2-5-24 Newsletter

 

INCO Indivisibles met with Senator Wyden after his January 2, 2020 town hall in Astoria.  TOWN HALL SENATOR RON WYDEN Sunday, February 11 at 12 noon Columbia River Maritime Museum 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, OR 97103 For everyone’s security, backpacks and large bags will not be allowed in the town hall. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. Free admission to the museum for the town hall. Senator Wyden is a passionate advocate for our civil liberties, including protecting Americans from domestic surveillance by the federal government. He is currently working on legislation that would prevent companies from using algorithms to collude to set higher prices. More info about him is at his website. Unlike many US Senators, both he and Senator Jeff Merkley hold at least one town hall in every Oregon county every year. We encourage you to attend and be ready to ask Senator Wyden a question. WRITE TO VOTERS INCO postcarders can choose from several great postcarding projects for writing to voters encouraging them to vote. Research shows colorful, hand-written postcards increase turnout! Yea! A prolific INCO postcarder recommends this project focused on communities of color:   https://www.centerforcommonground.org/postcarding As always, INCO recommends the original postcard program, Postcards to Voters. If you need help getting started, buying stamps or postcards, or have other questions, please contact incoregon@gmail.com. We're delighted to have many enthusiastic INCO postcarders, and we encourage you to join in this satisfying activity! FREE BOOK What is ON TYRANNY? You've read about the book's TWENTY LESSONS FOR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY in national media and in the INCO newsletter. Now you can have your own copy, courtesy of a generous INCO donor. We have a copy for the first person who contacts incoregon@gmail.com.  INCO will mail, deliver, or arrange for pick up of this excellent book by historian Timothy Snyder. HOW TO VOTE FROM ABROAD Please tell American citizens who live in other countries they can vote this year. The 6.5 million voting-age US citizens living or studying abroad can vote—but they must request their overseas ballots every calendar year.   Visit votefromabroad.org and fill out the forms to receive overseas ballots. Vote From Abroad also offers one-on-one live help via Zoom if needed. MARCH TOWARDS PROGRESS "It may not feel like it now, but remember the vast scope of history. MAGA may fill our lenses, but in the grand scheme of things they’re dust—just one of countless variations on evil, stupidity, and greed that’ve flecked the human timeline since, well, forever. "For now, though, let’s bear the trials they bring as worthily as we can. They want to drag us backward. But, undeterred, we can and must march steadily in the opposite direction. Towards progress. Towards inclusivity. Towards greater unity. "Towards a future we—not they—choose." -- Jessica Craven, Chop Wood, Carry Water; January 31, 2024 HUMAN IMAGINATION “For all its marvelous creativity, the human imagination often fails when turned to the future…. When Donald Trump is the subject, imagination falters further. Trump operates so far outside the normal bounds of human behavior — never mind normal political behavior — that it is difficult to accept what he may actually do, even when he declares his intentions openly.”   -- David Frum, The Atlantic, January-February, 2024 INCO INSIGHTS "In dictatorships the beginning may seem easy, but tragedy awaits inescapably at the end." -- Giorgos Seferis, Greek diplomat and author 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 at our website or here. Look for the INCO column in Hipfish Monthly. We're on Facebook, too. INCO Weekly Newsletter   February 5, 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.