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Invest in our fight to #StopSinclair!


Sinclair Media Group has the potential to be more dangerous than Fox News. We’re possibly days away from an FCC decision that may allow Sinclair’s acquisition of the Tribune Media Company, which would allow Sinclair to pump their right-wing propaganda masquerading as trusted local news into 72% of U.S. homes. Even worse, Sinclair could use their propaganda machine to tip the scales for conservative candidates in elections across the country this year. We can’t allow this to happen. Will you invest in our campaign against Sinclair today?

To stop Sinclair from negatively impacting key 2018 elections, we need to move fast. If we can push local businesses that rely on Black dollars to pull advertising from Sinclair stations, we can force Sinclair to return editorial control to trusted local journalists. While Sinclair might be a huge company, each local station relies on local advertisers to stay profitable. If we can get key local leaders and advertisers to fight Sinclair, we can stop the flow of right-wing propaganda ahead of these key elections.

We need your support now to help us fight back against this right-wing takeover of our local media. With your help we’ll:

    • Support and work with news directors actively fighting back against Sinclair
    • Pay for researchers to identify the most important congressional races where Sinclair might have undue influence and push businesses that rely on Black dollars to pull advertising from those stations
    • Empower communities to organize against Sinclair stations that will have significant impacts on key elections this year. This is a critical election year and we can’t afford to lose seats in Congress because of Sinclair’s propaganda

The Sinclair threat goes beyond influencing elections. We also know that Black people are disproportionately impacted when local news gets pushed further to the right. In a report commissioned by Color Of Change, we found that local and national media consistently use anti-Black stereotypes, such as being on welfare or lacking family stability, in their reporting.

We have research, numbers and past big wins on our side. We can beat Sinclair’s big merger. But only if we have the funds to do so. If you care about keeping Sinclair’s pro-Trump, anti-Black news out of our living rooms, invest $1 (or more) to keep us going today.

Change Of Color

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Women Voters of America …what else do you need? #OurLivesMatter


…. yep, just another rant!

Healthcare: Thing is, Republicans need to realize that their constituents &non voters have had a chance to experience ACA aka Obamacare! Though some Governors stepped in and denied their fellow man the expansion of Medicaid.

Yes, some folks didn’t like #ACA aka Obamacare, but that was because President Obama’s name was attached to it and when you think about a person’s name as being the only reason you would deny your family of maybe living longer? Well …it’s just beyond my understanding. I get it, folks are claiming they suffer from higher premiums and the costs are outrageous, some love Obamacare, others confess it saved their lives; remember some republicans said this. I think those who suffered need to have a professional check their applications for errors, misinformation and of course their state’s version of #ACA probably is the real problem and yes there are victims of not just the insurance industry but their states’ policies because they need serious health care reviews not the implementation of a means tests, preconditions, more restrictions, age taxes or anything giving the 1% a gift tax cut off the backs of sick people.

Most feel, if #trump gets his way, we will not only get less health care but we will be in line at urgent care centers or the ER more and end up paying more for the health care rendered on levels that put you and yours at risk of losing everything, making those republican #deathpanels a reality. The idea that the House voted and passed a health care bill called it a win and celebrated out loud was offensive and laughable because it didn’t pass in the Senate, they want to start from scratch and now it’s on the back burner again.

I don’t know about you, but IMO, health care should be a right, not a privilege, but year after year we continue to see a panel of republican men making decisions for women who more often than not take care of all the family health care issues, including for the men in their lives. so, vote for the democratic party this November because it’s obvious we need to end the era #trump and move to make him a one-term president!

Vote for the Democratic Party …yes #ACA needs tweaks but this republican like the bill(RomneyCare) is worthy of saving … these “guys” want to kill it

~ Nativegrl77

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Utility shut- off Moratoriums due to Covid19


Summary of State Utility Shut-off Moratoriums due to COVID-19

for the complete article go to neada.org/utilityshutoffsuspensions/

Table 1: State-ordered Utility Shut-off Moratoriums on Gas, Electric, and Water

Moratorium end date Count of states List of States
25-Jul 1 Wisconsin
28-Jul 1 Washington
29-Jul 1 North Carolina
30-Jul 1 New Mexico
31-Jul 2 Hawaii, Vermont
1-Aug 3 Connecticut, Illinois*, Maryland
6-Aug 1 Delaware
10-Aug 1 Tennessee
11-Aug 1 Colorado
14-Aug 1 Indiana
18-Aug 1 Arkansas
31-Aug 2 Texas, Virginia
1-Sep 1 Wyoming
6-Sep 1 Pennsylvania
7-Sep 1 New York
15-Nov 1 Alaska
16-Nov 1 Massachusetts
Until end of emergency or further announcements 4 California, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey**
Until 15 days after end of emergency 1 District of Columbia
States without state-ordered moratorium 25 Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia
Total 51
*30 additional days after August 1 for most qualifying customers
**Mandatory suspension of water and telecom shut-offs, voluntary suspension of gas and electric shut-offs.

Table 2: Proportion of U.S. Population Covered by Gas, Electric, and Water Moratoriums

# of U.S. population % of U.S. population
With state-ordered moratorium 206,558,390 62.9%
Without state-ordered moratorium/ with expired moratorium 121,681,133 37.1%

Source: NEADA state survey

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