Fuuuuuck. I've been calling so often but our newest Senator doesn't even have all his offices staffed yet and both of their inboxes are always full. I hate this timeline.
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Sometimes they do this deliberately. I know of one Senator who you can NEVER reach when you call and I know this because I've been calling ALL his offices repeatedly for years! I've been forced to email from his website. I suggest that you consider emailing as a last resort.
At 73, I’m too old to run for office but I’m certainly calling & emailing my Repub rep, Brian Fitzpatrick, as well as @fetterman.senate.gov & @mccormick.bsky.social to make my voice heard.
FWIW, Raskin's website has some resources & also a webinar for federal employees across the US. I don't know if this is helpful at all (in the short term). Webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZnn302Cp2c
Even when you get an audience with someone else in a Republican rep/senator office, they just mouth b.s. Do we need to set up funds for the victims of this purge to use for legal or other costs?
More details to come in this. Several groups are coming together across agencies so we want to make sure if funds are provided, they are prioritized to those that really need it.
You can turn up the pressure. Get groups together to show up at their local offices. Coordinate messaging to focus that pressure. Write in the opinion column of local papers about your experience.
KEEP CALLING. They clear their voicemail during the day, if voicemail is full call back in 2 to 4 hours until you're able to get through. Call DC and local offices as well.
For those who don’t know, 5 calls is an easy to use website and app. Many are using it. Here is a link to their website from where you can download the app. Or just use the website if you prefer. Thanks
You can call the committees. And the chairs of the committees and majority and minority leaders. This week, I said screw it I am calling everyone. I wish everyone was. Let’s flood the phone lines with calls.
It’s not helpful if one or a couple people do it, but if a lot of people do it and the phones don’t stop and it’s overwhelming the offices- it lets them know this time is different. Esp the leaders of commitees. And the leaders.
Staffers told you this or you assume? Because if they throw out everything from folks who are not their constituents that just gums up the lines for those who are.
I live in Capitol Hill. Some staffers say yes, some say no. This is a crisis. It was talked about all over the hill a day 2 weeks ago the Capitol switchboard averaged 1600 phone calls an hour rather than the norm (40 calls per hour).
Constituents always can call local offices as well.
Sheren, I think we will have to form a non violent resistance en masse in order to stop this. I suspect it will have to be well organized and relentless. We will have to find unstoppable courage to save the country.
Our Senators in NC have been in office for years (in Tillis's case, ten years), and their mailboxes are still full. The volume of calls is apparently at about the highest it's ever been.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZnn302Cp2c
and this https://raskin.house.gov/resources-for-marylanders-affected-by-troubling-new-trump-administration-policies
They want to hear from those who have been let go.
https://5calls.org/
Constituents always can call local offices as well.
Her FB has open DMs, likely linked in too. If not directly, she may want to delegate that to someone who could reach out.
https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/224493/Rebecca_Card_Angelson.html
Your voice is powerful, and the #1 thing these men fear is you using it
Its a salient issue worth sharing, they ran on representing their constituents like you
https://www.agilitypr.com/resources/top-media-outlets/top-10-ohio-daily-newspapers-by-circulation/
E.g https://faxzero.com
https://bsky.app/profile/rjsheperd.com/post/3lilcx7ome22h