State Senator James Maroney presented and answered questions regarding “What’s Ahead in the Upcoming Legislative Session."

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Wearing a Safety pin symbolizes “I'm an ally...All those exposed to hate and violence, you're not alone...." 

 Safety Pin - Resistance, Solidarity & Hope 

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 We’ve heard endless amounts from the Democratic presidential hopefuls about their health care reform proposals. But the latest Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll reveals substantial public confusion about them. In short, the proposals fall into two camps, Medicare for All and a public option. Here’s a cheat sheet explaining their key differences. 

 https://www.laprogressive.com/public-health-insurance/ 

 Meetings are held 

the second Sunday

 of the month at 4:00 p.m.

Fowler Building

 45 New Haven Avenue 

Milford, CT

DUE TO COVID-19 MEETINGS ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

millfordspeaksout@gmail.com

 
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"This is a fight to save our democracy." 

 The lawsuit (pdf) against DHS and the U.S. Marshals Service—filed on behalf of legal observers and journalists who were recently assaulted by federal agents in Portland—aims to "block federal law enforcement from dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, or using physical force against journalists or legal observers." One of the plaintiffs, freelance photographer Matthew Lewis-Rolland, was shot in the back ten times with impact munitions during a recent demonstration. 

 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/18/end-unconstitutional-nightmare-aclu-sues-trump-administration-over-use-secret-police 

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 https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/donald-trump-is-the-most-successful-bio-terrorist-in-human-history-psychologist/ 

 https://www.fastcompany.com/90517460/how-companies-and-individuals-can-use-juneteenth-to-practice-active-allyship 

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 https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/anatomy-of-a-man-made-disaster-320-ways-donald-trump-failed-to-protect-us-from-the-coronavirus/ 

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/leaked-cdc-report-significant-risk-of-resurgence-of-the-virus-under-trumps-plan-to-reopen-the-economy/

 As the pandemic has spread, many nations that initially advised only individuals with symptoms to self-isolate and wear masks have expanded their responses to measures that apply across the board.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said up to a quarter of people who are infected may be asymptomatic.

 https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/people-with-covid-19-may-be-infectious-days-before-symptoms-study/  

Eight Republican governors still have not issued statewide stay-at-home orders as deaths in the U.S. top 26,000.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/15/indictment-trump-and-warning-90-us-coronavirus-deaths-could-have-been-prevented 

 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/04/15/trumps-failed-coronavirus-response 

 https://theintercept.com/2020/04/14/trump-pr-stunt-falls-flat-white-house-video-exposes-failure-prepare-pandemic/ 

An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his own instincts led to a halting response.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-response.html  

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March 16, 2020

By PsyPost

  https://this.kiji.is/612006438585844833?c=592622757532812385
 

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 TIPS FROM TESSA

Notes from San Francisco

Planning and Prep for

 Shelter In Place

Food Planning

 Assume 3 meals a day. Count the mouths to feed. Then decide how many of these meals require fresh food. 

1. Oatmeal and mixes for pancakes & waffles are good options. If you run out of milk for cold cereal, consider powdered milk or buy half & half (longer shelf life). 

2. Make sandwiches and soups. Freeze some loaves of bread, if you have space. 

3. Cooking dinner can break up your work-from-home boredom. If you have kids this is an opportunity to get them off the “devices” and talking about history, art, and politics.

• Buy Beans and Pasta and rice as well as canned tomatoes and frozen vegetables. . These went quickly off the shelves. 
• Freeze butter. 
•  Try to get ahead by freezing enough for 5-7 full meals coming up. 
• Drugs and alcohol are not advised when you want to keep your immunity up.

No Hoarding! Share with Neighbors! Be a Good Citizen! Shop Local!

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 Registering to Vote in CT

• Am I eligible to vote in CT?
• Am I registered to vote in CT?
• Register to Vote Online
• Voter Registration Paper Form
• Voter Registration Deadlines
• Voter ID Requirements in CT

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 Vetting news and information is as much the responsibility of consumers as those producing it. Every click on a sensationalized headline increases revenue and boosts production of false and misleading stories. That’s why it’s up to all of us to do our due diligence.

 https://www.suitupmaine.org/not-stop-spread-false-information-social-media/ 

"Now is the time to hold racist and corrupt police officers and police departments accountable for their actions."

 "Now is the time to implement far-reaching reforms that will protect people and communities that have suffered police brutality, torture, and murder for far too long." 

 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/18/now-not-time-more-studies-sanders-rips-weak-gop-bill-and-demands-end-police-immunity 

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It’s not enough to be “not racist,” experts and educators say.

  “THE OPPOSITE OF ‘RACIST’ ISN’T ‘NOT RACIST.’ IT IS ‘ANTI-RACIST.’” 

 https://www.vox.com/2020/6/3/21278245/antiracist-racism-race-books-resources-antiracism 

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"Abuse of power and systemic racism are a deadly combination, particularly for people of color and Indigenous Peoples, who are disproportionately criminalized and targeted by weaponized policing around the world—destroying lives, families, and communities, denying people their basic humanity and dignity, and violating their rights," the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) said in a statement of solidarity with the protest movement.

 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/01/no-game-trump-considering-insurrection-act-deploy-military-us-city-streets-protests 

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If we want to reach a better place on the other side of this, we must refuse to be comforted too quickly.

by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II 

 African Americans are three times more likely to die from particulate air pollution than our fellow Americans. The percentage of black children suffering from asthma is nearly double that of white people, and the death rate is 10 times higher. This is but a reflection of the fissures of inequality that run through every institution in our public life, where the black wealth gap, education gap and healthcare gap have persisted despite the civil rights movement, legal desegregation and symbolic affirmative action. We understand that the same mentality that will accept and defend the violence of armed officers against unarmed black people will also send black, brown and poor people into harm’s way during a pandemic in the name of “liberty” and “the economy”.  

 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/05/31/may-screams-and-tears-and-protests-shake-very-conscience-nation 

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 Effective at 8:00 p.m. on April 20, 2020

 https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/News/Press-Releases/2020/04-2020/Governor-Lamont-Coronavirus-Update-April-17 

 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html 

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 https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/News/Press-Releases/2020/04-2020/Governor-Lamont-Orders-Connecticuts-Presidential-Primary-Election-Further-Rescheduled-to-August-11 

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 https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/coronavirus/gov-lamont-moves-presidential-primary-to-june-2-due-to-coronavirus-concerns/2241591/ 

Voters can check their current registration status at myvote.ct.gov/lookup, and make any desired changes to their registration at myvote.ct.gov/register.

Unaffiliated voters – voters who are not registered with any party – and new voters have until Thursday, August 6th to
register online, by mail, or at the DMV with the party in whose primary they’d like to participate, and until Monday, August 10th to register in person.

 Connecticut will hold the Democratic and Republican presidential primary elections on Tuesday, August 11th. 

• Where and how do I vote?
• Can I vote by absentee ballot?

 https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/Calendars/2020Election/August-11-Updated-Presidential-Preference-Primary.pdf 

 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/13/why-im-still-hopeful-and-not-done-fighting-more-just-society 

  2020 Presidential Election

Date: November 3, 2020

Presidential candidates, 2020 

• Important dates 

• Democratic primary 

• Republican primary 

• Ballotpedia pageviews by campaign

 • Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News  Briefing

  https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election,_2020 

•   1. Democracy breaks if nobody votes 
•   2. Voting is part of independence and thinking for yourself 
•  3. Voting is the great equalizer 
•  4. Voting is how you take part in something bigger than yourself 
•  5. Elected officials pay attention to people who vote 
•  6. Refusing to vote is not rebellion; it is surrender 
•  7. Voting really does matter 

 https://the-parallax.com/2018/11/05/7-simple-reasons-vote/ 

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