Right now, TODAY!!, call your Senator's offices, and have your neighbors make that same call, and have your family members make that same call, and then everyone do it again tomorrow, and the next day, and SWAMP them with calls, so they know, in no uncertain terms, that We The People, "are mad as hell, and are not gonna take it anymore!"
Right now, TODAY!!, call your Senator's offices, and have your neighbors make that same call, and have your family members make that same call, and then everyone do it again tomorrow, and the next day, and SWAMP them with calls, so they know, in no uncertain terms, that We The People, "are mad as hell, and are not gonna take it anymore!"
Daniel, over the past year, i have contacted the senators/ re0resentatives in my state, and those in Congress. Two senators actually replied with the same rhetoric. I contacted Thom Tillis and asked him to explain his "yes" vote for Hegseth. He said, "Once Pete Hegseth's nomination was sent to the floor by my colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee, I conducted my own due diligence, including asking tough questions of Pete and I appreciated his candor and openness in answering them. Pete has a unique perspective based on his career path and is understandably passionate about modernizing our military and supporting the brave patriots like himself who serve our nation." BS. He went on to say that "I look forward to working with the president and secretary of defense to promote and strengthen our military and national defense." More BS.
I replied that he and the other Republicans who have no integrity will help dismantle our democracy. That is NOTHING to be proud of or to "look forward to.."
I wrote Tillis too. Same stuff back. And... We keep it up. We don't give up. The Soviet dissidents say, "Even when you think you might lose, you keep it up for your own self-respect." I'm not thinking we will lose. I'm thinking we will win.
Last year, I emailed Rep. Greg Murphy when the House was considering Mike Johnson for speaker.
He replied that he had known Mike Johnson and he was a "man of impeccable character."
Oh my! Since then, I have given him my opinion of Mike Johnson. It wasn't complimentary, and Murphy never wrote me back
In Dec. I emailed a city council member, who, when Trump was coming for a rally, declared "This is Trump country!" I let him know that he doesn't speak for me and questioned his support of a hate-filled, cruel man. He said he believed in forgiveness, whatever thay means.
Maybe with our constant communication, we will get at least one person to change his/her support of Trump.
Anne, calling his office and leaving a message with his secretary is useless. We will keep up our efforts to тАЬget through to him,тАЭ but it's evident that Trump has gotten thoroughly тАЬthrough to him.тАЭ
Nothing is going to improve until we get the MAGA/GOP hacks out of our Congress. Same for hacks ANYWHERE. If they can't be bothered to do what constituents are asking, they shouldn't be in those seats, making decisions that affect our lives!
We don't control Congress -- unless a few Republicans stand up. I'm hoping that there already are schisms of MAGAT House members.
1. Minority Republicans Elimination of DEI in government is a pretext to discriminate - against Blacks, Hispanics, even women wo, in many cases were Republicans when hired.
2. Those who support Ukraine vs Putin
3. Those who oppose Musk.
More -- if they represent districts on the border that rely on Mexico and or Canada, and their local businesses are shut down because of tariff policy.
Someone screwed (with standing) can take DOGE to court.
Quoting Josh Marshall. Elon Musk and his private-sector employees, are now fanned out across the government. He appears to have taken control of the federal payment system which allows his operatives to stop checks to any private individual in the country and/or examine all their personal financial information.....
ThereтАЩs a pretty developed law that you canтАЩt do stuff in the federal government if youтАЩre not an employee of the federal government, or a contractor who is placed under the rules of the federal government. If you do do those things you become a de facto government employee and the law says you come under all sorts of record-keeping and disclosure requirements.
Daniel, although Dems are not in control, they can nonetheless gum up the works by being a true opposition party and using House and Senate rules and parliamentary procedures, or going guerilla if necessary.
No more cooperation or collegiality until they force the other side with their paper-thin majority to push back against the felon and musk.
Wasn't a question. My rep knows that her constituents are pissed....are mostly Democrats. Miami Herald: "The Trump administration has eliminated deportations protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, leaving them vulnerable to be sent back to the South American country in 60 days when the protection expires, according to an official from the Department of Homeland Security".
I don't know this as a fact but some own US businesses, are bankers, etc. The defacto economic capitol of Venezuela is Baghdad By the Sea. Employ hundreds of thousands,,, many US citizens.
Multiply Venezuela by Cuba, Canada, Mexico. In my building many residents have dual citizenship. Have boucoups business interests in the old country.
It's an essential part of an effective strategy. And an effective strategy is based on knowing what's real. Denial of possibilities, positive or negative, isn't real. See Victor Frankl or Edith Eger.
Thank you very much for the Guardian reference. My understanding of Afrikaners was from knowing two SA Brits run out of the country because of their attempts to get milk to blacks, plus a college paper on Smuts and the Boer War. Now i know that my inference about the power of racism was on target. The brotherhood Trump/Musk.
Trump thinks he can rewrite law just by thinking about it. It's called "tyranny" and it's exactly what our form of government was set up to prevent. The worst case is when people pretend that prerogative is real. It seems to me that there is still a lot of government infrastructure left to foil Trump's progress, if we use it.
I'm in the same boat, Pam. In Ohio, we have now 2 NAZI Senators, but I harass them daily. They need to know we're watching, paying attention. And I remind our newest, 'appointed' Senator, that we'll be actually voting in '26, and if he wants to keep his new seat, he needs to at least look like he's listening. At least you got a response; I have yet to get anything from either one of mine.
I'm sure that a lot of white Republican wonmen who work for the government have been tageted by DOGE. Check out the EEOC. DOJ. DOL. Thousands in Ohio. Ohio State University receives federal funding for research and student aid. Some federal programs that Ohio State offers include:
Federal Pell Grant: A need-based grant for undergraduate students from low-income families. The Department of Education administers this grant.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG): A need-based grant administered by Ohio State's Student Financial Aid.
Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant: A federal grant.
Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants: A federal grant.
Ohio State also receives federal funding for research. In the 2023 fiscal year, nearly $695 million of Ohio State's research funding came from federal sources.
I have emailed Tillis three times in the last 4 days. No replies, of course. Today I am calling ALL members of Congress from NC. And it appears we all need to do the same for the foreseeable future. My real question: Where the hell is Congress?? Repubs have slim majorities. With the exception of Deborah Ross, I've heard nothing except the Dems "sent a letter" about the criminal takeover of U.S.A.I.D.
Pam, I got the same boiler plate from Tillis. We have known for years he is a spineless, empty suit, but I still let him know there are people out here paying attention, even if he ignores us. I just called his office on the Musk takeover to leave a message and surprise, surprise! His mailbox is full.
ItтАЩs time for NC to get back to where it was before Art Pope, friend of Kochs, took over. If you can see тАЬStarving the BeastтАЭ you can see the takeover of the presidency of UNC-CH.
I suppose Tillis is looking to retire next year, but on the off-chance that he wants to run again, you might remind him that he lessens his chances by actions like this.
I think he is running again, and that's why he didn't want to anger Trump and his cronies-in-crime. That's what it's come down to. Working for Trump and MAGA instead of for constituents.
Ayep, and the most effective way to do that is in person (in D.C. or one of his regional offices; you'll want to make an appointment) or, next best, by calling his D.C. office and at least one of his regional offices and asking to speak with the staffer who works with the issue you're calling about. (Try to limit yourself to one issue per call; that's how the aides track calls, by issue.)
I wrote Tillis as well and received the same reply. We need to keep doing it. If enough constituents express their outrage and demand he do something to stop this insanity, it will get through to him. That is the ONLY avenue available to us -- aside from marching outside his office -- to get him and our other elected representatives to gin up their courage.
Right now, TODAY!!, call your Senator's offices, and have your neighbors make that same call, and have your family members make that same call, and then everyone do it again tomorrow, and the next day, and SWAMP them with calls, so they know, in no uncertain terms, that We The People, "are mad as hell, and are not gonna take it anymore!"
Daniel, over the past year, i have contacted the senators/ re0resentatives in my state, and those in Congress. Two senators actually replied with the same rhetoric. I contacted Thom Tillis and asked him to explain his "yes" vote for Hegseth. He said, "Once Pete Hegseth's nomination was sent to the floor by my colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee, I conducted my own due diligence, including asking tough questions of Pete and I appreciated his candor and openness in answering them. Pete has a unique perspective based on his career path and is understandably passionate about modernizing our military and supporting the brave patriots like himself who serve our nation." BS. He went on to say that "I look forward to working with the president and secretary of defense to promote and strengthen our military and national defense." More BS.
I replied that he and the other Republicans who have no integrity will help dismantle our democracy. That is NOTHING to be proud of or to "look forward to.."
I wrote Tillis too. Same stuff back. And... We keep it up. We don't give up. The Soviet dissidents say, "Even when you think you might lose, you keep it up for your own self-respect." I'm not thinking we will lose. I'm thinking we will win.
Last year, I emailed Rep. Greg Murphy when the House was considering Mike Johnson for speaker.
He replied that he had known Mike Johnson and he was a "man of impeccable character."
Oh my! Since then, I have given him my opinion of Mike Johnson. It wasn't complimentary, and Murphy never wrote me back
In Dec. I emailed a city council member, who, when Trump was coming for a rally, declared "This is Trump country!" I let him know that he doesn't speak for me and questioned his support of a hate-filled, cruel man. He said he believed in forgiveness, whatever thay means.
Maybe with our constant communication, we will get at least one person to change his/her support of Trump.
" Impeccable character"?
A 98 percenter on the Orwell Scale.
The city council member is a white Christian Nationalism, aka KKK.
Anne, calling his office and leaving a message with his secretary is useless. We will keep up our efforts to тАЬget through to him,тАЭ but it's evident that Trump has gotten thoroughly тАЬthrough to him.тАЭ
It keeps them having to answer the phone and record the topic. Maybe it will pull them away from helping to destroy the federal government.
Nothing is going to improve until we get the MAGA/GOP hacks out of our Congress. Same for hacks ANYWHERE. If they can't be bothered to do what constituents are asking, they shouldn't be in those seats, making decisions that affect our lives!
I'm writing my Congress reps. every day!
Win or lose, capitulation offers neither agency nor self-respect.
We don't control Congress -- unless a few Republicans stand up. I'm hoping that there already are schisms of MAGAT House members.
1. Minority Republicans Elimination of DEI in government is a pretext to discriminate - against Blacks, Hispanics, even women wo, in many cases were Republicans when hired.
2. Those who support Ukraine vs Putin
3. Those who oppose Musk.
More -- if they represent districts on the border that rely on Mexico and or Canada, and their local businesses are shut down because of tariff policy.
Someone screwed (with standing) can take DOGE to court.
Quoting Josh Marshall. Elon Musk and his private-sector employees, are now fanned out across the government. He appears to have taken control of the federal payment system which allows his operatives to stop checks to any private individual in the country and/or examine all their personal financial information.....
ThereтАЩs a pretty developed law that you canтАЩt do stuff in the federal government if youтАЩre not an employee of the federal government, or a contractor who is placed under the rules of the federal government. If you do do those things you become a de facto government employee and the law says you come under all sorts of record-keeping and disclosure requirements.
Daniel, although Dems are not in control, they can nonetheless gum up the works by being a true opposition party and using House and Senate rules and parliamentary procedures, or going guerilla if necessary.
No more cooperation or collegiality until they force the other side with their paper-thin majority to push back against the felon and musk.
I'm hoping some affected Republican House members will flip, Several had been Democrats who switched. They are under tremendous pressure.
How can any Black Republican put up with obvious race discrimination? How can any Hispanic Republican put up with discrimination against Hispanics?
Make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker!
Daniel, in answerbto the questions you posed: because they are more interested in position than policy, methinks.
Wasn't a question. My rep knows that her constituents are pissed....are mostly Democrats. Miami Herald: "The Trump administration has eliminated deportations protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, leaving them vulnerable to be sent back to the South American country in 60 days when the protection expires, according to an official from the Department of Homeland Security".
I don't know this as a fact but some own US businesses, are bankers, etc. The defacto economic capitol of Venezuela is Baghdad By the Sea. Employ hundreds of thousands,,, many US citizens.
Multiply Venezuela by Cuba, Canada, Mexico. In my building many residents have dual citizenship. Have boucoups business interests in the old country.
Daniel, I was referring to what you asked (perhaps rhetorically):
"How can any Black Republican put up with obvious race discrimination? How can any Hispanic Republican put up with discrimination against Hispanics?"
Hope is not a strategy.
Hope is not a strategy. Hope addresses despair which is paralyzing.
It's an essential part of an effective strategy. And an effective strategy is based on knowing what's real. Denial of possibilities, positive or negative, isn't real. See Victor Frankl or Edith Eger.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PEER-Complaint.pdf
Hope supports strategy.
The sooner SKUM is muzzled, the better. Then there are Trump and Afrikaner Thiel/Vance to deal with.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/elon-musk-peter-thiel-apartheid-south-africa
Thank you very much for the Guardian reference. My understanding of Afrikaners was from knowing two SA Brits run out of the country because of their attempts to get milk to blacks, plus a college paper on Smuts and the Boer War. Now i know that my inference about the power of racism was on target. The brotherhood Trump/Musk.
Trump thinks he can rewrite law just by thinking about it. It's called "tyranny" and it's exactly what our form of government was set up to prevent. The worst case is when people pretend that prerogative is real. It seems to me that there is still a lot of government infrastructure left to foil Trump's progress, if we use it.
Solomon, dream on.
I know some of them.... it's happened before.
Where I live 3 (three) Cuban American Republicans represent a huge Democratic majority. That's because psy ops got a lot of Democrats to vote for them. One had been a Democratic county mayor - elected several terms -- supported HRC in 2016. But switched parties to run for Congress in 2020. Borrn in Cuba. Here's a letter another MAGAT wrote to thwe Trump administration. https://files.constantcontact.com/1849eea4801/cd2e90be-43c8-4171-b3c6-a357621f7db9.pdf?_gl=1*uo1jgf*_ga*MDMwMjhjMzctZTFlNy00YzExLWE3NTEtZGUxMmY1OGY0YjEw*_ga_14T5LGLSQ3*MTczNzc0NTk1My4zLjEuMTczNzc0Njg2Ny44LjAuMA..
Another, Mario Diaz Balart, is the brotheer of Jose, MSNBC talking head. Their older brother was a Dade Count Young Democrat until he switched.
There are more like this.
Meanwhie, the people who benefitted from DEI the most are white women.
I'm in the same boat, Pam. In Ohio, we have now 2 NAZI Senators, but I harass them daily. They need to know we're watching, paying attention. And I remind our newest, 'appointed' Senator, that we'll be actually voting in '26, and if he wants to keep his new seat, he needs to at least look like he's listening. At least you got a response; I have yet to get anything from either one of mine.
I'm sure that a lot of white Republican wonmen who work for the government have been tageted by DOGE. Check out the EEOC. DOJ. DOL. Thousands in Ohio. Ohio State University receives federal funding for research and student aid. Some federal programs that Ohio State offers include:
Federal Pell Grant: A need-based grant for undergraduate students from low-income families. The Department of Education administers this grant.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG): A need-based grant administered by Ohio State's Student Financial Aid.
Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant: A federal grant.
Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants: A federal grant.
Ohio State also receives federal funding for research. In the 2023 fiscal year, nearly $695 million of Ohio State's research funding came from federal sources.
At UC https://med.uc.edu/depart/eh/continuing-education/osha-training-institute-education-center
I have emailed Tillis three times in the last 4 days. No replies, of course. Today I am calling ALL members of Congress from NC. And it appears we all need to do the same for the foreseeable future. My real question: Where the hell is Congress?? Repubs have slim majorities. With the exception of Deborah Ross, I've heard nothing except the Dems "sent a letter" about the criminal takeover of U.S.A.I.D.
Give 'em hell Lily !
Pam, I got the same boiler plate from Tillis. We have known for years he is a spineless, empty suit, but I still let him know there are people out here paying attention, even if he ignores us. I just called his office on the Musk takeover to leave a message and surprise, surprise! His mailbox is full.
ItтАЩs time for NC to get back to where it was before Art Pope, friend of Kochs, took over. If you can see тАЬStarving the BeastтАЭ you can see the takeover of the presidency of UNC-CH.
I suppose Tillis is looking to retire next year, but on the off-chance that he wants to run again, you might remind him that he lessens his chances by actions like this.
I think he is running again, and that's why he didn't want to anger Trump and his cronies-in-crime. That's what it's come down to. Working for Trump and MAGA instead of for constituents.
His constituents need to let him know--and to show him--that he's making a very bad bet.
Ayep, and the most effective way to do that is in person (in D.C. or one of his regional offices; you'll want to make an appointment) or, next best, by calling his D.C. office and at least one of his regional offices and asking to speak with the staffer who works with the issue you're calling about. (Try to limit yourself to one issue per call; that's how the aides track calls, by issue.)
I wrote Tillis as well and received the same reply. We need to keep doing it. If enough constituents express their outrage and demand he do something to stop this insanity, it will get through to him. That is the ONLY avenue available to us -- aside from marching outside his office -- to get him and our other elected representatives to gin up their courage.
And represent.
I agree!
Pam, lord, that is just BS coming from his rear. Pete is just a rapist drunk, that is all.
Daniel Kunsman, I am a tiny blue dot in a red state (TN) But Marsha Blackburn is hearing from me every single day!
IтАЩm in TN too and burning up my phone. Consider joining Blue Tennessee (BlueTennessee.org) to start making changes in TN.
Thanks, MLMinET. I just went to their website. I was looking for an option to join for free, and couldn't find one. I'm on a small, fixed income.
Most who join give as little as $10/month. The reason itтАЩs not free is we use the money to help support under funded dem candidates.
I called this morning, but the mailboxes are "full". Calling appears to be useless. This happened last time Trump was in power.
Trump,Elon and his minions need to be bodily removed and put in jail.
Yep, but who will do that? No one.
Probably not. But one can hope...
Shout it from tbe rooftops, Daniel! Absolutely correct.
Just wrote to my 2 senators and my rep.
Yes, swamp them with calls.
Phone calls will not do it. Try pissing into the wind. More overt action is needed.
Bodily removal
See Indivisible.orgтАЩs plans for Thursday at Indivisible.org.
What do you suggest?
Litigation by "Democracy Forward"; 3 Lawsuits & 1 Big Win STOPPING Funding Scam.