Write Your Reps! Tell John Cornyn that Russian Bounties on US Soldiers Cannot Be Swept Under the Rug

“I think the president can’t single-handedly remember everything, I’m sure, that he’s briefed on” —US Senator John Cornyn, on the news that Russia is paying a bounty on the lives of US soldiers According to reporting from multiple sources, Russian intelligence units put a bounty on the lives of US soldiers in Afghanistan, paying them …

Video and Slides from our Live Readings of the Mueller Report at North Door Austin

Over the course of six nights at The North Door in Austin, TX, we read all 448-pages of the Mueller Report, complete with interactive slides (scroll down to download) and celebrity guests. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGu5aPDqZrkiyrMzFTaaacgZFd-OD_QnE One outcome of this project is that the organizers who participated are very familiar with the contents of the report. Here is …

Mueller Report Read LIVE in Austin

Starting later this month, we’re hosting six nights of live readings of the Mueller Report. Most Americans haven’t read the 448-page saga about Russia’s attack on our Democracy and Trump’s fealty to the attackers. Like Shakespeare’s plays, perhaps the Mueller Report is better on stage than on paper. So we’re bringing it to the public, in …

Take Action: Rebuke Trump for the Debacle in Helsinki

Take Action Tell your reps that Trump must be rebuked for his comments in Helsinki But first, here’s Lyin’ Cornyn: https://youtu.be/AiIIgksTlE0 “Nobody disputes the fact that they were unsuccessful in changing a single vote or affecting the outcome.” —Sen. John Cornyn, speaking on the Senate floor after Trump’s abysmal, traitorous performance in Helsinki. It’s a …

How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: Another One Bites the Dust

This was one of those son-of-a-bitch weeks that’s harder to stomach than some. But there was still plenty of progress still being made. The GOP quietly introduced another abortion-ban bill, which quietly failed to advance in the Senate. A Manhattan federal judge decried ICE for “cruel” tactics in jailing immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir and ordered him freed. …

How Your Voices Made a Difference: The Tide is Turning

The head of the parent company of Henry Holt—the publisher that recently released Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury with eyebrow-raisingly candid comments from White House intimates about Donald’s fitness (or lack thereof)—defended itself against Donald’s cease-and-desist lawsuit, citing it as a breach of the Constitution: “a clear effort by the President of the United States to intimidate …

How Your Voices Made a Difference: Inexorable Progress

Judging by his customary angry-baby tantrum whenever it looks like the spotlight is about to shine on his misdoings, Donald must be getting pretty nervous about what Steve Bannon might have revealed to author Michael Wolff, whose incendiary new book claims to shed behind-the-scenes light—unflattering light at best—on Donald’s campaign, administration, and person. After an …

How your voices are making a difference: Roll Tide!

Our feature story: The Crimson Tide turned blue this week as Alabama decided to send demagogue, scofflaw, and accused child molester Roy Moore packing (and the horse he rode to the polls on), handing the win to Democrat Doug Jones, a man who made his mark defending a little girl against the KKK in 1963. While we might …

What to do if Mueller is fired

Since the Cornyn Stakeout in May 2017, and the appointment of Robert Mueller as special prosecutor in the Russia investigation, we have shied away from Russia-related calls to action. Our movement is built on empowering  individuals to make a difference, and it’s hard to see where we can make a difference on this front. Now, …

How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: There is more good in the world than evil

This was a rough week, and it made me want to add a feature to this list to remind all of us of who we are as human beings, and that there is more good in the world than evil. This incredibly inspiring story is about a police officer who answered a robbery call and found a …