Great points, Deda! I made a video of me calling Sen Tillis and put it on our Polk Dems facebook page. I invited people to call along with me or use my script. People seemed to appreciate it!
This is so encouraging, in two senses - as a sign that the public is indeed pushing back, and also as a motivating example for others to do the same! Thank you, Susannah!
I’m very been calling my Republican congresswoman almost daily. Her 1 intern recognizes my voice. I’m polite but I complain. I’ve only ever gotten 2 emails from her; 1 about 7 months ago & 1 last week. Last week she claimed DOGE was getting rid of bad $ spent like that trans comic in Peru. 1 google search & I debunked the trans comic. Spoiler alert: my congresswoman is a lesbian. The message I left her was maybe don’t repeat dangerous disinformation because I know that you know the difference between gay & trans. I digress. I try to be polite. I thanked her intern for the email.
I use 5calls & I pop off from there. It’s good to call they say.
I appreciate your comment, Tessa. I think you make a good point about repeating dangerous disinformation. Heather Cox Richardson has recommend over the past few years to recognize our power, together, to "change the national narrative".
Thanks Deda. I do 5 calls every day. In addition, I call Jake Johnson, NC House 113, and Tim Moffitt, NC Senate 48. I have had scheduled phone calls with Jake. Jake is, indeed, a snake. He gets more right wing by the day and slicker and more practiced and precious in his condescending little defences of really radical policy. Sorry to sound disgusted but having chatted with him when he was a commissioner I have been appalled by his devotion to Republican leadership in Raleigh. I have left messages at Moffit's number. We need them to support Stein and Jackson. Jackson has joined other states in suing the executive branch in Washington.
I have spoken to Tedd Budd's aide several times. That aide reports that Budd supports everything the president has done and wants to do--even taking over Gaza and sending US citizens who are prisoners to a South American country. I keep calling anyway.
I am also going to the demonstration in Rutheforton on Monday for Riggs. I also plan to call the judges on the NC Court of Appeals and I think I will file complaints (online forms).
I try to find a way to resist every day. Our hope is to get Tillis out in 2026. We need to work on that now. How? No idea. But I will be thinking about how again tomorrow.
Thanks again Deda. So good to read a thoughtful piece; I am sort of sputtering and ranting.....
Liz, this is a wonderful guide to including our more local officials, which 5 Calls is not set up for. But they offer a template for county and state issues and elected officials, well worth setting up with some research. The officials' numbers are now in my phone contacts- easy! Thank you for including the ones we need to support, and why. Our team is emerging. Thank you!
Great points, Deda! I made a video of me calling Sen Tillis and put it on our Polk Dems facebook page. I invited people to call along with me or use my script. People seemed to appreciate it!
This is so encouraging, in two senses - as a sign that the public is indeed pushing back, and also as a motivating example for others to do the same! Thank you, Susannah!
I’m very been calling my Republican congresswoman almost daily. Her 1 intern recognizes my voice. I’m polite but I complain. I’ve only ever gotten 2 emails from her; 1 about 7 months ago & 1 last week. Last week she claimed DOGE was getting rid of bad $ spent like that trans comic in Peru. 1 google search & I debunked the trans comic. Spoiler alert: my congresswoman is a lesbian. The message I left her was maybe don’t repeat dangerous disinformation because I know that you know the difference between gay & trans. I digress. I try to be polite. I thanked her intern for the email.
I use 5calls & I pop off from there. It’s good to call they say.
I appreciate your comment, Tessa. I think you make a good point about repeating dangerous disinformation. Heather Cox Richardson has recommend over the past few years to recognize our power, together, to "change the national narrative".
Thanks Deda. I do 5 calls every day. In addition, I call Jake Johnson, NC House 113, and Tim Moffitt, NC Senate 48. I have had scheduled phone calls with Jake. Jake is, indeed, a snake. He gets more right wing by the day and slicker and more practiced and precious in his condescending little defences of really radical policy. Sorry to sound disgusted but having chatted with him when he was a commissioner I have been appalled by his devotion to Republican leadership in Raleigh. I have left messages at Moffit's number. We need them to support Stein and Jackson. Jackson has joined other states in suing the executive branch in Washington.
I have spoken to Tedd Budd's aide several times. That aide reports that Budd supports everything the president has done and wants to do--even taking over Gaza and sending US citizens who are prisoners to a South American country. I keep calling anyway.
I am also going to the demonstration in Rutheforton on Monday for Riggs. I also plan to call the judges on the NC Court of Appeals and I think I will file complaints (online forms).
I try to find a way to resist every day. Our hope is to get Tillis out in 2026. We need to work on that now. How? No idea. But I will be thinking about how again tomorrow.
Thanks again Deda. So good to read a thoughtful piece; I am sort of sputtering and ranting.....
Liz, this is a wonderful guide to including our more local officials, which 5 Calls is not set up for. But they offer a template for county and state issues and elected officials, well worth setting up with some research. The officials' numbers are now in my phone contacts- easy! Thank you for including the ones we need to support, and why. Our team is emerging. Thank you!