News, Fact Checking & More
While this site doesn’t necessarily endorse any of the following, we have found these resources to be Interesting and helpful. Take a look and decide for yourself.
*True or False (fact checking)
http://www.factcheck.org
http://www.snopes.com
**News Sources
1440 News: https://lp.join1440.com/
Politico: http://www.politico.com
The Hill: http://www.thehill.com
Robert Reich (newsletter): https://robertreich.substack.com/
**Groups/Other
*ACLU: http://www.aclu.org
*Indivisible: https://indivisible.org/
*Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW): http://www.citizensforethics.org
*Republicans Against Trump: http://www.rvat.org
*The Lincoln Project: http://www.lincolnproject.us
*League of Women Voters: http://www.lwv.org
*Young Democrats of America: https://yda.org/
*Independent Voters Project: http://www.independentvoterproject.org
*Leaving MAGA: http://www.leavingmaga.org
*50501 (50 protests, 50 states, one day): http://www.fiftyfifty.one
*Progressives United of South Haven: https://www.push49090.org/
*Public Citizen (“protecting health, safety, and Democracy): https://www.citizen.org
**Young People Voting Guides/Background
http://www.lwv.org/blog/vote411s-guide-voting-gen-z-er
https://www.vote-aguideforyoungadults.com/
https://callhub.io/blog/get-out-the-vote/how-to-get-young-people-to-vote/
**Democracy Pledges
Various organizations have developed democracy pledges to underscore the importance of adhering to our nation’s core principles. They include:
*The Pledge: Elected officials and candidates who sign The Pledge are assuring their constituents that they will actively protect all members of their community—particularly those facing attacks from extremist groups. https://defenseofdemocracy.org/pledge/
*The Democracy Pledge: The Democracy Pledge is a simple commitment that corporations, companies and businesses can make to support democracy by affirming the legitimacy of the 2020 Presidential election. http://www.thedpledge.com
*Team Democracy Pledge: Commit to upholding democracy by signing the Safe and Fair Election (SAFE) pledge. Candidates, elected officials, citizens, and organizations are encouraged to sign. http://www.teamdemocracy.org/take-the-pledge
**Sample Phone/Email Scripts
Phone Call Script
Hi/Hello, my name is YOUR NAME and I’m calling as a concerned citizen from CITY.
I strongly oppose President Trump’s and Elon Musk’s threats to dismantle the Department of Labor (DOL) with a devastating reduction in workforce. The Trump Administration is forcing DOL to submit a proposal to dismantle and gut the DOL and its workers – many of whom are veterans.
I urge Representative______ to:
–Demand that President Trump and Elon Musk stop their attacks on workers and the DOL. Specifically, Rep. [NAME] should stop the Trump Administration from trying to force the DOL to dismantle its subagencies and workforce which will end up hurting workers here in Rep. _______’s district and across the country.
–Instead, Rep._________ should support the DOL’s mission of protecting workers by voting to provide the Department with the budgetary resources necessary to continue their mission of enforcing workers’ rights.
I strongly urge Rep. _______to stand with workers and working people by standing with the Department of Labor.
(From http://www.ourrevolution.com)
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