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Hey American friends, so much Internet stuff happens in America that if this passes, it will affect everyone. PLEASE DO SOMETHING.
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Capitol Switchboard: 202 224 3121
Call, they are taking away our health care.
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The Republican Health Care Plan is right for health insurance companies and wrong for America.
Under the plan, health insurance companies will not be required to cover your lab services, your emergency room, your pregnancy, your preventive medicine, your mental health care, your prescriptions, or even children’s healthcare after 2019. This plan is awful!
Call your Congress Member and tell them to reject this plan!Script:
Script: Hi, my name is [name] and I am calling to ask Senator/Representative [name] to oppose the newly release ACA repeal plan. This bill would lead to millions losing coverage and those with coverage paying more for less comprehensive coverage. It will also hurt millions of poor Americans. Thank you.
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leupagus asked: Heyo--I saw your tags on that political thing and YOU ARE NOT A TRAINWRECK FOR NOT REMEMBERING YOUR SENATORS' NAMES. It is totally fine if your brain doesn't cooperate with that shit; you're not doing anything wrong. But! If you have a cellphone, what I'd recommend is putting down your reps' name/numbers under like, "POLITICIAN: SENATOR" for their last name and then their full name under the "first name" line--that way if you can't remember their names, you can just look up "Senator/Congressman"
and you don’t have to worry about remembering their specific names. But thank you SO MUCH for deciding to call today; it means a lot and you are a mensch.
GOOD SOLID ADVICE. I’ve done this since you sent this message and now that I’m procrastinating my thesis by going through my inbox, I AM SHARING THIS GOOD ADVICE WITH THE WORLD.
Hey gang, are you ready to make a phone call or two today?
Right now, top Republicans AND Democrats (can you believe it?!) are calling for investigations into the Trump administration’s ties to Russia. Please take a second to call your reps and express your support for an investigation - ESPECIALLY if you have a Republican rep! If the impeachment train is going to gain any momentum anytime soon, THIS IS THE MOMENT. Please give the train a push, by calling and registering your support for an independent, bipartisan investigation!
Here’s an easy script to use when you call, if you aren’t sure what to say (via 5calls.org). If you end up leaving a voicemail, please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied:
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].
I’m calling to express my support for a comprehensive and independent investigation of the Trump administration’s ties to Russia, including testimony from former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
Thank you for your hard work answering the phones.
Here’s a quick way to find your representatives’ number:
https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Just to be very clear, colluding with a foreign government to undermine American Democracy is treason. This is not a partisan issue, nor is it a crime for which the proper response is you lose your job and that’s it.
Two additional numbers to call:
The House Oversight Committee: (202) 225-5074
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Chair: (202) 225-7751Script: Hi, my name is… and I am a constituent from… I am calling to ask that the committee immediately insist on an investigation of President Trump’s ties to Russia both during and after his campaign – by an independent Special Prosecutor or independent commission, and not overseen by Jeff Sessions. I also ask that Chairman Chaffetz demand the release of the President’s tax returns to ascertain the extent of his financial ties to Russia. Our democracy is on the line. It is time to put partisan games aside and take a stand for America. In light of Michael Flynn’s resignation and new evidence of ties between the Trump campaign and Russian agents, anything less than an immediate independent investigation is unacceptable.
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Republicans move to sell off 3.3m acres of national land, sparking rallies
- Land totaling the size of Connecticut has been targeted in a new bill in the Republican House, uniting hunters and conservationists in opposition
- Chaffetz, a Tea Party Republican, claimed that the 3.3m acres of national land served “no purpose for taxpayers”.
- The 10 states affected are Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.
- House Bill 621
Now that Republicans have quietly drawn a path to give away much of Americans’ public land, US representative Jason Chaffetz of Utah has introduced what the Wilderness Society is calling “step two” in the GOP’s plan to offload federal property.
The new piece of legislation would direct the interior secretary to immediately sell off an area of public land the size of Connecticut. In a press release for House Bill 621, Chaffetz, a Tea Party Republican, claimed that the 3.3m acres of national land, maintained by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), served “no purpose for taxpayers”.
But many in the 10 states that would lose federal land in the bill disagree, and public land rallies in opposition are bringing together environmentalists and sportsmen across the west.
Hey guys, FYI, 621 and 622 are new enough that your congressman may not have a stance on them yet - and that being the case, it’s a lot easier to weigh in because they won’t be retracting anything (as everyone knows, most Republicans are the kind of dumb that doubles down).
I just called mine and the fellow I spoke to hadn’t even heard of it yet (and thus continued to treat me like a person rather than an annoyance), so this is a good time to call and say DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE to them.
Article dated Tuesday 31 January 2017
For the purposes of tracking these, current as of Feb 1 2017:
- H.B. 621 - Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017, currently referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
- H.B. 622 - Local Enforcement for Local Lands Act, currently referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture.
And here are the committee memberships, in case one of your representatives is on there:
Wtf “no purpose to taxpayers”
What about preserving natural environments? Protecting wildlife? Teaching the next generation? About appreciating and respecting nature?
Do you really not see how selling off fucking national parks not only screws us over in the future, but is an insult to American history? Theodore Roosevelt would be rolling in his grave.
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“Our men and women in uniform, our intelligence and homeland security professionals, and our citizens should feel secure in their knowledge that the critical decisions made by the NSC are free from political considerations. The American people deserve a national security policymaking process that inspires confidence, not cynicism,” said Murphy in a House floor speech.
CALL THIS WOMAN’S OFFICE AND SAY THANK YOU. ENCOURAGE HER TO PUSH HARD FOR THIS BILL. CALL YOUR LOCAL CONGRESSPEOPLE AND ASK THEM TO SPONSOR/SUPPORT IT!
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Behold, the brave resistance!
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are these your senators? don’t throw up your hands — hold their feet to the fire.
call them every day. they notice. tell them if they don’t stand up to trump you will make it your personal mission to primary them in the next election. bird-dog the shit out of them. show up at their public appearances (especially town halls), their offices, their homes. show them there will be no business as usual until they grow spines. there is at least one group in new york dedicated to this (which iirc is planning to hold trainings in other cities) and there surely are elsewhere, or you can organize your own.
these tactics work. we can and must hold them accountable.
THIS JUST IN: THE DEMS WHO VOTED FOR REX “COCKWAFFLE” TILLERSON AS SECRETARY OF STATE:
@MarkWarner VA
@Sen_JoeManchin W.VA
If you live in Virginia, North Dakota, West Virginia or Maine, I don’t want to see you fucking reblogging this without adding something about how you called their office today and put a fucking flea in their ear. Politicians are exactly as accountable as you force them to be; stop acting like they’re somehow doing something shocking when they do something you don’t like if you didn’t tell them in the first place. Goddamn, kids.
Sens. Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders introduce bill to block Trump’s potential Muslim registry
- Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is introducing a bill that would prevent Donald Trump from creating a Muslim registry.
- The bill, according to the Washington Post, is sponsored by several key Democrat senators including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Jeff Merkley, to name a few.
- The legislation would prohibit federal government agencies from establishing any kind of “immigration-related” registry based on religion, race, age, gender, ethnicity, national origin, nationality or citizenship.
- The bill would block a program similar to the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, a database built by Trump transition team member Kris Kobach in 2001 under the Bush administration. Read more
Call your senators and urge them to SUPPORT THIS.
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As long as Jeff Sessions in not confirmed, she is the acting AG. Call your senators. Protest sessions.
Use this website to find your senators. Find your state from the first drop-down list, and your senators in Congress will come up. Each state has two, so call them both!
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