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Indivisible Clackamas βŒπŸ‘‘

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We are a grassroots #Indivisible group united for progressive change in Clackamas County, Oregon. Sign up for our newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/654a961e298c/learn-more-with-indivisible-clackamas

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SPOTLIGHT ON: LGBTQIA+ The Human Rights Campaign is the largest LGBTQIA+ civil rights organization in the country, with members in every congressional district in every state. They have been fighting for equality and the rights of some of the nation’s most marginalized populations for forty years.

Urban Strategies San Benito facility in Texas, a shelter run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The facility has housed pregnant immigrant girls as young as 13, and about half of those pregnancies are the result of rape Imagine being 13 years old, pregnant because you were raped.

Data centers are swallowing up land in Oregon and using massive amounts of water, while getting enormous tax breaks. Oregon is one of the data center industry’s strongest markets, with the tech industry’s companies establishing a big footprint in communities from Hermiston to Hillsboro.

The Trump administration recently reversed a policy that would have banned M-44 cyanide ejectors on public lands. M-44 ejectors, also known as cyanide bombs, are spring-loaded devices containing sodium cyanide to kill coyotes, foxes, and other predators. When triggered, they release a toxic cloud.

The Equality Act is a landmark piece of federal legislation that aims to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It provides consistent, explicit non-discrimination protections for LGBTQIA+ Americans across key areas of daily life, including employment, housing, credit, education, and public spaces

There’s trouble when it comes to public access to our National parks. The Trump administration has removed the reservation process to make a reservation from the National Park Service, creating lines, trash, and general chaos. Conservation leaders fear the decision will harm fragile ecosystems

A legal battle is taking shape to protect our right to mail-in voting. So far, a Trump-appointed judge has declined to stop President Trump’s executive order creating a federal voter list and limiting vote-by-mail. Democrats argue that Trump’s order would be found unconstitutional.

Reject Detention Centers in your community! Currently, there are no overnight ICE detention centers in Oregon. The detention centers in other states are a travesty. The abuse at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center has been widely documented. Reject Detention Centers in your community!

Rep. Jamie Raskin calls it β€œnothing but a racket designed to take $1.7 billion of taxpayer dollars ... and pour it into a huge slush fund for Trump at DOJ to hand out to his private militia of insurrectionists, rioters, and white supremacists.” Contact your reps to protest Trump's bully boys bribe!

Consumers were affected by higher prices when companies raised them to accommodate the tariffs, but may not see any price relief. The companies most likely to get major refunds include: Home Depot, Nike, Target, Walmart, Apple, and Best Buy. Contact them to let them know you expect lower prices

Since the start of the war in late February, the president has made increasingly contradictory statements about the United States’ strategy in Iran. The constantly shifting timeline for the war’s end has been one of the clearest examples of flip-flopping messaging by this White House.

Maybe, as American citizens, we are just spoiled. Even so, it’s mighty jarring and disappointing to hear our President, Donald Trump, say he doesn’t care about us, especially while we are struggling with: paying rising costs for food, watching prices continue to rise on gas, & almost too much more

Get your reps to support STOMP-Systematic Targeting of Microplastics. It’s a first-of-its-kind program to figure out how much micro-plastic contamination there is, identify the most harmful kinds, figure out how it interacts with our bodies, and develop ways to eliminate them from the human body.

SPOTLIGHT ON: International Affairs Thank you, Pope Leo, for standing up to President Trump! Two of the most consequential men on Planet Earth are at odds. President Donald Trump may think he is the law for all Americans, but he’s run afoul of Pope Leo the 14th, who leads more than 1.4 billion.

The Suspicions Won’t Stop - when the Subject is a U.S. Invasion of Cuba The Pentagon denies it, but new reports say contingency plans are afoot for a military invasion of Cuba. USA Today’s coverage came two days after Trump threatened to β€œstop by Cuba,” once his war with Iran is over.

Due to climate change the Colorado River and the lakes that feed it have seen dropping water levels and increased environmental and water supply concerns. The seven states and 12 Tribal Nations that depend on the Colorado River have been negotiating for two years about how to manage the river.

TOMORROW! Saturday, April 18th from 2-4pm at Loyal Legion. Join Indivisible Clackamas for cute themed drinks and "no crowns" burgers as we help you check your voter registration and learn how to Track Your Ballot. We are going to "clean out" D.C. this year, and it all starts in the primaries!

THIS WEEKEND! Saturday, April 18th from 2-4pm at Loyal Legion. Join Indivisible Clackamas for cute themed drinks and "no crowns" burgers as we help you check your voter registration and learn how to Track Your Ballot. We are going to "clean out" D.C. this year, and it all starts in the primaries!

Want to Track Your Ballot? We can help you sign up for text/email alerts to know when your ballot is coming, when it's been received, and when it's been counted! Cute themed drinks and "no crowns " burgers at Loyal Legion with members of Indivisible Clackamas! Saturday, April 18th, 2-4pm

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Saying, β€˜A whole civilization will die tonight,’ should be enough to end a presidency. We cannot stand by as the president of the United States threatens war crimes. Impeach Trump now.

Let’s spread the word and keep it going strong. If you are able to attend an event near you, invite a friend to join you. No Kings Day is nonviolent civic action that is open to all who would like to participate. So bring a friend and build community while we continue to tell Trump No Kings!

Get Your Reps involved in No Kings! Maybe they already know, but a reminder never hurts! Do a little outreach and invite your Senators and Representatives to make a statement promoting the upcoming No Kings events. But why not go one better and invite them to come and join us at one of them?

Paramount & Warner Brothers Discovery reportedly signed an agreement on a $110 billion deal. The merger would create one of the largest media empires in the world, run by one right wing family, the Ellisons. News sources are already under attack by this administration; this would only make it worse.

The Epstein Files: They’ve released and retracted parts of the files multiple times, and released the names of victims while withholding information that might implicate President Trump including an alleged assault of a minor by D. Trump, despite the administration's claims of his total exoneration

In western Oregon, the Bureau of Land Management is proposing a new Resource Management Plan without a single public meeting and with one goal: To quadruple the logging volume on Western Oregon BLM forests, returning these public lands to the β€œrobust” levels of the 1960s and 1970s.

Markwayne Mullin is not who we need as our next Secretary of Homeland Security. President Trump has tapped a close Senate ally, Oklahoma Republican Markwayne Mullin, as his next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. But Mullin has voiced opinions that are starting to scare people.