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
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DUE TO COVID-19 MEETINGS ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
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Forget about the debt. Boosting the economy and sending people money isn’t just good policy, it’s smart politics.
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Claire Wardle — the founder of First Draft, a nonprofit focused on research and practice to address mis- and disinformation — identified seven distinct types of problematic content in the information ecosystem.
“In a world that doesn’t make sense, if you can create a narrative that seems to be credible, goes to people’s emotional core and has a kernel of truth within it, then that narrative is going to take off,” said Hanley, who studies fake news dissemination and social media bots.
- Rich Hanley, an associate journalism professor at Quinnipiac University
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Citing Trump's signals that he may try to remain in office regardless of the election results, the group tells lawmakers, "to be clear, you no longer have the option to stand idly by and wait for things to 'play out.'"
We, the undersigned, demand that each of you use every possible procedural tool at your disposal to disrupt and delay this public fraud. Among other things, you should:
Sign the open letter here:
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Trump and his party must be defeated. They must be out-maneuvered, brought down, and decisively vanquished.
Jiujitsu is not about standing head to head with a thug, trading blow for blow. It is ideally a form of self-defense that out-maneuvers an opponent and then defeats them.
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'Now we cry, soon we vote. May her memory be a blessing, and a revolution.'
"I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks."
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg #RIPRBG
https://www.commondreams.org/further/2020/09/18/rbg-today-we-grieve-tomorrow-we-fight
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IMPORTANT UPDATE
9-13-20
Note: The "Where Do They Stand" panel discussion scheduled for today has been cancelled.
From the ECC:
Area Republican and Democratic candidates for State Representative and State Senate will participate in a forum discussing issues related to environmental concerns in Milford.
When: Sunday, September 13 at 2 PM
Where: The Rotary pavilion (behind the library) - Milford CT
This event is co-sponsored by the Milford Public Library and the Environmental Concerns Coalition.
Strict social distancing will be enforced and masks will be required.
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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.
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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/views/2020/04/15/trumps-failed-coronavirus-response
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.
No Hoarding! Share with Neighbors! Be a Good Citizen! Shop Local!
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Registering to Vote 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/
Here's a link to a New York Times article explaining the runoff election and its importance.
To Rev. Raphael Warnoff - Click HERE
To Jon Ossoff - Click HERE
To Fair Fight (Stacey's Abraham's organization promoting fair elections) - Click HERE
To all three at once - Click HERE
Make Calls for Jon Ossoff
Make Calls for Rev. Raphael Warnoff
VOTE FORWARD will host a campaign to write letters to Georgia voters. We'll keep you posted as we learn more.
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Tuesday, December 8 at 7pm
The conversation will be held via Zoom and registration is required. To register, email Jolyn Walker at MilfordBLMbook@yahoo.com
If you could not make October's discussion of White Rage, we encourage you to watch Carol Anderson's talk on the book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBYUET24K1c&feature=youtu.be
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-wins-white-house-ap-fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9
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Olbermann vs. Trump #15: The 50 Worst Trump Atrocities
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http://reclaimtheamericandream.org/2020/09/keeping-score-trumps-broken-promises/
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Critics reserved some outrage for veteran journalist Bob Woodward, who learned the president was lying to the public about the pandemic in March.
"If Woodward's on-tape revelations don’t persuade the nation to turn its political back on Trump, McConnell, and those who have enabled them, Lord help this nation."
"It will reveal more about who we are than who Trump is."
—Rev. Dr. William Barber, Poor People's Campaign
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“#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump”
New documentary raises alarms about Trump’s mental health — and exposes his ‘all-consuming narcissism’
AVAILABLE ON DEMAND 9-1-2020
Through the words and analysis of leading mental health professionals, #UNFIT discusses DSM-5 disorders, their danger, and the doctors' own Duty to Warn. They introduce the syndrome known as malignant narcissism and explain how it is responsible for great inhumanity throughout history. They liken its symptoms to Trump's behavior.
“#Unfit” is “about providing examples — and admittedly, very little of this is new — of Trump’s word and deeds through the decades reinforcing his belief in unfounded conspiracy theories; his utter lack of personal loyalty…. his inability to experience normal human empathy or even a hint of remorse; his sadistic and vindictive joy in getting even or seeing others fail, and his all-consuming narcissism as he processes virtually every experience through a me-first filter.”
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THE COMPLETE LISTING
(SO FAR):
ATROCITIES 1-842
To be read before the 2020 Presidential Election.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-so-far-atrocities-1-842
"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."
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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.
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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”.
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Effective at 8:00 p.m. on April 20, 2020
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html
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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.
https://the-parallax.com/2018/11/05/7-simple-reasons-vote/
CommonDreams.org
MilfordMirror.com
CTNewsJunkie.com
Propublica.org
Rawstory.com
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
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/
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
City of Milford website:
View information regarding Milford's 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).
https://prospect.org/greennewdeal
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.
Ryan GrimFebruary 2 2020, 9:41 a.m.
THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY has been highly volatile, with one candidate after another rising ... and then falling, as Democratic primary voters, locked in on the singular task of ousting Donald Trump, bounced from one hopeful to the next.
https://oig.justice.gov/press/2019/2019-12-09.pdf
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https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/11/22/congress-has-no-other-option-impeach-and-remove-president-office
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By Jonathan Chait
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/the-full-case-for-trump-impeachment.html
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https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/listen-audio-emerges-of-trump-suggesting-ukraine-whistleblower-should-be-executed/
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https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190812_-_whistleblower_complaint_unclass.pdf
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PDF download: A Primer for the Increasingly Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
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Paul Rosenberg, Salon- Commentary
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/understanding-our-bully-in-chief-donald-trumps-antisocial-personality-disorder-fits-a-pattern/
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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/watch-adam-schiff-robert-mueller-testimony-863098/
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https://www.justsecurity.org/45987/timeline-trump-obstruction-justice-key-dates-events/
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/trumps-support-comes-almost-entirely-from-fox-news-viewers/
**********************************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/ **********************************
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/politics/full-mueller-report-pdf/index.html
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/11/trillions-safety-net-cuts-bernie-sanders-says-trump-budget-breathtaking-its-degree
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By Jane Mayer
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-making-of-the-fox-news-white-house
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https://themoscowproject.org/
MARCH 24, 2019
BARR’S LETTER SHOWS WHY WE NEED TO SEE THE FULL MUELLER REPORT NOW
https://themoscowproject.org/dispatch/barrs-letter-shows-why-we-need-to-see-the-full-mueller-report-now/
DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, DC REPORT - COMMENTARY https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trumps-radical-republican-tax-cut-broke-economy/
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
Nobody is Above the Law
Impeachment Eve Rally
Continue to spread information on events, training and actions in the Greater New Haven Area via meetings, emails, social media
"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
“When a man unprincipled in private life desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents, having the advantage of military habits—despotic in his ordinary demeanour—known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty—when such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularity—to join in the cry of danger to liberty—to take every opportunity of embarrassing the General Government & bringing it under suspicion—to flatter and fall in with all the non sense of the zealots of the day—It may justly be suspected that his object is to throw things into confusion that he may ‘ride the storm and direct the whirlwind.’”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/read-it-adam-schiffs-opening-argument-charges-that-trump-corruptly-abused-the-powers-of-the-presidency/
The Full House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Report https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/
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