Updates: May 4, 2020: Rep. DeSaulnier returned home from the hospital, press release here. April 13, 2020: Rep. DeSaulnier was moved from the ICU, press release here. Background: Representative Mark DeSaulnier represents California's 11th Congressional District, covering most of Contra Costa County. Indivisible East Bay's CA-11 team has been proud to work closely with Rep. … Continue reading Get Well, Rep. Mark DeSaulnier
Tell our Members of Congress: No war with Iran!
By Ann G. Daniels Deadline - ASAP to keep us out of war: The New Year’s fireworks had barely stopped when the Aggressor-in-Chief sent firepower to Iran, ordering the assassination of Major General Qassim Suleimani, that nation’s second-most powerful person. He did this without either Congressional authorization or evidence for the claim of imminent threat, … Continue reading Tell our Members of Congress: No war with Iran!
Stephen Miller must go!
By Heidi Rand Deadline: Right away, stop the hate - Thanks to the Southern Poverty Law Center's November 12, 2019 Hatewatch report revealing over 900 emails from White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller to Breitbart editors in 2015 and 2016, we've gained valuable if horrifying insight into Miller's hate-filled mind. Miller is the architect behind the administration's … Continue reading Stephen Miller must go!
The other impeachment – Brett Kavanaugh
By Ann G. Daniels Deadline: Now, the Supreme Court’s already in session - While we’re talking impeachment … which we do, a lot … did you know that although a US President hasn’t YET been removed from office after being impeached, federal judges have been? That’s right, we can impeach a federal judge, and it’s … Continue reading The other impeachment – Brett Kavanaugh
Dis-Barred: Barr should be impeached
By Heidi Rand Deadline: Start now and keep going - We didn't have to call the Psychic Hotline to know that Bill Barr would be the Disaster-in-Chief's Roy Cohn. As patriotic whistleblowers and intrepid journalists shine light on the Current (not for long we hope) Occupant's abuses of power, also illuminated are his colluding toadies' high … Continue reading Dis-Barred: Barr should be impeached
A Republic. If you can keep it.
Deadline: Save it or lose it - Over the past year or more many of you have marched, made calls, read the Mueller Report, and in other ways stepped up to educate friends and Members of Congress about the urgent need to impeach the Criminal-in-Chief. At long last, the dam broke on Tuesday, September 24; … Continue reading A Republic. If you can keep it.
Impeachment’s getting real
Deadline: Right now - Congress is back in DC post-recess, and we hope their ears are ringing from hearing loud and clear from you and many others who want them to push hard for impeachment! House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler has announced an imminent vote on the procedures for the committee’s inquiry, so it’s a … Continue reading Impeachment’s getting real
Don’t deport people getting lifesaving care
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services acknowledged the obvious this week: its decision to end the humanitarian "deferred action" program for immigrants receiving lifesaving medical treatment in the US would cost lives. Faced with growing public outrage - and likely not wanting such obvious blood on its hands - the White House announced on … Continue reading Don’t deport people getting lifesaving care
Time is ripe for impeachment
Deadline: ASAP - By Larry Baskett During the impeachment update at August's Indivisible East Bay All Members Meeting, we looked back at some Bay Area actions from the past few months. Most recently, you may have heard about an August 21 demonstration in San Francisco organized by CREDO Action and By the People that the … Continue reading Time is ripe for impeachment
IEB meeting with Rep. DeSaulnier 8/5/19
August 5, 2019 meeting with Representative Mark DeSaulnier and Indivisible East Bay's CA-11 Team. Present: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier and Shanelle Scales Preston, District Director for Rep. DeSaulnier Read our memorandum to Rep. DeSaulnier here. Immigration (CBP/HHS/Flores Settlement) $4.6 billion in border aid without any accountability DeSaulnier: there were long caucuses on this - Problem Solvers … Continue reading IEB meeting with Rep. DeSaulnier 8/5/19