I sent emails to them. Unfortunately my reps are Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty… both are incompetent trumpers. So I doubt they even read the emails. At least I can say I tried.
Contact Senator Thune. He will be majority leader. Tell him that he must block Hegseth & Gabbard. Those two are national security threats. Those positions demand experience that neither has. https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/
Remind them that she was a lobbyist for Qatar and has possible terrorist connections. The chief enforcement officer should not be so easily compromised.
Even my most compelling, persuasive, word savvy wordsmithing letter/card
writing, phone calls, texts,etc.
would fall on eyes that refuse to see & ears that fail to listen regarding my 2 Texas senators' lame brains.
I will focus on R senators who might actually see & hear truth, honesty & reality.
Scott Dworkin is giving us an action plan. The Women's March is coming up and other than kumbaya I haven't heard a single action plan. We have political and financial power. Write, call, hound your Republican & Dem senators.
#WomensMarch
@WomensMarch
I understand Texas government has decided to no longer track, count, or recognize the number of women who die from a lack of basic health care related to their reproductive anatomy. Under Kennedy I expect this practice will spread widely, and for a wider range of health issues. We are not to know.
Covid is on the increase and fewer people than ever are getting inoculated. We don't need Bobby Brainworm telling people it's all a hoax like he did in Somoa with measles. His mental pathologies will lead to millions of deaths.
Or call—I like to call and leave voicemails before bed. 5calls.org is a great resource for that—they provide the phone numbers and short scripts for a variety of issues, including this one.
I have a bit of news for you after sending emails to my senators and Congress. If you're not a big business or a wealthy donor, they don't give a shit. Welcome to America.
I was told there would be checks and balances in the House and Senate. Please not just rubber stamping.
Even when they’re in the same party, the president and the Senate and House of Representatives have important roles not just to be bobble heads nodding yes.
Did that & got return email letter from my tRumpster republican senator about how much he cares & also how much he believes in trump. As if I expected any different. Yet we must persist!!
Call them. A phone call has more impact than an email. Letters are delayed for security screening, so send a postcard if you want to mail them a message. To call, go through Capitol switchboard 202-224-3121.
And as for the presidential power to recess congress to a time of his choosing is also something that was hotly debated! In any normal time, SCOTUS would not support the misuse of these to provisions of Article 2 powers! But as we have seen with this court, they have designs on a theocracy!
The congress’s travel back would have been such that they would have been required to stay in Washington full time! Com 1787, congressman had other lives and duties in their home towns, districts! Obama used the recess appointment last
Because he was literally being blocked by Republicans!!
1. The recess appointment clause was hotly debated in the constitutional convention! It’s meant for extra ordinary situations for when the congress was on recess! Some one died, quit or was unable to fulfill the obligations and terms of office! Not to sidestep the advice and consent of the senate!
I keep seeing many people say that they’re not going to bother because their senators or representatives are republicans…. this means you need to raise your voice LOUDER!
Do not make it easy for them to subvert democracy.
I am the opposite, thinking I shouldn't write to mine because they are Dems and they already know what's up. But, I just signed a petition and sent 4 different letters to block these ridiculous clown picks!! Even knowing that my guys know. 👍😁
Are they even in the office? I'm just saying that Congress as a unit takes more breaks than any other working citizens I have ever known. Sorry, I had to vent for a second. Yes, communicate with your senators and reps as often as possible. Every small victory will help.
Waste of time. Since when do Senators pay any attention to what their constituents think?
You think Ron Johnson, lil Marco Rubio, Tommy "Goober" Tuberville, Mike Lee, Tom Cotton and Marsha Blackburn (to name a few), pay any attention at all to letters from their electorate? Really??
My senators are Graham and T. Scott. How much do you think they care about what I think? FYI, the answer is none. They care absolutely nothing about what I think.
My Senators are Gillibrand and Schumer. To be clear, I voted for them both because I believe they would never support anything like this, but I'm calling anyway.
I have. Since mine are old school GOP, I couch my letters in terms of them losing power if they concede to 45. So far it is working. Got reply saying they would not go along with recess appointments.
It would be. But if you live in Florida, it is a waste of time. When you have too many people staying home and not voting. We got what we got. Rubio hasn’t given a shit about his constituents in a long time. Scott is all about himself and making harder for everyone else.
I wonder who's giving this authoritarian advice. There's evidently a communist-fascist presence hovering on Trump's every move. I don't think Trump came up, or frankly is able to come up with that on his own.
I too live in Texas. Cornyn and Cruz both have bad habits of leaving their phones at all their offices too full with VMware to even leave a voicemail. 5 yrs ago I asked another state’s senator to help me. Maybe their #s had changed? No. Went on for weeks.
No they send you a firm letter telling you how proud they are to serve you and that the matter you contacted them about is important to them. It's mechanically signed. You never actually get close to talking to a staff member...
after a week called a progressive senator and asked for help. Senators from other states cannot help constituents of other states. The aide trying to help me, called in my stead for several days to relay info to contact me. They never answered. For weeks. Aide apologized said that never happens 2/2
I apologize. I typed VM & never noticed my phone had “corrected” it. They have “answering machines” to tell you your call is important to them, please leave a VM and they’ll “get back” to you. Then, two days later, I called again and again but there was no answering machine- it only rang & rang 1/2
After I spent months in the hospital with Covid and Bacterial Pneumonia I needed help with the IRS after Trump had screwed it up so badly. Cornyn & Cruz were useless, but Congressman Allred got it all taken care of right away.
As far as I am concerned trump voters are traitors to their constitution and country, just like the Jan 6 usurpers. There is nothing I can think of that causes me to think of any mercy for them. Eventually, like in the 2nd world war, we will be up against them in combat. No one should escape.
Not that simple.
Art II Section 3
"...in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper..."
John Thune is against, Little Johnson is for it. Letting Trump adjourn Congress, to proceed with his recess appointments.
Tell anyone who cares, to stop posting on XTwitter and move to Bluesky. Many of us have deleted XTwitter accounts for various reasons, choosing not to support #leons house of hate, porno, and lies.
Resistance starts here. We have to make Trump’s cabinet as difficult to confirm as possible to show that he doesn’t have the support he thinks he does and to call out on record the Senators who confirm this lot.
The Senators are also looking for political cover. Do not let them!
I would be wasting my time if I did that to my senators. Hawley and Smith are MAGAts. I just hope there are a few R's that will side with the Dems and not allow recess appointments.
If you live in a red county, I think it shakes them up a bit when they ask your zip code. Andy turned some counties blue in his last election, and they didn’t expect that. Still, I get it.
The Republican Regime will simply close the Senate and let the recess appointments happen.
People don't seem to realize what the new normal is going to be and who and what we're dealing with now.
Call your senat, ask your Senat to prevent him by holding pro forma sessions. The Supreme Court affirmed that pro forma sessions are sufficient to prevent recess appointments and addressed other intricacies of the practice in NLRB v. Noel Canning (2014).
Don’t they need to be out for at least need a 10 days when Congress dismisses and reconvenes before they can even think about recess appointments. Also I didn’t know what is pictured below about not paying those who were done during recess. At least that’s what I got
And write them, to also be tough on Ramaswammy, trying to take away VA healthcare. We Agent Orange and Burn Pit vets, and other vets, are owed. Write to you Reps. too. Let them understand it's team work and not play dates. The media didn't push back hard enough, especially CNN. Say no to Musk too.
Done & done...How to support President Biden executing an executive order to conduct FBI clearance investigation on all of president elect's appointees?
He should have been arrested on Jan 7, 2020 and charged under the UMCJ and tried accordingly as he was the commander in chief. How’s that for loophole?
DOJ and their rules about charging a sitting POTUS…🤷♂️🤷♂️. I can only imagine 2028 when the dust settles and the People wake up to what’s left of our country… (but the price of eggs!! 😱)
There are several versions of this. If you use one make sure to take note where it says “Signing this may mean your email is used for campaigns by this organization” or something like that.
Like protesting is going to do a bit of good… They’ve got everything. Trump has been declared king and above the law. His opponents are suddenly kissing the ring. He has the Supreme Court, both houses in Congress and a cabinet who will do his bidding.
Please hep me understand… is he trying to use Article II, section 3 AFTER inauguration? If so, what power would senate have to oppose recess? I need to understand what I’m asking my senator to oppose?
As a Georgia resident, I can PROUDLY say, I KNOW my senators (Warnock / Ossoff) will oppose EVERYTHING that the orange shitgibbon will try to get away with.
It is not a waste of time. If enough people do it, we will be heard. I have to write to Elise Stefanik as she is my rep and a Cabinet nominee. I am not passing up an opportunity to piss her off! 👍😜😂
My daughter and I tried and tried during the last Shitler administration. VM was ALWAYS full. Fax was ALWAYS off. They refused to see anyone in person. They blocked us on most social media. They TRULY don't care, unless you're a rich MAGA donor. We even protested outside their offices
I like the idea but seriously in 2024 are any senators using letters and phone calls to make their decisions? It doesn't seem like their pre wired decisions can be changed by... letters.
I really hope there aren’t enough members to support this. If so, it shows they’ll roll over for anything he wants for at least the next two years, which is a horrifying thought.
Dear Donny: Recess appointments has nothing to do with letting you cut in line at the teeter totter. Besides, that kid on the seat at the other end wants to come down once in awhile too.
I am loyal MSNBC/Morning Joe and View watcher and have been brainwashed with Trump Derangement System. I know I’m not alone-Rosie, Rob Reiner, Bruce, Stephen K, Ellen etc. Is this the right place to get help so I can function like a normal human?
Hey Scott I’m a resident of Utah. The one senator that maybe has a conscience did not run for reelection and now we have John Curtis and Mike Lee. Both are deep dive Magats and will be wearing knee pads and have orange lips from their service to Fuckface Von Clownstick. Think I’ll go talk to my bong
I would if I thought there was a chance in hell that Marsha Blackburn would do anything a constituent or even thousands asked her to do. She's in bed with the Russians. Our other senator is just as bad. All I ever got from contacting her was a form letter.
You should make it clear that when they use your form, they get put on an email list. Why can't your form send their letter without adding everyone to yet another email list asking for money?
202)224-3121
Use the phone to call the two senators of your state (including Rubio who still has voicemail on his way to confirmation hearings). You can urge support, thank, urge rejection, oppose, make an appointment to talk to LA. Actions like this get noticed & tallied.
Today is a good day to send a letters to our lame duck government officials and demand a recount and an investigation into the Starlink and oppose handing a WH keys to fascists.
Comments
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
writing, phone calls, texts,etc.
would fall on eyes that refuse to see & ears that fail to listen regarding my 2 Texas senators' lame brains.
I will focus on R senators who might actually see & hear truth, honesty & reality.
#WomensMarch
@WomensMarch
Even when they’re in the same party, the president and the Senate and House of Representatives have important roles not just to be bobble heads nodding yes.
Because he was literally being blocked by Republicans!!
I keep seeing many people say that they’re not going to bother because their senators or representatives are republicans…. this means you need to raise your voice LOUDER!
Do not make it easy for them to subvert democracy.
Opposing Bondi https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senators-oppose-trumps-selection-of-pam-bondi-for-attorney-general/
Opposing Kennedy https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senators-oppose-kennedy-for-health-and-human-services-secretary/
Opposing Gabbard https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senators-oppose-tulsi-gabbard-for-director-of-national-intelligence/
Opposing Hegseth https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senators-oppose-trumps-selection-of-pete-hegseth-for-secretary-of-defense/
Opposing Oz https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senators-oppose-trumps-selection-of-dr-oz-to-run-medicare-and-medicaid/
You think Ron Johnson, lil Marco Rubio, Tommy "Goober" Tuberville, Mike Lee, Tom Cotton and Marsha Blackburn (to name a few), pay any attention at all to letters from their electorate? Really??
I live in the hellhole
that used to be Florida
I think they've already replaced the name with Maga land or Maralogoland
Art II Section 3
"...in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper..."
John Thune is against, Little Johnson is for it. Letting Trump adjourn Congress, to proceed with his recess appointments.
The Senators are also looking for political cover. Do not let them!
Bad news you'll have Skeletor AND Darth Santis as Senators
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/13/nx-s1-5186739/how-the-senate-confirmation-process-works-and-how-trump-wants-to-change-it
People don't seem to realize what the new normal is going to be and who and what we're dealing with now.
Oh, right.
That matter.
https://resist.bot/petitions/PXMKAO?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1rjxYCatSaZF4Wg2axEH2iepwUljhqneL53pGwwDlPQHBFhhsXIMIy8x4_aem_-b-uwbwGZKBFjE6MuAtEjw#promote-form
Send a Letter to your Senator !
No Recess Appointments
For 45. None !
I bet you think I'm joking.
Pass it on.
Use the phone to call the two senators of your state (including Rubio who still has voicemail on his way to confirmation hearings). You can urge support, thank, urge rejection, oppose, make an appointment to talk to LA. Actions like this get noticed & tallied.
@amy-klobuchar.bsky.social
@smith.senate.gov
It’s not working.