"As you may already know, one of the guiding principles of the AoC Checklist...(cont)
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"...is to practice gratitude. There's solid research that connects the act of expressing thanks with increased feelings of well-being and connection with others. I regularly suggest thanking people--from grassroots leaders to elected officials...(cont)"
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"...on both sides of the proverbial aisle--for doing courageous things.
Gratitude makes you feel more hopeful. It lets people know their efforts are seen and matter. And it also reminds us that there's more to democracy than "my side winning". In reality, democracy...(cont)"
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"...works when we de-escalate the rhetoric, find common ground, and even say thank you. It's what we saw at Sen. McCain's funeral when two former "adversaries" gave eulogies with tears in their eyes: gratitude.
When we find courage to extend a hand or a kind word... (cont)"
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"...a better future is possible. So this week, our team collected a healthy dose of thank-yous. Write just one note or many, but indulge your heart in the practice of gratitude and notice the impact it has on you."
Ready for some acts of gratitude? Read on....
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Acts of Gratitude
Get out those sparkle markers!
🎇 ACT 1: Thank the American Civil Liberties Union (@ACLU) for continuing to hold this administration accountable for its failure to reunite families separated at the border in the timeframe ordered by Judge Sabraw.
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📬Address for ACLU: 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York NY 10004
🎇ACT 2: Thank Chip Bergh, Levi Strauss CEO, for supporting grassroots partners with generous funding to prevent and end gun violence. I share your common sense approach that prioritizes..(cont)
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... of all Americans. Thank you.
📬Address (Bergh): 1155 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
🎇Act 3: Thank Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) @WhipHoyer and Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) @RepLujanGrisham for continuing to demand this administration comply with a...(cont)
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,,court order to reunify > 500 children & their parents.We haven’t forgotten separated families.Thank you for ensuring this administration doesn’t either.
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"From Middlebury to Middletown and Norwalk to Norwich, people in [CT]... (cont)
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...feel squeezed. Our state has become one of the most expensive places to raise a family or start a business. And in the face of stagnant wages and weak job growth, Hartford politicians have hit middle class families with tax increase after tax increase. Even worse... (cont)
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...there’s barely anything to show for it: after three decades of mismanagement by governors of both parties, our budget hole remains deep and Connecticut’s working families are being asked to pick up more of the tab. It’s unfair, it’s unproductive, and it needs... (cont)
So let's think about this. 🤔
We live in a country where 1 out of every 4 or 5 women are sexually abused.
We have a president who thinks women are property and he can grab them whenever he wants.
People elected him knowing this. 1/
But let's be clear, men are also abused.
Statistics tell us that many abusers were victims.
It is a perpetuating cycle that will not stop until we decide to stop it.
Do you want your son or daughter to be abused?
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If not end this now.
Decide you will not allow this cycle of abuse to continue.
Do not put someone who will lie in the Supreme Court.
We have a liar in the White House and look at what is happening to our country.
17 years ago today, l was on the phone with a friend and the line went dead. She worked in the WTC and fortunately she and her husband made it out. But other friends did not and so many people lost a spouse, partner, parent, & /or child in NY, DC and PA that day!
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There were also many "life lessons" we had the opportunity to gleen in the years to come.
For example we learned that conspiracy theories can be appealing and thus we had to learn how to detect a conspiracy theory from truth.
We also learned that there are people who pretended to be victims of 9/11 to take advantage of the benefits offered to the true victims. To many of us it was inconcievable.
@kathycaprino wrote an article on how to tell when people are lying:
📜 Script: Hi. I’m calling from [ZIP] about Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination and to urge [name] not to confirm him. Past nominees have been subject to intense but necessary scrutiny...
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📜 Script (cont):... The records Republicans have requested won’t be available until October. All senators, including [name], have a responsibility to the American people to thoroughly vet any nominee. I urge a delay....