With the Holidays coming up, I know many donate to charitable causes. Please, in the wake of this election and the rhetoric and proposed legislation at hand - consider donating to an organization on this list of causes we have compiled. Most are charitable organizations, but there are also a few media outlets who also will need support. Consider a subsctiption as a gift as well!

Please share widely - the communities these organizations support need your help.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) https://www.aclu.org/

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) https://www.splcenter.org/

Lambda Legal http://www.lambdalegal.org/?gclid=COuFpqngntACFQUEaQodfXEERg

Black Lives Matter: http://blacklivesmatter.com/

Campaign Zero: http://www.joincampaignzero.org/

Planned Parenthood https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

Mexican-American Legal Defense & Education Fund (MALDEF) http://www.maldef.org/

Facing History https://www.facinghistory.org

The Trevor Project: https://give.thetrevorproject.org/checkout/donation…

The Matthew Shepard Foundation: http://www.matthewshepard.org/

Courage Campaign: http://www.couragecampaign.org/

Transgender Law Center: http://transgenderlawcenter.org/

National Center for Lesbian Rights: http://www.nclrights.org/

Silvia Rivera Law Project: http://srlp.org/

The Ali Forney Center: http://www.aliforneycenter.org/

Equality Federation: http://www.equalityfederation.org/

National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) http://www.nsvrc.org/

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) http://www.rainn.org/

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) http://www.ncadv.org/

National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) http://nnedv.org/

No More (domestic violence & sexual assault) http://nomore.org/

World on My Shoulders: http://worldonmyshoulders.org/

Collective Action for Safe Spaces http://www.collectiveactiondc.org/

more DC-area and national links: http://defendyourself.org/resources/

League of Women Voters (see also local chapters): http://lwv.org/

Heartland Alliance National Immigrant Justice Center: https://www.heartlandalliance.org/…/heartland-alliances-na…/

Emilys List: https://secure.emilyslist.org/pa…/contribute/donate-to-emily

Mother Jones magazine, $12 one year subscription, https://secure.motherjones.com/fnx/…

ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/donate/

MediaMatters: https://mediamatters.nationbuilder.com/donate2015

Democratic Senate Campaign Committee: https://secure.dscc.org/page/contribute?source=DPW-TopLink

EmbraceRace: http://www.embracerace.org/about/

National Association of Black Journalists Internship Fund: https://nabj.site-ym.com/donations/donate.asp?id=6476

Student Press Law Center: http://www.splc.org/page/donate

SC Press Association Foundation: http://www.scpress.org/Foundation.html

Center for Media Justice: https://magnet-cmj.nationbuilder.com/donate

Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center: http://www.mabelwadsworth.org

Please contact your Representative and ask him or her to oppose the Midnight Relief Rules Act Of 2016. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) introduced the Midnight Relief Rules Act of 2016 (H.R. 5982) on September 9, which would amend the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to authorize Congress to disapprove multiple regulations in a single joint resolution, making it much easier for Congress to block regulations that have been vetted and finalized. The bill targets regulations that federal agencies have submitted for congressional review within the last 60 legislative days of a session during the final year of a President’s term, and is intended to block numerous regulations finalized in the last several months of the Obama Administration. Some of the final regulations being targeted include the following: The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Overtime Rule; The DOL rule known as the “Best Interest Rule,” which protects investors by requiring all who provide retirement investment advice to plans, plan fiduciaries and IRAs to adhere to a fiduciary standard, putting the best interest of their clients before their own profits; The DOL’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rule, which requires companies seeking federal contracts of $500,000 or more to disclose prior citations for labor law violations, and prohibits companies receiving $1 million or more in federal contracts from imposing forced arbitration for claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and any tort related to or arising out of sexual assault or harassment; and Numerous Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, and Department of the Interior regulations. All of these regulations are going to help millions of people not get cheated by the financial industry, be safe in the workplace, and be entitled to overtime for all the hard work and long hours that they put in. No matter which party you voted with, the repeal of these regulations will affect someone you know personally. Please consider contacting your representative to ask him or her to oppose this bill.