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    Lyft donates $1M to the ACLU, condemns Trump’s immigration actions

    Lyft donates $1M to the ACLU, condemns Trump’s immigration actions

    Posted 11 hours ago by Darrell Etherington

    Ride hailing provider Lyft has taken a strong stance against Trump’s new immigration actions and ban on Muslim refugees (which Rudy Giuliani admitted is exactly what it was intended to be on Fox News on Sunday morning). In an email sent to users, Lyft noted that it is “firmly against these actions, and will not be silent to issues that threat the value of the community.”

    This is one of the strongest statements against Trump’s unconstitutional executive orders from a tech company to date, and Lyft is also putting action behind its words: The ride hailing company also announced it will be donating $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over the next four years. The ACLU filed suit against Trump’s administration for the refugee ban, and succeeded in getting a temporary stay of the order from a federal judge on Saturday.

    Many other Silicon Valley companies have expressed varying levels of opposition to the actions by Trump and his White House, including Google, Microsoft and Apple, but Lyft has done so with a public document (the messages from many others were shared via leaked internal employee emails) and with a clear articulation of why Trump’s actions are wrong on a moral level, not just as a potential hindrance to acquiring top level global talent, or as a threat to current employees who enjoy U.S. visa status.

    Uber’s Travis Kalanick released an email to employees noting that the Lyft competitor would be working with drivers potentially affected to provide them legal assistance. He also said he’d raise the issue of the ban’s impact on “innocent people” during a meeting with Trump’s business advisory council on Friday, of which Kalanick is a member. Kalanick also acknowledged that many employees might disagree with his decision to join Trump’s administration in an advisory capacity, and said they enjoy the right to do so. Uber employees have taken to Twitter to do just that, and the company faces calls to boycott its service, and saw physical protests at its San Francisco HQ as a result of Kalanick’s involvement with Trump’s White House.

    Here’s the entire letter sent by Lyft:

    We created Lyft to be a model for the type of community we want our world to be: diverse, inclusive and safe.

    This weekend, Trump closed the country’s borders to refugees, immigrants, and even documented residents from around the world based on their country of origin. Banning people of a particular faith or creed, race or identity, sexuality or ethnicity, from entering the U.S. is antithetical to both Lyft’s and our nation’s core values. We stand firmly against these actions, and will not be silent on issues that threaten the values of our community.

    We know this directly impacts many of our community members, their families and friends. We stand with you, and are donating $1,000,000 over the next four years to the ACLU to defend our constitution. We ask that you continue to be there for each other – and together, continue proving the power of community.

    John & Logan

    Lyft Co-Founders

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    Lyft, AirBnB Give ACLU Donations, Free Housing to Protest Trump’s Refugee Policy


    by KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ29 Jan 2017



    Ride-sharing company Lyft and online residential lodging company AirBnB have decided to protest President Trump’s executive order on refugees.


    Lyft is donating $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over the next four years, according to a letter emailed to customers Sunday morning from the company’s co-founders.


    Lyft co-founders John Zimmer and Logan Green pledged to donate money to help “defend our constitution,” the Hill reported.


    “Banning people of a particular faith or creed, race or identity,
    sexuality or ethnicity, from entering the U.S. is antithetical to both Lyft’s and our nation’s core values,” the co-founders wrote in the email. “We stand firmly against these actions, and will not be silent on issues that threaten the values of our community.”


    Uber, Lyft’s competitor, also announced that it will give drivers who are stranded overseas because of the travel ban three months worth of compensation, the Verge reported.


    Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said the move was intended to “mitigate some of the financial stress and complications with supporting their family and putting food on the table.”


    AirBnB CEO Brian Chesky offered free housing Saturday night to those refugees unable to return to the United States because of the executive order, KRON reported.


    Chesky posted on Facebook saying that he didn’t support Trump’s executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.

    “Not allowing countries or refugees into America is not right, and we must stand with those who are affected,” Chesky wrote.
    The CEO says AirBnB has 3 million home listings worldwide.


    Chesky is asking those who want more information about the offer to email him at brian.chesky@airbnb.com.


    http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...efugee-policy/
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    All tax-deductive. Lyft will get a 35% tax write off on the fed income tax plus whatever the state rate is, so $350,000 plus the state write-off will now transfer to other taxpayers to have to come up with or accrue to our debt.

    FAIRTAX NOW!!!

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