I wanted to write a short note to let you know that I've signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge. I'm doing this in large part because I was asked to by students that I met at William & Mary University when we were in Virginia. Students, activists and young people I've met all over the country already understand that we don't take PAC money or accept help from corporations, lobbyists, and special interests. But given the enormity of our challenge to keep this planet from warming 2 degrees over pre-Industrial Revolution levels, we wanted to take this additional step. We know that the planet has already warmed more than 1-degree Celsius just since 1980 — helping to cause historic fires, floods, droughts, and the cost of human life that we've seen and continue to see throughout this country and the world. This warming is caused by our own excesses, our emissions and our own inaction in the face of the facts and the science. We need everybody on board to meet this challenge, and we don't want there to be any real or perceived conflicts of interest. In accordance with the pledge, we returned any money we've received over $200 from any fossil fuel company executives. We will not take any of that money going forward. And we will continue to try to run the largest grassroots campaign in this country. All people, all fellow Americans, all focused on the same goal: confronting climate change before it's too late. Before I go, I want to say to those students, especially those at William & Mary who spent the time to talk with us, thank you for your advocacy and your leadership on this issue. I look forward to working with you going forward. If you're ready to be part of this grassroots effort, make your first donation now. Your donations mean so much for our people-powered campaign that refuses checks from PACs, special interests, lobbyists, and corporations. Thank you for any contribution you can make To make a donation to Beto O'Rouke's campaign go here Beto O'Rouke Donation Page IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED TO VOTE FOR THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, PLEASE DO EVERY VOTE COUNTS

If you are going to be in Los Angeles on Friday May 24th, then March and Rally Los Angeles continues to strengthen the unity of environmental activists and organizations, together we will save our planet! If you want to make an impact on an issue of importance to you, then all you have to do is show up. We'll make sure you have a role. Your presence does make a difference. Momentum is high and we invite you to join us for the second global strike in downtown Los Angeles Organizer: March And Rally Los Angeles Event Website: http://marchandrallyla.com/ More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/590151701454191/ Date of Event: Friday, 24 May, 2019 Time of Event: 12 PM – 3 PM PDT Address: Pershing Square station 500 S Hill St, Los Angeles, California 90013 City: Los Angeles, California

If you are going to be in Washington DC on Wednesday May 1st at 1:30 p.m., the Law Library of Congress will present its annual Law Day event. Join Law Librarian of Congress, Jane Sanchez, in a conversation with American Bar Association President, Bob Carlson, for a discussion on this year's Law Day topic, “Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society” The discussion will take place in Room LJ-119, located on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. In addition, a collections display featuring items from the Law Library of Congress and the Serials and Government Document Division will be open at LJ-113 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Held annually on May 1, Law Day is a national day to celebrate the rule of law. Law Day underscores how law and the legal process contribute to the freedoms that all Americans share. Law Day also provides an opportunity to recognize the role of courts in democracy and the importance of jury service to maintaining the integrity of the courts. This program is free and open to the public.

In the backdrop of Former President Barak Obama anti-Israel stance on issues (about Israel's security). His reluctance to speak out about the Gazan conflict in 2009, establishment of a Palestinian state, repeatedly pressured Israel to freeze settlements in the West Bank, expressing frustration over Israel's secret service spying on Iranian nuclear negotiations and leaking the details to Congress.$60 billion arms package with Saudi Arabia. Politics makes for strange bed fellows Jewish voters helped elect Donald Trump in the process. Trump's son-in-law Jared is Jewish and his daughter converted to Judaism. What have they gotten in the process? Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel capital, abandons Iran nuclear arms deal, recognizes the annexation of the Golan Heights, and blasted Democrats as anti-Israel (Congresswoman Omar?). While at the same time attracting the Jewish vote Trump has also attracted white supremacists (anti-immigrant stance). Trump's comment about violence in Charlottesville, Virginia (there being wrong on both sides), tweeted about white farmers in South Africa having their land taken from them. Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump FollowFollow @realDonaldTrump More I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. “South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers.” @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews 7:28 PM - 22 Aug 2018 Drunk man shouts 'Heil Hitler, Heil Trump,' does Nazi salute during Baltimore performance of 'Fiddler on the Roof' Robert Bowers (shooter of Pittsburgh Synagogue) posted multiple anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant messages on the social networking site Gab. A shooting today at Poway, California synagogue (John Earnest suspect) is another “hate crime” an anonymous message on the board 8chan before the shooting. In the posting, someone identifying as Earnest references killing Jewish people. The letter writer talks about planning the attack and references other attacks on houses of worship, including the attack on the synagogue in Pittsburgh and the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand. Tarrant (suspect in New Zealand shooting) and Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers are listed as a direct inspiration in the letter, which is riddled with almost exclusively anti-Semitic tropes and advocacy for white supremacy. The fight has now been taken to America with antisemitism on the rise. Is this what Donald Trump really means when he says America First?

Donald Trump using his Obama eraser is getting the US out of an arms trade treaty. The agreement was signed by Former president Obama in 2013 is designed to regulate the sale of weapons between countries. The NRA says the treaty is international gun control and is a threat to America's second amendment right to bear arms. [In upholding Maryland Assault Weapons Ban the Fourth Circuit's Judge Robert B. King concluded that the rifles banned by the Maryland law fell outside of the protections laid down by the Supreme Court. "We are convinced that the banned assault weapons and large-capacity magazines are among those arms that are 'like' 'M-16 rifles' — 'weapons that are most useful in military service' — which the Heller Court singled out as being beyond the Second Amendment's reach," King wrote. There is no 2nd amendment protect to military style weapons.] The White House Verified account @WhiteHouse “Under my Administration, we will never surrender American sovereignty to anyone. We will never allow foreign bureaucrats to trample on your Second Amendment freedoms. And that is why my Administration will never ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty.” 49.4K 2:39 PM - Apr 26, 2019 19.8K people are talking about this In a statement released after Mr. Trump's speech, the White House said the treaty "fails to truly address the problem of irresponsible arms transfers" because other top arms exporters - including Russia and China - have not signed up to it. In his 2000 book, The America We Deserve. Donald Trump “I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I also support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun,” he wrote. $50 million buys you a withdrawal from a trade treaty and also a 180. Which Russian Agent (infiltrating the NRA) ordered Trump to do this? Using Donald Trump argument that he's withdrawing from treaty because Russia and China haven't signed it and taking it to its logical conclusion. Is President Trump now going to sign the Paris Accords (on climate change) since Russia and China have signed it. DT ““Under my Administration, we will never surrender American sovereignty to anyone”. WAS THAT BEFORE OR AFTER RUSSIA MEDDLED IN OUR ELECTION