Indivisibles,

We want to share with you something that the American Psychological
Association (APA) [ [link removed] ]released on Sunday:

“As our nation tries to process the unthinkable yet again, it is clearer
than ever that we are facing a public health crisis of gun violence
fueled by racism, bigotry and hatred. The combination of easy access to
assault weapons and hateful rhetoric is toxic… One critical factor is
access to, and the lethality of, the weapons that are being used in
these crimes. Adding racism, intolerance and bigotry to the mix is a
recipe for disaster.”

The APA doesn’t name names, but we will: Donald Trump’s racist policies
and rhetoric combined with Mitch McConnell’s adoration of guns and refusal
to implement even basic gun violence prevention measures are making our
country’s racism and our gun violence bloodbath even worse. 

In order to stem this epidemic, we need to do a lot of things: We need to
elect leaders who have the bravery to face down the NRA, and who will
close the detention camps. We need to get Trump off Twitter and out of
office. We need to eliminate anti-democracy rules like the filibuster that
allow McConnell to kill any gun violence prevention bill before it reaches
a vote. We need to Defund Hate and dismantle the Trump Deportation
Machine.

One of our jobs at Indivisible is to provide tools and resources so that
we can make all of that work as easy and effective as possible for you --
but that costs a lot of money. 

We pay for text messages to keep activists apprised of what’s going on
(that’s about $6,000 per full-list message). We build toolkits to help
Indivisibles understand often-complicated bills and policy asks (the
toolkits can take hundreds of hours to build). We build back-end
infrastructure to organize events (a map helping activists find their
local town halls alone costs us another $6,000). We buy access to voter
contact software and email tools, and pay for online ads and paper mailers
to get these people out of office. 

If you can, please chip in $5 to help defray those costs and support
Indivisible. Your donation to Indivisible Action will fund those tools and
our other work, and is an investment in taking back the Senate, ending gun
violence, and pushing forward all of Indivisible’s priorities.

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We cannot stop the slaughter happening in this country without doing a lot
of work. No one of these solutions will get us all the way there without
the others. We’re grateful and humbled that you’ve helped us build this
movement of people fighting on every front to make our country better. 

In solidarity,

Indivisible Team

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