Impeachment Vote is Imminent. The vote for the House to send impeachment articles to the Senate is reportedly happening today! While we’re excited for progress, we have always maintained that the articles passed by the House are too narrow. Well - we’ve got good news - the House can expand those articles even after passing them to the Senate. So it’s not too late to call your Representatives and ask them to expand the articles of impeachment, especially in light of the new trove of information revealed last night.
Our MoC’s MUST stop war in Iran. All eyes will be on impeachment - but don’t forget about what happened last week. Our deranged administration almost started a war with Iran, and the escalation ended with over a hundred people killed in an accidentally downed plane. At ISF, we believe that part of the blame lies with our MoC’s failure to restrict the war powers of the executive branch, as we have asked them to do many times over the past three years.
We’ve been disappointed before when our MoC’s failed to repeal the AUMF which allows the president to wage war in the Middle East with barely any justification and no authorization from Congress. But things have gotten worse - just before the Iran crisis, Congress passed a deeply flawed NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act). This included large increases in overall military spending that appear to have broken the long-standing "parity" agreement requiring equal increases in domestic spending.
Senator Feinstein and Representative Speier voted “aye” for this extremely dangerous bill. Senator Harris did not cast a vote. Neither did Speaker Pelosi, as is regular for the Speaker - but she did nothing to quell the legislation.
ISF is sending a formal letter to all four of our MoC’s criticizing them for making such a grave error in such a dangerous time, and urging them to get serious about limiting the President’s war powers.
Sign on to our Formal Letter to our MoC’s about limiting the President’s war powers. We’re looking for at least 25 signatures from you, our members.
Want to tell them yourself? Join our upcoming meetings with the staff of Senators Feinstein and Harris. See the Upcoming Events section for more details, or check out our #harris_breakout and #feinstein_breakout channels on Slack!
Urgent ask from our Immigration Allies - we need to flood the Public comments to protect asylum seekers. Over the holidays, the Trump Administration published a rule change that will further restrict asylum eligibility for asylum seekers based on contact with the U.S. criminal system. Asylum seekers living in the U.S. are already subject to unjust policing and racial profiling - and even something as innocuous as a traffic ticket puts them at enormous risk of being detained by ICE. Now, the Trump administration is seeking to take away the right to asylum based on contact with the U.S. criminal system. Our allies at Pangea Legal Services have asked us to uplift this call to action - please submit a public comment by January 21st opposing this policy change. More information can be found on our website - please share it far and wide.
Women’s March on Saturday! Are you planning to be part of our contingent? We’ll be meeting up at the Asian Art Museum at McAllister and Larkin no later than noon. We will then head over to the contingent queue in front of Bill Graham before 12:30pm. Come join us in the fourth annual March from Civic Center to Embarcadero Plaza!
ISF Spotlight
TONIGHT: We are hosting IndivisiTexting! We're creating a California-specific team where CA Indivisibles can text CA voters for CA races! And we're kicking it off with a training webinar tonight: January 15 at 6pm PT. Please register in advance right here.
We’re partnering with Flip the West! Indivisible SF is working with Flip the West to do voter outreach in the key battleground states of Arizona and Colorado. If you're looking for a way to get involved from San Francisco, reach out to us at [email protected].
Members of ISF helped organize MoveOn’s #NoWarWIthIran rally, and about 300-500 people showed up! We’re proud to see a broad coalition of San Francisco activists come together to protest unjust, unending war in the Middle East.
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Next Indivisible SF General Meeting: Sunday, Jan 19, 1pm–3pm at the Women’s Building. This event is both for first-timers and regular attendees! RSVP on Eventbrite.
Sunday, Jan 19, 4pm–6pm: Pints & Postcards at Zeitgeist! Note: our location has temporarily changed to Zeitgeist to avoid conflict with football game viewing at Standard Deviant. After our general meeting, we’ll write letters to voters in swing states to help them register to vote in key elections! $20 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. RSVP on Eventbrite.
Wednesday, Jan 15, 10am-4pm: Register New Citizens to Vote at Paramount Theater in Oakland. Welcoming new citizens to the United States by giving them the tools to fully activate their new freedom to vote is one of the most rewarding things we do. There are 2 ceremonies each month, each swearing in up to 1,000 new citizens. They usually take about 2 hours. Join us at 10 am for the morning ceremony, or at 2pm for the afternoon ceremony.
Thursday, Jan 16, 3-4pm: Meeting with the Staff of Senator Feinstein. A delegation of Indivisible SF members will meet with members of Sen. Feinstein's staff and inform them of what we want her to do in the coming months. You can join us and contribute to our agenda! Use our form to sign up.
Saturday, Jan 18, 11am–2pm: Women’s March 2020. We’ll be meeting up at the Asian Art Museum at McAllister and Larkin before heading over to the contingent queue in front of Bill Graham before 12:30. Come join us in the fourth annual March from Civic Center to Embarcadero Plaza!
Thursday, Jan 23, 6:30pm-8:30pm: Decarceration & Public Safety panel at 518 Valencia St. Join the ACLU - San Francisco Chapter for its annual panel event, this year on decarceration and public safety in San Francisco. In addition to hearing from expert guest speakers and learning how to organize around these issues, the event will also be a great opportunity to connect with local activists and ACLU SF chapter members. RSVP on Facebook.
Thursday, Jan 30, 11:15am-1pm: Meeting with the Staff of Senator Harris. A delegation of Indivisible SF members will meet with members of Sen. Harris's staff and inform them of what we want her to do in the coming months. You can join us and contribute to our agenda! Use our form to sign up.
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