I confess to having felt overwhelmed by the shock and awe, flood the zone tactics of FOTUS, Musk, and all their minions. But, shamed by the resolution of some of my friends, I'm committing to calling my congress persons daily to ask what they're doing about the latest outrages.
I made my calls today while waiting to pick up Josie. One voice mail, two full mailboxes. So I emailed my comments. Not as good as actually speaking with a staffer but better than nothing.
According to an article I read, quoting an ex-staffer, phone calls get the most attention (except for showing up in person which is optimum.) This ex-staffer said that online petitions aren't particularly effective. I get bombarded with these and they all want a donation.
The concerns I addressed in my Wednesday calls and emails were three: FOTUS's incendiary plan to ethnic-cleanse Gaza, using the US military, and then turn it into a resort; the seizure of sensitive information by Quasi-President Musk and his merry band of hackers; and the recently floated (and probably illegal) plan to send American prisoners to prisons in other countries. In each case, I asked for the congressperson's stance and what he intended to do about the matter. I don't have much hope for these guys, Republicans all, but I think it's important they know there is opposition in their district.
It will, alas, be easy to find new topics to address tomorrow.
6 comments:
Yup. You are doing something.
I'm contacting my reps, but they're all Democrats and already part of the resistance -- Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and Rep. Don Beyer. Thank you for contacting the NC reps.
I encourage you to keep calling. Thank you for using your voice, which probably represents many others who haven't taken that step yet (like me.)
Right now the phone lines to the Senate are overwhelmed so emails are actually more effective. Generally, it’s the other way around. But right now the Senste phone lines are getting 1500-1600 called per minute when they usually get 25-40 per minute. Thank you for using your voice!
I have all democrats as senators and representative. So I know where they stand. I frequently join in signing petitions from Common Cause, Moms, and Faithful America.
Sadly there will be new topics daily. I've been focusing on US Aid. All Democrats for my elected officials, but I'm not thrilled with our junior senator from New York.
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