12/11/2025
From Melissa in Westchester: 1. HEALTHCARE COSTS: The Senate will vote TODAY on 2 Affordable Care
Act subsidy extension proposals - the final effort to prevent
healthcare premiums from skyrocketing starting January 1st. There are
2 plans up for consideration - a Dem. proposal to extend the
Affordable Care Act premium tax credits for another 3 years (the
cleanest/easiest way to go), and a Rep. plan that does not do that nor
accomplish affordable health care insurance (plus it includes new
restrictions on abortion care). It will be touch for either one to get
even close to the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster, but contact
your Senators here THIS MORNING:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
2. ENVIRONMENT: The House is set to undermine important environmental
protections, as they plan to hold floor votes on bill HR 3898 (the
PERMIT Act) which would critically weaken the Clean Water Act. The
former would exclude vast areas of waters from environmental
protection and allow corporate polluters to release 'forever
chemicals' into waterways without informing regulators as well as free
up factory farms to discharge toxic waste and pesticides. Click here
to reach your congressperson: https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
3. BILLBOARDS: Help the group The Visibility Brigade amplify its
message about the crisis we are facing in the U.S. There are hundreds
of VB groups across the country and new ones are forming every day.
They post pro-democracy messages on overpasses and other public
spaces. Their theory is that people need 'social proof' to remind and
inform them how to respond to the crisis. They suggest simple actions
that people can take (this is right up my alley!) to support democracy
and candidates. Click here to find out more:
https://www.visibilitybrigade.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email -us
4. ACTIVATE AMERICA: Click here to learn more about this group and
help: (https://www.activateamerica.vote/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
5. POSTCARDS:
a) To reps: Click here to write cards for the above group Activate
America, focusing on health care affordability into key House
districts in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Arizona to let
people know what their representatives are up to on this matter. Click
here: https://www.activateamerica.vote/postcards/?utm_source=rogan%27slist&utm_medium=email
(b) To voters: Click here to write cards to help combat disinformation
and make sure voters in Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan and North
Carolina learn how harmful the Trump/GOP agenda is for them. These
states have the most competitive Senate elections in 2026. Click here:
https://secure.ngpvan.com/NPCPSG0VaUqaLw7w6AbNDg2?emci=5988d7b0-49d4-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&emdi=eced7a63-18d5-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&ceid=34297136
6. BRIBERY: Tell your Senators to co-sponsor and/or support the new a
newly introduced bill S. 3191 (the Stop Ballroom Bribery Act) which
would restrict donations for certain public projects linked to the
President or Vice President, particularly from entities involved in
litigation or seeking contracts with the federal government. For
example, Trump’s ballroom project. Contact your Senators here:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
7. FIGHT FOX: Last month the Media & Democracy Project submitted a
petition to the Federal Communications Commission seeking to deny Fox
News Network's renewal application for the company’s satellite uplink
license. Fox News used its satellite access to knowingly broadcast
false information tied to the 2020 election. Fox (and its most senior
leadership, including Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch) lacks the character
qualifications to remain an FCC licensee. Help this endeavor - the
Media & Democracy Project needs to hire attorneys to fight this fight
on behalf of a better-informed America. Donate here:
https://givebutter.com//fight-fox
8. NEW YORK / HEALTHCARE: If you live in the state of NY, contact Gov.
Kathy Hochul ASAP and ask her to sign these bills. Call her at (518)
474-8390 or email her at
https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form
(a) The NY Health Information Privacy Act (bills A. 2141 and S. 929)
to prohibit the sale of NYers electronic health data, require
affirmative consent for such data to be processed, etc.
(b) The Furthering Legal Protections for Gender Affirming Care and
Reproductive Health Care Act (bills A. 5480 and S. 4914) to create
stronger protections for reproductive health care and gender affirming
care providers, patients and helpers.
(c) The Medical Aid in Dying Act (bills A. 136 and S. 138) to allow
terminally ill, mentally capable, adults to request life-ending
medication from a doctor.
9. INDIANA / GERRYMANDERING: The Indiana House of Reps just passed
bill HB 1032, their version of Trump's push to gerrymander
congressional districts to rig the House race in 2026 (Republicans are
trying to remove 2 Dem. seats there). Now the bill is being considered
before the state senate, there is a chance to block the unfair maps.
Click here for info / actions:
https://www.commoncause.org/indiana/take-action/ - or here -
https://act.commoncause.org/letters/no-special-session-for-redistricting?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office" - Aesop
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