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DESCRIPTION:Join the People People's Campaign yet again for the #MoralMonday Digital 
 Direct Action on McConnell. Tune into our website or Facebook livestream 
 where we will demand McConnell bring the Senate back to DC to pass a full 
 relief package that includes protection for the \nU.S. Postal 
 Service.\n\nMonday, August 24 at 12:30 PM PT\n\nFacebook livestream: 
 https://www.facebook.com/anewppc/\n\nWebsite: 
 https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/livestream/\n\nWe are now calling for a 
 season of sustained protest of the meanness, misery and mayhem caused by 
 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has sat by and refused to pass 
 a \nfull relief package, leaving millions to face hunger, evictions and 
 growing poverty; leaving the US Postal Service to be ransacked by the 
 current administration and leaving our democracy \nin peril.\n\nIt has been 
 nearly five months since this government took action in response to the 
 COVID-19 pandemic. We are now facing the worst public health crisis in a 
 century and an economic recession that rivals the Great Depression.Yet, 
 McConnell called a Senate recess leaving millions to face evictions, hunger 
 and sickness without the support of the federal government\n\nBefore the 
 pandemic, there were already 140 million people who were poor or one 
 emergency away from being poor. Now, 50 million unemployment claims have 
 been filed since March and 20 million Americans face evictions in the days 
 ahead, while at the same time US billionaires have increased their wealth 
 by nearly $700 billion.\n\nAdditionally, the need to protect the U.S. 
 Postal Service has never been more urgent. With millions of people planning 
 to vote by mail, we need to ensure that our ballots arrive and are counted. 
 However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has done nothing to step up 
 to defend the Postal Service, and by extension, our ability to vote in the 
 most important election of our lifetimes. \n\nWe can’t rest until 
 McConnell and his enablers stop playing politics with the lives of poor 
 people, low wage workers, students and teachers. It’s clear now that 
 McConnell is willing to sacrifice the safety of the poor, of low-wage 
 workers, of teachers and even our children in his effort to continue an 
 extremist agenda in tandem with the White House to block a full and just 
 relief package; force schools to re-open even when it’s not safe to do so 
 and orchestrate a slowdown of the US Postal Service to try and gain an 
 advantage in November’s elections.\n\nForward together, not one step 
 back!\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n\nCOVID Pandemic Relief 
 Needed Now!\n\nThe HEROES Act was passed by the House of Representatives in 
 May, but Majority Leader McConnell has not allowed the bill to be taken up 
 by the Senate.\n\nThe HEROES Act would grant a second round of $1200 
 stimulus checks including to noncitizens/immigrants who file yearly income 
 taxes, extends the $600 weekly unemployment enhancement benefit through 
 January 2021, has an eviction moratorium & emergency rent payment 
 assistance, and allocates funds for safe, secure voting during COVID as 
 well as US Postal Service funds.\n\nThe Senate HEALS Act does not extend 
 the federal moratorium on evictions, has inadequate housing relief, would 
 cut the unemployment enhancement down to $200, allocates enormous sums for 
 the military, and has ZERO provisions for safe voting or the US Postal 
 service.\n\nUnder Mitch McConnell’s leadership, Senate Republicans have 
 proposed a bill that will leave citizens and states with fewer protections 
 and funds.\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n\nCALL TO 
 ACTION\n\nFlood the phones of Majority Leader McConnell to demand a full 
 and just relief package now!\n\nPPC special phone calling link (esp. for 
 those outside of 
 Kentucky):\n\nhttps://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/moral-monday-mcconnell\n\nThe 
 system will call your phone and patch you through.\n\nPLEASE HAVE YOUR 
 PHONE READY.\n\nOR\n\n317 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 
 20510\n\nph: (202) 224-2541\n\nfax*: (202) 224-2499\n\ngeneral switch 
 board: (202) 224-3121\n\n*Anyone can send a faxed letter from any state.  
 No need to be in 
 Kentucky.\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n\n#WeMustDoMORE: 
 Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering, Educating People for a Movement that 
 Votes\n\nVOTE: Register or Pre-Register (16-17 yrs) here: 
 https://registertovote.ca.gov/\n\nCENSUS: Have your household complete the 
 census here: https://my2020census.gov/\n\nPoor People's Campaign voting & 
 2020 Census #MORE page here: 
 https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/voting/\n___________________________________________________________\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/22/18836056.php
SUMMARY:Call to Action: Demand McConnell & Senate Return to Pass COVID Relief, Fund USPS, Voting!
LOCATION:Online via livestream
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/22/18836056.php
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