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The best person to get the people in your life registered to vote is YOU! On #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, pledge to help 3 friends or family members register to vote with @WhenWeAllVote at weall.vote/pledge. #WhenWeAllVote

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by Chelsea Handler | 9.24.19

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by Chelsea Handler | 9.24.19

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Learn more about White People 4 Black Lives below. Are you ready to show up for racial justice? Start by clicking above to get involved.

White People 4 Black Lives (@WP4BL) is a a white anti-racist collective that is the Los Angeles affiliate within a network of white anti-racists called SURJ, or Showing Up for Racial Justice.

Our work is rooted in showing up for racial justice and acting in alliance with Black Lives Matter: Los Angeles and other partners.

Why organize white people? WP4BL believes that white folks can play a progressive and supportive role in amplifying the voices and demands of Black people, moving the white community to take a more active and participatory stance for racial justice, and apply strategic pressure on institutions to change racist policies. For more on SURJ, check out showingupforracialjustice.org.

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by Chelsea Handler | 9.18.19

Learn more about White People 4 Black Lives below. Are you ready to show up for racial justice? Start by clicking above to get involved.

White People 4 Black Lives (@WP4BL) is a a white anti-racist collective that is the Los Angeles affiliate within a network of white anti-racists called SURJ, or Showing Up for Racial Justice.

Our work is rooted in showing up for racial justice and acting in alliance with Black Lives Matter: Los Angeles and other partners.

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by Chelsea Handler | 9.18.19

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The Trump administration announced the reallocation of millions from the Department of Homeland Security's budget (including FEMA) to ICE. Read more from Axios below. We must raise the alarm and continue speaking out! Click above to add your voice.

The Trump administration is reallocating $271 million from the Department of Homeland Security's budget, which includes FEMA, \"to pay for immigration detention space and temporary hearing locations for asylum-seekers\" made to wait in Mexico, NBC reports.

The big picture, via Axios' Stef Kight: The number of immigrants arrested or turned away at the southern border has continued to climb to levels not seen for years, and detention centers are increasingly overcrowded. Prior to her resignation, former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said the U.S. immigration system had \"come to the point of a system-wide breakdown\" in March.

By the numbers: This new $271 million in funding \"would allow ICE to detain nearly 50,000 immigrants at one time,\" per NBC.

$155 million of ICE's new funding will come from FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund, according to a letter sent to DHS by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.).
The other $116 million will come from funds earmarked for areas like Coast Guard operations and aviation security. It will finance almost 6,800 extra beds for detained immigrants.

Flashback: The Trump administration took $9.7 million out of FEMA's budget in 2018 to support ICE and help the agency fund more detention center beds and detain immigrants.

Originally published by Axios

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by Chelsea Handler | 9.3.19

\nThe Trump administration announced the reallocation of millions from the Department of Homeland Security's budget (including FEMA) to ICE. Read more from Axios below. We must raise the alarm and continue speaking out! Click above to add your voice.\n

By the numbers: This new $271 million in funding \"would allow ICE to detain nearly 50,000 immigrants at one time,\" per NBC.

\n$155 million of ICE's new funding will come from FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund, according to a letter sent to DHS by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.).
\nThe other $116 million will come from funds earmarked for areas like Coast Guard operations and aviation security. It will finance almost 6,800 extra beds for detained immigrants.

Flashback: The Trump administration took $9.7 million out of FEMA's budget in 2018 to support ICE and help the agency fund more detention center beds and detain immigrants.

Originally published by Axios

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by Chelsea Handler | 9.3.19

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The recent mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso have made the need for stricter gun control more pressing than ever. Read the article from NPR below, then contact your lawmaker above and urge them to take action for comprehensive gun reform.

By Bill Chappell

Dissatisfied with politicians' offers of thoughts and prayers after more than 250 mass shootings so far this year, advocates for changing U.S. gun laws spoke out loudly on Sunday — many of them shouting a simple command to their public servants: \"Do something!\"

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine heard it during a Sunday night vigil for victims of the mass shooting in Dayton. His speech was partly drowned out by many in the large crowd repeatedly shouting, \"Do something!\"

DeWine was also sharply criticized on Twitter, where he said that he and his wife, Fran, were \"absolutely heartbroken over the horrible attack\" and offered prayers to victims and their families of the Dayton attack, which happened less than 24 hours after a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.

That sentiment was met with a sharp retort. Activist Kristin Mink replied, \"The very first bill you signed into law was a 'reaffirmation of the Second Amendment' and your campaign was endorsed by the NRA so you can just f*** right off.\"

DeWine signed the measure in March, changing the state's recent \"Stand Your Ground\" law — which included language that could have inadvertently banned shotguns and rifles such as the AR-15.

A call for action against gun violence also came at a pro soccer game in Washington, D.C. After the Philadelphia Union's Alejandro Bedoya scored a goal, he ended his celebration by grabbing an on-field mic and shouting, \"Hey Congress, do something. End gun violence now!\"

Bedoya added, \"Let's go!\"

Singer Kacey Musgraves turned to the subject of gun violence at her Lollapalooza performance Sunday evening, leading a crowd of thousands who shouted, \"Somebody f***ing do something!\"

\"I don't know what the answer is, but obviously something has to be f***ing done,\" Musgraves said.

On Monday morning, the New York Post devoted its cover story to the gun issue. Directly addressing President Trump, the Post said, \"America is scared and we need bold action.\" It added, \"It's time to ban weapons of war.\"

The U.S. once had a prohibition on assault weapons — but Congress allowed that 10-year ban to lapse in 2004, at the urging of the National Rifle Association and against the wishes of several national police organizations. That ban and other potential gun control measures are now back in the spotlight, after a weekend in which two gunmen shot and killed at least 31 people — nine in Dayton and 22 in El Paso, where police said Monday that two more people had died.

At a Monday morning news conference, Dayton Police Department Chief Richard Biehl was asked about the Dayton gunman's use of a powerful firearm with a 100-round magazine, which allowed him to kill people quickly and indiscriminately.

\"It's problematic,\" Biehl said. \"It is fundamentally problematic to have that level of weaponry in a civilian environment, unregulated. It is problematic.\"

The shootings prompted President Trump to address the nation Monday morning. In a brief speech from the White House, Trump called for better mental health treatment and involuntary confinement for people who pose a risk to their communities.

Trump also backed \"red flag\" laws that allow authorities to confiscate firearms from people deemed to be a threat to themselves or others.

\"Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger — not the gun,\" Trump said.

The American Psychological Association disagreed. In a statement, the organization said, \"Blaming mental illness for the gun violence in our country is simplistic and inaccurate and goes against the scientific evidence currently available.\" The group said easy access to guns in the U.S. \"means more deaths that occur more quickly, whether in a mass shooting or in someone's own home.\"

\"It's apparent something's got to be done\" about gun violence, El Paso Mayor Dee Margo told NPR's David Greene on Monday.

Margo said he is good friends with Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and that the two spoke on Sunday. \"She had sent me condolences,\" Margo said. \"And I called her up and said, 'Wait a minute. I need to offer you the same.' \"

As calls for action against gun violence spread, the Annals of Internal Medicine announced Monday, \"There is something we can do.\"

The journal pointed readers to a list compiled by the American College of Physicians and published last November of \"common sense recommendations for preventing firearm injury and death in the U.S.\"

The ACP has long urged policymakers to do more to prevent gun deaths and injuries, which it has deemed a public health crisis. Some of its past positions have been joined by a wide range of groups, from the American College of Surgeons and the American Psychiatric Association to the American Bar Association.

In response to a request from NPR, the International Association of Chiefs of Police shared its list of 19 policy steps that could cut gun violence, from limiting high-capacity ammunition magazines to opposing efforts to ease laws on silencers.

The IACP supports passing a new ban on \"the production and sale of semi-automatic assault weapons\" as well as a ban on mail-order sales of bulletproof vests and body armor.

\"Gun violence is not a new issue — it is a continuing tragedy that destroys innocent lives, families and communities,\" the IACP said.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence recommends several steps to curb mass shootings, from imposing new restrictions on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines to requiring extended and universal background checks.

\"Enough! How many times do we have to keep saying it? This is a national emergency,\" Brady President Kris Brown said after the Ohio shooting. He urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to call Congress back from recess for an emergency session to consider gun legislation.

NPR's Casey Noenickx contributed to this report.

Originally published by NPR

Image: Bryan Woolston/Reuters

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by Chelsea Handler | 8.5.19

\nThe recent mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso have made the need for stricter gun control more pressing than ever. Read the article from NPR below, then contact your lawmaker above and urge them to take action for comprehensive gun reform.\n

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