WATCH: @repscottpeters.bsky.social shares Jesus Acosta's story, an AFSCME @udw.org member & home care provider, in the Energy and Commerce committee.
After she got into an accident, Jesus became his mother's caregiver. Medicaid means he can care for his mom & make ends meet. #NoCutstoMedicaid
After she got into an accident, Jesus became his mother's caregiver. Medicaid means he can care for his mom & make ends meet. #NoCutstoMedicaid
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a) the protests are working to make the most vulnerable nervous (keep calling and protesting)
b) they DO NOT want their constituents to realize they are set to cut $880 B from Medicaid and MORE
c) they are at odds with each other
Push Hard Now
Your calculus is now this; it's very simple
Move against the administration
The first ones to do so will be labeled 'courageous' and 'patriotic', while the last ones to do so will be primaried
You are in power, now
That U.S. Congressional switchboard number is
202-224-3121
If you march at a busy intersection, use the crosswalk and erupt in thunderous noise as you cross. Then, let cars go, wait for the next signal to erupt again. Repeat
Blocking traffic gives police an excuse to stop you, _and_ letting cars go gets the word out to more happy drivers!
~Jamie Raskin
Start with conviction; bring a friend, make a plan, make a habit
Say it out loud and say it often:
"This is wrong"
Then,
Insist
Resist
Persist
so like:
• a cardboard tank with lovely comments for him
• lots of lovely tank-tops worn in the streets with fun words for him
• a dirty fish tank with one big orange fish swimming in filth
• gas tank
• 'tank'-ing the economy signs
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