Quality, reputable journalism to support:
· Atlantic, New Yorker: About $100/year
· New Republic: About $40/year
· ProPublica: You can subscribe at ANY level
· Mother Jones: Inexpensive
· Wired (Great reporting on DOGE): Inexpensive
· Atlantic, New Yorker: About $100/year
· New Republic: About $40/year
· ProPublica: You can subscribe at ANY level
· Mother Jones: Inexpensive
· Wired (Great reporting on DOGE): Inexpensive
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· Great app for seeing companies’ political contributions: https://goodsuniteus.com
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· Contact only those who represent you
· Calls are best. Emails, faxes are a waste. Letters REALLY get attention.
· Interns answer the calls, letters, etc. and then tally the results to see what people care about
o Specific, actionable: Vote against X
o Within their power: Don’t call your House rep about confirmations, for example
US senators can do the following (Senate rules favor the minority):
No cloture, unanimous consent, unrecorded voice votes, waiving debate time
Hold nominees (One sen can do – like Schatz, Tuberville)
Filibuster
Force quorum calls
I feel like we should be able to call Mike Johnson's office, since he has a lot of power over things that impact me, but I was never able to vote for or against him.
Pass on The Atlantic.
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