All of us have been consumed with learning every [unredacted] thing about the Mueller report this week.  Many of us probably agree with Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who tweeted on the 18^th:   “Doing nothing when we are seeing blatant disregard of the United States constitution, to our ethical norms, is dangerous.” It’s not only up to Congress to hold Trump accountable, it’s our job to do so. #InvestigateNow #TimetoImpeach At this point Barbara Lee does not appear to be a co-sponsor of Tlaib’s resolution. We might help change that.

From Indivisible’s national team:

Congress must investigate now.

It’s our turn to put in the work to urge Congress to use their oversight powers to investigate Trump. Members of Congress (especially those who sit on relevant committees like Judiciary or Intelligence) should continue using their subpoena power to uncover the full Mueller report, as well as pursuing investigations related to Trump’s corruption, both during and before his time in office. There are a few ways we’re going to do that:

1. Call to support Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s impeachment resolution. Make a call to your MoC and tell them to co-sponsor Rep. Tlaib’s resolution (H.Res. 257) and begin investigating whether Trump should be impeached.
2. Send an email to support Rep. Tlaib’s impeachment resolution. Write up an email (or use our suggested text!) and we’ll send your letter to your MoC urging them to co-sponsor Rep. Tlaib’s resolution.

In case you missed this email from Indivisible partner MoveOn and might want to join tomorrow’s protest rallies in El Cerrito or Oakland, I’m posting it here: Last night, Donald Trump’s hand-picked attorney general, William Barr, missed the deadline set by Congress to release the full Mueller report. 

That’s why tomorrow, Thursday, April 4—at nearly 300 events around the country—the Nobody Is Above the Law coalition is joining together to demand that Barr immediately release the full report and supporting evidence. 

Click here to check out a map of the actions and RSVP to join a “Release The Report” event near you tomorrow, Thursday, April 4.

As Rachel Maddow reported live on her show Monday night, these #ReleaseTheReport actions will be critical to getting the backs of congressional Democrats who are subpoenaing the full report and underlying evidence and pushing back against Barr and Trump’s stonewalling.

Light note passed along on the CA Indivisible Slack channel: lassner@andylassner on twitter: “I’m not saying it would be hilarious if folks in Fresno showed up to this event just to moo. I’m not saying that at all. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2IAxJtU4AEuk1Q.jpg”

Response on the Slack thread: “A number of folks are renting cow costumes and are planning a big protest outside the venue.  Please go!”

As the Democrats’ big anti-corruption/voting-rights bill H.R. 1 slides into the GOP Senatorial black hole, the grass-roots activism behind it may need a new home. One option is the non-profit group RepresentUs, which has a cool new video narrated by Jennifer Lawrence: Unbreaking America: A NEW Short Film about Solving the Corruption Crisis.”   Described in the Washington Post as “a 12-minute lecture … that’s part civics lesson and part rallying cry,” it’s worth watching.

RepresentUs has been working to building a non-partisan movement around The American Anti-Corruption Act, which “sets a standard for local, state, and federal laws that fix our broken elections, stop political bribery, and end secret money.”  RepresentUs has spearheaded over 100 anti-corruption acts and resolutions across the country, including big wins around gerrymandering and campaign finance.  It can’t match the immediate effect of a tipped election, but by enlisting Republicans and independents in anti-corruption activism, its long-range impact could be greater. (And it might be a way to engage your more centrist relatives!)

From California Indivisible’s 3/6/19 statewide call, two actions came across as immediate priorities:

1. Supporting Assembly Bill AB 392 (the California Act to Save Lives), which would change police use of force policies so that officers would have to de-escalate however possible before resorting to lethal force. There’s a call script at https://act.indivisible.org/call/ca-act-save-lives/

2. Opposing Senate Bill SB 230, the police counter bill that would require agencies to make their use of force policy accessible to the public but would set use of force to be okay when officer “reasonably believes” there is a threat.  No call script, but it’s important that Senator Skinner understand our opposition.

Contact Assemblymember Buffy Wicks at (916) 319-2015  or (510) 286-1400

Contact Senator Nancy Skinner at (916) 651-4009 or (510) 286-1333

A full list of  CA Indivisible’s 10 legislative priorities covering healthcare, immigration, prison reform, voting and the environment is at:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I2hRmYVbxWOmcKHL4jPK-Z-uAa4IKqkdivCjTP32OHQ/edit

Indivisible and the presidential primaries.  Rather than obsessing over which candidate to support, Indivisible at the national level is urging local chapters to focus on ensuring that the platform and campaign strategy of whichever candidate emerges with the nomination will reflect Indivisible’s priorities, with saving our democracy at the top of the list.  On this topic, two documents worth looking at on the national Indivisible website are the newest IndivisiBlog from National Political Director María Urbina and a new explainer on primaries and ways to get engaged.

I think many of us were there today, but this foto comes from the Mercury News–Bruce