Indivisible St Johns Newsletter May 31, 2020

YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER

WEEK OF MAY 31, 2020

There is so much we can do without leaving our home or computer!  
We can each take ONE action daily.
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We have several local brave souls running for office.  Let's

help them get elected!

Joe McAnarney -- candidate for St Johns County Commissioner -- is planning to pay the fees to place his name on the ballot and asking for donations to help cover these costs. He did receive about 1200 petitions, but not enough to avoid paying the fee. Visit his website here to donate.

David Rogers -- candidate for State Representative, District 17, Info here  Donate here to his campaign. He also needs to pay the fee to get his name on the ballot.

Adam Morley -- candidate for State Representative, District 24--Let's make this year his! Donate here

Barbara Blonder -- candidate for St Augustine City Commission Seat 2

Info here (and donate if you can)

Donna Deegan--candidate for U.S. Congress Representative (Dist. 4)

Donate here

Candidate for Sen. Travis Hutson's seat -- Florida Senate Dist. 7
Donation Site here
Website here

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We need to  urge  Congress  to provide financial support for the U. S. Post Office, especially considering the increased importance of Vote By Mail this fall.  

First:  Send a letter (with a stamp!) to your Member of Congress about why you love the post office.  It will be Rep. John Rutherford,  1711 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515    phone 202-225-2501

or

Rep. Michael Waltz, 216 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C.,  20515

                                                                   phone (202) 225-2706

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Second:  Call your Senator and tell them to pass the Heroes Act without watering it down.  Passed by the House on May 15th, this new COVID response bill includes (among many other important things) $25 billion in funding for the USPS.  Click here to get the call script and call today.

Senator Marco Rubio (R) D.C. office 202-224-3041

Senator Rick Scott (R) D.C. office 202-224-5274 

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100 Friends of Florida asks us to Urge Governor DeSantis to VETO SB 410
See here

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Don't forget

Get your letters here.  You have until October to write them!
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Let Gov DeSantis know you oppose these highways through the state:

Snail Mail: The Honorable Ron DeSantis Plaza Level 05, The Capitol 400 S. Monroe St. Tallahassee, FL 32399

Email: www.flgov.com/email-the-governor

Phone: (850) 717-9337

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Damned if you do, damned if you don't 

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As always, we love to hear from you! Drop us a line that you are safe and healthy. 

Let us know if you need anything!

EMAIL US:
indivisible.st.johns@gmail.com

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Indivisible St. Johns May 24, 2020

Indivisible St Johns Newsletter May 24, 2020

YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER

WEEK OF MAY 24, 2020

   

**Despite the pandemic, we can keep up the pressure on our legislators to do the right thing for our people and state--don't let's falter now--there's a lot to be done--Indivisible we stand!**

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NO MONTHLY INDIVISIBLE ST JOHNS MEETING JUNE 4, 2020

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We're writing 10 Million Voter Turnout Letters in 2020.

Sending a Vote Forward letter is one of the easiest things you can do to increase election turnout. It only takes a couple of minutes and a stamp to meaningfully increase the odds that a fellow citizen   You have until October to send them out. 

Participate in The Big Send--video here

Help strengthen our democracy from wherever you live!

  Click here

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We need to let Gov. DeSantis know we don't want these  toll highways  constructed as they truly are Roads to Ruin--for our wildlife, climate, water, agriculture, and more.  Please email, call or snail mail him and let your voice be heard!

Lots of info available at http://noroadstoruin.org/

You can share the Roads to Ruin ad on your facebook page by clicking on this link:   https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2713140908964111 

Snail Mail: The Honorable Ron DeSantis Plaza Level 05, The Capitol 400 S. Monroe St. Tallahassee, FL 32399

Email: www.flgov.com/email-the-governor

Phone: (850) 717-9337

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Either way--postcard or telephone, let your voice be heard!

 We Are,  We Are…  PERSISTENT!!!

Indivisible St. Johns also Putnam & Flagler Counties.

Telephone / Post Card Advocacy 

Topics and Talking Points   May 21, 2020

Good News! EPIC Theatre management in St. Augustine has agreed to fully replace unauthorized cut down trees with ones that are the size of the originals. Great action by area activist groups and Rosamond Parish, who took photos of the cut trees and got them on local TV news.

GET YOUR WEEKLY TALKING POINTS AND CONTACTS HERE

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Let's support Donna Deegan for U.S. Representative !

Click here to donate and receive more details.

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MATCHING FUNDS!!!

 Double match on funds  is extended til 5/31.  Our local groups needs postage for Warren Clark's Postcard Group and Vote Forward letters.

    Give now to grow the movement.

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As always, we love to hear from you! Drop us a line that you are safe and healthy. 

Let us know if you need anything!

EMAIL US:
indivisible.st.johns@gmail.com
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Indivisible St Johns Newsletter May 17, 2020

YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER

WEEK OF MAY 17, 2020

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Very few asks this week--hoping you can do one!

Can you write just 5 letters this week?

(Ed. note--I've done 20+)

We're writing 10 Million Voter Turnout Letters in 2020.

Sending a Vote Forward letter is one of the easiest things you can do to increase election turnout. It only takes a couple of minutes and a stamp to meaningfully increase the odds that a fellow citizen   You have until October to send them out. 

Participate in The Big Send--video here

Help strengthen our democracy from wherever you live!

  Click here

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Not into letters? Our fabulous Postcard Group

is still active! 
TIMELY TOPICS HERE
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MATCHING FUNDS!!!

 Double match on funds  is extended til 5/31.  Our local groups needs postage for Warren Clark's Postcard Group and Vote Forward letters.

    Give now to grow the movement.

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St Johns County Democratic Party Newsletter HERE
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As always, we love to hear from you! Drop us a line that you are safe and healthy. 

Let us know if you need anything!

EMAIL US:
indivisible.st.johns@gmail.com

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Indivisible St Johns Newsletter May 10, 2020

YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER

WEEK OF MAY 10, 2020

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We're writing 10 Million Voter Turnout Letters in 2020.

Sending a Vote Forward letter is one of the easiest things you can do to increase election turnout. It only takes a couple of minutes and a stamp to meaningfully increase the odds that a fellow citizen will vote.

Sending a Vote Forward letter is one of the easiest things you can do to increase election turnout.  You have until September to send them out. 

Participate in The Big Send--video here

Help strengthen our democracy from wherever you live!

  Click here

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IF YOU MISSED OUR MAY 7 MEETING
WITH ION SANCHO YOU MISSED A 

GOOD ONE!

Summary HERE
Q and A HERE

Read the LETTER the FL Supervisors of Elections 

sent to Gov DeSantis on APRIL 7TH!!!  We need to write Gov DeSantis to urge him to make the changes for election flexibility.  Email him HERE.

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Please join us TODAY in demanding Congress support a People’s Agenda, including supporting an Essential Worker Bill of Rights. There are just a few steps to join in solidarity with us: Call your member of Congress to demand a people-first relief bill. We can’t afford to wait any longer for Congress to take these necessary steps; it’s time for your Representative to use their vote to demand real relief through a People’s Agenda.  Our MOCs are:  Sen. Marco Rubio (202-224-3041), Sen. Rick Scott (202-224-3041); Rep. John Rutherford Dist 4 (202-225-2501) or Rep. Michael Waltz  Dist 6 (202-225-2706). Essential workers cannot wait. There is no time to spare. Thank you for taking action online today to support essential workers.  ________________________________________ MATCHING FUNDS!!!  Double match on funds  is extended til 5/31.  Our local groups needs postage for Warren Clark's Postcard Group and Vote Forward letters.     Give now to grow the movement.     ___________________________________________________________                      and thanks to our favorite cartoonist, Mike Konopacki. . . ___________________________________ As always, we love to hear from you! Drop us a line that you are safe and healthy.  Let us know if you need anything! EMAIL US: indivisible.st.johns@gmail.com

Indivisible St Johns Newsletter May 3 2020

YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER

WEEK OF MAY 3, 2020

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COMING UP THIS WEEK!

SAVE THIS DATE! MAY 7, 2020 7PM-8PM

INDIVISIBLE ST JOHNS GENERAL ZOOM MEETING

WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE ION SANCHO, FORMER SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS

 FOR LEON COUNTY FL

AND LONG TIME EXPERT AND ADVOCATE FOR ELECTION SECURITY

AS OUR GUEST SPEAKER.

In November 1988, Sancho was elected to his first term as the Supervisor of Elections

for Leon County, Florida. He ran and was re-elected in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004,

serving his fifth term as of January 2, 2005. He was unopposed in each election since 1992.

In the 2000 presidential recount, Sancho (No Party Affiliation) was chosen to lead the

Florida hand count of ballots in dispute in Miami-Dade County. The U.S. Supreme Court

stopped the hand count in a 7-2 vote just as it got underway. Later the Court ruled 5–4

that no constitutionally valid recount could be completed by a December 12 "safe harbor"

deadline.

In 2005, Sancho invited Bev Harris, founder of Black Box Voting, Kathleen Wynne,

Black Box Voting Associate Director, Harri Hursti, computer programmer and security

expert, Dr. Hugh Thompson, application security expert and Ph.D. in math, Susan Bernecker,

former Republican candidate for New Orleans city council and Susan Pynchon, Director of

Florida Fair Elections Coalition to Tallahassee. There, they performed what is now known

as the Hursti Hack which became the center piece of an HBO documentary titled

Hacking Democracy.

Most recently, he is prominently featured in an ominously fascinating HBO documentary

about cyber-manipulation of elections. Sancho not only conducted clean balloting locally,

in an era when Florida elections were a staple of monologues of late-night TV comics but

was nationally recognized as an expert on complex computer systems needed for reliable

tallies.

The HBO special is titled “Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Elections,”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c8LMZ8UGd8

The producers thought this information was so important to the public, after the HBO

screening, they made it available for free on YouTube. It is must watch video.

We encourage all members to attend this Zoom meeting. Here is a tutorial about Zoom.

It is easy!

If you want an invitation to this very special meeting, please email
indivisible.st.johns@gmail.com

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Sending a Vote Forward letter is one of the easiest things you can do to increase election turnout.

Participate in The Big Send--video here

Help strengthen our democracy from wherever you live!

  Click here

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ACTION: Write to Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders urging them to work together

and to form a broad coalition needed to beat Trump this fall. 

This will require compromise on both their parts.

 EMAIL ADDRESSES:

Bernie Sanders: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/contact/comment 

(Select Health Care as issue)

Joe Biden: https://go.joebiden.com/page/s/contact-us 

Pre-written letters with our logo can be copied, signed and emailed.

CLICK HERE

Background:

Steve Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of How Democracies Die, say that the Democratic Party must create a broad-based, multi-ethnic coalition to reverse the hyper-polarization in America that threatens our democracy, “A political movement that brings together—even if temporarily—Bernie Sanders supporters and businesspeople, evangelicals and secular feminists, and small-town Republicans and urban Black Lives Matters supporters, will open channels of communication across the vast chasm that has emerged between our country’s two main partisan camps” (219-220). They note Chili did this after falling from democracy into autocracy and eventually reinstated democracy.

The other threat to our democracy is America’s extreme income inequality, which they say we  must address in various ways, including eliminating means testing for social programs, as other advanced democracies have, and developing “more universalistic models found in norther Europe … social policies that benefit everyone, such as Social Security and Medicare.” (228). These policies include universal health care to dramatically higher minimum wages to greater access to pre-kindergarten and higher education, to re-empowerment of unions, to extensive labor market policies addressing job training, wage subsidies, etc. In addition, we need to move back to a truly progressive tax minus the infinite loopholes. Many of these endeavors are similar to proposals that make up Sanders’ platform.

Biden and Sanders have set up working groups on education, criminal justice, climate change, immigration, the economy and healthcare, but are still significantly apart on health care.

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This week is critical because it may be our last chance to demand that Congress ensure relief to every person in this country, regardless of tax or immigration status, age, or disability. 

Here’s the solution: demand your representatives pledge to vote ‘no’ on the next coronavirus package unless it prioritizes the People First Agenda.

Your weekly to-do's:

1. Take the People's Agenda Pledge. Hold your Representative accountable when they vote on the next coronavirus relief package -- if the bill doesn’t put people first, they should vote no.
2. Call your representative and demand they vote 'no' on the next bill unless it includes the People's Agenda principles. We need a package that puts people first -- which means keeping people on payrolls, providing financial relief for people, protecting public health, and defending democracy with national vote by mail and election security support. Call your representatives now to hold them accountable.

Reps:  John Rutherford, Dist. 4--202-225-2501

          Michael Waltz, Dist 6 -- 202-225-2706

Senators:  Marco Rubio  202-224-3041

               Rick Scott   202-224-5274

             If you leave a message on their phones, your opinion will be counted.

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As always, we love to hear from you! Drop us a line that you are safe and healthy. 

Let us know if you need anything!

EMAIL US:
indivisible.st.johns@gmail.com