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Ellie Kona's avatar

Pissed off and what's next:

1. Channel rage by telling so-called moderate and retiring Republican Senators to vote for the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. It ain't over til it's over. They reconvene on Tuesday. Flood them with calls, emails, texts, even faxes. Links to Senators:

https://www.vote.org/action/?emci=f259ff4b-78b9-eb11-a7ad-501ac57ba3ed&emdi=95f35617-2cba-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=13982010

https://5calls.org/

https://resist.bot/

https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php

Blast them on Twitter (thanks to Annette D for this list):

Krysten Sinema: @SenatorSinema

Richard Burr @SenatorBurr

Pat Toomey @SenToomey

Rob Portman @senrobportman

Richard Shelby @SenShelby

Roy Blunt @RoyBlunt

Mitt Romney @SenatorRomney

Mitch McConnell @LeaderMcConnell

Chuck Grassley @ChuckGrassley

Mike Crapo @MikeCrapo

Susan Collins @SenatorCollins

Jim Inhofe @JimInhofe

Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC

John Thune @SenJohnThune

John Cornyn @JohnCornyn

Marsha Blackburn @MarshaBlackburn

John Boozman @JohnBoozman

Shelly Moore Capito @SenCapito

Jerry Moran @JerryMoran

Roger Wicker @SenatorWicker

2. Pivot to support Democrats in down-ballot races so filibuster is not a roadblock.

https://runforsomething.net

3. Badger Congress to expand the Supreme Court by passing the Judiciary Act of 2021:

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/a-hard-day

4. Know thy enemy. Read the links posted by Heather on who the OathKeepers are and who the seditionists are:

https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1481726508897083393?s=20

https://twitter.com/TonyHussein4/status/1480348870404096003?s=20

5. MLK Day: Honor MLK and the legions of civil rights workers who literally shed blood, sweat, and tears for racial justice and the right to vote. Walk your talk!

6. Keep the faith in yourself, your good values, and the fact that you are part of millions more.

❤️

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Yesterday was not a bad day for those of us that had no expectation that Sinema, Manchin, and any other Democrats hiding behind them, would agree to changes or removal of the filibuster. The Democrats have not been good at dealing with the enemy for a long time and taking up the national voting rights legislation NOW! Who got the jump on the crucial feature of Democracy - free and fair elections?

Most importantly, the Department of Justice indicted 11 Oath Keepers for seditious conspiracy and other charges. It is a paramilitary organization, which recruits people who have served in the military, law enforcement and as first responders. The Department of Justice is at the wheel and its foot on the gas pedal. Going up the ladder or a few more tiers and the charge will be one of treason. DOJ is GOING TO THE HEART OF THE COUP D'ETAT. The U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the Capitol is doing a sensational job, and the wheels of justice are moving. Yesterday was a good day, and as long as those wheels of justice keep moving there will be more good days ahead.

P.S. There has got to be payback to Sinema for delivering her coup de grace right before President Biden was to speak. That was low.

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