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fabrisse ([personal profile] fabrisse) wrote in [community profile] thisfinecrew2025-06-12 02:51 pm

The So-called "Big, Beautiful Bill"

Today, my representative in Georgia, Buddy Carter - Republican, District 1, wrote an Op-Ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution urging our senators to vote for the Frankenstein abomination known as the "Big, Beautiful Bill."

(The Op-Ed is behind a paywall, but can be found here: https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2025/06/buddy-carter-sens-ossoff-warnock-should-support-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/ )

I wrote an email to Carter explaining why I thought he was wrong, and then adapted the language to send to my senators asking them to stay strong against it.

Because this bill is such a Frankenstein's Monster, I chose to limit my comments to the environmental issues which would have both direct and indirect impacts on Buddy Carter's district. I urge all of you who have Republican Senators to find sections of the bill to read which will have direct negative impacts on your state. If your representative voted for it, send them an email censuring them for those same negative impacts. Then write to both senators using the first email as a template.

My email addressed sections:
80152. Rescission relating to environmental and climate data collection.
80201. Rescission of funds for investing in coastal communities and climate resilience.
80202. Rescission of funds for facilities of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and national marine sanctuaries. [nb: this is especially important for hurricane regions and areas with a fishing industry, though I also pointed out the pods of dolphins off of our local Jeckyll Island State Park would be affected.]
80308. Timber production for the Forest Service.
80309. Timber Production for the Bureau of Land Management.

[The latter two will have adverse effects on air pollution levels, but there are whole sections on coal production and offshore drilling for oil and natural gas which will contribute to air pollution directly.]

80202 will also adversely impact tornado zones.

Let's work to defeat this bill.
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chestnut_pod ([personal profile] chestnut_pod) wrote in [community profile] thisfinecrew2025-06-09 10:34 pm
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Two grassroots jail-support orgs re: L.A.

I am aware of both these community orgs through their ties to the MALDEF and Raices. Happy to discuss more via DW message if you want more vouching.

Short-term/immediate bail and jail assistance for protesters: Jail Support LA

Jail support campaign of a long-running SGV mutual aid network: Operation Healthy Hearts
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Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote in [community profile] thisfinecrew2025-06-03 06:06 pm
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end-of-May check-in

It's been a slightly quieter month since the last check-in, but still busy:
May posts )

Thanks to everyone who posted. Here's a check-in poll to tell us what you've been doing:

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21


In the last month, I

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called one of my senators
10 (47.6%)

called my other senator
10 (47.6%)

called my congressmember
6 (28.6%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my mayor, state rep, or other local official
2 (9.5%)

did get-out-the-vote work, such as postcarding or phone banking
0 (0.0%)

voted
1 (4.8%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax to a government official or agency
9 (42.9%)

went to a protest
3 (14.3%)

attended an in-person activist group
2 (9.5%)

went to a town hall
0 (0.0%)

participated in phone or online training
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
13 (61.9%)

worked for a campaign
1 (4.8%)

did textbanking/phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
12 (57.1%)

not a US citizen, but worked in solidarity in my community
1 (4.8%)

did something else (tell us about it in comments)
3 (14.3%)

committed to action in the coming month
5 (23.8%)




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