12-2-24 Newsletter

 

"WE CONTINUE ON THE QUEST" The situation is the same, we were just so much expecting a different outcome that we think we lost something. We did not lose anything. We always struggle to get done what needs to be done. While we hoped for a reprieve, we did not get that. We continue on the quest. That is all. Two steps forward. One step back. It is like always. We need to shed our heavy disappointment and get back to work just like we were. Except harder. Smarter.  — Carl Selfe, Reader’s comment, Civil Discourse, November 24, 2024 INCO'S LOCAL ISSUES AND ACTION TEAM If you'd like to focus on issues here in Clatsop County, then please attend:   The first Local Issues and Action Team meeting   Tuesday, December 3 at 3-4:30 pm WineKraft, 77 11th Street, east end of the Pier 11 building, on the Riverwalk   POSSIBLE TOPICS: • Protecting communities at risk from discrimination • Keeping Clatsop County blue • Partnering with other like-minded groups • Local public health, including women's reproductive health • Attending city and county government meetings.  What do you want to work on?  If you want to be part of this team but won't be at the meeting, please contact incoregon@gmail.com. COINversation Tuesday, December 3 at 7 pm, via Zoom Please join us with representatives from three groups that have a long history of defending the rights of Oregonians:  American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Oregon Rural Organizing Project (ROP) Western States Center  Register HERE and submit a question for our panelists.  COIN plans to work closely with these and other organizations in the coming weeks and months as we all prepare to defend our most vulnerable populations from Trump and his Project 2025 cohorts. Join us next Tuesday to learn how you and your group can help.  * INCO COMMUNITY MEETING * Showing Up for Each Other Saturday, December 14 11 am - 12:30 location for this meeting: Astoria Senior Center, 1111 Exchange Parking on street and across Exchange in the parking lots •  Refreshments • On the agenda: INCO's Local Issues and Action Team INCO on social media Do you want a National Issues and Action Team? INCO in 2025 Budgets and bills from the Oregon Legislature What's on your mind? USE YOUR VOICE Oppose Trump’s Unacceptable Cabinet Picks  "We are back to 4 truly unacceptable picks who we must fight with everything we got my friends - Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel, Pete Hegseth and Robert Kennedy. Things you can do to fight this week:  Call your Senators and Representative to let them know your dissatisfaction with the rapist, fraudster, traitor and 34 times felon’s pick of Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel, Pete Hegseth and Robert Kennedy; and to inform them of your expectation that they will leave it all out there on the playing field to block these profoundly dangerous nominations whether they have a vote on them or not. Contact the White House and ask President Biden to order the FBI to begin background checks into Trump’s nominees immediately and before Trump installs Patel to disable the process." -- Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, December 1, 2024 Senator Ron Wyden  202-224-5244 Senator Jeff Merkley 202-224-3753 Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici 202-225-0855 "Abortions restricted at all stages of pregnancy; 6-8 weeks, cardiac detection; 12-18 weeks, 20 weeks or later." -- from this AP map INCO AND COIN LOOK AT OREGON An excellent guide for following state issues is COIN, the Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Network,  made up of several dozen Indivisible groups in Oregon. Sign up here to get COIN newsletters and alerts. If you'd like to help Indivisible volunteers from across the state evaluate and track pending legislation, contact COIN or incoregon@gmail.com. INCO's Cheryl Conway is a key member of COIN's legislative team.   INCO'S VOICE WITH NATIONAL ISSUES INCO's National Team is ready to get started! Please contact incoregon@gmail.com if you'd like to work on national issues with INCO's National Team. Trump's Tariffs:  Lots of lies are coming from Trump and his allies about his plan to dramatically increase and expand tariffs. Attorney and commentator Jay Kuo describes what tariffs are and how Trump's promised tariffs will increase prices for Americans, decrease exports, and disrupt world trade.    Local Indivisibles also want to follow national issues, like gun safety, health care, including reproductive care, Medicare, and Medicaid; foreign policy, democracy and the rule of law, etc. What do you want our Members of Congress to do? How can INCO have a voice at the national level? PROTECT NON-PROFITS FROM TRUMP You still have time to call Senators Wyden and Merkley to urge them to vote no on HR 9495. This bill would give the Trump administration the power to revoke the tax-exempt nonprofit status of any organization by simply saying the group supports terrorists. No proof, no hearings, and no due process - just an anti-democratic President going after any group he wants. Please call Senators Wyden and Merkley. Ask them to vote NO and to encourage their colleagues to do the same. Senator Ron Wyden  202-224-5244 Senator Jeff Merkley 202-224-3753 -- George Takei FUN STUFF --The Borowitz Report, November 30, 2024 INCO INSIGHTS “What we tolerate, we perpetuate.” -- Ron Graham Indivisible defends democracy by opposing authoritarianism, bigotry, and corruption. Comments, news, and photos to INCO at incoregon@gmail.com.  Resources and other information at www.incoregon.org and www.indivisible.org. Encourage others to sign up for the INCO newsletter here. Look for the INCO column in Hipfish Monthly. We're on Facebook, too. INCO Weekly Newsletter  •  December 2, 2024 Website Email Facebook Copyright © 2024 INDIVISIBLE North Coast Oregon, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or signed up at a community group meeting. Our mailing address is: *|766 Lexington Avenue, Astoria, OR 97103:HTML|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.