December 3, 2017

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From Hong-My Basrai:

The GOP took our healthcare away, our hard-earned money...and soon, by abolishing #NetNeutrality, our means to communicate, self educate, entertain, and most importantly, put us back into our separate little shells. No free internet, no info, no communication, no organization, no protest. The end of our last line of defense to protect democracy.

You have until 12/14 to demand net neutrality. I know, this constant vigilance and alarm is madness. But we have no choice but to stay alert, like soldiers on the front line.

You can use any of the tools here to contact Congress.  I use 5Calls for all my calls. The app is sleek & easy peasy to use.

December 2, 2017

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From Hong-My Basrai:

As an activist, failing to stop this tax scam is to me akin to failing to cross my country’s borders toward freedom decades ago. 

We lost all our possessions, including our home, and landed in jail. But as soon as the communists released us we did it again. We pulled together resources and found our way out again. It took us 7 years of trying, but my dad wouldn’t give up. We either die trying or gain freedom, he said, to my mom’s extreme distress, although she would follow him wherever he chose to go, all of us together, one family, one destiny. 

I’m writing this because I know many of you who hate this tax bill felt as if the sky has fallen down on you and your family. It is bad. I agree! But please don’t give up hope for a better tomorrow. We will try to right the wrong again and again, die trying, or triumph. 

I believe bad things happen to remind us our deepest values, our priorities and convictions. Let’s get to work. 2018 is just around the corner. I see a boat and the open sea, and beyond darkness is the rising sun. Do you?

#Resistance

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November 30, 2017

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From the Chair of our Candidate Support Committee, Uyen Nguyen (by the way, when PIVOT endorses you, we will send in our resident butt-kicker to canvass for or to bring you some unforgettable Chengdu Spicy Jumbo Chicken Wings from her restaurant, Nue Seattle):

I'll be in Atlanta this Saturday to Tuesday canvassing for Bee for Georgia, and get her elected as the first Vietnamese American in GA state legislature. Election is Dec 5th! She's also a PIVOT - endorsed candidate.

If any of you know people in Georgia who want to canvass with me, please send them my way!

November 29, 2017

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From our president, Tung Nguyen:

Unless I'm missing something, I think there is a lot less noise being made against the Tax Bill than with ACA replace. Don't forget that 13 million may lose their health insurance, and this will be the biggest income redistribution benefiting the rich in this country in decades. Trump has not only ushered in race wars, they are also declaring class warfare.

Here are the Senators opposed on on the fence. Please make sure people you know in their states contact them. I'm not going to list their phone numbers because we are doing this over and over again--download the app 5Calls or use this link to Senator phone number and bookmark it permanently. https://goo.gl/ztexPG

Oppose: Daines (Mont) and Johnson (Wisc)---the GOP will sweeten whatever they want to get these guys voting for it.
Problematic:
Collins (ME): ACA individual mandate, property tax deduction
Moran (KS): individual mandate, deficit
McCain (AZ)
Rubio (FL) and Lee (UT): child tax credit
Murkowski (AL): unknown, but they are sweetening her pot
Deficit hawks: Corker (TN; tilting yes), Lankford (OK), Flake (AZ)