Thursday, June 4 - Stop Trump's Intel Director / Show Up Chicago 6/15 / WI Election Support
Indivisible Action: Stop Trump's Intel Director
Trump just appointed his political attack dog, Bill Pulte, as acting Director of National Intelligence. Pulte has absolutely no experience in national intelligence, and was clearly offered the job based on his willingness to go after Trump's political adversaries. Thus far, this has included Senator Adam Schiff, NY Attorney General Letitia James, and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. He is even currently under investigation by the Government Accountability Office over whether he misused his authority at the Federal Housing Finance Agency to go after these “enemies.”
As acting Director of Intelligence, he now has the power to attack the pillars of democracy — by weaponizing surveillance, pushing spying agencies he oversees to conduct unlawful spying or otherwise allowing it, providing politically motivated surveillance directly to Trump, and even declassifying or leaking information acquired without a warrant about those who would challenge the administration.
Congress has very little authority when it comes to blocking an acting director, but it does have massive amounts of leverage right now. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is an intelligence-gathering law that is set to expire on June 12. The Trump regime is obsessed with getting it reauthorized. Congress can — and should — refuse to reauthorize the law until Pulte is removed from his position (and even then, only pass the law with guardrails to protect Americans from warrantless surveillance by this authoritarian regime).
Action via Indivisible
ICA Chapter Action: Show Up Chicago 6/15
Chicago is the only big city in the U.S. that doesn't operate under a city charter. And that, according to most experts, is why we have problems that other cities don't. Why don't we have a charter? What would it do for us? How do we get one? We'll discuss with Joe Ferguson, former city inspector general and president of the Civic Federation. It's the first installment of "Chicago 101," our new series on the inner workings of Chicago politics.
Presented monthly by the Blue Beginning chapter of Indivisible Chicago, Show Up Chicago is a combination community gathering, cocktail hour, and political panel show at Chicago's most highly evolved saloon. It's a great chance to mingle with like-minded neighbors, hear the latest from political insiders, and gossip about the issues we all care about.
👉 RSVP for Show Up Chicago on Monday, June 15 at the Hideout (1354 W Wabansia Ave). Doors and bar open at 6, program 7-8:30.
Community Action: WI Election Support
Find out how your can support the August 11th Partisan Primary Election.
👉 Wisconsin August Primary Poll Observer Recruitment Phone Banks
Help protect the vote in Wisconsin by recruiting poll observers for our August primary election! Poll observers are our eyes and ears at polling locations, and we need your help to recruit them so that voters can safely and easily cast their ballots this spring.
👉 Sign up to be a WisDems Poll Observer
Poll observers are the eyes and ears for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s Voter Protection Team inside polling locations across the state, and are the last line of defense against instances of voter suppression. You will be assigned to a polling place, and will be the first to report any issues that arise (like long lines, machine problems, or voters being turned away unnecessarily), and will act as a resource for voters who may need assistance. You don't need to be a Wisconsin resident to participate.
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