A CITIZEN'S ADVOCACY GROUP
Over the past two years, Milford Speaks Out has Initiated, Participated, Created and Arranged a dizzying array of events and actions.
Here's a short list:
Understanding Islam - Arranged for Imam Sami Andul Aziz to speak at Milford Library
Created #PlanetPledge video on YouTube
Initiated event for Tim Snyder to speak
at Milford Democratic Town Committee
#FightBackCT to resist Trump Administration budget, with training members and door knocking
Fought United Illuminating's rollout of
4000K streetlamps (and won)
Supported Ordinance to ban
Fracking Waste Storage in Milford
Invited Steve Johnson to speak about
environmental and ecological issues
Assisted with organizing and participated in #Hate Has No Home Here rally on Milford Green
Rallied in New Haven in support of
Affordable Care Act
Rallied in Hartford with NOW-CT
(National Organization for Women)
Arranged informational meeting regarding "Aging at Home" options
Encouraged Milford Speaks Out members to run for office & supported them vigorously!
Participated in 2017 Memorial Day Parade as part of Veteran's Health advocacy
Created and distributed Milford Speaks Out Guide to Citizenship in Milford
Organized and held Families Belong Together rally in front of Milford City Hall
Held Speak Out Saturdays
throughout the summer of 2018
in front of Milford City Hall
Dave Duffner’s event “Thanks for Coming” honoring immigrant’s contributions to Milford
Co-sponsored with Milford Public Library “Life on Parole”
The Otherness Project Series
Safety Pin Project
UN International Day of Peace Celebration and Re-dedication of Milford's Peace Pole
Continue to spread information on events, training and actions in the Greater New Haven Area via meetings, emails, social media
DEDICATED TO BRINGING ABOUT A FAIR AND JUST COMMUNITY THRU EDUCATION AND ACTION
Meetings are held
the second Sunday
of the month at 4:00 p.m.
Fowler Building
45 New Haven Avenue
Milford, CT
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Congress Has No Other Option Than to Impeach and Remove the President From Office
This is a time for members of Congress to rise up, put country over party, and act in accordance with our American values and the oath they take.
“if we have no truth and we have no justice, then we have no nation of laws. No public official, no president, no man or no woman is important enough to sacrifice the founding principles of our legal system.”
-Mitch McConnell (1999) during the Clinton Impeachment trial
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The (Full) Case for Impeachment
A menu of high crimes and misdemeanors.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/the-full-case-for-trump-impeachment.html
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LISTEN: Audio emerges of Trump suggesting Ukraine whistleblower should be executed
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READ IT: Whistleblower’s complaint on Trump Ukraine call released
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190812_-_whistleblower_complaint_unclass.pdf
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THE INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS CASE OF DONALD TRUMP
PDF download: A Primer for the Increasingly Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
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Understanding our bully-in-chief: Donald Trump’s ‘antisocial personality disorder’ fits a pattern
- Commentary
Not all narcissists are bullies, but all bullies are narcissists: A sense of superiority is foundational for bullying behavior.
“People who are unable to empathize with and love others relate to them through control and domination.”
“Trump’s bullying behavior serves a restorative function, patching up holes in the false self of his followers as well. The scapegoating tactics used by him make it possible for him and his followers to retain the notion of their superiority and blameless victimhood.”
“If the collective narcissism pack is large enough, and powerful enough, it’s almost impossible to get the narcissist, the autocrat, out of power.”
So long as Democratic leaders and the media remain oblivious to or ignorant of what’s actually going on psychologically — not just with Trump, but his followers as well — they will continue to misjudge the situation, even as they repeatedly say how abnormal it is. And the danger will only continue to grow.
This situation is abnormal in American history. But it’s depressingly normal for a country where a narcissistic bully has gained power. We need to reorient ourselves around that fundamental fact, and stop pretending that what’s been normal in the past provides any sound guidance now. Clinging to that illusion is, in itself, a subtle form of collective narcissism: the belief that “It can’t happen here,” the refusal to look ourselves in the mirror and confront what we truly are — which is the only way we can ever live up to what we wish to be.
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Adam Schiff Used Mueller to Paint a Damning Portrait of Trump’s Russia Connections
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Timeline of Trump and Obstruction of Justice: Key Dates and Events
https://www.justsecurity.org/45987/timeline-trump-obstruction-justice-key-dates-events/
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Trump’s support comes almost entirely from Fox News viewers: report
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/trumps-support-comes-almost-entirely-from-fox-news-viewers/
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How can the American people protect themselves from dangerous leaders — like the one we’ve got?
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/can-american-people-protect-dangerous-leaders-like-one-weve-got/
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Read and search the full Mueller report
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/politics/full-mueller-report-pdf/index.html
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What Happens if Obamacare Is Struck Down?
- · 21 MILLION
People who could lose their health insurance. - 12 MILLION
Adults could lose Medicaid coverage. - · 874 MILLION
Medicaid spending for opioid addiction prescriptionshas more than doubled. - · 133 MILLION
Americans with protected pre-existing conditions. - · 171 MILLION
Americans who no longer face caps on expensive treatments. - · 60 MILLION
Medicare beneficiaries would face changes to medical care and possibly higher premiums. - · 2 MILLION
Young adults with coverage through their parents’ plans. - · $50 BILLION
Medical care for the uninsured could cost billions more dollars. - · 1,000 CALORIES
Menu labels are among dozens of the law’s provisions that are less well known.
The Affordable Care Act touches the lives of most Americans.
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/health/obamacare-trump-health.html
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Trump Proposed Budget Cuts Social Safety Net by Trillions
If a budget is a statement of values and priorities, President Donald Trump's proposal for fiscal year 2020 clearly displays his commitment to enriching the wealthy at the expense of ordinary Americans.
"The Trump budget is breathtaking in its degree of cruelty and filled with broken promises," Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said in a statement. "Donald Trump promised the American people that he would be a different type of Republican, that he would be a champion of the working American and that he would not cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. But his budget does the exact opposite of what he promised the American people."
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The Making of the Fox News White House
Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?
By Jane Mayer
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-making-of-the-fox-news-white-house
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THE MOSCOW PROJECT
The Moscow Project is an initiative of the Center for American Progress Action Fund dedicated to analyzing the facts behind Trump’s collusion with Russia and communicating the findings to the public.
The Moscow Project’s team employs a multi-disciplinary approach towards its work, leveraging a unique combination of experience and expertise gained on Capitol Hill, at the State Department, and in private industry to examine this complex and sprawling series of events stretching back decades.
MARCH 24, 2019
BARR’S LETTER SHOWS WHY WE NEED TO SEE THE FULL MUELLER REPORT NOW
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How Trump’s radical Republican tax cut broke the economy
DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, DC REPORT - COMMENTARY
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trumps-radical-republican-tax-cut-broke-economy/
NEWS & INFORMATION
House Judiciary Committee releases report outlining historical arguments for impeachment
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Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON
INTELLIGENCE
THE TRUMP-UKRAINE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY REPORT
The report cited two instances of improper conduct: obstruction of the House inquiry and withholding the aid from Ukraine on the condition of investigating a Trump political rival.
https://intelligence.house.gov/report/
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The impeachment resolution: Politics, the Constitution and everything in between
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Trump impeachment inquiry: All the latest updates
All the latest updates as US House launches official impeachment inquiry of US President Donald Trump.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/trump-impeachment-inquiry-latest-updates-190924224434789.html
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Greta Thunberg Just Delivered Her Testimony to US Lawmakers: It Was a Landmark UN Climate Report
"I don't want you to listen to me," said the youth climate leader. "I want you to listen to the scientists."
House Democrats vote to repeal 9/11-era law used to authorize perpetual war
Democrats want Trump to know: Military action against Iran needs congressional authorization.
LGBTQ Advocates Cheer Historic Victory After US House Passes Equality Act
"This vote is a monumental step forward in the fight for true, lived equality for LGBTQ people."
HOUSE PASSES SWEEPING GUN BILL
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/27/698512397/house-passes-most-significant-gun-bill-in-2-decades
5 WAYS TRUMP’S NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION COULD BE STOPPED
www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/15/18225325/trump-national-emergency-lawsuits-border-wall
DIGNITY FOR 'MOST VULNERABLE' AMONG US, BERNIE SANDERS INTRODUCES BILL TO EXPAND SOCIAL SECURITY
'THIS IS WHAT HOPE FEELS LIKE': GREEN NEW DEAL RESOLUTION HAILED AS 'WATERSHED MOMENT' FOR NEW ERA OF CLIMATE ACTION
HOUSE DEMOCRATS UNVEIL FIRST MAJOR LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE OF VOTING, CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND ETHICS OVERHAULS
Inspirational Quotes
"PEACE cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through UNDERSTANDING"
"There can be no peace without justice and respect for human rights"
"It is possible to achieve our goals, but we need decisions, political will and transformational policies to allow us to still live in peace with our own climate."
-UN General-Secretary Antonio Guterres
“All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.” –Harvey Milk
“Please remember, especially in these times of group-think and the right-on chorus, that no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended.”–Alice Walker
“Everybody’s journey is individual. You don’t know with whom you’re going to fall in love. … If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.”-James Baldwin
“It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.”–Laverne Cox
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"On World Autism Awareness Day, we speak out against discrimination, celebrate the diversity of our global community and strengthen our commitment to the full inclusion and participation of people with autism. Supporting them to achieve their full potential is a vital part of our efforts to uphold the core promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: to leave no one behind."
Secretary-General António Guterres
United Nations
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Whenever one person stands up and says, ‘Wait a minute, this is wrong,’ it helps other people do the same.
— Gloria Steinem
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.
— Alice Walker
We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.
— Malala Yousafzai
The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
— Mae Jemison
If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.
— Catherine Cook
You must do the things
you think you cannot do.
--Eleanor Roosevelt
“A strong woman understands
that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine
as intuition and emotional connection.
She values and uses all of her gifts.”
– Nancy Rathburn
“I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.”
– Emma Stone
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"The majority of the American people still believe that every single individual in this country is entitled to just as much respect, just as much dignity, as every other individual. "
-Barbara Jordan
civil rights activist, lawyer, and politician
She served as a U.S. Congresswoman from 1972-1978, where she also made history as the first woman elected in her own right to serve as a representative from Texas.
Good News Resources
Rawstory.com
CommonDreams.org
MilfordMirror.com
CTNewsJunkie.com
Propublica.org
TheDailyBeast.com
RandiRhodes.com
(Click on Homework tab)
Slate.com
Politico.com
Vox.com
TheAtlantic.com
HuffingtonPost.com
CTMirror.org
DailyKos.com
NPR.org
CTEnvironment.org
VIDEO/TV NEWS SOURCES
MGAT – Milford Government Access Television has a YouTube channel
CT-N CONNECTICUT NETWORK:
ctn.state.ct.us
C-SPAN Cable Network
cspan.org
TRACKING and petitioning GOVERNMENT
U.S. Federal Government GovTrack.us
GovTrack.us tracks the United States Congress and helps Americans participate in their national legislature.
They publish the status of federal legislation, information about your representative and senators in Congress including voting records, and original research on legislation and congressional oversight & investigations.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/
State Government Connecticut
Here are some resources to help track the happenings in Hartford:
CGA Website: View the General Assembly's schedule of events, stream the House and Senate sessions online via CT-N, or track a bill.
OpenConnecticut: Allows residents to track state government’s spending in real time and is operated by the Comptroller's office.
https://www.osc.ct.gov/openct.html
Municipal Government - Milford
City of Milford website:
View information regarding Milford's government.
Petitioning Our Government
The right to petition government for redress of grievances is the right to make a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear of punishment or reprisals, ensured by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution (1791).
The Case for Impeachment
Impeachment is a process,
not an outcome, a rule-bound procedure for investigating a president, considering evidence, formulating charges,
and deciding whether to continue on to trial.
As a House Judiciary Committee staff report put it in 1974, in the midst of the Watergate investigation: “The purpose of impeachment is not personal punishment; its function is primarily to maintain constitutional government.” Impeachable offenses, it found, included “undermining the integrity of office, disregard of constitutional duties and oath of office, arrogation of power, abuse of the governmental process, adverse impact on the system of government.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/impeachment-trump/580468/
FACTS MATTER
FactCheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Their goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
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