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Protect the USPS and protect safe and secure voting! Not to mention the benefits to people who: need prescriptions, have small businesses, want to communicate with family, live in rural areas, want to stay up to date on politics, subscribe to boxes/magazines/etc........
We need to pressure our representatives to fund the USPS so that it can continue providing these essential services. One good option is to send postcards to representatives. Use the USPS to save the USPS! Bypass email filters and phone lines that have been shut off!
The attached template can be printed out on 8.5/11 cardstock, cut into quarters, and mailed with a postcard stamp. Just sign your name and city (so they know you’re a constituent) at the bottom, write in an address, stamp, and send. Don’t like the template? Totally fine! Print the blank side and write in what you want!
Link & QR code to printable postcards:
https://gofile.io/d/gUBdJn
More context:
On Aug 13, 2020 Trump said the quiet part out loud and straight up said he didn’t want to fund the USPS because he wants to limit mail-in voting. (1)
The Constitution specifically provided for the creation of a postal service and gave Congress the power to create this service. Its original purpose was to serve as a method of disseminating information and fostering communication. This was new because European postal systems were created for the purpose of raising money. (2)
The USPS is extremely important for the economic, social, and political well-being of the U.S. small business owners rely in the USPS for affordable shipping rates. Americans use the USPS to obtain medications, to communicate, to obtain and disseminate information, to safely and securely vote, and more. Further, the USPS employs approximately 1/2 million people. The USPS is especially critical to people in rural areas. Congress requires that postage rates stay flat regardless of location within the US, meaning that rural areas, where it is much more expensive to deliver mail, pay the same amount for postage as do people in cities, where it is much cheaper to deliver mail. This is especially important in consideration of the fact that private delivery companies do not service all addresses, and even rely on the USPS to make final delivery. If the USPS were to collapse, people in rural areas could be stranded or forced to pay prohibitive postage rates.
The USPS is currently running out of funding. The reasons for the funding issues at the USPS are complex and interrelated, but generally include the internet and faster communication methods, a lack of federal funding, a 2006 law about pension pre-payment, Congressional requirements (such as flat rates), and, of course, COVID-19. For more information see the below sources.
It is unclear exactly what will happen to the USPS. As of 8/1, there are reports of slow-downs (as a result of restricting overtime) and the agency is considering office closures to address financial issues. (6 & 3) Some think that it is unlikely Congress will let the USPS fail completely, particularly because it disproportionately aids rural areas, areas which are often represented by Republican Congresspeople and Democrats seem to generally be open to supporting the USPS. (5) However, especially in this time of COVID, we don’t know what could happen to the post office. We do know, though, that if it fails or cuts services a lot of people (and businesses) will suffer and that it could negatively affect delivery times, including ballot delivery to voters and ballot submission.
The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is running out of money and Congress has stalled on authorizing continued funding. Since 9/11 approximately 2,000 to 2,100 people have died from 9/11 related illnesses (that equates to approximately 1 death every 2.7 days) and about 90,000 people are enrolled in a federal program that helps people suffering from 9/11 related illness. And these are just the people that have come forward for help.
Victims and their families are now seeing their compensation cut by up to 70% while people are still suffering and dying.
Call your representatives and ask that they support the bipartisan “Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.”
Sample script drawn from Jon Stewart’s petition:
The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is running out of money and families are seeing up to a 70% cut in their payments. I ask that [your representative] support the bipartisan bill "Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund" to authorize full, permanent funding for the victims and families of the 9/11 attacks.
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You know what today’s a good day for? Today’s a good day to register to vote. Primaries are coming and every state has different rules for deadlines so just get it out of the way early!
Skipping right past the fact that something so bad is happening in this country that we’re having to even consider the question of whether or not “immigrant detention centers” could be defined as “concentration camps,” (For the record, if we even have to pause to think about it, it is immoral. Full stop.) there has been a lot of back and forth in the past week or so about what a concentration camp is.
Sadly, this is not the first time that we’ve had this public discussion of what counts as a concentration camp. In the late 90s people were confused and uncomfortable about the terminology regarding the Japanese American concentration camps and Nazi death camps.
Realizing that this debate needed to be settled, representatives from the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles sat down with members of the American Jewish Committee to talk about language. They agreed that it was important to not use euphemisms, and to be specific and precise.
They agreed that JANM would continue to use the term concentration camp to describe WWII Japanese American incarceration while also specifically noting that they were not the same as the Nazi camps.
Further, it’s important to note that many scholars argue that calling the Nazi camps concentration camps is euphemistic, and that they should be called death camps or extermination camps.
So what, exactly, is a concentration camp, then? Definitions differ slightly, but the general idea is that a concentration camp is a place where people are involuntarily separated from society because of who they are.
At the meeting between JANM reps and American Jewish Committee members, they agreed on some defining characteristics of a concentration camp:
“A concentration camp is a place where people are imprisoned not because of any crimes they have committed, but simply because of who they are.”
and:
''All had one thing in common: the people in power decided to remove a minority group from the general population, and the rest of society let it happen.''
The basic Merriam Webster definition for good measure: “A place where large numbers of people (such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, refugees, or the members of an ethnic or religious minority) are detained or confined under armed guard.”
One of the biggest issues here, besides the obvious fact that we’re in a position to have to discuss it, is that defining the term concentration camp as synonymous with Nazi extermination camp means that we can overlook other atrocities. OF COURSE Japanese American incarceration was not the same as the Holocaust. But it doesn’t have to be the same to warrant mass outrage. And what is going on now with the migrant detention centers does not have to be the same as the Nazi extermination camps or Japanese American incarceration to deserve our full attention, outrage, and resistance.
TLDR: So...yes. The migrant detention centers are concentration camps. In the United States, in 2019, the government is running concentration camps.
I’m so proud of her!! And glad that this grant went to someone that is more likely to understand their impact (as opposed to a cishet old white man who likely won’t be needing a rape investigated)
Have you ever heard of “time poverty?” – here’s why it’s the biggest issue preventing gender equality
“Across the globe, women spend about 4.5 hours a day on unpaid labor, such as child care and household chores. For men, that figure drops in half.
That’s according to data cited by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which identified the issue of time poverty as a central focus in an annual letter released by its wealthy benefactors. In poor countries, the unpaid labor gap grows. Women in India, for example, spend an estimated six hours a day on unpaid labor. Men there spend just an hour on such chores.
The expectations affect a woman’s ability to work outside the home.
“She doesn’t even get out of the house in that situation. She is trapped in that home,” Melinda Gates told Refinery29 during a round table interview earlier this year. “So she doesn’t even get to go to the market, or participate in a job.“
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the appropriate response to “these baby boomers are taking university courses for $10 per credit” is “everyone deserves that,” not “they do not deserve that”
also just because your parents are rich baby boomers doesn’t mean all baby boomers are wealthy and they were your age at a time when it was much less common to get an education past high school, so yeah its actually good that they have access to this opportunity if they want it! y’all are deliberately obtuse sometimes!
“Queer people exist. Choosing not to accept them is not an option. To anyone watching this that isn’t out, it’s okay. You’re okay. You were born this way, it’s right, and anyone that has a problem with it is wrong. Based on your circumstance, you might not feel ready to tell people yet or, that it’s safe, and that’s fine too, just know that living your truth with pride is the way to be happy. You are valid, it gets so much better, and the future is clear. It’s pretty queer.”
URGENT! The House is voting TODAY on an amendment that would allow researchers to study the potential health benefits of schedule 1 drugs including marijuana! Scientists believe that some of these drugs may have valuable medical benefits. If you want the barriers to studying them lowered then call your reps NOW to tell them! This bill has bipartisan support and opposition, so don’t assume your rep will vote yes. Call them and tell them what you want to see!
Here’s the link to find your rep’s contact info: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
Sample script:
The House is voting today on an amendment which would allow Federal researchers to study Schedule I drugs. This kind or research is absolutely necessary. Scientists believe that some of these drugs may have valuable therapeutic benefits and it is crucial that they be properly studied. I ask that Rep. ___ vote yes on this amendment which could potentially benefit the lives and health of people throughout the country.
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Something I often like to say is that history doesn’t repeat itself. But sometimes it rhymes. The last few days have been a reminder of that lesson. News recently broke that the Federal government will be detaining migrant children at Fort Sill. These children, fleeing war, poverty, and violence (much of which the U.S. had a hand in causing) will be held at this army base indefinitely.
The onslaught of news of inhumane and cruel dealings of this administration can make a person go numb. There’s so much going on, how could one person possibly manage to keep up with it all? After all, the inhumane treatment of migrant children is becoming systemic, and this is just the most recent incident.
Fort Sill has a long history of containing undesired populations. First, it was built in 1869 for the purpose of fighting Native Americans. Then, it was the site where Geronimo and almost 400 other Apache were imprisoned. It wasn’t until 1914 that they and their children were released. Next it was a prison for Japanese Americans during WWII. There was no reasonable suspicion that they had committed any crimes or that they were allied with Japan in the war. Rather fear and racism combined to create the circumstances where an undesired population could be contained and separated from society. They were forced to leave their homes, their pets, their jobs, their family, and friends to live in a tent prison.
And now the site is being used to hold migrant children.
What this particular incident reminds us is that no matter how difficult it is, however exhausting the news is, we cannot allow abuses to go unchecked.We cannot allow the government to think that they can oppress thousands of people without any repercussions.
White Americans did not bat an eye when Apache were imprisoned at Fort Sill. Few were troubled that Japanese Americans were forced from their homes to live in tents. In fact, many celebrated. And because of this, it has become acceptable to continue using this site, along with many others, to imprison populations that the government deems undesirable.
Please. please. Tell your representatives that you see what’s happening. Tell them that you condemn this history of imprisonment. Make sure they know that this will not fly under the radar or die down within a news cycle or two. Make sure that they know that there are political consequences for their actions. And then vote them out.
The DREAM Act passed the House but it looks like it might die without a vote in the Senate. The DREAM Act would provide a path for citizenship for DACA recipients. Tell your Senators that you support a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and that you want the DREAM Act to come to a vote.
Dear Sen. ____
As the DREAM Act has passed the House, it is now the Senate’s responsibility to consider it. Sen. McConnell has stated that he likely will not call a vote on the Act. It is unacceptable for the Senate to continue refusing to vote on legislation passed by the House. I urge you to call for McConnell to allow the Act to come to a vote and to vote yes. These people arrived in the U.S. as children, and the U.S. is the only home many of them have ever known. They are Americans and they deserve a pathway to citizenship. Further, the DREAM Act would have significant positive societal and economic benefits, including allowing more skilled people into the workforce, raising tax revenue, and dramatically increasing the GDP.
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