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Budi

(15,325 posts)
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 11:22 PM Jul 2021

JOHN LEWIS VIGILS On JULY 17 JOIN US FOR THE GOOD TROUBLE VIGILS FOR DEMOCRACY

To REPS Joyce Beatty (OH) & Senfronia Thompson (TX) & the Tx Democrats

This:
https://goodtroublevigil.org/

We have reached an inflection point in which we must force our elected officials to act now or risk losing the very foundation of our republic.
We must pass the For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and D.C. Statehood – and we can’t let anything, including the Jim Crow filibuster, stand in our way
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JOIN US FOR THE GOOD TROUBLE VIGILS FOR DEMOCRACY ON JULY 17

THE ONE YEAR MARK OF THE PASSING OF REP. JOHN LEWIS — AS WE CARRY ON HIS LEGACY BY HOSTING CANDLELIGHT VIGILS NATIONWIDE TO DEMAND THAT CONGRESS ACT TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM TO VOTE AND REBUILD OUR DEMOCRACY. WE MUST AND WILL WIN THIS FIGHT!
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JOHN LEWIS VIGILS On JULY 17 JOIN US FOR THE GOOD TROUBLE VIGILS FOR DEMOCRACY (Original Post) Budi Jul 2021 OP
K&R! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #1
From Joyce Beatty Twitter. "Why we fight, Why We March" Budi Jul 2021 #2
Thanks so much for this!!! ShazzieB Jul 2021 #3
Lots of vigils around the country. summer_in_TX Jul 2021 #4
Let us not forget that CBS news showed Elijah Cumming's picture twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #5
Keep fighting for democracy, team! Together we can change politics for the better. ffr Jul 2021 #6

summer_in_TX

(2,703 posts)
4. Lots of vigils around the country.
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 11:19 PM
Jul 2021

The League of Women Voters of Hays County (Texas) and Mano Amiga San Marcos are hosting one of them.

The map showing Texas as not yet having enacted restrictive voting laws in not accurate. Although the Dems denied the House a quorum during the regular session and now in the special session on the big omnibus voting bills, Abbott managed to sign into law SB 1111 which targets rural and mobile populations - like college kids and the poor. Anyone who lists a post office box for their address will receive and have to sign and return an affidavit within 30 days or their application for a voter certificate will have it denied.

twodogsbarking

(9,645 posts)
5. Let us not forget that CBS news showed Elijah Cumming's picture
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 08:11 AM
Jul 2021

and said it was John Lewis. Maybe black folks should be included in history lessons.

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