Track Trump's Agenda
Monday, January 30
Having trouble keeping track of everything coming out of Washington these days? So are we! Fortunately, the New York Times has created a useful tool, a Trump Tracker, to help us all stay up to date on executive orders and memoranda.
You'll want to bookmark the page, as it will be updated on a regular basis.
In case you've also been wondering about where in the process certain cabinet nominees have landed, the Times is also maintaining a handy online guide.
Rally to Protest Trump's Muslim Ban
Sunday, January 29 "With just a few quick strokes of the pen, President Donald Trump on Friday banned -- temporarily, for now -- more than 134 million people from entering the United States. Trump barred citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for at least the next 90 days ---by executive order, which a senior White House official said later Friday is likely just a first step toward establishing a broader ban." -- CNN Photo by Upworthy's Eli Pariser at JFK Airport, Jan 28, 2017 Yesterday, chaos ensued at US airports and abroad as people with valid visas and even green cards were detained when they landed on US soil, or were banned from getting onto planes headed for the US. Protests began at airports around the countyr, and quick work by lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union helped to resolve the situation for now, but only temporarily. |
Support the American Civil Liberties Union
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Support Net Neutrality
Call (202-418-1000) or email ([email protected]) the new FCC Commissioner, Ajit Pai, and tell him that you support Net Neutrality and that you expect him to support it too.
What's Net Neutrality? New York Magazine summed it up on Tuesday:
"The net-neutrality debate is about whether one class of private entities, ISPs, should be regulated in order to allow millions of other private entities, users and businesses operating online, to operate freely. Pretty much everyone agrees that they should — except for the ISPs … and Ajit Pai. Pai even wrote a 67-page(!) dissent when the order was adopted. Even Google and Facebook support the principle, in part because they often buy up the smaller startups that flourish on an unfettered internet. Imagine an internet where, rather than buying Instagram for $1 billion, Facebook instead paid for a fast lane and forced Instagram out by other means."
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Stay Informed - Attend Putnam County Legislature Meetings
The Putnam County Legislature holds a full meeting once a month, and its committees generally meet monthly as well. The legislative calendar is at http://www.putnamcountyny.com/legi/legislative-calendar/. We will post meeting notices on our Take Action Calendar, and when available, include documents related to these meetings.