Sign if you agree: It’s past time that Trump reopen the government. U.S. SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS and democrats.com

Sign the petition to join Sen. Kamala Harris and demand Republican leaders tell Trump to pass the bipartisan resolution to reopen the government now. DAVID — The federal government has been shut down for three weeks now -- marking the joint-longest shutdown in our country’s history. Governing by crisis is not an effective way to lead. We need to fight back if we're going to reopen the government and fund essential domestic priorities. It’s up to us to stop Trump’s vanity project: a hateful, ineffective border wall. I’m confident that if enough people come together, we can make Republican leaders hear the voices of the American people who are fed up with this manufactured crisis. That’s why I'm asking: Sign my petition to Republican leaders demanding they pass a bipartisan resolution that will reopen the government. Your voice is needed in this fight, now more than ever. Governing by brinkmanship and chaos isn’t leadership: it’s recklessness. This cynical, partisan, political game is affecting real people's lives. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees, many of whom are living paycheck to paycheck, are facing furloughs. Food assistance benefits for nearly 39 million low-income Americans are under threat. The American people deserve better than a government that lurches from one crisis to the next, with little to no leadership at the helm. This government shutdown must end as quickly as possible. That's why I'm asking you to make your voice heard today: tell Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and all Republicans to do the right thing. Sign my petition to GOP leaders demanding they tell Trump to pass a bipartisan resolution to reopen the government. This is a moment when the beauty of the design of our democracy is being tested. I’m confident that, if enough of us raise our voices together, we will prevail. Sincerely, Kamala Harris U.S. Senator, California SIGN THE PETITION

APA Central Division Meeting: The Teaching Hub.

Dear DAVID, Have you registered for the 2019 Central Division meeting, February 20–23 in Denver, CO? If not, take a moment to register online now! This year, the popular Teaching Hub, a two-day series of workshops and sessions that address the teaching of philosophy at all levels, which has been part of recent Eastern and Pacific Division meetings, will be held in conjunction with the Central Division meeting for the first time. The Teaching Hub, sponsored by the APA and the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, will run from Thursday, February 21, through Friday, February 22, 2019. Central Division meeting registrants are invited to attend any or all of the sessions. The 2019 Central Meeting Teaching Hub will include the following sessions (visit the APA website for more details): Teaching Philosophical Writing Walk-In Teaching Consultations: One-on-One Sessions with Expert Teachers AAPT Workshop: Innovative Pedagogies for Teaching Sexual Ethics Jobs and Careers: How to Get and Keep a Full-Time Position at a Community College Building and Sustaining Faculty Unions Non-Western Philosophy for Undergraduate Ethics Courses Teaching Core Texts: Plato’s Apology Best Practices in Teaching Philosophy: Argument Mapping The National High School Ethics Bowl Program: An Outreach Opportunity for Philosophers Closing Reception: Undergraduate Research and Faculty SoTL Poster Session Register online now for the 2019 Central Division meeting! Early bird registration rates ($125 for APA members, $240 for non-members, and $40 for student members) are available until online registration closes on February 6. Central meeting registration will not be available February 7 through February 19. You will be able to register on-site at the meeting; however, on-site registration rates will be $50 higher than early bird registration for all categories. If you haven’t already done so, renew your membership for 2018–2019 now to be eligible for the APA member registration rates. You’ll save an additional $5 on meeting registration if you opt not to receive a paper copy of the program. The meeting program is available online, and our free meeting app for smartphones and tablets also contains the full program. (Room locations will be added to the app on the first day of the meeting.) Register online now. We look forward to seeing you in Denver! All the best, Amy E. Ferrer Executive Director P.S. Make your hotel reservations today! The APA group rate of $185 per night (plus applicable taxes and fees) is available at the Westin Denver Downtown until January 29.

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BIG DUMB WALL. U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DAVID CICILLINE.

DavidNews from Representative David Cicilline SERVING YOU  |  MEDIA CENTER  |  LEGISLATIVE WORK  |  OUR DISTRICT   January 11, 2019     Dear David, Today marks 21 days since the start of the partial federal government shutdown. The shutdown is hurting federal workers, their families, and folks across our country. Two out of every five Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees are home. So are nearly half of the employees at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Not even three weeks in, this shutdown is already posing real risks for transportation and food safety. Democrats - and even a few Republicans - in the House voted this week to re-open the government. The bills we passed were approved in the Senate 100-0 before the shutdown began. It’s time for the President to come to his senses and end this shutdown. Big Dumb Wall Over the past few weeks, however, the President has done nothing but double down on building his Big Dumb Wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Let me be absolutely clear - the Big Dumb Wall is a complete waste of money that will do little to deter illegal immigration, which happens mostly when people stay here longer than their visa allows, or drug trafficking, which primarily takes place when narcotics are smuggled through a legal port of entry. I was reminded of this when I visited El Paso, Texas this week to investigate the deaths of two children in Department of Homeland Security custody. The ONLY crisis at the border is the one that President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen created when they started separating children from their families. I’m going to continue holding this administration accountable and demanding that they do better. Save The Date Since President Trump shut down the government, we haven’t been able to discuss the important issues that he’d like to avoid talking about. That includes the chaos in his administration, the Mueller investigation, and the work that Democrats are doing to fix our broken political system. I want to hear from you. That’s why I’m holding my first Community Conversation of the year on Saturday, January 19th, at 11am. This event will take place at Hope High School in Providence. I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts and talking about our bold plan to clean up corruption in Washington and legislation introduced to empower the American voter, end the influence of corporate money, and hold government officials to the strongest ethics requirements in decades. Click here to reserve your seat right now. I look forward to seeing you later this month. Gun Violence Prevention For the past eight years, Republican Leadership in the House of Representatives has done everything in their power to silence serious debate about combating the gun violence epidemic. On Tuesday, House Democrats took the first step in addressing that negligence by introducing H.R. 8, a bill requiring a background check for every firearm sale. As a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, I am proud to have contributed to the development of this legislation. Current federal laws only require background checks for sales by federally licensed dealers. H.R. 8 expands background checks to cover all gun sales, including sales at gun shows, on the internet, and private transactions. There is no doubt in my mind that this is a major step toward addressing an epidemic that has seen families torn apart by senseless and preventable violence. However, this is just the first of many actions that need to be taken. We need to keep fighting until every American can live their lives free from the threat of gun violence. That means passing legislation, including many bills I have introduced, to strengthen the background check system, permanently ban bump stocks, ensure law enforcement can seize guns from unlawful buyers, ban 3-D printed guns and ghost guns, and raise awareness of the importance of unloading and safely storing firearms. As always, if you or someone you know has any questions or concerns, please call my office at 729-5600 or send me an email at David.Cicilline@mail.house.gov. You can also click here to follow my work on Instagram. Warm Regards, David N. Cicilline Member of Congress   CONNECT WITH ME     Washington D.C. Office 2233 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4911 Fax: (202) 225-3290 Pawtucket Office 1070 Main Street, Suite 300 Pawtucket, RI 02860 Phone: (401) 729-5600 Fax: (401) 729-5608   Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy

Philosophy without borders: latest posts, 7-14 january 2019.

Dear Philosopher or Philosophically-Minded Person,

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My New Year’s Irresolution One Week Later, Or, The Philosophy of Narcissism.
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Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #16, 1 (January 2019): Is  
Human Nature Fundamentally Bad?
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