power 4 Puerto Rico coalition in front of the White House to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria: https://www.facebook.com/events/874317929424960/?notif_t=event_description_mention&notif_id=1537398568760695

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Please click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
We need more volunteers to join us at the Kremlin Annex this week to hold letters to get our message to the President. Thanks for keeping this going

Sept. 19, 2018

Daily Action: Go write some postcards to get Democrats out to vote.

Postcard event today, Sept. 19, 3 PM at Panera in Herndon:
https://www.facebook.com/events/303267206894197/

Postcard event tomorrow, Sept. 20, 7 PM at Panera in Herndon:
https://www.facebook.com/events/272020103398116/

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Please click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
We need more volunteers to join us at the Kremlin Annex this week to hold letters to get our message to the President. Thanks for keeping this going

Sept. 18, 2018

Daily Action: Come to the HRI monthly meeting tonight. Senator Tim Kaine will be our guest speaker.

Sunset Hills Montessori School
11180 Ridge Heights Road
Reston, VA
Meeting begins at 6:00 pm

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Please click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
We need more volunteers to join us at the Kremlin Annex this week to hold letters to get our message to the President. Thanks for keeping this going.

Sept. 17, 2018

Daily Action: Write some post cards to get Democrats out to vote on November 6. We have about 50 days left to help Democrats get elected. Here are some postcard events this week:
Monday, 9/17 from 10am-2pm at North County Governmental Center
Wednesday, 9/19 from 3pm-5pm at Herndon Panera
Thursday, 9/20 from 7pm-8:30pm at Herndon Panera
Friday, 9/21 from 10am-12noon at Fox Mill Starbucks

Also, don’t forget:

Herndon-Reston Indivisible monthly meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, September 18th. Senator Kaine will be our guest speaker.

Sunset Hills Montessori School
11180 Ridge Heights Road
Reston, VA
Meeting begins at 6:00 pm

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
Thanks for keeping this going.

Sept. 14, 2018

Daily Action: Sign-up and Show-up to canvas/phone bank to get Jennifer Wexton elected to congress and to reelect Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly.
Click on the links to sign-up:
South Reston:
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/vavictory2018/event/23784/
Herndon:
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/vavictory2018/event/16529/
Sterling:
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/event/…/
McLean:
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/…/23176/
Chantilly:
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/event/…/
Manassas/Manassas Park:
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/…/23436/
Fairfax County – FCDC Headquarters -Phone banking only:
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/event/…/

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
Thanks for keeping this going.

Sept. 13, 2018

Daily Action: Sign MomsRising petition asking Congress to address our nation’s maternal health crisis by passing the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act (S.3363) and the Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards (MOMS) Act (S.3392).

The U.S. is the most dangerous place to give birth in the developed world. Far too many women, especially Black women, have troubling experiences with maternal care and face debilitating or deadly maternal health outcomes.

More U.S. women are dying from pregnancy or childbirth complications today than in recent history, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 60 percent of these deaths and complications are preventable.

The Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act (S.3363) looks to create two new grant programs – one for implicit bias training (which has real-world implications for pregnant people of color. The National Academy of the Sciences found that medical students still held onto the mythology that Black people’s bodies could withstand more pain than white people) and another for pregnancy medical home (PMH) programs which will help deliver health care services to pregnant women and new moms.

The Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards (MOMS) Act (S.3392) would provide new funding to hospitals with obstetrics and gynecology practices that want to improve their response to pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated complications by implementing standardized best practices that could save lives.

To move these bills forward MomsRising needs your help. Members of Congress need to hear from you to prioritize proactive solutions that will save the lives of pregnant women.
Click on the link to sign the petition: https://action.momsrising.org/…/urge-congress-address-rac…/…

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Sept. 12, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Kaine and Warner and thank them for publicly announcing that they will vote NO for Brett Kavanaugh, Trumps Supreme Court nomination.

Continue to call the Senators in the “Neutral/Waffle” column and tell them to vote NO for Kavanaugh, Trump’s Supreme Court nomination. How they vote will affect all of our lives: https://docs.google.com/…/1IhksP1EBXbIxirXRILNBOjTH89…/edit…

Senator Warner – 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024

Also, sigh-up for a Postcard for Virginia event to help get Democrats out to vote: https://postcards4va.com/events/

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Sept. 11, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell them to Oppose Attacks on Insurance Protections for People with Preexisting Conditions. Several states have filed suites arguing that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is no longer constitutional because the Republican tax bill eliminated the tax penalty for being uninsured. Legal experts and politicians on both sides of the aisle have questioned the suit’s validity, but the Department of Justice has filed a brief in support of the case. If the anti-ACA plaintiffs prevail, many of the ACA’s most popular provisions, including consumer protections for people with preexisting conditions, would be eliminated.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/i…/protect-preexisting-condition-coverage

Also, continue to call Senator Warner and the Senators in the “Neutral/Waffle” column and tell them to vote NO for Kavanaugh, Trump’s Supreme Court nomination. How they vote will affect all of our lives: https://docs.google.com/…/1IhksP1EBXbIxirXRILNBOjTH89…/edit…

Senator Warner – 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Sept. 10, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senator Warner and demand that he vote NO on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Senator Tim Kaine announced he will vote NO on Kavanaugh’s nomination.

Click on the link to see which Senators oppose Kavanaugh’s nomination: https://docs.google.com/…/1IhksP1EBXbIxirXRILNBOjTH89…/edit…
Calling the ones in the “Neutral/Waffle” column might help them decide to vote NO.
This isn’t over yet.

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Sept. 7, 2018

Daily Action: Once again call Senators Kaine and Warner and tell them you want them to take a stand against Brett Kavanaugh. Neither one of them has committed to voting NO.

Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024
Senator Warner – 202 224 2023

Also, it won’t hurt to call Senators Murkowski – 202 224 6665 and Collins – 202 224 2523 and, remind them that if they vote for Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court their names will linked with his when he votes to overturn Roe V. Wade. Even though we are not their constituents we can let them know what they risk if they vote for Kavanaugh.

Don’t forget canvassing and phone banking for Wexton, Kaine and Connolly this weekend:
Click on the links to sign-up: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/
https://www.facebook.com/events/295728397882907/
http://fairfaxdemocrats.org/…/phonebank-for-jennifer-wext…/…
http://fairfaxdemocrats.org/blog/event/canvass-in-vienna-3/

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Sept. 6, 2018

Daily Action: Get ready for the Weekend of Action. Sign-up and show-up to canvass/phone bank to get Jennifer Wexton elected and to get Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly re-elected.
Click on the links to sign-up: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/
https://www.facebook.com/events/295728397882907/
http://fairfaxdemocrats.org/…/phonebank-for-jennifer-wext…/…
http://fairfaxdemocrats.org/blog/event/canvass-in-vienna-3/…

Also, if you haven’t already, call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell them to oppose Supreme court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. If you have friends and family who oppose this nomination tell them to call their senators, especially Republican senators. This is an important issue and we must make sure our senators know what we expect from them.

Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024
Senator Warner – 202 224 2023

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Sept. 5, 2018

Daily Action: Again, call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell them to oppose Supreme court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Also, if you have friends and family who oppose this nomination tell them to call their senators, especially Republican senators. This is an important issue and we must make sure our senators know what we expect from them. Here’s the latest tactic used by the White House; https://abcnews.go.com/…/democrats-raise-alarm-white…/story…

Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024
Senator Warner – 202 224 2023

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
Thanks for keeping this going.

Sept. 4, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell the to vote NO for Brett Kavanaugh. Today, September 4th, begins the four-day hearing on Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme court. Even if you have called Warner and Kaine before to tell them to vote NO on this nomination, call them again. Call their offices everyday until they cast their votes.

As a deputy White House counsel and Bush’s staff secretary from 2001 to 2006, Kavanaugh was involved in lots of policy decisions and political disputes. That leads to the biggest paper trail for any high court nominee, but most of it has not been released because Senate Republicans claim it’s irrelevant. What are they trying to hide?

Also, because of the criminal inquiries into Russian interference and campaign finance violations during the 2016 election. This could be translated into Trump picking his on jury. How will he vote on issues such as abortion and gay rights? https://www.cnn.com/…/po…/kavanaugh-on-the-issues/index.html

Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024
Senator Warner – 202 224 2023

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
Thanks for keeping this going.

Sept. 3, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and remind them to vote NO for Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Justice.

Mark Warner – 202 224 2023
Tim Kaine – 202 224 4024

Then take a break and enjoy Labor Day.

But:

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi
Thanks for keeping this going.

Aug. 31, 2018

Daily Action: Call Governor Ralph Northam and urge him to to reject the EPA’s proposed rollback of Clean Power Plan emissions caps.

On August 21st, the Trump administration released a proposed rule with the misleadingly name, Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) proposal. This rule will reverse Clean Power Plan requirements which requires states to cut greenhouse gas pollution to slow the pace of climate change. It allows states to set their greenhouse gas emission goals. The ACE rule would also restrict states’ ability to regulate pollution from coal-fired power plants.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/clean-power-plan-emission-caps

Governor Northam – 804 786 2211

Don’t forget to sign-up and show-up this weekend:
Click on the links to sign-up:
Canvassing for Wexton/Kaine: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/
Canvassing for Kaine:
https://www.facebook.com/events/451357372038533/

Also:

*** LAST DAY TO ORDER HRI TEE SHIRTS TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 1. Here’s the link to order a bright yellow HRI t-shirt — long or short sleeve. This is the t-shirt HRI is wearing for Kremlin Annex protests at the White House. Order is open until September 1, delivered (to Heidi) about 14 days later: https://www.customink.com/g/gfv0-00bh-h4uh

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Aug. 30, 2018

Daily Action: Get ready for the weekend. Sign-up and show-up for canvassing, phone banking and postcard writing. We must re-elect Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly, and we must replace Comstock with Jennifer Wexton.

Click on the links to sign-up:
Postcards: https://www.facebook.com/events/272020103398116/
Canvassing for Wexton/Kaine: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/
Canvassing for Kaine:
https://www.facebook.com/events/451357372038533/

Also:

***Here’s the link to order a bright yellow HRI t-shirt — long or short sleeve. This is the t-shirt HRI is wearing for Kremlin Annex protests at the White House. Order is open until September 1, delivered (to Heidi) about 14 days later: https://www.customink.com/g/gfv0-00bh-h4uh

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Aug. 29, 2018

Daily Action: Call Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the Department of Education, and tell her that Title IV funds are not to be used to purchase firearms. Then call your members of Congress and tell them that the Every Student Succeeds Act must be amended to prohibit the use of federal funds to purchase firearms.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/devos-funding-guns-for-schools

Betsy DeVos – 202 401 3000
Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136
Gerry Connolly – 202 225 1492
Mark Warner – 202 224 2023
Tim Kaine – 202 224 4024

Also:

***Here’s the link to order a bright yellow HRI t-shirt — long or short sleeve. This is the t-shirt HRI is wearing for Kremlin Annex protests at the White House. Order is open until September 1, delivered (to Heidi) about 14 days later: https://www.customink.com/g/gfv0-00bh-h4uh

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Aug. 28, 2018

Daily Action: Call your Members Of Congress (MOCs), Tim Kaine, Mark Warner, and Gerry Connolly or Barbara Comstock, and tell them to take action to reduce the epidemic of gun violence in the United States.

Some of the actions they can take are:
– Close the loophole that lets people buy guns at shows and through private sellers without background checks
– Institute universal background checks for ammo and gun buyers
– Fund evidence-based community anti-violence programs
– Reinstate a federal ban on the purchase of high-capacity magazines and military-style assault weapons

Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/action-against-gun-violence

Tim Kaine – 202 224 4024
Mark Warner – 202 224 2023
Gerry Connolly – 202 225 1492
Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136

Also:

***Here’s the link to order a bright yellow HRI t-shirt — long or short sleeve. This is the t-shirt HRI is wearing for Kremlin Annex protests at the White House. Order is open until September 1, delivered (to Heidi) about 14 days later: https://www.customink.com/g/gfv0-00bh-h4uh

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Aug. 27, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell the to publicly oppose Brett Kavanaugh before the confirmation hearings beginning September 4. You can also email their staff to voice your opposition. If you called before about this call/email again. We must make sure they know where we stand.

Warner and Kaine have not explicitly pledged to oppose Kavanaugh. https://docs.google.com/…/1IhksP1EBXbIxirXRILNBOjTH89…/edit…

Even before the events of last week, there were plenty of reasons for our senators to oppose Kavanaugh based on his record. Now, there’s no excuse for inaction. Brett Kavanaugh does not believe a sitting president can be indicted, or should even be investigated. It’s clear that Trump chose Kavanaugh in order to shield himself from accountability when the Supreme Court inevitably weighs in on Trump’s crimes and corruption. That’s why it is imperative that we stop Kavanaugh now. Trump has hand-picked the Supreme Court nominee that would have the ability to exonerate him. Yet, there are 26 senators that are still undecided. That’s unacceptable.
Click on the link for more information: https://www.indivisible.org/…/must-stop-kavanaugh-becoming…/

Also:

***Here’s the link to order a bright yellow HRI t-shirt — long or short sleeve. This is the t-shirt HRI is wearing for Kremlin Annex protests at the White House. Order is open until September 1, delivered (to Heidi) about 14 days later: https://www.customink.com/g/gfv0-00bh-h4uh

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Aug. 24, 2018

Daily Action: Submit your comments to the National Park Services (NPS). NPS is proposing a revision to special regulations related to demonstrations and special events at certain national parks in the National Capital Region.

This revision could close down Lafayette Square, the location of the Kremlin Annex rallies, to protests.
Click on the link to leave your comment: https://www.federalregister.gov/…/special-regulations-areas…

Also:

****Here’s the link to order a bright yellow HRI t-shirt — long or short sleeve. This is the t-shirt HRI is wearing for Kremlin Annex protests at the White House. Order is open until September 1, delivered (to Heidi) about 14 days later: https://www.customink.com/g/gfv0-00bh-h4uh

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up until Sunday: https://doodle.com/poll/ctivk4yz9zr9ucim
This link to sign up for after Sunday: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Aug. 23, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senator Kaine and urge him to support the Secure Elections Act, S.2593, introduced by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and James Lankford (R-OK). Call Senator Warner and thank him has already signed on as a co-sponsor.

This bill has bipartisan support and would establish an information sharing system between local election officials and federal security agencies so threats and attacks can be quickly shared throughout the country.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/support-secure-elections-act

Also:

****Here’s the link to order a bright yellow HRI t-shirt — long or short sleeve. This is the t-shirt HRI is wearing for Kremlin Annex protests at the White House. Order is open until September 1, delivered (to Heidi) about 14 days later: https://www.customink.com/g/gfv0-00bh-h4uh

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up until Sunday: https://doodle.com/poll/ctivk4yz9zr9ucim
This link to sign up for after Sunday: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkupi

Aug. 22, 2018

Daily Action: Add your name to Moms Rising letter to tell Congress to Stand Up and Fight Climate Change Now! https://action.momsrising.org/sign/climate_change_2018/…

Climate change is killing us. Tell Congress to stand up and fight for our lives and for our future. It’s time for Congress to fight climate change with every tool at its disposal, including protecting clean power plants and so, so, so much more.

Also:
****Here’s the link to order a bright yellow HRI t-shirt — long or short sleeve. This is the t-shirt HRI is wearing for Kremlin Annex protests at the White House. Order is open until September 1, delivered (to Heidi) about 14 days later: https://www.customink.com/g/gfv0-00bh-h4uh

****Reminder: HRI Post Card Writing to Flip Congress, today, Wed, 8/22 3pm-5pm at Herndon Panera: https://www.facebook.com/events/303267206894197/

****Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/dtyivambtmnqkup

Aug. 21, 2018

Daily Action: Call Donald Trump 202-456-1111 and Mike Pompeo at 202-647-6575 to tell them that allowing Defense Distributed to release 3-D downloadable gun files will jeopardize our public safety and national security.

Three weeks ago, 50+ gun violence prevention groups sent an OPEN LETTER to Donald Trump to implore him to stop 3D guns from getting into the hands of terrorists, felons, domestic abusers and other prohibited firearm users—with no background checks, no permits, and no regard for state and federal laws on gun ownership. https://www.newtownactionalliance.org/…/open-letter-to-pres…

On July 31st, Seattle Federal Judge Robert Lasnik granted Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s request for temporary restraining order for the Trump administration to keep plastic gun software for 3D printers off the internet. The hearing for the temporary restraining order is set for today, August 21st. The temporary restraining order is expected to expire on August 28th.

Defense Distributed breached the settlement with the Trump administration and uploaded the 3D gun files on Friday, July 27th and the files for AR-15s have been downloaded thousands of times.
Click on the link for more information on 3D and ghost guns: https://www.newtownactionalliance.org/3d-guns/

****Don’t forget Herndon Reston Indivisible’s (HRI) general meeting today, August 21. Jennifer Wexton will be the guest speaker. Click the link for more information: https://herndonrestonindivisible.org/…/hri-general-meeting…/

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/ctivk4yz9zr9ucim

Aug. 20, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell them to commit immediately to opposing Trump’s nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin hearings for Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination on September 4. Kavanaugh is a threat to our most basic values that we hold near and dear to our hearts. Reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, voting rights, affordable health care, and many more values could be at risk. We don’t need to be further convinced that Kavanaugh is dangerous to a life-long position on the Supreme Court.

Now that we know committee hearings are approaching, it’s time to take immediate action. Our senators don’t need more proof on how detrimental Kavanaugh will be for our justice system. https://www.indivisible.org/…/must-stop-kavanaugh-becoming…/

Click on the link to find the call script here, review the script, and make your calls: http://act.indivisible.org/call/supreme-court-fight/…

Use Indivisible’s toll-free number: Dial 1-844-778-3056 and you’ll hear a quick review of what to say to your senator’s office. Then, they’ll connect you directly to your Senator’s office. Make sure to call back and they’ll connect you to your other senator!

****Don’t forget Herndon Reston Indivisible’s (HRI) general meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, August 21. Jennifer Wexton will be the guest speaker. Click the link for more information: https://herndonrestonindivisible.org/…/hri-general-meeting…/

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/ctivk4yz9zr9ucim

Aug. 17 – 19, 2019

Daily Action: Show-up for the events that will help get Jennifer Wexton elected and Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly re-elected.
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/

Join Anne Holton, Tim Kaine’s wife, to canvass at 1:00 PM on Saturday, August 18.

Where: (the Herndon Field office)
150 Elden Street, Suite 244
Suite 244
Herndon, VA 20170
https://www.facebook.com/events/291659401418377/

Also, come hear Jennifer Wexton at Herndon Reston Indivisible’s (HRI) general meeting on Tuesday, August 21.
Clcik the link for more information: https://herndonrestonindivisible.org/…/hri-general-meeting…/

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/ctivk4yz9zr9ucim

Aug. 16, 2018

Daily Action: Sign-up and show-up for canvassing and phone banking this weekend.

We have to do everything possible to re-elect Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly and, to elect Jennifer Wexton and other Democrat candidates in Virginia.

Click on the links to sign-up: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/

Join Anne Holton, Tim Kaine’s wife, to canvass at 1:00 PM on Saturday, August 18.

Where: (the Herndon Field office)
150 Elden Street, Suite 244
Suite 244
Herndon, VA 20170
Contact Maddy White (maddy.white@virginiavictory.org) or Kylie Parker (kylie.parker@virginiavictory.org) for more info about this event and many others

***Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/ctivk4yz9zr9ucim

Aug. 15, 2018

Daily Action: Save the Date, November 6, 2018. The Virginia General Election is less than 90 days away and it is important that we re-elect U.S. Senator Tim Kaine and our Democrat U.S. Representatives, and elect Jennifer Wexton.

The last day to register to vote is October 15, 2018.
The deadline for requesting Absentee Ballots by mail is October 30, 2018.

Want to know who’s your Representative: .http://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/

Need information on Voting or want to check your Voter Registration: https://www.elections.virginia.gov/

This is an IMPORTANT ELECTION and EVERY VOTE COUNTS!

**Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/ctivk4yz9zr9ucim

Aug. 14, 2018

Daily Action: Let your State Delegate hear from you about legislation Jennifer Boysko is drafting for next year.

Delegate Boysko is drafting legislation that would end the practice of suspending driver’s licenses for the inability to pay traffic fines. A Washington Post analysis found that driver’s licenses suspension for failure to pay court or administrative debt unfairly impacts the poor.

This practice disproportionately affects minorities and the poor and can result in difficulty getting to work or potentially the loss of a job. This is particularly difficult here in our area where it can be difficult financially to live near where you work.

William Stanley and Barbara Favola’s SB181 from last year (passed Senate, failed in House of Delegates) was supported by the ACLU. https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/97678c08-5785-11e8-b656-a5…

Call or email your State Delegate and let them know your suggestions for this legislation.

Jennifer Boysko – 703 437 0086 – deljboysko@house.virginia.gov

Ken Plum – 703 758 9733 – delkplum@house.virginia.gov

**Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/ctivk4yz9zr9ucim

Aug. 13, 2018

Daily Action: Call the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs (VA), the House Committee on Veteran’s Affairs; Senators Warner and Kaine, and Gerry Connolly or Barbara Comstock and demand hearings and an investigation into the Mar-A-Lago Trio Secretly Running the VA.

A recent report by ProPublica found that three members of Trump’s Mar-A-Lago golf club, who have neither government nor military experience, are secretly influencing the governance and operations of the VA. The report showed that since Trump became president, Ike Perlmutter, the CEO of Marvel Entertainment; Bruce Moskowitz, a physician; and Marc Sherman, an attorney, are acting as shadow administrators of the VA. Senate Committee on

Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/mar-a-lago-crowd-veterans-affairs

The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs – 202 224 9126
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs – 202 225 3527
Mark Warner – 202 224 2023
Tim Kaine – 202 225 4024
Gerry Connolly – 202 225 1492
Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136

**Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/ctivk4yz9zr9ucim

Aug. 10 – 12, 2018

Daily Action: Get ready for the weekend. Sign-up and show up to to help elect Jennifer Wexton and re-elect Tim Kaine.

Sign-up for at least one shift and let’s show Barbara Comstock that #ChangeIsComing

Canvassing and phone-banking at Wexton’s new office in Chantilly, at the Sterling office and several other offices, and weekly phone-banking at FCDC Headquarters on Saturdays.
Click on the link to sign-up: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/

**Don’t forget, the Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park tonight, August 10. Here’s the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/ctivk4yz9zr9ucim

(The Kremlin Annex protest is taking a break this weekend beginning Saturday, August 11, until Monday, August 13.)

Aug. 9, 2018

Daily Action: Sign Fairfax for All’s petition calling on our Fairfax County officials to end the county’s voluntary collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Click on the link to sign the petition: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfj231L90B48oGug…/viewform…

Click on the links to visit Fairfax for All’s FB and Twitter pages: https://www.facebook.com/fairfaxforall/…
https://twitter.com/ForFairfax

***The Kremlin Annex protests at Lafayette Park is taking a break this weekend beginning Saturday, August 11, until Monday, August 13. Here’s the link to sign up : https://doodle.com/poll/ctivk4yz9zr9ucim

Aug. 8, 2018

Daily Action: Call your Senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, again to demand they vote NO on Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

Trump tweeted at Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, to end the Mueller probe “right now,” and Steve Bannon said that Trump should fire Rod Rosenstein. Criminal obstruction of justice charges against Trump could end up in the U.S. Supreme Court, where Trump’s nominee Brett Kavanaugh-who’s record of supporting expansive presidential powers and putting presidents above the law—could be a deciding vote on whether to indict the President.

We can’t allow the President to create his own SCOTUS judge & jury.
Click on the link for more information: https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/663587610673223

Mark Warner – 202-224-2023
Tim Kaine – 202-224-4024

**Don’t forget KREMLIN ANNEX at Lafayette Park. Nan’s TREASON, LIAR and PUPPET signs need people to sign up , to carry the letters: https://doodle.com/poll/kyyh62yd73tnicwh

Aug. 7, 2018

Daily Action: Watch the PBS documentary, “Documenting Hate: Charlottesville” at 10 PM today, August 7th.
The documentary can also be watched on line: https://www.pbs.org/…/film/documenting-hate-charlottesville/

FRONTLINE and ProPublica have been investigating the white supremacists at the center of last August’s rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The documentary investigates why, after nearly a year after the rally, many of the perpetrators of racist violence have not been held accountable; tracing the origins and actions of the white supremacist groups they belong to; and revealing how a series of violent clashes involving those very same individuals and groups preceded the deadly rally in Charlottesville.
Click on the link for more information: https://www.pbs.org/…/one-year-after-charlottesville-front…/

**Don’t forget KREMLIN ANNEX at Lafayette Park. Nan’s TREASON, LIAR and PUPPET signs have become the trade mark of this rally. We really need people to sign up today, August 7, to carry the letters: https://doodle.com/poll/kyyh62yd73tnicwh

Aug. 6, 2018

Daily Action: Call your Senators and Representatives and ask them when they plan to hold a Town Hall during recess. Call their local offices.

The House of Representatives is currently on Congressional Recess until September 4th, and the Senate through August 14th. Your Members Of Congress (MOCs) work for you and you should have regular opportunities to discuss their positions, the platforms of their parties, and how their legislative agendas will affect you and those close to you.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/august-recess-town-hall

Gerry Connolly – 703-256-3071
Barbara Comstock – 703 404 6903
Tim Kaine – 703 361 3192
Mark Warner – 703 442 0670

**Don’t forget KREMLIN  ANNEX at Lafayette Park. Rosie O’Donnell and other Broadway Stars will be there today. Meet HRI at Wiehle/Reston metro at 4:30 PM.

Click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/kyyh62yd73tnicwh

Aug. 3 -5, 2018

Daily Action: Join MomsRising.org in asking the Secretary of Commerce to not include the Citizenship question on the 2020 Census. August 7 is the deadline for comments.
Click on the link to to add your name: https://action.momsrising.org/sign/2020Census/…

Also, don’t forget the events this weekend:

Saturday, August 4, 12:00 – 3:00PM, March on the NRA
WEAR ORANGE!
In front of National Rifle Association Headquarters
11250 Waples Mill Rd
Fairfax, VA 22030
https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-on-the-nra…

Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5
Sign up and show up for canvassing/phone banking to get Jennifer Wexton elected and, Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly re-elected!
https://www.facebook.com/events/512965915800351/
https://www.facebook.com/events/448222822329622/
https://www.facebook.com/events/431144094059464/

**Don’t forget Occupy Lafayette Park. Click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/kyyh62yd73tnicwh

Aug, 2, 2018

Daily Action: Get ready for the weekend!

On Saturday, August 4th, join the young people who are mobilizing against the National Rifle Association (NRA) and fighting to prevent gun violence. WEAR ORANGE!

March on the NRA
Saturday, August 4th, 12:00 – 3:00pm
In front of National Rifle Association Headquarters
11250 Waples Mill Rd
Fairfax, VA 22030

Waples Mill Road will be closed to vehicular traffic between the Rt. 66 overpass and Pender Drive. The location will only be accessible from Rt. 50 on the south side.
Street parking is available along Pender Drive and Fairfax Ridge Road (across from Pender Dr.). Additionally, parking should be available at nearby office buildings as business should be light on a Saturday.

Click on the links for more information (you don’t have to RSVP): https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-on-the-nra…
https://docs.wixstatic.com/…/28167e_1c9907522d744f64818c409…

Then, Sign up and show up for canvassing/phone banking to get Jennifer Wexton elected and, Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly re-elected!
Clink on the links to sign up:
https://www.facebook.com/events/512965915800351/
https://www.facebook.com/events/448222822329622/
https://www.facebook.com/events/431144094059464/?notif_t=plan_user_invited&notif_id=1533151174009724

**Don’t forget Occupy Lafayette Park. Click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/kyyh62yd73tnicwh

Aug. 1, 2018

Daily Action: Call the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and your Members Of Congress (MOCs) and demand that Scott Lloyd, head of HHS Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), resign for Harming Immigrant Children.

When Scott Lloyd took over ORR he instituted a new policy requiring his personal approval to release any immigrant child who was ever under “heightened supervision,” which includes unaccompanied minors and immigrant children without legal authorization There is no credible reason that the director of a federal agency should have to personally approve custody issues, and as a consequence, children are being detained for months and sometimes years.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/scott-lloyd-resign-director-oor

HHS – 202-205-5445

Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136
Gerry Connolly – 202 225 1492
Tim Kaine – 202 224 4024
Mark Warner – 202 224 2023

**Don’t forget Occupy Lafayette Park. Click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/kyyh62yd73tnicwh

July 31, 2018

Call your Members Of Congress (MOCs) and tell them to not let the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoke California’s ability to regulate cars’ greenhouse gas emissions and set less stringent federal standards for fuel efficiency.

The EPA is expected to announce significantly weakened standards for greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy for automobiles. This will lead to significantly more gasoline consumption and air pollution.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/clean-air-car-emissions-standards

Senator Warner – 202 224 2034
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024
Gerry Connolly – 202 225 1492
Barbara Comstock 202 225 5136

**Don’t forget to sigh up for Occupy Lafayette Park.
Click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/kyyh62yd73tnicwh

July 30, 2018

Daily Action: Call the White House at (202) 456-1111 and tell Trump to stop Sec. Pompeo and the State Department from authorizing Defense Distributed to release downloadable print files for 3-D guns. We have until August 1 to drive as many messages and as many calls as possible.

The U.S. State Department is preparing to allow an outfit called “Defense Distributed” an exemption to publish downloadable gun blueprints. Defense Distributed is run by a self-described anarchist whose stated aim is to undermine and defeat gun laws by enabling anyone to use a 3-D printer to easily manufacture an untraceable gun – even an AR15 semi-automatic assault weapon. With gun schematics in hand, a person can print their own firearm with a commercially available 3-D printer—with no criminal background check, no serial number and completely outside the licensed dealer system. The plans enable the printing of purely plastic guns, undetectable by metal detectors, which could be snuck onto an airplane or into a government building. Needless to say, this is a reckless and dangerous proposition.

Also, call Gerry Connolly at (202) 225 1492 and Barbara Comstock at (202) 225 5136 and tell them to stop the Trump Administration from allowing Defense Distributed to share the 3-D gun blueprints. This is a national security issue!

You can also, email Secretary Michael Pompeo and urge him to NOT grant this special exemption: https://act.everytown.org/sign/stop-downloadable-guns/…

**Don’t for get to sigh up for Occupy Lafayette Park. HRI needs people to carry the TREASON/LIAR letters.
Click on the link to sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/kyyh62yd73tnicwh

July 27 – 29, 2018

Daily Action: If you haven’t already, Sign up and show up to canvass for Jennifer Wexton and Tim Kaine.

We are 100 days away from Election Day. There are canvassing and phone banking events in several jurisdictions this weekend.
Click on the link to sign up: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/

Also,

Don’t forget Occupy Lafayette Park. Meet Nan at Wiehel/Reston Metro station at 6:30 PM today, July 26.

July 26, 2018

Daily Action: Show up at the Fairfax County School Board meeting tonight, July 26, at 7 PM to support the students who will be speaking to their personal experiences before the School Board votes on whether to protect them.

The Fairfax County School board will be voting tonight on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) This MOU needs a provision in it saying that ICE should NOT be permitted on school grounds or given access to students and their information without a warrant.

Click on the links for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/250304769083019
https://go.peoplepower.org/event/action/14980

Also,
Don’t forget Occupy Lafayette Park this evening. Meet HRI at the Wiehle/Reston Metro station at 6:30 PM.

July 25, 2018

Daily Action: Meet HRI at Wiehle/Reston Metro at 6:30 PM today, July 25, for the 10th day of Occupy Lafayette Park.

We need people everyday. The plan is to keep this protest going as long as possible.

July 24, 2018

Daily Action: Sign up and show up to canvass for Jennifer Wexton and Tim Kaine.

This weekend will be 100 days away from Election Day. There are canvassing and phone banking events in several jurisdictions this weekend and during the week. It extremely important that we elect Democrats in November and the best way to get people to vote is to talk to them personally.

We must replace Comstock!

Click on the link to sign up for and event: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/wextonforcongress/ 

Don’t forget #OCCUPYLAFAYETTEPARK again tonight!

 

July 23, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Kaine and Warner to demand a transparent and thorough examination of Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s record before sending his nomination to the floor of the senate for confirmation.

Kavanaugh is an experienced attorney, judge, Republican political appointee and the author of numerous legal opinions, lectures, transcripts, emails and policies. The American people deserve a thorough examination of Kavanaugh’s extensive body of work before his nomination can be sent to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote and, Senate Judiciary committee chair Chuck Grassley says he intends to only probe “relevant” documents. This decision seems to indicate Grassely would rather avoid the emergence of any controversial issue in Kavanaugh’s record and have him confirmed well before mid-term election.

Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/…/judiciary-committee-review-kavanaugh-d…

Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024
Senator Warner – 202 224 2023

Also,
Don’t forget Occupy Lafayette Park again tonight. Meet HRI at Wiehle/Reston metro station at 6:30 PM.

July 20 – 22, 2018

Daily Action: Sign up and show up for canvassing and/or phone bank this weekend, July 21 and 22.
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/vavictory2018/event/6489/
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/vavictory2018/event/6207/

The election of democrats has always been important however, after the events of this past week it is extremely important. Please sign up to help get Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly re-elected and Jennifer Wexton elected.

July 19, 2018

Daily Action: Call your Representative, Gerry Connolly or Barbara Comstock, and demand an investigation into the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) role in the activities of Russian operatives.

The media has been reporting on a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the alleged connection between Russia and the National Rifle Association (NRA). On July 16, the DOJ unsealed a criminal complaint against a Russian national, Maria Butina, following her arrest for secretly acting as a Russian agent and infiltrating groups including the NRA for the purpose of advancing the Russian Federation.

Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/is…/national-rifle-association-nra-russia

Connolly – 202 225 1492
Comstock – 202 225 5136

July 18, 2018

Daily Action: Call your Members of Congress (MOA), Representative, Barbara Comstock or Gerry Connolly, Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and tell them to do something to counter the dangerous unpatriotic comments of the President at the press conference with President Vladimir Putin on July 16 in Helsinki.

At the news conference Trump rejected the findings of his own U.S. intelligence agencies and instead readily accepted Putin’s denial.

Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle responded to Trump’s rejection of U.S. intelligence and odious trust in Putin with statements of disapproval, but statements will not protect us from cybersecurity attacks. Congress must act in concrete ways to hold Trump accountable for his dangerous rejection of U.S. intelligence and to prevent another attack.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/trump-putin-helsinki-summit

Comstock – 202 225 5136
Connolly – 202 225 1492
Warner – 202 224 2023
Kaine – 202 224 4024

July 17, 2018

Daily Action: Sign up to protest Trump and the meeting he had with Putin yesterday. Join Indivisible 10 VA today to demonstrate our displeasure with Trump.

Protest at Barbara Comstock’s Sterling office, 5 PM to 7 PM, https://www.facebook.com/events/922783134556833/?event_time_id=922783147890165

Don’t forget to attend the Herndon Reston Indivisible (HRI) general meeting 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, Sunset Hills Montessori School, 11180 Ridge Heights Road, Reston, VA 20191.

At this meeting, local young activists will share their stories/experiences on current issues impacting their lives. These young millennials are recognized for their community involvement. They will discuss how to tackle key issues facing younger generations.
Click on the link for more information: https://herndonrestonindivisible.org/…/hri-general-meeting…/

Also, just a reminder, because we don’t know what the Trump administration will do next, here the link to HRI’s action plan if Muller/Rosenstein are fired: https://herndonrestonindivisible.org/issues-russian-influe…/

July 16, 2018

Call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell them to vote no on the nomination of Anti-Government Extremist Andrew Oldham for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Senate is expected to vote on the final confirmation of Andrew Oldham this week.

Oldham is currently General Counsel to Texas governor Greg Abbott and deeply opposed to the authority and very existence of the federal government and any restrictions it may impose on a state. He has mounted attacks on immigration reforms, fought for restrictions on clinics that provide abortions meant to regulate them out of existence, and challenged sensible gun safety laws and environmental protections.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/andrew-oldham-fifth-circuit-court

Senator Warner – 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024

July 13, 2018

Daily Action: Sign up and show up to canvas and/or phone bank this weekend, Saturday and/or Sunday, July 14th and 15th.
https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/vavictory2018/event/4916/
http://fairfaxdemocrats.org/…/cd10-canvass-in-vienna-colv…/…

The November 2018 election is one of the most important elections in our history. We must do everything possible to re-elect Tim Kaine and Gerry Connolly and to elect Jennifer Wexton. Our democracy depends on us taking back Congress.

July 12, 2018

Daily Action: Call your Representatives, Barbara Comstock or Gerry Connolly, and tell her/him to advocate for the reversal of the termination of (TPS) Temporary Protected Status and for a pathway to citizenship for TPS recipients.

Trump’s zero tolerance boarder policy is not the only policy threatening to tear immigrant families apart. The termination of TPS for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and Honduras is also a dire threat to immigrant families.

Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/save-temporary-protected-status

Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136
Gerry Connolly – 202 225 1492

July 11, 2018

Daily Action: Senator Kaine wants to hear from us about what we’re looking for in a Supreme Court justice. Please use the form his office has created to let him know your thoughts about the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. https://www.kaine.senate.gov/supremecourt

Even though the Daily Action yesterday was to call Senator Kaine, today we must respond to his request for our opinions.

We must use all opportunities available to voice our objections to Kavanaugh.

July 10, 2018

Daily Action: Contact Senators Warner and Kaine and demand that they oppose Brett Kavanaugh Trump’s pick to replace Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court.
http://act.indivisible.org/call/supreme-court-fight/

Trump’s nomination sets the stage for a monumental shift in the balance. of the Supreme Count. Kavanaugh’s partisan allegiances and his views on presidential powers, could shield Trump from facing accountability for his crimes and corruption. Kavanaugh is considered one of the most anti-environment judges in America. Kavanaugh has already used his place on the bench to block access to abortion services, most notably in Garza v. Hargan, where he attempted to deny a teenager in the Trump administration’s custody access to an abortion. He is also against the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Click on the link for more information: https://www.indivisible.org/…/must-stop-kavanaugh-becoming…/

Senator Warner 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024

July 9, 2018

Daily Action: If you haven’t already, please submit comments to the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Commerce Department opposing a rule change that would switch the regulations of firearms export from the State Department to the Commerce Department.

The comment period ends TODAY, July 9.

You can copy and paste the points below or use your own voice to make unique comments.

Click on the links below to submit your comments:
U.S. Department of State: https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=DOS-2017-0046-0001
U.S. Commerce Department: https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=BIS-2017-0004-0001

Right now, firearms exports are classified as “military.” This is why they are under the regulation of the State Department, and why Congress can block sales of large batches of firearms to foreign countries.[2] With the rule change, Congress would no longer be automatically informed about sizable weapons sales that it could stop in the name of national security, even to countries where there are serious human rights concerns, such as the Philippines and Turkey.[3]

The Commerce Department just does not have the resources to adequately enforce export controls. Its Bureau of Industry and Security does not have staff everywhere. This means that firearms traffickers, organized crime, terrorist organizations, and other violent and dangerous agents would face far fewer hurdles to obtaining large caches of American guns and ammunition.

The bottom line is that switching the regulation of firearms exports from the State Department to the Commerce Department would facilitate firearms exports to oppressive regimes, remove safeguards that help keep extra-legal agents like organized crime and terrorist organizations from obtaining weapons, and further fuel violence that destabilizes countries and causes mass migration.[4]

Here are more details on how the rule change would make the world a far more dangerous place:

1. It would eliminate the State Department’s Blue Lantern program, in place since 1940, which carries out hundreds of pre-license and post-shipment inspections and publicly reports on them.[5]

2. It would remove licensing requirements for brokers, increasing the risk of trafficking.[6]

3. It would remove the State Department’s block on the 3D printing of firearms. When Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson posted online instructions for how to 3D print weapons, the State Department successfully charged him with violating arms export laws, since his open-source posting made it possible for anyone with access to a 3D printer, anywhere, to produce a lethal weapon. The rule switch would remove this block, effectively enabling 3D printing of firearms in the U.S. and around the globe.[7]

July 6, 2018

Daily Action: Submit comments to the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Commerce Department opposing a rule change that would switch the regulations of firearms export from the State Department to the Commerce Department.

The public comment period for this rule change ends on July 9. Submit your comment TODAY!

You can copy and paste the points below or use your own voice to make unique comments.

Click on the links below to submit your comments:
U.S. Department of State: https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=DOS-2017-0046-0001
U.S. Commerce Department: https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=BIS-2017-0004-0001

Right now, firearms exports are classified as “military.” This is why they are under the regulation of the State Department, and why Congress can block sales of large batches of firearms to foreign countries.[2] With the rule change, Congress would no longer be automatically informed about sizable weapons sales that it could stop in the name of national security, even to countries where there are serious human rights concerns, such as the Philippines and Turkey.[3]

The Commerce Department just does not have the resources to adequately enforce export controls. Its Bureau of Industry and Security does not have staff everywhere. This means that firearms traffickers, organized crime, terrorist organizations, and other violent and dangerous agents would face far fewer hurdles to obtaining large caches of American guns and ammunition.

The bottom line is that switching the regulation of firearms exports from the State Department to the Commerce Department would facilitate firearms exports to oppressive regimes, remove safeguards that help keep extra-legal agents like organized crime and terrorist organizations from obtaining weapons, and further fuel violence that destabilizes countries and causes mass migration.[4]

Here are more details on how the rule change would make the world a far more dangerous place:

1. It would eliminate the State Department’s Blue Lantern program, in place since 1940, which carries out hundreds of pre-license and post-shipment inspections and publicly reports on them.[5]

2. It would remove licensing requirements for brokers, increasing the risk of trafficking.[6]

3. It would remove the State Department’s block on the 3D printing of firearms. When Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson posted online instructions for how to 3D print weapons, the State Department successfully charged him with violating arms export laws, since his open-source posting made it possible for anyone with access to a 3D printer, anywhere, to produce a lethal weapon. The rule switch would remove this block, effectively enabling 3D printing of firearms in the U.S. and around the globe.[7]

July 5, 2018

Daily Action: Call your Members Of Congress (MOCs), Barbara Comstock, Gerry Connolly, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, and tell them to Block the Indefinite Detention of Migrant Children and Families.

A federal court decided in Flores V. Reno in 1997 that the government cannot detain an immigrant child beyond a reasonable amount of time, in 2014 it was defined as 20 days.

The Execetive Order (EO) signed by Trump ostensibly ends the separation of migrant children from their families at the U.S. border. The administration said it will abide by the 20 day limit on detention for children and families, but it’s also pushing for Congress to pass legislation overruling this order and allow families to be detained beyond the 20 day limit.

Republicans in Congress are now proposing a bill to do just that. Without the limitations set by Flores, migrant children and their families can be detained together indefinitely.

Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/…/block-indefinite-detention-of-migrant-

July 4, 2018

Daily Action: Take a break. Today is the 4th of July, Independence Day.

Spend the day with your family and friends. Enjoy the barbecues and fireworks but, take a moment to remember why we must continue to protest, write postcards, call our MOCs, canvass, make phone calls and vote.

Happy Independence Day!

July 3, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Kaine and Warner and ask them vote against the nomination of Brian Benczkowski to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division.

Benczkowski repesented Alfa Bank during the investigation into ties between Alfa Bank and the Trump organization.

The Trump administration asked him about his interest in leading the DOJ Criminal Division. Rather than recuse himself from representing Alfa Bank, he continued working with them until June 6, the day he was officially nominated.

Our Senators need to hear from us, their constituents, our opposition to this highly problematic candidate.

The Senate is expected to vote on Benczkowski’s final confirmation the week of July 9th.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/oppose-benczkowski-doj

Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024
Senator Warner – 202 224 2023

July 2, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell them to commit immediately to opposing anyone that Trump nominates from his Supreme Court nominee short list.

On June 27, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the bench effective July 31.

Trump has the power to replace him with a hardline conservative and remove the barrier that has kept the Supreme Court from overturning cases which granted essential rights to women, workers, minorities, and LGBT+ Americans.

Each nominee on Trump’s list is an extremist who would dismantle essential rights of women, workers, minorities, and LGBT+.

Justice Kennedy’s replacement will have the power to shape our rights for generations to come, and it is essential that this nominee be a truly fair-minded judge who values equality and justice for all Americans.

Click on the link for more information. Scroll to the bottom for the script: https://www.indivisible.org/…/2-step-strategy-win-supreme-…/

June 29, 2018

Daily Action: Attend the Family Separation Protest at the White House tomorrow, June 30.
https://www.facebook.com/events/401815953659712/

We’re going to tell Donald Trump and his administration to stop cruelly separating kids from their parents!

Herndon Reston Indivisible (HRI) is meeting at the Wiehle Metro Station at 8:30am. Wear your HRI t-shirt, have your metro card pre-loaded, bring water and sunscreen.

The Fairfax County Democratic committee (FCDC) is having a Sign Making Party tonight, 5:30 – 8:30 PM to make signs for the Family Separation Protest on Saturday.
https://fairfaxdemocrats.org/blog/event/sign-making-party/…

June 28, 2018

Daily Action: Sign the petition that confirmation proceedings for the next Supreme Court Justice must be postponed until the new Congress is seated in January 2019.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to allow hearings for President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland in 2016, because it was an election year. The seat was left vacant until 2017.

McConnell set the new standard by giving the voters a say in the upcoming elections before vacancies are filled. Therefore, for the Senate to be consistent, the confirmation proceedings for the next Supreme Court nominee should be postponed until the new Congress is seated in January 2019.

June 27, 2018

Daily Action: Call you representative and Demand Accountability for Sexual Abuse in Immigrant Detention.

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) public records reveal that between 2010 and 2017, over 1,100 reports of sexual and physical abuse were filed by undocumented immigrants in detention, including minors. More than half of the accused perpetrators are ICE officers. These allegations of abuse are investigated by ICE itself and its parent, DHS—if they are investigated at all.

Congress must take immediate action to end the abuse of detained undocumented immigrants. The annual Homeland Security appropriations bill, one of the few regular opportunities for Congressional oversight of ICE, is expected to be debated in committee and on the House floor soon.

Call your representative and tell her/him to offer or support amendments to fund a special committee to investigate abuse in immigrant detention.

Gerry Connolly – 202 225 1492
Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136

Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/sexual-abuse-detained-immigrants

Also, don’t forget to attend the protest at Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ICE) Headquarters, 500 12th St SW, Washington, DC 20536, today, June 27.
Click on the link for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/252504972178951/

June 26, 2018

Daily Action: Plan to attend a protest at Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ICE) Headquarters, 500 12th St SW, Washington, DC 20536, tomorrow, June 27.
Click on the link for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/252504972178951/

June 25, 2018

Daily Action: Call your representative, Barbara Comstock or Gerry Connolly and tell them to vote NO on Paul Ryan’s Anti-immigration Bill.

Ryan’s bill isn’t a compromise and it’s not a solution for family separation. This bill ultimately reduces the number of black and brown immigrants allowed in the country, and will lead to indefinite detention of immigrant children and their families. The final version of this bill is not yet known but, we do know this — this bill must be stopped.
Click on the link for more information: https://www.indivisible.org/…/paul-ryans-anti-immigrant-a…/…

Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136
Gerry Connolly – 202 225 1492

June 22, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell them to
oppose anti-immigrant Chad Readler’s nomination to a lifetime judgeship.

Donald Trump has nominated a key defender of the family separation policy for a lifetime judgeship. Chad Readler, the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice Civil Division, has a long history of advocating for harmful, discriminatory policies.
Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/anti-immigrant-chad-readler-judge

Senator Warner – 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024

June 21, 2018

Daily Action: Call Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, Kistjien Nielsen, 202 282 8495, and ask her when the children separated from their families at the Mexican boarder will be reunited with their families.

Kristjien Nielsen helped write the executive order Donald Trump signed on Wednesday afternoon which, according to Trump, ‘ended’ family separation by ordering that families be locked up together. No mention was made of any steps to be taken to reunite the families who have already been separated through the brutal application of Trump’s policy to date. Since Secretary Nielsen defended the separation of families and assisted in writing the executive order, she must know when these families will be reunited.

Call the DHS and tell the Secretary to reunite these families! #REUNITEFAMILIES 

June 20, 2018

Daily Action: Call Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, Kistjien Nielsen, 202 282 8495, and tell her to KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER!

DHS secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, rejects criticism of children of illegal immigrants being separated from their parents on the US-Mexico border. Nielsen says her department is ‘enforcing the laws as they exist on the books’. she claims that congress created this problem and only congress can fix it. We all know that is not true. These families are being separated because of the Trump administration’s policy to separate children from their parents.

Let’s bombard the Homeland Security phone lines with our demand that they stop separating families and re-united those families that they have separated.

#KEEPFAMILIESTOGETHER

Also:
Join Indivisible 10 today, 6/20/18, to Keep the pressure on this issue, outside Barbara Comstock’s office starting at 1pm with a scheduled office visit at 2pm.
21430 Cedar Drive Suite 218, Sterling, Virginia 20164
https://www.facebook.com/events/812129715650474/

June 19, 2018

Daily Action: Call the Department of Justice (DOJ), 202 353 1555, and tell Attorney General Jeff Sessions to keep families together. #KEEPFAMILIESTOGETHER.

Donald Trump’s administration has a new policy to separate refugee and immigrant children from their parents. We can not sit by and allow this to happen. Imagine the horror these children and parents must be feeling.

Jeff Sessions announced this policy change so let’s bombard the DOJ phones and let him know that this inhumane policy must stop!

June 18, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and ask them to publicly condemn the Trump administration’s unfair and dangerous treatment of victims of domestic violence and gang violence seeking asylum. https://5calls.org/issue/asylum-domestic-abuse-gang-violence

Senator Warner – 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024

June 15, 2018

Daily Action: Tell the Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives Bureau (ATF) that you support their proposed bump stock ban – these dangerous devices have no place in our communities.

These deadly bump stock devices turn semiautomatic firearms into machine guns by enabling weapons to produce automatic fire with a single pull of a trigger. And machine guns do not belong on our streets.

The ATF has proposed a new rule that would ban bump stock-type devices by reclassifying them as “machine guns”. The new rule language is currently open for public comment until June 27, and your voice is needed to help push it through!

More than 80 percent of Americans support the ban. However, most of the comments to the ATF about the new rule are currently against the ban. We need to flood the ATF’s comment collection with the opinion of the American majority!
Click on the link to leave your comment: https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=ATF-2018-0002-0001

Below is sample language that can be used in the comments, but please feel free to personalize your comment.

I urge ATF to finalize its proposed rule clarifying that bump fire stocks, along with other “conversion devices” that enable semiautomatic weapons to mimic automatic fire, qualify as “machine guns” under the National Firearms Act and are generally illegal to possess.

In the absence of immediate action by Congress, ATF should finalize its proposed rule, clarifying that conversion devices like bump fire stocks are included in the definition of “machinegun” under the National Firearms Act of 1934. And then Congress must act as well—to ensure that manufacturers cannot continue to endanger public safety by designing devices that imitate machine guns and subvert the law. The continued presence of these dangerous devices puts all of our communities at risk and both Congress and ATF must take action quickly to address this threat.

June 14, 2018

Daily Action: There are two (2) import events happening today, please attend one of them.

1. Families Belong Together Rally, 5:30 to 7: PM, at the Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon• Corner of New Jersey Avenue and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001. This is a peaceful, permitted rally on U.S. Capitol Grounds for people to demand humane conduct by ICE, DHS, and DOJ, including a halt to family separation as an anti-immigration tool. This rally is part of a nationwide set of events. https://actionnetwork.org/…/families-belong-together-rally-…

2. FCPS School Board is voting on changes to its Family Life Education (FLE) curriculum on today, June 14th, including the use of transgender-inclusive language (“sex assigned at birth”) and to teach high school students about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) as a way to reduce HIV infection by 90% in high risk groups.

The meeting is at Jackson Middle School 3020 Gallows Road, Falls Church, Virginia 22042 begins at 7pm, but you are encouraged to arrive around 6:15 or 6:20pm to beat the crowds and secure parking and seating. Click on the link for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/860300060844571/

June 13, 2018

Daily Action: Call Governor Notham and thank him/the state for joining the counter suit to protect the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The Trump administration has ordered the Department of Justice not to defend the ACA against a frivolous lawsuit from GOP-controlled states. The suit is against the legality of key provisions in the ACA, including consumer protections for non-elderly Americans with preexisting conditions.

The counter suit is essential to preserve access to healthcare, especially for people with preexisting conditions.

Click on the link for more information/call script and phone number: https://5calls.org/i…/aca-pre-existing-condition-protections

June 12, 2018

Daily Action: VOTE! If you live in VA10th Congressional District you must vote in the primary TODAY.

The Polls are open from 6 AM to 7 PM.

Don’t for get your photo I.D.
Acceptable forms of valid identification:

– Virginia driver’s license
– Virginia DMV-issued photo ID
– United States passport
– Employer-issued photo ID
– Student photo ID issued by a school, college, or university located in Virginia
– Other U.S. or Virginia government-issued photo ID
– Tribal enrollment or other tribal photo ID
– Virginia Voter Photo ID card

Click on the link for Democratic Primary 10th Congressional District – Sample Ballot: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/…/june2018_primary_elections_…

June 11, 2018

Daily Action: Sign up to volunteer for 2 hours at one of the precincts in VA10 Congressional District.

We all know how important this year’s VA10 Congressional election is – and tomorrow, Tuesday, June 12, will determine who our Democratic nominee will be.

These precinct need your help tomorrow. Click on the link to sign up for a 2 hour shift: https://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm…

June 8, 2018

Daily Action: Sign the petition to bring driver’s licenses and in-state tuition to the undocumented community of Virginia.

Driving is necessary in Virginia to get to work, school, worship, and to be a part of community. Allowing the undocumented community to have a Drivers licenses will keep the roads safe for all members of the community and grow our Virginia economy.

Undocumented students deserve the same opportunities given to their friends, neighbors, and classmates. Currently undocumented students pay out-of-state tuition which is, on average, three times higher than that of in-state tuition.

Click on the link to sign the petition: https://krcla.ourpowerbase.net/en/n/dpl

NAKASEC Virginia is one of the immigration organizations that is working to Stop the the ICE Deportation Pipeline in Fairfax County. They also work on Immigrant Rights, Civic Engagement, and Youth Organizing: http://nakasec.org/virginia

June 7, 2018

Daily Action: Call your representatives, Barbara Comstock and Gerry Connolly, and ask them to protect SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) for women and families and vote NO on H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, otherwise known as the Farm Bill.

Last month, House GOP leadership tried and failed to pass a Farm Bill that would have disproportionately disadvantaged women and their families. Now, they’ve pulled procedural strings to get the same exact bill onto the floor for another vote — threatening to once again cut SNAP benefits and implement draconian “work requirements.”

SNAP, aka food stamps, is essential for women, who make up 63 percent of adult SNAP recipients. We can’t let Congress get away with taking food from families struggling to make ends meet, while adding $1.9 trillion to our national deficit and giving the ultra-wealthy and corporations billions in tax cuts. The 2018 Farm Bill would take away SNAP benefits from parents, children, working people in the lowest paying jobs, older workers, and people between jobs. It also could make it harder for survivors of domestic violence to get SNAP benefits.
Gerry Connolly – 202 225 1492
Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136

Example of what to say:

As a constituent I urge you to vote NO on H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, otherwise known as the Farm Bill. The proposed legislation will hurt women and their families by cutting SNAP benefits, which provide basic food and nutrition assistance to millions of women and families across the country.

H.R. 2’s proposals would take away SNAP benefits for those who are struggling to make ends meet.

Please stop this attack on women and their families and vote NO on the House farm bill.

June 6, 2018

Daily Action: Call the Office of Refugee Resettlement and demand they allow Congress to inspect the conditions in the immigration facility in Brownsville, Texas. 844-241-1141.

On Sunday, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) attempted to enter and inspect the conditions in an immigration facility in Brownsville, Texas, where immigrant children are reportedly being housed after being separated from their parents. He was denied entry and was asked to leave the property.

What are they hiding?

Click on the link for more information: https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/604654956566489

June 5, 2018

Daily Action: Call your representatives, Barbara Comstock and Gerry Connolly, and ask them to publicly condemn the Trump administration’s “Domestic Gag Rule”. This policy will cut off funds to women’s health clinics because they educate patients of their full reproductive options, it is reckless, and would also threaten access to cancer screenings, birth control, and STD testing for millions of women across the country. click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/iss…/domestic-gag-rule-planned-parenthood

Gerry Connolly – 202 225 1492
Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136

June 4, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell them to oppose the nomination of Anti-Government Extremist Andrew Oldham for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Andrew Oldham is currently General Counsel to the governor of Texas. His legal strategy appears to be rooted in a deep and passionate opposition to the authority and very existence of the federal government and any restrictions it may impose on a state.

In Texas, he has mounted vigorous attacks on immigration reforms, fought for restrictions on clinics that provide abortions meant to regulate them out of existence, and challenged sensible gun safety laws and environmental protections. Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/andrew-oldham-fifth-circuit-court

Senator Warner – 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024

June 1, 2018

Daily Action: Submit a comment to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) about whether or not bump stocks and similar devices should qualify as “machine guns” and therefore be highly regulated under the National Firearms Act.

So far, more than 17,800 comments have been submitted, but the vast majority of them oppose ATF’s effort to regulate bump stocks. Between now and June 17 the ATF needs to hear from you. Submit a comment to ensure that the Trump administration puts public safety first. Click on the link to submit your comment: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=ATF-2018-0002-0001

SAMPLE COMMENT(you can copy and paste this into the public comment system)

I urge ATF to finalize its proposed rule clarifying that bump fire stocks, along with other “conversion devices” that enable semiautomatic weapons to mimic automatic fire, qualify as “machineguns” under the National Firearms Act and are generally illegal to possess.

On the night of October 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire from a hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel into the 22,000 person crowd at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, killing 58 people and injuring more than 500. The gunman fired more than 1,100 rounds of ammunition in 11 minutes, using semi-automatic rifles modified with dangerous firearm accessories designed to dramatically accelerate the rate of gunfire, commonly known as “bump fire stocks.” These devices are intended to circumvent the restrictions on possession of fully automatic firearms in the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the National Firearms Act of 1934 by allowing an individual to modify a semi-automatic rifle in such a manner that it operates with a similar rate of fire as a fully automatic rifle. While often marketed as a novelty item for recreational shooters, bump stocks and similar “conversion devices” that accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm are extremely dangerous and pose a substantial risk to public safety.

In the absence of immediate action by Congress, ATF should finalize its proposed rule, clarifying that conversion devices like bump fire stocks are included in the definition of “machine gun” under the National Firearms Act of 1934. And then Congress must act as well—to ensure that manufacturers cannot continue to endanger public safety by designing devices that imitate machine guns and subvert the law. The continued presence of these dangerous devices puts all of our communities at risk and both Congress and ATF must take action quickly to address this threat.

May 16, 2018

Emergency Daily Action: Call Senator Mark Warner asap and tell him to vote NO for Donald Trump’s nominated war criminal, Gina Haspel, to lead the CIA.

Sen. Warner is the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, the committee tasked with vetting Haspel. The committee will vote on her nomination TODAY, May 16, and the full Senate will vote just days later. As the top Democrat on the committee, Mark Warner has an opportunity to send a signal to the rest of the Democratic caucus that Haspel’s nomination is unacceptable, and that the Senate must #BlockHaspel.

Senator Tim Kaine has already publicly announced opposition to Haspel’s nomination. It’s not too late for Senator Warner to join him: pick up the phone and ask him to block Gina Haspel from becoming our next CIA Director. 202-224-2023

Click on the link for more information and call script: http://haspel.indivisible.org/
(If you don’t get an answer leave a message.)

You can also send him a message: https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactPage

May 15, 2018

Daily Action: Call your representatives and tell them to oppose the farm bill.
Republicans are trying to pass a farm bill that would take food assistance away from over 2 million people, mere months after handing the wealthy and corporations trillions of dollars in tax cuts. The farm bill, including big cuts to SNAP, will get a vote in the House soon.
Click on the link below for more information and what to say when you reach your representative:
https://www.indivisible.org/…/republicans-trying-sneak-cut…/

Barbara Comstock – 202-225-5136
Gerry Connolly – 202-225-1492

May 14, 2018

Two actions are critically important to the work the HRI Immigration Issues Committee has been doing at the local level with its partners. The Fairfax GOP has put out a call to action to try to mobilize opposition to the Sheriff’s termination of the intergovernmental service agreement between ICE and Fairfax County. The termination is effective in just 2 weeks and she will be implementing new procedures for her staff.

1. Today, please call and/or email the Supervisors and the Sheriff to voice your support for the termination of the intergovernmental service agreement. Phone numbers and email addresses are below, in addition to social media profiles in case you want to voice your support there in addition and use the hashtag #FairfaxForAll.

2. Tomorrow, show up to the public comments section of the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, May 15, 4:30 PM, Board Auditorium, Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. The final speaker during public comments will be speaking in support of the termination of the intergovernmental service agreement and against fear-mongering and vilification of our immigrant neighbors. Public comments are on the agenda as beginning at 4:30 PM and are expected to start on time. Please wear a red shirt if possible. The final speaker will ask people who are there in support of the termination of the intergovernmental service agreement to stand during their remarks. Mary Supley Foxworth will have small signs that people can hold in the auditorium.

Spread the word about these actions with your neighbors, colleagues, friends, family, and others in your local networks. We know the residents of the county support this decision because it is an important step in respecting and protecting the human rights of our immigrant neighbors and in ensuring equal justice for all. Let’s turn up in big numbers so that is evident to our local officials.

bos@fairfaxcounty.gov [email address that sends to all supervisors]
Chairman Sharon Bulova
Supervisor John Foust [Dranesville District]
Supervisor Catherine Hudgins [Hunter Mill District]
Supervisor Kathy Smith [Sully District]
Supervisor Pat Herrity [Springfield District]
Supervisor Linda Smyth [Providence District]
Supervisor Penny Gross [Mason District]

May 11, 2018

Daily Action: Call your Senators, Kaine and Warner, and thank them for supporting the Net Neutrality legislation filled by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to restore the Net Neutrality rules overturned by the FCC in December.
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/592192171146101
Kaine – 202-224-4024
Warner – 202-224-2023

Also, don’t forget these events on Saturday:

1. Visit Delegate Ken Plums’ What Can I Do? Civic Engagement Fair
Saturday, May 12
9:00 a.m. to noon
South Lakes High School in Reston

No formal program. Come anytime between 9:00 a.m. and noon. Learn about organizations doing important work to make our community a better place to live and meet individuals involved in this work. No pre-registration required.
Click on the link for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1959804341014885/

2. Sign up for Blue Wave 10th District voter ID canvassing 9:30 AM to 1 PM on Saturday, May 12, with David Reid:
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/

May 10, 2018

Daily Action: Make 5 calls. Calling your members of Congress is the most effective way to let them hear your voice. Staffers tally the calls and the count is given to your members of congress, letting them know how strongly their constituents feel about a current issue.
Click on the link for more information:
https://5calls.org/about

May 9, 2018

Daily Action: GET READY FOR THE WEEKEND:

1. Visit Delegate Ken Plums’ What Can I Do? Civic Engagement Fair
Saturday, May 12
9:00 a.m. to noon
South Lakes High School in Reston

No formal program. Come anytime between 9:00 a.m. and noon. Learn about organizations doing important work to make our community a better place to live and meet individuals involved in this work. No pre-registration required.
Click on the link for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1959804341014885/

2. Sign up for Blue Wave 10th District voter ID canvassing 9:30 AM to 1 PM on Saturday, May 12, with David Reid:
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/…

May 8, 2018

Daily Action: Contact the GOP state senators below and and tell them to vote for the state budget that includes Medicaid expansion for Virginia. Contact them this week by phone & email before they reconvene in Richmond next week.
http://www.dailypress.com/…/dp-nws-budget-bondholder-201805…

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May 7, 2018

Daily Action: Call the Department of Homeland Security and demand fair hearings for Caravan Asylum Seekers.

About 200 people of a caravan of 1,200 migrants traveling together for safety to the Mexico-US border are seeking legal asylum within the US, having fled life-threatening conditions in their countries of origin.
These asylum seekers should be given a fair chance for asylum via our established sanctuary hearing process, and not be used as political pawns by the Trump administration.

Department of Homeland Security – 202-282-8495

Click on the link for more information: https://5calls.org/issue/caravan-asylum-seekers

May 4, 2018

Daily Action: Call the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and tell them not to approve the Sinclair Broadcast Group/Tribune Media merger.

Sinclair Broadcast Group is working on obtaining FCC approval for a merger with Tribune Media. This merger would result in Sinclair’s biased and mandatory right-wing talking points reaching 72% of U.S. households.
Sinclair’s feeling pressured and are selling a few stations to quiet activists like us.

Call the FCC media relations department and tell them”Don’t approve the Sinclair Broadcast Group/Tribune Media merger”.
844-241-1141
Click on the link for more information: https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/588916248140360

May 3, 2018

Daily Action: Join Hunter Mill District Voter ID Project:

The Voter ID Project is attempting to identify unknown voters. On Saturday, May 5, the Hunter Mill District will contact neighbors in the Fox Mill Precinct who are registered to vote, but it is unknown how they identify themselves. Do they consider themselves a Democrat, Republican or Independent and how are they likely to vote?

These efforts will lay the groundwork for our candidates to campaign more effectively and increase the turnout in our favor on Election Day in November.

Click on the link for the Voter ID Canvass Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/427345551069925/

May 2, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Kaine and Warner and tell them to oppose the nomination of Michael Brennan for Federal Judgeship. Brennan has denied the existence of racial bias in the criminal justice system and has also implied that conservative judges should only follow judicial precedent if they agree with it. Brennan’s nomination is an affront to minorities and other marginalized groups.
The Senate is expected to vote on the confirmation of Michael Brennan on Tuesday, May 8th.

Click on the link for more information:
https://5calls.org/is…/michael-brennan-seventh-circuit-court

Tim Kaine – 202 224 4024
Mark Warner – 202 224 2023

May 1, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Warner and Kaine and tell them that they must publicly come out in opposition to Gina Haspel’s nomination for CIA director. Her committee hearing begins next Wednesday, May 9. Haspel’s nomination is a #TrumpThreatLevel emergency.
The fact that Haspel personally committed war crimes is enough to oppose her nomination. But it’s even worse than that — she also tried to cover up the evidence by ensuring videotapes of the torture sessions were destroyed. Haspel was already passed over for a promotion within the CIA once before because of her tortured past. There is no justification for her to become the head of the entire agency now.
Click on the Indivisible link to get started:
http://haspel.indivisible.org/

April 30, 2018

Daily Action: Stand in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors tomorrow on May Day, May 1, to rally for the rights of immigrants and workers.
Join volunteers from the Herndon Reston Indivisible (HRI) Immigration Issues Committee in distributing KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFORMATION in Herndon:
7-8 AM, at 7-Eleven , 1111 Elden Street, Herndon;
6-7:30 PM, at Freshway grocery store, 1070 Elden Street, Herndon.
For more information, email hriimmigration@outlook.com.

And/or,

Join with members of the HRI Immigration Issues Committee in attending a rally organized by CASA at Rep. Comstock’s district office:
4-7 PM, 21430 Cedar Drive Suite 218, Sterling.
Click on the link for more information:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rally-for-immigrant-justice-in…

April 27, 2018

Daily Action: If you’re a Fairfax County voter who lives in the 10th Congressional District and you will be unable to get to the polls on June 12th, you can vote early (in-person absentee) at the Fairfax County Government Center April 27th and June 9th.
Fairfax County Government Center
12000 Government Center Dr. #323
Fairfax, VA 22035 https://maps.google.com/…

Click on the link for the complete schedule: http://fairfaxdemocrats.org/…/request_format~j…/cat_ids~152/

Also,
Join the Blue Wave Canvasing on Saturday, April 28
in Sterling: https://actionnetwork.org/…/va-10-loudoun-county-canvass-in…
or, in Sully: https://actionnetwork.org/…/canvass-28-april-cd10-west-fair…

April 26, 2018

Daily Action: Join Blue Wave Canvass in Sterling on Saturday, April 28, 9:30 AM to 1 PM. This is about talking to voters about the upcoming primary. Click on the link to RSVP:
https://www.facebook.com/events/884150551786901/

April 25, 2018

Daily Action: Call your senators and tell them to vote YES to support the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (S.2644). This bill would make federal law of Justice Department regulations stating that the special counsel can be fired only for “good cause.” It would also require the Justice Department to preserve evidence from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, as well as allow Mueller to challenge his dismissal in court.
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/584739345224717
Call:
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024
Senator Warner – 202 224 2023

April 24, 2018

Daily Action: Plan to attend the rally outside the Supreme Court tomorrow. April 25, 2018. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow in the Muslim Ban litigation. The rally is being held outside the Supreme Court; click on the link for details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/442545896184308/

April 23, 2018

Daily Action: Take a look at the Herndon Reston Indivisible Blog. It has some great articles. Lots of information:
http://herndonrestonindivisible.com/category/blog/

April 20, 2018

Daily Action: Join the National Day of Action Against Gun Violence in Schools today, April 20. Students will protest with National School Walkout. Students from more than 2,500 schools across the country will stream out of class to demand lawmakers take action. https://www.cnn.com/…/national-school-walkout-ex…/index.html

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) will join more than 40 organizations for the National Day of Action Against Gun Violence in Schools. They will stand together to demand that our elected leaders take meaningful action to stop gun violence. They invite you to join them. http://protectourschools.com/…

If you can’t do anything else, wear orange (color of the movement) to show solidarity.

Also, last day to order Herndon Reston Indivisible T-shirt: https://www.customink.com/g/gfv0-00bc-44b9

April 19, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senator Warner and tell him to oppose Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State. Senator Kaine has stated that he will not support Pompeo’s nomination. Pompeo is a right-wing warmonger, Islamophobe, and climate change denier who supported the disastrous Iraq war an d the use of torture.He also failed to expose to senators his trip to North Korea during his Secretary of State confirmation process.
https://5calls.org/issue/mike-pompeo-secretary-state
Senator Warner – 202 224 2023
Also, did you order your Herndon Reston Indivisible T-shite? The deadline for this order is tomorrow, Friday, April 20. Click on the link to order: https://www.customink.com/g/gfv0-00bc-44b9

April 18, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senator Mark Warner and tell him to oppose Dr. Ronny Jackson for Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs.

Dr. Jackson might be a great physician however, he is completely unqualified to run the massive VA system. Dr. Jackson has served as a White House physician for the last three admirations however, he has little management or administrative experience. The VA is the 2nd largest government agency, Dr. Jackson’s lack of experience running any health care or hospital agency puts veteran’s health and safety at risk.

https://5calls.org/issue/ronny-jackson-secretary-veterans-affairs

Senator Warner – 202 224 2023

April 17, 2018

Daily Action: Attend a TAX March. These are rallies against Trump’s tax cuts for the rich.
12 PM – On Capital Hill
https://www.facebook.com/taxmarch/…
4 PM – Barbara Comstock’s office, 21430 Cedar Drive, Sterling, VA

Also, don’t forget to attend the Herndon Reston Indivisible General Meeting at 6:30 PM.
https://www.facebook.com/events/215442622368112/

April 12, 2018

Daily Action: Join the “Student Protest at the NRA” 12 PM – 2PM on Saturday, April 14. The theme of the event is “Protect Kids Not Guns.” (See the flyer below) https://www.facebook.com/events/1617732648306706/

or,

Join the HRI Meet-Up for Science March at Wiehle-Reston Metro on Saturday, April 14th at 11am. Speeches begin in DC at 12:30pm and March begins at 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/170042620278362/

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April 11, 2018

Daily Action: If you have not already done so, please register with MoveOn to receive direct notification via e-mail if and when the Mueller Crisis is triggered. The link to register on the MoveOn website is: https://act.moveon.org/…/mueller-firing-rapid-respo…/13263/…

Once again, events are moving toward the possibility that Donald Trump will fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. It’s also possible that rather than firing Mueller, Trump will obstruct Mueller’s investigation by issuing blanket pardons of key figures being investigated, firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (the person overseeing Mueller), or taking other actions to prevent the investigation from being conducted freely.

Any of these events will require an immediate and visible public protest. MoveOn.org is coordinating emergency “Nobody is Above the Law” rallies around the country in the event they are needed. More than 200,000 people nationwide have already confirmed their attendance.

Rallies will begin just hours after national events are triggered:

If actions are triggered BEFORE 2 p.m. local time —> events will begin @ 5 p.m. local time.
If actions are triggered AFTER 2 p.m. local time —> events will begin @ noon local time the following day.

HRI will join the events planned by MoveOn in these locations:
– The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC – Primary Location
– The U.S. Capitol – Southeast Corner, Washington, DC – Alternate Location
– Rep. Comstock’s Office, 21430 Cedar Drive, Sterling, VA 20164 – Alternate Location

HRI will also send notification to all members via e-mail and will post information on the HRI Facebook page and website following MoveOn’s lead. If you plan to use the Metro, please purchase a fare card in advance to avoid long lines. If you have a bright yellow Herndon-Reston Indivisible t-shirt or scarf, wear it so we can find one another in the crowd.

Note: If you choose to attend an event, you agree to engage in nonviolent, peaceful action and act lawfully.

April 10, 2018

Daily Action: Call your delegate and ask them to safeguard our elections with Mandated Online Political Ad Disclosure.

On April 10, today, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, will testify to Senate Judiciary Committee about the Cambridge Analytica data leak. He will answer questions on privacy, ad targeting, and the impact on our elections.

One simple step in the right direction is to require social media platforms to disclose political ads with S. 1989/H.R. 4077.
https://5calls.org/…/disclose-online-political-ad-informati…

Gerry Connolly – 202 225 1492
Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136

April 9, 2018

Daily Action: Call the GOP Senators and tell them to vote for Medicaid expansion in Virginia. On April 11, the fight for Medicaid expansion kicks into high gear. The Virginia General Assembly will return for a special legislative session after coming to a complete impasse on the budget last month. Delegates on both sides of the aisle voted overwhelmingly to expand Medicaid in Virginia. We need two GOP Senators to vote for Medicate expansion.
GOP Sen. Frank W. Wagner appears to back Medicaid expansion and GOP Sen.Jill Vogel is on the fence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/8b53dc58-382e-11e8-9c0a-85…
https://www.indivisible.org/r…/expanding-medicaid-virginia/…

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April 6, 2018

Daily Action: BLOCK COAL LOBBYIST ANDREW WHEELER FROM #2 ROLE AT EPA.
A final Senate vote on Wheeler’s nomination is expected the week of April 9th, next week. Call Senators Kaine and Warner and tell them you are opposed to the nomination of Andrew Wheeler for Deputy Administrator of the EPA. Wheeler is a climate change denier who lobbied for coal and other energy giants in the agency tasked with regulating them.
Click on the link for more information https://5calls.org/issue/coal-lobbyist-andrew-wheeler-epa

Senator Warner 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine 202 224 4024

Don’t forget the VA-10 March For Our Lives Town Hall:
When: April 7th
What time: 12:30 PM
Where: Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Pl, Potomac Falls VA 20165
https://townhallproject.com/?zipcode=20170

April 5, 2018

Daily Action: After the March For Our Lives it is now time to support a local town hall to hold your member of Congress accountable.
Join the April 7th VA-10 Town Hall For Our Lives. Representative Comstock and all congressional candidates campaigning for VA-10, as well as Senators Kaine and Warner and local government representatives, have been invited to participate in a face-to-face discussion with constituents of VA-10 on the issues of gun violence, school/public safety, and enhancing community resources to meaningfully address these issues.
When: April 7th
What time: 12:30 PM
Where: Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Pl, Potomac Falls VA 20165
Click on the link and scroll down to the bottom of the page for more information.
https://townhallproject.com/?zipcode=20170

April 4, 2018

Daily Action: The easiest and most effective way for citizens to make an impact in national and local politics is to call your government on the phone.

Make 5 calls to make an impact.

Click on the link below:
https://5calls.org/

April 3, 2018

Daily Action: Call your Senators and ask them to publicly commit to voting against the Howard Nielson’s, nomination.
In the wake of the deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, people across the country have risen up to demand that Congress stand up to the NRA on gun safety.
Despite this movement, Republican Senators are prepared to confirm the NRA’s favorite lawyer, Howard Nielson, to a lifetime district court judgeship.
Click on the link for more information: https://www.indivisible.org/…/stop-nras-favorite-lawyer-be…/

Senator Warner – 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024

April 2, 2018

Daily Action: It will be another quiet week on Capitol Hill as lawmakers are set to enjoy the second week of their recess for Easter and Passover, this is the perfect opportunity to tell your reps what they should prioritize when they get back to legislative work next week.
Call for a Senate Hearing Over Census Citizenship Question.
Click on the link below to take action:
https://www.countable.us/…/2192-dems-call-for-hearing-over-…

March 30, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Kaine and Warner and tell them to say NO to anti-Muslim, anti-diplomacy Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State.

https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/572778989754086

Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024
Senator Warner – 202 224 2023

March 29, 2018

Daily Action: Call the current Virginia Senate Republicans.
Another former Virginia Republican, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, has come out in favor of Medicaid expansion in Virginia. Please email this article to the current Senate Republicans, and tell them why we need Medicaid expansion! http://www.richmond.com/…/article_9f3e89e7-5e01-5b22-a94a-2…

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March 28, 2018

Daily Action: Make 5 calls. The easiest and most effective way for citizens to make an impact in national and local politics is to make calls to your MOCs about the issues you are concerned about. Click on https://5calls.org/ for more information.

March 27, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senator Mark Warner. 202 224 203
On Sunday, Sen. Mark Warner told CBS’s Face the Nation , “I think it is time for us to have a legitimate debate about restrictions on gun magazines and assault weapons.” While that is far short of the co-sponsorship we are seeking from him, it is a giant leap in the right direction! Please, please take a minute to either phone his office at 202-224-2023 or send an email to Senator Warner thanking him for his statement on Face the Nation and encouraging him to please consider joining Sen. Kaine in co-sponsoring S-1945, The Keep America Safe Act which calls for limitations on high capacity magazines and assault weapons. Senator Warner’s email: https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactPage
S-1945: http://www.bradycampaign.org/…/S2095-HR%205087–S1945-HR405…

March 26, 2018

Daily Action: Call your Senators and ask them to oppose Gina Haspel for CIA Director and Mike Pompeo as head of the State Department.
On March 13, 2018, a flurry of announcements and tweets revealed a shakeup in Trump’s administration. Rex Tillerson is out at the State Department. He’s being replaced by Mike Pompeo, who until now has been Trump’s head of the CIA. That leaves an open position to lead the spy agency—and Trump has given it to Gina Haspel.
Gina Haspel personally helped torture detainees in a secret CIA-run prison during the Bush administration. She then made sure the video evidence was destroyed.
Torture is illegal in all circumstances, without exception. It was illegal then and it’s illegal now. Gina Haspel carried out crimes but, instead of punishment, she’s getting a promotion. Unless we stop her. It’s up to the Senate to decide whether to confirm or reject Gina Haspel to lead the CIA.
https://www.indivisible.org/…/gina-haspel-torturer-dont-le…/
As for Mike Pompeo, Trump brags that they are very similar. If Pompeo is confirmed to head the State Department, he will help export Trumpism internationally. Mike Pompeo has displayed anti-Muslim bigotry, spouted dangerous warmongering, opposed diplomacy with Iran, and denied climate change. He is a national security threat.
https://www.indivisible.org/resource/march-recess-2018/…
Senator Mark Warner – 202 224 2023
Senator Tim Kaine – 202 224 4024

March 23, 2018

Daily Action: Participate in the MARCH FOR OUR LIVES march in D.C. tomorrow, March 24.

Get your metro fare card TODAY.

Meet HRI at the Wiehle-Reston Metro Station tomorrow morning, March 24, at 9 AM

Wear your bright yellow HRI scarf/shirt.

Let’s show our young people how proud we are of them and how much we support them. Let’s also show Congress and the NRA, that we demand sensible gun laws.

March 22, 2018

Daily Action: Here’s some updates on the March For Our Lives on Saturday, 3/24:
– Get your metro fare card before Saturday.
– Today, 3/22, there is training for D.C. Local Ambassadors Training (volunteers). click here to RSVP http://dcambs.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe…
– Friday, March 23, 1-5 pm – Advocacy Training for High School Students
The Brady Campaign and the Urban League are hosting an educational workshop on Capitol Hill for 250 students called Marching Beyond Tomorrow. Students will meet with Congressmen, learn about the history of the gun violence prevention movement, participate in breakout sessions aimed at generating their own ideas for ending gun violence, and hear from two students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. The event will run from 1 to 5 p.m. on Friday March 23rd, and we would love to have Virginia High School students attend. Students can register at https://secure.everyaction.com/NthHMBrGREef6jh04PClTw2. Students will receive a certificate signed by a member of Congress and volunteer hour credit.
– Friday, March 23, 6:30 p.m. – Stay Amped – A Concert to End Gun Violence in D.C. Click on the link https://www.facebook.com/events/1669417853126842/
– Saturday, March 24 – March for Our Lives Washington D.C.

March 21, 2018

Daily Action: Call Congresswoman Barbara Comstock and ask her what she will do to protect the large federal workforce in her district.

Congressman Gerald E. Connolly released the following statement on the House Majority’s addition of the Holman Rule to H.Res 787:

“Last night, without any public debate, House Republicans snuck into legislation the Holman Rule – a cynical and dangerous attack on federal workers that allows Members of Congress to reduce the salaries of federal employees. This archaic tool, also known as the Armageddon Rule, is nothing more than a backdoor way for Republicans to dismantle the federal workforce and carry out political vendettas at the expense of career civil servants.”

“This is a page right out of President Trump’s playbook. Reinstating the Holman Rule is no empty threat by the Majority. Last year, they used it to attack the Congressional Budget Office. If they can justify political attacks on CBO – the nonpartisan Congressional scorekeeper – no one is safe.”

The Holman Rule had been added to the Rules package at the beginning of the 115th Congress for the first session only. It would allow any Member of Congress to reduce the salaries of federal employees through the appropriations process.

Call Comstock – 202 225 5136

March 20, 2018

Daily Action: On Saturday, March 24, we will March For Our Lives!
Herndon Reston Indivisible (HRI) will meet at the Reston metro at 9 AM. Wear you bright yellow HRI t-shirt or scarf. Purchase your metro fare card before Saturday, big crowds are expected.
Click on the link below for more information:
http://time.com/…/march-for-our-lives-parkland-school-shoo…/

Also, March For Our Lives is still looking for volunteers. Click on the link below to volunteer:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScvGiUMYqD3C-2b2…/viewform…

March 19, 2018

Daily Action: Be prepared for Rapid Response if Trump fires Mueller. Emergency protest rallies around the country are planned in the event that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is fired. PLEASE REGISTER FOR IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION!
https://act.moveon.org/…/mueller-firing-rapid-respo…/search/

If he is fired before 2:00 pm local time, then protests begin at 5:00 pm local time
If he is fired after 2:00 pm local time, then protests begin 12:00 pm next day

HRI members will gather at these rally locations:
1.The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC – Primary Location
2. The U.S. Capitol – Southeast Corner, Washington, DC –
Alternate Location
3. Rep. Comstock’s Office, 21430 Cedar Drive, Sterling, VA 20164 – Alternate Location

If you plan to use the Metro, purchase a fare card in advance. If you have a bright yellow Herndon-Reston Indivisible t-shirt or scarf, wear it so we can find one another in the crowd.

NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW!

March 16, 2018

Daily Action: Sign up to canvass in Loudoun County on Saturday, March 17th, to help unseat Barbara Comstock.
Loundon County Democratic Committee (LCDC) is having their Second BlueWave canvass on Saturday, March 17th!!. They are starting now to work in their communities to identify new voters and work to unseat Barbara Comstock in November.
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2015441552058316/

March 15, 2018

Daily Action: Make 5 calls to make the changes you want to see.
Click on the link below:
https://5calls.org/

March 14, 2018

Daily Action: Don’t forget to attend the Vigil at NRA Headquarters
Today, March 14th at 10:00am
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030
In solidarity with students and supporters across the country raising awareness and pushing for sensible gun laws
https://www.facebook.com/events/290607848133110/

Park across the street on Fairfax Ridge Rd and give yourself a few minutes extra to reach the event.

March 13, 2018

Daily Action: Reminder to attend the HRI general meeting tonight at 6:30 PM to meet 3 of the candidates running to replace Comstock in 10th CD.

Meet the candidates, get information, ask questions, sign up to volunteer for their campaign. The Candidates will speak separately for 15 minutes about their vision for the 10th CD. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions about their candidacy and positions on issues.

March 12, 2018

Daily Action: Join the Women’s March Youth EMPOWER along with the students, teachers, school administrators, parents and other allies to take part in a #NationalSchoolWalkout for 17 minutes at 10am across every time zone on March 14, 2018 to protest Congress’ inaction to do more than tweet thoughts and prayers in response to the gun violence plaguing our schools and neighborhoods.
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1767175080245694/

Also, plan to attend the:
Vigil at NRA Headquarters – Solidarity with Parkland
March 14th @ 10:00am – 11am
National Rifle Association Headquarters
11250 Waples Mill Rd
Fairfax, VA 22030

Multiple groups organized to stop gun violence have been holding a rally at the NRA Headquarters on the 14th of every month since the Newtown tragedy. This event this month is organized in solidarity with the National School Walkouts taking place around the country. Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/290607848133110/

March 9 – 11, 2018

Daily Action: Boycott Sinclair owned local ABC WJLA Channel 7 TV station. Local Sinclair owned stations’ anchors now have to read pro-Trump propaganda.
Click on the link below for more information.
http://nymag.com/…/local-news-anchors-now-have-to-read-pro-…

March 8, 2018

Daily Action: Call Bass Pro Shops and ask them to stop selling weapons of war, assault weapons, that are killing our children. Other companies have started taking action to address gun violence—and have shown they can stand up to pressure from the NRA, for the good of the public.
Bass Pro Shop 844-904-7411
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/561932587505393

March 7, 2018

Daily Action: Make 5 Calls. Making calls is the easiest and most effective way for citizens to make an impact in national and local politics. Click on the link below and make your voice heard. Pick 5 issues you are concerned about and make the calls.
https://5calls.org/

March 6, 2018

Daily Action: Call Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner—demand that they vote against the repeal of bank regulations!

Republicans and Democrats are teaming up… to deregulate Wall Street. (Seriously.) In a follow-up to the #GOPTaxScam, the Senate is trying to deregulate Wall Street in the form of S. 2155. This “Bank Lobbyist Act” will make it easier for discrimination in home lending to go unnoticed, end key consumer protections for homebuyers, and put us at risk of another financial crisis.
Click on the link below for more information and call script:
https://www.indivisible.org/…/republicans-planning-unravel…/

Most of the time, Kaine and Warner are dependable progressives, but right now they they my be supporting financial deregulation that could cause the next crisis. Call their offices and and tell them to vote NO on S.2155!

Tim Kaine: (202) 224-4024
Mark Warner: (202) 224-2023

March 2 & 5, 2018

Daily Action: Rallies and actions are being planned around the country for Monday, March 5, the 6-month deadline set by the Trump administration when DACA was rescinded. Please attend one or both of the rallies listed below in support of our immigrant neighbors and their families and a clean DREAM Act!.
Rally in DC:
https://www.facebook.com/events/405219576614863/

Rally in Rep. Comstock’s district :
https://www.facebook.com/events/552547721785161/

March 1, 2018

Daily Action: Sign up to attend, and encourage others to attend, the Immigration Policy Forum. Learn about policies at the national, state, and local levels.

IMMIGRATION POLICY FORUM
Keynote Speaker: Tom Gjelten, NPR Correspondent
Saturday, March 3 9:30AM to 12:00 PM
Virginia International University (Conference Hall)
4401 Village Drive, Fairfax VA

The Forum is free and open to the public. For registration visit the event eventbite website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immigration-policy-forum-ticke…

Facebook event – https://www.facebook.com/events/400045697133234/

Feb. 28, 2018

Daily Action: Take the NRA down by going after its 501c tax exempt status. Fill in the IRS form 13909 Tax-Exempt Organization Complaint located online at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13909.pdf with the following information:

1) National Rifle Association (NRA)
11250 Waples Mill Rd
Fairfax, VA 22030
2) EIN: 53-0116130
3) Check #3,4,5, & other for nature of violations
4) Wayne LaPierre, CEO, 2016 election cycle, 2/14/18
For Description: The NRA has used donations & funding it has received under its tax-exempt status for lobbying & political campaign donations to obtain favorable, pro-gun legislation & insure opposition to reasonable gun control legislation. Since 1989, NRA has provided about $23 million in funding to candidates and parties. Complete information on NRA donations to politicians is online at https://www.opensecrets.org/news/issues/guns
5) fill in your contact info. Also check the “I am concerned” box.
6) Print & mail or email back to the IRS per the instructions in the form.

Feb. 27, 2018

Daily Action: Making 5 Calls is an easy and effective way to make an impact in national and local politics.
Click on the link below to see what 5 Calls are important to you:
https://5calls.org/

Feb. 26, 2018

Daily Action: Sign the petition to support students’ right to protest gun violence. Youth activists and shooting survivors in Parkland, Florida have refueled the movement to end gun violence and pass comprehensive gun safety laws—and are inspiring students all across the country to join them.

Students are planning walkouts, protests, and marches at schools across the United States. A school superintendent in Needville, Texas told students they would face a three day suspension if they participated in any protests to demand better gun laws.

Young people are fighting for their own lives, the lives of their friends and peers, and seeking justice for students who have died at the hands of mass shooters—and they’re being punished for it.

This is completely unacceptable. School districts should offer support to students exercising their right to protest, not suspend them for it. This superintendent (and anyone who follows in his footsteps) should be ashamed.
Click on the link below to sign the petition:
https://www.dailykos.com/…/sign-the-petition-support-studen…

Feb. 23, 2018

Daily Action: Call your representative and tell them: “Protect the Johnson Amendment. Vote no on poison-pill riders in the budget bill that harm our democracy.” 844-241-1141.
Conservatives in Congress have snuck several partisan, ideological policy riders into the draft appropriations bill that threaten to further undermine our democracy. One particularly scary one would effectively unleash “Citizens United 2.0” by allowing churches and charities to endorse candidates, which the law currently bans under the Johnson Amendment.
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/3cdbce4e-0b67-11e8-95a5-c3…

Feb. 22, 2018

Daily Action: NRA membership has quite a few benefits, including a Visa card through First National Bank of Omaha. Call Visa and the First National Bank of Omaha to demand they cancel licensing and sponsorship, respectively, of the NRA Visa card. 844-899-8785.
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/555256561506329

Feb. 21, 2018

Daily Action: Make 5 Calls. Facebook likes and Twitter retweets can’t create the change you want to see. Calling your Members of Congress on the phone can.
Click on the link below to make 5 calls:
https://5calls.org/

Feb. 20, 2018

Daily Action: Sign the partition to ban the sale of Military-Style Assault weapons and large capacity magazines also, sign the partition to tell Donald Trump and his Republican party to direct the CDC to study America’s gun violence epidemic.
On February 14th a mass shooting that took place in a school leaving 17 people dead and many others severely injured. The shooter used a Smith & Wesson M&P15, a military-style assault rifle with large capacity magazines. Assault weapons were also used in previous mass shootings, including Aurora, Colorado; Newtown, Connecticut; San Bernardino, California; Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon; Sutherland Springs, Texas; and Las Vegas, Nevada. We cannot allow the daily carnage in our country to be the new normal.
Click on the link below to sign the petition to tell the President, Congress and various state legislatures (including Florida) to act now to ban military-style assault weapons and large capacity magazines.
https://petitions.moveon.org/…/ban-military-style-assault-2…

Gun violence in America has reached epidemic proportions, so our government should be treating it like a public health crisis. A study by the CDC should identify the underlying causes and recommend comprehensive solutions, which Congress should use as a basis for creating legislation to solve the root causes of this national crisis.
Click on the link below to sign the petition to tell Donald Trump and his Republican party to direct the CDC to study America’s gun violence epidemic.
https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/president-trump-direct…

Feb. 19, 2018

Daily Action: “STAND UP TO FEAR MONGERING AT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING”.
Attend the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, February 20, at the Fairfax Government Center Auditorium, Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.
A campaign has been mounted (based on MS 13 rhetoric) to get the Board of Supervisors or the Sheriff to retract her decision to terminate the IGSA. They took out a full page ad in the Fairfax Times and, they have started a petition and letter writing campaign.
We must show our support for the Sheriff’s decision.
Public comments are on the agenda to begin at 4:30 PM, but will likely start no earlier than 5:30 or 6 PM. Please wear a red shirt and stand when prompted by the speakers during public comments.
Click on the link below to RSVP:
http://go.peoplepower.org/event/action_attend/12540/…

Feb. 18, 2018

Sunday Daily Action: Join the People’s Caravan for Medicaid Expansion Lobbying Day – Monday, February 19
For details of the day click on the links below.
http://www.peoplescaravan.org/
https://www.facebook.com/events/572540266413760/

If you can’t make the caravan:
Join Lobby Day in Richmond. Click on the link below for details:
https://drive.google.com/…/1VP1Xv-9GmBkKWYKkZ0VsdSvig5…/view

If you can’t make the caravan or the lobby day:
Use the virtual phonebank to call constituents who legislators need encouragement.. Scripts are included.
https://drive.google.com/…/0B_3HsCNqOqWANXlXMTQzVi1FL…/view…

Feb. 16, 2018

Daily Action: Attend the Candlelight vigil and Protest in front of the NRA to honor the victims of Stoneman Douglas High School:
When – Today, Feb 16, at 8 PM
Where – 11250 Waples Mill Rd. Fairfax, VA
https://www.facebook.com/events/1917551271907997/

Feb. 15, 2018

Daily Action: The day after another school shooting, in Florida, we can hope that the following bills will become law in Virginia. You can follow these bills on the VA General assembly Legislative Information System (LIS).
SB63 – https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB63
SB
HB814 – https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB814
HB1052 – https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1052
HB287 – http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB287

Feb. 14, 2018

Daily Action: Call your two Senators and tell them Dreamers are not a bargaining chip to be used to advance Trump and congressional Republicans’ racist agenda.
Click on the link below for the script:
https://www.indivisible.org/…/whats-next-fight-protect-dr…/…
Senator Kaine – 202 224 4024
Senator Warner – 202 224 2023

Feb. 13, 2018

Daily Action: Take 5 minutes to make calls to your members of congress (MOC). One of the calls is to tell your senators to vote NO for Donald Trump’s pick for Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler. He is a former coal lobbyist for Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting.
https://5calls.org/issue/coal-lobbyist-andrew-wheeler-epa

Feb. 12, 2018

Daily Action: This week begins Crossover, all House bills must be passed through committee and onto the floor to advance to the Senate before Wednesday, February 14th, and all Senate bills must be completed so they can move to the House.
To keep up with the fast-moving schedule of committees and House floor calendars, visit the Virginia General Assembly website. http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/

Feb. 9 – 11, 2018

Daily Action: Trump’s Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking to change a section of the current tip regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The change would allow employers to take all the tips of their employees, as long as they pay the measly federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour before tips. Current tip regulations state that workers own their tips and prohibit employers from taking tip income from employees.

Call your representative and ask them to pass legislation to prevent the DOL’s rule change that steals worker’s tips. Tell them, “Pass legislation that lets workers keep their tips.” 844-241-1141
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/548889735476345

Also, Click on the link below for actions we can take to help a handful of women’s issue bills cross the finish line in the Virginia General Assembly.
https://www.facebook.com/UnitedForWomenVirginia/…

Feb. 8, 2018

Daily Action: Andrew Wheeler, a coal lobbyist, may get nominated into a critical and sensitive position at the EPA. Andrew Wheeler was just voted “out’ of the Senate Committee on Party Lines. If he gets majority votes on the Senate floor he will become the EPA Deputy Administrator.

Call and email Senators Warner and Kaine and ask them to vote against this nomination. This vote will take place in the next few days. Wheeler will be #2 at EPA and there is lots of speculation that he will actually be the next head of EPA (Pruitt going to State).

Kaine:
231 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4024
https://www.kaine.senate.gov/contact

Warner:
703 Hart Senate office Building
Washington, D.C 20510 Suite 200
Phone: 202-224-2023
https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact

Feb. 7, 2018

Daily Action: The ERA bills will not be voted on in committee unless we all call Delegate Mark Cole who is Chair of House Privileges & Elections Committee. Please call him now!

(804) 698-1088 (540) 786-3402

Urge him to send the ERA bills to the floor!
Possible scripts:

Virginia has a long history of support for women, with an equal rights amendment in our Constitution already for almost half a century. This is a strong Virginia value. Please send the ERA bills to the floor for a vote! HJ129, HJ2 or HJ4.

Ratifying the ERA WILL have value, it will not be legally meaningless. In fact, Nevada’s committee counsel stated in public hearings before that state ratified the ERA last year that Congress has the power to retroactively move the deadline so ratification now has legal meaning. Please pass these bills!

Women and men who agree that women have a right to equity are interested like never before. Equal rights are a Virginia value; it is already in our Constitution but it should be federal too. Please hear our voices and ratify the ERA!

Feb. 6, 2018

Daily Action: Virginia’s felony larceny threshold – the point at which a theft goes from being a misdemeanor to a felony – is the lowest in the country at $200.. Raising the felony larceny threshold would reduce the number of people who are disenfranchised and imprisoned, resulting in greater contributions to society and lower costs of incarceration.

The Virginia General Assembly is considering several proposals to raise the felony larceny threshold and it is critical that it approves the largest possible increase at this time. Tell your representatives it is time to raise the felony larceny threshold. Click on the link below:
https://ssl.capwiz.com/aclu/issues/alert/…

Feb. 5, 2018

Daily Action: In the Virginia General Assembly, HB 1180, a bill which would repeal the very sensible prohibition on weapons in houses of worship will be on the floor next week for a vote by the full House. This bill will have to go through a first, second and third reading so the earliest it will reach the floor for a vote is Wednesday, 2/7..

To stop this bill, we need to convince two Republicans to vote against it. Below is the target list. Please call or email and ask your friends, congregants, group members, etc. to call or email the delegates on this list and ask them to vote NO on HB 1180.

HD 94 – Del. David Yancey (R). 804-698-1094 DelDYancey@house.virginia.gov parts of Newport News
HD 62 – Del. Riley Ingram (R) 804-698-1062 DelRIngram@house.virginia.gov parts of Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George & Hopewell
HD 76 – Del. Chris Jones (R) 804-698-1076 DelCJones@house.virginia.gov parts of Chesapeake & Suffolk
HD 83 – Del. Chris Stolle (R) 804-698-1083 DelCStolle@house.virginia.gov parts of Norfolk & Va Beach
HD 28 – Del. Bob Thomas (R) 804-698-1028 DelBThomas@house.virginia.gov parts of Stafford County & Fredericksburg
HD 27 – Del. Roxann Robinson (R) 804-698-1027 Delrrobinson@house.virginia.gov part of Chesterfield County
HD 84 – Del. Glenn Davis (R) 804-698-1084 DelGDavis@house.virginia.gov Part of Va Beach
HD 100 – Del. Rob Bloxom (R) 804-698-1000 DelRBloxom@house.virginia.gov parts of Accomack, Northampton, Norfolk & Va Beach
HD 40 – Del. Tim Hugo (R) 804-698-1040 DelTHugo@house.virginia.gov part of Fairfax & Prince Williams counties
HD 56 – Del. John McGuire 804-698-1056 DelJMcGuire@house.virginia.gov parts of Henrico, Goochland, Louisa & Spotsylvania Counties

Feb. 2 – 4, 2018

Daily Action: Support Sheriff Stacy Kincaid!
Sheriff Stacey Kincaid is under attack by Republicans for her decision to terminate the IGSA with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Virginia Republican U.S. Senate candidate Corey Stewart and Republican Supervisor Pat Herrity are both using this as a fear mongering tool for election day benefit. We MUST not allow Herrity, Stewart, and the alt-right to define the narrative.

How can you help?

When you respond on social media and/or in communications with your friends, use the fact sheet on the link below. Use it also to help you post on social media and write letters:
http://fairfaxdemocrats.org/…/uploads/2018/02/IGSA-Facts.pdf

In all of your posts, please use the hashtag #StandwithStacey

Daily Action#2 : Indivisible, MoveOn and more than 25 other citizen’s organizations are coordinating to hold emergency protest rallies around the country in the event that Special Counsel Robert Muller is fired. More than 200,000 people nationwide are already registered to participate.

HRI members will gather at these rally locations:

1.The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC – Primary Location
2. The U.S. Capitol – Southeast Corner, Washington, DC –
Alternate Location
3. Rep. Comstock’s Office, 21430 Cedar Drive, Sterling, VA 20164 – Alternate Location

If Mueller is fired BEFORE 2 P.M. local time —> events will begin @ 5 P.M. local time
If Mueller is fired AFTER 2 P.M. local time —> events will begin @ noon local time the following day

If you have not already done so, please register for immediate notification https://www.trumpisnotabovethelaw.org/…/mueller-fi…/search/…. If you plan to use the Metro, purchase a fare card in advance. If you have a bright yellow Herndon-Reston Indivisible t-shirt or scarf, wear it so we can find one another in the crowd.

Feb. 1, 2018

Daily Action: On Monday, Virginia Moms Demand Action volunteers will be walking the halls of the Capitol in Richmond, urging lawmakers to oppose the NRA’s dangerous gun bill: Permit-less Carry.

If passed, this bill would allow people to carry hidden, loaded guns in public without a permit, background check, or safety training. It’s extreme and dangerous.

Virginians don’t want our common sense public safety laws dismantled in the name of gun industry profits. If you add your name to oppose permit-less carry in Virginia, Moms Demand Actions will take it to your lawmakers next week!

Click on the link below to add your name to OPPOSE this dangerous permit-less carry gun bill :
http://act.everytown.org/…/sign-oppose-dangerous-permitle…/…

Jan. 31, 2018

Daily Action: Several days ago, we learned that Trump actually tried to fire Special Counsel Mueller last July. FBI Deputy Director McCabe was forced out and Republicans voted to release “the memo” undermining the FBI. The White House and Republicans are shredding the FBI and politicizing DOJ to protect Trump from the Russia investigation.
Sign up to attend a rapid response event if Trump fires Mueller or interferes in another way.
https://www.trumpisnotabovethelaw.org/…/mueller-firing-rap…/

Jan. 30, 2018

Daily Action: Meet at the Wiehle Ave. Metro Station at 6:30 PM today to join the protest of Trump’s State of the Union motorcade at the U.S. Capital. Dress warm and bring signs.

Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/152868582034375/

Jan. 29, 2018

Daily Action: The Virginia General Assembly is now in session. There are some very important bills being submitted. Follow the bills being submitted during this session.

Click on the link below, put a bill number in the “Search Legislation with LIS” on the left side of the page:

http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/

Jan. 26, 2018

Daily Action: Call your Senators and tell them to pass a robust disaster aid package now!
2017 was the costliest year on record for natural disasters for the United States. Costs from the hurricanes in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico; the wildfires in California; the floods in California, Oklahoma, and Missouri; and the heat waves in California, South Carolina, and Arizona topped $306 billion, and counting.
The residents of these areas shouldn’t have to wait any longer for the federal government’s help. Call Senators Kaine and Warner today.
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/542131159485536

Tim Kaine (202) 224-4024
Mark Warner (202) 224-2023

Jan. 25, 2018

Daily Action: Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid announced that she will terminate the “Intergovernmental Services Agreement (ISGA)” with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Sheriff will no longer hold inmates past their release date unless ICE provides a court-ordered criminal detainer.
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/…/sheriff-terminates-intergov…

Sheriff Kincaid’s action reinforces Fairfax County’s reputation as a tolerant and open community, and reflects great moral courage and a steadfast commitment to justice. Please thank Sheriff Stacey Kincaid:

Email: sheriff@fairfaxcounty.gov
https://www.facebook.com/fairfaxcountysheriff

Jan. 24, 2018

Daily Action: The Virginia Stop Gun Violence specialty license plate bill (HB 287) was approved by the Transportation Committee in the House of Delegates with 18 YEAS, 3 NAYS, and 1 NOT VOTING. The full House of Delegates will vote on HB 287 today, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017 after they convene at 12:00 Noon.
Contact your delegate this morning and ask her or him to vote YES on HB 287 to show their support for gun violence prevention.

Jennifer Barton Boysko
(804) 698-1086

Kenneth R. Plum
(804) 698-1036

If these are not you delegate click on the link below to find your delegate:
http://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/

If you signed up for your own Stop Gun Violence license plate you will receive a postcard in the US mail with instructions about the payment process.
For more information or to order your Stop Gun Violence license plate click on the link below:
http://stopgunviolence.info/

Jan. 23, 2018

Daily Action: The Virginia General Assembly touches the life of every Virginian. Each winter, 140 men and women gather in Richmond to pass a state budget and enact laws on behalf of the state’s 8 million residents. Keep up with what is happening in the Virginia General Assembly.
Click on the link below:
https://www.vpap.org/general-assembly/citizens-guide/…

Jan. 22, 2018

Daily Action: SB106 could be called for a full floor vote as early as this afternoon. This is one of the few bills left that still has a chance to mitigate gerrymandering in the Commonwealth. Call your delegate this morning to voice your support!
Click on the link below for more information:
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe…

Jennifer B. Boysko (D)
(804) 698-1086
DelJBoysko@house.virginia.gov

Kenneth R. Plum
(804) 698-1036
DelKPlum@house.virginia.gov

Jan. 19 – 21, 2018

Daily/Weekend Action: On Saturday, Jan. 20, join the HRI Meet-up at Wiehle Ave. Metro Station to go to the Women’s March/March On The Polls 2018 in Washington D.C.
https://www.facebook.com/events/946985392125848/
On Friday, today, join the HRI Women’s March Sign Making Party.
https://www.facebook.com/events/385402135219528/

Jan. 18, 2018

Daily Action: Take a break and watch President Obama with David Letterman. It will make you smile.
https://www.netflix.com/watch/80209188…

Jan. 17, 2018

Daily Action: If you haven’t already done so, sign up to keep track of the Virginia General Assembly bills using VPAP.org; https://www.vpap.org/general-assembly/bills/recent/
Also, Join VAPLAN (VA Progressive Legislative Alert Network) to receive alerts on upcoming legislation with details on which committee members to call for action. http://www.vaplan.us/join.html
Follow VAPLAN on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/165120504074394/

Jan. 16, 2018

Daily Action: “[On January 9], President Trump and key members of Congress held a meeting where they proposed cutting family sponsorship and the diversity visa program in order to get a legislative fix for DACA. To cut family sponsorship is to essentially ban families from staying together. Furthermore, many African countries benefit from the diversity visa program. To end that program is to say that black and brown folks are not welcome here. Undocumented young people deserve to ensure that their families are safe and black and brown immigrants deserve to stay in this country!”

National Call-in Day is happening TODAY. Call Congress and demand that they #ValueOurFamilies and pass a #cleanDREAMAct that has #NoFamilyBan and keeps the diversity visa program intact. For more information on how to call-in click on the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/nakasec/posts/10156213252919286

Jan. 15, 2018

Daily Action: Rep Jim Bridenstine (OK) has been confirmed in committee for a full senate vote as administrator of NASA. Bridenstine is a climate change denier with no scientific or engineering training, and if confirmed by the Senate, would be the first politician to ever lead NASA. Engineers and Scientists have always led NASA. Call Senators Warer and Kain and tell them to oppose JIM BRIDENSTINE AS NASA Director. He currently is a representative from Oklahoma, with a voting record that benefits the oil and gas industry (Carbon Pollution). There is hope that there won’t be enough votes on the floor if every democrat senator votes against the nomination.
Click on the link below:
https://5calls.org/iss…/oppose-jim-bridenstine-nasa-director

Jan. 12 – 14, 2018

Daily Action: January 13th, 14th and 15th are very busy. Friday, January 13th is inauguration Day for our new Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General that we worked so hard to get elected the ceremony starts 12 noon in Richmond.

Sunday, January 14th is NRA vigil at 2 PM https://www.facebook.com/events/936984859787973/.

Monday, January 15th is the 26th Annual vigil & Advocacy Day for Gun Violence Prevention in Richmond https://www.facebook.com/events/185342928722100/

Hope you can participate in some of these events.

Jan. 11, 2018

Daily Action: On Tuesday we were asked to call, email and tweet Delegate Kirk Cox and ask him to guarantee proportional committee and subcommittee assignments that reflect the makeup of the House AND require recorded votes in all committees and subcommittees.

OUR DELEGATES DID IT!!

The Virginia House Democratic Caucus achieved two significant victories for the people of Virginia by negotiating an agreement with Republicans that resulted in recorded subcommittee votes and proportional representation on committees.”

Jan. 10, 2018

Daily Action: The Trump administration just announced an end to Temporary Protected Status for nearly 200,000 people from El Salvador. Let’s help ensure families are not ripped apart and sent back to nations devastated by disasters, conflict, and genocide.

.Call your Senators and tell them to: Save the TPS and pass a clean Dream Act. Then, let’s get to work on comprehensive immigration reform that puts people first. 844-241-1141

Jan. 9, 2018

Daily Action: Keep track of the Virginia General Assembly bills using VPAP.org; https://www.vpap.org/general-assembly/bills/recent/
Also, Join VAPLAN (VA Progressive Legislative Alert Network) to receive alerts on upcoming legislation with details on which committee members to call for action. http://www.vaplan.us/join.html
Follow VAPLAN on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/165120504074394/

Jan. 8, 2018

Daily Action: Join the GVP (Gun Violence Prevention) groups at the 26th Annual Vigilant and Advocacy Day on Monday, January 15th, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in Richmond, VA. We will honor the memory and teachings of a great civil rights leader who was killed by gunfire. We will also honor all Virginians killed by gunfire and raise our voices to advocate for responsible gun laws.
Bus will depart for Richmond at 10 a.m. and return to at 7:30 p.m. Click on the link below to sign up:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a044dacae23a02-gvpadvocacy

Jan. 5, 2018

Daily Action: The FCC voted to end Net Neutrality but, Congress can overrule this vote. Call your senators and tell them to pass legislation to keep the internet open: 844-241-1141.
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/532683937096925

Jan. 3, 2018

Daily Action: Check out the other pages on the Herndon Reston Indivisible (HRI) website. Read the blog, checkout the calendar and browse the pages for the different sub-groups.

Jan. 2, 2018

Daily Action: Let’s start 2018 the same way we started 2017. Plan to attend the Women’s #WeekendofWomen March on January 20, 2018 in Washington D.C. Click on the link below for more information:
http://herndonrestonindivisible.com/event/womens-anniversary-march-dc-march-to-the-polls-2018/

Happy New Year!

Dec. 27, 2017

Even though we didn’t plan on having another Daily Action until 2018 we received and urgent request. This is a quick action that wont take much time. Thank you and Happy New Year.

This is an urgent request! Please sign no later than December 31, so it can be submitted in a timely manner to the appropriate House and Senate Budget Committees.

In an effort to protect the dignity of the most vulnerable in Virginia and promote the common good, SALT (Social Action Linking Together) http://www.s-a-l-t.org/ is asking you us to sign the petition they are submitting to the following state delegates:
Del. Robert Orrock (VA-54), Del. Riley Ingram (VA-62), Del. Kirk Cox (VA-66), Del. R. Steven Landes (VA-25), Del. S. Chris Jones (VA-76), Del. R. Lee Ware (VA-65), Del. John O’Bannon (VA-73), Del. Mark Sickles (VA-43), Del. Chris Peace (VA-97), Del. Charles Poindexter (VA-9), Del. Jimmie Massie (VA-72), Del. Delores McQuinn (VA-70), Del. Barry Knight (VA-81), Del. T. Garrett (VA-23), Del. Luke Torian (VA-52), Del. Betsy Carr (VA-69), Del. Matthew James (VA-80), Del. Christopher Stolle (VA-83), Del. Larry Rush (VA-7), Del. Daun Hester (VA-89), Del. Lashrecse Aird (VA-63), Sen. Thomas Norment (VA-3), Sen. Richard Saslaw (VA-35), Sen. Emmett Hanger (VA-24), Sen. Charles Carrico (VA-40), and Sen. Rosalyn Dance (VA-16), which says:

“Support human service programs that protect impoverished children, strengthen families, prevent cruelty in our criminal justice system, educate children in impoverished families, break the generational cycle of poverty, and enable the children in needy families to be cared for in their own homes or homes of relatives.”

Click here to add your name:
https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/social-action-linking…

 

Dec. 22, 2017

Daily Action: Pat yourself on the back! 2017 was a busy year for us. We started with the Women’s March and didn’t let up. We wrote letters and postcards, made lots of calls and showed up to protest. 2017 has be busy and sometimes frustrating but we had an amazing win in November. We decided to take charge of Virginia’s future by electing a great Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and 15 amazing delegates.
Congress won’t return until the first of the year so we can take a break.
No matter how you celebrate the Season, Happy Holidays.
See you in 2018!

Dec. 21, 2017

Daily Action: Register to participate in an event if Trump fires Mueller. It looks like there is finally a serious attempt by the Trump legal team to trash the Russia investigation and fire Mueller. MoveOn is coordinating a crisis response event In Washington D.C. in anticipation of the firing.
Click on the link below to register:
https://act.moveon.org/…/mueller-firing-rapid-respo…/13263/…

Dec. 20, 2017

Daily Action: Once again our Daily Action is to stand in solidarity with the Dreamers! Tell your representatives to: “Pass a clean Dream Act by 12/22. Don’t leave Dreamers in fear.” Call: 844-241-1141
Click on the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/525757041122948

Dec. 19, 2017

Daily Action: Make calls to progressives in key #TrumpTaxScam states. Indivisible brought back the peer-to-peer calling tool (aka Hubdialer!) to help put pressure on key targets. Sign up now to start making calls to folks in Maine and Arizona and help connect them to their Senators. The tool will be live until the vote!
Click on the link below:
https://www.trumptaxscam.org/calls-to-kill-the-tax-scam/

Dec. 18, 2017

Daily Action: Call your member of Congress and tell them to stand with Dreamers and deliver a clean Dream Act before December 22, so that Dreamers don’t have to spend the holidays in fear. Every day that Congress delays passing a clean Dream Act, 122 more Dreamers lose their DACA status.
Go to the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/523258218039497

Dec. 1, 2017

Daily Action: Call your representative and tell them to insist on a clean Dream Act now—on its own or as part of the end-of-year spending bills.
Gerry Connelly – 202 225 1492
Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136.
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/517095255322460

Nov. 30, 2017

Daily Action: Become a member of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee (FCDC). As a member you get to have a voice and a vote in the policies and decisions of FCDC. In order to vote for the new leaders of FCDC you must join or re-join by Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 by 5 PM.
Click on the link below to join:
https://fairfaxdemocrats.org/about/join/

Nov. 29, 2017

Daily Action: The FCC is trying to kill net neutrality and the strong Title II oversight of Internet Service Providers. Preserving an open internet is crucial for fair and equal access to the resources and information available on it.
Use this quick and effective way to support net neutrality:
1. On a computer, (not your phone!), go to: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express
2. Enter (under “Proceeding”) the numbers 17-108.
3. In comments, say: I support Title 2 oversight of ISPs and I support net neutrality.
*Fill in the form carefully; they’ve made it less friendly and impossible to fill in by phone, on purpose.
*Don’t be silenced. DO IT
(Thanks Mary Brandon)

Nov. 28, 2017

Daily Action: The Senate is back from recess and they have one goal: pass tax cuts for their billionaire donors and wealthy families like the Trumps. That means we have to: defeat the #TrumpTaxScam.
To defeat the #TrumpTaxScam we must, Show Up at our Senators Offices, Make Calls and Call Progressives in Key Red States.
With full control over both chambers of Congress and the White House,the Republicans’ agenda (health care repeal, this scammy tax bill, and more) should’ve been easy for them to pass. But at each and every turn, our constituent pressure has stopped them in their tracks. And the GOP is feeling the heat from their donors because we’ve ground their agenda to a halt.
The Senate is expected to vote on the Motion to Proceed (a pre-vote vote) as early as Wednesday and they could take a final vote as early as Friday. Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.indivisible.org/…/weeks-indivisible-actions-no…/

Nov, 27, 2017

Daily Action: We had a big election win and a holiday break. Now it’s time for Congress to get back to work. Read this article posted on the HRI website blog about the deadlines looming for congress when they return:
http://herndonrestonindivisible.com/…/looming-deadlines-mu…/

Nov. 23, 2017

Daily Action: Enjoy your Thanksgiving. There are lots of things to be thankful for but, we all should be thankful for the Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and Democrat Delegates we helped get elected. WOW!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Nov. 21, 2017

Daily Action: Call FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and express your disapproval that the FCC is trying to kill net neutrality and the strong Title II oversight of Internet Service Providers. Preserving an open internet is crucial for fair and equal access to the resources and information available on it.
Click on the link below for more information:
https://5calls.org/issue/defend-fcc-net-neutrality

Nov. 20, 2017

Daily Action: “Donald Trump reveres his father but almost never talks about his mother. Why not?”
Click on the link below to read the article about Mary Trump on the HRI website.
http://herndonrestonindivisible.com/…/the-mystery-of-mary-…/

Nov. 16, 2017

Daily Action: Warner, Kaine, and Connolly are all against the GOP tax plan. Call them and ask them to keep speaking out, especially against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate that is included in the GOP tax plan. We don’t know where Comstock stands, but definitely call her if you’re in her district.
Click on the link below to get started:
https://5calls.org/issue/insurance-mandate-tax-reform

Nov. 15, 2017

Daily Action: Call Senator Warner’s office (202 224 2023) to tell him you are opposed to his bill.

“In late July, Warner introduced the ingeniously titled “Protecting Consumers’ Access to Credit Act of 2017.” The legislation would allow payday lenders to ignore state interest rate caps on consumer loans as long as they partnered with a national bank.”
Click on the link below for more info:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/…/payday-lenders-democrats_u…

Nov. 14, 2017

Daily Action: Congress will take a key #TrumpTaxScam vote this week. The House could vote on Wednesday or Thursday and the Senate begins markup of their bill today. Let’s light up those phone lines! Call your Members of Congress (MOCs) and tell them to vote no.
Click on this link for your Democrat MOC:
https://www.trumptaxscam.org/democrat-call-script-to-stop-…/
Click on this link for your Republican MOC:
https://www.trumptaxscam.org/republican-call-script-to-sto…/
Mark Warner – 202 224 2023
Tim Kaine – 202 224 4024
Gerald Connolly – 202 225 1492
Barbara Comstock – 202 225 5136

Nov. 13, 2017

Daily Action: Help get 87 more applications for GVP license plates in Virginia. The Gun Violence Prevention (GVP) Advocacy group (not the HRI GVP group) began collecting applications for the GVP Special License Plate over a year ago. They needed a minimum of 450 applications to support a bill in the VA General Assembly authorizing the plate – now, they need just 87 more applications to get to 450.
Delegate Marcus Simon can then write House Bill 1254 to present to the 2018 Virginia General Assembly..
When Virginia voters were asked at exit polls on Tuesday, which issues mattered most in deciding how you voted for governor, their top two responses were:
# 1 – Healthcare
# 2 – Gun Policy
Virginia will be the first state to have a GVP license plate.
Click on this website for more information: http://stopgunviolence.info/
Click on this website to download the application: https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/webdoc/pdf/vsa10.pdf
Mail the application to:
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
805 15th Street, NW, Suite 502
Washington, DC 20005
DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY
Share these websites with friends and family.

Nov. 10, 2017

Daily Action: Call Senator Mark R. Warner at (202) 224-2023 and Senator Tim Kaine at (202) 224-4024. Tell them to pass clean Dream Act legislation by the end of the year.
Here is a sample script to get you started:

Hello, my name is _______. I live in zip code _____. I am calling in support of the Dream Act of 2017 (S.1615/H.R.3440). It’s a bipartisan solution that will protect thousands of young people. Now is the time for a legislative solution. Will the Representative/Senator support a clean Dream Act?
Busy signal? Click on the link below to Sign and send a petition to Senator Mark R. Warner and Senator Tim Kaine: Pass the Dream Act of 2017 (S.1615/H.R.3440) without harmful amendments.
https://www.dailykos.com/…/sign-and-send-a-personalized-let…

Nov. 9, 2017

Daily Action: Spread the word. Healthcare (ACA/Obamacare) open enrollment started on November 1, and we only have until December 15 to sign up. Both new and returning consumers should go to the link below and sign up for the 2018 plan that’s best for them. SPREAD THE WORD!
https://www.healthcare.gov/

Nov. 8, 2017

Daily Action: WE WON!!! Take the day off, drink wine, eat chocolate and pat yourself on the back for all of the work you did to win this election and keep Virginia BLUE

Nov. 4 – 7, 2017

Daily Action: If you need to vote early, today, 11/4, is the last day for early voting. The satellite locations are open 9AM to 5PM. Click on the link below for locations in Fairfax County:
http://fairfaxdemocrats.org/blog/2016/08/18/vote-early-2/

Daily Action for 11/4, 11/5, 11/6 and 11/7: Volunteer to canvas and make phone calls to Get Out The Vote. Click on the link below to sign up. “We Win When We Vote”.
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScCcvVtP047CzpoBF…/viewform

DON’T FORGET TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 7th

Nov. 3, 2017

Daily Action: The Daily Action today is to take a day off to relax and get ready for Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday GOTV (Get Out The Vote). Eat as much of your Halloween candy as you want, take a long hot bath do whatever you need to do to get ready for GOTV.

Getting people out to vote on November 7th is how Northam, Fairfax, Herring, Boysko and Plum will win this election.

If you haven’t signed up to volunteer here’s the link:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScCcvVtP047CzpoBF…/viewform

Nov. 2, 2017

Daily Action: Volunteer to Get Out the Vote!
Let’s produce the win for our candidates:

Ralph Northam for Governor
Justin Fairfax for Lieutenant Governor
Mark Herring for Attorney General
and all the great delegates running in districts throughout Virginia.

This election will be determined by who shows up to vote.
Let’s make sure it Democrats!

GOTV: Saturday, 11/4 thru Monday, 11/6
Shifts: 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm
Make a Plan – we will be talking to voters who have been identified as voting for our ticket and we will talk to them about their plan to vote.

GOTV: Tuesday, 11/7
Shifts: 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm
Election Day – we will knock on doors and phone call all voters who have been identified as voting for our ticket who have not early voted.

So if you haven’t already done so, connect with the VA Coordinated Campaign located at 131 Elden St, Suite 302, Herndon. Contact: Jenna Behringer at 703-786-0389 or jbehringer@vavictory17.org.

Click on the link to sign up:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScCcvVtP047CzpoBF…/viewform

Nov. 1, 2017

Daily Action: CALL SENATORS KAINE AND WARNER AND TELL THEM TO SUPPORT S.1735 AND S.1741

With the announcement of the first indictments in the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election by Special Prosecutor Mueller, renewed concerns are emerging about protecting the ongoing investigation from Trump exercising his authority to fire Mueller. Two recently introduced bills would make such a firing much more difficult, if not impossible:

S.1735: The Special Counsel Independence Protection Act, introduced by Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and co-sponsored by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), would allow a special counsel to be fired only if a federal court first establishes that they had exhibited misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or other good cause for removal.
S.1741: The Special Counsel Integrity Act, introduced by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and co-sponsored by Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), would also allow the judicial review to take place retroactively by a three-judge panel that could reinstate the special counsel within 14 days.

PROTECT THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION !!
S.1735 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s1735
S.1741 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s1741

CALL 844-334-3644

Oct. 31, 2017

Daily Action: Submit a public comment to the FCC to stop the Sinclair-Tribune merger.
Sinclair Broadcasting, a right-leaning media company known to require its local TV stations to insert “must-run” political commentary masquerading as local news and delivered by trusted local news anchors, has been working to acquire Tribune Media in order to expand its reach. Already the nation’s largest TV broadcast company, Sinclair’s potential merger with Tribune would extend its reach to a colossal 72% of U.S. households and create a media giant capable of opposing the campaigns of progressive candidates nationwide in 2018 elections and beyond.

The FCC is pausing its review of Sinclair Broadcast Group’s proposed merger with Tribune Media until Thursday, November 2nd, so there is still time to submit a public comment to speak out against this merger.

To leave a comment, click on the link below then, click “+ Express” at the bottom of the text box on the left and then fill out the form when it opens. Make sure you press <enter> after typing in your name so the form accepts it. Also, be aware that everything filed is public, so others will be able to see your name and address.

Suggested comments (please edit to make these your own): I strongly oppose the merger of Sinclair Broadcasting and Tribune Media. The merger will expand Sinclair’s reach beyond its legal audience cap of 39% to a massive 72% of US households. The FCC should not bend rules or roll back regulations to allow Sinclair to dominate the US airwaves.

https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/filings…

Oct. 30, 2017

Daily Action: We have 9 days left in our fight to elect Ralph Northam, Governor, Justin Fairfax, Lt. Governor, Mark Herring, Attorney General and to increase the Democratic delegates in Richmond.
Let’s take today off and catch up on the latest news about the indictment of Paul Manafort.
Click on the link below:
https://www.yahoo.com/…/paul-manafort-turn-himself-trump-12…

Oct. 27 – 29, 2017

Daily/Weekend Action: We have less than 2 weeks until Election Day. We’ve done lots of work knocking on doors and making phones calls but we need to do more. This election is important in determining who we are in Virginia. We must all come together to get voters to the polls on November 7th to elect Ralph Northam, Governor, Justin Fairfax, Lt. Governor, Mark Harring, Attorney General and our Democrat Delegates.
Please click on the link below to sign up to Get Out The Vote:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScCcvVtP047CzpoBF…/viewform

Oct. 26.2017

Daily Action: Donald Trump is working to sabotage Obamacare despite repeated failed attempts to repeal it. The open enrollment period is now the shortest it’s ever been–November 1 to December 15–and Trump slashed the program’s advertising budget.

The administration is purposely withholding information about when and how to sign up for Obamacare to get health insurance for 2018. And people have less time than ever to get enrolled.

Here’s how you can help: You can join an Open Enrollment Street Team! Grab some friends and neighbors, print out materials, and hit the streets to make sure your community knows Open Enrollment is November 1 – December 15.

Oct. 25, 2017

Daily Action: A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule signed in July restores consumer rights to challenge big banks in court. But before it even goes into effect, Congress wants to repeal it. The House has already passed a bill repealing this new, hard-fought right, and now the Senate will likely vote this week.
Call your senators and tell them to: Oppose S.J. Res. 47! It lets banks & payday lenders use “ripoff clauses” that void our right to sue.
For more information click on the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/501775753521077

Oct. 24, 2017

Daily Action: Call your Republican Members of Congress now and hold them accountable for the vote they just took to put the Trump Tax Scam on a partisan fast track. Call your Democratic Members of Congress and tell them to gear up for a fight and do everything they can to slow down and expose the Trump Tax Scam for the scam it is.
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.trumptaxscam.org/scam

Comstock -202 225 5036
Connolly 202 225 1492
Kaine 202 224 4024
Warner 202 224 2023
Don’t forget the Herndon Reston Indivisible General Meeting tonight at 6:30 PM and don’t forget to bring non-perishable food donations for Cornerstone.

Oct. 23, 2017

Daily Action: Call your Members of Congress and tell them they must immediately make a bold, public statement denouncing the Trump administration’s reckless rhetoric and making clear that they will not support any congressional authority for Trump to use military force with North Korea.
Tell your representative to co-sponsor H.R. 669, Representative Ted Lieu’s bill to restrict Donald Trump’s ability to launch a unilateral nuclear strike without a congressional declaration of war.
Tell your senators to support S 200.
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.indivisible.org/…/members-congress-spoken-trum…/

Oct. 20 – 22, 2017

Daily/Weekend Action: We have only three weekends left to get Ralph Northam, Justin Fairfax, Mark Herring, and our delegates elected/reelected. This election is vital, so let’s all come together these last three weekends and make sure we win. All events are at the Combined Campaign office, 131 Elden St, Herndon.
Click on the link below to volunteer to Get Out the Vote:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScCcvVtP047CzpoBF…/viewform

Oct. 19, 2017

Daily Action: Call your Senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, and tell them to vote NO on the Trump Republican budget. This budget enables massive tax cuts for the wealthy and cuts Medicaid by $1 trillion over the next 10 years. It also makes big cuts to Medicare, education, and more.
click on the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/499533450411974

Oct. 18, 2017

Daily Action: Join the Campaign Against Assault Weapons at a National vigil to send #LoveToLasVegas and to rally to demand a ban on #WeaponsOfWar tonight, 10/18, from 6:30-8:00PM on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
Please RSVP on their Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1228759290601570/?acontext={%22ref%22:%223%22,%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22:%22regular%22,%22feed_story_type%22:%22117%22,%22action_history%22:%22null%22}

1. Please wear all black or red
2. Your “I say NO to #WeaponsOfWar” poster can be printed from the Facebook page
3. Open flame candles are not allowed. Please bring electronic candle or download iPhone Candle App or Android Candle App. from the Facebook page.

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Oct. 17, 2017

Daily Action: Save the day, 10/24/17, mark your calendar for the next HRI General Meeting. Ken Plum and Jennifer Boysko will be there to talk about the up coming Virginia Election. Ken Plum will also share his “State of the Commonwealth”. Some or all of the top of the ticket candidates may also be there, we’re waiting for conformations.

Oct. 16, 2017

Daily Action: Join the immigrant youth and allies today, 10/16, at Representative Barbara Comstock’s Regional Office to urge her to have a face-to-face conversation with impacted individuals and their family members to co-sponsor a DREAM Act without immigration enforcement provisions, and to discuss protections for TPS holders.
Office address: 21430 Cedar Dr. Sterling, VA 20164
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 AM
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/721233611412723/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%224%22%2C%22feed_story_type%22%3A%22308%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D

Oct. 13 – 15, 2017

Daily Action: Under Pres Obama, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued rules cracking down on payday lenders. Trump & the GOP are plotting to end it. Call your Senators, 844-241-1141, and tell them to oppose any legislation that would repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule cracking down on payday lenders.
Click on the link below for more information:
.https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/497383160627003

Weekend Action: In less than 30 days Virginia will elect a Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and Delegates. This weekend and for the next 3 weekends the Combined Campaign at 131 Elden St, Herndon, needs volunteers to canvass and phone bank. Click on the link below to sign up. It’s up to us!
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScCcvVtP047CzpoBF…/viewform

Oct. 11, 2017

Daily Action: Call your MOCs and tell them to do everything possible to make sure Trump doesn’t fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to investigate Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.indivisible.org/…/protecting-democracy-cant-fi…/

Oct. 10, 2017

Daily Action: On Sept. 5, Trump announced the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Obama-era program provides relief from deportation for an estimated 800,000 young immigrants. Congress must act immediately to protect DREAMers. Call your MOC and tell them to take the DREAMer Pledge. Click on the link below for the explanation and script:
https://www.indivisible.org/…/tell-senator-defend-daca-sup…/

Oct. 9, 2017

Daily Action: Today is Columbus Day. The best thing you can do to celebrate Columbus Day is to spend 2 hours canvassing or phone banking to get voters to the polls on November 7. Go the Combined Campaign office, 131 Elden St, Herndon, to help get voters out on election day. “WHEN WE VOTE WE WIN“. Contact Jenna Behringer, jbehringer@vavictory17.org, 703 786 0389. This is the most important thing we can do for ourselves, our families and friends and Virginia.

Oct. 6 – 8, 2017

Daily Action: The Republicans are gearing up to attempt to ram tax cuts for millionaires and corporations through Congress on the backs of the middle class and low-income workers. Call your MOC and demand that they not allow deep cuts to essential services so the wealthy and corporations can get away with paying far less than their fair share. Click on the link below for more information and scripts:
https://www.trumptaxscam.org/

Weekend Action: Next month, in about 30 days, Virginia will elect a new Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and Delegates. Northern Virginia, Fairfax County, will determine who wins. The only way to keep Virginia Blue is to get voters to the polls. Click on the link below to Canvas and Phone Bank at the Combined Campaign office, 131 Elden St, Herndon, this weekend.
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScCcvVtP047CzpoBF…/viewform

Oct. 5, 2017

Daily Action: S.B.446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 is making it’s way through the Senate. This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow individuals with a Concealed Carry permit in one state to carry a concealed handgun into or possess a concealed handgun in another state that also allows its residents to carry concealed firearms, despite any difference in those states’ laws.
Call our Senators and ask them to vote against S.B. 446. Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/494121547619831

Oct. 4, 2017

Daily Action:
On FRIDAY, 10/6, the U. S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the fiscal year 2018 budget.
In its current form, the budget contains a drastic (and unprecedented) $32 Billion cut to the earned pay and benefits of active and retired Federal employees (FERS and CSRS)!
Contact your Representatives and urge them to oppose the current house budget resolution and any budget that eliminates or reduces the earned pay and benefits of active and retired federal employees. Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.narfe.org/…/Updated%20Call%20Script%209_28_17.p…
Comstock – 202 225 5136
Connolly – 202 225 1492

Oct. 3, 2017

Daily Action: Tell your Members of Congress (MoCs) that their thoughts and prayers are not enough. We’ve seen the chilling videos with loud gunfire echoing in the background, causing people to flee for their safety. Can you imagine the kind of damage that could have been done in Las Vegas if the sound of gunfire was distorted by a silencer? Well the SHARE Act (H.B. 3668) has moved forward in the House of Representatives and it would make it easier for people to obtain silencers for guns. Call your Representatives and demand that they oppose the silencer provision. Click on the link below for more information:
http://www.indivisible.org/…/preventing-gun-violence-tell-…/
Comstock – 202 225 5136
Connolly – 202 225 1492

Oct. 2, 2017

Daily Action: Demand that Congress pass a CHIP funding renewal bill immediately! The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is an essential resource for hardworking American families. The program insures children whose families have incomes that are too high to receive Medicaid yet still need assistance to afford insurance. As of September 30, federal funding for CHIP has ended, leaving millions of children vulnerable (about 8.9 million children were enrolled in CHIP according to a 2016 statistical enrollment report).
Call your Representatives and demand that they support a bipartisan effort to pass a clean CHIP re-authorization bill.
Click on the link for more information: https://thesixtyfive.org/weeklyCTA
Comstock – 202 225 5136
Connolly – 202 225 1492

Sept. 30 & Oct. 1, 2017

Daily/Weekend Action: This weekend is the Herndon/Reston Weekend of Action canvass. We have a little more than 5 weeks to the election of Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and Delegates in Virginia. The only way we can win is to knock on doors and make phone call to get people out to vote on November 7. Click on the link below to sign up to canvass ad make calls:
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScCcvVtP047CzpoBF…/viewform

“WHEN WE VOTE WE WIN”

Sept. 29, 2017

Daily Action: Call your Representative in Congress and urge them to vote NO on the SHARE Act, and to encourage there colleagues to do the same.
Next week, Congress is set to vote on The SHARE Act, H.B. 3668, which would roll back current protections that limit the availability of gun silencers, high-powered assault weapons & shotguns, armor-piercing bullets; and would facilitate the interstate transport of guns and ammunition; and limit law enforcement’s ability to curtail gun-trafficking. Click on the link below for more information:
http://americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/…/ARS_Law-Cente…

This is a HORRIBLE bill and it is in play only because Donald Trump Jr. and the NRA are pushing it because it means more money for gun manufacturers. With gun sales declining, they are trying to open up new markets in gun accessories. Keep in mind that Republicans are desperate for a win that plays to their base so they will be pushing this hard.

Dial 202-224-3121 for the Capital switchboard.

Sept. 28, 2017

Daily Action: Call your senators and tell them to say NO to tax cuts for the rich paid for by slashing health care, education & Social Security. Call 844-241-1141. Click on the link below for details:
https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/491394504559202

Sept. 26, 2017

Daily Action: With Susan Collins, (R) Maine, joining Rand Paul, (R) Kentucky, and John McCain (R) Arizona, in not supporting the Cassidy-Graham (Trumpcare) Health Bill it is likely that it will fail. Call Senator Collins, 202 224 2523, and thank her for not supporting the latest Trumpcare Bill.

Also, if you are available, go to the Healthcare Speak out event today at the Capital:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1881680538816961/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%224%22%2C%22feed_story_type%22%3A%22308%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D

Sept. 25, 2017

Daily Action: On October 10, the Supreme Court will be hearing two cases about the Muslim and refugee bans, Trump v. Int’l Refugee Assistance Project and Trump v. Hawaii. The Supreme Court will decide whether the executive order from the Trump Administration that temporarily bans travel from six Muslim-majority countries and suspends the refugee admissions process violates the Establishment Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. To take action click on the link below:
https://www.nomuslimbanever.com/

Sept. 22-24, 2017

Daily/Weekend Action: Click on the the link below to volunteer to get out the vote. There are 46 days until election day and many people are not aware of the election in November. We need your help to get people to the polls on November 7th to elect democrats.
https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScCcvVtP047CzpoBF…/viewform

We also must continue to put the pressure on as many senators as possible to vote against the Cassidy-Graham (Trumpcare) Bill. Here’s the Jimmy Kimmel list of the senators that may vote no. Let’s call them and keep the pressure on.:
Dean Heller (R) Nevada 202 224 6244
Lisa Murkowski (R) Alaska 202 224 6665
Susan Collins (R) Maine 202 224 2523
Shelly Moore Capito (R) W. Va. 202 224 6472
John McCain (R) Arizona 202 224 2235

Sept. 21, 2017

Daily Action: Because of its importance, once again if you have not called your senators your daily action is to call them about the Graham-Cassidy (Trumpcare) Healthcare Bill. Warner – 202 224 2023, Kaine – 202 224 4024. Click on this link: https://www.indivisibleguide.com/…/trumpcare-another-name-…/

Daily Action #2: Sign up for Plus3. The election this year in Virginia is extremely important because it will determine what Virginia stands for. We need to increase the turn out in the District 86 (Jennifer Boysko) and Plus3 is a new way for you to help increase the number of people voting on November 7. Click on the link: http://thunderdomepolitics.com/plus-3-initiative/

Sept. 20, 2017

Daily Action: This is the second time this week this Daily Action has been posted. Because of the importance of doing everything possible to keep this bill from becoming law it is important that we call our senators.

Trump and the Senate Republicans want to make one last push on TrumpCare—a bill known as “Graham-Cassidy”. The senate parliamentarian has ruled that the Republicans must pass their bill by September 30. Democrats are not in control but they can still resist by slowing down Senate business through filibustering and withholding consent to run out the clock. Call your Democratic Senators and tell them to resist.
Senator Warner 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine 202 224 4024
Click on the link below:
https://www.indivisibleguide.com/…/trumpcare-another-name-…/

Sept. 19, 2017

Daily Action: Condemn Trumps irresponsible rhetoric and exploitation of the violence in London to promote expanding his bigoted Muslim ban. Click below to see what you can do to resist the Muslim ban:
https://www.nomuslimbanever.com/

Sept. 18, 2017

Daily Action: Trump and the Senate Republicans want to make one last push on TrumpCare—a bill known as “Graham-Cassidy”. The senate parliamentarian has ruled that the Republicans must pass their bill by September 30. Democrats are not in control but they can still resist by slowing down Senate business through filibustering and withholding consent to run out the clock. Call your Democratic Senator and tell him to resist.
Senator Warner 202 224 2023
Senator Kaine 202 224 4024
Click on the link below:
https://www.indivisibleguide.com/…/last-push-trumpcare-tel…/

Sept. 15 – 17, 2017

Daily/Weekend Action: In 54 days Virginia will elect a Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and 100 delegates. The Combined Campaign office at 131 Elden St, Suite 302, Herndon needs your help for phone banking and canvassing. Contact the field organizers below to volunteer.

Canvassing:
Saturday: 9 am, 10 am, 12 pm & 3 pm
Sunday: 12 pm & 3 pm

Phone banking:
Tuesday & Thursday: 5 – 8 pm

Field Organizers:
Jenna Behringer, jbehinger@vavictory17.org
JoNathan Collins, jcollins@vavictory17.org

Sept. 14, 2017

Daily Action: Call your MOAs to oppose the Budget Resolution. Your House member should oppose the budget resolution expected on the House floor in two weeks, and your Senator should oppose any resolution that makes cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, or SNAP, and doesn’t offset tax cuts with new revenue or closing loopholes. Click below for more information and script:
https://www.indivisibleguide.com/…/trump-tax-scam-step-1-b…/
MOAs: http://herndonrestonindivisible.com/contact-your-congress-…/

Sept. 11, 2017

Daily Action: Call the Department of Education to insist that the 2011 guidelines should remain unchanged. It is still a matter of decency that institutions of higher education continue to prioritize and address campus sexual assault:
https://5calls.org/issue/recAGVSzNgudPPZwH

Sept. 8, 2017

Daily Action: A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are ready to vote on a clean Dream Act. Many GOP members have expressed their support for dreamers. Now it’s time for them to back up words with action. Urge GOP lawmakers to support bringing the Dream Act up for a vote immediately, without anything added to it like border wall funding or other anti-immigrant provisions. Use our new toolkit to call key members of Congress and tell them to defend Dreamers.
New Tool Kit: https://dreamacttoolkit.org/

Sept. 7, 2017

Daily Action: Sign up for Plus3. Plus3 is a new way to Get Out The Vote (GOTV). During the School Board Special Election the voters that turn out to vote in many of the precincts in Herndon was much lower than many of the other precincts in Fairfax County. These precincts are mostly in District 86 (Jennifer Boysko). We need lots of people in District 86 to sign up for Plus3 to improve the turnout in November. Click on the link below:
http://thunderdomepolitics.com/plus-3-initiative/

Sept. 4, 2017

Daily Actions: The President is planning to end DACA tomorrow. Here are the things you can do to support the Dreamers:

Go to the White House to stand up for DACA, TPS, and all our immigrant neighbors.

On Tuesday, CASA, United We Dream, and other organizations are asking people to gather at Lafayette Square Park at 9:30 AM, with a press conference scheduled for 10 AM and a march at 12 PM. The DREAM Action is asking people to rally at 12 PM as well.
It is strongly recommended that you RSVP to the Facebook Events if you would like to attend so you will be notified should any details change.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1861304934187835/


If you are unable to attend the White House protest, call your MOCs:
http://herndonrestonindivisible.com/issue-immigration/#DACA

Sept. 1, 2017

 Daily/Weekend Action: As you probably have seen on the HRI Facebook Group, the Immigration Issues Committee has put out a call to action to defend DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which is at grave risk of being cancelled this week. Part of their call asks people to participate this Saturday, September 2, in an ongoing 22-day rally at the White House. We want to have as many people attend as possible to show our support of our immigrant neighbors, and especially the 800,000 people who would be at risk of deportation if DACA is cancelled. Click on the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/events/339897626461912/

June 27, 2017

[ ] The pressure on delaying or killing the Trumpcare bill continues. The ruckus from the American people is real and having an impact. And now that the Congressional Budget Office score shows that 22 million vulnerable people will be lose health care, things look bleak for the bill. The Congress wants to go on recess this week, so they may rush approval through. Please continue to pressure lawmakers to kill this turkey. Details are at http://rvdr.me/90773.

June 26, 2017

[ ] Tell senators Warner and Kaine to go back to the drawing board — don’t rush a healthcare bill that will destroy thousands of lives! For more, go to https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/451973428501310.

June 22, 2017

[ ] Today’s Daily Action is from Linda Falkerson, HRI Healthcare Interest Group. She said:

The Senate GOP Health Care Bill is out and the bottom line is Medicaid funding is slashed, premiums will go up, subsidies will be lowered and taxes for the wealth are repealed.

I called the offices of swing state Senators and left a personal message on how the Senate healthcare bill will affect my daughter. You can do the same. Personal stories are most effective. No need to tell ’em where you live, it’s voicemail!

Susan Collins (ME) – 202-224-2523
Lisa Murkowski (AK) – 202-224-6665
Dean Heller (NV) – 202-224-6244
Shelley Moore Capito (WV) – 202-224-6472
Bill Cassidy (LA) – 202-224-5824
Rob Portman (OH) – 202-224-3353
Tom Cotton (AR) – 202-224-2353
Cory Gardner (CO) – 202-224-5941
Jeff Flake (AZ) – 202-224-4521
Pat Toomey (PA) – 202-224-4254
Dan Sullivan (AK) – 202-224-3004

Download the Trumpcare Action Plan here: https://www.indivisibleguide.com/resource/stop-trumpcare-june-action-plan/

June 21, 2017

[ ] Tell Senators Warner and Kaine that they should use Trump’s own words (the ACHA is “mean”) to lobby Republican colleagues. For details: https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/449732048725448

June 15, 2017

[ ] Let our representatives know your best thoughts are with them in light of yesterday’s tragic shooting. Details are here: https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/447083235656996?sw_fnr_id=420443564. Find our representative contact information here: http://herndonrestonindivisible.com/contact-your-congress-person/

June 12, 2017

[ ] Tell the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Attorney General Sessions over his Russia contacts & lies. Click here for more information.

June 9, 2017

[ ] REMIND SOMEONE YOU KNOW ABOUT TUESDAY’S PRIMARY
Call or e-mail someone you know to make sure they know about Virginia Primary Election Day. Do they know their polling place? Do they have transportation? Have they set aside a day part to get to the polls? That’s Tuesday, June 13. A lot of good voter information is at http://www.elections.virginia.gov/voter-outreach/.

June 8, 2017

[ ] NO END RUN DURING COMEY HEARING
Tell Senators Warner and Kaine not to let Mitch McConnell take away our healthcare while the country is focused on Comey’s testimony. Call (844) 241-1141 and http://rvdr.me/84015 for details.

June 7, 2017

[ ] IT’S TIME FOR ANSWERS
Tomorrow at 10am former FBI Director James Comey will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee and today’s Daily Action is to make sure that they are asking Comey the right questions by calling (844) 241-1141.

It’s important that they focus on both Comey’s interactions with Trump and the progress of the investigation into Russia’s interference with the 2016 elections. Make sure these questions or any others that you have, are on their radar:
-Did Trump attempt to interfere with the investigation?
-In his letter firing Comey, Trump says that Comey told him that he was not under investigation by the FBI – is this true?
-Was Comey ever aware of the fact that Trump was recording their conversations?
-In Comey’s judgment, is there evidence of Russian interference with the 2016 elections?
These are a few of the many questions the Committee will hopefully ask tomorrow. Make the call to keep them accountable and above all, make sure they know that this hearing is extremely important to you.
Even if you don’t feel comfortable suggesting questions, make your voice heard simply by telling them the importance of this hearing and that you are counting on them to follow the truth wherever it leads.

To receive Daily Action text alerts, text DAILY to 228466.


April 27

[  ] Here we go again! The Republicans are coming after Obamacare and this time, the Freedom Caucus says they could support the revised language of a replacement bill. Tell your representative we stopped them in March & we’ll do it again! Details are here: http://rvdr.me/77862


April 27

[  ] Sh-t is hitting the fan. The Freedom Caucus has just announced it will support the latest far-right salvo in the battle to repeal and replace Obamacare, putting legislation within reach of passing in the House. The latest changes let states easily opt out of ACA requirements that insurers (1) not charge people higher premiums just because they have a pre-existing condition and (2) offer a comprehensive set of essential health benefits. The idea is so bad that the draft proposal actually exempted members of Congress and their staffs from loss of these consumer protections. They have only backed off on that part after the press started sniffing around and making a stink about the exemption.

TIME TO START CALLING OUR REPRESENTATIVES. Please take two minutes to call Barbara Comstock and Gerry Connolly to tell them to stand firm against this latest outrage. Start today and keep it up.

Barbara Comstock: (202) 225-5136 or (703) 404-6903
Gerry Connolly: (202) 225-1492 or (703) 256-3071

(Thanks to Julie Schoenman, HRI Healthcare Interest Group for this post.)


April 26

[  ] Tell your rep. to oppose Trump’s proposed $2 trillion tax cut, a massive handout to businesses like his own! (844) 241-1141 & http://rvdr.me/71366


April 26

[  ] House Republicans have yet another attack on working Americans up their sleeve. The so-called “Working Families Flexibility Act”, or HR 1180, threatens overtime pay for all.

The bill allows employers to offer paid time off in place of overtime pay. Many people count on overtime pay to make up for stagnant wages, giving them a shot at more income to provide for their families.

Write your representative today and tell them to reject the “Working Families Flexibility Act” and maintain overtime protections for millions of working people.

(Thanks to Daily KOS for this post.)


April 25

[  ] Ask Rep. Barbara Comstock to strongly oppose the MacArthur Amendment to the AHCA. This amendment uses limited waivers to undermine minimum health care benefits and protections for people with pre-existing conditions. This tactic may win votes from the Freedom Caucus, but it hurts constituents in the 10th District. Trump recently also threatened to withhold federal subsidies for the ACA in an attempt to bring Democrats to the bargaining table. If she is truly a moderate, she will publicly reject this kind of brinksmanship which threatens our health care. Right now, her silence leaves her constituents questioning her resolve. http://bit.ly/MacArthurACHA (Thank you Indivisible VA District 10)


April 24

[  ] Contact your representative to say NO to the Mexican border wall. Besides the fact that it is a bizarre, inappropriate, and non-working approach to the problem, the U.S. taxpayer will be saddled with the astronomical cost (contrary to Trump’s campaign promise). If we were smart enough to reject the Bridge to Nowhere, why are we falling for this gigantic folly?


April 18

[  ] Join Indivisible VA District 10 in tell Barbara Comstock that you are disappointed in her neglecting to have a town hall meeting and you want to request one. Click here to read more about #ReclaimRecess.


April 18

[  ] Tell your representative to vote NO on H.R. 634. This bill would eliminate the Election Assistance Commission. Tell them you want to keep our elections secure and private!


April 17

[  ] Attend the Ken Plum and Janet Howell town meeting tonight to say thanks to both for standing with us. Starts at 7:30 to at the Reston Community Center at Lake Anne.